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CANOGA PARK- The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a Major Emergency Structure Fire in the west San Fernando Valley on Monday, October 18, 2021.
The fire at 8423 Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park, was first noted at 12:18 PM by an LAFD Paramedic Ambulance crew returning from a nearby emergency. Within moments of their reporting the fire, flames were through the roof of the 125' x 125' one-story industrial building that also housed an adjoining but unrelated business at 8425 Canoga Avenue.
As that first-arriving LAFD Paramedic crew circled the structure to gain situational awareness and guide fellow responders, they encountered the first of three adult male civilians with severe burn injuries outside the burning building. Two proved to be in critical condition and the other in serious condition. All three were taken to area hospitals. Sadly, one of the critically injured men died later while undergoing hospital care.
The rapid spread of intense flames and multiple explosions heard within the building guided first-arriving firefighters to quickly commence defensive operations, applying multiple large diameter hose streams from the exterior, including two from atop extended aerial ladders, to prevent flames from extending beyond the well involved structure.
With the exception of a forty square-foot section of the roof at 8427 Canoga Avenue destroyed by surface fire, the tactics proved successful in holding the blaze to the pair of unrelated businesses under one roof at 8423 and 8425 Canoga Avenue.
It took 150 Los Angeles Firefighter just 75 minutes to extinguish the flames.
Firefighters remained active through the night extinguishing hotspots and minimizing hazards at the structurally compromised building with the help of LAFD's robotic firefighting vehicle and heavy equipment.
At daylight Tuesday, LAFD crews resumed a systematic search within the largely destroyed premises. During their methodical search among tons of burnt debris inside the structure, firefighters discovered the remains of an adult male, bringing the overall patient count to four, with a total of two deceased and two remaining hospitalized.
No other injuries were reported.
Scientific testing of materials inside the building of fire origin yielded positive results for hemp, and it appears that the operation inside involved the extraction from hemp, not dissimilar to that used in the Butane Honey Oil extraction process.
Though the business was a legal enterprise, the operation inside appeared to be illegal, as it did not adhere to established permitting processes and safety requirements.
Pursuant to protocol, the fire's cause remains the focus of a joint active investigation by the Los Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (L.A. Impact).
A positive identification of the dead men, as well as the cause, time and manner of their death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
© Photo by Brandon Taylor
LAFD Incident 101821-0791
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One of St. Petersburg's most famous and popular visitor attractions, the palace and park at Peterhof (also known as Petrodvorets) are often referred to as "the Russian Versaille", although many visitors conclude that the comparison does a disservice to the grandeur and scope of this majestic estate.
Versailles was, however, the inspiration for Peter the Great's desire to build an imperial palace in the suburbs of his new city and, after an aborted attempt at Strelna, Peterhof - which means "Peter's Court" in German - became the site for the Tsar's Monplaisir Palace, and then of the original Grand Palace. The estate was equally popular with Peter's granddaughter, Empress Elizabeth, who ordered the expansion of the Grand Palace and greatly extended the park and the famous system of fountains, including the truly spectacular Grand Cascade.
Improvements to the park continued throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Catherine the Great, after leaving her own mark on the park, moved the court to Pushkin, but Peterhof once again became the official Imperial Residence in the reign of Nicholas I, who ordered the building of the modest Cottage Palace in 1826.
Like almost all St. Petersburg's suburban estates, Peterhof was ravaged by German troops during the Second World War. It was, however, one of the first to be resurrected and, thanks to the work of military engineers and over 1,000 volunteers, most of the estate's major structures had been fully restored by 1947. The name was also de-Germanicized after the war, becoming Petrodvorets, the name under which the surrounding town is still known. The palace and park are once again known as Peterhof.
Stepping into this room at SFMOMA feels like entering a living forest made of air and wire. Ruth Asawa’s suspended sculptures gently sway overhead, each hand-looped form echoing natural rhythms—like seedpods, sea creatures, or even cellular structures. Visitors wander through the delicate mesh, instinctively whispering, awed by the way shadow and form intermingle across the floor and walls. Asawa’s ability to transform industrial material into organic elegance is on full display, her work drawing you inward without demanding interpretation. The space breathes with quiet reverence—equal parts sculpture, architecture, and spirit. It's a meditation in motion.
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Dimensions: H 250 cm x Diam 190 cm
Materials: Metal structure, plastic, foam cushion
with coated fabric, ultraviolet Wood’s lamp
Consisting of a platform topped by a corolla, an umbrella-shaped structure, « Aequorea » was inspired by the majesty of the jellyfish, with the title of the work taken from its species name. Jellyfish and spineless are often mentioned in the same breath and it is true that the creature’s structure is very fluid. If we take away the water, we are left with just a gelatinous skin. Emulating the grace of this marine animal, matali crasset uses her materials parsimoniously and concentrates her work on the empty space, the site of the lovers’ encounter. « Aequorea » is more space than object. Contemporary architecture has decompartmentalized the home to allow more malleable pathways better adapted to the need for speed, but also respite, in modern life. And yet, for the same reason, we have lost many of our private places. matali embraces the challenge of recreating an environment conducive to intimacy while conceiving a structure that is modular enough to reap the benefits of openness in architectural spaces. « Aequorea » is therefore situated midway between design and architecture, on an intermediate plane. Her work necessarily brings to mind the improvised cubbyholes we built in our bedrooms, using sheets, chairs and any number of other objects, when we were children. We recall the excitement we felt when we snuggled into this space, away from the world of adults and their rules. We could exchange secrets, invent our own little games and – since, after all, the subject here is preliminaries, or foreplay – sometimes play doctor as well.
By enclosing the couple within a curtain of ropes, « Aequorea » has the same effect on adults, with elegance as an added bonus. It’s all about intimacy, the need to be cut off from the rest of the world and rediscover the other face-to-face and alone. To reinforce this severed link with everyday life, matali has placed an ultraviolet Wood’s lamp inside the corolla. Colour perception is thus transformed and the lovers drift into a dreamlike state, a new dimension. And to make matters even more interesting, matali draws inspiration from the parallel worlds of Barbarella, the comic book heroine imagined by Jean-Claude Forest, paying tribute to this lyrical and sensual universe. It is a space serving as a reference: a quasi-aquatic, entirely fluid, space that softens contours, an invitation to let go completely and get in touch with inner feelings. This nod to the first liberated female comic book character also carries a feminist message, not a protest but instead a paean to the liberation of the body.
If matali’s design could be seen as taking another stand it would certainly be a desire to break with routine and standardized behaviour. We need to upend our daily rituals. « Aequorea »’s rounded surface is in direct contrast to the trivial rectangle of the bed, and thus allows bodies to move more freely. The contoured edge that defines the borders of the platform creates a kind of circular pillow opening myriad possibilities for lovers in all 360 degrees. Although matali challenges our habits, she does not consider ritual as a bad thing in itself. On the contrary! Rituals are essential to provide rhythm for our lives. It is the rote, humdrum, here-we-go-again quality that snuffs out the spark kindled by our shared moments. We need to learn how to renew our rituals so that they continue to enrich our lives: In order to ensconce oneself within « Aequorea », the ropes need to be pulled gradually to the exterior of the corolla, and the same operation must be performed in reverse in order to open it again. In both cases, space is being modified, creating a ritual that marks the beginning and the end of an intimate moment. In sum, « Aequorea » works like an air lock that disconnects us from our everyday lives in order to awaken the sensuality within. Far from accessorizing foreplay, matali’s triumphant design gives it a new playing field.
Love,
Exquise crew
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Suppression and Incident activity on the Delta Fire, burning north of Redding, CA along I-5.
USFS crews from Six Rivers NF Engine 323 attack a spot fire that threatened 2 homes near Pollard Flats. (Steve Valentine / leader-Red helmet. Josh Collum, Graceson Boecking (f), Joe Bane and Thomas Vargas). Assisting was Angeles NF Engine 326.
Both structures were saved.
Crews are working night and day shifts to affect suppression along the fire which earlier closed Interstate 5 in Northern California.
Credit: Jim Bartlett Team Rubicon/BLM for USFS
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Wildfire Structure Protection near Shan Creek Road on the Taylor Fire by the Eugene Springfield Fire Department. By removing excess brush and debris, crews may have a chance to decrease potential wildfire damage. Credit: Darren Stebbins 7-27-18
Title : Bagh-e Fin
Other title : Bagh-i Fin; Fin Garden
Date : 1571-1629 (construction) 1797-1834 (reconstruction)
Current location : Kashan, Esfahan, Iran
Description of work : The Bagh-e Fin was developed during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I (1571-1629) on the route to his new capital at Isfahan. Contained within massive enclosure walls and laid out on a series of low terraces, the garden follows a quadripartite chahar bagh scheme divided by the crossing of two watercourses which also line the perimeter of the garden. The crossing is marked by a two-story pavilion, while garden spaces and pathways fill the space. An additional watercourse, running adjacent to the central one, emanates from a small, but elaborately painted, pool house. The paintings date to the reign of the Qajar ruler Fath Ali Shah (1797-1834), who also replaced most of the earlier buildings. The water is delivered by a qanat (underground irrigation canal) and is forced through numerous fountains by gravity. Various hammams (bathhouses), residences, and a museum line the sides. It was declared a national monument in 1935 and has since undergone extensive repairs. (Sources: Hobhouse, Penelope. Gardens of Persia. Kales Press, 2004; Faghih, Nasrine and Amin Sadeghy. "Persian Gardens and Landscapes" Architectural Design 82.3, 2012, pp. 38-51.)
Description of view : View of benches covered with pillows and carpets in the tea room, located among the complex to the west of the Qajar pool house. The area was once restricted to only women.
Work type : Architecture and Landscape
Style of work : Safavid; Qajar
Culture : Iranian (Islamic)
Materials/Techniques : Stone
Brick
Trees
Source : Movahedi-Lankarani, Stephanie Jakle (copyright Stephanie Jakle Movahedi-Lankarani)
Date photographed : June 2009
Resource type : Image
File format : JPEG
Image size : 3000H X 4000W pixels
Permitted uses : This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection : Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename : WB2016-0044 Fin.jpg
Record ID : WB2016-0044
Sub collection : gardens
historic sites
garden structures
Copyright holder : Copyright Stephanie Jakle Movahedi-Lankarani
Settled in the late 18th Century by the Clay family, White Hall was built as a simple Georgian-style two-story brick farmhouse in 1798 by General Green Clay, with a kitchen wing being added in the early 19th Century to the side of the house. The house’s character changed radically with a major addition being undertaken to the side and rear of the original structure between 1861 and 1865, under the direction of architect Thomas Lewinski, which massively expanded the size of the house into a grand three-story mansion, and remodeled it in the then-popular Italianate style, with some Romanesque and Gothic details. The property around the house also includes multiple outbuildings, the oldest of which is the stone Georgian-style summer kitchen, built in 1790, with most of the other outbuildings being built between 1798 and 1865 of logs, rough-cut heavy timber, and locally quarried stone.
The main wing of the mansion features a red running bond brick exterior, hipped low-slope roof with multiple gables, Gothic brackets at the wide overhanging eaves, corbeling below the roofline, a central tower with a front gable roof, troifoil window, and paired arched one-over-one double-hung windows, a third floor balcony with brackets and a cast iron railing, a cast iron railing at the second floor, and a first floor entrance porch with decorative Gothic trim, brackets, paired square columns, stone floor and double entry door, and painted walls, a rusticated stone base, pilasters between the window bays and at the corners, arched windows at the third floor gables and second floor window openings, stone lintels and sills, and casement windows on the third floor of the rear facade. The house also has a rear ell, built in 1798 of flemish bond brick, which was the original Georgian-style farmhouse. The rear ell features a five-bay facade with two bays integrated into the main wing, a side gable roof with a steeper pitch than the main wing of the house, six-over-nine, four-over-four, two-over-two, and nine-over-six, decorative brackets at the eaves and decorative chimney stacks, added when the house was renovated and expanded in the 1860s, a stone block base, stone lintels and sills, and stone belt coursing between the first and second floors. The original front entrance porch/portico was replaced during a later renovation with an enclosed sun porch with massive four-over-four and two-over-two double-hung windows, a cornice with modillions and dentils, a low-slope hipped roof, and corner fluted corinthian pilasters. The rear-most ell of the house, which is two stories tall but has a much lower roofline, was built as a kitchen and service wing onto the house in the early 19th Century, and features a more rustic flemish bond brick exterior, a rear porch with an arched opening at the end wall, four-over-four and nine-over-six windows, belt coursing between the first and second floors, a stone block base, a decorative chimney added during the 1860s renovations, and stone lintels and sills on the principal facade. The house has an asymmetrical exterior, but appears picturesque, and has various layers of history very easily visible.
The house was home to General Green Clay (1757-1828) from the 1790s until his passing. Clay, a native of Virginia and early resident of Kentucky, surveyed much of the eastern and central parts of the state, and owned massive tracts of land in what is now the Kentucky Bluegrass, and was one of the wealthiest men in Kentucky during his lifetime. Green Clay owned slaves and ran a plantation out of White Hall. Upon Green Clay’s death, the estate was divided among his heirs, with his son, Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), inheriting the lands that included White Hall. Cassius Marcellus Clay, an abolitionist, freed all the slaves he inherited upon his father’s death, and helped found the town of Berea, Kentucky, donating ten acres of his lands in Madison County to abolitionist John G. Fee, whom founded Berea College in 1855. Clay was a supporter of the Republican Party in the 1850s and 1860s, being appointed as an ambassador to Russia by President Abraham Lincoln, during which time Clay’s wife, Mary Jane Warfield Clay, oversaw the renovations and expansion of the house. Clay ended up staying in Washington, DC during the outbreak of the Civil War, rallying 300 volunteers to guard the White House and US Naval Yard from potential confederate attack, as no federal troops were stationed in the city when the war broke out. Following the deployment of federal troops to guard the city, Clay departed for Russia, where he served as ambassador, securing Russia’s alliance with the union government of the United States, and was instrumental in having Russia issue an edict to the United Kingdom and France declaring Russia’s support for the union and opposition to any potential aid that the other countries would give to the Confederacy. Cassius Marcellus Clay returned to the United States in 1862, where he heavily influenced President Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Clay then returned to Russia in 1863, where he remained until 1869, assisting in William H. Seward’s endeavor to purchase Alaska.
Cassius Marcellus Clay was the father of two prominent women’s rights activists, Mary Barr Clay (1839-1924) and Laura Clay (1849-1941), both of whom pushed for women’s rights to vote and act as free agents in society. Both women were prominent supporters of women’s suffrage in the state of Kentucky and the south as a whole.
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was the birth name of world heavyweight championship boxer Muhammad Ali, whose father had been named in tribute to Clay. However, Muhammad Ali later rejected his birth name name as being a “slaveholder’s name” of someone who “held onto white supremacy” that he felt he did not identify with, heavily influenced by his involvement with the Nation of Islam, a controversial Black Nationalist organization.
The house became part of the Kentucky State Park System in 1968, and was restored with assistance from the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation and Beula C. Nunn, wife of then-governor Louie B. Nunn. The house opened to the public in 1971 as a house museum. Unfortunately, despite the house’s historic significance, due to declining attendance and a decline in heritage tourism in general, the house was handed over to Eastern Kentucky University in 2019 as a cost-saving measure. However, the house remains open for tours and events.
Currently deemed to be a "Dangerous Structure" by Portsmouth City Council
This photo was taken today, 4th Feb 2015 at lunchtime. It was so cold the seafront was virtually deserted even though it looked like a summers day with the bright clear lighting.
Built in 1875 and currently closed and undergoing major refurbishment and repair by the new owners to make it safe.
South Parade Pier was very badly damaged by fire during the filming of the Who's Rock Opera "Tommy" back in the 70's.
The pier is currently too dangerous to walk on owing to rust and decay.
The highly visible rust on the castellated beams and piles will mean a lot of investigation and repair before it is safe to open.
Some of the castellated steel beams look to have very badly corroded flanges.
The Engineers will have to decide how much steel is replaced and repaired and how much is safe to leave.
Before it can reopen it will of course have to have a full safety inspection by a Structural Engineer and Portsmouth City Council
At 7:36PM on November 22, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 1200 N Vermont Ave in East Hollywood.
Firefighters arrived to find a 5,546 square foot vacant medical clinic (mixed one and two story) with fire showing from the second floor. Crews quickly established hand lines and made entry on the first floor but encountered heavy fire throughout the area. With fire burning above them and the roof deemed unsafe for vertical ventilation, the incident transitioned to a defensive operation.
Over 115 firefighters, under the command of Assistant Chief Timothy Ernst, used heavy streams both from ladder pipes and hand lines to fully extinguish the fire in one hour and 51 minutes.
Despite initial bystander reports, no occupants were found and no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under active investigation by the LAFD Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section (ACTS).
LAFD Incident 112219-1405
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My first tutorial for the good people at Creative Market is now live!
I will walk you through the process of re-creating a poster I call "Structure." We will go through all the steps, from conceptualization to execution.
I used quite a few resources from the Creative Market community along the way. This writeup should give you a glimpse of how versatile they all are.
I hope you'll enjoy the process piece. Until next one, cheers!
Landing pages are the sale force of your website. An effective landing page will sell your products or services like hot bread merely by the correct use of information, words and structure. The principle of the landing page is that content is king; forget about distractions: images, videos, audios, advertisements, links to other pages and any other element which may take the reader's attention off the text. You can realize how catchy, intelligent, clear and practical this text must be in order to get someone's attention and actually get him or her to buy something out of it.
Of course, there are professionals who can produce masterpieces out of a blank piece of paper, but if you own a small website and take care of it by yourself, it is not impossible for you to master this art too.
There is a basic system that can help anyone enhance their writing abilities, specially if you wish to write a piece capable of convincing someone to buy a specific product or service from your website.
This five step system is called POWER: Prepare, Organize, Write, Edit and Review. Follow these steps and measure how it enhances your writing and persuasion skills.
First step- Prepare
Relevant and intelligent information is vital for writing a good piece, and a great way to gather quality information is by asking questions. Thoroughly answer questions in regards to your product or service's description, purpose, price, features, benefits, competition, guarantee, the business, the prospects, weaknesses, goals, the offer, deadlines, requirements, payment method, ordering method and any other important aspect, to guarantee you have lots of material to work with.
Second step- Organize
After gathering lots of information, you have to organize it. Write down notes on the essential facts, these will produce ideas and will give you focus to help you write your piece. Several of the points in your questions' list are essentials for this step: description, purpose, price, features, benefits, guarantee, prospect, goals, offer, deadline, payment method and ordering method. These points will guide your writing.
Third step- Write
You are ready to write. Choose a headline based on what you wish to show as focal point: your main benefit, offer, deadline, price, prospect, ordering method, description and guarantee. Try several headlines and choose the best way to present it for your product or service, does it serve you better if it is a direct approach, a news headline, a how- to guide, a question, a command, gives information or is a testimonial?
Afterwards, write sub- heads (description, benefits, features, offer, deadline and guarantee, among others) to expand on your headline, use active voice and showcase a benefit in each one of them.
The body of your piece will be the detailed and direct explanation of each sub- head. This should be easy if you have nailed your headlines and sub- heads as you will have an awesome guide. Just write about all you know about your product or service.
Remember that virtual readers scan texts, so their main attention will be on the headlines, if those catch his or her interest, they will move to read the rest, so take your time when developing them.
Now is the time to work on the call to action. Check ordering method, offer, price, deadline and guarantee you find the best way to approach this. Be clear, direct and encouraging.
Fourth step- Edit
Clean your writing, leave only what adds value to the message you want to convey. Get rid of complicated parts and ensure every word counts.
Confirm that your headline is catchy, well targeted, clear and enticing, that your sub- heads effectively develop on the headlines, that the body of your piece shows useful facts and that what you want your clients to do is clear.
Fifth step- Review
Forget about your piece for some days; then pick it up and read it, afterwards, show it to five persons and measure their responses. If after five seconds they do not get it, is not good. Check headlines, clarify the offer and give straight ordering directions.
Make a list of the weaknesses in your piece. Be very honest and write it to work. Open your mind to new angles in order to enhance your writing, do not get attached to one way of writing, get out of your comfort zone and enrich your experience.
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Took this photo during joyful ride with high-school old friend in Nara countryside.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Drin-ji_(Nara)
Hōrin-ji (法輪寺, 法琳寺, 法林寺?), or Mii-dera (三井寺、御井寺?) is a Buddhist temple in Mii, Ikaruga, Nara, Japan. The temple's honorary sangō prefix is Myōken-san (妙見山?). The temple is located about a kilometer north of Hōryū-ji's Tō-in. The origin of the temple is not certain, although there are two prevalent theories, namely that: 1) it was built in 622 AD by Yamashiro no Ōe no ō in his wish for his father, Prince Regent Shōtoku, to recover from an illness, or 2) it was built in 670 by three monks, Kudara Kaihōshi, Enmyōshi and Shimohishinmotsu, as part of the reconstruction of Hōryū-ji, which had burned down that same year. The original date of construction is unclear, while studies so far suggest it was in the seventh century. The temple was a designated national treasure until the last remaining original structure of the complex, the three-story pagoda, was hit by a lightning in 1944, burnt to ground. The current pagoda is a reconstruction from 1975, and holds the original reliquary that was saved from the fire in 1944.
The temple holds six Buddhist statues that are designated important cultural assets. These are open to public as regular exhibits.
OK, this book may not be everyone's cup of tea. If you want pretty pictures of aircraft in flight over snow-capped mountains during a sunset, the black-and-white drawings and photos of an airplane's skeleton just won't cut it. For those of us passionate about aircraft and want to know how our favorite birds were put together, however, this book will satisfy and gratify. Every section of the Boeing 767 (the -200 as well as the -300 models, both standard and -ER variants) is covered in superlative detail, accompanied by detailed photographs and line drawings. Those of us who want to know how everything is put together and the ingenious structures used will rejoice in the sharp line drawings and photographs of actual aircraft being assembled in the factory. Every structural system, from the nose bulkhead to the control surfaces, is covered thoroughly. This book is a wonderful curiosity for airplane aficianados and an excellent reference for modelers looking to add extra detail.
Ten Mile Bridge, 1867, built by Phillip Locke Adams, a shipwright from Wodonga, Victoria.
It spans the Greater Anabranch of the Darling River,
New South Wales,
Australia.
Hooray for 0.9. Camera positioning !!!
Using the Random walk and the torus primitive and a mangling of the Kite script :)
Lookout !!!
Allard Residence, Saint Louis, Missouri.
designer: Adrian Luchini
architect of record: Andrew Raimist
Photograph copyright © Andrew Raimist.
April 21, 2022 - APCOA Parking Scheldekaaien Noord covered parking located between Jordaenskaai and the Scheldt River. This structured originally served as a port structure where boats were housed.
Route 7, Ferrisburgh, Vermont USA • The Third Life begins for this historic structure. It was destroyed February 15, 2005, during a string of three tragic & unnecessary arson fires. This series of photos was taken in March, 2005.
It's first life began in 1868 as Ferrisburgh’s first Congregational Church in the Italianate style fashionable in that era, the wood-frame building features pilasters and corner quoins, large, hooded windows and front entryway, and the double bracketed cornices typical of this style. Its high-rising walls and imposing proportions give it, nevertheless, a somewhat austere, New England look. Originally the tower was topped with a slender spire appropriate to its Congregational beginnings. This was destroyed by a lightning strike in the 1890s and replaced with the present [a] cupola. …
The Congregational Society hired Erastus Daniels of Bristol as their builder. In 1866, Vergennes was booming, and “Boss” Daniels was the area’s most prodigious and influential builder. He built factories, upgraded hotels, and constructed some of those magnificent Main Street houses in Vergennes. The church’s frame was raised on April 1 and on a Saturday morning in early June “the citizens of Ferrisburgh Center, about 200 in number, assembled ... to witness the elevation to its place of the spire of the new Congregational Church”. Mr. Alanson Edgarton of Charlotte, who had been hired to build the 123 foot steeple, supervised the proceedings. The paper reports, “Although weighing some six tons the immense body was safely landed on its destined foundation without the slight- est accident.” On this, as on other occasions, refreshments were served in the vestry by the ladies – the proceeds going toward the furnishing of the church. …
It's second life: On April 9, 1949, the former church was conveyed to the Grange Hall of Ferrisburgh Grange No. 539's ownership, with a clause in the deed stating the Congregational Society’s intention that the Grange “shall keep and use the said lands and premises as a community center ... for the benefit of the community of Ferrisburgh at large.” …
The third life actually began before the fire: In March 2004, following months of research, planning, organizing and fund raising, the citizens of Ferrisburgh voted to accept ownership of the Grange Hall and convert it into the new Town offices and Community Center. After 70 years as a Congregational Church, and 60 years as a Grange Hall, this historic landmark is poised to become again a vibrant center of community life. It seems appropriate and in keeping with our New England tradition of thrift that this building, originally constructed for the Ferrisburgh Congregational Church and later adopted by the Grange, should continue to serve the people of Ferrisburgh. – From a History of the Ferrisburgh Grange Hall, researched and written principally by Silas Towler of the Ferrisburgh Historical Society (prior to the arson).
• In 2009, The Preservation Trust of Vermont made two awards for this project: To Silas Towler and the Ferrisburgh Grange Community Center: In 2003 when Ferrisburgh began searching for a larger town office complex, Silas Towler with several other residents banded together to promote the slowly deteriorating and underutilized Grange Building. In 2004 when citizens voted to renovate the newly acquired Hall, Silas stepped forward to assist and again banded together with community members to form a "Friends of the Ferrisburgh Grange" organization.
However days before construction was scheduled to begin, on the night of February 15, 2005, an arsonist set fire to the historic Grange building. The following morning, only a shell remained. Silas assumed chairmanship of the building committee and urged the Selectboard to stay the course. Noting his talents, Silas was designated to head a salvage effort to measure, salvage, and store architectural features for restoration and replication.
For the next 2 years, in his unpaid capacity with the Town, Silas reviewed all insurance documents and created counter offers. Once settled, Silas became the town's primary liaison, meeting with contractor representatives on a weekly basis and conducting bi-weekly meetings of the citizen building and fundraising committees.
Finally on June 21, 2008, the building was completed and dedicated. Without Silas Towler and his perseverance to see the Grange Hall re-built to exact specifications, the town of Ferrisburgh would not have this landmark.
You probably won't be surprised to learn that there was a second nomination from Ferrisburgh. This one was from Silas Towler crediting countless groups that participated in the Grange Community Center's re-construction...from the UVM volunteers who helped with the salvage to each State Department that provided a permit. Silas credits all of them.
• More info: Here's a brief YouTube Video of the actual fire.
Ambient Occlusion test using the new internal Structure Synth raytracer. (Rendering time: 68s)
I've started working on a simple built-in raytracer in Structure Synth, both for providing fast previews in the GUI, and for people who are intimidated by the somewhat complex template export.
So far it is pretty standard stuff: a single-threaded, Phong shaded based raytracer which uses the Fast Voxel Traversel method to accelerate ray-primitive intersection tests. As of now it supports reflections, transparency, shadows (the hard and ugly type), and adaptive anti-alias. I've also implemented a simple Ambient Occlusion scheme.
Tokyo Tower 東京の塔 is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a 4-story building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from here, guests can visit two observation decks. The 2-story Main Observatory is located at 150 meters (492 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 250 meters (820 ft).
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961 and the tower is now used to broadcast both signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned switch from analog to digital for all television broadcasting by July 2011 is problematic, however. Tokyo Tower's current height is not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower known as Tokyo Sky Tree is currently planned to open in 2012.
The taller Tokyo Sky Tree is not as nice as Tokyo Tower. See it and u know what i mean.
Japan. Endless Discovery. :
I 東京の夜 I Tokyo : Tokyo Metropolis I
I 月岛の思 I Tokyo : Tsukishima(Moon Island) I
I 原宿の林 I Tokyo : Harajuku : Meiji Shrine I
I 東京の駅 I Tokyo : Shinjuku Station I
I 東京の速 I Tokyo : The Tokaido Shinkansen I
I 箱根の谷 I Tokyo : Hakone : Owakudani I
I 京都の秋 I Kyoto : Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera I
I 京都の宫 I Kyoto : Imperial Palace I
I 東京の塔 I Tokyo : Tokyo Tower I
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Title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: Pebble Garden
Other title: Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Creator: Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959; Havey, Ruth
Creator role: Landscape Architect
Date: 1923 (constructed) circa 1960 (redesigned)
Current location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Description of work: ""Originally a tennis court, this area was redesigned by Mildred Bliss and Ruth Havey in the years 1959-1961 as a pebble garden. Pebbles of differing sizes and colors from Mexican beaches are combined with plantings of thyme (Thymus serpyllum), sedum (Sedum Middendorffianum), and seasonal flowers to form an elaborately patterned parterre. At the south end, opposite the eighteenth century French fountain, pebbles are laid in delicately shaded detail to represent a full sheaf of wheat, a component of the emblem of the Bliss family (....) covered during the warm months with a shallow layer of water."" Pariser, The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens: their history, design, and ornaments, 1978, p. 17.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Modern: Italianate
Culture: American
Materials/Techniques: Stone
Water
Grasses
Source: DeTuerk, James (copyright James DeTuerk)
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Image size: 1672H X 2500W pixels
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