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English Counties
This is another collection of images which have been photographed over a long period of time. These are photographs taken mostly on holidays throughout our great English Counties. In the day we have travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, with many coastal and country walks and a lot of photography.
This selection has been chosen from the many Dorset photographs. Dorset is a wonderful county to visit.
The Sydney Opera House, viewed from between two Art Deco apartment buildings along Waruda Street, Kirribilli.
And here, of-course, is Pink Floyd with 'Another Brick In The Wall':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY
So on Wednesday of this week (Wednesday 29th May, 2024) I was miraculously able to leave work early. And so I used this opportunity to go into the city and take more Vivid lightshow photographs.
But I arrived at Kirribilli a little early for Vivid. So, parking on Upper Pitt Street, just near the the St Aloysius College, I spent the late afternoon and early dusk taking pictures of the harbour from in between buildings, lol.
Then, upon darkness (6.00pm) I was ready to take Vivid Sydney images from my favourite rock ledge that is perched over the harbour at Kirribilli, close to the Jeffrey Street Wharf.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
The Brussels International Exposition of 1935 was a World Fair held between 27 April and 6 November on the Heysel Plateau in Brussels, Belgium.
The construction of the Brussels Exhibition Centre began in 1931, when five halls were built to celebrate the centenary of Belgian Independence.
The Palais 5, (informally known as the Centenary Palace), was the most ornamental of these first five halls and is still in use today. In 1935, the building was the largest reinforced concrete frame in the world and the largest covered space in Belgium.
This beautiful Deco building is of the colossal style, yet has simplicity and geometric elegance to my eyes.
Designed by architects Joseph van Neck and engineer Louis Baes in the Art Deco style.
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Rising proudly in the heart of Old Havana, the Bacardi Building is a jewel of Art Deco elegance and one of Cuba’s most iconic landmarks. Completed in 1930 as the headquarters of the Bacardi Rum Company, its bold geometric lines, rich marble and granite interiors, and colorful terra-cotta façade made it a symbol of modern ambition in the Caribbean. Crowned by the famous bronze bat—the company’s emblem—it once stood as the tallest building in Havana and remains a striking reminder of the city’s golden age of architecture.
Today, the Bacardi Building is celebrated as one of the finest examples of Art Deco in Latin America, a fusion of Cuban spirit and international style that continues to captivate travelers, photographers, and lovers of design.
Power and Light Building, on a summer afternoon.
Converted to black & white, using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Kansas City, Missouri
Thursday afternoon 20 August 2020
National American Bank Building, located at 200 Carondelet Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 23-story, 330 feet (101 m)-tall skyscraper. It is recognized for its golden Art Deco spire, and from a distance, appears to contrast with the tower of the Hibernia bank building.
In the early 2000s it was renovated and repurposed as an apartment building, renamed "200 Carondelet".
Built:1929
Architectural style:Gothic, Art Deco
NRHP Reference#:86001048
Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones. The 378-foot-tall (115.2 m) building (398 feet [121.3 m] when measured from street level to the tip of the tower) is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one of the tallest buildings in Western New York. It was designed by chief architect John Wade with the assistance of George Dietel. The friezes were sculpted by Albert Stewart and the sculpture executed by Rene Paul Chambellan. Buffalo City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_City_Hall]
www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Mayor/Home/Leadership/CityStatsandFa...
Continuing with the tree obsession... the well-known tunnel of Cypress trees at Point Reyes California is beautiful in any light, but I think at its best when shrouded in the fog that is so common on the headlands in late summer. Again, a subject I've photographed many times but never caught quite the right fog for my liking. I think this was my 5th or 6th time trying here, most of the previous times having either no fog at all or fog so dense I couldn't see more than 20 feet.
I've always loved the magnificent building at the end of the tunnel road, and I've long thought it was an old coast guard station, but that isn't quite right. It is in fact an old radio listening station (www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/kph_treetunnel.htm), and is open to visiting public with its world war II era equipment on display. These Monterey Cypress trees are of course a staple of the northern pacific coast, but this tree tunnel is a unique opportunity to see so many mature trees.
I always enjoy the drive up to Point Reyes from San Francisco, and had a few hours to kill in the morning before a flight back home. Since there was a lot of fog in the area I decided I'd head for the Marin Headlands at sunrise, hoping for the elusive shot of the Golden Gate poking through the fog. However, the fog layer on this day was too high up and too thick so the bridge was not visible, and so my backup plan was to keep on motoring up to Point Reyes and hope for the fog to be doing its thing around the cypress tunnel. Luckily I was rewarded this time! I'm a little bummed though because now I have less reason to do the drive, and I really do love this area. I'm guessing this won't be my last visit up here.
I have to add my personal thanks to Kevin Benedict for his (always) helpful suggestions on composition. I often let myself get distracted by small touches in a scene that I like and lose sight of what makes the image compelling for someone else, and having another set of eyes to set me straight is extremely valuable.
Rapides Parish in Louisiana was created in 1805 and Alexandria was selected as the parish seat in 1807. The first courthouse was built in 1859 and the second courthouse was built in 1873. In 1903, the third courthouse was designed by J. Reilly Gordon and constructed by F.B. Hull Construction Company. The fourth and present courthouse (seen in the photograph above) was constructed in 1939 at a cost of $588,825 by contractor James T. Taylor. It was designed by architects Edward F. Neild, D.A. Somdal, and Edward F. Neild Jr. The Art Deco building faces northwest and is a seven story concrete structure. The northwest front has a high center section with two high divides with windows between. The windows have vertical brown panels between. The north and south sides are lower and one story wings extend from the corners and the roof line is flat. In the interior the Parish District Court courtroom is located on the third story of the addition on the southeast side. The building houses the Parish District Court of the 9th Judicial District. Finally, a rectangular shaped three story addition was constructed in 1974 on the southeast side of the building.
courthouses.co/us-states/h-l/louisiana/rapides-parish/
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Midland Hotel, which is on The Promenade at Morecambe in Lancashire, is on the site of old railway lines that enabled trains to run along the Stone Jetty to meet Irish Sea ferries. It is one of this resort's outstanding buildings. Dating from 1932-33 by Oliver Hill, the Art Deco building is Grade II*-listed. The three-storey building has a curved plan, with the convex side facing west, towards the sea. Many of the carvings and artworks in the building are by the renowned artist Eric Gill. Morecambe has numerous small statues of cormorants, including these mounted on the rocks at the entrance to the Stone Jetty, as if hanging out their wings to dry.
Perspective on the façade of the wonderful Florin Court - a residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London, UK.
The building is an example of 'streamline moderne', an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s.
It was built in 1936 by Guy Morgan and Partners and features a beautiful, curved façade with projecting wings, a roof garden, setbacks on the eighth and ninth floor and a basement swimming pool.
Being fans of Agatha Christie and actor David Suchet, we visited because in the LWT television series 'Agatha Christie's Poirot', the building was used as Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional London residence of private detective Hercule Poirot.
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The top spire of the Power and Light Building, illuminated in red, at night.
Kansas City, Missouri
Wednesday evening 29 December 2021
Check your spelling before the revolution !.
Anarchists, daft and baseless.
Art Deco building.
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"Litterary Affliction" "Reading is the best Medicine" = "Maleita Literária" Ler é o melhor Remédio
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Livraria Lello, Porto.
"WOW, look at that !" "That" is the Livraria Lello Porto and you have never seen anything like it. Although, come to think of it, it probably reminds you of somewhere…
Fall in love with this fabulous bookshop and the totally unique spectacle of an amazing interior architecture. This somptuous bookshop inspired (yes, that’s it !) the Harry Potter’s library in Hogwarts. In fact, J.K Rowling lived in Porto teaching English in the early 1990s. Remember those awesome stairs and the impressive mouldings ? "
In:
www.europeanbestdestinations.com/travel-guide/porto/livra...
The Kapana district of Plovdiv, Bulgaria was developed in the first half of the 20th century and features the art deco style of that era; most of the front facades were restored to the original style in 2014. Today, the main street has been turned into a large pedestrian mall with numerous cafes and restaurants, shops and art galleries.
Click here to see the rest of my Bulgaria album.
Dating from 1933, this Grade II*-listed hotel just off the Promenade in Morecambe is renowned for its art deco architecture and artworks, which include several by Eric Gill.
The hotel is situated where a former railway line used to run along the Stone Jetty to a small station. This was built in the middle of the 19th century so that trains could meet the Irish Sea ferries. The construction of a new port at Heysham around the turn of the century made this redundant. Eventually, the Midland Hotel was built, and many years later the former railway station on the Stone Jetty became a very pleasant cafe.
Art Deco Town Hall Offices.
In need of maintenance, a lick of varnish and a simple clean would go a long way.
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Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones. The 378-foot-tall (115.2 m) building (398 feet [121.3 m] when measured from street level to the tip of the tower) is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one of the tallest buildings in Western New York. It was designed by chief architect John Wade with the assistance of George Dietel. The friezes were sculpted by Albert Stewart and the sculpture executed by Rene Paul Chambellan. Buffalo City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_City_Hall]
www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Mayor/Home/Leadership/CityStatsandFa...
The Kapana district of Plovdiv, Bulgaria was developed mostly in the first half of the 20th century and features the art deco style of that era; most of the front facades were restored to the original style in 2014. Today, the main street has been turned into a large pedestrian mall with numerous cafes and restaurants, shops and art galleries.
Click here to see the rest of my Bulgaria album.
South Side National Bank (1928) is a ten-story Art Deco style building located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Gravois Avenue and Grand Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Due to its height and prominent location, it is the dominant feature on the skyline in the immediate neighborhood. This building is an excellent local example of the Art Deco style characterized by setback forms, stylized relief ornament and vertical window strips, all of which are still present. Other features of South Side National Bank which are typical for Art Deco buildings include its limestone veneer, the use of bands of relief sculpture instead of cornices, and Beaux-Arts inspired massing. This building was also identified in a 1987 survey and in the City of St. Louis' preservation plan as a significant example of its style or type.
South Side National Bank was the result of a merger between two existing trust companies. Since 1916, the South Side Trust Company had been located at the intersection of Broadway and Pestalozzi in the City of St. Louis, about two miles to the northeast of this property. In1928, the company's directors entered into negotiations to merge with the Farmers and Merchants Trust Company, which had been located at the intersection of Grand and Gravois since its founding in 1907. By the late 1920's, the South Side Trust's depositors were moving west, "particularly within the district of which Grand and Gravois is considered the center." In November 1927, the board of directors purchased a parcel at the southwest corner of Grand and Gravois for the erection of a new bank building. In 1928, the shareholders of both institutions voted to merge and become a national bank.
Although the building permit issued in January 1928 lists Leonhard Haeger as architect, all subsequent materials published by the bank (including some of the drawings) indicate that it was designed by the St. Louis Bank Building and Equipment Company. Founded in 1913, the company became known for providing the most modern bank equipment, and eventually branching out into the design field. The contracting firm, Fruin-Colnon, was founded in 1872. By the time of the South Side National Bank job, the company was building some of St. Louis' most prestigious buildings, including the Civil Courts.
Given the magnificent history and beautiful styling, the South Side National Bank building was deemed significant by the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under criterion C in the area of Architecture and added to the register on January 3, 2003. All the information above and much more was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration. They can be viewed here: catalog.archives.gov/id/63820473
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6 including the final conversion to Black & White.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The best way to view my photostream is through Flickriver with the following link: www.flickriver.com/photos/photojourney57/
Zoomed in view of the top of the Power & Light Building, on a summer afternoon.
Converted to black & white using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Kansas City, Missouri
Thursday afternoon 20 August 2020
Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones. The 378-foot-tall (115.2 m) building (398 feet [121.3 m] when measured from street level to the tip of the tower) is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one of the tallest buildings in Western New York. It was designed by chief architect John Wade with the assistance of George Dietel. The friezes were sculpted by Albert Stewart and the sculpture executed by Rene Paul Chambellan. Buffalo City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_City_Hall]
www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Mayor/Home/Leadership/CityStatsandFa...
This famous art deco hotel on the seafront at Morecambe dates from 1933, and was built on the site of disused railway lines that originally enabled trains to travel along the Stone Jetty to meet the Irish Sea ferries. A new port at Heysham replaced this service, eventually making room for the new hotel. Over the years, it has been featured in several films. Among its artworks are several by Eric Gill.
Excerpt from artdecobuildings.blogspot.ca:
The Scinde Building in Tennyson St was designed initially in 1932 by EA Williams with HA Westerholm followed by further work in 1933 by Finch & Westerholm.
A grand old Art Deco beauty, now re-purposed as a B&B. This picture also shows the value of the colour red - even in small amounts - a genius stroke by the B&B advertisers.
Both this and the next picture were taken in low light in the late afternoon, so somewhat grainy.
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Situated in the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park in Botany Cemetery, Sydney - the Art Deco Crematorium stands with great dignity.
I learned that the building was designed in 1937 by Louis Leighton Robertson and opened just a year later in 1938. Built by Lipscombe & Price.
I've wanted to see this beautiful and functional community Art Deco building for a long while.
This is a perspective seen through my eyes and this image is not for commercial purposes.
Link to colour image and different angle: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/53661347281/in/datepo...
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Grade ll* Listed Building.
Art Deco in design, one of the largest brick built buildings in the world. Building started in 1929 and was completed in 1935 at a total cost of £2,141,550.
You got a lot for your money back then, unlike the hideous high density housing under construction to the right.
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