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There were several sections at the wall where the buffer paint was peeling away to reveal what once was a vibrant graffiti scene here at the Civic Yard in downtown Atlanta. This is one area. Check my photostream to see more.
The Wall ditch is visible as an earthwork, whilst the 18th-century Military Road is on the north mound of the Vallum. Looking S
Handbook pp.210–11.
I couldn't quite get this where I wanted it, trying to evoke the abstract patterns of Aaron Siskind and Minor White. Still I like it, I think.
Wall Mural on the side of the building where Q-Pop used to be. I wonder who is there now.
Posting some photos I had taken a while ago.
An old sign faded away on a wall in Savannah. It almost looks like there were 2 or 3 signs that just got painted over each other here.
Oct.31, 2018: The Southern Wall is a wall at the southern end of the Temple Mount and the former southern side of the Second Temple (also called Herod's Temple) in Jerusalem. It was built during King Herod's expansion of the Temple Mount platform southward on to the Ophel.
The Southern Wall is 922 feet (281 m) in length, and which the historian Josephus equates as being equal to the length of one furlong. Herod's southern extension of the Temple Mount is clearly visible from the east, standing on the Mount of Olives or to a visitor standing on top of the Temple mount as a slight change in the plane of the eastern wall, the so-called "Straight Joint." Herod's Royal Stoa stood atop this southern extension. The enormous retaining wall is built of enormous blocks of Jerusalem stone, the face of each ashlar (block) is edged with a margin, the bossage is raised about 3/8" above the surrounding margins. The unmortared blocks are so finely fitted together that a knife blade cannot be inserted between the ashlars.
An enormous flight of steps leads to the Southern Wall from the south. They were excavated after 1967 by archaeologist Benjamin Mazar and are the northernmost extension of the Jerusalem pilgrim road leading from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount via the Double Gate and the Triple Gate. These are the steps that Jesus of Nazareth and other Jews of his era walked up to approach the Temple, especially on the great pilgrimage festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The stairs that lead to the double gate are intact and "well-preserved." The steps that lead to the triple gate were mostly destroyed. The risers are low, a mere 7 to 10 inches high, and each step is 12 to 35 inches deep, forcing the ascending pilgrims to walk with a stately, deliberate tread. The pilgrims entered the temple precincts through the double and triple gates still visible in the Southern Wall. Together, the double and triple gates are known as the Hulda Gates, after the prophetess Huldah.
The present iteration of the Triple Gates is not Herodian. The only Herodian element visible from the outside is the doorjamb on the bottom of the left-hand arch. The Double Gate is substantially concealed by a Crusader-era addition to the Temple Mount. Only half of the right-hand arch of the double gate is visible today from the outside. Over the part of the right-hand Herodian arched doorway that is visible is an ornate, decorative half-arch dating to the Umayyad period (661–750 CE). Just above it, the stub of an Herodian relieving arch is visible.
With them being an unusual species locally, Wall Browns are usually a nice surprise on my visit to other parts of the UK. This is one of a few I found around Cartmell Fell near Lake Windermere earlier this month, blending in with their surroundings incredibly well when with their wings closed.
The Peel Gap re-entrant with its additional tower. Detail of the external platform (possibly a stairway or ascensus to the wall-walk). Looking SE
Handbook pp.259-60
jon burgerman has been a favorite artist of mine for a long time and i spent a few hours with him, here in williamsburg, while he painted a little wall.
he was super nice to loan me some doodles which i used to laser engrave my laptop: vimeo.com/5892583
The London Wall was built circa 225 AD by the Romans - it lasted for over a 1,000 years with more gates and more bastions being added such as this 13th-century bastion that still survives.
The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small western segment of the walls surrounding the area called the Temple Mount (or Har Habayit) by Jews, Christians and most Western sources, and known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. [Wikipedia, 2015]