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Advertisement for one of my favorite treats in Springfield Missouri Andy's Frozen Custard which is also advertised 24*7 on the radio here!!
Built in 1888, this Gothic Revival-style building was designed by Charles Frederick May to house the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation, founded in 1841. The building features a red brick exterior, gothic arched bays containing stained glass glass windows and entrance doors, rose windows on the gable ends of the building, a corner tower with buttresses, a belfry, and a tall spire, a rough-hewn stone base, and buttresses on the front and side facades. 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 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 the edging at the ceiling was beautiful.
Terrazzo entrance to the Illinois Building, 607 East Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois. CIPS stands for "Central Illinois Public Service", a local energy utility. Built in 1927-1931, this Art Deco building was designed by Law, Law, and Potter to serve as the home of the Central Illinois Public Service Company. The 15-story building was then the largest commercial office building in Illinois outside of Chicago, and stands 201 feet 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. The building today houses multiple office and retail tenants.
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!
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito join Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and other state and local officials to celebrate the redevelopment of Springfield’s Civic Center Garage on Aug. 20, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
'80s heartthrob pop musician and actor Rick Springfield brought his "Stripped Down" tour to Oklahoma City. He played solo, told stories and made a lot of dirty jokes.
Photos by Nathan Poppe
Franconia-Springfield station is the Virginia terminus of the Metro Blue Line.
Note freight train passing on the adjacent railway line.
Description: B/w photograph of Helen Abell, a student of the Springfield Aviation Company. During World War II she was a member of the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots), the first women trained to fly American military aircraft.
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Arsenal at Springfield, The
This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,
Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms;
But front their silent pipes no anthem pealing
Startles the villages with strange alarms.
Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary,
When the death-angel touches those swift keys
What loud lament and dismal Miserere
Will mingle with their awful symphonies
I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,
The cries of agony, the endless groan,
Which, through the ages that have gone before us,
In long reverberations reach our own.
On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer,
Through Cimbric forest roars the Norseman's song,
And loud, amid the universal clamor,
O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
I hear the Florentine, who from his palace
Wheels out his battle-bell with dreadful din,
And Aztec priests upon their teocallis
Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin;
The tumult of each sacked and burning village;
The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns;
The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage;
The wail of famine in beleaguered towns;
The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,
The rattling musketry, the clashing blade;
And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,
The diapason of the cannonade.
Is it, O man, with such discordant noises,
With such accursed instruments as these,
Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices,
And jarrest the celestial harmonies?
Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,
Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts,
Given to redeem the human mind from error,
There were no need of arsenals or forts:
The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
And every nation, that should lift again
Its hand against a brother, on its forehead
Would wear forevermore the curse of Cain!
Down the dark future, through long generations,
The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease;
And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations,
I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace!"
Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals
The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies!
But beautiful as songs of the immortals,
The holy melodies of love arise.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito join the family and friends of the beloved late businessman Andy Yee, as well as state, local and hospital officials, to celebrate the announcement of a fundraiser for the creation of the Andy Yee Palliative Care Unit at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield on June 15, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Springfield Mills, built in 1854 replacing earlier mill, 1763. Along the Wissahickon Creek, Flourtown, PA. Undergoing restoration.
1949 Ford T Bird! 49 Ford front and rear ends on a contemporary T Bird body. Similar to a Studemino farm1.static.flickr.com/27/50855728_34190bc874_o.jpg
