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Vacation pic on October 27,2005. Archive time.

6364 Springfield Plaza, Springfield, VA 22150

 

...at long last! I have landed upon a true Kmart store for the first time since 2013. It would seem unfortunate to have missed out on other stores which closed since then around, but I am glad to land upon this store operating as usual. The store was quite a sight to observe the usual trends of Kmart.

 

As they made their way to the Mid-Atlantic around then, I would believe this is an early-70s build. The store is in the Springfield Plaza, a long-standing shopping center featuring various stores including Giant and Trader Joe's. The Kmart store has received the usual interior/slight exterior changes since, and currently remains at the mid-2000s red/black interior with several later exceptions. I would say that this store was in a passable condition, nicely stocked and packed however felt like a maze with the high shelves and ceiling beams dividing the store. This location also appears to have not had a pharmacy.

 

Update (11/12/2019): As of late 2018, this Kmart has closed. It is now playing host to a relocation of a Giant store in the same center. www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/giant-to-take-ov...

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. 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.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Capitol

 

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.

Each year Springfield (Massachusetts) does a great fireworks display. We're pretty sure the lower spray you see here was a misfire, but certainly added to the show. Thanks for looking!

Howards Travel Group DAF SB4000 with Vanhool T9 body poses for the camera at Sutton Weaver in a typically Cheshire village setting. The associated company Springfield Bus and Coach titles are carried on this former Westbus motor, which was previously registered WE52BUS.

On display at the Sarasota Classic Car Museum is the Rolls-Royce Ghost that circus magnate John Ringling bought in 1922. The chassis was manufactured at the Rolls-Royce America plant in Springfield MA, one of 1,703 ‘Springfield Ghosts’ plus 1,241 Phantoms produced there before operations ceased in 1931. The coachwork is by Brewster & Co. of Long Island City NY.

Something different from the usual decay photos. A trip to LA in October and a new camera for travel - Canon M3 mirrorless.

 

Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the Universal City community of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use.

 

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Springfield, Ohio

Springfield rifles on display at a museum.

Slide purchased from Al Chione.

 

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An old steel barn covered with vines in Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Springfields Bus & Coach/Howards Travel Group, Warrington.

DAF DB250LF with East Lancs H47/27F body. New to Bus Vannin as T10 MAN in 2003. Acquired from Relays, Wigton as PM03 EHY. Also registered as B6 CWR.

Photographed in Warrington bus station, September 2015.

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. 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.

Rock Legend - Rick Springfield - Age: 74 - 2/25/24

Amazing Showman - incredible third cruise (deck) show

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Springfield

 

*[left double-click for a closer-look - Day 4 - deck stage - 7:00 PM]

 

OK, so I've done the Sail-Away, the 'Port' in the Dominican Republic, and some sunrises/sunsets along this five-day cruise. NOW, it's time for: The Artists at Sea - Twenty Amazing Bands! Will be posting in no particular order: the wide stage-shots & then the verticals. This was our 7th consecutive Rock Legends Cruise. Epic Music Cruise. Enjoy.

 

Rock Legends Cruise XI - February 22nd-26th, 2024

------- Annual Rock Music Festival at Sea Benefit ---------

Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas

---- Miami - Dominican Republic - Miami - (five days) ----

20 Bands! - Five Day Party! - three stages! - 60 Shows!

Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM

 

2024 Bands: Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Billy F Gibbons

Bret Michaels - Rick Springfield - Collective Soul - Geoff Tate

Jefferson Starship - Last In Line - The Immediate Family

The Kentucky Headhunters - Canned Heat - Mononeon

Vanessa Collier - Gary Hoey - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel

Robert Jon & The Wreck - Anthony Gomes - Two Wolf

Mathew Curry - Jax Hallow - Gary Hoey's All Star Jam

 

*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...

 

*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :

Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization

dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities

to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.

 

2024 Rock Legends Cruise XI slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBhjDw

 

*[this was our 7th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise

(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XII 2025

w/Robin Trower - Burton Cummings! Next year will be: 8 of 12!]

 

"And in the end, the love you take, is equal

to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney

Slide purchased from Al Chione.

 

Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for the purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Rock Legend - Rick Springfield - Age: 74 - 2/22/24

Amazing Showman - incredible opening night show

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Springfield

 

--------------------------Vertical Portrait Series---------------------------

 

*[left double-click for a closer-look - Day 1 - Royal Theater - 7:10 PM]

 

*[Rick's three shows onboard were absolutely amazing! Big Energy!]

 

OK, so I've done the Sail-Away, the 'Port' in the Dominican Republic, and some sunrises/sunsets along this five-day cruise. NOW, it's time for: The Artists at Sea - Twenty Amazing Bands! Will be posting in no particular order: the wide stage-shots & then the verticals. This was our 7th consecutive Rock Legends Cruise. Epic Music Cruise. Enjoy.

 

Rock Legends Cruise XI - February 22nd-26th, 2024

------- Annual Rock Music Festival at Sea Benefit ---------

Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_of_the_Seas

---- Miami - Dominican Republic - Miami - (five days) ----

20 Bands! - Five Day Party! - three stages! - 60 Shows!

Concerts all day-and-night from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM

 

2024 Bands: Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Billy F Gibbons

Bret Michaels - Rick Springfield - Collective Soul - Geoff Tate

Jefferson Starship - Last In Line - The Immediate Family

The Kentucky Headhunters - Canned Heat - Mononeon

Vanessa Collier - Gary Hoey - Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel

Robert Jon & The Wreck - Anthony Gomes - Two Wolf

Mathew Curry - Jax Hallow - Gary Hoey's All Star Jam

 

*Rock Legends VII - (Feb 2019) - Cruise Video Montage

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...

 

*ALL proceeds from ALL the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :

Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization

dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities

to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.

 

2024 Rock Legends Cruise XI slide-show: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBhjDw

 

*[this was our 7th consecutive (annual) Rock Legends Cruise

(1-year postponed w/ covid). We already booked RLC XII 2025

w/Robin Trower - Burton Cummings! Next year will be: 8 of 12!]

 

"And in the end, the love you take, is equal

to the love you make" ---Paul McCartney

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!

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_State_Capitol_State_Historic_Site

 

The Old State Capitol State Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois, is the fifth capitol building built for the U.S. state of Illinois. It was built in the Greek Revival style in 1837–1840, and served as the state house from 1840 to 1876. It is the site of candidacy announcements by Abraham Lincoln in 1858 and Barack Obama in 2007. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, primarily for its association with Lincoln and his political rival Stephen Douglas.

An old house with a leaky roof in Springfield West, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Broomhall : Springfield School

 

Springfield Primary School, Broomspring Lane, Broomhall, Sheffield, 1875.

By Innocent & Brown.

Enlarged 1892 & 1897 by CJ Innocent.

Built as Springfield Board School for the Sheffield School Board.

Grade ll listed.

 

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Springfield Junior and Infant Schools, Cavendish Street, Sheffield

 

Grade II Listed

 

List Entry Number: 1247048

  

Listing NGR: SK3462586938

 

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247048

 

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456196-springfield-ju...

Broomhall : Springfield School

 

Springfield Primary School, Broomspring Lane, Broomhall, Sheffield, 1875.

By Innocent & Brown.

Enlarged 1892 & 1897 by CJ Innocent.

Built as Springfield Board School for the Sheffield School Board.

Grade ll listed.

 

—————————————————————

 

Springfield Junior and Infant Schools, Cavendish Street, Sheffield

 

Grade II Listed

 

List Entry Number: 1247048

  

Listing NGR: SK3462586938

 

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247048

 

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-456196-springfield-ju...

88007 `Electra` (4M48, 1856 Mossend Euroterminal to Daventry I.R.F.T.)

 

Springfield, Dumfries & Galloway (10.5.18)

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. 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.

It's an ice cream cone seat!

 

DSCF3424

Oct. 6, 2022.

 

Illinois State Capitol Building: ground was broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and the building was completed in 1888.

This building is another even mix between it's Tapped Out appearance and the one often seen in the show.

I was considering building the courthouse and/or Monty Burn's mansion but after building this I felt that the architectural styles were too similar, so I left them out of the layout in order to include more variety. Not that I can't do them in the future, of course.

The grass is no longer greener on the other side

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. 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.

 

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_State_Capitol

 

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.

Built in 1882 and renovated in the 1930s to its present Art Deco-style appearance, this building was formerly the home of a Kresge Department Store location. The building features a buff brick exterior, decorative spandrel panels, limestone trim, geometric motifs, including ziggurat-shaped brick panels over the third-floor windows, one-over-one double-hung windows, decorative piers, and a heavily modified first floor facade. The building is a contributing structure in the Central Springfield Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and expanded to its present size in 2016.

BN 12554 Caboose, built in 8/75.

Oct. 6, 2022.

 

Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Built in 1927-1931, this Art Deco-style building was designed by Law, Law and Potter to serve as the home of the Central Illinois Public Service Company, which was a local energy utility in the Springfield area, though the building is more commonly known as the Illinois Building. The 15-story building was then the largest commercial office building in Illinois outside of Chicago, and stands 201 feet (61 meters) tall. The building features a limestone-clad exterior with decorative green spandrel panels between most windows on the upper floors, decorative carved sculptural reliefs, a setback upper section of the tower, multiple first floor retail shopfronts, and a main entrance on Adams Street with a decorative Art Deco transom, pendant-style light fixtures, and green marble serpentinite cladding above the doorway. The building is a contributing structure in the Central Springfield Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and expanded to its present size in 2016. The building today houses multiple office and retail tenants.

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