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Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Aberdeen, including this illuminated sign in changing colours, facing south in Union Terrace Gardens, which were completely restructured between 2019 and reopening on 22 December 2022.
The original sunken gardens dated from 1879 and were (and are) bounded on the west by Union Terrace, by the Den Burn to the east, although that is now underground and supplanted by a railway and by the Den Burn dual-carriageway.
On the north side is Rosemount Viaduct, noted for the three adjacent buildings known as Education, Salvation and Damnation, the city library, St Marks Church and His Majesty's Theatre, all partially visible in the upper right of this photo.
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Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
Den bislang bedeutendsten Fund stellt das 1981 in Bad Dürkheim-Ungstein ausgegrabene römische Weingut „Weilberg“ dar: Entdeckt wurde es im Rahmen von Flurbereinigungsmaßnahmen, also der ab Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges bis in die 1980er Jahre durchgeführten Umstrukturierung und Neuanlegung von Rebland. Diese römische Villa rustica ist zusammen mit weiteren zwischen 1979 und 1981 ausgegrabenen Landgütern (z. B. dem „Osthof“ bei Wachenheim oder einem Weingehöft am Annaberg) der wichtigste Beleg für den römischen Ursprung des nun fast 2000 Jahre bestehenden Weinbaus in der Pfalz.
The most important find to date is the Roman winery “Weilberg”, which was excavated in Bad Dürkheim-Ungstein in 1981: it was discovered as part of land consolidation measures, i.e. the restructuring and new cultivation of vineyards carried out from the end of the Second World War until the 1980s. This Roman villa rustica, together with other estates excavated between 1979 and 1981 (e.g. the “Osthof” near Wachenheim or a wine farm on Annaberg), is the most important evidence of the Roman origin of viticulture in the Palatinate, which has now existed for almost 2,000 years.
IL TEATRO GRECO
Con i 109 m di diametro della cavea è, dopo quello di Siracusa, il teatro più grande non solo della Sicilia, ma della penisola italiana e dell’Africa. L’impianto originario risale come a Siracusa al III secolo a.C. A documentarlo sono i resti del muro a blocchi isodomi, inglobati nell’edificio della scena e tre sedili con iscrizione dalla cavea.
Quanto è visibile appartiene interamente alla ristrutturazione romana, in particolar modo a quella avvenuta nella prima metà del II d.C. sotto Traiano.
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THE GREEK THEATRE
With its 109 m diameter cavea it is, after that of Syracuse, the largest theater not only in Sicily, but in the Italian peninsula and in Africa. The original plant dates back to the 3rd century BC, as in Syracuse. This is documented by the remains of the isodomic block wall, incorporated in the scene building and three seats with an inscription from the cavea.
What is visible belongs entirely to the Roman restructuring, especially to that which took place in the first half of the 2nd century AD. under Trajan.
In EXPLORE il 31/07/2025 al n. 439 Flickr Takeover Tema: structuresandarchitecture
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The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
A small barn that has undergone several restructurings to remain viable now collects farm tools that have been discarded in favor of newer and more efficient ones. We live in a busy world that values current use and profitability over honoring the efforts of past generations. But to the old folks still living, we know.
Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
Barcelona, Spain
1987 - 1995
Contextually responsive in its scale and orientation, this museum plays a key role in restructuring the Gothic district of Barcelona. Together with the Casa de la Caritat cultural center and a new university building to the north of its sculpture court, the museum helps to consolidate this new arts quarter within the broader urban fabric.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
...
Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
Costantino is a Lagotto Romagnolo dog.
This is the only breed of dog that is officially recognized as specialized in truffle hunting.
He is Italian Beauty Champion.
Constantine the Great is Emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus.
As emperor, Constantine enacted administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating civil and military authorities. To combat inflation he introduced the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. The Roman army was reorganised to consist of mobile field units and garrison soldiers capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions.
The age of Constantine marked a distinct epoch in the history of the Roman Empire.
He ruled between 306 and 337 AD and built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople (now Istanbul).
Bronze head of Constantine, from a colossal statue (4th century) at Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy.
Adjusting elements of the photograph to rebalance them. Not perfect, but I'd have to completely restructure the photograph in Photoshop.
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183.032 of STK with set of coal wagons enters Zduńska Wola Południowa station. June 28, 2015.
STK as a railway carrier commenced operating on public infrastructure in 2005 and dealt mostly with oversized load between Wrocław and Gdynia Port. Lates on the ambitions grew and the company went into general cargo. In the end of 2016 the operator was taken over by OT Logistics. Couple of years later, in 2020 something rotten was in the company and restructuring process begun. It wasn't completed successfully and finally on May 20, 2022 the company was removed from the register of entrepreneurs.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
Słowacki elektrowóz 183.032 przewoźnika STK ze sznurem węglarek wjeżdża do stacji Zduńska Wola Południowa. 28 czerwca 2015 roku.
STK, czyli Specjalny Transport Kolejowy pojawił się na rynku w 2005 roku, a jego usługi - zgodnie z nazwą - obejmowały transporty ładunków z przekroczoną skrajnią z Wrocławia do portu w Gdyni, słynne "skrajnie" jadące malowniczymi liniami Kaszub.
Spółka w ciągu lat rozbudowywała potencjał i oferowała usługi również klasycznego transportu towarów - co pokazuje na przykład to zdjęcie. W 2016 roku przedsiębiorstwo zostało kupione przez OT Logistics, ale historia nie potoczyła się dobrze dla przewoźnika. W 2020 roku rozpoczęto sądowy proces sanacji spółki który ostatecznie zakończył się bankructwem i wykreśleniem spółki z rejestru, co stało się 20 maja 2022 roku.
Fot. Jarek / Chester
Europe, Germany, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Weser, Bremen, Überseeinsel, Hochhaus, Weser Tower (Helmut Jahn) (slightly cut from all sides).
The town of Bremen shares many characteristics with Rotterdam. The massive damage of the WW2, the transformation of old city harbour/industry zone. and it's lively alternative art and theatre culture.
Shown here is the 22 story 'Weser Tower' office highrise (hochhaus) (Helmut Jahn, 2009) on the Übreseeinsel, Úberinsel is an extensive urban redevelopment project that's converting the old harbour and industry zone of Bremen into a lliving, recreational and commercial quarter. There are many similarities with the Rotterdam 'Kop van Zui'd' urban renwal project.
This is number 105 of the Urban restructuring (World) album.
La rocca aldobrandesca di Manciano (GR)
La città di Manciano vanta tra i propri edifici storici questa bellissima rocca fatta costruire dagli Aldobrandeschi nel secolo XII; considerata la sua posizione strategica sulla Maremma (da Manciano si può arrivare con lo sguardo sul mare Tirreno e sull'Argentario) fu oggetto di contese per il suo controllo che fu dapprima della repubblica di Siena nel Quattrocento, poi degli Orvietani e quindi degli Orsini di Pitigliano i quali la posero sotto la propria giurisdizione che durò fino al Seicento. Successivamente Manciano e la sua rocca entrarono a far parte del Granducato di Toscana assieme ai territori rimanenti della contea degli Orsini la quale scomparve definitivamente dallo scenario geopolitico locale.
Nel corso del Settecento vennero effettuati dei lavori di consolidamento e ristrutturazione al fine di preservare la rocca dal degrado; un ultimo lavoro di consolidamento venne effettuato nel secolo scorso.
La fortificazione sorge su un basamento quadrangolare delimitato da cortine murarie ed è costituita da due corpi di fabbrica addossati tra loro su un lato, uno più ampio, di altezza minore, a sezione quadrangolare e uno più alto che costituisce la torre della rocca.
E' un castello molto bello e vale la pena visitarlo anche per godere del panorama circostante che si può ammirare dall'alto della sua torre.
The aldobrandesca fortress of Manciano (GR)
Among its historic buildings, the city of Manciano boasts this beautiful fortress built by the Aldobrandeschi family in the 12th century; considering its strategic position on the Maremma (from Manciano you can get a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Argentario Mountain) it was site of disputes for its control which was first of the republic of Siena in the fifteenth century, then of the Orvietani and then of the Orsini di Pitigliano who placed it under their own jurisdiction which lasted until the seventeenth century. Subsequently Manciano and its fortress became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany together with the remaining territories of the Orsini county which definitively disappeared from the local geopolitical scenario.
During the eighteenth century consolidation and restructuring works were carried out in order to preserve the fortress from degradation; a final consolidation work was carried out in the last century.
The fortification stands on a quadrangular base delimited by curtain walls and consists of two buildings leaning against each other on one side, a larger one, of lower height, with a quadrangular section and a taller one which constitutes the tower of the fortress.
It is a very beautiful castle and it is also worth visiting to enjoy the surrounding panorama that can be admired from the top of its tower.
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“The White Arrow”, “The Dove of the Orient”, “The Ship of Maharajahs”... these were some of the epithets which were given to the motorship Victoria of the Lloyd Triestino. At the end of the 'Twenties, the company's technical office was faced with a complex but obvious problem: the design of a new liner which would replace the two already obsolete vessels Helouan and Vienna, born before the First World War which, with the exception of those wartime years, had served with dignity on the express route between Italy and Alexandria in Egypt.
The higher speeds obtainable with the latest generation of propulsion machinery, the competition posed by the Società Italiana di Servizi Marittimi (SITMAR) of Genoa which was running its two most recent steamships, Esperia and Ausonia, on the same route, a worrying contraction in traffic and, finally, the restructuring of the Lloyd Triestino by Lloyd Sabaudo, persuaded the company to order just a single ship; the possibility of a sister ship would have to wait for more favourable economic times. Following a favourable experience with some diesel-driven combi-ships, it was decided that the new flagship should be a motor vessel: four powerful Sulzer diesels, built at the famous Fabbrica Macchine Sant'Andrea of Trieste, were connected directly to the same number of propellers with the intention of giving the ship a service speed of 20 knots.
The Victoria (a name chosen after consideration had been given to Alessandrina and Cleopatra) was also one of the very first passenger ships in the World built to the new standards of Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS 1929); in addition to a cellular double bottom which extended from the fore to the stern peak, she was divided into eleven watertight compartments with the engine room in the middle section and the forward and aft sections devoted to cargo. There was also a garage for cars accessible over a ramp connected to the quay. Despite being much smaller than the great transatlantic liners, the Victoria attracted international attention for several reasons: apart from her speed, she had a particularly graceful and streamlined appearance, her interiors were in the Modern style and the first class main lounge was fitted with air-conditioning: she was indeed the first passenger ship in the World to have this amenity thanks to a plant designed by the Carrier company of America and built in England.
For more information please visit www.italianliners.com/victoria-en
The ship was the property of Lloyd Triestino, originally founded as Österreichischer Lloyd, which is a shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
It was founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" (or "Austrian Lloyd") in 1836 and became one of the world's biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of Austria-Hungary until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from Trieste to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe. It also was one of the first to use steam ships.
The company's name was changed to "Lloyd Triestino" in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy. At this time, the company also faced major restructuring in order to recover losses incurred during World War I. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino, with its offshoot Marittima Italiana, was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2] The company was once again crippled by the devastation of World War II in the 1940s. During the War, Lloyd Triestino lost 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just 5 ships and were once again faced with a massive recovery operation. By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships.
Lloyd Triestino entered into a partnership with Taiwanese shipping giant, Evergreen Marine, Corp., in 1993.[3] This successful partnership has grown over the years, and now also includes Evergreen's British based line, Hatsu Marine Ltd., which was created in 2000.
On March 1, 2006, Lloyd Triestino's name officially changed to Italia Marittima. Ship names are gradually being changed from the prefix "LT" to "Ital" to reflect this change (e.g. LT Cortesia and Ital Contessa).
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_Marittima and www.italianliners.com/lloyd-triestino-en
This painting was just one of many fascinating exhibits at a special exhibition titled “Lloyd. Trieste and its Ships round the World" which we visited back in April this year. For more information please visit eng.lloydtrieste.it/
The Rochdale Canal in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
...
Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
Excerpt from www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Culture/Windsor-Sculpture-Pa...:
Centennial Park
Ian Lazarus
Audio Corridor, 2000
Stainless steel, 213 x 640 x 640 centimetres
The intent of this work is to create a dynamic interaction between the sculpture, its setting or site and the viewer who engages it. The sculpture deals with a lyrical phrasing of space, inviting the viewer to move through it as one would move through music if it could be made visible. The sculptor attempts to restructure the existing landscape to take advantage of its inherent beauty while drawing on his sculptural languages and forms to augment the dialogue.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
...
Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
Another striking found in the outskirts of Paris: Pont de Sèvres Towers, now called Citylights. Delivered in 1975, this office campus has been totally restructured by Dominique Perrault architects in 2016.
Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta (Chapel of the Madonna of Vitaleta) is often described as the most photographed church in Tuscany. There are traces of the chapel for the first time in a document dated 1590. The present appearance is the result of restructuring by architect Giuseppe Partini in 1884.
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Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today however we are northwest of Lettice’s flat, in the working-class London suburb of Harlesden where Edith, Lettice’s maid, grew up. Edith’s father, George, works at the McVitie and Price* biscuit factory in Harlesden as a Line Manager, and her mother, Ada, takes in laundry occasionally at home. They live in a small, two storey brick terrace house which opens out directly onto the street, and is far removed from the grandeur of Lettice’s Mayfair flat, but has always been a cosy and welcoming home for Edith. We find ourselves at the rear of the house in Ada’s cosy kitchen. It’s Wednesday, a free afternoon for Edith, usually kept sacrosanct for Edith to spend it doing something pleasurable with her best friend and fellow maid-of-all-work, Hilda, perusing shop windows or shopping for trimmings at Mrs. Minkin’s Haberdashery in Whitechapel. Yet today, Edith and her fiancée, Mayfair grocer’s delivery boy Frank, who also has managed to arrange to have Wednesday afternoon off until four o’clock, have come to Harlesden together. The couple and Ada have been shopping down on the Harlesden high street at Woolworths*. The trio, well rugged up against the cold December weather, come into the terrace through the back door off the scullery, leading from the small courtyard garden, laden with festive Christmas decorations.
“Oh, thank you so much for all your help today, Mum!” Edith sighs with relief as she places a box of Christmas baubles and a box of Christmas crackers onto the kitchen table. She then turns to Frank as he places Ada’s shopping basket full of Christmas decorations next to the box of crackers. “And thank you for your help, carrying Mum’s basket for her, Frank.”
“Anything for my best girl,” Frank replies, his cheeks flushing red at his fiancée’s compliment as he smiles at her. “And my future mother-in-law, of course!” he adds hastily as he glances at Ada, as she hangs her red velvet hat decorated with flowers and feathers on a hook near the kitchen door.
“Of course!” Ada agrees as she adds her heavy winter coat, cold from the December chill in the air from their walk back from the Harlesden high street on the hook beneath her hat. “Yes, I must say it’s lovely to have a spare set of hands today, Frank love. I’m most grateful.”
“It’s a pleasure Mrs. Wat… I mean, Ada.” Frank stumbles, blushing more. He sighs. “I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to calling you Ada, Mrs. Watsford.”
Ada chuckles as she turns around and faces her daughter and future son-in-law, smiling broadly. “Oh, you’ll get used to it soon enough, Frank love.” She walks up and stands next to him, rubbing his shoulder comfortingly. “It took me an age to get used to being called Mrs. Watsford after I married George. Mrs. Watsford, to me anyway, was always George’s mother. When George and I were first married and we went anywhere socially, if anyone mentioned Mrs. Watsford, referring to me, I never answered, always thinking they were talking to, or addressing my mother-in-law, until George gave me a gentle husbandly prompt.” She chuckles again at the thought.
“Well, I’ll keep trying… Ada,” Frank says, emphasising her name. “And I’m sure you’re right.”
“You’ll also learn, Frank, that Mum is always right,” Edith giggles. “Even when she’s not!”
Frank smiles and joins in, his good-natured and easy chuckles intermixing with Edith’s girlish laughter as they echo around the small Harlesden terrace house kitchen.
“Aye! Aye! Less of your cheek, Edith!” Ada chides, wagging her finger at the young couple, yet smiling as she does, indicating that she isn’t really cross with them. “You too Frank! Is that how you repay my generosity at paying you a compliment?”
“Ahem!” Frank clears his throat and suddenly stands a little more upright. “No Mrs… err… Ada.” He turns and glances at his fiancée, a gormless grin on his face.
“You’re both awful!” Ada laughs. “Although Edith is right. I am usually right… in the end.”
“She’s right, Frank!” Edith acknowledges her mother as she proceeds to hang her handbag over the knob on the top of her favourite ladderback chair drawn up to the table before removing her black dyed straw cloche that she decorated herself with feathers and purple satin roses from Mrs. Minkin’s Haberdashery.
“Oh, don’t put it there, love.” Ada cautions her daughter. “I keep telling you, it might get spoiled, if you hang it there. Such a pretty hat should sit on the table where it’s safe.”
“And I keep telling you that it will be fine, Mum.” She pats the hat with satisfaction. “Besides, with all these new Christmas decorations from Woolworths, there isn’t really much room on the table.”
“As I just said, Edith love: I am usually right… in the end.” She wags her finger admonishingly at her daughter again. “You’ll see. One day you’ll regret hanging it there.”
“Yes Mum!” Edith acknowledges her mother, rolling her eyes. “But not today.”
“Now!” Ada claps her hands together, clasping them in anticipation. “Who wants tea then?”
Edith looks at Frank and Frank looks at Edith, both smiling broadly.
“Oh, I do!” Edith exclaims.
“I do!” Frank concurs.
“And I know I do,” Ada agrees. “That walk from Woolworths in High Street** may not be far, but it’s so cold out there today. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we didn’t get a dusting of snow*** a bit later.”
“If you can see it through the dense fog out there.” Edith remarks disparagingly.
Ada turns and stokes the dying embers in the range to bring it back to life before adding a scoop of fresh coal to it. “Be a good girl, and set the table, will you, Edith love? I’ll see to the tea.”
Edith walks over to the big, dark Welsh dresser that dominates one side of the tiny kitchen and picks up pretty floral teacups and saucers from among the mismatched crockery on its shelves: one of her mother’s many market finds that helped to bring elegance and beauty to Edith’s childhood home.
“Biscuits too, Mum?” she asks cheerfully.
“What kind of a question is that, Edith love?” Ada gasps. “Your dad would be furious if we didn’t serve up some of his biscuits from the factory. Besides, what kind of hostess would I be, if I didn’t offer Frank a biscuit of two?”
“Thanks Mrs. Wat… Ada.” Frank says, looking to Edith.
Edith smiles indulgently and momentarily allows herself to reminisce about years past as she reaches for the familiar McVitie’s**** Petit Beurre***** biscuit tin, its lid battered and the pattern on the top worn and chipped from years of use.
Ada turns back to Frank. “Sit down, Frank love.” She gestures with a flapping hand for Frank to settle down in a chair at the kitchen table. “You’ve earned a chance to put your feet up after carrying my basket for me.”
“Oh, it was a pleasure, Ada.” Frank says, slipping in at the table as Edith starts to set down the tea things. “It will put us in a festive mood if it does snow.”
“Help yourself to biscuits, Frank.” Edith says, opening the tin and placing it in front of her fiancée.
“Thanks Edith.” he replies gratefully, picking up a Chocolate Homewheat Digestive******, taking a hungry bite out of it, crumbs spilling onto the blue and white floral plate directly in front of him.
Edith finishes setting the table, whilst Ada pours hot water from her large kettle hanging on the hob into her old, glazed Brown Betty******* teapot, before setting it on the table to steep.
“So,” Ada asks with a groan, settling comfortably into her own round backed Windsor chair. “How’s your grandmother then?”
Frank swallows his mouthful of biscuit before replying, “It’s a slow recovery, but Gran’s definitely improving, thanks Mrs. Wat… Ada.”
“It’s so awful having influenza at any time in life, but at her age,” Ada tuts and shakes her head. “Poor Mrs. McTavish. George and I were talking about it when Edith told us she was poorly. She must have caught it going home from the Lyon’s Corner House******** the afternoon of the party George threw for yours and Edith’s engagement. He feels terribly guilty.” She pauses. “We both do, Frank love.”
“Oh, it wasn’t your fault, Ada!” Frank insists. “It was cold enough for a dusting of snow that day too, and even with her fox fur collar, I guess she still wasn’t quite well rugged up enough. It was just unfortunate that she caught a chill.”
“And you did say she was improving, Frank.” Edith adds helpfully.
“Yes,” Frank chuckles. “She was telling me how to make our pot of tea the other day when I visited her after Edith and I had been to the Premier********* over in in East Ham, to see ‘A Girl of London’**********, so that’s a marked improvement.”
“She’s very particular on how Francis makes her tea.” Edith adds cheekily, using Frank’s proper name, which he loathes and thinks unmanly.
“Edith!” Frank exclaims as his face flushes with embarrassment as he looks at his fiancée, who feigns innocence as she blows a kiss to him over the table.
Unaware of the teasing going on between the pair, Ada remarks as she pours Frank his tea, “Well that’s a good thing, Frank love.”
“And it’s a very good thing you and Mr. Wat… George, are doing Ada,” Frank says, indicating to all the Christmas decorations they have brought back to the Harlesden terrace with them. “Uprooting Christmas festivities from here as we’d originally, planned and moving them at short notice to Gran’s house. All these lovely new bright decorations,” He fiddles with a box of green and gold baubles in a brightly patterned box and a boxed green tinsel garland. “Will add some festive cheer to Gran’s house, and I know she is looking forward to having Christmas at home, even if she isn’t well enough to help cook the Christmas turkey herself.”
“Ahh,” Ada scoffs with a beatific smile and a dismissive wave of her hand as she passes Frank his cup of tea. “You’re welcome, Frank. It would be too much to expect Mrs. McTavish to travel all the way to us, even if it isn’t far from the Tube************ station either way, in her poorly condition. Besides, it wasn’t even my suggestion. Edith should take credit for that.”
Edith remains silent, but smiles proudly as she munches quietly on a jam drop biscuit*************.
“That’s true Ada. Credit where credit is due**************, Edith,” Frank acknowledges his fiancée. “It’s very good of you to think of Gran’s comfort and health first.”
“Oh, that’s alright, Frank!” Edith replies breezily as she finishes her mouthful. “I think anyone else would think the same.”
“Not just anyone, Edith - you!” Frank insists. “You are so kind and caring, and that’s one of the many reasons that I love you.”
“Oh Frank!” Edith exclaims with a beaming smile. “You are sweet. I love you too!”
“Frank’s right, Edith love.” Ada adds kindly. “You are a very good girl to think of Mrs. McTavish and her needs when she hasn’t been well. The lady you have grown up to be makes your dad and me proud, love.”
“Well, it stands to reason, doesn’t it?” Edith reaches across the table and picks up a boxed angel dressed in a white lace gown with gilt cardboard wings and a halo destined for the top of a tree. “Gran’s not been well, and after all, she does have a parlour every bit as large as our kitchen, so big enough for all of us, especially since Bert won’t be home this Christmas.”
“He was lucky to get shore leave last Christmas, Edith love.” Ada tempers. “That was two Christmases in a row we had him home for. We knew we couldn’t have been lucky enough to have had him for a third.”
“I know, Mum.” Edith replies. “He just better make sure he gets shore leave for our wedding!”
“He will, Edith love. Nothing will stop Bert being here for your big day, when it happens.” Ada insists.
*Woolworths began operation in Britain in 1909 when Frank Woolworth opened the first store in Liverpool, as a British subsidiary of the already established American company. The store initially sold a variety of goods for threepence and sixpence, making their goods accessible to everyone, not just the wealthy upper and middle-classes. The British subsidiary proved to be very popular, and it grew quickly, opening twelve stores by 1912 and expanding using its own profits to become a fixture on the high street. The stores became a beloved British institution, with many shoppers assuming they were originally a British company. In 1982, the United Kingdom operations underwent a management buyout from the American parent company, becoming Woolworth Holdings PLC. This followed the American parent company\'s sale of its controlling stake to a local consortium. Later, in 2000, the company\'s parent (by then known as Kingfisher Group) decided to restructure, focusing more on its DIY and electrical markets. The general merchandise division, including Big W stores, was spun off into a separate company called Woolworths in 2001. Unable to adapt to modern retail trends, the company faced increasing competition and financial difficulties. The last Woolworths stores in the United Kingdom closed their doors in December 2008 and January 2009, marking the end of an era.
**Woolworths at 37-41 High Street in Harlesden was was the eleventh UK store and the third London store. It opened in 1911 and closed in 1991 at the end of its lease. The original store was rather smaller, expanding to the below frontage in two stages in the 1920s and 1930s. The outlet took a little longer to get established than the first two London stores Brixton and Woolwich, possibly because of the middle-class pretentions of Harlesden at the time when housewives might have been ashamed of shopping in a store that’s byline was selling goods for threepence and sixpence, but had built such a large clientele by the 1930s that it was doubled in size.
***It snowed in London in 1925, with significant "snowy northerlies" occurring in late November. While heavy snowfalls were reported in the midlands and north of England in December of that year, London experienced a period of dense fog in December, as well as a very mild, windy, and wet January at the start of the year.
****McVitie\'s (Originally McVitie and Price) is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits. The name derives from the original Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie and Price, Ltd., established in 1830 on Rose Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company moved to various sites in the city before completing the St. Andrews Biscuit Works factory on Robertson Avenue in the Gorgie district in 1888. The company also established one in Glasgow and two large manufacturing plants south of the border, in Heaton Chapel, Stockport, and Harlesden, London (where Edith’s father works). McVitie and Price\'s first major biscuit was the McVitie\'s Digestive, created in 1892 by a new young employee at the company named Alexander Grant, who later became the managing director of the company. The biscuit was given its name because it was thought that its high baking soda content served as an aid to food digestion. The McVitie\'s Chocolate Homewheat Digestive was created in 1925. Although not their core operation, McVitie\'s were commissioned in 1893 to create a wedding cake for the royal wedding between the Duke of York and Princess Mary, who subsequently became King George V and Queen Mary. This cake was over two metres high and cost one hundred and forty guineas. It was viewed by 14,000 and was a wonderful publicity for the company. They received many commissions for royal wedding cakes and christening cakes, including the wedding cake for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip and Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Under United Biscuits McVitie\'s holds a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II.
*****The Petit Beurre, also known as Véritable Petit Beurre (VPB), is a type of shortbread from Nantes, France. The biscuits of the Lefèvre-Utile company are the most commercially successful variety, although its name is not exclusive to Lefèvre-Utile . It was invented in 1886 by Louis Lefèvre-Utile in the city of Nantes and was inspired by some English products of the time.
******McVitie & Price introduced the chocolate digestive biscuit in 1925, which was the primary chocolate biscuit variety they offered at that time. It was a variation of their original digestive biscuit and was named the "Chocolate Homewheat Digestive". Other flavored chocolate biscuits like mint, orange, or those with chocolate chips inside did not exist in this early period.
*******A Brown Betty is a type of teapot, round and with a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze. In the Victorian era, when tea was at its peak of popularity, tea brewed in the Brown Betty was considered excellent. This was attributed to the design of the pot which allowed the tea leaves more freedom to swirl around as the water was poured into the pot, releasing more flavour with less bitterness.
********J. Lyons and Co. was a British restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884 by Joseph Lyons and his brothers in law, Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. Lyons’ first teashop opened in Piccadilly in 1894, and from 1909 they developed into a chain of teashops, with the firm becoming a staple of the High Street in the United Kingdom. At its peak the chain numbered around two hundred cafes. The teashops provided for tea and coffee, with food choices consisting of hot dishes and sweets, cold dishes and sweets, and buns, cakes and rolls. Lyons\' Corner Houses, which first appeared in 1909 and remained until 1977, were noted for their Art Deco style. Situated on or near the corners of Coventry Street, Strand and Tottenham Court Road, they and the Maison Lyonses at Marble Arch and in Shaftesbury Avenue were large buildings on four or five floors, the ground floor of which was a food hall with counters for delicatessen, sweets and chocolates, cakes, fruit, flowers and other products. In addition, they possessed hairdressing salons, telephone booths, theatre booking agencies and at one period a twice-a-day food delivery service. On the other floors were several restaurants, each with a different theme and all with their own musicians. For a time, the Corner Houses were open twenty-four hours a day, and at their peak each branch employed around four hundred staff including their famous waitresses, commonly known as Nippies for the way they nipped in and out between the tables taking orders and serving meals. The tea houses featured window displays, and, in the post-war period, the Corner Houses were smarter and grander than the local tea shops. Between 1896 and 1965 Lyons owned the Trocadero, which was similar in size and style to the Corner Houses.
*********The Premier Super Cinema in East Ham was opened on the 12th of March, 1921, replacing the 800 seat capacity 1912 Premier Electric Theatre. The new cinema could seat 2,408 patrons. The Premier Super Cinema was taken over by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres who were taken over by Gaumont British in February 1929. It was renamed the Gaumont from 21st April 1952. The Gaumont was closed by the Rank Organisation on 6th April 1963. After that it became a bingo hall and remained so until 2005. Despite attempts to have it listed as a historic building due to its relatively intact 1921 interior, the Gaumont was demolished in 2009.
**********‘A Girl of London’ is a 1925 British silent drama film produced by Stoll Pictures, directed by Henry Edwards and starring Genevieve Townsend, Ian Hunter and Nora Swinburne. Its plot concerns the son of a member of parliament, who is disowned by his father when he marries a girl who works in a factory. Meanwhile, he tries to rescue his new wife from her stepfather who operates a drugs den. It was based on a novel by Douglas Walshe.
***********One of the most famous Christmas decorations that people love to use at Christmas is tinsel. You might think that using it is an old tradition and that people in Britain have been adorning their houses with tinsel for a very long time. However that is not actually true. Tinsel is in fact believed to be quite a modern tradition. Whilst the idea of tinsel dates back to Germany in 1610 when wealthy people used real strands of silver to adorn their Christmas trees (also a German invention). Silver was very expensive though, so being able to do this was a sign that you were wealthy. Even though silver looked beautiful and sparkly to begin with, it tarnished quite quickly, meaning it would lose its lovely, bright appearance. Therefore it was swapped for other materials like copper and tin. These metals were also cheaper, so it meant that more people could use them. However, when the Great War started in 1914, metals like copper were needed for the war. Because of this, they couldn\'t be used for Christmas decorations as much, so a substitute was needed. It was swapped for aluminium, but this was a fire hazard, so it was switched for lead, but that turned out to be poisonous.
************People started calling the London Underground the "Tube" around 1900, after the opening of the Central London Railway. The railway\'s deep, cylindrical tunnels resembled tubes, and a newspaper nickname for it, the “Tuppenny Tube”, due to a flat fare of two pence, helped the term stick. Over time, the nickname spread to refer to the entire system.
*************A jam drop biscuit is a classic buttery, shortbread-style cookie with a thumbprint-like indentation filled with jam before baking.
**************The phrase "credit paid where it\'s due" means to praise someone for their accomplishments or good work, even if you may not like them or have other negative feelings toward them. It is an expression of fairness that acknowledges merit when it is deserved. It was likely popularised by American statesman Samuel Adams, who wrote "Give credit to whom credit due" in a letter in 1777. The expression\'s origin can also be traced to a biblical parallel in Romans 13:7 and reflects a long-standing principle of giving praise or acknowledgement to those who have earned it.
This cluttered, yet cheerful domestic scene with its festive overtones is not all it seems to be at first glance, for it is made up of part of my 1:12 size dollhouse miniatures collection. Some pieces come from my own childhood. Other items I acquired as an adult through specialist online dealers and artists who specialise in 1:12 miniatures.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
Ada’s kitchen table is covered with boxed Christmas decorations. The boxed tinsel garland and the tree top angel were a gift to me last Christmas from my Flickr friend BKHagar *Kim* who also collects 1:12 miniatures. She picked these up at a house auction as part of a large miniatures collection. The red box containing hand painted Christmas ornaments were hand made and decorated by artists of Crooked Mile Cottage in America. The patterned green box of red and green baubles at the front of Ada’s basket to the right was hand made by Mick and Marie’s Miniatures in the United Kingdom.
The box of Christmas crackers is a 1:12 miniatures made by artisan Ken Blythe. I have a large representation of Ken Blythe’s work in my miniatures collection – books mostly. Most of the books I own that he has made may be opened to reveal authentic printed interiors. In some cases, you can even read the words, depending upon the size of the print! Sadly, so little of his real artistry is seen because the books that he specialised in making are usually closed, sitting on shelves or closed on desks and table surfaces. As well as making books, he also made other small paper based miniatures including boxes of goods. The box is designed to be opened, and each one contains gaily coloured Christmas crackers made from real crêpe paper. To create something so authentic to the original in such detail and so clearly, really does make them all miniature artisan pieces. Ken Blythe’s work is highly sought after by miniaturists around the world today and command high prices at auction for such tiny pieces, particularly now that he is no longer alive. I was fortunate enough to acquire pieces from Ken Blythe prior to his death about four years ago, as well as through his estate via his daughter and son-in-law. His legacy will live on with me and in my photography which I hope will please his daughter.
Ada’s shopping basket comes from Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering.
Sitting on the table in the foreground is a McVitie and Price’s Small Petite Beurre Biscuits tin, containing a selection of different biscuits. There are several biscuits on the plates as well. The biscuits were made by hand of polymer clay by former chef turned miniature artisan, Frances Knight. Her work is incredibly detailed and realistic, and she says that she draws her inspiration from her years as a chef and her imagination. Also in the foreground there are are non-matching teacups, saucers, a milk jug and sugar bowl, all of which have come from different miniature stockists both in Australia and the United Kingdom. The Brown Betty teapot in the came from The Dolls House Shop in the United Kingdom.
Edith’s black dyed straw hat with purple roses and black feathers was made by an unknown artisan. 1:12 size miniature hats made to such exacting standards of quality and realism are often far more expensive than real hats are. When you think that it would sit comfortably on the tip of your index finger, yet it could cost in excess of $150.00 or £100.00, it is an extravagance. American artists seem to have the monopoly on this skill and some of the hats that I have seen or acquired over the years are remarkable. This hat is part of a larger collection I bought from an American miniature collector Marilyn Bickel. Edith’s green leather handbag also came from her collection.
In the background you can see Ada’s dark Welsh dresser cluttered with household items. Like Ada’s table, the Windsor chair and the ladderback chair to the left of the photo, I have had the dresser since I was a child. The shelves of the dresser have different patterned crockery and silver pots on them which have come from different miniature stockists both in Australia and the United Kingdom. There are also some rather worn and beaten looking enamelled cannisters and a bread tin in the typical domestic Art Deco design and kitchen colours of the 1920s, cream and green. Aged on purpose, these artisan pieces I acquired from The Dolls’ House Shop in the United Kingdom.
The large kitchen range in the background is a 1:12 miniature replica of the coal fed Phoenix Kitchen Range. A mid-Victorian model, it has hinged opening doors, hanging bars above the stove and a little bass hot water tap (used in the days before plumbed hot water).
Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Union Terrace, Aberdeen. Looking north-west from the Union Terrace Gardens, which were completely restructured between 2019 and reopening on 22 December 2022.
The original sunken gardens dated from 1879 and were (and are) bounded on the west by Union Terrace, seen here supported by the arches, and by the Den Burn to the east, although that is now underground and supplanted by a railway and by the Den Burn dual-carriageway.
David Greig was the supermarket (initially grocery shop) chain founded by the Greig family of Hornsey, north London. With its headquarters at Atlantic Road, Brixton (and later at Waterloo Road, London) and grocery shops across southern England, it was a rival to the Sainsbury's chain, John and Mary Sainsbury having opened their first grocery shop in Holborn one year earlier. A deep personal rivalry developed between the two families, because of acrimonious feelings about the Greigs' alleged betrayal of a verbal agreement regarding the purchasing of sites for development. By the late 1960s, there were more than 220 Greig shops across the south of the country, all trading under the David Greig brand. However, the company was sold to Fitch lovell and merged into Fitch Lovell's own Key Markets supermarket brand in 1972 after crippling death duties were incurred when several of the men in the family died in quick succession, with inheritance tax obligatory on their entirely private holdings. Key Markets was later bought by Gateway, and eventually rebranded as Somerfield, although several of the larger stores were taken over by ASDA, including the Sturry Road site, near Canterbury. This was in turn bought by the Co-operative Group. Each of these changes included considerable restructuring, so many ex-Greig stores may now be in different ownership.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
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Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
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Maserati is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Modena . The company was founded in Bologna in 1914. Today, the brand belongs to the global manufacturer Stellantis . Its trademark is a trident, modeled after the one on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna .
Maserati racing cars were successful in the 1950s; among other achievements, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 Formula One World Championship in a 250F . Maserati has traditionally been a competitor of Ferrari , but from 1997 to 2005 it was a subsidiary of Ferrari within the Fiat Group, later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
Following the merger of FCA and the PSA Group (Peugeot SA) on January 16, 2021 to form Stellantis , Maserati is the only brand in the "luxury" segment of the new group, with its own global sales organization separate from the multi-brand sales through the national Stellantis organizations, such as Stellantis Deutschland GmbH (based in Rüsselsheim).
Founded in Bologna on December 1, 1914, the Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati (SA Officine Alfieri Maserati) was a family business. Its founder was Alfieri Maserati . Three of his six brothers later joined the company.
Carlo (1881–1910), Bindo (1883–1980), Alfieri (1887–1932) [ 4 ] , Mario (1890–1981), Ettore (1894–1990) and Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975) were born in the Lombard town of Voghera . The parents of the siblings, who became known as the Fratelli Maserati (Maserati Brothers), were Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Their father worked as a railway engineer. With the exception of Mario Maserati, who worked as a painter, all the Maserati brothers developed an affinity for technology. [ 5 ]
Carlo Maserati built his first motorcycle in 1898, which he used to participate in several races. At the beginning of the 20th century, he became a test and racing driver for Fiat and worked for a time with Vincenzo Lancia . In 1903, he moved to Isotta Fraschini , in 1907 to Bianchi , and in 1909 to Junior . Carlo Maserati died of tuberculosis in 1910. [ 5 ]
Alfieri and Bindo Maserati followed their brother Carlo to Isotta Fraschini in 1903. In 1910, they went to Argentina on behalf of the Milanese car manufacturer to work at the Isotta branch there. In Buenos Aires, Alfieri designed a racing car using Isotta technology, which he himself used in motor races, but the Maserati brothers returned to Italy as early as 1914.
On December 1, 1914, Alfieri Maserati founded his own company in Bologna, where customer cars from Isotta Fraschini were to be prepared for racing. With Italy's entry into the First World War, the workshop's activities largely ceased. During this time, Alfieri Maserati developed spark plugs, while his brother Ernesto, who had initially also worked for Alfieri, designed aircraft engines for Franco Tosi during the war . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Beginnings in motorsport
Maserati 8CM
After the war, Alfieri, Ernesto, and Ettore Maserati resumed their workshop operations. They designed several racing cars for Isotta Fraschini [ 6 ] [ 8 ] and, from 1922, for Diatto , achieving some success in Grand Prix races. When Diatto withdrew from motor racing in 1925, the Maserati brothers took over the design work. This project resulted in the Maserati Tipo 26 , the first racing car to bear the Maserati name. [ 7 ] In April 1926, the car driven by Alfieri Maserati achieved the company's first class victory in the 1.5-liter class at the Targa Florio . After initially only sporadic further racing appearances, Maserati participated regularly in motorsport events from 1929 onwards. The company maintained a factory team but also sold its vehicles to independent customers. With the introduction of the Maserati Tipo 6CM in 1936, sustained success followed; Maserati won a total of 19 races before the outbreak of the Second World War . [ 6 ]
The Orsi era: Racing successes and the first road-going sports cars
In 1932, Alfieri Maserati died at the age of 44 from the long-term effects of a racing accident. Subsequently, Bindo Maserati, who had previously worked at Isotta Fraschini, took over the management of Officine Alfieri Maserati, while Ettore was responsible for development and administration. [ 9 ]
Despite the racing successes, the company never regained the dynamism it had enjoyed during Alfieri Maserati's lifetime. [ 9 ] In 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers sold the company to Adolfo Orsi , an industrialist from Modena who owned several steel mills and manufactured agricultural and machine tools in his hometown. [ 9 ] Orsi primarily wanted to use Maserati's racing successes for advertising purposes for his other businesses. [ 10 ] Until the post-war period, the Maserati name appeared not only on automobiles but also on technical equipment produced by the Orsi Group. During this time, Maserati also manufactured motorcycles, among other things. The Maserati brothers Bindo, Ernesto, and Ettore remained with the company as consultants for ten years, and its headquarters were moved to Modena in the early 1940s. In 1947 they separated from Maserati and founded a competing company, Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA), in Bologna.
After the end of World War II, the Orsi Group faced economic and political difficulties. These included numerous, sometimes violent, strikes by the workforce, which also led to the temporary closure of the Maserati factory. In 1950, the group underwent a restructuring, resulting in the spin-off of Maserati. From then on, Adolfo Orsi and his son Omar were solely responsible for managing the racing car manufacturer, while the other companies within the group were managed by Orsi's siblings.
Maserati 250F
After the turmoil of the early post-war period subsided, Maserati established itself as a major player in motor racing during the 1950s. This process was facilitated by the withdrawal of the previously dominant Alfa Romeo team. The Maserati 250F, designed in 1953 , was one of the most widely used Formula One cars of its generation; it competed in 46 World Championship races and numerous non-championship Formula One events until 1960. [ 11 ] Maserati regularly fielded a factory team during these years; in addition, numerous private drivers entered Maserati-designed cars. In 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio won the Drivers' World Championship with the Maserati factory team; it was Fangio's fifth world title. In 1958, Maserati withdrew from Formula One for financial reasons. Customer cars, however, remained in use until 1960, and Maserati engines could be found in Cooper's Formula 1 cars until the late 1960s . After a few years without motorsport involvement, Maserati returned to sports car racing success in the early 1960s with cars like the Tipo 61 ("Birdcage") ...Wikipedia
The old bridge was restructured with steel arch rich in modern shape named Sunshine Bridge and also become a specifically landscape bridge, 245 meters length with colorful illuminators only for walkers and bicycles use and go direct to riverside park, now became a spotlight and landmark of leisure place, especially at night. The bridge won the 13th National Building Gold Medal in Oct. 2012
Excerpt from www.lecinqueterre.org/eng/arte/riobattista.php:
The church of San Giovanni Battista rises in the upper part of the village, preceded by a vast paved square, with the northern part of the building leaning against the hill.
There are two important dates for the temple. 1340, the year of construction at the behest of Antonio Fieschi, bishop of Luni, at the beginning of his vicariate, as indicated by the inscription on the plaque on the right side of the church; and 1870, when the building was heavily renovated with a neo-Gothic façade.
The original plant is the work of the Antelami Masters, of Lombard origin, admirable in the rose window in Carrara marble and precisely on the right side, with the single lancet windows and the two Gothic doors preceded by short stairways, surmounted by lunettes decorated with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic elements. The neo-Gothic aspect is therefore due to the nineteenth-century restructuring, when the façade was rebuilt, however, relocating the original rose window, and the church extended by a span.
The salient façade therefore reflects the basilica plan with three naves, with a main portal decorated with phytomorphic motifs and two smaller side portals, all with pointed arches, the main one with a lunette without decoration. It is framed by four slopes with corner pillars which host four statues symmetrically in the middle order, between the rose window and two lateral mullioned windows. The upper part ends with a blind mullioned window, surmounted by a statue of Christ the Redeemer.
The three naves inside are separated by elegant ogival arches. Along the left wall there are three rectangular chapels, along the right one there are the entrances. The presbytery opens into a main chapel, enclosed between two communicating side chapels.
Among the works of art preserved are a wooden crucifix by Maragliano, a canvas of the Preaching of the Baptist attributed to Domenico Fiasella and a triptych in the right aisle attributed to Benedetto Antelami depicting the Madonna and Child and Saints Rocco and Sebastian of the fifteenth century, a 16th century bas-relief depicting San Martino on horseback, a fine 18th-century pulpit and an Agati mechanical organ from 1851.
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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My elderly neighbor needs to remain in a nursing home - in the old days she worked a family farm and my son used to enjoy helping her with pumpkins and ornamental corn. Now the house is being smashed down to the beams for a complete restructuring.
Der Roche-Turm (Bau 1), auch Roche Tower, ist ein Hochhaus in der Schweizer Stadt Basel. Das Gebäude ist Hauptsitz des Pharmakonzerns Roche Holding, der auch Eigentümer und Bauherr des Bauwerks ist. Mit 178 m übertrifft der Roche-Turm deutlich den 126 Meter hohen Prime Tower in Zürich, das zuvor höchste Hochhaus der Schweiz. Das höchste freistehende Gebäude des Landes ist jedoch weiterhin der nur wenige Kilometer von Basel entfernte Fernsehturm St. Chrischona mit 250 Metern. Das Hochhaus dient rein betrieblichen Zwecken und ist öffentlich nicht zugänglich. Der von den Architekten Herzog & de Meuron entworfene Roche-Turm entstand im Rahmen einer umfangreichen baulichen Neustrukturierung des Basler Stammsitzes, zu dem ab 2021 auch der auf 205 Meter im Bau befindliche Bau 2 gehören soll.
Fotografiert wurde das Gebäude während den Festlichkeiten zum 125 Jahre Jubiläum.
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The Roche Tower (Building 1), also Roche Tower, is a high-rise in the Swiss city of Basel. The building is the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Roche Holding, which is also the owner and builder of the building. At 178 m, the Roche Tower clearly exceeds the 126-meter-high Prime Tower in Zurich, which was previously the tallest skyscraper in Switzerland. However, the tallest free-standing building in the country is still the St. Chrischona television tower, which is only a few kilometers away from Basel, at 250 meters. The high-rise serves purely operational purposes and is not open to the public. The Roche Tower, designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, was built as part of an extensive structural restructuring of the Basel headquarters, which will also include Building 2, which is under construction at 205 meters, from 2021.
The building was photographed during the celebrations for the 125th anniversary.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
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Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
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Dans le chœur existe d’ailleurs une statue de Saint Martin, offerte par Napoléon III en 183. Lors de cette restructuration, avec surélévation et construction des clochers, l’orientation de ce sanctuaire a été inversée en raison de la configuration du terrain
La statue de Saint Antoine ainsi que deux statues du XVIIIe siècle, en bois polychrome, de Saint François d’Assise et Saint Antoine de Padoue, proviennent de cette chapelle conventuelle
Elle a été restructurée dans sa forme présente entre 1850 et 1880, au temps des grands travaux du second Empire
🇬🇧 In the choir, there is also a statue of Saint Martin, donated by Napoleon III in 183. During this renovation, which included raising the height of the building and constructing bell towers, the orientation of the sanctuary was reversed due to the configuration of the land.
The statue of Saint Anthony and two 18th-century polychrome wooden statues of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anthony of Padua come from this convent chapel.
It was restructured into its present form between 1850 and 1880, during the major works of the Second Empire.
🇩🇪 Im Chor befindet sich übrigens eine Statue des Heiligen Martin, die Napoleon III. 183 gestiftet hat. Bei dieser Umgestaltung, bei der die Glockentürme erhöht und neu gebaut wurden, wurde die Ausrichtung dieses Heiligtums aufgrund der Beschaffenheit des Geländes umgekehrt
Die Statue des Heiligen Antonius sowie zwei Statuen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert aus polychromem Holz, die den Heiligen Franz von Assisi und den Heiligen Antonius von Padua darstellen, stammen aus dieser Klosterkapelle .
Sie wurde zwischen 1850 und 1880, zur Zeit der großen Bauarbeiten des Zweiten Kaiserreichs, in ihrer heutigen Form umgebaut
🇪🇸 En el coro hay una estatua de San Martín, ofrecida por Napoleón III en 183. Durante esta remodelación, con la elevación y construcción de los campanarios, se invirtió la orientación de este santuario debido a la configuración del terreno
La estatua de San Antonio, así como dos estatuas del siglo XVIII, en madera policromada, de San Francisco de Asís y San Antonio de Padua, proceden de esta capilla conventual .
Fue reestructurada en su forma actual entre 1850 y 1880, en la época de las grandes obras del Segundo Imperio.
🇮🇹 Nel coro è presente una statua di San Martino, donata da Napoleone III nel 183. Durante i lavori di ristrutturazione, con sopraelevazione e costruzione dei campanili, l'orientamento del santuario è stato invertito a causa della conformazione del terreno
La statua di Sant'Antonio e due statue del XVIII secolo, in legno policromo, di San Francesco d'Assisi e Sant'Antonio da Padova, provengono da questa cappella conventuale
È stata ristrutturata nella sua forma attuale tra il 1850 e il 1880, al tempo dei grandi lavori del Secondo Impero
"False Depth of Field" is a qualification that Ahab Abdel-Aziz used to describe one of my images. I took his description and restructured it as a prompt to achieve output in our project "Infinite Layering".
The Rochdale Canal in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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Torrente Mandola, a mio avviso uno dei più bei torrenti delle mie zone. Basta osservare la foto per comprendere la qualità delle sue acque, azzurre cristalline e molto limpide con un unico (se si vuole chiamarlo così) difetto: essere estremamente fredde anche in piena estate!
Il Mandola non e nient'altro che il torrente Rombonos che scorre sull'Altopiano e sfocia a estuario nel lago di Caldonazzo.
Un tempo il Rombonos era usato dalle lavandaie per lavare i panni e, uno dei piccoli rivoli emissari di quest'ultimo, si chiama proprio Rio delle Lavandaie.
Per maggiori info sulla storia del torrente ed il suo utilizzo, vi lascio il link a Wikipedia. it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rombonos?wprov=sfla1
Infine il Mandola per buona parte del XIX e degli inizi del XX sec. fu la principale fonte lavorativa per gli abitanti del territorio poiché era ricco di pirite e rame. Ci sono ancora i resti della miniera, chiusa da quarant'anni, ma dal 2008 riaperta al pubblico in seguito a lavori di ristrutturazione che però non hanno potuto riportare alla luce l'intero complesso originario.
Per maggiori info:
www.visittrentino.info/it/guida/da-vedere/ecomusei/parco-...
Mandola stream, in my opinion one of the most beautiful streams in my area. Just look at the picture to understand the quality of its waters, crystal blue and very clear with a single (if you want to call it that) flaw: be extremely cold even in summer!
The Mandola is nothing more than the Rombonos stream that flows on the plateau and flows into the Caldonazzo lake.
Once the Rombonos was used by washerwomen to wash clothes and, one of the stream's emissaries, is called the Rio delle Lavandaie.
Finally, the Mandola for most of the nineteenth and early twentieth century was the main source of work for the inhabitants of the territory as it was rich in pyrite and copper. There are still the remains of the mine, closed for forty years, but since 2008 reopened to the public following restructuring works that, however, have not been able to bring to light the entire original complex.
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On February 8, 2006, the remains of a beached whale were preserved by a team of specialists who, after obtaining permission from the Mexican authorities, extracted the natural oils from the skeleton’s bones. The next phase of the whale’s afterlife was a repurposing by artist Gabriel Orozco, who restructured the skeleton’s bones onto a metal armature, and deemed it an artwork to be hung in the central lobby of Mexico’s national library. Entitled Mobile Matrix, the whale has remained on permanent display at la Biblioteca José Vasconcelos in Mexico City, with the exception of an excursion to MoMA for Orozco’s 2009 retrospective.
Six thousand pencils were employed by assistants under Orozco’s supervision to create the concentric circles on the skeleton’s 163 bones.
“In the end, it was a lot of labor to fill it with graphite,” Orozco admits, “and I like the graphite because it’s like lead. It has certain qualities that aren’t like painting on the bone, it’s more like dust. I always liked the idea of this dark mineral against the bone, how they contrast.”
… come she will.
Streams are ripe, swelled with rain.
July, she will fly …”
—with apology to Paul Simon for restructuring into doggerel Haiku.
Female Cardinal, maybe on a Water Locust, Gleditsia aquatica. I can’t tell one locust tree from another.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
“The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park (Romanian: Grădinile Cișmigiu or Parcul Cișmigiu) are a public park in the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an important moment in the history of Bucharest. They form the oldest and, at 14.6 hectares (36 acres), the largest park in city's central area.
History
The park was built in 1847, at a time when Bucharest was the capital of Wallachia, on a site formerly known as Lacul lui Dura neguțătorul (the "Lake of Dura the merchant"), or simply as Dura. The pool it replaced was a popular site for fishing from as early as the 17th century, and was inhabited by mallard colonies. A part of the present-day gardens was occupied by a vineyard, which was planted around a water source: the latter had been tapped during the bubonic plague epidemic of 1795, when the two sons of Prince Alexander Mourousis took refuge in the largely uninhabited zone.
The decision to replace the lake was taken in 1846, during a period of Imperial Russian administration introduced by Regulamentul Organic. It was based on an earlier proposal made by Russian governor Pavel Kiselyov in 1830, and on various small-scale works had first been undertaken in 1837. The initiative, countersigned by Prince Gheorghe Bibescu, was part of a series of major public works, and the plan dates back to 1844. On 27 February 1845, the area passed into public ownership through a princely decree.
In 1843, Bibescu had called on experts in horticulture and planning to join in the effort to restructure the city gardens. As a result, two citizens of the German Confederation, the horticulturist Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Meyer and his assistant, the gardener Franz Hörer, arrived in Bucharest, where their first work involved the floral arrangements on each side of Șoseaua Kiseleff. They were to become involved in redesigning Dura area: Meyer was responsible for setting up the new lanes, for planting new floral species, as well as for setting up a Romantic landscape with rocks leading down to the lake. The central lake was connected to the Dâmbovița River through a canal. The gardens were ultimately inaugurated on 23 September 1847, and Meyer was appointed their administrator in 1848.
The word cișmigiu comes from Turkish: a Ceșme is a public fountain and a cișmigiu (or cișmegiu) used to be the person responsible for building and maintaining public fountains. The name replaced older references to Dura, and was coined by the public because, at the time, the administrator of Bucharest fountains was living on park grounds, in a house located between the central lake and Sărindar quarter.
Cișmigiu continued to be developed by Meyer long after its official inauguration: in 1870, the horticulturist laid out a plan to redesign the lanes, to introduce an artesian aquifer, and to create a kiosk for an orchestra. He also proposed to have gondolas carrying visitors over the lake. By 1851, new species of trees were brought in: chestnuts from Gorj County, walnuts from Dâmbovița County, and other plants from places such as Vienna and Brașov. At the same time, the lanes were reinforced with debris from the ruins of Curtea Nouă and Zlătari area. Works were completed despite Meyer's sudden death as a result of typhoid fever in August 1852.
The park was clearly delimited after Bucharest became capital of the Kingdom of Romania: in 1871, Academiei Boulevard was extended to its western side, and, in 1890, under Mayor Pache Protopopescu, Elisabeta Boulevard was created on its southern side. During the 1860s, Bucharest was visited by the socialist activist and philosopher Ferdinand Lassalle, who argued that "Cișmigiu exceeds by far anything Germany has to offer".
In 1882, the gardens were fitted with electrical lighting. Seven years later, the Gheorghe Lazăr High School was built on its southwestern corner (it was to be extended during the 1930s). During the late 19th and early 20th century, Cișmigiu became noted for housing the Thierry Restaurant, kept by a Frenchman, and various amateur photographers who made affordable portraits. The building in front of the park was assigned to the City Hall during the communist regime.
Meyer was succeeded in his office of garden administrator by other Germans: Ulrich Hoffman, Wilhelm Knechtel, and Friedrich Rebhuhn. It was Rebhuhn who, after 1910, redesigned many parts of the gardens to their present-day appearance.
In 1990, the park served as the location for Elder Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to pronounce a dedicatory blessing over the country of Romania.” Wikipedia
L’opéra de Lyon, dit parfois l’opéra Nouvel, est une salle d’opéra de la ville de Lyon.
Il est situé place de la Comédie, en face de l'hôtel de ville. Construit en 1831 par Antoine-Marie Chenavard et Jean-Marie Pollet, il a été totalement restructuré et agrandi entre 1989 et 1993 par Jean Nouvel. Le projet architectural fut lauréat du prix de l'Équerre d'argent du Moniteur en 1993.
Il abrite une salle de représentations affectée principalement à l'opéra national de Lyon qui y fait représenter des opéras, ballets et concerts. Il est le lieu de résidence du ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon. L'Opéra de Lyon, subventionné par la ville de Lyon (60 %), le département du Rhône (10 %), la région Rhône-Alpes (10 %) et l'État (20 %), a un budget annuel qui avoisine 35 millions d'euros. En 2011, l'âge moyen des spectateurs était de 47 ans.
The Opera de Lyon, sometimes called Opera Nouvel, is an opera house in the city of Lyon.
It is located Place de la Comedie, in front of the city hall. Built in 1831 by Antoine-Marie Chenavard and Jean-Marie Pollet, it was totally restructured and expanded between 1989 and 1993 by Jean Nouvel. The architectural project was awarded the Prix de l'Equerre d'Argent du Moniteur in 1993.
It houses a performance hall mainly dedicated to the Opéra national de Lyon, where operas, ballets and concerts are performed. It is the place of residence of the Opera de Lyon ballet. The Lyon Opera, subsidized by the city of Lyon (60%), the Rhône department (10%), the Rhône-Alpes region (10%) and the State (20%), has an annual budget that is around 35 million euros. In 2011, the average age of the audience was 47 years old.
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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Prato della Valle
is a 90,000 square meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy (Veneto region, northern Italy). It is the largest square in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues.
Prior to 1635, the area which would come to be known as the "Prato della valle" was largely a featureless expanse of partially swampy terrain just south of the old city walls of Padova. In 1636 a group of Venetian and Veneto notables financed the construction there of a temporary but lavishly appointed theater as a venue for mock battles on horseback. The musical entertainment which served as prologue to the jousting is considered to be the immediate predecessor of the first public opera performances in Venice which began the following year.
In 1767 the square, which belonged to the monks of Santa Giustina became the public property of the city of Padua. In 1775 Andrea Memmo, whose statue is in the square, decided to reclaim and restructure the entire area. The entire project, which was never fully completed, is represented in a famous copper engraving by Francesco Piranesi from 1785. It seems that Memmo had commissioned this and other representations and kept them on exhibition at the Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of the Embassy of the Republic in Rome. He did this in order to entice other important figures into financing the construction of statues to decorate the square. The project was approved by Domenico Cerato, professor of architecture at Vicenza and Padova.
The preliminary excavations done to install the plumbing system and reclaim the area were directed by Simone Stratico. These excavations brought to light the remains of an ancient Roman theater. These findings conferred a sense of historical dignity to the initiative, and transformed it into a project of reclamation for its natural public use. Andrea Memmo resided at Palazzo Angeli, constructed in the 15th century and located in Prato della Valle at an angle with the avenue Umberto I. Today, the monumental palazzo, the property of the city of Padova, hosts the Museum of Precinema, Minici Zotti Collection.
Of particular interest are the benedictine Abbey of Santa Giustina, the neoclassical style Loggia Amulea, and the many interesting palazzi constructed between the 14th and the 18th centuries that surround the square.
For more informations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato_della_Valle
For the Place:
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Maserati is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Modena . The company was founded in Bologna in 1914. Today, the brand belongs to the global manufacturer Stellantis . Its trademark is a trident, modeled after the one on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna .
Maserati racing cars were successful in the 1950s; among other achievements, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 Formula One World Championship in a 250F . Maserati has traditionally been a competitor of Ferrari , but from 1997 to 2005 it was a subsidiary of Ferrari within the Fiat Group, later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
Following the merger of FCA and the PSA Group (Peugeot SA) on January 16, 2021 to form Stellantis , Maserati is the only brand in the "luxury" segment of the new group, with its own global sales organization separate from the multi-brand sales through the national Stellantis organizations, such as Stellantis Deutschland GmbH (based in Rüsselsheim).
Founded in Bologna on December 1, 1914, the Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati (SA Officine Alfieri Maserati) was a family business. Its founder was Alfieri Maserati . Three of his six brothers later joined the company.
Carlo (1881–1910), Bindo (1883–1980), Alfieri (1887–1932) [ 4 ] , Mario (1890–1981), Ettore (1894–1990) and Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975) were born in the Lombard town of Voghera . The parents of the siblings, who became known as the Fratelli Maserati (Maserati Brothers), were Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Their father worked as a railway engineer. With the exception of Mario Maserati, who worked as a painter, all the Maserati brothers developed an affinity for technology. [ 5 ]
Carlo Maserati built his first motorcycle in 1898, which he used to participate in several races. At the beginning of the 20th century, he became a test and racing driver for Fiat and worked for a time with Vincenzo Lancia . In 1903, he moved to Isotta Fraschini , in 1907 to Bianchi , and in 1909 to Junior . Carlo Maserati died of tuberculosis in 1910. [ 5 ]
Alfieri and Bindo Maserati followed their brother Carlo to Isotta Fraschini in 1903. In 1910, they went to Argentina on behalf of the Milanese car manufacturer to work at the Isotta branch there. In Buenos Aires, Alfieri designed a racing car using Isotta technology, which he himself used in motor races, but the Maserati brothers returned to Italy as early as 1914.
On December 1, 1914, Alfieri Maserati founded his own company in Bologna, where customer cars from Isotta Fraschini were to be prepared for racing. With Italy's entry into the First World War, the workshop's activities largely ceased. During this time, Alfieri Maserati developed spark plugs, while his brother Ernesto, who had initially also worked for Alfieri, designed aircraft engines for Franco Tosi during the war . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Beginnings in motorsport
Maserati 8CM
After the war, Alfieri, Ernesto, and Ettore Maserati resumed their workshop operations. They designed several racing cars for Isotta Fraschini [ 6 ] [ 8 ] and, from 1922, for Diatto , achieving some success in Grand Prix races. When Diatto withdrew from motor racing in 1925, the Maserati brothers took over the design work. This project resulted in the Maserati Tipo 26 , the first racing car to bear the Maserati name. [ 7 ] In April 1926, the car driven by Alfieri Maserati achieved the company's first class victory in the 1.5-liter class at the Targa Florio . After initially only sporadic further racing appearances, Maserati participated regularly in motorsport events from 1929 onwards. The company maintained a factory team but also sold its vehicles to independent customers. With the introduction of the Maserati Tipo 6CM in 1936, sustained success followed; Maserati won a total of 19 races before the outbreak of the Second World War . [ 6 ]
The Orsi era: Racing successes and the first road-going sports cars
In 1932, Alfieri Maserati died at the age of 44 from the long-term effects of a racing accident. Subsequently, Bindo Maserati, who had previously worked at Isotta Fraschini, took over the management of Officine Alfieri Maserati, while Ettore was responsible for development and administration. [ 9 ]
Despite the racing successes, the company never regained the dynamism it had enjoyed during Alfieri Maserati's lifetime. [ 9 ] In 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers sold the company to Adolfo Orsi , an industrialist from Modena who owned several steel mills and manufactured agricultural and machine tools in his hometown. [ 9 ] Orsi primarily wanted to use Maserati's racing successes for advertising purposes for his other businesses. [ 10 ] Until the post-war period, the Maserati name appeared not only on automobiles but also on technical equipment produced by the Orsi Group. During this time, Maserati also manufactured motorcycles, among other things. The Maserati brothers Bindo, Ernesto, and Ettore remained with the company as consultants for ten years, and its headquarters were moved to Modena in the early 1940s. In 1947 they separated from Maserati and founded a competing company, Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA), in Bologna.
After the end of World War II, the Orsi Group faced economic and political difficulties. These included numerous, sometimes violent, strikes by the workforce, which also led to the temporary closure of the Maserati factory. In 1950, the group underwent a restructuring, resulting in the spin-off of Maserati. From then on, Adolfo Orsi and his son Omar were solely responsible for managing the racing car manufacturer, while the other companies within the group were managed by Orsi's siblings.
Maserati 250F
After the turmoil of the early post-war period subsided, Maserati established itself as a major player in motor racing during the 1950s. This process was facilitated by the withdrawal of the previously dominant Alfa Romeo team. The Maserati 250F, designed in 1953 , was one of the most widely used Formula One cars of its generation; it competed in 46 World Championship races and numerous non-championship Formula One events until 1960. [ 11 ] Maserati regularly fielded a factory team during these years; in addition, numerous private drivers entered Maserati-designed cars. In 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio won the Drivers' World Championship with the Maserati factory team; it was Fangio's fifth world title. In 1958, Maserati withdrew from Formula One for financial reasons. Customer cars, however, remained in use until 1960, and Maserati engines could be found in Cooper's Formula 1 cars until the late 1960s . After a few years without motorsport involvement, Maserati returned to sports car racing success in the early 1960s with cars like the Tipo 61 ("Birdcage") ...Wikipedia
Europe, Ile de France Paris, 19e arr, Bassin de la Villette, Mk2 Quai de Seine cinema, People (uncut)
Mk 2 is an art house multiplex cinema designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte in a former Gustave Eiffel warehouse.
This is number 59 of the Paris album and 123 of Urban Restructuring (World).
NS 251 gets rolling after a meet at Ooltewah, Tennesse with a duo of SD60 variants for power. This train no longer runs due to NS's restructuring of their Roadrailer service.
The Rochdale Canal in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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