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The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W M Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century (1901), "...with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between", and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook, published in 1920.
From the Castle gates to the Palace gates the street is almost exactly a mile (1.6 km) long and runs downhill between two significant locations in the royal history of Scotland, namely Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, hence its name. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only by Princes Street in the New Town. Wikipedia
In Australia, the Travelling Stock Route is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another. Collectively they're known as "The Long Paddock". I encountered this herd of cattle, many hundred in number, on a highway in Outback New South Wales.
A street musician at work on S. Congress Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Austin. The street is a six-lane, tree lined avenue that cuts through the middle of the city from far south Austin and goes over Lady Bird Lake leading to Downtown and the Texas State Capitol. This one man band was captured in the area known as South Congress, often abbreviated to SoCo. The area is filled with restaurants, funky vintage shops, chic boutiques, cool bars, and, of course, live music.
With a population of just over one million residents, Austin is the 10th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, also is the fastest growing large metropolitan area in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
I particularly love the alleyways in Chinatown. They tend to be quieter, as well as more traditional than the main thoroughfares that are littered with gift and trinket shops, whose main objective, is to attract the tourists. This section of Chinatown is comprised of businesses that cater to the locals. The out-of-owners tend not to stray here. To me, this is the heart of Chinatown.
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Discovered down behind some other very humble houses off of a main thoroughfare. Unclear if anyone actually still in existence. Signs of efforts to create a patchwork life.
Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called the risanamento (lit. "making healthy again")—that lasted until World War I. It was designed in the Stile Umbertino by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named after Umberto I, King of Italy at the time of construction. It was meant to combine businesses, shops, cafés and social life—public space—with private space in the apartments on the third floor.
The Galleria is a high and spacious cross-shaped structure, surmounted by a glass dome braced by 16 metal ribs. Of the four iron and glass-vaulted wings, one fronts on via Toledo (via Roma), still the main downtown thoroughfare, and another opens onto the San Carlo Theatre. It has returned to being an active center of Neapolitan civic life after years of decay. The building is part of the UNESCO listing of the Historic Centre of Naples as a World Heritage Site.
The Galleria Umberto is the setting for The Gallery (1947) by the American writer John Horne Burns (1916–1953) based on his experiences as an American soldier in Naples shortly after the liberation of the city.
Differdange, Luxembourg – 2015, April 22
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Please enjoy a look at Fairview Avenue in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle facing southbound towards downtown. In the center background, the Hyatt Regency Hotel illuminates the entire eastern side of its building with the letters "BLM". It's one of the most grand and conspicuous displays of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the City of Seattle.
Throughout multiple neighborhoods in Seattle -- from single family homes, apartment residences, and small businesses to high schools, universities, and major corporations -- signage in support of the Black Lives Matter movement has proliferated widely.
In my latest photo essay, "Signage of the Times", in my official blog, I attempt to answer the most frequently posed questions regarding the momentum of BLM: "What is different this time? Why are so many more people onboard compared to before?"
Also, If interested, you can view my previous photo essay featuring images of the protests in Seattle against police brutality and institutional racism in my blog article: "The Pandemic, The Pandemonium & The Protests."
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
CSX train B747-20 with GP40-2s 6225 & 6232 shoves south on the North Haven Thoroughfare and across the Quinnipiac River in North Haven, CT after servicing Connecticut Container Corp. on the afternoon of June 20, 2014.
At number 6 you will find "Centrespace" an independent and sustainable community of artists and craftspeople offering both studio space, workshops, events and a gallery space for hire. The building was originally occupied by artists in the late 1970’s and has been running as a co-operative since 1987.
Leonard lane a medieval thoroughfare following the inner line of the City walls. The double yellow lines indicate that it still retains full highway status, although at the Corn Street end it is probably less than 1 metre wide.
Europe, Greece, Attika, Pireaus, Akti Posidonis, Taxis, Bus, Pedestrians (cut from B&T)
Embracing the urban entropy of the Akti Poseidonos, a busy thoroughfare that flanks the ferry port of Piraeus. Although it's on another continent, to us it had some São Paulo-ness to it. But maybe this was because we had recently returned from there.
This is number 40 of the: Athens/Pireaus album, 88 of Adventutes in chaos and ofcourse 101 of The way of the crowd.
Inside the walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia, near the Ploče Gate on the eastern side of the Old Town.
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Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Coolsingel, Rotterdamse Dakendagen, Passerelle, Dutch Steigers, Winy Maas, MVDRV, People
After returning from a holiday, nothing works better to adapt is taking the role of tourist in your own city.
Shot from the roof of the Beurs (Merchant's exchange) towards Breuer's Bijenkorf building (1957) and IMHO the most spectacular part of the Dakendagen (Roof days) Rotterdamse Dakendagen: the pedestrian bridge passing one of Rotterdams main thoroughfares, the Coolsingel. The scaffolding was realized by Dutch Steigers. The nature of the construction material adds a fair ground-type of thrill. The supporting towers are iron and the planks of the walkway are aluminium, and they sometimes nicely sag a bit while walking over it.
The context: "in modern cities, miles of unused flat rooftops await a new function. In Rotterdam alone there’s over 18 square kilometres of unused flat roofs. That must change, and the rooftops can provide the space to realize the housing challenge, energy transition, climate change and inclusiveness in cities". Text: from the Dakendagen website.
This is number 293 of Urban Frontiers.
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
Xitang is a water town crisscrossed by nine rivers. The town stretches across eight sections, linked by old-fashioned stone bridges. In the older parts of town, the buildings are set along the banks of the canals, which serve as the main transportation thoroughfares in the area.
Xitang also contains numerous antique residences and temples, such as the Temple of the Seven Masters. The town keeps a tranquil ambience and scenic beauty, making it a very popular tourist attraction. It is frequently depicted in Chinese landscape painting.
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There's a dogwood tree right outside the window, and it is a thoroughfare for squirrels going to and from our roof. Batman is watching one of them.
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
A view along Stradun, the main street through the old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
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One of the most beautiful streets in St. Petersburg - Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt is the central thoroughfare of the Petrograd Side, linking the centre of the city with its northwestern boroughs. The avenue has numerous attractions, most of them fine examples of art nouveau - more specifically "northern moderne" - architecture, to such an extent that Prospekt has been described as a "museum of moderne".
La Trobe Street is a major street and thoroughfare in the city centre of Melbourne, Australia. It runs roughly east-west and forms the northern boundary of Melbourne's central business district. The street was named after Charles La Trobe, the first lieutenant-governor of the Colony of Victoria when it was established in 1851.
Dronningens gate (3-99A, 2-74) is a street in Kvadraturen in Kristiansand which is located in the district Kvadraturen / Eg. The street runs from Havnegata by Vestre havn to Lundsbroa and is 980 meters long. 86 properties are registered to the street. In the 18th century, the street was named Sandgaten.
In the extension of the street, Lundsbroa provides a connection to Østerveien and Lund.
Previously, Dronningens gate was part of the Vestlandske, later Sørlandske main road, in the 20th century known as national road 40. As a combined shopping street and thoroughfare, Dronningens gate had a heavy traffic load. The street is today part of county road 471 in Vest-Agder. wikipedia
The Cardo Maximus is Jerash's main road, running northeast from the Oval Plaza to the city's North Gate. The paving you are walking upon is original, laid out in the 1st Century, when the Romans decided to begin lavishing money on this prosperous trading town and rolled out a city plan of building works, including this grand main thoroughfare.
The impressive Jerash in Jordanian Oval Forum measures 90 x 80 metres. The square dates from the 2nd century and is framed by columns. The unusual oval shape perfectly connects the axis of the Temple of Zeus with the one running towards it Arcade of the Cardo Maximus. The cobblestones introduced later covered a natural depression. An elaborate substructure seven meters high was necessary for this.
This tree has now sadly succumbed to Sirococcus Blight and is due to be removed one week today - 21st October 2021.
The Cedar always used to stand out, particularly on a Sunny day.
The trees in the background are also Cedars, aptly, in the garden of a house (now gone) named 'The Cedars'.
Wyoming Village Historic District is organized much like a New England village around a small triangular green. The T-shaped district includes approximately seventy structures along the two principal village thoroughfares: Main and Academy Streets.[2]
The district boundaries are drawn to include the heart of the community where the 1838 Wyoming Inn (#1 S. Academy Street), the turn-of-the century bank (#5 S. Academy) a series of stores, the village "Fire Tower" (#10 Tower Road) and the Presbyterian Church (#1 N. Academy St.) are clustered around the triangular green.[2]
The village nickname is "The Gaslight Village" because it is lit day and night by 30 gas lamps which use natural gas drawn from near-by shallow gas pockets under a 99-year contract
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Our first time in Venice was 4 years ago , Time flies ...
Notre première fois à Venise remonte à 4 ans, le temps passe vite
Rue Saint-Paul (Saint Paul Street) is a street in the Old Montreal historic area of Montreal, Quebec.
The street was laid out by François Dollier de Casson, along the route of a path that had bordered a former fort. Saint Paul is Montreal's oldest street and for many years served as its main thoroughfare. Paved in 1672, it was named after Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Montreal, who built a home for himself on it in 1650.
The street is home to such landmarks as the Bonsecours Market and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel. Much of Saint Paul is still paved with cobblestones. Plans to pedestrianize the street in 2008 were dropped by the City of Montreal after complaints from merchants.
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Had our Saturday walk up in another part of the Blackstairs Mountain Range called Sculloge gap. At the start of the trail we followed this very narrow and very overgrown lane way with ancient tall stone walls and trees on each side that felt like we were hemmed in. Once through this very, very old thoroughfare, the views were spectacular. Happening this weekend, is the Carlow Walking Festival and there are a lot of people out enjoying the beauty of Carlow including this wonderful mountain range.
The bicycle culture is getting stronger after suffering 4 year setback with former Mayor Rob Ford. Just this week, I found the surveyors measuring a major street near my home for possible extension of bike path. It stops about 2 km east of my place on very busy thoroughfare. Toronto is not Amsterdam yet, but by the time I am 90, we should have nicely interconnected bike network. Mural near McCaul by Iranian/ Canadian Ghazaraza (2019)
651. TMR Toronto 2021-March-14, P1450233. Uploaded 2021-Apr-06. Lmx -ZS100.
Grand Hotel is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. The hotel is best known as the annual venue of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Grand Hotel is situated in a very central location on the main thoroughfare, the Karl Johans gate, between the Norwegian Parliament building and the Royal Palace. It is within walking distance of Oslo's main shopping and cultural areas, as well as its sights. The hotel was opened in 1874 and is one of the most traditional hotels in Norway.
Each year the hotel hosts the annual Nobel Peace Prize banquet, and the prize winners stay in the Nobel suite at the hotel. Roald Dahl stayed here when young and where his inspiration came from to do his 1984 autobiographical book, Boy: Tales of Childhood.
The hotel has several restaurants. These include "Grand Café", where Henrik Ibsen used to eat every day; the "Restaurant Julius Fritzner", named after Julius Fritzner, the man who founded the hotel in 1874; and "Palmen Restaurant", a traditional and stylish lunch restaurant
But in recent years, the sentiment around the murals has shifted, as critics point to the disastrous impact of Columbus’ explorations on native peoples. Columbus and his men inflicted brutal treatment on the indigenous populations they encountered, enslaving them and ruthlessly suppressing revolts. Columbus also ushered in a new era of European colonization that proved devastating to many cultures. Since 1995, Notre Dame has offered brochures that offer a more complete historical context for the murals, but Jenkins acknowledged in his letter that the Main Building hallway is a busy campus thoroughfare and “not well suited for a thoughtful consideration of these paintings and the context of their composition.”
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Downhill from the Theatre, the wadi widens to create a larger thoroughfare. To the right, the great massif of Jebel Al Khubtha looms over the valley. Within its west-facing cliffs are burrowed some of the most impressive burial places in Petra, known collectively as the ‘Royal Tombs’. They look particularly stunning bathed in the golden light of sunset.
The Royal Tombs are reached via a set of steps that ascends from the valley floor, near the Theatre. A worthwhile hike from the Royal Tombs leads up to the numerous places of worship on the flattened High Place of Jebel Khubtha, together with a spectacular view of the Treasury. The steps are easily visible between the Palace Tomb and the Sextius Florentinus Tomb. The Royal Tombs can also be reached via the adventurous hike through Wadi Muthlim.
Northeast of the forum lies the cardo maximus, the city’s main thoroughfare, also known as the colonnaded street. Stretching 800m to the North Gate, the street is still paved with its original stones, rutted by the wheels of chariots that once jostled along its length.
Further north is the North Theatre, built in 165 and now restored to its former glory.
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
Photography of the Paseo de Castellana in the afternoon during the golden hour. It is one of the main, famous and most important avenues of Madrid, its origin dates back to the early nineteenth century and is based on the route that surrounded Madrid in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Today it is one of the main thoroughfares of the city of Madrid, where we find some, a important places, for example the stadium of Real Madrid or the kio towers.
Fotografía del Paseo de Castellana por la tarde durante la hora dorada. Es una de las principales, famosas y más importantes avenidas de Madrid, su origen se remonta a principios del siglo XIX y se basa en el trazado que rodeaba Madrid en los siglos XVII y XVIII. Hoy en día es una de las principales vías de la ciudad de Madrid, donde encontramos algunos lugares importantes, como por ejemplo el estadio del Real Madrid o las torres kio.
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the Region of Occitanie.
Occupied since the Neolithic period, Carcassonne is located in the Aude plain between two major thoroughfares linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrénées. Its strategic importance was quickly recognized by the Romans who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman Empire and was later taken over in the fifth century by the Visigoths who founded the city. Also thriving as a trading post due to its location, it saw many rulers who successively built up its fortifications, until its military significance was greatly reduced by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
The city is famous for the Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853 and added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
Piazza Venezia is the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. The Palazzo Venezia served as the embassy of the Republic of Venice in Rome.
In 2009, during excavations in the middle of the square for the construction of the Rome C Metro Line (station Venezia), remains of the emperor Hadrian's Athenaeum (a school founded by the Emperor Hadrian in Rome, for the promotion of literary and scientific studies) were unearthed
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Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.