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la Majada de Belbín, amplia y hermosa pradería plagada de cabañas perfectamente rehabilitadas donde se elabora y madura el queso de Gamoneu en la variedad de “Gamoneu del Puertu“. The Majada de Belbín, a wide and beautiful meadow full of perfectly restored cabins where Gamoneu cheese is made and matured in the variety of “Gamoneu del Puertu”.
The Old Lake Worth City Hall, also known as the Lake Worth City Hall Annex, is a historic site in Lake Worth, Florida. It is located at 414 Lake Avenue.
The building originally served as Lake Worth's elementary school until June 1928. North Grade and South Grade Elementary Schools opened the following fall. The building was subsequently remodeled to provide for the Commission Chamber and administrative offices. On May 18, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Lake Worth Historical Museum is located on the second floor, and features antiques, tools, clothing, photographs, and other local and historic artifacts.
With a quickly growing population in the 1910s, the city of Lake Worth recognized the need for a school. After the Palm Beach Farms Company donated land to the Palm Beach County Board of Public Instruction, a small, wood-frame schoolhouse was built in 1912, with Lucerne Avenue located to the north, Lake Avenue to the south, and Federal Highway to the east. Upon opening on October 20, 1912, 24 students were enrolled, which nearly doubled by the end of the school year.
The expanding population soon necessitated the need for a larger schoolhouse, with the school board commissioning design plans and construction in 1914, to be funded by an approved $25,000 bond. The new, two story schoolhouse included 12 classrooms, each of which contained either 36 large desks or 45 small desks. After the construction of other schools, such as Lake Worth Community High School in 1922, the city government purchased the building in August 1926 due to its need for space for administrative functions.
The building was renovated after being sold to the city government, with classrooms being converted into offices and a telephone being installed. In July 1927, the former schoolhouse was rededicated as city hall. Lake Worth was devastated by the effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, including city hall. Along the northwest corner of the building, the exterior wall in its entirety collapsed, while the north tower was destroyed and the bay at the northeastern side of the building was removed. The roof suffered complete destruction. As a result, Lake Worth was without a functional center for city government. City hall operations were temporarily moved to the Lauriston Building, then located at the corner of Lake Avenue and Dixie Highway. In late 1928, architect Floyd King drew up plans for restoring city hall. Upon completion of restoration in 1929, the building featured a Mission–Spanish Revival design, a radical change from the previous architectural style.
Administrative functions for the city government resumed after the building reopened in 1929. The building continued to be used for city hall operations until April 1973, when nearly all local government departments – with the exception of the electrical and water utilities – moved to the civic center building along Dixie Highway between Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue. In 1980, the Lake Worth Historical Museum opened on the second floor; it features antiques, tools, clothing, photographs, and other local artifacts relating to the history of Lake Worth. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1989.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Lake_Worth_City_Hall
www.yelp.com/biz/city-of-lake-worth-city-hall-lake-worth
www.pbcgov.org/papa/Asps/PropertyDetail/PropertyDetail.as...
wesblackman.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-on-architect-g-sher...
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This photo was ranked amongst the "World's Best Photo of Malaysia"
After an amazing 41 years and over 5.3 million cars, the Rover Mini finally ended production on the 4th of October 2000. The story does not end here however - A new "MINI" arrived to much fanfare and a new generation of fans - and the "Classic" Mini retains a HUGE following from its fans around the world. Long live the Mini! Mini World and Mini Resources are two links I can suggest to you guys to start your reading.
Wonder why all this fuss about Mini? Well, I practically grew up in one. And please look as what it might have looked like before the restoration, a parody by a good friend CS Wong
Gears: Nikon D50, Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI
Location: Kampung Cina (Chinatown), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as the downtown was revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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In the center of the star shaped fort that dominates Goryokaku Park stands the Hakodate Magistrate's Office, a restored building that was once used as a government office run by samurai: Goryokaku Main Hall.
A couple of quick scenes for an ongoing storyline in Brethren of the Brick Seas on Eurobricks. Both scenes recycle older builds of mine and are for the purpose of illustrating the story only.
In Museum Mauritshuis The Hague, The Lamentation of Christ (c.1460-1464) by Rogier van der Weyden is being restored in a specially built studio in the exhibition space of the Museum.
The restoration project in public includes a very special loan: Rogier van der Weyden’s Entombment of Christ (1460-1464). This painting comes from the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence.
More of the restoration and the paintings at:
johanphoto.blogspot.com/2018/08/rogier-van-der-weyden-ont...
Guilford, Connecticut has many vintage, well restored buildings. My Puritan ancestors arrived here from Kent, England in 1639 in order to pursue religious freedom. The small white sign barely visible at far right, reads 1874, The Spencer House, E. Chapman Bishop.
Ladies and gentlemen,
WE are here to address a truly colorful incident affecting our museum, art and freedom of expression.
Yesterday, the satirical painting featuring world leaders became the target of a paint attack - ironically, adding an unplanned layer of abstract commentary to the piece. While we appreciate artistic reinterpretation, we strongly prefer it to be confined to the canvas and not the courtroom.
To ensure future masterpieces remain untarnished, we will implement enhanced security measures, including personal checks and increased surveillance, because nothing says “welcome to the arts” like a metal detector. Rest assured, the painting will be restored and re-exhibited as a resilient reminder that satire may get splattered, but its message remains bulletproof.
Thank you for your attention!
LMS 0-6-0 Class 4F No 43924 approaching Oakworth Station passing The Mound with a local passenger train for Oxenhope from Keighley (KWVR) on 21st September 2011
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Just a simple clean boring wedge shot I kind of like from this splendid day. At least the old school MEC flange lift sign at right ads a bit of interest.
Having traveled 29 miles from North Conway and run around beside the historic former Maine Central depot at Fabyans, Conway Scenic Railroad's 470 Railroad Club is starting their eastbound return trip. They are seen here approaching the gateway at MP 84.5 of the old Maine Central Railroad's Mountain Sub, having just departed from the Crawford's depot at the 1900 ft high point of the railroad. Ahead looms the long 1400 ft 2.2% descent down the mountain through Crawford Notch.
Both units are owned by the 470 Railroad Club and are original Boston and Maine locomotives wearing their as delivered EMD designed scheme. 4266 was built in Mar. 1949 and was acquired for preservation in 1981 off the Billerica deadline. Restored a couple years later, she has called North Conway home ever since and has been operational off and on for the past four decades.
4268 was built in Oct. 1949 and ran for the very first time in almost a half century just earlier this year. I'm not sure when her last run was, but I can find no photos of her in service after about July 1974. She languished for a decade behind the Billerica shops after being stripped of all major components including prime mover, main generator and traction motors. In 1986 she finally left Billerica by truck after being acquired by George Feuderer who displayed her in a field in East Swanzey, NH until acquired by the 470 Club and trucked to North Conway in October of 1991.
She received a cosmetic restoration in 1993 and had been prominently displayed at the Conway Scenic in the company of her operational sibling ever since. After years of planning, the club began restoration in earnest in 2018 with the full support of the railroad and its shop using ex New Hampshire Northcoast GP9 1751 (ex PRR) as a major parts donor for the four year long restoration project.
Addendum: thanks to Carl Byron for supplying the fascinating historical information below that I'd never read about before.
The 4268A was actually built in March, 1949 as Engineering Test Dept Locomotive #930. Used for high altitude component testing on the DRGW's Soldier Summit among other locations. It spent some of that summer masquerading as a CB&Q locomotive leading their passenger car display at the 1949 Chicago World's Fair. It was then was cleaned up, re-engined, and made into to a standard F7A and offered for sale at a "slightly used demo" price. The B&M bought it and it was renumbered and painted into the B&M livery and shipped east, so while the builders plate may well say 10/49 but it certainly had a prior interesting career.
Crawford Notch
Carroll, New Hampshire
Saturday October 22, 2022
A section of the recently restored 2nd-century Roman theatre, which is a famous landmark in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
On the Zijkanaal, Amsterdam North. Last time I walked passed here which was probably 5 years ago this crane was in pieces behind some fencing.
Looks good what has been done to it.
Also a new bridge just along from it.
A much-restored Tudor House that dates back to 1556. It was was built for John Fetherston, a prosperous Warwickshire farmer. The tall Tudor chimneys remain, although the half-timbered structure has gradually been filled in with brick and rendered over. The adjacent brick stable-block was added by a later member of the family in the 1670s.
The Fetherston family eventually died out in the late 19th century, and the house passed through a number of hands, being allowed to deteriorate further before being bought by industrialist, Alfred Ash, in 1904. He was a second generation industrialist and confirmed suburban dweller, bought at auction the Packwood estate of approximately 134 acres.
It's a Grade I listed building, has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture.
I thoroughly recommend a visit if you get the chance.
Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture, and is known for the garden of yews.
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The Bridge of Remembrance has been restored but the surrounding city area has a way to go.
A walk through the landscape of a city emerging from the rubble of 12,000 earthquakes. Incongruity, stark contrast, sometimes edgy, sometimes exciting. Everywhere a state of flux. Change, often frustratingly slow, then in part confusingly rapid. Almost 6 years after the first major earthquake struck a new Christchurch, Otautahi, is being created.
Wakehurst Place. The house is completely wrapped in fireproof cladding so that work can be undertaken in repairing the roof. The public were able to access a viewing platform to see the work and to have a view over the gardens.
81/123 pictures in 2023: Preservation of a building
This is the town where George Washington crossed the Delaware River on his March to his victory over the Hessian troops Christmas Eve 1776.
A restored Baldwin Pennsylvania Railroad DS44-1000 rests with a former Erie Mining S12 undergoing restoration at the SMS facility in Bridgeport. The friendly folks at SMS provided a fantastic tour. Thanks, gentlemen.
On a very dark October 1988 Friday, E9 510 leads Metra 144 on a West Line train leaving CPT. 510 has been restored by the Orange Empire Railroad Museum back to her Union Pacific glory.
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More Found Still Life: By The Streets
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Taking the Streets in Hong Kong
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VIA 6309 was cosmetically restored last year and entered the Angus Pavillion (Exporail's main building) last fall.
A beautiful house begging to be restored.
Getsemani Neighborhood, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Back in the 2000s, Getsemani was considered a dangerous area, but its historic streets have transformed over time into the city’s official backpacker quarter. Hip hostels and artsy cafés have popped up to serve those who are not traveling on the luxury budget that the Old City demands. Getsemani also now has its own raging nightlife scene, much of it fuelled by its homegrown but African-rooted Champeta music, and houses some of the city’s top restaurants.
theculturetrip.com/south-america/colombia/articles/street...
My project today. Using the "piggyback" method to diagnose which RAM chip is faulty in a very old computer.
Tongariki, Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile.
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island. Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai, including one that weighs eighty-six tonnes, the heaviest ever erected on the island.
For video, please visit youtu.be/IZ8Hj7vMx3c
These seven photos continue my documentation of our camping trip.
We took a side trip to the airport in Dubois, Idaho to see the recently restored 1920's airmail beacon, arrow, and control shack. It turned out beautiful. You can see pre-restoration photos in my Giant Concrete Arrows album.
Top choice old town in Songkhla & Singha Nakhon
Wander through narrow historic streets where quaint old houses in the Sino-Portuguese style rub shoulders with traditional wooden Chinese buildings. Some of these old-world relics have been restored and are home to little boutique cafes and restaurants, and others remain in a glorious state of decay. Hidden in amongst them are Chinese temples, beautiful streets of art, and a village mosque where the waft of grilled meat fills the air as local Muslim street vendors sell halal satay skewers.
Nang Ngam road is particularly picturesque.
Yesterday allowed me to tick a box I've been wanting to for some time, that was to ride this fabulous machine. I have to say that I was in no way disappointed as the standard of restoration is second to none, its absolutely fabulous. Well done to all those involved.
217 AJF represents the intermediate style of body fitted by Park Royal which included a few curves, and didn't look so much as if it had been hewn out of a lump of rock. In my humble opinion, the AEC front fibreglass cowl was the best job anyone ever made of modernising and disguising the erstwhile exposed radiator of front engined buses.
The photo was taken outside Loughborough Central, the towns former 'Great Central' station which of course is now a premier league heritage steam railway HQ. I got to thinking that my first visit to this location would have been approximately fifty years ago to peer over the wall to see the fledgling 'Main Line Steam Trust' and its couple of 'Industrials'. Time flies, enjoy 'today'.