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ON A chilly wet and super rainey day the Texas Eagle departs Springfield IL 45 mins late but warm and toasty for passengers on the inside.
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Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including his presidential library and museum, his home, and his tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
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The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818. Built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate, it was designed by Cochrane and Garnsey, an architecture and design firm based in Chicago. Ground was broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and the building was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4.5 million.
The building contains the chambers for the Illinois General Assembly, which is made up of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. An office for the Governor of Illinois, additional offices, and committee rooms are also in the building. The capitol's footprint is cross-shaped, with four equal wings. Its tall central dome and tower roofs are covered in zinc to provide a silvery facade which does not weather. Architecture scholar Jean A. Follett describes it as a building that "is monumental in scale and rich in detail." The interior of the dome features a plaster frieze painted to resemble bronze, which illustrates scenes from Illinois history, and stained glass windows, including a stained glass replica of the state seal in the oculus of the dome.
Rick Springfield is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Jessie's Girl". He followed with four more top 10 US hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". His two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982). As an actor, he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008.
Work continues preserving, cleaning and painting all structural steel on the South End bridge carrying Route 5 over the Connecticut River and the Railroad, Springfield-Agawam. The project is funded by the Accelerated Bridge Program.
When I was in high school in Springfield, Oregon, which was longer ago than I care to think about, cars like this were THE thing for the cool kids... one of which I was not.
One of my friends was a cool kid, though; we took a Medieval England history class together, and he liked to talk about his Plymouth Roadrunner. He also introduced me to some cool science fiction books. I think, in retrospect, that he had a streak of "inner geek" to him, and since none of his "cool friends" were in the Medieval England class, he was free to slum it with a nerdy kid and talk about his secret interests like sci-fi novels and fantasy art.
A group of photographs taken in March 2003 around Wolverhampton showing some interesting street furniture still extant at that time. All except the marvelous Lichfield Road direction sign have been swept away by modern development sadly.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
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The concept came to life during an event that started September 2017, to help raise funds to benefit downtown revitalization. It’s a pop up art event in where you can watch artists compete to create a mural in one day and unveil it during a reception party that night. Each year the murals change, making this a great spot to visit and wander through and take pics or the amazing artwork!
The Monticello apartments used to be a big private residence, but was converted to apartments some decades ago. I used to live here, and enjoyed sitting on the porch roof when the weather was nice. My friend Kelly lived across the alley in the Ambassador next door. We could even yell at each other from window to window like we were colorful background characters in some old movie. Just east of National on Elm in Springfield Missouri.
Francine Davis from Newark, Delaware, keeps notes during a group discussion at United Methodist Women’s Just Energy for All training Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church in Springfield, Illinois.
Photo by Rich Saal/Rich Saal Photography
Driving south on the frontage road (Palm Road) from I-55 towards Chatham
Springfield, Illinois
February 4, 2008
Springfield Barnes - the former farm run by David Fleming; in the 1960s the meadows would be full of Fresian dairy cattle, only about a mile from Chelmsford town centre. Behind the trees on the left was the former Post Office Telephones depot which housed all the olive green vehicles.
The Fleming family also took over the watermill from the Marriage family in 1918 and the family also owned the nearby Prentices Farm and Horns Farm the land of which now comprises Chelmer Village.
Amanda, Luke and Brendan running the mile at the MSSU 2018 High School Open Indoor track meet in Joplin, MO
Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield Massachusetts.
The Springfield Armory was established in 1777, at the request of George Washington and Henry Knox, to build weapons for the United States military. Another armory was established in Harper's Ferry Virginia. Harper's Ferry Armory was destroyed in the Civil War and was never rebuild. The Springfield Armory was the major source of American weapons until it was closed in 1968.
The square at the center of the armory. The buildings were originally part of the armory and are now part of Springfield Technical Community College. Today was the first day where the the trees were showing masses of green leaves.