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Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
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Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
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This is known as the Sciutu Tower, located in Wied iz-Zurrieq, near the village of Qrendi, Malta. This tower was built on an earlier medieval watch post in 1638 during the reign of Grand Master Lascaris Buring the British period, the tower was used by by the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment and the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery. During World War II it was used by the coast police and then used as a police station until 2002. This tower is one of a number of towers that surround the island of Malta. From one tower at least two other towers (or sentry points), on opposites sides are visible. Before the age of radio and telephony, in the case of invasion, a fire or smoke signal lit on one tower could be seen from the other two, thus raising an alert around the island.
Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. At the time of its completion in November 1973, it was the tallest in Florida, and is currently sixth-tallest in Tampa, at 458 feet (36 stories). It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications, and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
The British Empire of the future is a strange and wonderful place. It has fiercely loyal (and somewhat deranged) subjects who are all brainwashed patriots. The Prime Ministers Cabinet are the true power behind the throne. Here we see a selection of the governments agents.
TechPriest
Custodian
Telephonic Automaton Antiquity
Night Owl
Bookreader
In the early days of my digital experimentation , the 8MP range of the Olympus Family of camera in the scope of lens range 14.0 - 45.0 Focal length using the telephonies capability to experiment ! one of those results, this moment taken as I prepared to do my project of adding what needed to be done to remove the rear deck of the home with intent to replace with the Sun room . well this was the first inspector, was taken in by the visitor, another note here is recollection of my first encounter with the Praying Mantis, in Biloxi Mississippi ( 1969 ) the male on the back of the female showed up to be half size ! this specimen about roughly 2 " long viewing large suggested ! & Enjoy !
Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. At the time of its completion in November 1973, it was the tallest in Florida, and is currently sixth-tallest in Tampa, at 458 feet (36 stories). It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Not sure if the antenna was just for mundane mobile telephony or more for listening to the noise of the universe.
Building Radio Kootwijk, Veluwe NL - 1922 - architect Julius Maria Luthmann.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave transmitter site with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitters played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT (Post, Telegraph and Telephone Company) started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter, a 400 KW high frequency alternator, from the German Telefunken company under the call sign PCG, in the 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of short waves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt. Due to the development of new technologies like satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the telephone company to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park and named 'Building A', 'The Cathedral' or sometimes 'The Sphinx', was officially appointed as a monument. It is used as venue and scenery for several cultural events and productions, including the American film Mind Hunters in 2004.
Project 365 (one photo per day for 2022 taken on 5x4 large format film)
Event: Project 365
Location: Kitchen at home
Camera: Wista 45VX
Lens(s): Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar 150mm f/5.6
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Shot ISO: 80
Light Meter: Minolta Spot Meter F
Movements: Front tilt forwards
Bellows: 190mm (+0.66)
Exposure: 1/4 @ f/22
Lighting: Vivanco VL300 - 3am
Mounting: Tripod - Manfrotto
Firing: Cable release
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4)
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
Le problème des Origamikas c'est le gaspillage de papiers pour essayer de résoudre cette problématique j'ai fait une série de pliage d'animaux à partir de sac jetable en papier kraft. j'ai découpé un rectangle 21 x 29.7 cm (format A4) sur un sac kraft Orange(téléphonie). J'ai utilisé comme technique le pliage accordéon pour stylisé ce simple mouton.
The problem of Origamikas is the waste of papers to try to solve this problematic I made a series of folding animals from disposable kraft paper bag. I cut a rectangle 21 x 29.7 cm (A4 format) on an orange kraft bag (telephony). I used as a technique the box-pleating to designed this simple sheep.
Op de voorgevel van het voormalig postgebouw (1953) staat sinds 1963 een monumentaal plastiek in brons, van de Gentse beeld-houwer Jozef Cantré (1890-1957).
"De Communicatiemedia of Eenheid van de wereld door de Telefonie, Telegrafie en Postverkeer".
Het beeld symboliseert "de vier wereldrassen" rond een overvleugelende beschermgodin.
Depuis 1963, la façade de l'ancien bâtiment de la poste (1953) est ornée d'une sculpture monumentale en bronze du sculpteur gantois Jozef Cantré (1890-1957), intitulée "Les moyens de communication ou l'unité du monde par la téléphonie, la télégraphie et le trafic postal".
La statue symbolise "les quatre races mondiales" autour d'une déesse gardienne éclipsante.
Since 1963, the facade of the former postal building (1953) has featured a monumental bronze sculpture by the Ghent sculptor Jozef Cantré (1890-1957) entitled "The Communication Media or Unity of the World through Telephony, Telegraphy and Postal Traffic".
The statue symbolizes "the four world races" around an eclipsing guardian goddess.
segunda perspectiva espero que te guste Miguel S5 cuando puedas verlas
saludos
this is a well known building in town,,, it has relation with an important telephonic company in Santiago
this is dedicated to a chilean friend who uploaded his own version of this one
Miguel S5 i hope you like this one too
Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn, with approximately 120 inhabitants (in 2006). It is situated in a heather- and forest-rich territory in the Veluwe region, east of the sandhills of the Kootwijkerzand and the town of Kootwijk.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave transmitter site with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitters played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its then colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter (a 400KW high frequency alternator) from the German Telefunken company under the callsign PCG, in the 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of shortwaves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt.[1]
Due to the development of new technologies like satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the KPN company (successor to PTT) to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park, designed by Dutch architect Julius Maria Luthmann and named 'Building A', 'The Cathedral' or sometimes 'The Sphynx', was officially appointed as a monument. It is used as venue and scenery for several cultural events and productions, including the American film Mindhunters in 2004.
THNX-Hans.......;-))
A commemorative postcard issued by the Dutch PTT (Post, Telegraphy, and Telephony) in 1981 to celebrate the centenary of public telephony in the Netherlands. The design, created by Jolijn van der Wouw, features a satellite dish and a classic T65 rotary phone, symbolizing the evolution of telecommunication. The card includes the original 55ct postage stamp from the "100 jaar PTT-diensten" series, cancelled in 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) on May 19, 1981.
Skene Terrace (again). Telephonic (?) spaghetti as the spring (who knows?) sun catches these wires and renders some bizarre shadows and lines.
Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn, with approximately 120 inhabitants (in 2006). It is situated in a heather- and forest-rich territory in the Veluwe region, east of the sandhills of the Kootwijkerzand and the town of Kootwijk.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave transmitter site with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitters played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its then colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter (a 400KW high frequency alternator) from the German Telefunken company under the callsign PCG, in the 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of shortwaves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt.[1]
Due to the development of new technologies like satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the KPN company (successor to PTT) to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park, designed by Dutch architect Julius Maria Luthmann and named 'Building A', 'The Cathedral' or sometimes 'The Sphynx', was officially appointed as a monument. It is used as venue and scenery for several cultural events and productions, including the American film Mindhunters in 2004.
Building Radio Kootwijk, Veluwe NL - 1922 - architect Julius Maria Luthmann.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave transmitter site with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitters played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT (Post, Telegraph and Telephone Company) started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter, a 400 KW high frequency alternator, from the German Telefunken company under the call sign PCG, in the 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of short waves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt. Due to the development of new technologies like satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the telephone company to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park and named 'Building A', 'The Cathedral' or sometimes 'The Sphinx', was officially appointed as a monument. It is used as venue and scenery for several cultural events and productions, including the American film Mind Hunters in 2004.
The first commercial telephones
The telephones in this case represent some of the earliest telephones in use in the United States. The items in this case are on special loan from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Independent Telephony,
Abilene, KS
The Post Office and Telephone Exchange. King Street building stands on a site of an area of 13,220 square feet acquired from the Corporation. It is on the London-Dover main road, and has on its western side the new Wyke Manor Road, which leads into Church Street. Accommodation is provided for all postal and telegraph purposes, engineering staff and equipment, and also for an automatic telephone exchange, which will later, although not immediately take the place of the existing manual exchange, for the present housed separately in Earl Street. The front of the building is faced with two-inch hand-made Wrotham bricks, sand-faced and multi-coloured, with bright orange dressings. The plinth, entrance doorways and copings are of Portland Stone. The carved figure repeated over the doorway represents the winged Mercury, the postman of the Gods; and over the letter-box is the Caduceus, the staff of office which he carried on his rounds. The roof is covered with plain red, hand-made tiles. The outside walls at the back are of hollow construction, formed of four-inch concrete slabs with steel stanchions. The building throughout is of fire-resisting materials, and is centrally heated by one large tubular boiler in the basement. On the ground floor in front is the public office, 67 feet long, with two entrances. The new counter is equipped with fittings of the very latest type. Telegrams will be conveyed by pneumatic tube direct to the instrument room on another floor. At the rear is a spacious sorting office, 89 feet by 64 feet, for the despatch of mails and the preparation of deliveries by postmen … The stamping of letters is performed by two electrically-driven stamping machines, each capable of impressing 600 letters a minute. On the first floor are the administrative offices, telegraph instrument and phonogram rooms, and a room with an area of 2,660 square feet for automatic telephony. On the floor above is a manual switch room, 1670 feet square, which, even under the forthcoming automatic system, will still, of course, be required for trunk calls. Welfare accommodation, i.e. kitchens, dining-rooms and cloak rooms, has been liberally provided for all classes of the staff employed. At the rear of the sorting office are two large yards entered from the new road – one for postal motors and bicycles, and the other for the engineering staff, their stores and motors. In the interests of economy, the design of the building has been keep as simple as possible, and depends for its architectural effects upon the proportion of the voids and solids, together with the pleasing texture and colour of the brick and tile work.
Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. At the time of its completion in November 1973, it was the tallest in Florida, and is currently sixth-tallest in Tampa, at 458 feet (36 stories). It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
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And so yet again angel was right.. I decided to pay Mister Johnny an unexpected visit only to be met at the door by a hooker I think? i'm not sure definitely L.A. Strip hangabout either way she was just as surprised as I was.. but not as much as the look on his face as he potato sack jumped putting his pants on following me to my car.. with "w..Wait Ronnie.. V..Veronica.. hold up!" I just got in my car and drove away.. and that's when my cell phone grew a life of it's own.. a never ending string of phone calls.. woke up the next morning seen voice mail had messages "good morning Veronica you have.. one hundred.. and.. sixty five... voice mail messages.. first call... from.. Johnny.. "Ronnie... it's not what you think.. come on baby.. pick up the" deleted.. message.. next message "Veronica.. why are you acting like a child.. answer your damn phone come... " deleted.. next message.. "god dammit Ronnie.. your gonna let a little something like this ruin this beautiful relationship we.. ha..." deleted messages.. you have no more messages..
I sighed deeply and decided to go down to the hotel pool to sit and think.. the hell have I gotten myself into.. why do men have to be so fucking complicating.. when they know there caught they just caught and need to fess up to it.. ringgggggggggggggg and here it goes again.. I closed the call and left this text.. "dear Johnny.. i'm not sure what kind of brainless idiot you seem to think I am but I am definitely not brainless nor blind.. I would think our parting of ways would have given you the dignity to understand that 1. i'm not that type of girl and 2. I definitely do not want to see you again or speak to you.. i'm sure we will run into one another once in a while and if so I think it best we both just pretend we've never met.. and this.. whatever the hell it was never happened.. delete my number, delete me from your head and remember I don't exist.. I think we both have summaged i'm not the type of girl you want or need babes.. i'm definitely not that type.. please do not contact me again..
Ronnie"
the phone went silent blessed silence for all of five minutes before it blew up to life again.. I just rubbed my tired and hung over head and sighed.. later that night when I sifted through the rest of the cursing and crying voice mail one and one only would mean anything.. and it would change the direction of my life forever..
"Hello Miss Sinclair this is Jack Goldstein.. your father's lawyer.. I am sorry to be the one to break this news to you and your little brother Jerik but your parents unexpectedly perished in a fatal car accident last night in San Diego.. and your presence is needed at the San Diego University Hospital as soon as possible.. again I am terribly sorry please contact me if you need anything." beeeeeep
Song Inspiration- No Doubt- Spider Webs- www.youtube.com/watch?v=x99LBOgmpFI
"Spiderwebs"
You think that we connect
That the chemistry's correct
Your words walk right through my ears
Presuming I like what I hear
And now I'm stuck in the
The web you're spinning
You've got me for you prey
[Pre-chorus:]
(Yeah) Sorry I'm not home right now
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So leave a message
And I'll call you back
A likely story, but (Yeah) leave a message
And I'll call you back
You're intruding on what's mine
And you're taking up my time
Don't have the courage inside me
To tell you, "Please let me be"
Communication, a telephonic invasion
I'm planning my escape...
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus:]
And it's all your fault
I screen my phone calls
No matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls
Now it's gone to deep (Now, it's gone too deep)
You wake me in my sleep (Wake me in my sleep)
My dreams become nightmares (Dreams become nightmares)
'Cause you're ringing in my ears
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus]
Oooh, the spiderwebs
Leave a message and I'll call you back
I'm walking into spiderwebs
So, leave a message and I'll call you back
I'm walking into spiderwebs
It's all your fault, no matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone calls
It's all your fault, it's all your fault
No matter who calls, no matter who calls
I'm walking into spiderwebs so,
Leave a message and I'll call you back
I'm walkin into spiderwebs
Leave a message and I'll call you back
Ooh, it's all your fault
No matter who calls
I gotta screen my phone call
It's all your fault
No matter-matter-matter who calls
I screen my phone calls
[Fading:]
I'm walkin into spiderwebs
Leave a message and I'll call you back
Model J stands in front of the kitchen window with telephonic device. Just liked the way the light was touching her skin.
One Ringy Dingy
Hello, is this the cloud to the left near the middle? The puny one?
Two Ringy Dingy
It is? Good. I just wanted to say, Your Mama's Ugly and She Dresses You Funny!
Three Ringy Dingy
Also, You have Chicken Legs and that nose of yours could give Pinocchio a run for his money.
Four Ringy Dingy
Did I mention your Father Drives a Pickle Wagon? I didn't? Oh, well he does.
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What? Don't look at me that way, we need the rain and I'm trying to make those clouds cry.
View trying to make the clouds cry
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Sliders Sunday HSS
This K6 kiosk in Clifton, Bristol still had its telephony apparatus installed when I saw it on Sunday 30th June 2019.
ostcard collage, made 6/29/20. part of Coronial series. Not sure what the backbround is. Let's pretend it's telephonic.
Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn, with approximately 120 inhabitants (in 2006). It is situated in a heather and forest rich territory in the Veluwe region, east of the sandhills of the Kootwijkerzand and the town of Kootwijk.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave radio transmitter with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitter played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its then colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter (a 400 kW high frequency alternator) from the German Telefunken company under the callsign PCG, on 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of short waves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt.[1]
Due to the development of new technologies like Communications satellites, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the KPN company (successor to PTT) to the State Forestry Service, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park, designed by Dutch architect Julius Maria Luthmann and named 'Building A', 'The Cathedral' or sometimes 'The Sphynx', was officially appointed as a monument. It is used as venue and scenery for several cultural events and productions, including the American film Mindhunters in 2004.
La tour s’élève sur la colline de Fourvière, montée Nicolas de Lange, dans le 5e arrondissement. Elle domine le quartier du Vieux Lyon et le cours de la Saône situés en contrebas. Culminant à 372 m d’altitude, elle demeure le point le plus élevé de Lyon. Construite sur la colline à l'altitude de 291 m, elle mesure 85,90 m pour une masse de 210 tonnes. Elle est ancrée dans 7 200 tonnes de maçonnerie et se compose de 2 100 fermes métalliques qui forment une architecture relativement semblable à celle du troisième étage de la Tour Eiffel. Le 1er novembre 1953, la tour est rachetée pour quinze millions de francs à la famille Gay par la Radiodiffusion-télévision française (RTF), qui cherche un point élevé pour la diffusion de la seule chaîne de télévision dont la station lyonnaise est inaugurée le 8 novembre 1954.
En 1963, elle devient une antenne relais de la RTF supportant de nombreux émetteurs de télévision, de téléphonie ainsi que par d'autres services publics et n'est alors plus accessible au public. Le décor de la base de la tour est remplacé par du béton, la terrasse supérieure supprimée et l'ascenseur est remplacé par un modèle électrique de 4 places.
The tower rises on the hill of Fourvière, mounted Nicolas de Lange, in the 5th district. It dominates the district of Vieux Lyon and the course of the Saône located below. Culminating at 372 m above sea level, it remains the highest point of Lyon. Built on the hill at the altitude of 291 m, it measures 85.90 m for a mass of 210 tons. It is anchored in 7,200 tons of masonry and consists of 2,100 metal farms that form an architecture relatively similar to that of the third floor of the Eiffel Tower. On November 1, 1953, the tower was bought for fifteen million francs from the Gay family by the French radio and television (RTF), which seeks a high point for the broadcast of the only television channel whose station Lyonnaise is inaugurated on 8 November 1954.
In 1963, it became a relay antenna RTF supporting many television transmitters, telephony and other public services and is no longer accessible to the public. The decor of the base of the tower is replaced by concrete, the upper terrace removed and the elevator is replaced by an electric model of 4 places.
Le petit commerce et services tient une place prépondérante au Burkina Faso comme ailleurs en Afrique. Dans la majorité des cas, il s'agit d'activités informelles qui sont menées directement dans la rue ou dans de petite cabanes en bois ou en tôle surnommées "kiosks". La préparation du porc au four est une spécialité répandue sur le Plateau Central. Traditionnellement préparé dans un four en terre cuite au bois, les artisans ont progressivement également introduit des fours métalliques plus facilement déplaçables mais avec une moins bonne qualité de cuisson et de goût. A l'arrière plan, le "Télécentre" est une activité qui est rentrée dans l'histoire. Toujours peintes en bleu aux couleurs de l'ONATEL (opérateur téléphonique national), il s'agissait de cabines de téléphone publiques qui ont rapidement disparu avec l'arrivée de la téléphonie mobile et la concurrence de nouveaux opérateurs privés. Le coût élevé des unités de téléphone mobile dans un premier temps a contribué à une éphémère survie de certains télécentres avant que ceux-ci ne baissent.
Small commerce and services hold a dominant place in Burkina Faso as elsewhere in Africa. In most cases, these are informal activities carried out directly in the street or in small wooden or sheet metal huts nicknamed "kiosks". Preparing pork in the oven is a widespread speciality on the Central Plateau. Traditionally prepared in a wood-fired clay oven, artisans have gradually introduced metal ovens that are more easily movable but have less good cooking quality and taste. In the background, the “Télécentre” is an activity that has gone down in history. Always painted blue in the colours of ONATEL (national telephone operator), these were public telephone booths that quickly disappeared with mobile telephony's arrival and competition from new private operators. The initially high cost of mobile phone units contributed to the short-lived survival of some telecenters before they declined.
Location: Oxford - Oxfordshire - England - United Kingdom - UK - GB - Europe - EU
Photographer: Mark
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Here I was, thinking this telephone box, now street library plus lots more was an oversized box having eaten all its telephonic vitamins! Despite that rather narrow door! But my google searches for this style of box went unrequited until....a TripAdvisor shot revealed it is or was a New Zealand box. No wonder it was unfamiliar to me (although I have had a few trips to that wonderful country). So someone with their heart in the Land of the Long White Cloud has had it shipped over. I found one shot where a guy had titled it his Chilly Bin (translation - Aussie...Chully Bun = Esky; elsewhere = cooler I guess)! And ok, I am open to be teased back, I am a Queenslander with broad shoulders, we have copped it for years!
A Ministry of Works for the New Zealand Post Office telephone box which I am sure my NZ flickr friends GG, Lance, Darryl and Dominic will remember well. In fact, there seem to be more photos of these on google than Aussie ones. Kind of looks to me that if you are of well built stature, you may have to turn sideways though. Now I'm getting claustrophobia just looking at it!
This was another find in the mean streets of Shorncliffe, Brisbane and dedicated to my Brisbane flickr friend SC, who by the way, as far as I know is not a Kiwi.
What did you first think?
A) Lost connection of these magnificent birds with theirs natural habitat.
B) Your Mobile Phone connection
C) None of above
This is from the series of photos of the White Stork (Ciconia) nests around the town centre in Faro-Portugal.
This big, magnificent birds build their nests in very populated area!
In this shot, the nest is on the top of the a Mricowave Antenna in town centre.
Local Name: Cegonha-branca
English Name: White Stork
Scientific Name: Ciconia ciconia
Location: Rua Aboim Ascensao (Looking to Largo do Carmo) - Tower - Faro - Algarve - Portugal - Pt - Europe - EU
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Rising 195 metres above the summit of Black Mountain, the Telstra Tower presents 360 degree views of the city and the Brindabella Ranges. Visitors taking advantage of he two open viewing platforms or the enclosed viewing gallery are presented with striking views of the city by day. From every angle at night the theatrics of the city's lights under the darkened sky provide a spectacular show of natural beauty and entertainment.
As well as offering visitors education, entertainment and spectacular views, the Telstra Tower has a functional role. The Telstra Tower provides essential communications facilities for the National Capital, including major trunk line radio telephony facilities, television transmitters for national and commercial services, FM radio transmitters, mobile radio telephone, and cellular phone base stations.
This elegant Tower on the summit of Black Mountain has won two awards for outstanding design. The first in 1979, for imaginative and effective use of concrete in a building. The Tower won its second award, the 1980 Civic Design Award of the ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
The Tower incorporates a theatrette, cafe and gift shop and the Executive Briefing Centre; meeting rooms with state of the art AV, spectacular views and free parking.
Since opening in 1980, Telstra Tower has continually created an attraction of immense fascination and appeal, marking it one of the National Capital's most popular tourist and local attractions.
Source: Telstra.
This was shot for Reliance Industries Ltd.'s latest business venture, their "JIO" initiative which proposes to cover the entire nation with a state of the art 4G network at affordable prices for the Indian masses. The service is now operative and voice telephony is totally free. The data services are the cheapest in the world today and at about 1oo cents for 1 GB. In a month I use only about 2 Gb on a smartphone which means about 2 USD expenditure for me for 30 days data usage. Stellar, I say!
A part of that initiative is their fashion and lifestyle eCommerce division called www.ajio.com which acts as a retail online outlet.
This was shot in September 2015 at a studio in Bangalore and appears as a banner image for their "Error 404 http " page. Yes when you activate a part of the web site with a wrong url. You can try it here.
There are other images as well that appear as the banner images for various Service pages of the web site.
The original image is a full length one shot in portrait mode. A screen grab of the image also appears elsewhere alongwith the link to the actual web page on the ajio.com page.
The web site is state of the art with exquisite visual presentation. The Catalog is the best in the country today. Go have a look.
MUA - Vishruti Vinay Hair and Makeup
Model - Nadja Marinkovic
Styling - Shruthi Kallur , Priyanka Khanijow and Ketki
Agency - VC Talents Venkat Charan Shetty
#ajiolife
Studio Session-292-3 jpeg via ACR cropped
Nikola Tesla (Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before emigrating to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in New York City. He soon struck out on his own with financial backers, setting up laboratories and companies to develop a range of electrical devices. His patented AC induction motor and transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse, who also hired Tesla for a short time as a consultant. His work in the formative years of electric-power development was involved in a corporate alternating current/direct current "War of Currents" as well as various patent battles. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1891.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
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(Es). Historia: Stuttgart. Alemania. La cámara con la que está hecha esta foto ya se ha caído al suelo hace tres o cuatro años. Era la primera cámara digital que tuve. Sigue guardada en una caja y así seguirá hasta que alguien, que no seré Yo, la encuentre dentro de varios años. Simplemente tendrá una nota sencilla: "Si la vas a tirar, mira antes las fotos que hicieron con ella. Luego decides". Estábamos dando un paseo por el centro de Stuttgart a una hora ya tardía para ser Alemania. Allí pasamos varios años cuando éramos pequeños, de hecho la primera escuela fue allí durante tres años consecutivos. Fuimos hijos de esos emigrantes de los 60 del siglo pasado, esos que ahora vuelven a resurgir con la crisis persistente que estamos teniendo algunos, muchos algunos. Los emigrantes de ahora, mucho más formados que entonces, es posible que vivan mejor que aquellos de los 60. Y aunque seguirán estando igual de lejos de sus casas que sus abuelos, en otro sentido están más cerca: las llamadas telefónicas cuestan menos, Internet te mantiene al lado y en avión son sólo algunas horas. Antes Stuttgart > "Mi Casa" eran tres días completos de carretera.
Toma: Un escaparate está tapado por un entramado de hojas y tiene sólo unos huecos por donde se le permite al transeúnte mirar el interior. Una persona va saltando de hueco en hueco. Técnicamente la orientación de la persona tenía que haber estado al lado contrario, lo que daría un espacio mucho mayor en la dirección en la que está mirando: la Regla de la Mirada. Puedo decir que mi intención era romperla y que me parecía mejor así… pero no es cierto; simplemente llegué tarde.
Tratamiento: Con Aperture. Original en JPG. Modifico las luces altas para dar menos densidad a las hojas, eso permite tener mejor definidos los contenidos que se ven en el interior a través de los huecos. También da más ligereza a la imagen. Las luces bajas las oscurezco hasta que la silueta queda completamente anónima, ya que la luz del escaparate permitía intuir el rostro.
¡Eso es todo amigos!
(En). The History: Stuttgart. Germany. The camera with the one that is done this photo already has fallen to the soil three or four years ago. It was the first digital cha camera mber that I had. It remains stored in a box and this way it will continue until someone, that I will not be I, should find her in several years. Simply it will have a simple note: " If you are going to throw her, it looks before at the photos that they did with her. Then you decide ". We were giving a walk along the center of Stuttgart at an already late hour to be Germany. There we spend several years when we were small, in fact the first school it was there for three consecutive years. We were children of these emigrants of the 60 of last century, this that now return to re-arise with the persistent crisis that are having some, some many. The emigrants of now, much more formed that at the time, it is possible that they live better than those of the 60. And though they will continue being equal of far from his houses that his grandparents, in another sense are more nearby: the telephonic calls cost less, Internet supports you to the side and in plane they are only some hours. Before Stuttgart> " My House " they were three complete days of road.
Taking up: A shop window is covered by a studding leaf and has only a few hollows where it is allowed the transient to look at the interior. A person is jumping of hollow in hollow. Technically the orientation of the person had to be to the opposite side, which would give a very much major space in the direction in the one that is looking: the Rule of the Look. I can say that my intention was to break it and that I was looking alike better like that … but it is not true; simply I was late.
Treatment: With Aperture. Original JPG. I modify the high lights to give less density to the leaves, it allows it to have better definite the contents than come in the interior across the hollows. Also it gives more lightness to the image. I get dark the low lights until the silhouette remains completely anonymous, since the light of the shop window was allowing to feel the face.
That's all folks !!
(Fr). Histoire: Stuttgart. Allemagne. La camera avec que cette photo est déjà faite est tombée au sol il y a trois ou quatre ans. C'était le premier appareil photo numérique que j'ai eu. Elle suit gardée dans une caisse et ainsi il suivra jusqu'à ce que quelqu'un qui Je ne serai pas la trouve à l'intérieur de quelques années. Il aura simplement une note simple : "Si tu vas la jeter, il regarde d'avance les photos qu'ils ont faites avec elle. Tout de suite tu décides". Nous donnions une promenade le centre de Stuttgart à une heure déjà tardive pour être Allemagne. Là nous passons quelques années quand nous étions petits, d'un fait la première école est été là pendant trois ans consécutifs. Nous avons été enfants de ces émigrants des 60 du siècle passé, ceux-ci qui recommencent à resurgir maintenant avec la crise persistante qu'avons certains, aucuns plusieurs. Les émigrants de maintenant, beaucoup plus formés qu'alors, il est possible qu'ils vivent meilleurs que ceux-là des 60. Et bien qu'ils continueront d'être égaux de loin de ses maisons que ses grands-pères, dans un autre sens sont plus près : les appels téléphoniques coûtent moins, Internet tu maintient au côté et en avion quelques heures sont seules. D'avance Stuttgart > "Ma Maison" c'était trois jours complets de route.
Prendre: Une vitrine est fermée par un lattis de feuilles et a seulement quelques creux où il est permis au passant de regarder l'intérieur. Une personne saute d'un creux dans un creux. Techniquement l'orientation de la personne avait à avoir été au côté opposé ce qui donnerait un espace beaucoup plus grand dans la direction dans celle qu'il regarde : la Règle du Regard. Je peux dire que mon intention était de la casser et que je ressemblais meilleur tel … mais ce n'est pas certain; je suis simplement arrivé tard.
Traitement: Avec Aperture. Origine JPG. Je modifie les hautes lumières pour donner moins une densité aux feuilles, cela permet d'avoir mieux défini les contenus que viens dans l'intérieur à travers des creux. Aussi il donne plus une légèreté à l'image. J'obscurcis les basses lumières jusqu'à ce que la silhouette reste complètement anonyme, puisque la lumière de la vitrine permettait de deviner le visage.
Voilà, c'est tout!
January 01, 2026
How could we build a liveable space habitat?
In the not-too-distant future, humanity will be faced with the challenge of building permanent homes in space. For this to happen, space habitats will need to closely replicate Earth’s gravity, while dealing with the threat of radiation and meteorites from outer space. Through his research, Werner Grandl at Space Renaissance International in Italy considers how these challenges could be overcome. Through a series of recent studies, he conceives a feasible design for a rotating space habitat, shielded from outer space by a mined‑out asteroid.
The idea of human settlers establishing permanent homes in space is a staple of our favourite sci-fi. Over the past century, countless films, books, TV shows, and video games have found creative, often elaborate ways to convey the threats and motivations which would force humanity to leave Earth behind and explain how they might survive in the harsh environment of space.
Yet today, many of these fictional threats look all too familiar in the real world. Werner Grandl at Space Renaissance International explains, ‘Besides man-made disasters like global warming or nuclear war, there are a number of serious natural threats to planet Earth such as asteroid impacts, super-volcanoes, and ice ages.’
For Grandl, the ever-looming presence of these threats creates a pressing need for us to think about what realistic extra-terrestrial habitats could look like and consider how they could be constructed in the not-too-distant future. ‘The construction of self-sustaining colonies in space using lunar and asteroid resources will be the next step of human evolution,’ he says.
Accommodating the human body
Beyond the staggering feats of engineering required to build these habitats, some of the most important challenges to consider in their design are related to the limitations of our own bodies. Having evolved on Earth, the physical attributes of our muscles, bones, and many other vital biological systems are finely tuned to functioning in the gravitational field of our home planet. If we leave this familiar environment for extended periods, medical problems will inevitably start to emerge before long. ‘A lack of gravity can cause danger for human health such as bone demineralisation, muscle atrophy, and orthostatic intolerance,’ Grandl explains.
Artificial Gravity Orbital Station AGOS: a spinning space station, built in three stages.
Just like generations of sci-fi writers – although with far higher stakes – this challenge will be one of the first things we will need to consider when conceiving future space colonies. To provide a suitable home for the human body, habitats will need to generate their own artificial gravity, which matches Earth’s field as closely as possible.
A familiar grounding force
To simulate gravity, future space habitats will need to spin. ’Rotating space habitats can provide simulated gravity and a comfortable environment for astronauts and space settlers,’ says Grandl. The effect is achieved through the effect of centrifugal forces – you have probably experienced this effect yourself when driving a car around a tight curve or riding the loop-the-loop on a rollercoaster.
Prototype Asteroid Habitat for 2,000 people: the rotating torus is driven by magnetic levitation bearings; sunlight is beamed into the cave and distributed by a central mirror cone.
Here, the idea is that the manned part of a space habitat will constantly circle around the centre of the station. In this way, a person standing on the inner rim of the circle would feel like they are being pulled downwards by gravity, when in fact the floor is pushing them upwards, towards the centre of the habitat’s rotation.
Designing a rotating station
In one recent study, Grandl took this concept a step further. In his paper, he envisages a habitat built from interconnected cylindrical modules, which spin around the axis of a central cylinder – powered by a non-rotating framework of solar panels.
Grandl then shows how such a habitat could be enlarged in stages: eventually reaching a diameter of 102 metres, incorporating some 32 living quarter modules, which could comfortably house up to 180 people long term. He also considers how an agricultural sphere could be attached, providing food for these inhabitants.
A home inside an asteroid
Low-gravity environments aren’t the only challenge. In the harsh environment of space, without any atmosphere to protect them, future space habitats would face a constant threat of bombarded with radiation from the Sun, as well as tiny meteorites hurtling through space. Building further on his earlier concept, Grandl next considered how rotating habitats could be made safer by housing them inside hollowed-out asteroids – shielding them from outer space.
‘Near-Earth asteroids can be mined and the remaining cave would be a natural shelter against cosmic rays, solar flares, micrometeorites,’ he describes. ‘Inside excavated asteroids we can build self-sustaining human outposts in space providing artificial gravity.’
To reach this point, Grandl has conceived a multi-step process. It starts with a pair of unmanned space tugs, docked to either side of a near-Earth asteroid using anchors drilled firmly into the rock. Using advanced propulsion systems, the tugs could then pull the asteroid into a stable orbit around Earth, beyond the Moon.
From here, mining can begin along the axis of the asteroid’s rotation. At this point, the asteroid is connected to a manned space station – with the space and equipment required for digging, as well as carrying, processing, and storing mined materials.
After boring a straight tunnel into the centre of the asteroid, a larger spherical cave could then be excavated, taking up around half of the asteroid’s total volume. While mass is being removed from the asteroid, its orbit would be continuously stabilised by the two space tugs, still docked to either side. Finally, once mining has finished, a rotating habitat could be constructed inside the cave.
The future path to space
While our technology is still a long way off from being able to build these habitats, Grandl is confident that with the current pace of advancement, they will one day be perfectly feasible. Before we get there, he envisages a step-by-step improvement in our understanding of survival in space. ‘As a first step, we should build a rotating space station in Earth’s orbit to study the influence of different gravity-levels on human health,’ he describes.
Space habitats could be made safer by housing them inside hollowed-out asteroids – shielding them from outer space.
From here, we could build on this understanding to modify designs of manned space habitats to ensure the highest possible standards of safety and comfort for their inhabitants. Ultimately, by starting to tackle these challenges now, Grandl hopes that the possibility of permanently manned space habitats will begin to look far more feasible in the coming decades. In turn, his ideas may one day help to accelerate humanity’s exploration of the solar system, and to ensure our future in the face of whatever disasters we may one day face.
Personal Response
How long do you think it will be before humans will be able to live permanently in space?
It will depend on political decisions. In a best case scenario, a spinning orbital station as a successor of the present ISS could be built by 2035. First habitats inside hollow asteroids may be constructed in the last decade of this century. It will depend on the development of mining techniques in space.
References
Grandl, W, Böck, C, (2023) Asteroid habitats—Living inside a hollow celestial body. In: Badescu, V, et al, (eds), Handbook of Space Resources. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 763–785. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97913-3_22
Grandl, W, Autino, AV, Böck, C, (2023) Artificial gravity orbital dtation (AGOS)-the simulation of gravity in a rotating space station, 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC).
Grandl, W, Bazso A, (2013) Near Earth asteroids — Prospection, orbit modification, mining and habitation. In: Badescu, V, (eds), Asteroids. Heidelberg: Springer Berlin, 415–438. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39244-3_17
Behind the Research
Werner Grandl
Werner Grandl was born in Vienna in 1957. He graduated from the Technical University of Vienna in 1984. He is a trained architect and civil engineer in Austria. His research interests include space stations and space colonies, and the use of lunar and asteroid resources.
Research Objectives
Werner Grandl describes the construction of self-sustaining colonies in space using lunar and asteroid resources.
Funding
Space Renaissance International (SRI), Viale Risorgimento 57, 22073 Fino Mornasco (CO), Italy.
Collaborators
Clemens Böck
Adriano V Autino
Cite this Article
Grandl, W, (2024) How could we build a liveable space habitat?, Research Outreach, 139.
DOI: 10.32907/RO-139-5856553861
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