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October 2018 sequel to my 2015 series of windows in the New Zealand art deco town of Napier.
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When it was dedicated on March 6, 1927, the First Baptist Church embodied the distinctive style of its architect, Douglas Ellington, who incorporated traditional Beaux-Arts planning, the stark forms of early Christian church architecture, and fashionably modern Art Deco details in the new church. Ellington's building was the fifth house of worship for First Baptist Church since its organization in 1829. Membership grew from 37 in 1874 to approximately 1,500 in early the 1920s. The new church complex provided seating for 2,000 in the main sanctuary and space for another 3,000 in the surrounding educational buildings.
A slightly bellcast dome capped by a copper cupola sits atop the octagonal main auditorium and a full height hectacstyle portico greets visitors at the entrance. Although the outward form of the church is generally Neoclassical, the decorative patterns and surface ornament reflect the Art Deco style, which became popular in the 1920s. The primary exterior materials, brick and marble, are composed in a variety of patterns and low relief planes that enrich the wall surfaces with variations of texture and color. Terra cotta molding forms alternating bands of chevrons and nail head designs, while geometric star patterns set in low relief panels accentuate the entrance doors. The large, open sanctuary is richly detailed with geometric stars, stylized floral and feather motifs, diamond-shaped panels and abstract diagonal fretwork.
Reverend Robert J. Bateman, pastor of First Baptist Church during the building campaign, noted in The Southern Tourist (September 1926) that the church was "located in perhaps the most strategic point in the Southern Baptist Convention territory, Asheville the tourist city, where thousands of people from all over the country gather each year." He went on to express his pleasure with the new facility, which he described as "a magnificent church of rare architecture, and one in which the denomination as a whole may feel a pardonable pride." He also emphasized that the "elegant simplicity and practicability" of Ellington's design would impress "the throngs, passing that corner, with a silent Gospel message."
(source: www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/fir.htm)
Church Website: www.fbca.net
"Dallas Skyline at Sunrise with Reflection" - Glowing in the early morning light, sunrise envelops the radiant Dallas skyline in incandescent warmth with colors of aureolin, saffron, lavender, wisteria, and marigold. In the foreground, a flooded Trinity River winds past the city, revealing a rarely photographed moment of the beautiful Dallas skyline. (Photo/Stephen A. Masker)
Scene: Long exposure bicycle bridge Zuiderhogeweg Drachten
Date: Oktober 11 2016
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Iso: 100
3 Exposures Time: 10 / 20 / 30 sec (EV -1.0 / EV 0.0 / EV +1.0)
Apature: f/8.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
Lens Info: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Tripod: Velbon UT-43D II
photo development: Aurora HDR 2018 & Lightroom 6.12
The South Stack Lighthouse is built on the summit of a small island off the north-west coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales. It was built in 1809 to warn ships of the dangerous rocks below. The 91-foot tall lighthouse was designed by Daniel Alexander.
South Stack Anglesey,Wales
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Exiting the Shambles a beautiful narrow street full of independant shops stands St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church once the Bradford-on-Avon Town Hall a Grade 11 listed building.
Designed by Thomas Fuller
Bradford-on-Avon. Wiltshire.
Dension's bridge is a Historic England Grade II Listed Building. The bridge originally carried Church Lane over the canal. The lane passes ST. Lawrence church on the way to Stoak village. However it was a single lane bridge and not sufficient for modern traffic levels.The type of traffic this bridge supports is Farm Vehicles Pedestrians and cyclists.
Skeldergate Bridge was the third of the modern road bridges to cross the River Ouse at York the first being Ouse Bridge as early as the ninth century and the second, Lendal Bridge in 1861. The need for a third bridge was identified in 1873 when the Corporation of York reported that more than 800 people a day were using the Skeldergate ferry crossing. The foundation stone of the new bridge was laid in 1878 and the completed bridge officially opened to pedestrians on 1 January 1881 and to general traffic two months later.
York City Centre. Yorkshire
August 31, 2019: Norrköping, Sweden. Stefan Blomberg Photography – www.stefanblombergphotography.com
A Porto FC stadium tour and then to the Alameda Shopping Complex for a bit of designer gear.
Porto City Centre. 248/365
Peek through the window and be pleasantly surprised by what's on the other side.
Lake Windermere Cumbria. 183/365
Flamborough lighthouse was built in the early 19th century. It was designed and built by Samuel Wyatt as an upgrade on the old lighthouse and was immediately put to work guiding sea vessels safely around Flamborough headland still currently working.
Flamborough Head Lighthouse Yorkshire.
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Obidos is the classic Portuguese fortified town, and is one of the most picturesque locations in Portugal. Obidos radiates Portuguese charm, from the narrow cobbled streets, the quaint houses, through to the imposing medieval castle, which once guarded the region.
Dunedin, New Zealand - Taken through a bus window
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Isle of Arran, Scotland. Church of Scotland.
A massive campanile tower over 90ft high sits above this Gothic-style, red sandstone building by H & D Barclay 1886. The church was built by 12th Duke of Hamilton to replace an earlier building of 1773. Boarded, barrel-vaulted ceiling and carved, wooden tripartite Gothic sedilia. The tower hosts a peal of nine bells played every Sunday before service, the largest peal still existing cast for a Scottish church in a Scottish foundry.
The church was closed at the end of 2023.
Cattley St, Burnie - Tasmania
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... and therefore it is fully as necessary to seem to know something, as to know it in reality. (Daniel Webster)
Somewhere in Melbourne, Australia
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The small and pictoresque house with the bell gable in the little village Terstraten in Zuid-Limburg.
The Gurney Stove, seen on the right of the picture an invention patented in 1856, was extensively used to heat a wide variety of buildings.Invented and patented by Goldsworth Gurney.
Founded as a Benedictine abbey in 1092, Dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, The original church was built in the Romanesque or Norman style, parts of which can still be seen today. This church was subsequently rebuilt from around 1250 onward in the Gothic style, a process which took about 275 years and resulted in the incredible structure seen today.
Chester City Centre.
The Corpus Christi Basilica is located in the Old Jewish Quarter of Kraków (Kazimierz). believed to be among the most beautiful Baroque-style temples in Central Europe. It is worth stepping inside this unusual church while you visit. The Corpus Christi Basilica a masterpiece of Polish woodcarving of the mid-17th century and an architectural gem.
Kazimierz, Krakow. Poland
Warrnambool, Victoria - Australia
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Richmond, Tasmania
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A visit to my home city Liverpool took in Liverpool Cathedral a mighty building full of stunning beauty, this is the Lady Chapel on the East side of the Cathedral.
Liverpool. Merseyside. UK.
A walk along the bridge over the River Avon in Bath, was completed by 1774. Designed by Robert Adam, is highly unusual in that it has shops built across its full span on both sides.
Bath Somerset.
Farming is central to the rural economy of Cumbria. Directly, farming activities employ over 12,000 people on either a full-time (52%) or part-time basis. In the county the predominant farm type in terms of land use is Grazing Livestock, with 56,000 head of beef and 2,035,000 sheep. Agriculture shapes and manages the rural economy and environment of the county.
Langdale Valley Cumbria.
Melbourne (Vic), Australia
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Sydney Hospital - Nightingale Wing. Dating from 1869.
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Stanley, Tasmania
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Enders Island - "A scenic 11-acre island in Mystic, Connecticut where men and women from all walks of life come to experience renewal, healing and inspiration." (www.endersisland.com/about)
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