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Built for FedEx in 1984, Boeing 727 N213FE is getting de-iced on the Memphis ramp. This aircraft later went on to be 9Q-CVV for Serve Air Cargo, in 2014, operating out of the Congo.
Built 2014 for Kystekspressen. Operates passenger ferry services between Trondheim and Kristiansund.
Trondheimfjord, Norway
Built in 1910, with 88 tigers rampant in the balustrade, and King Rama VI initials. It was paid for by the King and built on his 31st birthday.
Built in 1848, this Greek Revival-style building was constructed to house the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb, which occupied the site from 1848 until 1924, when the school moved to South Knoxville, with several additional buildings being constructed on the campus around the original structure. Following the move of the school, the building was repurposed as Knoxville City Hall in 1925, replacing a previous structure built in 1888 on Market Square, with the building being utilized as City Hall until 1980, when the city government moved to the City-County Building on Hill Avenue. The building features a red brick exterior, a two-story ionic portico at the front entrance in the center of the front (south) facade with a pediment above, a large cornice, smaller porticoes at the end bays of the front facade with doric pilasters, six-over-six double-hung windows with stone lintels and sills, a central entry door with sidelights and a transom, a hipped standing seam roof, a large staircase up to the front portico, and a stucco-clad stone base. A two-story rear addition on the building with a brick exterior and porches with arched openings connects the building to three other former School for the Deaf buildings, which are Italianate in style and feature red brick exteriors, cornices with modillions, hipped roofs, arched window openings, and a detached two-story Renaissance Revival-style building to the east of the building, which also was formerly part of the School for the Deaf. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, with various organizations and businesses having been housed in the building since the departure of city hall in 1980, with the buildings presently being home to Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law.
*Somehow* I have 377 pictures from a road trip to Chicago & Wisconsin that I took with a friend in May 2013... that never got posted until now.
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History of the Polo Inn Motel - Located next door to the McDonald's Museum on Lee Street, the Polo Inn Motel, was known as Drury Northwestern Motel from 1951-2005, and was used as Northwestern Hospital 1931-1951. Originally built as a bank in 1929, (but never operated as a bank as a result of the stock market crash). Facade has since been entirely painted and made ugly. Still, restorable. The columns painted green here are supposed to be dark blue. This spray paint is a good argument for why there should be some restrictions over what you can do to a visible public building.
(Copied research from BWChicago) - "It was built for use as a bank with offices above in 1929, but never opened because of the stock market crash. It then served as Northwestern Hospital, the Northwest suburbs' sole hospital, for 20 years until Resurrection and Holy Family opened, and was then converted to the Drury Northwestern Motel, back when River and Rand were travel routes. It turned into the Polo Inn in about 2003. It's pretty unusual architecture for a bank - I guess you'd call it Egyptian-Moorish Art Deco? I've never been able to turn up information on its architect, nor what bank it was intended for.
Oddly, the building was built a few blocks out of downtown proper, and was the only substantial building around besides the subdivision in the blocks behind it built by the same developer, H. Roy Berry.
I can't imagine it will remain a flophouse too much longer. I hope it can be turned into a McDonald's museum, or else have the facade reused in the actual downtown, maybe as an annex to the Des Plaines Theatre. Paint is removable, especially from terra cotta.
A few years ago, the Des Plaines Historical Society was floating the idea of a "history campus", since they need more room for offices, exhibits, archives, and events. The proposal calls for tearing down this historic building, putting up a new, larger building, and moving the 1906 Queen Anne Kinder House to this location next to the flashing lights of McDonald's and the roar of traffic, in a place where no houses existed in 1906. I don't think they'll ever have the money to pull off such an ambitious and ill-considered plan, although I hope they can find a suitable home in a historic building.
Further research indicates that it was designed by architects Rowe, Dillard, & Rowe in late 1927, with terra cotta by Midland Terra Cotta. Rowe usually designed in tudor style, but this is clearly more Egyptian. It looks like it was originally meant as two stores with apartments above, the bank concept must have come somewhat later.
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March 14 2013 -
Man Dies after Stabbing at Des Plaines Motel
Des Plaines Police Wednesday night surrounded the Polo Inn near the “5 Corners” area of Rand and Rivers roads responding to a report of a stabbing. They cordoned off the small two-story motel with yellow police tape.
Police were tight-lipped about details of the incident yesterday (Thursday) morning citing an ongoing investigation.
Deputy Police Chief Nick Treantafeles said there was a stabbing connected to a domestic dispute that occurred at the Polo Inn at 374 Lee St. at around 5:30 p.m.
"Police say a woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend at a Des Plaines motel won’t be charged in the killing, adding the act may have been self-defense.
Des Plaines police responded to the Polo Inn, 374 S. Lee St., at 5:28 p.m. on March 6 to find Charles McGinnis, 51, with a single stab wound to the heart area, police said." -- Chicago Tribune, 3/12/1013
June 13, 2013 - 6 Tossed From ‘Unfit’ Polo Inn.
Six people were tossed out from allegedly squatting inside Polo Inn. & When police removed six inhabitants from the structurally unsound Polo Inn last month they left eight elusive residents behind. But three weeks later, police have caught at least seven of the eight cats that were still roaming the aging building. City officials declared the building unfit for occupancy. There was extensive flood damage, fire safety concerns and other issues with the aging building that made it dangerous to live. The ordeal dates back to the April flood when the area near River and Rand roads was underwater for several days. Ever since the epic April flood, the Polo Inn in Des Plaines has been unlivable & suffered damage during that flood and was deemed unfit for occupancy by city inspectors. However, at least six people continued to live in the second floor of the building, until police raided the structure in the early morning hours of June 13, removing those residents from the property.
However, one woman, Darcy Brisco, was tending to eight cats in her unit that she had to leave behind when police came. Brisco told The Journal she worked out an arrangement with city building inspectors to enter the building once a day and feed the cats.
July 5 2013 -
7 Felines Rounded Up At Polo Inn.
March 27 2014 -
City Seeks Demolition Of Polo Inn
April 7 2015 -
Des Plaines Looks To Demolish old Polo Inn
February 3 2016 -
End Seems Near For ‘Five Corners’ Inn. Located near Five Corners and River and Rand roads, the Polo Inn was at one time a hospital.The days of a worn out two-story building in the “Five Corners” area of Rand and River roads appear to be numbered as the city of Des Plaines is preparing to file in Skokie court this week a complaint to force the demolition of the former Polo Inn motel. Ever since the 2013 devastating flood that hit Five Corners and neighborhoods along the Des Plaines River, the city has had its eye on having the building demolished.
October 28 2016 -
Wrecking equipment stands ready to spring into action next to the long shuttered Polo Inn building on Lee Street near River and Rand roads in Des Plaines Friday. After lengthy condemnation court proceedings, the once former motel and hospital will be demolished today (Friday). It has been damaged many times by water when the River-Rand intersection has flooded.
August 30 2020 - Google street view of 374 Lee St
374 Lee St. Des Plaines, IL. 052813.
Built for the Leeds Northern Railway between 1849 and 1851 the bridge cost £44,500 and was designed by Thomas Grainger and John Bourne.
It is half a mile long and a plaque on the Yarm side gives details of its construction. It is Grade 2 listed.
The bridge is still in use today, carrying both passenger and freight trains.
Wayne Rooney
• Wayne was so good he was in Everton’s academy while still at De La Salle school. He then went straight into the Toffees first team squad!
• At 16 Wayne made his top flight debut against Spurs and five days before his 17th birthday he scored an incredible last-minute winner against Arsenal.
• Before turning 17 and becoming eligible for a professional contract Wayne was playing for £100 a week.
• Wayne can’t stop breaking records. He was the youngest ever Everton scorer, youngest cap and youngest ever scorer for England. He was the youngest ever scorer at the Euro Champs until Switzerland’s Johann Vonlathen nicked the record from him.
• There’s more bad news for future Premiership and international defences – Wayne’s 11-year-old brother John is also on the books at Everton!
• Wayne Rooney runs around 11.82km during a match. This is incredibly almost 1km more than Luis Figo’s average! And strikers are supposed to do less work.
• During a football match, on average Wayne walks for 4,000m, jogs for 4,800m, runs for 1500m, light sprinting for 1000m and 500m sprinting!
• On average, Wayne heads the ball twice, uses his chest 13 times and his feet touches the ball 90 times in one game!
• Wayne clocks up 9.70 metres per second. And that’s not too far off the pace of a sprinter like Maurice Greene who weighs in at just over 10 m/s!
• Rooney has signed lucrative contracts with Nike, Nokia, Ford, Asda and Coca Cola. His marketing value is estimated at £46 million, making him the third-highest rated football player behind Ronaldinho and David Beckham. As a side note, he is featured on 500 million Coca-Cola cans.
• Rooney’s childhood football hero is former England and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer.
‘Scene’ at SHOWBUS 2022, The ‘Wright’ Stuff
Single Deckers
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Sir William Wright, the founder of the company that carries his name, passed away in July 2022 year at the age of 94.
From small beginnings in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, he built a multi million pound company with worldwide connections.
This blog (2 of 2) is my small tribute to the man and to all that he achieved.
He certainly had the ‘Wright’ stuff.
New to ‘Minsterly Motors’, Stiperstones, Shropshire.
Built in 1869, the Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse on Lake Huron in Alcona County near the city of Harrisville in the northeastern part of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. It was built to ward mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles lakeward from Sturgeon Point. The lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is to date the sole listing for Alcona County.
I've always been in love with the theming in and around Wilderness Lodge at WDW. Here's a quick shot of the natural spring that comes straight out of the floor in the lobby of the hotel!! LoL. :) Please let me know what you all think as any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated. Enjoy!
The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president.
The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was ranked seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.
The first public memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Washington D.C. was a statue by Lot Flannery erected in front of the District of Columbia City Hall in 1868, three years after Lincoln's assassination.[2] Demands for a fitting national memorial had been voiced since the time of Lincoln's death. In 1867, the Congress passed the first of many bills incorporating a commission to erect a monument for the sixteenth president. An American sculptor, Clark Mills, was chosen to design the monument. His plans reflected the nationalistic spirit of the time, and called for a 70-foot (21 m) structure adorned with six equestrian and 31 pedestrian statues of colossal proportions, crowned by a 12-foot (3.7 m) statue of Abraham Lincoln. Subscriptions for the project were insufficient.[3]
The matter lay dormant until the start of the 20th century, when, under the leadership of Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois, six separate bills were introduced in Congress for the incorporation of a new memorial commission. The first five bills, proposed in the years 1901, 1902, and 1908, met with defeat because of opposition from Speaker Joe Cannon. The sixth bill (Senate Bill 9449), introduced on December 13, 1910, passed. The Lincoln Memorial Commission had its first meeting the following year and former U.S. President William H. Taft was chosen as the commission's president. Progress continued at a steady pace and by 1913 Congress had approved of the Commission's choice of design and location.
The commission's plan was questioned. Many thought that architect Henry Bacon's Greek temple design was far too ostentatious for a man of Lincoln's humble character. Instead they proposed a simple log cabin shrine. The site too did not go unopposed. The recently reclaimed land in West Potomac Park was seen by many to be either too swampy or too inaccessible. Other sites, such as Union Station, were put forth. The Commission stood firm in its recommendation, feeling that the Potomac Park location, situated on the Washington Monument-Capitol axis, overlooking the Potomac River and surrounded by open land, was ideal. Furthermore, the Potomac Park site had already been designated in the McMillan Plan of 1901 to be the location of a future monument comparable to that of the Washington Monument.[3][4]
With Congressional approval and a $300,000 allocation, the project got underway. On February 12, 1914, a dedication ceremony was conducted and following month the actual construction began. Work progressed steadily according to schedule. Some changes were made to the plan. The statue of Lincoln, originally designed to be 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, was enlarged to 19 feet (5.8 m) to prevent it from being overhelmed by the huge chamber. As late as 1920, the decision was made to substitute an open portal for the bronze and glass grille which was to have guarded the entrance. Despite these changes, the Memorial was finished on schedule. Commission president William H. Taft – who was then Chief Justice of the United States – dedicated the Memorial on May 30, 1922 and presented it to President Warren G. Harding, who accepted it on behalf of the American people. Lincoln's only surviving son, 79-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln, was in attendance.[5]
The Memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.[6]
The exterior of the Memorial echoes a classic Greek temple and features Yule marble from Colorado. The structure measures 189.7 by 118.5 feet (57.8 by 36.1 m) and is 99 feet (30 m) tall. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 36 fluted Doric columns, one for each of the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, and two columns in-antis at the entrance behind the colonnade. The columns stand 44 feet (13 m) tall with a base diameter of 7.5 feet (2.3 m). Each column is built from 12 drums including the capital. The columns, like the exterior walls and façades, are inclined slightly toward the building's interior. This is to compensate for perspective distortions which would otherwise make the memorial appear to bulge out at the top when compared with the bottom, a common feature of Ancient Greek architecture.[7]
Above the colonnade, inscribed on the frieze, are the names of the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death and the dates in which they entered the Union. Their names are separated by double wreath medallions in bas-relief. The cornice is composed of a carved scroll regularly interspersed with projecting lions' heads and ornamented with palmetto cresting along the upper edge. Above this on the attic frieze are inscribed the names of the 48 states present at the time of the Memorial's dedication. A bit higher is a garland joined by ribbons and palm leaves, supported by the wings of eagles. All ornamentation on the friezes and cornices was done by Ernest C. Bairstow.[7]
The Memorial is anchored in a concrete foundation, 44 to 66 feet (13 to 20 m) in depth, constructed by M. F. Comer and Company and the National Foundation and Engineering Company, and is encompassed by a 187-by-257-foot (57 by 78 m) rectangular granite retaining wall measuring 14 feet (4.3 m) in height.[7]
Leading up to the shrine on the east side are the main steps. Beginning at the edge of the Reflecting Pool, the steps rise to the Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway surrounding the edifice, then to the main portal, intermittently spaced with a series of platforms. Flanking the steps as they approach the entrance are two buttresses each crowned with an 11-foot (3.4 m) tall tripod carved from pink Tennessee marble[7] by the Piccirilli Brothers.[8]
The area where the statue stands is 60 feet wide, 74 feet long, and 60 feet high.[9] The interior of the Memorial is divided into three chambers by two rows of Ionic columns. These columns, four in each row, are 50 feet (15 m) tall and 5.5 feet (1.7 m) in diameter at their base. The north and south side chambers contain carved inscriptions of Lincoln's second inaugural address and his Gettysburg Address.[10] Bordering these inscriptions are pilasters ornamented with fasces, eagles, and wreaths. The inscriptions and adjoining ornamentation were done by Evelyn Beatrice Longman.[7]
The Memorial is filled with symbolism: the 36 columns represent the states in the union at the time of Lincoln's death, the 48 stone festoons on the attic above the columns represent the 48 states in 1922. Above each of the inscriptions is a 60-by-12-foot (18 by 3.7 m) mural painted by Jules Guerin graphically portraying governing principles evident in Lincoln's life. On the south wall mural, Freedom, Liberty, Immortality, Justice, and the Law are pictured, while the north wall portrays Unity, Fraternity, and Charity. Both scenes contain a background of cypress trees, the emblem of Eternity. The murals were crafted with a special mixture of paint which included elements of kerosene and wax to protect the exposed artwork from fluctuations in temperature and moisture conditions.[11]
The ceiling of the Memorial, 60 feet (18 m) above the floor, is composed of bronze girders, ornamented with laurel and oak leaves. Between the girders are panels of Alabama marble, saturated with paraffin to increase their translucency. Despite the increased light from this device, Bacon and French felt the statue required even more light. They decided upon an artificial lighting system in which a louvered lighting panel would be set in the ceiling with metal slats to conceal the great floodlights. Custodians could adjust the lights from a control room, varying them according to the outside light. Funds for this expensive system were appropriated by Congress in 1926, and in 1929, seven years after the dedication, the statue was properly lighted. Since that time, only one major alteration has taken place in the Memorial's design. This was the addition of an elevator within the structure to aid handicapped visitors, which was installed in the mid-1970s.[11]
Statue[edit]
Main article: Abraham Lincoln (French 1920)
IN THIS TEMPLE
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSHRINED FOREVER
Epitaph above Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Statue
Abraham Lincoln, by Daniel Chester French
General Robert E. Lee's profile is purportedly hidden in Lincoln's hair; the NPS claims it to be an urban legend.
Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French, and took four years to complete. The statue, originally intended to be only 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, was, on further consideration, enlarged so that it finally stood 19 feet (5.8 m) tall from head to foot, the scale being such that if Lincoln were standing, he would be 28 feet (8.5 m) tall. The extreme width of the statue is the same as its height. The Georgia white marble sculpture weighs 175 short tons (159 t) and had to be shipped in 28 separate pieces.[11]
The statue rests upon an oblong pedestal of Tennessee marble 10 feet (3.0 m) high, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 17 feet (5.2 m) deep. Directly beneath this lies a platform of Tennessee marble about 34.5 feet (10.5 m) long, 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and 6.5 inches (0.17 m) high. Lincoln's arms rest on representations of Roman fasces, a subtle touch that associates the statue with the Augustan (and imperial) theme (obelisk and funerary monuments) of the Washington Mall.[12] The statue is discretely bordered by two pilasters, one on each side. Between these pilasters and above Lincoln's head stands the engraved epitaph,[11] composed by Royal Cortissoz, shown in the box to the left.[13]
Sculptural features[edit]
The sculpture has been at the center of two urban legends. Some have claimed that the face of General Robert E. Lee was carved onto the back of Lincoln's head,[14] and looks back across the Potomac toward his former home, Arlington House, now within the bounds of Arlington National Cemetery. Another popular legend is that Lincoln is shown using sign language to represent his initials, with his left hand shaped to form an "A" and his right hand to form an "L", the president's initials. The National Park Service denies both legends.[14]
However, historian Gerald Prokopowicz writes that, while it is not clear that sculptor Daniel Chester French intended Lincoln's hands to be formed into sign language versions of his initials, it is possible that French did intend it, because he was familiar with American Sign Language, and he would have had a reason to do so, that is, to pay tribute to Lincoln for having signed the federal legislation giving Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf, the authority to grant college degrees.[15] The National Geographic Society's publication, "Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C." states that Daniel Chester French had a son who was deaf and that the sculptor was familiar with sign language.[16][17] Historian James A. Percoco has observed that, although there are no extant documents showing that French had Lincoln's hands carved to represent the letters "A" and "L" in American Sign Language, "I think you can conclude that it's reasonable to have that kind of summation about the hands."[18]
Sacred space[edit]
The March on Washington in 1963 brought 250,000 people to the National Mall and is famous for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech.
As Sandage, (1993) demonstrates, the Memorial has become a symbolically sacred venue especially for the Civil Rights movement. In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow the African-American contralto Marian Anderson to perform before an integrated audience at the organization's Constitution Hall. At the suggestion of Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harold L. Ickes, the Secretary of the Interior, arranged for a performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday of that year, to a live audience of 70,000, and a nationwide radio audience.
On August 28, 1963, the memorial grounds were the site of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which proved to be a high point of the American Civil Rights Movement. It is estimated that approximately 250,000 people came to the event, where they heard Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his historic speech, "I Have a Dream", before the memorial honoring the president who had issued the Emancipation Proclamation 100 years earlier. The D.C. police also appreciated the location because it was surrounded on three sides by water, so that any incident could be easily contained.[19] Twenty years later, on August 28, 1983, crowds gathered again to mark the 20th Anniversary Mobilization for Jobs, Peace and Freedom, to reflect on progress in gaining civil rights for African Americans and to commit to correcting continuing injustices. The "I Have a Dream" speech is such a part of the Lincoln Memorial story, that the spot on which King stood, on the landing eighteen steps below Lincoln's statue, was engraved in 2003 in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the event. This engraving can be easy to miss unless one walks up the very center of the steps. The engraving is not large and the letters have not been painted in to make them more readable.
The location on the steps where King delivered the speech is commemorated with this inscription
At the memorial on May 9, 1970, President Richard Nixon had a middle-of-the-night impromptu, brief meeting with protesters who, just days after the Kent State shootings, were preparing to march against the Vietnam War.
The Memorial today[edit]
Approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually.[20] In 2007, the Memorial was ranked seventh in the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects.[21] The Memorial is open to the public 24 hours a day and is free to visit.
Liverpool Cathedral: the largest in the UK and fifth largest in the world. My dad worked on this building in the mid '50s, renovating and extending the electrical wiring. The wiring had to be laid in the seams between the huge sandstone blocks. Masons would dig out the seams, dad (and the other electricians) would lay the wiring, zigzagging around the huge blocks, and the masons would then refill the seams. It's a big, strong building and the spiritual home of Merseyside Anglicans.
Built in Japan for Great Western and Virgin East Coast the first
800 IEP daylight run in Diesel Mode to initially replace the HST
and later the class 91
Built for HKLUG Ninjago Contest!
Of course, Meowthra loves fish the most. Garmadon's Mecha Man is in danger!
PB15 448 and AC16 221A make for stark contrasts in more ways than one.
While the PB15's were an improvement on the original B15 design and constructed with a long service life in mind, the AC16's were designed to be built as quickly as possible during the height of World War II.
With a design life of only five or so years, the seventy three year old Baldwin looks set to continue in steam for many years to come.
This building, now named “The Chambers” and dated 1889 was built as Chambers for the local District Council. It has also been the social meeting place for the township.
It now comprises the information centre and a coffee shop.
The building has been known as the Meningie Town Hall and the Meningie Institute.
Meningie Council Meeting January 18
Present Crs Hyde (Chair), Gall, McCallum, McFarlane, Bundey, Peterson and Williams.
Tenders were opened for building a council chamber, which were rather high, and a committee, consisting of the chairman, Crs Williams, McCallum and Peterson, were instructed to arrange with the lowest tenderer, but the cost of building not to exceed the amount authorised by the council. [Ref: South Australian Chronicle 26-1-1889]
Meningie March 19
After a meeting adjournement the Council proceeded to the site of the new Council Chamber. The Chairman in a neat little speech declared the foundation stone duly laid after the customary manner: the Councillors in a body then viewed the adjoining School building which is now being erected. [Narracoorte Herald 29-3-1889]
July 17 1889
The Council met in their new Council Chamber for the first time: The Chairman said it was a credit to the district, and he congratulated the contractors and Overseer of Works for erecting such a neat and substantial building. [Ref: Southern Argus 25-7-1889]
Meningie July 12
Mr S R Sanderson (hon secretary Meningie Institute Library) wrote asking for use of rooms for library and committee meetings: to be referred to hall committee— Crs Hyde, Williams, and Peterson to be the hall committee. [Ref: South Australian Chronicle 20-7-1889]
Meningie January 26
There is a sign of the growth of the township, and all our important buildings are being enlarged. The hotel and store have had extensive additions made, and now the Institute will receive attention.
An enthusiastic meeting was held last Wednesday to urge the Council to extend the hall and build a proper stage at the earliest opportunity. Subscription lists were opened and over £13 was collected in the room. A deputation will wait on the Council on Tuesday next. [Ref: Narracoorte Herald 5-2-1907]
Mr A J Myren the successful tenderer for the enlargement of the Institute Hall has begun his work, and now that the foundations have been taken out, one is able to judge what a grand hall the new one will be. The stage is 12ft and an underground room will be built also, and as much as possible be made up to date.
This has been a much felt want, and we are eagerly looking forward to its opening. [Southern Argus 25-4-1907]
Meningie May 28
The foundation stone of the additions to the hall was laid today by Mr G G Hacket (Chairman of the District Council of Meningie). There was a fair attendance of residents, and the Chairman and Mr O Witt (secretary to building fund) made suitable speeches. [Ref: Observer 8-6-1907]
Built in 1858, the Grand Traverse Lighthouse is located at the tip of the Leelanau peninsula, separating Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay, marking the Manitou Passage in northern Michigan.
Built in 1908, Brackett Observatory at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
116. Education
For six word story.
I built him dreams so he would have hope
I built him a home so he would feel safe
yet walls caved in &
he torn my castle into flames
he put fences around our hearts
and I would build wings so we could fly
I would carry our bodies until my arms no longer reached the shore
until no love is pure
Test roll for Canon A35F
Camera: Canon A35F Rangefinder
Lens: Fixed 40mm f2.8
Film: GAF/Ansco SuperHypan 320 expired in the 70s sometime, shot at 100
Developer: Xtol (8 min at 20C)
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Built in 1817 in the Georgian style, the house is now part of the campus of the Florence Griswold Museum. Florence Griswold (1850-1937) used it as a boarding house where American impressionists lived and painted. Leading artists of the Old Lyme Colony who stayed in the boarding house were Henry Ward Ranger, Edward Charles Volkert, Childe Hassam and Willard Metcalf. President Woodrow Wilson and his family dined with "Miss Florence" and the artists as well. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993. The museum, partially seen just to the left of the house is noted for its collection of American impressionist paintings.
Built to cross the River Esk at a cost of £40,000 in 1882-4, this viaduct carried the the Scarborough-Whitby line which sadly closed in1965.
Built in 1890 as the Athenaeum Club, one of Melbourne's three most important social clubs from the 1890s and located within the prestigious Block precinct, the Block Court Building was designed by the distinguished Melbourne architect, William Salway.
Above ground level, its four storey faced is intact and in character with the adjacent Block Arcade buildings.
In 1930, the building was remodelled from designs by architect Harry Norris with a shopping arcade inserted at ground level connecting Collins Street to the Elizabeth Street section of the Block arcade, and the building was renamed Block Court.
The arcade is distinguished by its Collins Street entrance signage with fine Jazz Moderne typography, stylized floral and zig-zag motif use of multi-coloured terrazzo to the arcade floor, jazz moderne terracotta and ornamental bronzes and period light fittings to the arcade ceiling, and recently refurbished copper shop window and entry fittings.
The arcade of Block Court is significant as being an example of the 1930s continuation of the typological tradition of shopping arcades in Melbourne begun in the nineteenth century with arcades such as Royal Arcade (Charles Webb) 1869 and the adjacent Block Arcade (Twentyman & Askew) 1890-93.
Built by The British Thomson-Houston Company, the electric motor powered the winding drums of Victory Shaft at Geevor.
Kmart #3620 opened 11/9/1992 and permanently closed sometime at the end of July 2016.
The Sandburg Mall opened in Galesburg IL on 10/1/1974. It was built by General Growth Properties which owned the mall up until the late nineties. Since that time the mall has been in constant decline. Sears left the mall in late 2014. With Kmarts departure the mall only has two other anchors JCPenney and Bergners.
Built 1973-76. Architect: Graham Law, Law & Dunbar-Nasmith (LDN), Theatre Consultant: John Wyckham, Main Contractors: Crudens Ltd. Redeveloped and expanded, Page\Park Architects, 2007. Visually stunning, 3-tiered theatre complex consisting of stage, auditorium, restaurant, bar and foyer spaces linked to pre-existing 19th century Bishop's Palace to N. Public area facing riverfront steps back in 2 tiers. Bottom tier (housing largest main foyer, restaurant and bar) consists of 6 hexagonal glazed projections with slated hexagonal pitched roofs. 2nd tier (housing smaller 1st, 2nd and upper circle foyers) consists of 6 projecting glass walls with pitched slate roofs.
A nationally significant theatre complex as one of the first high status modernist buildings in the Highlands and the first completely new theatre complex to have been built in Scotland within approximately 50 years.
The idea of creating a civic complex for the Highlands for drama, music and conferences had been mooted by Inverness Town Council since the mid 1960s. In 1967 the Council commissioned leading theatre consultant John Wyckham, to undertake a feasibility study. Eden Court was built amidst much public opposition, firstly to the idea of a theatre (especially as it sits upon consecrated ground), later to the design and then to the escalating costs. St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral stands nearby to the N and the adjacent Bishop's Palace which was built for Robert Eden, the Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness provided the name for Eden Court. The economic climate was also difficult, however, with persistent support and with funds raised from grants, loans and public donations, the building opened in April 1976 and continues to operate as intended. Eden Court received the 1977 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award.