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Abandoned drawers find a new home at the Draft-Direkt Gallery in Hamburg. As seen on Stilsucht via Apartment Therapy.
The lights in the store are original from the store when it was OfficeMax although modified to be LED fixtures.
While I was back in my hometown over the holidays visiting family, I got a tour of the newly renovated Burlington Train Station by my brother's wife, Sheila Ireland, who was the lead architect on the project (more on that below). Although I only had my iPhone, i took these photos which turned out fine.
The Burlington Station first opened in 1898 in time for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition World's Fair held in Omaha. Designed by architect by Thomas Rogers Kimball in an Italianate style with massive granite columns evocative of a Greek temple, the station echoed the classical style of Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. The station underwent a major renovation and re-design in 1930 to compete with the new Art Deco Omaha Union Station just across the rail yard (see this set of photos shot a few days later).
Burlington Station closed in 1974 after Amtrak constructed a new station a block or so to the east. The building passed through several owners and unsuccessful plans for various renovations and adaptive reuses, including failed plans for office space and residential condos, until local ABC-affiliate KETV purchased the property to relocate it's TV station. Omaha-based architectural firm Leo A. Daly won project and Sheila Ireland become the lead architect in no small part because she had done her Master Thesis on adaptive reuse of the Burlington Station. See this brief tour of the station and interview with Sheila, which is excerpted from a longer special presentation on the newly opened station by KETV.
Here are some photos of the station before and after renovation from KETV. See also article from the Omaha World Herald.
ODC-Scraps
I am an avid recycler. Anything that is biodegradable goes into our compost bins and gets used in the garden!
A greenhouse spotted in Stropkov, Slovakia a few years ago.
It was made from recycled plastic bottles, strung on to wires. A brilliant idea. Sorry for the poor quality picture but I had to take this from a distance, through a fence. Best viewed large
The lovely flower was reused—it had fallen out of the planter and The Bear picked it up for me. The sweet little bud vase is also reused, it used to be a mini candle holder.
a set of two reusable grocery bags! see my profile for details
un set de dos bolsas reusables para compras! checa mi profile para los datos
Street Sticker photographed on the mailbox in front of the U.S. Post Office
Eureka Springs Arkansas
Saturday May 14th, 2022
A late antique sarcophagus with a hunting scene on the side reused for the burial of Constance of Aragon (1179-1222), the first wife of the Holy Roman Frederick II and regent of Sicily from 1212-1220. Inscription: Sicanie regina fui Constantia coniunx Augusta. Hic habito nunc Federice tua (I was Constance queen of Sicily, wife, empress. Yours, I now lie here, Frederick). The inscription on the left corner of the lid is: Cataniae MCCXXII (At Catania 1222).
bauhaus-online.de/magazin/artikel/aus-alt-mach-neu
in order to renew the "old" glassfacade of the bauhaus in Dessau in 1976 it was decided to tear it down and to dump it in a wasteyard in order to fulfill the plan target of scrap metal... the then installed new windows didn´t survive the end of the last century (sic). luckily in 2001 there were several old frames - about 120 metres - found in some gardens of Dessau and stored at the bauhaus. with those windows this temporarily bungalow was built in 2015 and it now houses a workshop for different activities
The third pair of booties I've made for my pretty gandbaby, Avalon ! Made from sweaters of mine that had moth holes, that I shrunk and felted !
Ground Up is an environmentally friendly reusable coffee cup that challenges the disposable nature of society and subverts our perception of waste. Used coffee grounds are mixed with a plant-based bioresin to make an innovative material that reduces disposable cup usage. The addition of a 3D filament made of milk cartons for the lid and a sleeve made of jute allows for the repurpose of three waste streams central to urban cafe culture, all optimised for small scale local manufacture. At the end of the cup’s life, all materials are fully reclaimable, including the coffee which can then go to compost. By reimagining waste streams as a desirable and viable source for everyday design, Ground Up demonstrates that aesthetics need not be sacrificed in the name of environmental consciousness.
A papyrus capital and frieze blocks from older monuments extracted from ancient walls around the temple of Satet at Elephantine
... diese zwei netten Girls (waren übrigens 13, wie wir in einem kurzen Gespräch erfahren haben).
Aufgenommen mit der Agfaphoto reusable camera auf einem Agfa Optima Prestige 400 (11/2005).
www.recyclart.org/2016/04/charity-t-shirt-upcycling/
This is a project I undertook to reuse RNIB T-shirts to make them into new, innovative designs that could be sold to raise money for the charity RNIB that helps and supports people who are blind and partially sighted. Ethical fashion and sustainability within fashion are a worldwide problem that needs to be addressed and through this work, I hope to inspire people to buy, sell and make ethical clothing choices.
I enjoyed this project because the principles that I have used to deconstruct and reuse the T-shirts could be applied to any t-shirt or unwanted item of clothing. So in turn, this idea could become more widespread through creatives to stop waste and spread the importance of re-using clothes and the ethical and sustainable issues within fashion that are destroying the planet.
Name: Thomas H. Miller
Arrested for: not given
Arrested at: North Shields
Arrested on: 25 November 1915
Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-262-Thomas H Miller
The Shields Daily News for 18 December 1915 reports:
“SOLDIER CHARGED WITH THEFT AT NORTH SHIELDS.
At North Shields today, Thomas Henry Miller (24), a soldier, of Walsall Street Court, West Bromwich, was brought up on remand, charged with having stolen on the 22nd November, from the North Shields railway station, a brown leather kit bag and contents, valued at £3 19s 6d, the property of Lieut. Traill of the 3rd Batt. Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, stationed at the King Edward Schools. The case was fully gone into yesterday but the sentence was postponed for the purpose of making enquiries about the defendant’s character. An officer gave the defendant a good character and said he had nothing against him. The defendant was bound over for 6 months in the sum of £5.”
These images are taken from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 (TWAM ref. DX1388/1). This set is our selection of the best mugshots taken during the First World War. They have been chosen because of the sharpness and general quality of the images. The album doesn’t record the details of each prisoner’s crimes, just their names and dates of arrest.
In order to discover the stories behind the mugshots, staff from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums visited North Shields Local Studies Library where they carefully searched through microfilm copies of the ‘Shields Daily News’ looking for newspaper reports of the court cases. The newspaper reports have been transcribed and added below each mugshot.
Combining these two separate records gives us a fascinating insight into life on the Home Front during the First World War. These images document the lives of people of different ages and backgrounds, both civilians and soldiers. Our purpose here is not to judge them but simply to reflect the realities of their time.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
Man is cleaning ball-bearings in his shop, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo: © Jakob Kolar | www.jakobkolar.com