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Omaha's community bike shop was established right around the corner from where the Infoshop folks once lived. We worked on Critical Mass xerocracy and a fledgling coöp (I slept with the bike parts).
Apparently Gifford Park attracts the likes of us, and fortunately this effort has sustained longer.
The video above shows you what a brick looks like. The camera had a hard time focusing on the glossy surface.
Just as well it was under warranty, and the Sony Ericsson Service Centre reflashed the firmware, no questions asked and nothing to pay!
The moral of the story?
If your Sony Ericsson phone is an operator-branded phone, eg. Telstra, *DO NOT* use the Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS). It will brick your phone.
Took a pile of pictures at Brick Fiesta this year. Turnout was a bit disappointing compared to last year, but still had fun. I seemed to be damn near the only non-Texan at the con.
Got some great micro car ideas out of this one.
IV Małopolskie Dni Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 14-15 września 2002
Trzebinia i jej dzieje zawsze były związane z górnictwem kruszców. Odnotowana w dokumentach w XIV w., należała do włości królewskich. W XV w. jej właścicielem był Mikołaj Kesinger, który uzyskał przywilej lokacyjny dla osady górniczej. Z nim też wiążą się początki dworu trzebińskiego. Miejscowość często zmieniała właścicieli; dłużej należała do Trzebińskich, którzy w XVII i XVIII w. rozbudowali dwór i ufundowali kościół parafialny. W 1817 r. Trzebinia stała się miastem, a na przełomie XIX i XX w. ważnym ośrodkiem przemysłowym.
Dwór wraz z przynależnym doń terenem zakupili w 1920 r. Zieleniewscy. Przeprowadzili remont zaniedbanego budynku oraz dokonali jego przebudowy. Po wojnie pozostał on w rękach Zieleniewskich, lecz na parterze dworu rezydowały różne instytucje. W 1983 r. właścicielem dworu stała się Gmina Trzebinia, która przeprowadziła prace renowacyjne. Dwór odzyskał dawną świetność i mieści dzisiaj w piwnicach restaurację i kawiarnię, na piętrach pokoje hotelowe, a w dawnej kaplicy muzeum regionalne. Działa tutaj również powołana w 1996 r. instytucja kultury „Dwór Zieleniewskich”, organizująca koncerty, wystawy, warsztaty i spotkania ze znanymi osobami.
Znajdujący się niedaleko centrum miasta dwór jest piętrowym, częściowo podpiwniczonym, murowanym budynkiem o tynkowanych ścianach, wzniesionym na planie prostokąta. Nakrywa go łamany dach polski z dzielącą połacie drewnianą ścianką zdobioną pilastrami i elementami gometrycznymi. Obecną postać zyskał dwór głównie dzięki rozbudowie z 1767 r. W jego bryłę włączone są starsze, XV-wieczne piwnice o ścianach z kamienia, nakryte sklepieniami kolebkowymi.
Piętro budynku ma charakter mezzanina, czyli pośredniej, niższej kondygnacji pomiędzy wyższymi. Od zajazdu prowadzi do dworu portyk czterokolumnowy z trójkątnym frontonem. Przy elewacji południowej, ogrodowej, znajduje się dobudowany w 1919 r., dwukolumnowy, piętrowy ganek z balkonem, a od strony wschodniej taras.
Wnętrza, urządzone współcześnie, w układzie dwutraktowym w części wschodniej i trzytraktowym w zachodniej, nakrywają stropy belkowe i sufity. W zachodniej części dworu znajduje się pomieszczenie – być może dawna kuchnia – nakryte sklepieniem kolebkowym z lunetami. Wysoka na dwie kondygnacje sień wejściowa powstała w trakcie przebudowy w okresie międzywojennym.
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Zieleniewski Family Manor
in Trzebinia
The history of Trzebinia is closely related to the mining of precious metals. The town, first mentioned in the 14th century, was a part of the royal domain. In the 15th century Mikołaj Kensinger, then lord of Trzebinia, acquired a foundation act for a mining village. Kensiger was also a founder of the manor house. The town changed hands many times; for a longer period it remained in the Trzebiński family, who had the manor extended in the 17th and 18th centuries, while they also founded the local parish church. In 1817 Trzebinia became a town, and at the turn of the 19th century it developed into an important industrial centre.
In 1920 the Zieleniewski family bought the manor house and the surrounding grounds. They restored and extended the dilapidated building. After the second world war the family managed to keep the house, but its ground floor was appropriated for various State offices. In 1983 the manor house became the property of Trzebinia municipal authorities, and renovation of the estate was carried out. The house was restored to its former splendour. Nowadays the cellars house a restaurant and a café; there is a hotel on the upper floors and a regional museum in the former chapel. The building is also a seat of the Dwór Zieleniewskich cultural enterprise established in 1996, which organises concerts, exhibitions, workshops and meetings with famous people.
The manor house located close to the centre of the town is a one-storey brick structure built on the plan of a rectangle, partially founded upon a basement, with walls covered with plaster. It is covered with a typical Polish mansard roof, with the wooden wall separating its slopes divided decorated with pilasters and geometric elements. The manor acquired its present appearance in the extension carried out in 1767. The older, 15th-century barrel vaulted cellars were incorporated into the main building.
The upper storey of the house is of the mezzanine type, i.e. an intermediate floor just above ground level. The four-column portico with a triangular front leads top the courtyard. The southern, garden façade was extended by a two-column, twostorey porch with a balcony, constructed in 1919, and the eastern one by a terrace.
The interiors decorated in a contemporary style are organised into two suites in the eastern part of the building, and three in the western one. The ceilings of the rooms are supported on beams. The room in the western part of the house, perhaps the former kitchen, features a groin vault with small windows. The two-storey- high main porch originated during remodelling between the two world wars.
Brick Lane market, London, England, UK, Europe, Big John Carter, piano player, tattoo, outside, pavement, street, entertainer, Canon 10D, 17-40 f4, CRW_1600
Back to my trip to Europe Spet- Nov 2012. Madrid Oct 19, 2012 Spain. Inside Madrid's old railway station.
At this site, Madrid's first railway station was inaugurated on 9 February 1851 under the name Estación de Mediodía (Atocha-Mediodía is now the name of an area of the Arganzuela district, and means south in old Spanish).
After the building was largely destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1892. The architect for the replacement, in a wrought iron renewal style was Alberto de Palacio Elissagne, who collaborated with Gustave Eiffel. Engineer Henry Saint James also took part in the project.[1] The name Atocha has become attached to the station because of the nearby basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Atocha. The train platforms were partly covered by a roof in the form of inverted hull with a height of approximately 27 meters and length of 157 meters. The steel and glass roof spreads between two brick flanking buildings.
This complex of railway tracks expanded through the years. In 1985, a project of complete remodeling began, based on designs by Rafael Moneo. In 1992, the original building was taken out of service as a terminal, and converted into a concourse with shops, cafés, and a nightclub. Like the Orsay Museum in Paris, the concourse has been given a new function, this time a stunning 4,000 m2 (43,056 sq ft) covered tropical garden.
A modern terminal was also designed by Moneo, and built in adjacent land to serve both the new AVE trains and local commuter lines. The main lines end in the new terminal; commuter train platforms are located underground, at the ingress to a rail tunnel extending northward under the Paseo de la Castellana. The station is served by two Madrid Metro stations, Atocha and Atocha Renfe. The latter was added when the new terminal building was constructed and is directly linked to the railway station.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Atocha_railway_station
Taken for the Our daily Challenge group 27 April Bricks. I have these 23 bricks stacked up by a small garden wall. I set them out on the grass and this is what I was able to form using all 23.