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Let's think about something today.
What do you strive to be?
Let me tell you something. Only one of these petals are real.... and with all it's blemishes and all it's imperfections, it is still the most beautiful of all.
With each and every post, we strive here at Creative Tempest to bring you only the best artists from around the world. This post comes to you all the way from Los Angeles, CA, with our artist being none other than Tomasz Opasinski. Born in Poland, in 1975, Tomasz has his bachelor’s degree in computer graphics in print and advertising, certified as an Adobe expert, and is currently working as a digital artist and creative consultant for various prestigious advertising agencies in LA. Tomasz has an incredibly impressive work resume that includes work in literally hundreds of movies, video games, TV shows, and television networks. What we love about the work of Tomasz Opasinski is how original and unique all his designs are. Looking at his work makes us ponder the depth and complexity of his mind, clearly there must be countless algorithms and innumerable image configurations taking place that all sum up to one thing: design genius! This is why his work is put on display for the entire world to see. And for this we’re happy to post such creative talent and vision here on Creative Tempest and hope you will share the same appreciation for great artwork that we do. Find out more at www.creativetempest.com
Striving around the ROG more became an amazing trip through Alice tunnel. Turning right I found a hall the size of a small football field which was ... a football field. The light was perfect.
Up and down the stairs I visited beautiful ateliers.
Later that night there was a festival styled party with djs and movie animation. We chilled out in the hammocks and had a beer.
some kids from colombia asked me to do a design for their band STRIVE FOR YOURSELF today, so this one came out on a couple of free hours I had.
hoy unos chicos de colombia me pidieron si les hacia un diseño para su banda STRIVE FOR YOURSELF asi que salio esto en un par de horas libres.
England's Stuart Broad strives to take a wicket during his last spell bowling in international cricket. Fifth day of the fifth Ashes test match, England versus Australia, The Oval, Kennington, London.
2018 HLPF Side Event on Shaping Smarter and More Sustainable Cities: Striving for Sustainable Development Goals" held on 12 July 2018 in New York provided a platform to debate the impact of frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and Internet of Things (IoT) on cities, to present current national and international initiatives such as the United for Smart Sustainable Cities and to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in shaping smart and sustainable cities at the local level.
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Please join us for an international conference with senior opinion makers, policy makers, and officials to look in-depth at the prospects for regional cooperation among the major powers of East Asia, in advance of the White House summit between the United States and the Republic of Korea. A light lunch will be served. For RSVP questions, please email us at KoreaChair@csis.org
Featuring
Dr. Zbigniew K. Brzezinski
Counselor and Trustee, CSIS;
The 10th U.S. National Security Advisor
In Discussion With
Dr. John Hamre
President & CEO and Pritzker Chair, CSIS;
Director, Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy
Agenda
9:15 AM Registration and Check-in
9:45-9:55 AM Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser & Korea Chair, CSIS; Professor and Director, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University
9:55-10:00 AM Introductory Remarks
Ambassador Ahn Ho-Young, Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the United States
10:00-10:40 AM Spotlight Conversation
Dr. Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, CSIS Counselor and Trustee and the 10th U.S. National Security Advisor
Dr. John J. Hamre, CSIS President and CEO, the Pritzker Chair, and Director, Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy
Moderated by Dr. Victor Cha, CSIS and Georgetown
10:40-10:45 AM Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 PM The Challenges and Opportunities of Northeast Asian Cooperation
Moderator: Dr. Victor Cha, CSIS and Georgetown
Dr. Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group; Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Dr. Evan Medeiros, Former Special Assistant to the President and SeniorDirector for Asian Affairs, National Security Council
Dr. Jin Canrong, Professor and Associate Dean, School if International Studies, Renmin University of China
Dr. Narushige Michishita, Director of Security and International Studies Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
Dr. Shin, Beomchul, Director General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
Dr. Choi, Kang, Vice President for Research, Asan Institute for Policy Studies; Former National Security Council Staff, The Blue House
12:00-12:20 PM Lunch and Coffee Break
12:20-1:00 PM Northeast Asian Peace and Cooperation Initiative
Dr. Choi, Kang, Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Mr. Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
1:00 PM Adjournment
This event is co-hosted by CSIS and the Korea Foundation.
The "Korea Going Forward" series of events is made possible by the generous support of Grosvenor Capital Management L.P. and Amkor Technology.
Programs
Korea Chair, Korea Going Forward, South Korea as a Global Power, U.S.-ROK Alliance
Topics
Regional Analysis
Regions
Asia, China, Japan, Korea
Striving for excellence, tennis ace Sania Mirza achieved a career-best rank of number 5 in the world!
Designer: Qian Daxin (钱大昕)
1958, March
Strive for even bigger harvests to contribute to socialism
Zhengqu gengdade fengshou xiangei shehui zhuyi (争取更大的丰收献给社会主义)
Call nr.: BG E15/449 (Landsberger collection)
More? See: chineseposters.net
Once upon a time, there was a Disney backed toyline known as Infinity, which strived to take a chunk of the "Game to life" market away from the market leading Amiibo by Nintendo. Utilizing a video game that worked in conjunction with little statues (each sold separately), Disney would go on to create entries for many of the properties it had access to, such as the Avengers, Stars Wars, and of course, the countless Disney movies themselves. Disney made it up to Infinity 3.0, only to learn that it takes more than just variety of statues to make for an endearing game experience. Sales were not at the level they liked, so Disney scrapped the line and liquidated all outstanding stock at it's various dealers.
While the Infinity story didn't end in a good way, it DID allow for the birth of something else: the Disney Toybox line.
You see, the one saving grace of the Infinity line is that it introduced toys with an interesting aesthetic. To put it in laymans terms, they took existing characters and Pixar-ed them. Someone at Disney saw the potential of toys utilizing this art style, and a line of action figures was developed. It's now been two years since the Toybox line was announced, and there does not seem to be any slowing down.
My first purchase of the line was, surprise, the Black Widow which was a combination of her Avengers hair coupled her Civil War outfit and weaponry from Infinity War. But it was a kids toy so the lack of adherence to one particular Widow wasn't a big deal. As mentioned, it was the art style that really sold the figure to me because from a technical perspective and quality provided, it's really just alright.
Fast forward about 2 years, and I have introduced a second figure into the line up - Captain Marvel, which I learned about while browsing Instagram.
These figures are only available through the Disney Store (well, officially anyway) which makes buying them somewhat of a pain. Fortunately, living in Toronto, I have access to no less than 4 physical locations, which is great because if I had to pay shipping I'd probably have zero figures. Price wise, they're in between a basic Hasbro figure and a Legends. They're slighly smaller than a Figuarts, and as such are definitely shorter than a Legends figure.
This Captain Marvel figure is based more on the comic character rather than the Brie Larson version, as evidenced by the uniform and the hair, though who knows, maybe the artists used some Endgame screen caps as inspiration. The set comes with the figure, helmeted and unhelmeted head, as well as Goose with tentacle attachment. I feel that these figures are a good example of the "less is more" mentality, as the highly simplified designs with bright colours are definitely more attractive to me than the Legends stuff.
Articulation isn't going to win any awards, but to be fair, it's not like they were aiming for highly articulated with these releases. Officially, each figure has 14 points of articulation, which include ankles, single jointed knees that can rotate, hips, waist, standard should, single jointed elbows that can rotate, rotating wrists, and head joint. While there are head options, there are no hands to swap out. You can get some decent poses out of the figure, but overall it's on par with what you'd get out of your Legends figures, though I think the knees on the Legends would be better due to their double jointed nature.
Paint is.. well, it's mass marketed Disney Store merch. It's functional, but definitely not what I would call pretty. Due to budget cuts, Disney didn't even bother painting the lips on the helmeted sculpt, something I tried to rectify with a Sharpie to mixed results, but lets face it, a paint app by Disney might be just as bad anyway. But hey, I think I should get credit for at least choosing a red that works with the figure quite well. The average to below average expectations extend to the quality of the materials used as well, though at the very least the Toybox figures don't suffer from the weak knees of the Hasbro figures.
Overall, the bodies come out alright, but I feel that the sculpting and finishes on the heads themselves are actually batting above their weight class, even if they're missing a paint app or two, thanks to the large expressive eyes that generally are finished decently on all figures that I've seen.
Goose doesn't really do much other than stand there, but he's a neat addition to the set. I guess some flaming fists effects would have been nice, but they would have had to make two unique designs seeing how Captain Marvel has two different hands.
So that was a very quick overview of the Disney Toybox line and Captain Marvel herself. If you're a fan of any Disney property and you like action figures, I highly recommend that you at least check these figures out. For me, they certainly aren't good enough quality and articulation wise to be a main collectible, but as a companion piece to higher end figures or perhaps as a travel companion piece for some photography, they fit the bill quite well.
I doubt a girl hasnt said 'I look fat' to herself. Every girl feels fat every once in awhile. This is an example of a girl that depending on your definition has the perfect body. But it's still not good enough and she wants to be even skinnier. Everyone has insecurities. Even the people you think don't.
The “2018 HLPF Side Event on Shaping Smarter and More Sustainable Cities: Striving for Sustainable Development Goals" held on 12 July 2018 in New York provided a platform to debate the impact of frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and Internet of Things (IoT) on cities, to present current national and international initiatives such as the United for Smart Sustainable Cities and to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in shaping smart and sustainable cities at the local level.
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The Jay Heritage Center is proud to have been named to the list of 100 Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area sites in 2009 for our dynamic programming centered on themes of Architecture, Landscape, Environmental Sustainability and Freedom and Dignity.
Most recently, a group of 100 visitors- students, teachers and parents from a local school- spent the whole day at JHC for a custom designed 1 day curricula that included classes about American history, the abolition of slavery in New York, colonial music, natural sciences and much more. From learning about John Jay's role as a spymaster for George Washington during the Revolutionary War to participating in a play about the abolition of slavery in New York State, this seventh grade experienced the value of "placed based learning."
There are truly no classrooms to rival the national historic landmarks where America's natural and cultural heritage began.
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The “2018 HLPF Side Event on Shaping Smarter and More Sustainable Cities: Striving for Sustainable Development Goals" held on 12 July 2018 in New York provided a platform to debate the impact of frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and Internet of Things (IoT) on cities, to present current national and international initiatives such as the United for Smart Sustainable Cities and to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced in shaping smart and sustainable cities at the local level.
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To my fancy, it appeared this kitty was striving for heaven. My son likes to think so, too. My more pragmatic sister thinks it was hunting swallows.
© Katie LaSalle-Lowery
Well, er... not my best job at framing a photograph, let's be frank. Since 2019, I've realised that street furniture was the enemy and now makes strives to either avoid it or make sure it is included in a way that enhances the scene, rather than interrupts it.
There's two other things that have changed since 2019: first off, the livery of 721, which got painted out in July 2020, although it still retains its cherished registration plate. Given how there's double-deck East Yorkshire Coaches in the fleet, I'm not too sure a frontline bus in this livery is needed anymore! As well as this, there's the much-maligned service 103, a variant of the 105 that, seemingly, was no different to the aformentioned route. The 103 was withdrawn soon after its restart in September 2021 as a result of driver shortages, and since then, it looks like this withdrawal is permanent. But given the fact that this is essentially a duplicate working, was the 103 ever that necessary?
A photo with a whole lot going on, street furniture notwithstanding, East Yorkshire's 721, a 2007 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini new as YX07 HKH, is seen up Carr Lane heading for Hull Interchange on route 103.
flickr spam!
sorry! i haven't posted in over a month and I had loads of photos to share! (this is only a small fraction of the photos I had to share but I settled with these!)
I missed you all, flickrinos! :)
Talk & Play is a free event series organized by and for the local games industry. We strive to create a welcoming atmosphere for the entire community, from students to CEOs, with the intention to gather the entire industry at WERK1 for food, drinks, quality talks, networking and play sessions. Thanks to Games/Bavaria, CipSoft and WERK1 for their support!
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SPEAKER - Jean Leggett
Our first speaker is Jean Leggett, co-founder and CEO of One More Story Games, the developer of StoryStylus, a simplified authoring platform for amateur and professional writers to create, publish and market diverse narrative-based video games. Jean is the lead writer of the Charlaine Harris game adaptation of “Shakespeare’s Landlord” to be published in early 2019 about a woman coming to grips with her PTSD from sexual assault when she discovers a murder close to home.
In her talk "Stories that haunt us and heal us: exploring mental health, abuse and trauma through games narrative” Jean will be speaking about the design of Charlaine Harris’ "Shakespeare's Landlord," a novel-to-game adaptation and how the development team designed narrative choices, events and characters to mindfully explore trauma, PTSD and character progression within the construct of a 2D mystery adventure game.
SPEAKER - Arno Görgen
Our second speaker is Arno Görgen, research associate at the University of the Arts in Bern. Over the past years Arno has worked in various medicine-historic institutes researching topics like "Violence towards Kids" and "Science and Pop Culture". He's currently graduating at the University in Bern with his project „Biohorror in Digital Games“.
His talk "Mental Health in Digital Games. Ethics and Aesthetics of the Unplayable" is going to focus on the depiction of mental illness in video games.
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AGENDA
--- 19:00 Doors Open
--- 19:30 Talks Start
--- 21:15 Pizza & Drinks, sponsored by CipSoft
--- 21:30 Game Showcase & Networking
--- 23:00 The End
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GAMES
If you're interested in showcasing your current project during the event, sign up here: goo.gl/forms/Tvfte4BJsV5KaUc53
We'll be announcing the games on display at Talk & Play in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
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SPONSOR
Talk & Play is kindly sponsored by CipSoft:
CipSoft was founded in 2001 and arose from the success of Tibia, one of the first MMORPG’s of the world. In 2003, the company from Regensburg published TibiaME and with that the first online role-playing game for mobile phones. Panzer League, the first mobile multiplayer online battle arena for tanks, is currently in soft launch. Being one of the oldest German game developers, the company has an approximate annual turnover of 10 million euros and 90 employees. The independence from external investors as well as a continuous income from their online games allows CipSoft a steady growth without waves of redundancies or crunch times. You can find more information about CipSoft on their website: cipsoft.com/index.php/de/
Talk & Play is a format created by Berlingamescene.com, which has been running the event in Berlin every two months since 2013. Visit berlingamescene.com/talkandplay/ for more. This event is run independently and takes inspiration from the original format.
ما در تلاش و دریا به تلاطم
With each new breath
With each increase
Back to the future
Way
All sea eruption
Sleep is measure
Still
Tired hands and feet
Persuade us to move
Breathe in waves take
I wish the tears would Angzt
I was
The angry sea
Cry no fish
Do not you
Waves are drowned Stand
The winds
With worst
Time, hug someone
The storm is over
More than anything else
I was
Simile renewed
Involuntarily
Sound waves are three
Flightless bird not
Each hand
Created new waves
Peak in the sky forever
A hint comes
Regtet not
To sleep each sump tubes
Zain in its simple
What is sleep at night
What is the sea
What is wave
The fear of the storm
I wish
In this moment
Encouraged to meet
Oh what a beautiful waves
Fish in each hand
To swim
Salmon
To remain afloat
Read more
What is the appearance
Open World
Whale drawn
In a moment
The world of white fish
How convenient for fish
In exile feed
Is a moment
I was
Moments are drawn
I was
The release said the birds
Thierry any purpose to them and not
Each hand flew each
Nest was
Never would not have to catch hunters
Instead, I have
Garden Shows
We maintain the natural forests
No attempt
The bread was not hungry
Nature remains Algebra
Without taxes and interest
Bread can be found day and night
We strive to swell and sea
Ahmad Hesam
Mit jedem Atemzug neue
Mit jedem Anstieg
Zurück nach vorn
Way
Alle Meer Eruption
Der Schlaf ist Maß
Still
Müde Hände und Füße
Überredet uns zu bewegen
Atme in Wellen nehmen
Ich wünsche den Tränen würden Angzt
Ich war
Der wütende Meer
Cry keine Fische
Haben Sie nicht
Wellen sind ertrunken Stand
Die Winde
Mit schlimmste
Zeit ist, jemanden umarmen
Der Sturm ist vorbei
Stärker als alles andere
Ich war
Simile erneuert
Unwillkürlich
Schallwellen werden dreier
Flug Vogel nicht
Jede Hand
Erstellt neue Wellen
Peak in den Himmel für immer
Ein Hauch kommt
Regtet nicht
Um Schlaf jede Sumpfrohren
Zain in seiner schlichten
Was ist in der Nacht schlafen
Was ist das Meer
Was ist Welle
Die Angst vor dem Sturm
Ich wünsche
In diesem Moment
Ermutigt zu erfüllen
Oh was für eine schöne Wellen
Fisch auf jeder Hand
Schwimmen möchten
Lachs
Um weiterhin über Wasser
Weiter lesen
Was ist das Aussehen
Open Welt
Wale gezeichnet werden
In einem Moment
Die Welt der Fische weiss
Wie bequem für Fische
Im Exil-Feed
Gibt einen Moment
Ich war
Moments gezogen werden
Ich war
Die Freisetzung sagte der Vögel
Thierry jeden Zweck zu ihnen und nicht
Jede Hand flog jedes
Nest wurde
Nie würde nicht zu fangen Jäger haben
Stattdessen habe ich
Zeigt Garten
Wir pflegen die natürlichen Wälder
Kein Versuch
Das Brot war nicht hungrig
Die Natur bleibt Algebra
Ohne Steuern und Zinsen
Brot Tag und Nacht zu finden sind
Wir bemühen uns, anschwellen und Meer
Ahmad Hesam
تلاش ما تلاطم دریا
هر نفسی تازه میکشی
با هر خیزشی
دوباره به جلو رفتن
راهی است
دریا همه رویش
خوابش اشفته است
هنوز
دست و پا های خسته
به حرکت وا میدارد ما را
موجها نفست را میگیرنند
کاش میشد اشک را تعدید کرد
کاش می شد
در قهر دریا
گریه هیچ ماهی را
نمی دیدی
غرق موجها می شوی
بادها هم
با همه هیجانش
هم اغوش کسی نیست
طوفانی به سر دارد
قوی تر از هر چیز
کاش می شد
لبخند ها را تمدید کرد
بی اختیار
صدای امواج را می پیجاند
پرنده ای نیست پروازم دهد
از هر سویی
موجهای تازه می افریند
تا اوج اسمان همیشه
یک نفس راه است
حسرت نبریم
به خواب هر مردابی
زین در ان دشت
چه شبها خفته است
دریا چیست
موج چیست
ترس از طوفان است
کاش میشد
در ان لحظه ها
دیدار را تشویق کرد
وای چه موجهای زیبایی است
ماهی ها را به هر سویی
به شنا وامیدارد
ماهیان ازاد
شناوران باقی را
به ادامه راه می خواند
با کدامین نگاه می شود
دهنهای باز
نهنگ را ترسیم کرد
در یک لحظه
دنیایی از ماهی ها را میبلعد
چه راحت ماهی ها را
در تبعید خوراک
یک لحظه می گرداند
کاش می شد
لحظه ها را ترسیم کرد
کاش می شد
پرندگان را هم ازاد گذاشت
هیچ تیری به سویشان هدف نمی خورد
هر پرنده هر سویی میرفت
اشیانه میکرد
هر گز به دام صیاد نمی افتاد
کاش بجای باغ وحشها
جنگلهای طبیعی را حفظ می کردیم
بی هیچ تلاش
نان گرسنه گرفته نمی شد
جبر طبیعت باقی می ماند
هر کدام بی هیچ مالیات و بهره ای
نان شب و روز را می یافت
ما در تلاش و دریا به تلاطم
Ahmad Hesam
05.11.2010
New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivers remarks at the annual STRIVE gala. Wednesday, December 16, 2022. Photo Credit: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office
Aliko Dangote, Strive Masiyiwa, and John Collison participate in the panel discussion, "Innovating for the Next Generation," as part of the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 18, 2018.
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Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
The St. Nicholas Historic District, consisting of four rows of houses built by David H. King, Jr., appears much the same as it did when it was built, more than 70 years ago, in 1891. Both then and now, it has been a source of pride not only to its own residents, but to all the people living in its vicinity.
These houses are a fine example of Nineteenth Century urban design, influenced by English antecedents. The sense of forethought and consideration in land development seen here is much sought after today, and often today's results arc not as successful. A high degree of architectural continuity is maintained, while taking into consideration even such problems as house service.
This problem is successfully resolved by the use of a main cross alley extending through the block, from avenue to avenue, with two shorter transverse alleys between the streets.
The District, designed by three of the most prominent architectural firms of the day, was one of the most prestigious sections of Harlem and is still considered as such. The fact that these houses have been well maintained through the years is most unusual in New York City. Obviously its reputation as a fashionable area has contributed to the residents' desire to preserve their homes and to their tremendous sense or pride in them.
Harlem Background
In 1658 Peter Stuyvesant named this area we now know as Harlem, Nieuw Haarlem. Up to the middle of the Nineteenth Century this part of Manhattan remained very much the same as it had been in the Seventeenth Century. Farms, and some large estates, comprise most of the land holdings. Many of the most prominent colonial families: the Delanceys, Beekmans, Bleeckers, Rikers, Coldens and Hamiltons had estates in Harlem.
The St. Nicholas Historic District lies within the estate of Cadwallader D. Colden, an early Mayor of New York, whose grandfather was a colonial governor.
In Lloyd Morris' book "Incredible New York" there is an illustration of Commodore Vanderbilt racing horses on Harlem Lane near 137th Street. The Harlem Lane of that day extended up to 168th Street. Morris also notes that when General Grant visited the City at the end of the Civil War, one of his first requests was to be taken out to Harlem Lane.
In 1831, the Harlem Railroad was chartered, and by 1837 it was extended to Harlem changing it from a rural to a suburban community—one of New York's first suburbs. By 1981, the elevated rapid transit lines extended up to 129th Street, and by 1884 to 145th Street. Thus, Harlem had become a vary desirable and fashionable neighborhood by the 'eighties'.
During the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, with a rise of Harlem as a "convenient" residential suburb, there was great land speculation and a construction fever such as had rarely been seen in New York. It was in this climate of speculative activity that the D. H. King houses were built.
Early History
The property was purchased by D.H. King and in 1891 commissioned the architectural firms of Bruce Price, James Brown Lord, Clarence S. Luce and McKim, Mead & White to design four rows of houses. King was a member of the Knickerbocker Trust and was a well-known builder .
A period of Victorian gentility had led to the creation of the houses which comprise the District. They represented what was possibly the apex of that disastrous spurt of over-investing which occurred at the end of the Nineteenth Century. It is reported that in a society whose working class families paid an average of $10-18 monthly for rent, rents for these dwellings started at just below $60 and ranged somewhere between $900 and $1700 a year.
King wished to erect high-quality housing for well-to-do buyers, who wished to make a sound, profitable investment. Almost prophetic of the principles of today's Landmarks Preservation Commission, he wanted to be able to assure a purchaser that no nuisances could spring up near these buildings and that one need have no fear of a stable, factory, tenement or over-shadowing hotel rising beside his home.
"The interests of each property owner are carefully protected by stipulations against the building of additions or altering any house...." .
Recent History
The building fever that had overtaken Harlem investors came to an abrupt end with the panic of 1904. A wave of selling followed, and owners sold buildings at losses ranging from one-third to two-thirds of their original cost. Many of these buildings had never been inhabited.
Negro realtors, such as Philip A. Payton and John M. Royall, persuaded many property owners to sell or rant their houses to Negroes who wished to move to Harlem. The northward movement of Negro families from the South and immigration from the West Indies were the catalysts which caused the move to uptown Manhattan.
The houses and apartments were by far the best available to Negro families at that time. It is stated in Gilbert Osofsky's "Harlem: The Making of a Ghetto" that Harlem's "name was a symbol of elegance and distinction.... its streets and avenues were broad, well-paved, clean and tree-lined.... its homes were spacious, with the best of modem facilities...."
Finally, by 1919; the D. H. King houses were made available to Negroes and were already being acquired by well established professionals, a few of whom are still living there today. Many of Harlem's most prominent doctors have lived there. L. T. Wright, Surgical Director of Harlem Hospital from 1938-52, lived at 218 West 139th Street.
He was an eminent brain surgeon, and was the only Negro member of the American College of Surgeons at one time. P. M. Hurray, of 200 West 138th Street, was the Dean and Professor of Surgery at Howard University and was one of the first Negroes to be appointed to the staff of a private hospital.
Paul Collins, also of 200 West 138th Street, was a staff member in the Eye Clinic of Harlem Hospital.
In February, 1920, a front page article in the "New York Age" described the move to 260 West 139th Street of William Pickens, a former Dean and Vice-President of Morgan College, Baltimore, Maryland, and an Associate Field Secretary of the NAACP.
Several famous entertainers have also lived in the St. Nicholas Historic District. W. C. Handy, internationally known and considered the father of popular jazz, lived at 232 West 139th Street. Hubie Blake, the musician, lived at 236 West 13 8th Street. Floumay Miller, of 200 West 139th Street, and Noble Sissle, of 264 West 139th Street, were members of the "Shuffle Along Company", extremely successful, which played to a wide range of audiences.
In 1933, Abram Hill, one of the collaborators on the play, "Anna Lucasta", and a founder of the American Negro Theatre, wrote a play about the Historic District, called "On Striver's Row". Popular use of the name "Striver's Row" developed in the 1920's and 30's and indicated the great desirability of living in this two-block area.
Comments on the District
Montgomery Schuyler, in the "Architectural Record" of April-June 1899, praised the King project for "the employment of three architects of the first rank to compete with each other, net on paper, but in actual brick and mortar.... in the most extensive building operation that has been carried out on the West Side."
His only criticism was that "they have supplied but a small fraction of the demand that exists for such dwellings."
style, by respecting each others conventions, by keeping to a uniform cornice line, the architects achieved an unusual unity rarely seen in this City. For this reason the...rows which make up this Historic District arc probably the finest of their kind in any of the five boroughs."
And the Rev. John J. Hicks, pastor of St. Mark's Methodist Church and chairman of the West 139th Street Block Association, testified, "This area should be preserved in our City because it will aid us in keeping capable citizens and adequate indigenous leadership within the community. The present weakness in the inner city is that we have flights to the hinterlands that siphon off respectable and capable citizens and leave the community bereft of neighborhood leadership and respect."
ARCHITECTURE IMPORTANCE
The D. H. King Houses, though the rows vary in design and detail, were planned in order to create a unified, distinct "neighborhood within a neighborhood." The use of uniform block fronts of equal heights provides a strong cohesive element, while individuality of approach prevents the area from succumbing to monotony. The basic simplicity and elegance of the houses supports this dominating sense of quiet refinement.
The unobstructed view of the buildings of New York's City College, high on the heights overlooking St. Nicholas Park, contributes to a feeling of openness surrounding the St. Nicholas Historic District. Builder D. H. King wanted the residents of his houses to benefit from their location on land which was "high, healthful and accessible, swept by the westerly breezes from the Hudson."
The planning of ornamental, wrought-iron gateways for access is likened by Montgomery Schuyler to the cutting of the Gordian Knot of house service. The gateways were at once decorative .and functional. Ostensibly designed to act as entrances to serve the houses at the rear, they also led to attractive hidden accessways for private use by the residents. Circular flower beds and fountains were planned for the intersections of these interior "cross-streets". Agreements were made between King .and the various buyers concerning the privileges of ownership and use of these "streets" at the rear.
The comprehensiveness of King's undertaking involved more than an interest in the sale-ability of his properties. The very scale of the project and the resources available to him, the financing and retaining the services of three well-known architectural firms permitted King to concern himself, to a great degree, with the everyday needs of residents within the area as a whole. The air of exclusiveness that resulted is still highly valued today.
Rows in the District South Side of 139th Street
The houses designed by Janes Brown Lord, on the south side of West 138th Street, are without pretension and are relatively modest in design and detail. They derive from the Georgian tradition and are constructed of red brick with brownstone trim, in exceedingly good taste.
This row is composed of twenty-five houses, and is broken into three major groups, separated by two handsome wrought-iron gateways. Being the shortest block-front of the four, it stops east of Eighth Avenue at 250 West 136th Street. Lord also designed, at the east end, the four adjoining row houses facing Seventh Avenue. Lord's three-story houses, with basement, are the widest houses in the Historic District. The entrances to adjoining houses are adjacent to each other. Of interest, is the use of a common stoop, serving both entrances, with beautiful wrought-iron railings The illusion of a single, wider more elegant house facade is thus created, in lieu of the compartmented effect of narrow houses side by side.
There is a restrained use of detail within the row. This raw house concept evinces an over-all concern with the unity of the facade, which is treated as a. single mass, and the uniformity of the detail serves to create a pleasing rhythm, carrying the eye along the street and maintaining visual interest. The Jajr.es Brown Lord row is reminiscent of the Eighteenth Century English development of the palace facade and in its comprehensiveness reminds us of John Weeds' work in the City of Bath, England.
North Side of 138th Street & South Side of 139th Street
The block located between West 138th Street and West 139th Street and Seventh and Eighth Avenues was the work of architects Bruce Price and Clarence S. Luce. This block was designed in the Georgian style of the Eclectic period. Here, there is a greater reliance on detail than in the Lord houses, and the profusion of decorative elements, and their numerous variations, are most attractive. The use of buff colored brick with Indiana limestone detail acts as a contrast both to the Lord houses to the south, and to the McKim, Mead and White houses to the north.
This complete block of houses, executed in a uniform style of architecture, consists of thirty-five houses along each street. On Eighth Avenue, two apartment houses close the end with entrances on the cross streets.
On Seventh Avenue, there are two groups of five story houses on cither side of the inner accessway. The houses on these two block fronts are narrower than those at the south side of 138th Street, averaging about seventeen feet in width, except for the end houses, Which, ore twenty feet wide.
Although the stoops arc adjacent to each other, serving the adjoining houses, one senses here that they arc distinct, as they run up straight from the street, separated by handrails. The basic street elevation consists of a flush masonry basement, whose entrance is under the front stoop of each house, and three stories of handsome buff colored brick, undefined by any horizontal string course. Instead, the uniformity of the brick work provides a uniform ground to set off decorative motifs. The window sizes vary, and there are several different window treatments.
The first story windows and the narrow ones at the second story have terra cotta splayed lintels with elongated keystones. The wider second story window has a cornice-like lintel above with a semi-circular panel above that. The two third story windows are narrow and have simple lintels with keystones.
The second story of the houses on either side of the handsome iron gateways display an interesting pseudo-Palladian window treatment in terra cotta. Here, a triply divided window is separated by handsome Ionic columns supporting, above its garlanded horizontal lintel, an arch-form above the columns. This arch has alternate voussoirs elongated with a blind tympanum with wreath design within. The triple square-headed windows on the floor above these complement the arched window, at the second story.
An element of movement is added to the row by projecting forward some of the facades of the houses, which are adjacent to each other. This difference in alignment also adds interest and apparent depth to the row. The doorway is slightly recessed and its round arched head has an elongated, console-like keystone the arch springs from Greek-fret motif impost blocks similar to those used for some of the third story windows.
Delicate wrought-iron balconies extend from the base of the full-length first story windows, and similar wrought-iron work is to be found at the top platforms of the stoops and used as handrails for the steps.
A delicate garland pattern is employed in the fascia of the cornice, signalizing the windows below it. A horizontal moulding at the base of the fascia displays a tiny, continuous swag motif. These decorative elements unify the individual, attached buildings as does the overhanging cornice surmounted by a handsome stone balustrade topping the whole.
Distinctive stone quoins delineate the corners of the houses whore breaks in the wall occur.
The diversity of window treatment and the decorative motifs of the cornice ere at-; an interesting variation against the over-all pattern of the windows and doors.
North Side of 139th Street
Finally, there are the houses designed by McKim, Mead and White, situated on the north side of West 139th Street. They represent basically the Italian Renaissance style, which this firm was among the first to absorb, modify, and then transform into that distinctive product of American architecture which we so readily associate with them.
Thirty-two houses, approximately nineteen feet wide, contrast wall with the other houses by their generally darker tone. They are built of handsome dark brown mottled brick. The over-all design of this exceptionally handsome row of houses reminds one of a Sixteenth Century Italian palace. The center house of the block, 233 West 139th Street, acts as a central feature of the raw. Its elegant first floor English Basement, entered at ground floor, is deeply rusticated and is similar to that of all the houses in this row, except that in place of the simple rectangular doorway of the other houses, there is an attractive arcade effect, seen through two rectangular openings on cither side of a round arched doorway. A deeply recessed porch lies behind this arcade, with the doorway set to one side. On Eighth Avenue there is an apartment house, and there are five row houses on Seventh Avenue. The ground floors of the buildings on the avenues have been extensively altered to serve as store fronts.
Most of the residences on the north side of 13 9th Street have a single platform step, with simple railings leading to the entrance doors.
The window arrangement of these houses is very unusual. The first story, in each case, is handsomely rusticated, with simple elongated keystones over each of the two windows and the door, which is set off unsymmetrically to one side. The rest of the facade is of brick, separated by a delicate string course at the third floor sill level. The second story displays two,, narrow side windows on either side of a largo central window, from which an iron railed balcony extends, supported by stone brackets . Above this central window is a medallion with a floral rosette. The medallion acts as a focal print for this window grouping and punctuates the row of houses at regular intervals. The medallion was widely used in Italian Renaissance architecture; an early example was to be found on Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital, in Florence, 1445 A.D.). The upper portion ofvthe front elevation contains the third and fourth stories exhibiting an unusual wide-eyed appearance with the two windows at each floor set well apart.
The fourth story windows have simple lintels with keystones. The frames of the other windows above the basement are surmounted by small-scale, distinct cornices.
The four houses on either side of the gateways (Nos. 217, 219, 247 and 249 West 139th Street' vary the second story window treatment. Here a round-arched pediment is used, instead of the usual medallion, producing a handsome note of emphasis en these terminal houses. An attractive cornice with modillions crowns the row of houses and unifies the whole composition. The variation in window treatment lends interest and to some extent signalizes the individual units, while brick quoins on the end buildings emphasize the corners and the breaks in the main wall.
- From the 1967 NYCLPC Historic Distric Designation Report
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