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I don't know if this painting was commissioned by The Alton Road or the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, but it has been a fixture of the now Amtrak station in Springfield, Illinois, for decades. It is above the ticket office.
The main interchange. trains go in all directions from here.
seen during a cold snap.
change here for a bus or a taxi ( just out of shot)
six trains call here.
Springfield east has five. all the other halts have at least two tracks except the sports stadium station and the volcano station.
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/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.
This is what I did with Springfield HS. A nice water fountain to welcome the students each morning. Plenty of outdoor seating for the students to study, or hang out with classmates.
You know this car. Everyone does. This is a replica of the Wagon Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon's Vacation, the 1983 classic comedy written by John Hughes starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold. The only surviving Truckster from the film is kept at the Historic Auto Attractions museum in Roscoe, Illinois. But that hasn't stopped a handful of enterprising souls from recreating one of the ugliest, yet most beloved, of all fictional vehicles ever to grace a movie screen.
This replica, built by Eric Wise of Independence, Missouri, is based on a 1985 Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon. Photographed at the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour stopover in Springfield, Illinois on June 6, 2010.
Please visit my collection of Motor Vehicles on Flickr where you will find more than 10,000 photographs thoughtfully organized into albums, and presented by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.
the group are 2 springfield dolls. barbie styling head, rapunzel barbie, group of AA barbie,barbie car, motor bike model 1/6 scale, holiday barbie 2001, holiday barbie 2005,holiday barbie 2007, holiday barbie 2008,holiday barbie 2011,original birthstone emerald barbie wearing hollywood hooray barbie wt ken on tuxedo, modern circle barbie , original hollywood hooray barbie wearing birthstone emerald gown,barbie model muse steffie., nut crucker barbie wt prince ken.pocahontas barbie, mico barbie, AA barbie on pink dress, unknown blond barbie in gold gown, velvet barbie wearing pink dress, superman ken..
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Pre-digital from my old 35mm neg. These are the early 1800s town houses which used to be situated on the corner of St. Anne Street and Springfield, their address being numbers 1 and 3 Springfield. They housed a doctors practice for many decades previously. Does anyone remember going there?
They were listed Grade II at one time but this did not save them from demolition. This was mainly because they had been neglected for so long beforehand and were well beyond economic repair. They were boarded up when I took this photo around 1992 and were still boarded up ten years later. In truth they were plain and lacking much interest, except for an exquisite fanlight.
The adjacent properties at numbers 5 and 7 Springfield (not in picture) were lodging houses run by the Bushell family. They owned the late Victorian cork warehouse building further down Springfield on the corner of Harker Street. A new fire station now occupies the whole corner site. Holy Trinity church used to occupy the cleared land opposite.
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Springfield Skyscraper now finished with underground parking and aerial mast.....not finished but this is what my build in A town would look like if I had theroom
Rock Legend - Rick Springfield - Age: 74 - 2/22/24
Amazing Showman - incredible opening night show
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Springfield
*[left double-click for a closer-look - Day 1 - Royal Theater - 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