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Hanbury Hall is a large 18th-century stately home standing in parkland at Hanbury, Worcestershire. The main range has two storeys and is built of red brick in the Queen Anne style. It is a Grade I listed building, and the associated Orangery and Long Gallery pavilion ranges are listed Grade II*. It is managed by the National Trust and is open to the public ( Wikipedia)
Kerkstraat, Vianen, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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View on the buildings of the old flax factory in my hometown and the small water reservoir on the Pisia river:)
Żyrardów - small town in Central Poland, located in the Mazovia region. It owes its unique atmosphere to the characteristic architecture of an industrial town. The original spatial layout of the community, which grew around a manufacturing plant in the mid-19th century, has been preserved to the present day. The historic center of Żyrardów (mostly buildings from red bricks) is the only industrial architecture complex from the turn of the 20th c. in Europe that has been preserved to modern times in full. The old settlement covers a 76-ha area in the central part of the town. Diversified architectural forms and styles characterize the city, which has resulted from the multi-cultural character of Żyrardów. The flax trade gave the town its origins. A factory manufacturing flax that was one of the largest and modern factories in Europe was established there in 1829. Karol Dittrich and Karol Hielle, two industrialists from Germany, founded the plant. The town derives its name from the first technical director of the plant, Philip de Girard who, among others, invented a mechanical flax-spinning machine.
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Widok na budynki dawnej żyrardowskiej fabryki wyrobów lniarskich oraz niewielki zbiornik wodny na rzeczce Pisi:)
Żyrardów leży w centrum Polski, na Mazowszu. Swój niepowtarzalny klimat zawdzięcza charakterystycznej architekturze miasta zaprojektowanej w połowie XIX stulecia. Zabytkowe centrum Żyrardowa jest jedynym w Europie zachowanym w całości zespołem urbanistyczno-architektonicznym miasta przemysłowego przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Osada fabryczna obejmuje centralną część miasta o powierzchni ok. 76 ha. Charakteryzuje ją różnorodność form architektonicznych i stylów, co wynika ze zróżnicowania narodowościowego mieszkańców Żyrardowa. Początek miastu dała fabryka lniarska, która powstała na terenie dzisiejszego Żyrardowa w 1829 roku. Była to jedna z największych i najnowocześniejszych fabryk ówczesnej Europy. Została założona przez dwóch przemysłowców z Niemiec: Karola Dittricha i Karola Hielle. Żyrardów zawdzięcza swą nazwę pierwszemu dyrektorowi technicznemu fabryki, Philipowi de Girard. Był on m.in. wynalazcą maszyny do mechanicznego przędzenia lnu.
Taken from Passerelle de la Viguerie, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Hmmm, weird camera setting, I could easily have done an F9...but I didn't. Amateur...
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The Belen Hotel located on Becker Avenue, Belen in the County of Valencia. Built in 1907 by German immigrant Mrs. Bertha Rutz for railroaders and other rail guests. She ran the hotel until her death in 1953.
Now a residence and art gallery.
A historic red brick building stands on a corner under a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds. Its detailed architecture is complemented by large windows and a sign reading "City Hall" in front.
Lindsborg, Kansas
The Hotel Boulderado is located at 13th and Spruce St. in downtown Boulder, Colorado. It opened its doors on New Year's Day 1909. The original 1908 Otis Elevator is still in operation.
As one of the first Boulder hotels, it is located in the heart of downtown. The hotel's name comes from the words "Boulder" and "Colorado" so no guest would forget where they had stayed. The hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (#94001226)
Hotel Boulderado is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Hotel Boulderado houses three restaurants. Located off of the main lobby are Spruce Farm and Fish, a fine-dining restaurant, and the Corner Bar, a more casual eatery. The basement contains a speakeasy-style bar, License No. 1, which recently replaced Catacombs. All three restaurants share a kitchen.
The Hotel Boulderado appears in Stephen King's novel Misery.
History
In 1905, Boulder was home to 8,000 residents, the University of Colorado, one of the Chautauqua cultural and educational resorts, and twenty-six automobiles. Residents called the city the "Athens of the West." As a new-forged railroad hub, the city did have some hotels to accommodate visitors, but in December 1905, the city council launched the "hotel proposition," furthered by the Boulder newspaper, the Daily Camera. Committees from Boulder's Commercial Association raised funds in the form of $100 subscriptions, and the Boulder Hotel Company was formed, which owned the hotel until 1939.
The hotel was opened with a Gala Ball on New Year's Eve of 1908. The first guests checked in on New Years Day, 1909. The first guest register is still on display in the main lobby, and the modern hotel still commemorates their opening every year with a New Year's Eve Gala Ball, voted the #1 Place to Celebrate New Year's Eve by Downtown Boulder readers.
Ghost Sightings
It is said that Room 347 at Hotel Boulderado is haunted and has had many ghost sightings throughout the years. Many guests have complained that the water has turned on sporadically throughout the night.
(Wikipedia)
A winter night after a light snowfall in Portland's Old Port. Six-image panorama.
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A vibrant yellow door stands out against the red brick facade of a building, closely flanked by a more subdued white door and a small window. The wall above shows signs of wear, with some misaligned tiles hinting at the structure's age and weathering.
Walnut Street
Murray Kentucky
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Dunham Massey
The stable block was originally home to around 25 animals and their carriages. Over time they housed cows and ponies as well as horses. As cars began to replace horses on the road in the early 20th century, the stables were converted into garages, storage spaces and a racquet court. Lord Stamford’s 1935 Morris Ten Four is on display to the public. The Stables Restaurant is also in the building.
The far building with the clock tower and weather vane is the Carriage Hall. In front of both these buildings is the mill pond with a sluice gate in the foreground. The working watermill is around 20 metres away behind me.
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Bears on the street (1 of 2) - adventure for kids taking neighbourhood exercise in lockdown - and such a good idea that they've persisted. :-)
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Also seen in the Chicagoist:
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Also seen Best Of April Chicagoist:
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Planet Follywood
32 Center St
Folly Beach, SC 29439
Artist: James Christopher Hill
Few corners of England stop you in your tracks quite like this one. The zigzagging iron fire escapes climbing the soot-darkened Victorian brickwork of Mangle Street are so thoroughly cinematic that your eye half-expects a yellow cab to round the corner. It's no accident — filmmakers have been using this narrow alley as a Manhattan stand-in for decades, earning it the affectionate nickname Manc-hattan.
A Street Built on Cotton
The imposing warehouses that line Mangle Street were the workhorses of Manchester's 19th-century textile trade. Buildings such as Finlay's Warehouse (formerly Finlay, Campbell & Co.) handled the vast flows of cotton goods that made Manchester the commercial engine of the industrial world. The sheer scale of these structures — tall, uncompromising, built for function not beauty — is precisely what gives the street its brooding power today.
Written in Soot
That deep, velvety darkness in the brickwork isn't just age — it's the fossilised grime of the Industrial Revolution, baked into the stone over generations of coal smoke and factory exhaust. Manchester's pollution was so extraordinary during this period that it famously drove the natural selection of the dark carbonaria form of the peppered moth, one of the most celebrated real-world examples of evolution ever documented.
Lights, Camera, Mangle Street
The location's uncanny resemblance to old New York has attracted some major productions. Captain America: The First Avenger used it to conjure 1940s Manhattan. Peaky Blinders (Series 4, Episode 5) filmed in and around Mangle Street and Dale Street. Morbius and the original Alfie have also made use of its atmospheric alleyways.
A Photographer's Street
The street has drawn serious photographers too — David Gleave's long-running project Mangle Street Blues used it as a backdrop for raw, rebellious black-and-white portraiture, tapping into exactly the same visual energy that makes it so irresistible to location scouts and urban explorers alike.
Once dismissed as a redundant remnant of a vanished industrial age, Mangle Street is now one of the Northern Quarter's most treasured — and most photographed — corners.
This house, along with the Conover Barn, sits with the Britannia Schoolhouse and Farmhouse on 200 acres in the middle of the City of Mississauga. The property was given to the Board of Education in the 1830's as a farm which would produce enough revenue to keep the school going. It's amazing the school board has been able to hold on to the property at a time when values are skyrocketing. The land and buildings are now used as an Educational Field Centre with a variety of programs to teach children about cultural, agricultural and ecological heritage.
I drive by it all the time and am continually astonished that such a property exists in an urban/suburban area. There are apartment buildings, office towers, stores and masses of houses surrounding this heritage oasis.
So I've tried photographing this many times but each time I would get home, look at the pictures and recognize that something just wasn't right. It finally occurred to me that the house generally appears 'dead'. It's not lived in nor is it often open to the public so the pictures always looked lifeless .....even if the light was good.
On the day I shot this, I was headed down to the lakeshore with my camera and for the first time I saw the door open as well as the truck parked to the side which gave the appearance of something happening. It looked alive and I just had to try again.
Now usually there's no way to stop on Hwy 10 to get a photograph and I knew by the time I found a place to put the car that door would probably be shut. However, on this particular day there was a police car in the right lane, red lights flashing, having stopped someone for some kind of traffic violation.
Instead of passing the officer, I pulled right in behind him, fired off a couple of shots (with the camera that is) and drove off quickly before he decided he was being gifted with a morning ticket bonanza.
As an aside, while I was reading about this property there was a history of Mississauga. I'm so used to the name I'd forgotten that the name comes from the peoples who originally inhabited this area.
Explored February 9, 2017
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Walls of The Old Town in Warsaw and The Barbican at background :)
Warsaw Old Town (Polish: Stare Miasto and colloquially as Starówka) is the oldest part of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Warsaw. The heart of the area is the Old Town Market Place, rich in restaurants, cafés and shops. Surrounding streets feature medieval architecture such as the city walls, St. John's Cathedral and the Barbican which links the Old Town with Warsaw New Town. The Old Town was established in the 13th century. Initially surrounded by an earthwork rampart, prior to 1339 it was fortified with brick city walls. The architecture of the Old Town has changed over the centuries along with the changing styles of art. During the Invasion of Poland (1939), much of the district was badly damaged by the German Luftwaffe, which targeted the city's residential areas and historic landmarks in a campaign of terror bombing. After World War II, the Old Town was meticulously rebuilt. In an effort at anastylosis, as many as possible of the original bricks were reused. However, the reconstruction was not always accurate to prewar Warsaw, sometimes deference being given to an earlier period, an attempt being made to improve on the original, or an authentic-looking facade being made to cover a more modern building. In 1980, Warsaw's Old Town was placed on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites as "an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century. The site is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments, as designated September 16, 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
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Mury warszawskiej Starówki oraz Barbakan w tle :)
Stare Miasto w Warszawie, zwyczajowo Starówka – dawne miasto Stara Warszawa, najstarszy ośrodek miejski Warszawy będący zwartym zespołem architektury zabytkowej, przeważnie z XVII i XVIII wieku o średniowiecznym układzie zabudowy, otoczone pierścieniem murów obronnych z XIV–XVI wieku. Współcześnie najstarsza część i obszar MSI w dzielnicy Śródmieście. Stare Miasto zostało założone na skarpie, nad brzegiem dopływu Wisły – rzeczki Kamionki, obok zamku książąt mazowieckich wzniesionego kilka lat wcześniej, na północ od wsi Warszawa. Jego początki sięgają XIII wieku. Wtedy otoczone było wałem ziemnym, który pod koniec XIV wieku został zastąpiony murem obronnym. Architektura Starego Miasta zmieniała się na przestrzeni wieków wraz ze zmieniającymi się stylami w sztuce. Pierwsze średniowieczne kamienice budowane były w stylu gotyckim, za czasów Zygmunta Augusta domy, odnawiane czy odbudowywane po klęskach żywiołowych, miały charakter renesansowy. Na początku XVII wieku kamienice zyskały barwne tynki i barokowe zdobienia. W 1944 podczas powstania warszawskiego zabudowania Starego Miasta zostały zniszczone w ok. 90%. Przetrwało sześć domów z ponad 260. Warszawscy architekci podjęli temat odbudowy stolicy już po pierwszych zniszczeniach w 1939. W pracowniach architektonicznych, konspiracyjnie lub pod pozorem innych prac, opracowywali plany urbanistyczne i dokumentacyjne. Zdecydowano się na przywrócenie świetności Starego Miasta z XVIII wieku, choć nie we wszystkich szczegółach. Zachowany został układ przestrzenny miasta z okresu jego lokacji z XII–XIII wieku. 2 września 1980 roku Stare Miasto w Warszawie zostało umieszczone na liście światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO. Warszawska Starówka znalazła się na liście jako jedyny na świecie (w tej skali) przykład niemal kompletnej rekonstrukcji.