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the customer area in the old section of the Springfield Post Office has been opened to the public. What a wonderful room.... Remember when public buildings were officious, serious and imposing? This is it!
Even little details are beautiful.
Built between 1863 and 1866, this Italianate-style house was constructed for Henson Robinson, a merchant who sold stoves, furnaces, and tin goods, as well as manufacturing plates and cups out of tin for the United States Army. The house features a front-gable roof, six-over-six and six-over-nine double-hung windows with decorative trim surrounds and shutters, a small arched attic window, a front porch with rectilinear columns, an open pier foundation, decorative brackets, and a decorative wooden balustrade on the roof. The house is part of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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.
Source: www.visitspringfieldillinois.com/BlogDetails/Street_Art
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!
This image is from a body of work I made last semester. The class was a Documentary Photography class. I had just moved out of my parent's house in a small, quiet, rural town, to an apartment by myself, in the city of Springfield, known for its high crime rates, and below middle class areas. I made this body of work about the people who lived in this city, using their homes a way to show how these people live, and sort of a description of who they are. The images are also about boundaries, and the sort of barrier and disconnect I feel with this city. Scariest body of work I've ever made. I was always alone, creeping around people's homes with my camera. I always left my car running right next to me so I could just jump in a drive away really quickly if anyone tried to bother me. Thankfully, no one ever really did.
These people were really funny. I saw them in the windows when I was driving by, and thought it would make a wonderful photo, so I pulled over and grabbed my camera. I hollered up to them asking if they would mind if I made a photograph of them. They replied, "No! No, we have no money!" I said, "I don't want your money, I just want to take your picture!" They thought I wanted to sell them the photograph I think. But they finally said okay, although I don;t think they were still very sure of what I wanted from them. If you look closely there's a dog in the bottom left window who was barking at me the entire time I was photographing. :)
I was lucky enough to be invited to a private railway in the Midlands. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with Lawrie so we met at the railway. The owner foolishly said, what would you like to see... We compromised on everything but kick us out when we become a pain.
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What a fabulous atmosphere - the locos are well-cared for but still have that industrial feel and they have a real job to do - horsefeed and supplies in: by-products out. As you can see there are a variety of realistic trains available to use and not a passenger carriage or steam loco to be seen. It took me right back to my visits to German Peatworks, especially with the Diema in the weeds.
Ads for three more Springfield businesses. First is George H. Sutton, an insurance agent for Mutual Life of New York. Next is Harmon's Steam Dye House a laundromat of the period. Claim is made that it is the "oldest! , largest, and of course, "Best". Last is an entry for Sanderson & Son a local furrier.
The listing of businesses is clearer than the reasons why individual photos were chosen for inclusion in the book. Here appears to be a broad view of Springfield perhaps photographed from a hillside. Several ads to come are about bicycle makers and sellers with one stating Springfield was a "Bicycle city". Maybe this was taken from one of the bike trails in 1895.
Note Onion domed tower in the building corner even being topped with a crescent shaped finial. Samuel Colt's 19th century arms factory in Hartford, CT had a similar Moorish tower dome, Buggy traffic and pedestrian traffic seem at a light volume on this day Caption reads.: Fuller Block, Looking at the east side of Main street..
www.urbanjacksonville.info/2007/10/17/podcast-episode-13-... In this episode I talk with Phillip Ramsey and Jennifer McCharen about the Springfield community garden. The garden is located on Main Street in the raised lot north of The Pearl.
We talk about how the garden got started, plans for the garden and Jacksonville in general. Eventually Phillip and Jennifer hope to provide space for the community to grow their own food and possibly provide food for their neighbors and the surrounding downtown community.
www.urbanjacksonville.info/2007/10/17/podcast-episode-13-...