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Built in 1929, this neo-Classical edifice began as the Fourth Christian Science church. It later became New Light Baptist, and is one of four churches in the Nardin Park area. The architectural firm of Weston and Ellington designed the building.
This building and others in the Nardin Park area were featured in the Detroit News architecture blog (detnews.com) on August 14, 2008.
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is a complex of buildings in London. It is the seat of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons). The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the government buildings of Whitehall.
The palace contains around 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 5 kilometres (3 mi) of corridors. Although the building mainly dates from the 19th century, remaining elements of the original historic buildings include Westminster Hall, used today for major public ceremonial events such as lyings in state, and the Jewel Tower.
Control of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts was for centuries exercised by the Queen's representative, the Lord Great Chamberlain. By agreement with the Crown, control passed to the two Houses in 1965. Certain ceremonial rooms continue to be controlled by the Lord Great Chamberlain.
After a fire in 1834, the present Houses of Parliament were built over the next 30 years. They were the work of the architect Sir Charles Barry (1795–1860) and his assistant Augustus Welby Pugin (1812–52). The design incorporated Westminster Hall and the remains of St Stephen's Chapel.
For more info on the The Houses of Parliament - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster
.A detailed description of this structure is given by F.S. Mackenna in the Kist, vol. 22, 1981. with an Appendix in Vol. 24. According to Mackenna Its design is attributed to William Adam c 1747 and the building dates from 1749.
It is built over a large boulder in the hillside from which a natural spring issues. The stream from the rock is collected in an oval rock-cut basin at the foot. A notch in the front rock wall of the basin permits an overflow into a small shallow basin cut into the flagged floor, from which it is conducted by a narrow winding channel in the floor to the outside edge of the pavement. The overflow now falls into a small hole in the channel (seen in the photo just outside the line of the gate) before it reaches the edge.
It is a beautifully built classical structure. The interior has an arched roof and the floor is paved. The blocks, apart from the keystone, surrounding the arched doorway and above it, are decorated with vermiculation. The roof has stone slabs and is curved at the rear. Carved graffiti are present on some roof blocks and on at least one side wall. The finer graffiti have been suggested by Mackenna to have been the work of the stonemasons.
Visited by David Dorren and Nina Henry on 20 February 2018.
Sony Alpha A6000 with Sigma 19mm f2.8
The National Monument was meant to be a replica of the Athenian Acropolis, being built in the 1800s as a monument after the Napoleonic Wars, but the money ran out and it was never finished. Over the intervening two centuries there has been the odd call to finish it, but most of us prefer it like this.
It stands on top of Calton Hill, just a few moments walk from the end of busy Princes Street, the hill offers wonderful 360 degree views across Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth. This month (until the 25th) a new sound and light set of artworks, Message From the Skies, is being projected onto buildings around the city. This one is being projected onto the National Monument and is by Kapka Kassabova. It was beautiful to watch and listen to, standing on the dark hill under the rising winter moon.
The message on all of them is of friendship with Europe - Scotland voted heavily to remain in the EU and there is real anger here at the London government pulling us out against our wishes, hence the theme of European roots and friendship on these projections.
Me with a style inspired by but not replicating the historical style of the Enlightenment in the stylistically appropriate setting of Queen Square in Bristol.
The Moana Hotel, also known as the First Lady of Waikīkī, is a famous historic hotel on the island of Oʻahu, located at 2365 Kalākaua Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Built in the late 19th century as the first hotel in Hawaiʻi, the Moana opened its doors to guests in 1901, becoming the first large hotel in Waikīkī. The Moana Hotel is regarded as the flagship in Hawaiʻi tourism, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In Hawaiian, moana means "open sea" or "ocean."
Here's a link with more info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_Hotel
Another classical mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery: the entrance is flanked by fluted Ionic columns. The notable buried here is Charles Van Dusen, who succeeded Sebastian S. Kresge as president of S.S. Kresge in 1925.
Past Meets Present Series (Rephotography Technique)
Experimenting with rephotographing an image of present day Ks State Capitol Building with an image overlay photograph taken of a Anti War Demonstration held at the Capitol in 1970.
The former large department store with 6 storey columns facing the street., now divided into a number of smaller retailers.
The Parthenon - Nashville, TN.
Kenda has lived in the area her entire life and though she has visited Argentina, Costa Rica, Italy, Scotland, Holland, Poland, France, Germany and Spain she has never visited the Parthenon in her own back yard. I took her there and she loved it.
Yes, we have been travelling... again, this time to the famous city by the bay, San Francisco. At first, to be honest, I didn't know what quite to expect. One hears so many various and interesting stories about this city, the glorious and colourful Victorian architecture beside modern skyscrapers.... and how can one not visit without travelling on the famed cable cars. Funny, I kept thinking of that song..... the line goes something like.... the cable cars, that travel halfway to the stars. The singer's name escapes me at the moment... Yes the hills are steep .... not a place for anything but good lace up runners in my mind.
It's not like any other city that I have visited... so far. The people, city scapes, the bay, the cable cars, the architecture, the various multicultural neighbourhoods, fisherman's wharf, Golden Gate bridge - just too many to take in and visit in one visit - a city one has to return to.