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Torre Branca is a steel-frame panoramic tower designed by architect Giò Ponti in 1933, located in Parco Sempione, the main city park of Milan, Italy. It is 108.6 m high, which makes it the sixth highest structure in Milan after Unicredit Tower, Allianz Tower Palazzo Lombardia, Pirellone or Pirelli Tower and the Breda Tower. The top of the tower is a panoramic point whose view, on a clear day, may encompass the Milan cityline as well as the Alps, the Apennines, and part of the Po Valley.
The tower was designed by architect Gio Ponti and inaugurated in 1933, in the Fascist era during the 5th edition of the Milan Triennial. It was originally named "Torre Littoria" after fascio littorio, i.e., the fasces. After World War II it was renamed "Torre del Parco". In 1972, access to the top of the tower was closed as the structure needed restoring. It was restructured in 2002 by the Branca liquor company, and thus renamed Torre Branca. Since 2002 it is again open to the public.
The Rochdale Canal outside 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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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...
Lower Largo or Seatown of Largo is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated on Largo Bay along the north side of the Firth of Forth. It is east of, and contiguous with, Lundin Links.
Largo is an ancient fishing village in the parish of Largo. An excavated late 5th century cemetery points to an early settlement of the site, and there are records of the Knights Templar holding lands to the east of the town in the 12th century. It was made a "burgh of barony" by Sir Andrew Wood in 1513. This meant it had the right to erect a mercat cross and hold weekly markets, but not the extensive trading rights of a royal burgh. In 1654, Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu mentions Largo as "Largow burne-mouth" in his Nova Fifae Descriptio.
Lower Largo is famous as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, who provided inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The house that now stands at his birthplace on 99-105 Main Street features a life-sized statue of Selkirk wearing self-made goatskin clothes, scanning the horizon. A signpost at the harbour points to Juan Fernández Islands, some 7,500 miles distant, where Selkirk lived for more than four years as a castaway.
The arrival of the railway in 1857 brought many tourists to Lower Largo's sandy beach. The village has retained many historic buildings from the 17th to 19th century, and in 1978 it was designated as a conservation area.
The Fife Coast Railway line through Lower Largo was closed in 1965 as part of the restructuring programme of British railways known as the Beeching cuts (overseen by Richard Beeching), and though it has been disused since then the viaduct that dominates the village remains an important local landmark. [Wikipedia]
C-GRJR - Piaggio Aero P-180 Avanti II - Royal Jasper Resources Inc.
(untitled)
at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)
c/n 1224 - built in 2012
On 22 November 2018, Piaggio Aerospace entered receivership after declaring itself insolvent as its restructuring plan failed. The future of this aircraft program still is questionable - 246 aircraft have been produced so far.
During 1966, the Piaggio business was separated into the aviation-focused Piaggio Aero and the motor scooter manufacturer Vespa.
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Kop van Zuid, Erasmus bridge, Cylists, Padestrians (slightly cut from all sides)
The southern bridgehead of ‘De Zwaan’ (The Swan, aka the Erasmus bridge, 1996, UN Studio) as seen from an usual angle - shot from under the asymmetric opened bascule bridge deck. Apart from being a dashing icon, ‘De Zwaan’ is also somewhat notorious because of the slow operating speed of the lifting and closing apparatus. And sometimes also because of the technical unreliability of it. Waiting before it opens again can be a taxing experience.
The Erasmus Bridge is historically the third Rotterdam bridge that crosses the river Maas and was the 'conditio sine qua non' for the redevelopment of the former industrial harbour and industrial area of the south bank of the Maas that's now known as the "Kop van Zuid"
Some more info about the bridge is here.
A lo light picture of the bridge is here.
This is number 49 of "The way of the crowd" album: here. It explores crowds in action. Getting from A to B, waiting, engaged in action., watched over and controlled or roaming free.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Banco Español de Crédito, S.A. (Spanish Credit Bank) better known as Banesto, was a Spanish multinational financial services company. Prior to the Spanish Government's historical intervention in 1993, the very first in the history of banking, Banesto was the third-largest financial group in Spain, operating around 1,770 branches, as well as the fifth-largest company of the IBEX 35. The ambitious capital increase planned in 1993 by its Executive Chairman Mario Conde together with J.P. Morgan's vice-president Roberto Mendoza became the biggest restructuring plan in the history of Europe, involving asset sales and a rights issue of US$1.2 billion, after which Banesto was expected to become the largest financial firm in Europe. Although initially accepted by the Bank of Spain, it was later frustrated following intervention on the basis of financial transparency.
Europe, Netherlands, ZuidHolland, Rotterdam, Centre, Lijnbaan, Forum 2 (slightly cut from all sides).
Back to Rotterdam after a little excursion into the past.
An office building (a former bank) that is being morphed into an apartment block looks like this. It's a part of the Forum 2 redevelopment plan. The versatility of reinforced concrete.
The appearance of another high-rise apartment building in the centre of Rotterdam is no coincidence. It’s part of the Rotterdam ‘high rise’ policy’ that was instigated at the end of the 80s as a way to create more living spaces in the city centre. It’s a way the city redresses the detrimental livability effects of the functionalistic urban plan that was at the base of the redevelopment of the city centre after the destructions of WW2 (a functionalistic urban plan favours shops and offices over living spaces - it seperates the functions a city has ).
The shape of things to come (1) is here and the shape of things to come (2) is here.
This is number 185 of the Urban Frontiers album.
The soundtrack: Einstrürzende Neubauten – Weil weil weil.
An MV-22B assigned to VMM-163 'Evil Eyes,' still wearing the unit markings of VMM-166 'SeaElk,' which sadly stood down on October 1st as part of the Force Design 2030 restructuring program.
Architectes : Antoine-Marie CHENAVARD & Jean-Maire POLLET (1831) & Jean NOUVEL (1993)
Construit sous le nom de Grand Théâtre, il est totalement restructuré et agrandi par Jean NOUVEL.
Built under the name of Grand Théâtre, it was completely restructured and enlarged by Jean NOUVEL.
Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Aberdeen, including 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, both of which can just about be seen in this photo.
Prominent on the left is one of the supports for the new step-free acccess to the gardens. To the right of this in the background is the 2016 The Point development, which includes the spire of the 1844 Triple Kirks, which went out of religious use in 1972.
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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"Postcard" 2 from The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This time focusing on the sculptural, architectural forms of the Cathedral itself.
Some might read my "tumbling" of churches and cathedrals as "DE-structive", and while there is an element of questioning by radically altering the consensus view of the buildings, it's not meant to connote a criticism of the institution itself. Although I do believe that RE-viewing what these places mean and can do, is in order. But that only falls into the bigger picture of the major paradigm shift that calls the last 1,000 years of Western history into question.
So the "tumbled" cathedral instead, depicts, so to speak, a re-thinking or restructuring of the current view - definitely not it's destruction. A cathedral in the process of re-shaping itself.
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Music Link: "Lux Aeterna" - Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer. This haunting, evanescent, cloudlike music is largely remembered as one of the 3 Ligeti pieces that Stanley Kubrick used for his soundtrack to "2001: A Space Odyssey".
Ligeti's genius was in creating music as sheets of colour and tone ( timbre, in music ) through unconventional 'clustering' of notes and sonorities that shifted and moved indefinably at different times, 'wafting' through a kaleidoscope of sonic colours to create a powerful, weightless music that is unforgettable.
Although Ligeti was quite clear that this piece was not religious in nature, it nevertheless has a mystical quality to it that speaks of something beyond the every day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy8SQ-LWC20
Zoom in !!!
© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2015. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
With no intermodal traffic through Tamworth the previous day according to local enthusiasts , Freightliner had a bit of restructuring to do .
Running as the 4L97 0817 Crewe BH - Felixstowe North, according to RTT this service should have originated at Trafford Park but was cancelled between there and Basford Hill .
Possibly hitching a lift 66526 is tucked in behind 90006 and 90003 .
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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...
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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As soon as the horn sounded to end the 2013 Belmar Surfing Tournament, a number of teens waiting on the beach took to the waves. This young lady displayed her surfing talent, until summoned by her mother to leave the beach for the day.
This is another re-upload, as I restructure my Flickr account. On an unusual note, when originally posted this image generated 3 requests for use in commercial projects. I had to deny all of the requests, explaining that I do not get model releases from my subjects.
At Belmar, NJ, on 9-15-13.
Codlwater is a small town in Ontario, I have stopped here before for lunch and never saw this location and when i saw it this time.... I was amazed by how beautiful it is.
This musical barn is located on the Side of a river where there use to be a fully functional Mill and now its more of a museum.
Some info from wiki
Severn is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, located between Lake Couchiching, and the Severn River (both are part of the Trent–Severn Waterway) in Simcoe County. The current township was founded on January 1, 1994, as part of the restructuring of Simcoe County, by amalgamating the village of Coldwater with the townships of Matchedash and Orillia, plus portions of the townships of Medonte and Tay.
Coldwater's official Website
" " L’ Eglise paroissiale actuelle était la chapelle du couvent, restructurée au XIXe et restaurée en 2001-2002. à l’origine une église romane. Il y avait un chœur, deux autels latéraux et aucun campanile. Les cloches étaient suspendues aux arbres . Les inhumations se faisaient autour de l’église. Elle était « orientée » « chevet ou abside » à l’est, porte vers l’occident.
L’édifice actuelle était, à l’origine,l’église conventuelle datant du début du XVIIIe siècle. et dédiée à Saint Antoine Les Franciscains ont construit le couvent entre 1705 et 1742
🇬🇧 The current parish church was the convent chapel, restructured in the 19th century and restored in 2001–2002. It was originally a Romanesque church. There was a choir, two side altars and no bell tower. The bells were hung from trees. Burials took place around the church. It was "oriented" with the "chevet or apse" to the east and the door to the west.
The current building was originally the convent church dating from the early 18th century and dedicated to Saint Anthony. The Franciscans built the convent between 1705 and 1742.
🇩🇪 Die heutige Pfarrkirche war ursprünglich die Kapelle des Klosters, wurde im 19. Jahrhundert umgebaut und 2001-2002 restauriert. Ursprünglich war sie eine romanische Kirche. Es gab einen Chor, zwei Seitenaltäre und keinen Glockenturm. Die Glocken hingen an Bäumen . Die Bestattungen fanden rund um die Kirche statt. Sie war mit der „Apsis” nach Osten ausgerichtet und hatte eine Tür nach Westen.
Das heutige Gebäude war ursprünglich die Klosterkirche aus dem frühen 18. Jahrhundert und dem Heiligen Antonius geweiht. Die Franziskaner bauten das Kloster zwischen 1705 und 1742.
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🇪🇸 La iglesia parroquial actual era la capilla del convento, reestructurada en el siglo XIX y restaurada en 2001-2002. Originalmente era una iglesia románica. Tenía un coro, dos altares laterales y ningún campanario. Las campanas estaban colgadas de los árboles . Los entierros se realizaban alrededor de la iglesia. Estaba «orientada» con la «cabecera o ábside» al este y la puerta al oeste.
El edificio actual era, en origen, la iglesia conventual de principios del siglo XVIII, dedicada a San Antonio. Los franciscanos construyeron el convento entre 1705 y 1742.
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🇮🇹 L'attuale chiesa parrocchiale era la cappella del convento, ristrutturata nel XIX secolo e restaurata nel 2001-2002. In origine era una chiesa romanica. C'erano un coro, due altari laterali e nessun campanile. Le campane erano appese agli alberi . Le sepolture avvenivano intorno alla chiesa. Era “orientata” con “abside” a est e porta a ovest.
L'edificio attuale era in origine la chiesa conventuale risalente all'inizio del XVIII secolo e dedicata a Sant'Antonio. I Francescani costruirono il convento tra il 1705 e il 1742.
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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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Ten years ago I worked as a Marketing Manager for an English company Risk Waters a publisher that also held many conferences. Every year in September they held their most prestigious event about banking technology in New York. In 2001 at the last minute they changed the venue to the 106th Floor of North Tower, 1 World Trade Center.
As the marketing manager for the event I was one of those expected to attend and meet and greet the delegates. However a few months before there was a restructuring in the company, a new boss came in to my department and she and I did not see eye to eye, so I moved on. All those present from our company and all the delegates lost their lives.
This is in remembrance of my good friend Ollie and all the others who died that day so needlessly.
Auf dem Weg zum Museumspark Rüdersdorf musste am S-Bahnhof Warschauer Straße umgestiegen werden...
Auf Tour mit
www.stadtschnellbahn-berlin.de/bahnhof/bahnhof.php?bhf=493
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Berlin_Warschauer_Stra%C3%9Fe
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warschauer_Stra%C3%9Fe
www.deutschebahn.com/file/3002968/data/buergerinfo_warsch...
IORY 2109 heads north towards the yard at Konrad in Washington Court House, OH after returning from Columbus with 4 covered hoppers worth of plastics.
In its heyday, Court House was very much a railroad town. PRR, B&O, and DT&I all crossed each other here. Thanks to abandonments, mergers and restructuring, Court House is a center of operations for the Indiana and Ohio Railway. From east to west is the former B&O Midland Subdivision, which sees stone traffic to Logan, CSX grain and ethanol, and local traffic to Columbus. The north/south route is the former DT&I mainline, which sees a local to work the industrial park south of the city.
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.
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, being a Sunday we are not at Cavendish Mews. We have travelled east across London, through Bloomsbury, past the Smithfield Meat Markets, beyond the Petticoat Lane Markets* frequented by Lettice’s maid, Edith, through the East End boroughs of Bethnal Green and Bow, and through the 1880s housing development of Upton Park, to East Ham. It is here that we have followed Edith and her fiancée, grocery delivery boy Frank, on their Sunday off, to the Premier Super Cinema**, where Edith and Frank have just finished seeing a midday showing of ‘A Girl of London’***.
As they join the throng of theatre patrons leaving the cinema and step out through the double glass doors set in wooden frames of Brunswick Green**** and stand under the brightly illuminated portico which advertises this week’s showings in colourful red lettering, they both shiver against the December cold, which is at odds to the warmth of the cinema’s cosy interior. Along High Street, people wrapped up in thick coats hurry through the gloom of the afternoon. Only dull light manages to filter through the dark clouds hanging heavily overhead.
“Looks like rain.” Frank remarks glumly as he looks to the sky beyond the Premier’s portico. He bundles the russet and cream wool scarf knitted in a stockinette stitch***** by his Scottish grandmother, Mrs. McTavish a little more tightly around his throat.
“Well, the forecast in this morning’s papers****** said that there were rain showers due to arrive from mid-afternoon.” Edith adds, pulling the brim of her black dyed straw cloche decorated with purple satin roses and black feathers low over ears as the cold breeze blowing up High Street teases them uncomfortably. “Which is why I brought this!” She hoists up her old black brolly and smiles at Frank.
“I really need to get you a new one of them.” Frank says. “It’s a bit battered and shabby.”
“Oh, it does its job well enough.” Edith defends her slightly beaten and battered black hook handled umbrella as she looks down upon it and rubs it tenderly.
“It’s not anywhere near good enough or smart enough for my best girl.” Frank insists
Come on.” she adds brightly with a chuckle. “Let’s do a bit of window shopping before we have to go home.”
The pair look both ways before crossing over High Street, a noisy and busy thoroughfare, even on a Sunday, chocked with a mixture of chugging private motor cars, lorries and the occasional horse and cart. Edith looks across the road as they wait by the kerb to the ramshackle collection of two and three storey buildings constructed over two centuries opposite. Their canvas awnings fluttering in the breeze help to advertise an ironmonger*******, a barber, a haberdasher, a lamp shop, a chemist, a boot repairer, a grocer and a little further up the street, the large double fronted Woolworths******* display their wares. Christmas is not far away now, with only a few weeks until Christmas Day, and signs of festive cheer abound with bright and gaudy tinsel********* garlands and stars cut from metallic paper hanging in shop windows on either side of the busy thoroughfare.
“I did enjoy Genevieve Townsend********** as Lil in today’s picture, Frank.” Edith remarks as they cross the street after taking advantage of a lull in traffic.
“Hhhmmm…” murmurs Frank in reply.
“She is so glamourous, and such a dramatic actress.” Edith goes on. “She reminds me a bit of Wanetta Ward. Remember Miss Lettice’s client the American actress that ended up working here for Islington Studios***********?”
“Hhhmmm…” is all Frank says in reply.
“Miss Lettice received a Christmas card from here a few days ago, all the way from California! And she even remembered to include me in her Christmas wish!” Edith gushes. “Miss Lettice says I can keep the card for myself after Christmas is over.”
“Hhhmmm…” Frank murmurs again as they reach the opposite side of the road and begin to slowly meander the pavement as they wend their way back up the hill towards East Ham Tube Station************.
“I was reading in Photoplay************* that Miss Towsend grew up in in Freeport, Illinois and attended Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in English and English Literature. No wonder she acts with such conviction, if she studied the classics. Don’t you think so, Frank?”
“Hhhmmm…” Frank utters again.
“Frank, are you listening to me?” Edith queries as she stops in her tracks.
Broken from his own distracted thoughts by their sudden cessation of movement, Frank turns towards Edith and says, “Oh yes. Yes. Very interesting.” But his voice sounds hollow.
“No, you haven’t, Frank.” replies Edith a little disappointedly.
“Haven’t what, Edith?”
“Exactly!” Edith says with conviction, nodding her head as she withdraws her arm from where it is interlocked with Frank’s and folds her arms akimbo in front of her. “Listening to me, Frank! You haven’t heard a word I’ve said, have you?”
“Oh, I’m sorry Edith. I guess I’m just a bit distracted is all. That’s why I wanted to come to the pictures today – to get my mind off things you know?”
“What things, Frank?” Edith ask in concern, re-linking her arm with Frank’s as they slowly begin to walk again, passing by the brightly illuminated lamp shop where stars made from metallic cardboard, strung on pieces of bright red cotton hyang above the latest range of fashionable electric lamps with a mixture of modern geometric Art Deco shades and more traditional Victorian and Edwardian styles.
“Well, I just can’t help thinking about Gran.” Frank admits a little guiltily.
“What’s wrong with her?” Edith asks in concern.
“Oh, I didn’t want to worry you, Edith. Not on our day off.” Frank begins. “But…”
“What is it, Frank. What’s happened?”
“Well, I’m sorry to say this, but she’s sick, Edith.” Frank sighs heavily, releasing a pent-up breath. “She must have caught a chill the other week when I walked her home from our celebratory engagement tea at Lyon’s Corner House************** up Tottenham Court Road.”
“Oh I’m sorry Mrs. McT… err, I mean, Gran, isn’t feeling well.” Edith says with concern to Frank. She then utters a snorting half chuckle. “I still can’t get used to calling your grandmother, Gran, Frank.” She shakes her head
Frank joins her laughter and smiles - a moment of happiness amidst the worry. “No more than I can get used to calling your parents George and Ada, rather than Mr. and Mrs. Watsford.”
“I guess we’ll get used to it in time.” Edith says comfortingly. “It’s early days yet. We haven’t been engaged for all that long, after all.”
Edith wraps her arm a little more tightly through Frank’s as they wander further up the street, their soles clicking on the wet concrete beneath their feet.
“It was cold that afternoon, going home.” Edith adds.
“I’m worried that it might have gone to her chest.” Frank confides with a furrowed brow. “She had the Spanish Influenza as well as my parents, you know.”
“No, I didn’t know.” Edith falters.
“Oh yes! She nursed Mum first and then Dad, even though she herself was sick, but Gran is as tough as old boots***************, and she survived.”
Edith reaches up and squeezes Frank’s upper arm soothingly as she senses him flinch. “I’m sorry that your Mum and Dad wouldn’t be there to see us get wed, Frank, but I promise that my Mum and Dad will make up for their absence. They love you, Frank.”
“I know they do, and I know they will, Edith.” Franks says, looking down on his fiancée with a grateful smile. “Your Dad was generous to shout us all to that celebratory slap up tea at Lyon’s Corner House. What more can I ask in a father-in-law than one who cares so much and is so happy to see us get married?”
“It’s what you deserve, Frank!”
“I just hope Gran survives. Her chest was never the same after the Spanish Influenza, and a chill usually goes straight there when she catches one. That’s what’s got me worried this time. I’ve got Mrs. Claxton from upstairs keeping an eye on her, and she’ll go to the telephone box down the street on the corner to telephone for the doctor if needs be, or to telephone Mrs. Chapman’s boarding house if she needs to reach me. But I’ll feel better after I’ve stopped in myself to see her today, and see how she is.”
“Do you want me to come too, Frank? I’d love to see her and support you.”
“It’s lovely of you to offer, Edith, but best not, just today. The less chance Gran has to be exposed to any other coughs or sneezes, the better.”
“But I’m not sick, Frank.” Edith says, trying hard not to take offence from Frank’s off the cuff remark.
“Not yet, but you could be and just not know it yet. There are lots of coughs and sneezes going around.”
“Well, if that’s the case, then it means that you could be sick too, Frank.”
“I know, Edith, but I’ll cover my face with my scarf whilst I’m there.” Frank assures her. “I know you just want to be helpful, Edith.”
“Of course I do Frank!” Edith says, unable to keep the hurt out of her voice any longer.
“But if you do, the best thing you can do is stay on the Tube**************** and go on home to Cavendish Mews whilst I visit Gran. I’ve had to do this more than a few times since my parents died.” He adds soothingly. “I know what I’m doing.”
“Oh, of course you do, Frank.” Edith acquiesces. “You know what’s best.”
The pair stop in front of one of the rounded plate glass bay windows of the East Ham High Street Woolworths****************. The window is flooded with warm light which falls down upon a cornucopia of wonderful festive things for Christmas. Beneath a red ribbon garlanded and gold bauble studded Christmas tree a range of goods are artfully placed for maximum exposure to the passers-by on the footpath as they meandered before the window. Boxes of gaily coloured baubles in bright packaging smile out in metallic golds and greens, whilst other glass baubles sporting bright blue stripes or coats of the most festive red are placed on top of parcels wrapped in pretty papered and tied with satin ribbon. Boxes of Christmas Crackers****************** ready to grace any festive table with a splash of colour spill forth in yellow, blue, orange, red and pink crêpe paper, their paper hats, riddle, charade and small token sweet gifts inside waiting to burst forth when pulled with a snap. Both Frank and Edith stare at the colourful display in silence, momentarily lost in their own separate deep thoughts.
Finally, Frank breaks the quiet between them. “I’m even worried, so close to Christmas, that Gran and I might not be able to come you yours on Christmas Day.”
“What?” Edith gasps, her eyes widening. “Not come? Oh, Mum’s been planning Christmas Day for months now! She’ll be so disappointed! And this will be our first Christmas together affianced, Frank.”
“And that will disappoint you, Edith.”
“It will.” Edith mutters begrudgingly as her shoulders slump.
“I just don’t think she’ll be well enough to travel all the way to Harlesden on the Tube and then walk, Edith. I just don’t. I don’t want to spoil Christmas Day, but I don’t want her getting any sicker, and I won’t leave Gran alone on Christmas.”
“Oh, I’d never suggest you should, Frank. That would be awful for her!” Edith exclaims. She sighs heavily. “I understand.”
“We’ll see.” Frank says consolingly, wrapping his arm around Edith’s shoulder lovingly. “There is still a little bit of time between now and Christmas Day. You never know what can happen.”
Edith sighs again and bites her bottom lip to stop the tears that threaten to spill from her pretty blue eyes, so as not to upset Frank. As she stares through the mist of tears at a brightly decorated box of Christmas crackers depicting a father playing with his children around the Christmas tree on Christmas Day, she is suddenly struck with a thought. “Yes,” she murmurs under her breath, suddenly struck by a ray of hope. “You never know.”
*Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields, London. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market and Middlesex Street Market. Originally populated by Huguenots fleeing persecution in France, Spitalfields became a center for weaving, embroidery and dying. From 1882, a wave of Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in eastern Europe settled in the area and Spitalfields then became the true heart of the clothing manufacturing district of London. 'The Lane' was always renowned for the 'patter' and showmanship of the market traders. It was also known for being a haven for the unsavoury characters of London’s underworld and was rife with prostitutes during the late Victorian era. Unpopular with the authorities, as it was largely unregulated and in some sense illegal, as recently as the 1930s, police cars and fire engines were driven down ‘The Lane’, with alarm bells ringing, to disrupt the market.
**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.
****Brunswick Green is a deep, rich, often gloss-finish green with a classic, historical feel, while Cottage Green is a bolder, vibrant, and rich green often associated with traditional schemes and country aesthetics. Brunswick Green is typically darker and more dramatic, pairing well with brass or gold for an elegant look, while Cottage Green is often used on its own or with lighter neutral accents to create a cohesive traditional or rustic feel. Brunswick green was a popular colour in the 1920s, especially for painting houses and architectural details. It was a common choice for the exterior trim on homes and commercial buildings, often paired with lighter colours like cream or off-white for walls. It was also popular in other applications, like for machinery and rolling stock, especially in Great Britain where it gained popularity for its use in racing cars as British Racing Green, a shade closely related to Brunswick Green.
*****The V pattern in a knitted scarf is called stockinette stitch, which is created by alternating rows of knit and purl stitches.
******Vice-Admiral Robert Fitzroy, founder of the UK Met Office, started collating measurements on pressure, temperature, and rainfall from across Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe in 1860. These observations were sent by telegraph cable to London every day where they were used to make a ‘weather forecast’ – a term invented by Fitzroy for this endeavour. After the Royal Charter ship sank in a violent storm in 1859, Fitzroy resolved to collect real-time weather measurements from stations across Britain's telegraph network to make storm warnings. Starting in 1860, observers telegraphed readings to Fitzroy in London who handwrote them onto Daily Weather Report sheets, enabling the first-ever public weather forecasts starting on 1st August 1861 and published daily in The Times newspaper. Fitzroy died by suicide in 1865 shortly after founding the UK Met Office, leaving his life's work trapped undiscovered in archives.
*******An ironmonger is the old fashioned term for someone who sells items, tools and equipment for use in homes and gardens: what today we would call a hardware shop. Ironmongery stems from the forges of blacksmiths and the workshops of woodworkers. Ironmongery can refer to a wide variety of metal items, including door handles, cabinet knobs, window fittings, hinges, locks, and latches. It can also refer to larger items, such as metal gates and railings. By the 1920s when this story is set, the ironmonger may also have sold cast iron cookware and crockery for the kitchen and even packets of seeds for the nation of British gardeners, as quoted by the Scot, Adam Smith.
********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.
*********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.
**********Genevieve Schmich, known professionally as Genevieve Smeek and Genevieve Townsend, was an American stage and film actress. She was born in Freeport, Illinois and attended Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in English and English Literature. After graduating in 1920, she moved to Britain, where she joined Frank Benson's theatre company. During the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films. She died in Switzerland, of tuberculosis, at the age of 29 in 1927. In 1928, Mount Holyoke College established the Genevieve Schmich Award in her honour.
***********Islington Studios, often known as Gainsborough Studios, were a British film studio located on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in Shoreditch, London which began operation in 1919. By 1920 they had a two stage studio. It is here that Alfred Hitchcock made his entrée into films.
************East Ham London Underground railway station is located on High Street North in the East Ham neighbourhood of the London Borough of Newham in east London. It is on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, between Upton Park and Barking stations. The station was originally opened on 31 March 1858 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on a new more direct route from Fenchurch Street to Barking. It became an interchange station in 1894 when it was connected to the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway. The large Edwardian station building was constructed to accommodate the electric District Railway services on an additional set of tracks opened in 1905. Metropolitan line service commenced in 1936. British Railways service to Kentish Town was withdrawn in 1958 and the Fenchurch Street–Southend service was withdrawn in 1962, leaving abandoned platforms.
*************Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines, its title another word for screenplay. It was founded in Chicago in 1911. Under early editors Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk, in style and reach it became a pacesetter for fan magazines. In 1921, Photoplay established what is considered the first significant annual movie award. For most of its run, it was published by Macfadden Publications. The magazine ceased publication in 1980.
**************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 idiom “tough as old boots” is used to describe someone who is physically strong and resilient, or something that is very difficult to break or damage, like a tough piece of food. The saying likely comes from the durability of leather boots, which were traditionally made to last a long time. The phrase evolved from an earlier version, “tough as leather,” to emphasise that a person or thing is very strong, resilient, and enduring, much like a well-worn but still functional boot.
****************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.
*****************The East Ham Woolworth Three and Six store was located at 72 to 76 High Street North, in East Ham. At the time this chapter is set, the building it occupied was an old Arts and Crafts building with half timbered gables and bay windows in a Jacobethan style, with three rounded floor to ceiling bay windows of plate glass and two sets of double doors on the ground floor.
******************Christmas crackers first appeared in 1847 when London confectioner Tom Smith created them, inspired by the French "bon bon" sweets he encountered on a trip to Paris. He initially sold the sweets wrapped in tissue paper with a small motto or riddle inside. Smith later added the "snap" mechanism after being inspired by the sound of a log fire, creating the "bang" we know today.
This bright festive window display may look real to you, but it is not all that it seems, for this scene is made up entirely of miniatures from my 1:12 miniatures collection.
Fun thing to look for in this tableau include:
The boxes of Christmas crackers and the Christmas Drawings book are 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 boxes are 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.
The red and green boxes 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 to the right was hand made by Mick and Marie’s Miniatures in the United Kingdom, as is the box of hand made Christmas crackers in the box decorated with the holly and robin redbreast at the back of the display on the left. The central box of blue and white striped glass baubles are also handmade miniatures, bought from a woman in America by a very good friend of mine who knows I love to collect 1:12 miniatures.
The painted silver and red single loose baubles that litter the display come from an online miniature stockist in England through E-Bay.
The wrapped Christmas gifts decorated with ribbons are 1:12 artisan pieces, hand made by husband and wife artistic team Margie and Mike Balough who own Serendipity Miniatures in Newcomerstown, Ohio.
The Christmas tree at the back of the display is a hand-made artisan example from dollhouse artisan suppliers in America.
The red and silver backdrop is hand printed paper made by the company Zetta Florence in Fitzroy in Melbourne.
Strathclyde PTE was becoming visible in 1984 and the red livery was spreading but 2 Parkhead based Leyland Atlanteans LA1322 and LA1419 continued to wear the PTE3 livery with black lower deck windows,
LA1419 is seen during the restructuring of the Shettleston Sheddens junction heading down Westmuir Street towards Parkhead Cross in April 1984. Both LAs were on the 62 every 15mins short working of the 62 between Shettleston terminus and Hope Street,
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Credible reports of sabotage on Oberon caused it's high counsel to restructure their "standard frames" in a more budget friendly design.
Mainly the torso has been shortened.
This model is called the "Snow Dwarf".
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...
CZ: Dne 20. 11. 2022 byl v obci Hershey zachycen elektrický vůz 703, který míjí výhybkářské stanoviště nedaleko zastávky Paradero Chucho 3 a směřuje do cílové stanice Talleres Calle 7.
Železnice "Hershey", vedoucí z Havany do Matanzasu, je jedinou elektrickou železnicí na Kubě spolu s odbočkou do města Jaruco. Byla vystavěna v letech 1917 a 1918 pro dopravu cukrové třtiny a produktů do cukrovaru v Hershey, který se jmenoval po svém zakladateli. Cukrovar byl uzavřen v roce 2002 po nevydařené restrukturalizaci kubánského cukrovarnictví, železnice však fungovala dál. V roce 2017 bylo trakční vedení poničeno hurikánem Irma a provoz již nebyl obnoven. Jediný provozní úsek, který se dožil roku 2022, je Hershey–Jaruco.
Vůz číslo 703 byl vyroben v roce 1964 a dodán španělské společnosti Ferrocarriles de Cataluña S.A. (FCC) v Katalánsku. V roce 1989 byl přestavěn na vložený vůz bez stanovišť strojvedoucího. V roce 1998 bylo celkem 27 vozů dopraveno ze Španělska na Kubu, aby zajistily provoz právě na elektrické železnici Hershey z Havany do Matanzasu. Vůz opět obdržel stanoviště strojvedoucího, což obnášelo zaslepení čelních dveří vozu.
Dne 8. června 2023 postihla vůz nehoda, kdy se na něj zřítil dřevěný sloup trakčního vedení. Po nehodě vůz již není provozní.
EN: On November 20, 2022, electric car 703 was photographed near the Paradero Chucho 3 stop in the village of Hershey on the way to final stop Talleres Calle 7.
The "Hershey" railway from Havana to Matanzas is the only electric railway in Cuba. It was built in 1917 and 1918 to transport sugar cane and products to the sugar refinery in Hershey, named after its founder. The sugar mill closed in 2002 after the failed restructuring of the Cuban sugar industry, but the railway continued to operate. In 2017, the catenary was damaged by Hurricane Irma and operations were not restored. The only operating section that survived to 2022 is the Hershey-Jaruco.
Car number 703 was built in 1964 and delivered to Ferrocarriles de Cataluña S.A. (FCC) in Catalonia, Spain. In 1998, a total of 27 cars were transported from Spain to Cuba to operate on the Hershey electric railway from Havana to Matanzas.
On June 8, 2023, the car had an accident when a wooden power line pole collapsed on it. After the accident, the car is no longer operational.
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This is my preferred interpretation of the famous monument. It will enter in my restricted collection of "my way" photos with New York, Rome, Paris, and some more. I can say this is another shot for which I have traveled till there to obtain it. The only unexpected thing were some works of building and restructuration, with a lot of machinery and a mess of mud and gates under the walls, so I had to cut them off from the framing. Soon, when the work will be over, I will go back and take this same photo with the new road and the water, for now, please enjoy this one. I think that even without the classic view from water level has his charm.
N277EA - Boeing B-737-8CX/W -
Eastern Air Lines (leased from Macquarie AirFinance)
at Miami International Airport (MIA)
c/n 32.359 - built in 2001 for GOL Linhas Aereas -
leased to Eastern since 07/2015 -
transferred to Swift Air 09/2017 -
re-named iAero Airways in 12/2019 -
returned to lessor 04/2024 after the airline announced that it would cease all operations on April 6, 2024, after failed restructuring efforts during bankruptcy
Eastern Air Lines Group, Inc. was an American low-cost airline based in Miami, Florida, founded in 2015. It operated charter flights between Miami and destinations in the United States, Caribbean and Latin America.
In 2017, Swift Air acquired the Boeing 737-800 assets of Eastern Air Lines stating, "Eastern Air Lines’ name, assets, and associated trademarks will be retained within the transaction."
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...
May 4th 2010
I recently had to photograph some Cadbury Treats at work...
And thought I would share them with my Flickr Friends...
Having seen my good friend Stezzer back online today...
I thought it was the perfect time to fish them out for a Stezzerized moment!!!
Cadbury's Chocolate has been an institution in New Zealand for years...
Producing some wonderful products out of the Dunedin Manufacturing Plant.
But... like it's counterpart in the United Kingdom... and the "Kraft" takeover...
Has been hit with restructuring in the past couple of years too...
Resulting in a lof of our products now being produced off shore!
Thankfully they still make the good old "Continental Chocolates"...
Which have been a family favourite for years...
Also the "Milk Tray" and "Roses Chocolates"...
Next time I have a box I'll share some of those with you too! %-)
>>> ARCHIVE DIVING AGAIN, UNDER THE PRETENSE OF DATA RESTRUCTURE, ET AL. BUT I WAS TRYING TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO EXTRACT FRAMES FROM LO-FI ARCHIVES, AND IN LOOKING THROUGH RANDOM SAMPLES, TEND TO FIND THESE [MILDLY] MORE IDIOSYNCHRATIC EVENTS CAPTURE MY ATTENTION MORE... THAN OTHERS. PROST. 8^)
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Yeah, I caught it too, even if it meant driving over five hours from Kansas!
The railfan community has been out in force documenting Norfolk Southern's TripleCrown "RoadRailer" after an announcement Aug. 12 said the end was nigh. Since 2015 when Triple Crown Services restructured, NS trains 255 and 256 between Kansas City, Missouri (Birmingham Voltz Yard) and Detroit, Michigan (Melvindale Oakwood Yard) were the final ones of this kind, yet they kept running hard and seemed to have no clear end date until the announcement. Going forward, TC trains will look a little "greener" with dedicated intermodal containers under new symbols 251 (west) and 252 (east), between KC and new eastern terminal Airline Yard in Toledo, Ohio.
At dusk, 255 25 drops the clear indication as it heads west through Griggsville, Illinois on the Springfield-Hannibal District.
NS 9936 C44-9W
August 25, 2024.
Antwerp Central station
Unaltered by the restructuring to create through-tracks at the lowest level, this area retains the feel of years-past.
It was used as a location in a 1993 episode of 'Poirot' when identified as the main station for Brussels/Bruxelles, with the stone steps featuring prominently.
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
Europe, Portugal, Setubal, Almada, Cacilhas, Cais do Ginjal, Restaurante Ponto Final, Balcão (slightly cut)
The delightful Tejo fronting ‘Ponto Final’ restaurant at the Cais do Ginjal, with its characteristic little pier jutting into the river.
The Cais is the post-industrial northern edge of Lisbon’s ‘outra banda’. The whole quay (including Olho de Boi) will be redeveloped/transformed. The planning process took 10 years. And some months ago a final decision was made to start with the actual works. All the old industrial facilities will be affected. Like the Hugo Parry & Sons shipbuilding- and repair workshops: here and here.
The functions to be realized in the revitalization plan are, not surprisingly: creative industry, recreational facilities and accommodations for the performing arts. Check out: Novo Cais do Ginjal.
This is number 183 of the Lisboa & Outra banda album and 112 of Urban restructuring / World.
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
Registration: N545JN
Type: MD-11 F
Engines: 3 × GE CF6-80C2D1F
Serial Number: 48545
First flight: Jun 6, 1995
Western Global Airlines, incorporated on March 6, 2013, received FAA operating authorization for the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in August 2014. The company bet on time-tested wide-body cargo aircraft. Its fleet comprises 19 freighters: 15 MD-11s and four Jumbos. A key feature of WGA’s strategy is owning its fleet rather than leasing it. This decision gives the company greater control over operations and schedules.
However, after a decade of successful growth, WGA — like other airlines — began to face financial challenges caused by declining demand for air cargo services and rising costs due to successive waves of the pandemic. Emerging from bankruptcy proceedings at the end of Newton 2023 with a restructured balance sheet, WGA encountered a new reality. The global market continues to feel pressure from reduced international traffic, while the resumption of passenger flights has increased competition and driven down rates.
In this context, the company decided to place most of its aircraft fleet into storage, keeping only one Jumbo and three McDonnell in operation. But the trials didn’t end there. Following a recent UPS MD-11 crash, Western Global was forced to ground all remaining aircraft of this model until the investigation concludes. In their place, the company redeployed two Boeing 747s.
Western Global Airlines’s experience, infrastructure, and unique competencies remain its strong points. In an industry where player turnover happens quite rapidly, the ability to keep operating through the toughest times is an achievement in itself. The future will show whether WGA can return to ambitious growth.
Airliner Profile Scenic Posters
Les architectes de Mosae Forum sont Jo Coenen et Bruno Albert. Mosae Forum est un quartier commerçant multifonctionnel et attrayant doté d'une architecture particulière au cœur de Maastricht. Le nom Mosae Forum fait référence au passé romain de Maastricht. Mosa est le nom latin de la rivière Meuse et le mot latin forum désigne une place centrale ou un marché. Mosae Forum se compose en grande partie du centre commercial avec des restaurants, des magasins et un marché de produits frais au sous-sol, mais aussi du grand parking souterrain de 1 150 places de parking, d'appartements de luxe et de maisons de ville, de la mairie de la commune de Maastricht et d'un centre de santé.
La réalisation du Mosae Forum, auparavant également appelé projet Markt-Maas, était un projet de restructuration majeur au cœur du centre-ville de Maastricht. Les projets de ce quartier remontent au début des années 1990. Les bureaux municipaux avaient besoin d'une rénovation en profondeur et l'on souhaitait fermer l'ouverture dans le mur est du marché et créer une connexion entre la ville et les rives de la Meuse.
Au départ, il était prévu que seule la Stadhuisstraat avec le bureau municipal et le bureau provincial de gestion des eaux (tous deux datant d'environ 1960) serait démolie. Mais peu à peu, le projet s'est élargi. Un certain nombre de bâtiments historiques sur le Markt et dans la Hoenderstraat ont été inclus dans le plan. Le parking en surface de la Gubbelstraat a également été démoli pour faire place à une place abritant des magasins, des restaurants et des appartements. Plus tard, la construction du tunnel du Maasboulevard et le réaménagement de la Maaspromenade comprenaient la restauration de la « dixième arche » du pont Sint-Servaas, qui a permis de prolonger le parcours pédestre le long de la Meuse sous cette arche. Enfin, le Markt et les rues environnantes ont fait l'objet d'un « relooking » en profondeur, avec la suppression de toutes les places de stationnement en surface et la place devenue interdite aux voitures.
The architects of Mosae Forum are Jo Coenen and Bruno Albert. Mosae Forum is a multifunctional and attractive shopping district with distinctive architecture in the heart of Maastricht. The name Mosae Forum refers to Maastricht's Roman past. Mosa is the Latin name for the Meuse River and the Latin word forum designates a central square or market. Mosae Forum largely consists of the shopping center with restaurants, shops and a fresh market in the basement, but also the large underground car park with 1,150 parking spaces, luxury apartments and townhouses , the town hall of the municipality of Maastricht and a health center.
The realization of the Mosae Forum, previously also called the Markt-Maas project, was a major restructuring project in the heart of downtown Maastricht. Projects for this area date back to the early 1990s. The municipal offices needed a thorough renovation and there was a desire to close the opening in the east wall of the market and create a connection between the city and the banks of the river. Meuse.
Initially, it was planned that only the Stadhuisstraat with the municipal office and the provincial water management office (both dating from around 1960) would be demolished. But little by little, the project expanded. A number of historic buildings on the Markt and in the Hoenderstraat were included in the plan. The surface car park on Gubbelstraat was also demolished to make way for a square housing shops, restaurants and apartments. Later, the construction of the Maasboulevard tunnel and the redevelopment of the Maaspromenade included the restoration of the “tenth arch” of the Sint-Servaas bridge, which made it possible to extend the pedestrian route along the Meuse under this arch. Finally, the Markt and the surrounding streets have undergone a thorough “makeover”, with the removal of all surface parking spaces and the square becoming car-free.
Painted this peice on monday when I returned from Nanjing with my boys Storm and Fluke. Curly was supposed to be still in shanghai with Venz so Storm and I took an early train back. Turns out they couldn't change their tickets and had to leave early on monday aswell. Anyhow, Storm, Fluke and I still wanted to paint and although it was raining we where determined to find a spot. I first decided to hit a bridge spot but unfortunently because of the dragon boat festival, the cops had secured the whole area and it was impossible to paint I remembered of another spot I had scouted a while ago and decided to try and hit that. An abandoned building perfect for a covered peice. Unfortunently its littered with seringes once again making the entrance a bit hazardeous as you don't want to step on a hiv infected needle or come across some lost heroin junkie craving for cash.
Anyhow all went great and we found the entrance and climbed up. Perfect place to paint. Did these peices and we where off. Will post the joiner soon aswell once I find the time to do it (got a bunch to put up now)
So here goes with a further exploration. At first I hadn't put an outline around it nor had I placed a forcefield. Yet in the end it just looked to complex with too many little things going around. The outline really restructures the letters yet it might also kill the effect a little. I have to be carefull though as I'm going more and more into 3d letters and thats not exactly the vibe I'm looking for. Made a step yet I still have many more to go ...
Hi again! I am still around, happily taking pictures, like this one taken in Rotterdam (edited at home). I am having turbulent times, restructuring my business and getting ready to take a huge leap of faith in the new year!
Special Event from Jan. 26th 2024 with a new club build and various other restructuring.
Come check us out, we're sure you'll enjoy the changes.
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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...
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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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