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Another view of the former administrative building of the HypoVereinsbank, currently under renovation as part of the revitalisation of the Tucherparkviertel under the project name Eisbachviertel.
The area was initially developed end of the 1960ties by the Bayerische Vereinsbank (became HypoVereinsbank, now Unicredit Bank) with office spaces and a hotel. Most of the buildings are empty, under renovation and they are listed structures nowadays.
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Looking over the Thames to the Kentish coast as the first cooling winds come in from the North Sea.
Harsh and bitter, fresh and revitalising, so good to feel the little nips of a winters caress.
Amsterdam - Mercatorplein
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The square received its name per council decision 30 January 1924. In the process, the square was named after the cartographer Gerardus Mercator. Streets in the surrounding area were also named after cartographers and explorers. Mercator Street was named a year later.
The square lies at the junction of Hoofdweg and Jan Evertsenstraat. The latter street lies on the north side of the square. Hoofdweg has a kink here; it arrives at the south-east point and leaves again at the north-west point but until the reconstruction in 1995, traffic drove northbound on the east side of the square. Mercatorstraat (from the north) and Van Spilbergenstraat also exit the square, both by means of a gateway.
The square was built on the territory of the municipality of Sloten, annexed in 1921. This municipality had previously drawn up plans for a new housing estate west of Baarsjesweg and Admiraal de Ruijterweg, but the plans were implemented in modified form by the Amsterdam municipality as part of Plan West.
The square was laid down to a design by Hendrik Petrus Berlage in 1925; he also designed all the buildings erected at the square between 1925 and 1927. The Dirk van den Broek supermarket chain had its first branch on Mercatorplein in 1942. The original milk shop opened Amsterdam's first self-service shop here in 1948. From this, over the years, the retail chain evolved. This branch is also the largest shop on the square (data 2019).
The Mercatorbuurt (the area around the square) had not gotten a too good name due to neglect and drug dealing in the 1980s. From 1995, the buildings around the square were renovated and the northern buildings were completely renewed according to the original design. The demolished tower was also rebuilt, restoring much of the square's beauty. A car park was built under the square with an entrance at the corner of Hoofdweg and Cabralstraat (named after Portuguese sailor Pedro Álvares Cabral). In the process, the park-like setting with blossom trees disappeared and paving took its place, with the central part being done in concrete in three brown tones as a map of the world according to the mercator projection, with the equator of this map running parallel to the actual equator.
The square was reopened in June 1998 after a major refurbishment. Berlage's layout was partly lost and was exchanged for a design by Wytze Patijn and Michal Kolmas. The reopening, following the revitalisation of the Amsterdam School-style neighbourhood, was celebrated in the presence of Queen Beatrix. Partly due to the improvements in the Mercator neighbourhood at the time, many people chose relatively cheap housing there and the square became gentrified.
A rickshaw installation art in the Revitalised Typhoon Shelter Precinct. Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, Hong Kong.
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Another from Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire, when the sun decided to play with the trees. Just love moments like this, you do feel revitalised after basking in the visible rays of the sun.
The image is flipped vertically to orientate the moon to the top of the picture. The moon is an installation art in the Revitalised Typhoon Shelter Precinct for the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival.
This image was taken from the footbridge between the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and the Victoria Park.
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If you are anything like me, and a terribly bad sleeper, then you will have experienced that infuriating phenomena of looking forward to a beautiful, revitalising, weekend sleep, only to wake up 4 and a half hours later and are fully awake for no reason as well as having nothing to do, as if one's brain has decided to envelope, without purpose or cause, the emotional paradigm of an existential crisis that doesn't exist, but by god you feel it! Great isn't it? Urgh!
So now I got that off my chest and having now gone full David Brent, the photo, this I took last Summer at Grunewald just outside Berlin, the location was teaming with Entomological life, including the Dor Beetle I captured here...
and here...
This Wasp Beetle was snuck down on a partially rotted tree branch, don't let the Bokeh confuse you, the antennae were right in front of its eyes, and I remember thinking how does this little guy see anything, but of course, insect sight is many times poorer than that of a human, so thus they of course predominantly, feel their way around. Still, the insect world is an interesting.
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
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This is a view from the viewing deck of Skytree at 450m. The river below is the Sumidagawa, and the white-shining street is Asakusa-doori. The cliff of the river terrace of the Sumidagawa or Yamanote Terrace is marked on the photo.
Yamanote Railway Line was laid out in parallel to the cliff of the terrace and extended later to circle the whole Yamanote area. Shinjuku (新宿) and Shibuya (渋谷) are located on the western edge of the original Yamanote area.
The lowland along the Sumidagawa is called Shitamachi (下町), meaning the low town, which is the area for commoners/civilians during the Edo Period as contrasted with Yamanote (山の手), meaning the hillside, which is the area for Samurai bureaucrats.
There were some 260 Han (藩 domains of local rulers) in Japan in Edo Period. All the Han had their residences mostly in the Yamanote area, many with Japanese gardens for their prestige. Tokyo used to be a "garden" city.
Shitamachi used to be the downtown and Yamanote was the uptown of Edo (Tokyo). After Meiji Restoration in 1868, areas circled by the Yamanote railway line became new business and commercial districts, and new residential areas were developed outside of the original Yamanote area. At present, the downtown of Tokyo is the Yamanote area, and residential areas west of Yamanote are unofficially called the Second Yamanote (up to the Tamagawa river) and the Third Yamanote (beyond the Tamagawa).
Shitamachi is largely left behind the development of Tokyo, and the metropolitan government is making efforts to revitalise Shitamachi. Construction of Skytree is part of their Shitamachi revitalisation programme.
A former coal mine in the center of Katowice was turned into a muzeum. Some revitalisation works are still taking place. This winding tower is now a sightseeing point.
In English, this French title means: pruned tree. Springtime is the season where many trees, willows and others, are pruned. We humans go to the hairdresser, but we are never pruned, really. Yet, the act of pruning on trees is an investment in future growth, in a better tree. Many trees react with strength on pruning, but very old and weak trees can die because of it. If nature would have some kind of message for us humans about how to live and become stronger, then pruning has a special message. Pruning could then mean for us something like ‘consuming less to produce more’. Cutting back can be the best investment for future growth, it revitalises the system from inside. The tree falls back on itself, has no leafs at all, but is more vital than ever. This is what you can call ‘the miracle of life’ and I hope with this photo, to share this miracle; all you need to see is that the tree is alive. Vive les arbres têtards!
From last September. Have been revitalising some old photos that were originally discarded using the Google Nik plugin. The original was underexposed with a horrid blue colour cast on the pier buildings due to low light.
It has been some time since I have uploaded any images on Flickr and due to work commitments and getting busier ever more less time with my photography.
Still its always good to see the various work of our flickr friends and I still feel am on a learning curve.
This image of the tabla musician and creative beat sounds has revitalised me not to lose touch and for 2018 to set time aside for my photography work.
Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting tower completed in 2012 in Sumida City of Tokyo replacing the role of Tokyo Tower in response to the increasing number of high-rise buildings in central Tokyo. It is 634 m high, the third tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m) in Dubai and Merdeka 118 (678.9 m) in Kuala Lumpur.
Sumida City was chosen with an objective to revitalise Shitamachi (下町), meaning downtown or lower town, which used to be an important part of old Edo but have been left behind from the development of Tokyo.
Skytree boasts of an anti-seismic performance. It has an internal pillar like Japanese stupas, which is connected to the tower frame with oil dampers. The pillar is also isolated from the ground with another set of dampers.
When I visited Skytree on a windy day, there was a very long queue to the elevators. It was due to the winter monsoon that affected the operation of elevators as the tree was blowing in the wind. It is a consequence of flexible structure (^_^;
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
There's a lot that I like about this image. Strong light, diagonal shadows; the people, and of course those tired old buildings that have seen better days and an uncertain future. Across the street are several boarded up houses of the same vintage, recently sold, but with no guarantee of revitalisation --- this town is full of properties that have been sold but remain unused and unmaintained,; apparently used as a tax dodge so I'm told.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
Abandoned terminal for loading iron ore. Napoleon's first exile was to the island of Elba, off the coast of Italy, from May 4, 1814. to February 26, 1815. While there he intended to revitalize the island's iron mining industry.
Point de chargement pour minerai de fer, abandonné. Le premier exil de Napoléon eut lieu à l'île d'Elbe, où il arriva le 4 mai 1814. Il quitta l'île le 26 février 1815. Durant on séjour il s'intéressa à revitaliser les mines de fer locales.
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Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". As the Tamar is met by her sister river, the Tavy, the estuary widens considerably to become the stretch of water known as the Hamoaze.
Although Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge has been carrying trains over the river from Cornwall into Plymouth since 1859, it wasn't until a century after this that work began to build the Tamar Bridge, which would carry road traffic across the river alongside the railway bridge.
The two neighbouring councils formed a 'special partnership' in 1950 to lobby the national government to fund a fixed crossing of the Tamar, but in the face of government inaction, decided in 1955 to go forward with the scheme themselves as a local enterprise financed from tolls.
When work finally commenced on the Tamar Bridge in 1959, it was the United Kingdom's longest suspension bridge at the time, measuring a total of 642 metres in length. It had three lanes, catered for a vehicle weight of 24 tonnes, and could cope with 20,000 vehicle crossings each day.
Between 1998 and 2001 the Bridge underwent a major revitalisation when it was both strengthened and widened. The work was undertaken while the crossing was open to traffic, ensuring adequate load carrying capacity for the future, and also adding an additional traffic lane and a dedicated pedestrian and cycle lane.
Then again in 2006, the tolling function was upgraded with a major refurbishment of the toll plaza, including a new canopy, and the introduction of electronic toll collection.
The bridge is now carrying over 16 million vehicles a year – over ten times that carried in the early years, and on a busy weekday over 50,000 vehicles use the crossing.
The Tamar bridge is in public ownership, owned and operated jointly by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Councils and managed by Tamar Crossings, who also run the Torpoint Ferries. It was officially opened to road traffic on 24th October 1961. Various events are planned for the coming week to mark its 60th birthday.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
From this angle, taken down beside the Tamar River, one can see immediately the origins of this hotel. These grain silos stored wheat that was shipped out of Launceston during the time when its shipping industry still functioned. Today, of course, visitors to Launceston find it hard to imagine that this was once Tasmania's biggest industrial port. The Tamar is silting up (the subject for another discussion), King's Wharf is dilapidated, and this land was left as a flood prone swamp.
But local business interests, the Peppers Hotel chain, and clever architectural design, have not only revitalised the old structure, but turned this whole seaport precinct into a hive of activity.
This photograph shows us two things. The most obvious is the beauty of bank buildings in the 19th century, and secondly in the hills behind we see the scars of decades of tin mining. The Ringarooma River runs through the valley below. The wealth of the past is very evident here. The tin mining brought in the residents and produced a viable economy, and the bank was able to service the needs of the locals.
But nothing lasts forever. The major Krushka Brothers mine closed in 1948 and the town had a steady decline since then. We'll have a look at what has been done in the present to revitalise a dying country town (and they have succeeded), but the pain of the passing of an era was very much felt by the descendants of the original settlers of Derby.
The first phase of repositioning the town came with a tourist boom. This beautiful old bank building is an example. It was converted into a lovely B & B and still serves as such today.
"VEB Drehmaschinenwerk Leipzig", former "Leipziger Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik", former "W. von Pittler AG" - founded 1889, abandoned since 1996, revitalisation since 2018.
Walking along the Air Canal in Rotterdam.
The Luchtsingel ("air canal") elevated walkway was constructed to revitalise a rundown part of central Rotterdam, and connect together several areas of the city.
A blog of my visit to Rotterdam:
Known as the Gateshead Glasshouse International Centre for Music and called the "Glasshouse" or the Glass Bubble Building by the Geordies.
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The construction of this architectural staple of the Quayside marked a time of resurgence and change for the arts in Newcastle and Gateshead and the site of this giant glass, multi-domed building was once home to a rope and wire factory.
Now this elegantly construction of Foster and Partners-designed building has 630 panes of glass and was constructed in 1997 to revitalise Gateshead, by building a state-of-the-art concert venue in the unused industrial area.
And also, the building itself is made of specially constructed concrete that has extra air bubbles designed to improve both acoustics and sound proofing.
It's a great pity for me, it was not a really good day, with the weather when I composed and framed this capture, from over the River Tyne and was the only way for me to be able to fit and get into all in full frame! Because it is an enormous gigantic building that stands truly well out and is an eye-catching one too!
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One of Launceston's newest 5-star hotels is the Silo Hotel. Built by ARTAS, a Tasmanian firm of architects, and opened in 2018, it utilised an unused old grain store near Kings Wharf on the Tamar River. The result is a building of fine lines that transformed an area that had been derelict since the shipping industry in Launceston had ground to a halt.
Tucked inside serene Dooars (the foothills of the eastern Himalayas), about 45km from Siliguri, this charming tea estate is one of the best-kept secrets of the region. Surrounded by hills and rivers, it is ideal for those who are looking for a revitalising holiday ( place: Lataguri, West Bengal 735230)
Also known as the Grand Theatre of Casablanca, CasArts is a multipurpose theatre developed in Mohammed V Square in Casablanca, Morocco. The biggest theatre in Africa completed in June 2018, the theatre hosts musical concerts, theatre plays and other large-scale performances. Estimated to cost MAD1.44bn ($148.91m), the project provides Casablanca with access to cultural and artistic activities. France-based architect and urban planner Christian de Portzamparc designed the theatre with Rachid Andaloussi serving as the Architect partner in Morocco. The new theatre is built on 6ha of land located in Mohammed V Square, a popular gathering spot for locals. It covers 24,245m² of space and includes the revitalisation of the surrounding areas of the square.
"VEB Drehmaschinenwerk Leipzig", former "Leipziger Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik", former "W. von Pittler AG" - founded 1889, abandoned since 1996, revitalisation since 2018.
Nyhavn is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the Inner Harbour just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants. The canal harbours many historical wooden ships.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Danish soldiers and Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660. It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for 18 years.
The first bridge across Nyhavn opened on 1874. It was a temporary wooden footbridge. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1912.
As ocean-going ships grew larger, Nyhavn was taken over by internal Danish small vessel freight traffic. After World War II land transport took over this role and small vessel traffic disappeared from the Port of Copenhagen, leaving Nyhavn largely deserted of ships.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour by Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Egon Weidekamp. In 1980 Nyhavn quay was pedestrianised; it had been used as a parking area in the previous years which had coincided with a dwindling of harbour activities. Since then it has become a popular spot for tourists and locals alike, serving the function of a square according to architects Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe.
Opened on September 30th, 2010, the Father Bernatek Footbridge (Kladka Ojca Bernatka) straddles the Wisla River just south of the centre, linking the districts of Kazimierz and Podgórze between ul. Mostowa and ul. Nadwislanska where several road bridges had stood in its place before, the last being dismantled way back in 1925.
The leaf-shaped, 130m structure accommodates both pedestrians and cyclists with its twin walkway design by local architect Andrzej Getter.
Though a source of controversy during its development (largely due to coming in over budget at a sobering 38 million zloty), the Bernatek bridge is now a beloved part of the urban landscape, both for its convenience and aesthetic appeal.
The bridge has played a key role in the revitalisation of the two areas it connects between Plac Wolnica and Rynek Podgórski, which is now not only an ideal destination for an alternative pub crawl, but also a romantic stroll. It's here that Cracovian couples have adopted the increasingly popular (and unoriginal) tradition of attaching padlocks engraved with their names to the railings of the bridge, before throwing the keys into the Wisla (while the rest of us throw up in our mouths) as evidence of their unbreakable bond and commitment to each other.
The success and influence of the bridge will hopefully inspire the city to follow through on plans it has for a similar pedestrian river crossing close to Wawel Castle.
Since 2016, the bridge has been adorned with nine acrobatic, gravity-defying sculptures by Jerzy Kedziora, which we hope stay there forever.
Kraków, Poland
Nous voici dans la rue Florida
La rue Florida est comme l'Avenida Corrientes et l'Avenida de Mayo, un emblème de Buenos Aires.Il y a moins d'un siècle, la rue a été le point de rendez-vous de l'élégance argentine, c'est pourquoi elle est flanquée de bâtiments d'art nouveau et néoclassique précieux . Voir cliché ci dessus , avec la porte d'un immeuble , dont la façade est à l'avenant
Aujourd'hui, la rue vit une floraison spectaculaire. Les touristes ont envahi et, ensemble, ont revitalisé les bonnes librairies et cafés. Converti en un grand centre commercial, l'âme de ce changement était la Galería Pacífico, un élégant centre commercial construit dans bel immeuble ancien de 100 ans qui comprend des peintures murales de Berni, Spilimbergo et Castagnino dans son dôme central.Demain , je vous emmène dans cette Galerie
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Here we are on Florida Street
Florida Street is, like Avenida Corrientes and Avenida de Mayo, an emblem of Buenos Aires. Less than a century ago, the street was the meeting point of Argentine elegance, which is why it is flanked by precious art nouveau and neoclassical buildings. See the picture above, with the door of a building, whose facade is just like this
Today, the street is in spectacular bloom. Tourists have invaded and together they have revitalised the good bookshops and cafés. Converted into a large shopping centre, the soul of this change was the Galería Pacífico, an elegant shopping centre built in a beautiful 100 year old building that features murals by Berni, Spilimbergo and Castagnino in its central dome.
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Aquí estamos en la calle Florida
La calle Florida es, como la Avenida Corrientes y la Avenida de Mayo, un emblema de Buenos Aires. Hace menos de un siglo, la calle era el punto de encuentro de la elegancia argentina, por lo que está flanqueada por preciosos edificios art nouveau y neoclásicos. Vea la imagen de arriba, con la puerta de un edificio, cuya fachada es así
Hoy, la calle está en un florecimiento espectacular. Los turistas han invadido y juntos han revitalizado las buenas librerías y los cafés. Convertido en un gran centro comercial, el alma de este cambio fue la Galería Pacífico, un elegante centro comercial construido en un hermoso edificio centenario que cuenta con murales de Berni, Spilimbergo y Castagnino en su cúpula central.
Mañana te llevaré a esta galería
Gadebridge Park is a large attractive outdoor space on the northern side of Hemel Hempstead. The River Gage flows through the park. There have been undergoing improvements as part of the 'Revitalising Chalk Rivers Scheme' with the aim of providing a 'continuous improved corridor for wildlife and people'
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1675, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660.
It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavn Society was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour (scource: wikipedia).
It is an ancient, huge oak tree. Planted in 1798 and standing more than 16 meters tall, it has long been one of the most important and well known trees in the gardens.
Called “Turner’s oak” after its species name, and native to Spain, the tree has been growing for hundreds of years.
Yet by the 1980s, the tree looked old and sick. It was no longer growing well and looked like it might eventually die.
Then on the 18th of October in 1987, a huge storm with hurricane-force winds hit the south of England. In total, more than 15 million trees were blown over in about an hour, most of them killed.
Due to its huge branches acting nearly like a sail in the wind., the mighty turner oak was torn out of the ground, before falling back into its hole where its roots were once buried.
In total, Kew gardens lost about 700 trees, which needed to be cut up and transported away so the space could be used for new, living trees. Due to the sheer size of the Turner Oak, it was propped up with steel beams so that it would not collapse onto any visitors, and the garden management staff said they would cut and clear all the smaller trees over the coming months before dealing with the massive oak.
Yet what happened next surprised everyone.
Three years after the storm, once the other trees had been cleared and management were ready to cut up the Turner Oak, they noticed it was healthy. Not just healthy, but revitalised and growing again.
Somehow, this massive tree having had its roots pulled out was now better able to grow than before. In fact, the tree has put in a third of its entire growth since 1987, significantly faster than the 200 years before then.
What had become clear is that when the roots were pulled out, it broke up the soil around the tree, allowing air and water around the roots again. Over decades, visitors to the park walking around the trees had compacted the soil around the trees, preventing water to drain down effectively, but also squeezing out any air or gases in the gaps between soil particles. These gaps are not only important for the tree’s roots to get at gases like oxzgen and nitrogen, but for the whole microbiome and all of the microfauna in the soil to be able to breathe, drink and keep the soil healthy.
The visitors, by compacting the soil around the tree, were unaware that they were slowly killing it.
Each individual step didn’t make a large enough difference to be noticeable. But millions of small steps over decades can together make a huge impact.
From this lesson, new techniques were introduced to aerate the soil by injecting air around the roots of other trees, not only in Kew but in gardens around the world...
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Nyhavn (New Harbour) a 17th-century waterfront & canal in the entertainment district in the centre of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants. The canal harbours many historical wooden ships.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1673, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660. It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years. The first bridge across Nyhavn opened on 6 February 1875. It was a temporary wooden footbridge. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1912.
As ocean-going ships grew larger, Nyhavn was taken over by internal Danish small vessel freight traffic. After World War II land transport took over this role and small vessel traffic disappeared from the Port of Copenhagen, leaving Nyhavn largely deserted of ships.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavnsforeningen (Nyhavn Society) was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour by Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Egon Weidekamp. In 1980 Nyhavn quay was pedestrianised; it had been used as a parking area in the previous years which had coincided with a dwindling of harbour activities. Since then, it has become a popular spot for tourists and locals alike, serving the function of a square according to architects Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe.
The northern side of Nyhavn is lined by brightly coloured townhouses built with wood, bricks, and plaster. The southern side of Nyhavn has lavish mansions lining the canal, including Charlottenborg Palace at the corner of Kongens Nytorv.
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The Luchtsingel ("air canal") elevated walkway was constructed to revitalise a rundown part of central Rotterdam, and connect together several areas of the city. It brings a welcome splash of colour to an otherwise grey part of the city and is much-beloved of Instagrammers, for obvious reasons.
A blog of my visit to Rotterdam:
A few kilometres down the coast from Yamba is the small village of Angourie. It has several beaches including the north so aptly named Spooky's Beach. It also has the Blue Pool.
"Angourie’s Blue Pool was once a rock quarry that ran across a slight problem. When an underground freshwater spring was disturbed, it was suddenly transformed into an aquatic haven.
Children revel in it for the daredevil opportunities it provides, jumping off the cliffs into the dazzling blue without a care in the world. Ramblers who’ve undertaken the spectacular 10-kilometre coastal walk from Angourie think of nothing but the opportunity to melt into the Blue Pool’s revitalising chill after their hike.
The area is of significance to the people of the Yaegl Nation, traditional custodians of the land.
The pools can sometimes be closed due to algae blooms. This is completely normal and is expected in the warmer months. Clarence Valley Council erects signs informing people of the closure at the site.
When the pools are closed, you can still swim in the large saltwater rock pool beside the Blue Pool - it's sensational at high tide and perfect for floating around all day long. While you’re in the area be sure to check out Spooky’s Beach."
Nyhavn (New Harbour) a 17th-century waterfront & canal in the entertainment district in the centre of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early 18th century townhouses and bars, cafes and restaurants. The canal harbours many historical wooden ships.
Nyhavn was constructed by King Christian V from 1670 to 1673, dug by Swedish prisoners of war from the Dano-Swedish War 1658–1660. It is a gateway from the sea to the old inner city at Kongens Nytorv (King's Square), where ships handled cargo and fishermens' catch. It was notorious for beer, sailors, and prostitution. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen lived at Nyhavn for some 18 years. The first bridge across Nyhavn opened on 6 February 1875. It was a temporary wooden footbridge. It was replaced by the current bridge in 1912.
As ocean-going ships grew larger, Nyhavn was taken over by internal Danish small vessel freight traffic. After World War II land transport took over this role and small vessel traffic disappeared from the Port of Copenhagen, leaving Nyhavn largely deserted of ships.
In the mid-1960s, the Nyhavnsforeningen (Nyhavn Society) was founded with the aim of revitalising the area. In 1977, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour by Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Egon Weidekamp. In 1980 Nyhavn quay was pedestrianised; it had been used as a parking area in the previous years which had coincided with a dwindling of harbour activities. Since then, it has become a popular spot for tourists and locals alike, serving the function of a square according to architects Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe.
The northern side of Nyhavn is lined by brightly coloured townhouses built with wood, bricks, and plaster. The southern side of Nyhavn has lavish mansions lining the canal, including Charlottenborg Palace at the corner of Kongens Nytorv.
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