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During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
I took the train to Birmingham in order to get some photos of the Library. Like many concrete buildings from the 70s, there are plans to demolish it. These bold civic shapes reflect the ethos of the city in that era.
The former Rolfe Street Baths built in 1888 which reflects the Arts and Crafts movement of the period. It contained the manager’s living accommodation, two swimming pools, twenty-eight slipper baths, two showers and a municipal laundry. It was set to be demolished before in 1989 it was taken down brick by brick and reconstructed at the Black Country Living Museum where it now acts as the reception and houses exhibition galleries. Dudley, West Midlands.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
The former Rolfe Street Baths built in 1888 which reflects the Arts and Crafts movement of the period. It contained the manager’s living accommodation, two swimming pools, twenty-eight slipper baths, two showers and a municipal laundry. It was set to be demolished before in 1989 it was taken down brick by brick and reconstructed at the Black Country Living Museum where it now acts as the reception and houses exhibition galleries. Dudley, West Midlands.
Stockholm Public Library (Stockholms stadsbibliotek or Stadsbiblioteket) (1924 - 28, 1932) by Erik Gunnar Asplund in Stockholm, Sweden.
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The long awaited Rosa Parks Transit Center finally opened to the public in downtown Detroit, Michigan on July 14, 2009. The 2.4 acre, $18.3 million project, designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff took 2 years to complete. The contractor is the DeMaria Building Company.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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The long awaited Rosa Parks Transit Center finally opened to the public in downtown Detroit, Michigan on July 14, 2009. The 2.4 acre, $18.3 million project, designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff took 2 years to complete. The contractor is the DeMaria Building Company.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
During the gold rush that hit Ballarat in the 1850s the Government Camp provided medical support for the growing central Victorian community, but mainly for officers and not for miners and the general community who could not afford to pay for medical help. Those wounded at the Eureka Stockade in 1854 received varying attention and the need for a hospital became apparent. A year later building of a hospital commenced.
By 1899, the Ballarat Base Hospital had grown dramatically, becoming a building as grand as the gold rich city itself, built in Picturesque Gothic style popular in England in the late part of the Nineteenth Century which emerged as a romantic movement from picturesque architects such as John Nash (1752 – 1835). The Queen Victoria Women’s Ward overlooks Ballarat’s premier boulevard, Sturt Street. Built of red brick with stone detailing it has deeply recessed windows and Flemish Gothic Revival towers and long balconies of cast iron lacework. Interestingly out of character for the building’s overall design is its Romanesque colonnade of arches on the ground floor.
Today, the Ballarat Base Hospital is a regional hub for medical treatment and employs over 3,000 staff.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
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A bittersweet celebration was held in celebration of Engine 31 of the Detroit Fire Department. The purpose of the celebration was to mark the 100 years of service the engine provided to the city.
What makes this celebration sad is that this engine company is seen as another pawn in the city's "firehouse roulette." That is, this engine is constantly one of those out of service because the department feels it can save money, whereas it creates a longer response time in a city busy with calls, which means lives are at stake. One of the firemen at the celebration remarked that 31 had been open for a few days and would most likely go out of service in a day for about six-months. Happy one-hundred years!
July 19, 2008.
The Manhattan Municipal Building was the city's attempt to centralize government departments and agencies into one place after the consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898. Stalin was reportedly an admirer--the "Seven Sisters" skyscrapers in Moscow are supposedly modeled after it.
I say a little more about the Manhattan Municipal Building on my New York City landmarks blog, The Masterpiece Next Door.
National Register Number
Municipal Building: 72000879
The Carillon Tower, Queen's Park, Loughborough , shown here in a snow storm, was built as a War Memorial by public subscription (£20,000 raised) in memory of the 480 men of the town who fell in the Great War.Architect: Mr Walter Tapper Builder:1923, J. Taylor and co.
47 bells, largest bell: 82 cwt 3 qr 16 lb, tuned to A flat
Three isolated walls at different angles to each other remain standing in the middle of a pile of rubble. In the background are other bombed-out buildings and a row which are still relatively intact.
The htel de ville was the town hall. A lot of French architecture and land was devastated by prolonged warfare as scenes like this typify. It took many years for the re-building to be completed.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. A peep at the Htel de Ville (Arras).']
San Francisco Landmark #187
Engine Company No. 37
2501 25th Street Between San Bruno and Vermont
Built 1918
Ward & Blohme designed this one-story brick and terra cotta embellished firehouse to serve the mostly Victorian homes of the residential Mission and Bernal Heights Districts. It is one of only two firehouses in the City without fire poles.
The firehouse lost a section from its eastern property line in the early 50's when the James Lick freeway was constructed.
When Engine 37 and 9 Truck were moved to new their new quarters at 2249 Jerrold Street, this firehouse became the home of the Bureau of Equipment. Members of BOE give the Department 24 hour apparatus repair service and operate the Department tow truck, if needed.
"1400 Vermont Street"
25th Street
San Francisco
#37 ENGINE, #9 TRUCK FIREHOUSE
built 1917
Miami Marine Stadium, designed by Cuban-born architect Hilario Candela, is a masterwork of civic architecture and modern construction where generations of Miamians once gathered to watch power boat races, attend Easter sunrise services, and enjoy concerts. Unfortunately as a result of more than 20 years of abandonment, the structure has experienced significant deterioration and environmental damage.
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Situated in Queen's Hall, Queen's Park, Loughborough, Charnwood Museum is housed in the old Victorian municipal swimming baths. As the building is grade II listed, a false floor has been put over the old tiled baths and the museum housed on top.