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In a rare Universal release on a Fireworks Friday, I'm excited to share that the entire Simpsons expansion area grand opened yesterday morning! On yet another incredible timeline from conception to delivery, the new Springfield area is a great addition to Universal Studios Florida. There, you can find all sorts of your favorite Simpsons icons, new food and merchandise offerings, and new ride, Kang & Kodo's Twirl & Hurl.
After a photowalk of the new expansion at night, we were about to head back when this composition hit me. Jedidiah Springfield’s, the founder of the city, in the foreground with the Cinematic Spectacular fireworks.
Technically, this is a 6-shot layered composite. If you’ve not seen the Cinematic Spectacular, it does have a small amount of fireworks, and a bit of a finale. To get something grander, I took 4 different burst scenes and blended them together and took two shots to compose the foreground once everyone had cleared out for the most part, then blended everything back together.
Enjoy!
The lights from the City of Springfield, Massachusetts reflect off the Connecticut River as pictured at midnight on May 26th.
This was one of my ice pictures this morning in Missouri. I took it while in sport mode and moving - I was in a hurry to get the hell out of there .. Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. Please view Large (1024 x 768).... Thanks
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.
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.
Displayed for the first time at the Sydney Brick Show 2014. First Church of Springfield built by Nigel. The Homer (car) and School bus built by me
DAF SB3000 Van Hool T9 Alizee.
new to Arriva North East 146 on National Express
A533 Queensway, Widnes
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.
The abandoned Springfield Church, near the small town of Scott, Arkansas. The roof has completely collapsed onto the sanctuary, and the church sits forgotten behind a stand of overgrown trees.
This northbound RVEU freight is framed by poles, Scotch Broom and green trees as it rolls past the old Siskiyou Line to the right at Springfield Junction. An all-GE power consist is lead by Tier 4 GEVO UP 2732. On the left is a State Highway office.
Displayed for the first time at the Sydney Brick Show 2014. Moe's Tavern by Bricktron, Krusty Burger by Nigel
Kodak Edupe (5044) ISO 100 cross-processed as C41. A walk in in Chelmsford, 19th September 2015. Ref: DF619-03
Bushnell Mansion / The Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home
838 E. High St.
Completed in 1888
The construction process for this house took almost four years before being completed as the personal home for American industrialist and two-term Ohio Governor Asa S. Bushnell.
The magnificent mansion, which was designed by renowned architect R. H. Robertson, is said to be one of the finest examples of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, and is a work of art in itself. Designed for graceful and elegant entertaining, the mansion features 30” thick walls made of stone that was quarried locally, seventeen different types of hand-carved hardwoods throughout, Tiffany stained glass, crystal chandeliers, a third-floor ballroom, a tile roof made from Southern Ohio clay, and an Italian marble fireplace in every room. Additionally, there is a caretaker’s home that is a smaller replica of the mansion, and a three-story stable on the grounds. The mansion’s interior and exterior have been kept in immaculate and all original condition.
Bushnell, who was Ohio’s 40th Governor, was a dedicated family man who chose to conduct much of the State’s business from his home in Springfield, in order to be able to spend more time with his wife Ellen Ludlow Bushnell and their three children. Upon his second election to the Governorship, Bushnell gave his inaugural address from the massive front porch of the High Street Mansion.
When Governor Bushnell did have to tend to the State’s business in the capitol city of Columbus – approximately 50 miles east of Bushnell’s home - Bushnell’s “commute” by carriage took two days in each direction. He would stop near West Jefferson, Ohio and pick up a fresh team of horses before continuing on his way.
Bushnell was also a captain of industry, and envisioned growth and prosperity for the Springfield area. Among his many business interests, he was president of the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Company, which later became International Harvester – now known as Navistar International; was president of the Springfield Gas Company, and President of the First National Bank of Springfield. Bushnell was also instrumental in bringing the railroad through Springfield and Clark County, and was involved with the city’s telephone company and streetcar line.
After Asa Bushnell’s death in 1904, his wife eventually sold the mansion to a prominent Springfield physician, and the mansion remained in the physician’s family until the Depression. The mansion then stood unoccupied for almost ten years before being purchased by a young man from Lawrence County, Ohio, Austin Richards. Richards had come to Springfield to serve his Funeral Director’s Apprenticeship with a local funeral home. He liked the area, and decided to stay. Richards and his wife, Isabelle, opened their first funeral home on W. High St., near the Masonic Temple, but knew they would need a larger home for the funeral business. They purchased the Bushnell Mansion in the mid 1930’s, and after almost two years of preparation – doing most of the work themselves - they opened Austin Richards Memorial Home, and the mansion has remained a funeral home ever since. Upon Mr. Richards’ death in 1978, Isabelle sold the funeral business to Austin’s long-time business associate, S. Frederick Raff, and the firm became known as Austin Richards & Raff Memorial Home. Raff and longtime friend Ted Chapman of Trostel-Chapman Funeral Home in New Carlisle, Ohio, then merged the two funeral homes on January 1, 1984. Raff and Chapman retired on January 1, 1989, and funeral home partner Rick Dunbar became President of the firm. The Springfield location is now known as Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home; the New Carlisle funeral home is known as Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home.
For owners Rick and Anne Guyton Dunbar, maintaining the mansion has been a labor of love, and they are dedicated to maintaining the beauty and the integrity of the home and all its splendor. In the mid-1990’s, they completed a $1 million restoration project of the mansion, and as the mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places, the materials, design, and methods used in the restoration had to be done in the same manner in which the home was originally constructed. With careful searching, they found talented craftsmen who were able to complete the restoration using original and custom-crafted materials in order to maintain the integrity of the mansion. They were awarded the Community Beautification Award for Preservation for their efforts.
W. Leffel House
704 S. Fountain Ave.
Built circa 1875
A number of important business and industry leaders lived along South Fountain Ave. - especially those associated with the most successful early industries. Warren Leffel, who lived in this home, was son and partner to James Leffel in the "Leffel water wheel" interest. James was the founder of James Leffel Co. (founded 1862) which is still to this day an important industry in Springfield specializing in the design and manufacture of hydraulic turbines.
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 - 7:07 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
Photographed at the 2013 Oldsmobile Club of America National Meet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, Illinois on July 23-27, 2013. Co-hosts of the event were the Archway Oldsmobile Club and Illinois Valley Oldsmobile Club.
Please visit my collection of Motor Vehicles on Flickr where you will find over 10,000 car and truck photos organized in albums by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.
Joint build by Joshua Stewart and myself.
My contributions:
Town Hall
Duff Brewery
Blocko LEGO Store
Krusty Burger
Toxic Pond
Tire Yard
Moe's Tavern
King Toots Music Store
Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop
The Homer
School Bus
Mr Plow
Generic Brown Car
Springfield Charter Township is a charter township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 13,940. The township was named for the numerous springs in the area.
Springfield Township was established by the Michigan Legislature on March 2, 1836. Civil government was first organized April 3, 1837. Springfield, one of the very first settlements in the area, began with a hotel along the Detroit and Saginaw Turnpike, now known as Dixie Highway. Andersonville, located at the intersection of Andersonville Road and Big Lake Road, was settled shortly thereafter in 1833, followed three years later by the hamlet of Davisburg.
The Detroit and Milwaukee Railway (now part of the Canadian National Railway) was built in 1856, and two stations were in the township, in Andersonville and Davisburg. The railroad provided a major impetus to growth. Agriculture was the mainstay of the local economy and trains allowed the farmers to ship produce and live stock to market and to receive supplies and equipment. By 1860 Springfield Township's population was 1,425.
In 1924, Dixie Highway was paved from Pontiac to Flint. With the decline of agriculture as a major economic activity in the township, residents began commuting to Pontiac and Flint for employment in the developing automotive factories, marking the beginning of the township's decline. By 1930, Springfield Township's population had fallen to 923. The township's decline would unexpectedly be reversed in the 1960s with the construction of Interstate 75. The accessibility provided by two interchanges accelerated residential growth in the late 1960s and 1970s. Population improved, going from 1,825 in 1950 to 2,664 in 1960, 4,388 in 1970, 6,502 in 1976, and 8,295 in 1980.
Springfield Township has had a long-standing commitment to zoning and planning dating back to the early 1950s. The Township Board adopted an interim zoning ordinance in early 1952, which contained five zoning districts. In 1965 an ordinance which contained 13 different zoning districts was adopted. Planning and zoning functions were coordinated with the adoption of the township's first Master Plan in 1972 and subsequently the adoption of an entirely new zoning ordinance the following year. The 1973 ordinance serves as a basis for the current zoning ordinance.
Out of concern for the residential growth during the 1970s and its effects on the entire township, the Planning Commission embarked on a comprehensive review of the Master Plan and the Zoning Map in the early 1980s. As a result, the revised Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance incorporated natural resource protection information and standards. This slowed the growth of Springfield Township during the decade, growing to 9,927 in 1990. Additional comprehensive reviews and updates were done in the early 1990s and again in 2002. The primary basis for the township’s planning, zoning and land use decisions for at least the last 20 years has been the protection and preservation of their abundant and very special natural resources.
Today, Springfield Township is home to many parks, including Springfield Oaks County Park, site of the annual Oakland County Fair, and Indian Springs Metropark. The township is also home to several churches, a few schools including Springfield Christian Academy (the township's only high school) and a handful of shopping areas. The township's population, which increased by a third in the 1990s, continued to grow through the first decade of the 21st century.
Springfield Township also houses a former Superfund site, The Springfield Township Dump.
Springfield Township is a member of the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce.
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