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The Clocktower Building in Warmley, Bristol that was built in the 1740's and was, for many years, associated with metalwork, specifically pin production.it later became a boot factory and part of a pottery works. It the centre it was used for a new project called SLAB when it was used as arts and community centre for young people. In this picture it was apparently only used to park an old bus that belongs to the Kingswood Bus Project but the bus looked as if it not been used for a long time.
Colorful sky seen from the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower, Denver....
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Sheldon: I am truly sorry for what happened last night. I take full responsibility and I hope it won't color your opinion of Leonard, who is not only a wonderful guy but also, I hear, a gentle and thorough lover...
--"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
I laid down on the sidewalk doing a "half-crunch/sit-up" for this photo. I"m a big boy, so that type of physical activity is not easy for me.
Taken with a Mikroma miniature camera in week 92 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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I loaded the camera with some 40 year old Ilford FP4 16mm movie film, hence the perforations visible at the top, the movie film is double perforated, the camera was designed to use single perforated film.
The first year of the project is documented in this book:
If you like books you will love Hay on Wye as there are dozens of used bookshops dotted around this small town.
Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their architectural elements of national symbolic importance, is the home of the Parliament of Canada. Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year. Law enforcement on Parliament Hill and in the parliamentary precinct is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS).
Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, development of the area into a governmental precinct began in 1859, after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. Following several extensions to the parliament and departmental buildings and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block, Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927. Since 2002, an extensive $3 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all the precinct's buildings; work is not expected to be complete until after 2028.
First attempt at an HDR. This is the clocktower at UCR at night and the moon through some clouds.
Nikon D60
18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 VR
This is the view down the centre of St. Francis Square with Clocktower House on the right and the south tower in the background. Considered the heart of the city St. Francis Square has been pedestrianised and is awaiting expansion to the north.
The beautiful Italian style Cally Clocktower in the early morning winter sun, December 2014.
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This wonderful clocktower stands proud above High Royds asylum just north of Leeds
The Kaiser Chiefs, a band from Leeds wrote a song called 'High Royds' about the former hospital.
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I didn't take this one.
My d90 with Tammy 17-50 f2.8 was commandeered by my good friend, Ophie.
Check her work out here: (once again proving you don't need expensive gear to shoot like a pro!)
I did however fix up contrast and clone stamped out the building and crane in the bg. Enjoy.
The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is a historic hotel structure at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street in Manchester, England. The building was originally constructed in segments from 1891 to 1932 as the Refuge Assurance Building.
History
Refuge Assurance Company
The first phase of this Grade II* listed red brick and terracotta building was designed for the Refuge Assurance Company by Alfred Waterhouse and built 1891–1895.[2] The inside was of Burmantofts faience and glazed brick. The ground floor was one enormous open business hall.[3] It was extended, with a striking 217-foot (66 m) tower, along Oxford Street by his son Paul Waterhouse in 1910–1912.[2] It was further extended along Whitworth Street by Stanley Birkett in 1932.[3]
What is now the ballroom was previously the dining hall for employees, with males and females being required to sit separately. Around 2,000 staff were employed. Women had to reapply for jobs if they married,[4] and some areas of the building were for men only.[5] The ballroom in the basment was used as a dance hall for workers in their lunch hour.[6]
After occupying the building as offices for nearly a century, the Refuge Assurance Company moved to the grounds of Fulshaw Hall, Cheshire on Friday 6 November 1987. The Refuge Assurance company had discussed converting the building into a new home for the Hallé Orchestra with one of Manchester's cultural patrons Sir Bob Scott for over a year. The £3 million funding required for the project did not materialise and the Halle subsequently moved from the Free Trade Hall to the new Bridgewater Hall upon opening in 1996.[7] Local architecture critic John Parkinson-Bailey noted that "one of the most prestigious and expensive buildings in Manchester lay forlorn and empty except for a caretaker and the ghost on its staircase".[7]
Conversion to hotel
The massive structure was converted to a hotel by Richard Newman in 1996 at a cost of £7 million, and was named the Palace Hotel, owned and operated by the Principal Hotel Company.[8] Principal Hotels was sold to Nomura International Plc in 2001,[9] and they rebranded the hotel as Le Méridien Palace Manchester. When Le Méridien Hotels faced financial difficulties,[10] the hotel was bought back by a reconstituted Principal Hotels in 2004[11] and again renamed the Palace Hotel. When Principal Hotels decided to brand all their hotels with their corporate name, the hotel was renamed The Principal Manchester, in November 2016.[12] The current glass dome in the reception area was taken from a Scottish railway station during the conversion to a hotel.[4]
In May 2018, the hotel was sold to the InterContinental Hotels Group.[13] It was announced in February 2020[14] that the hotel would be renamed the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in March; as part of InterContinental Hotels Group's Kimpton Hotels brand. However, the hotel was forced to close before the renaming, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] It reopened under the Kimpton name on October 1, 2020.[16]
The hotel is purported to be haunted.[6] One of the staircases is said to be haunted by a grieving war widow who committed suicide by throwing herself down it, throwing herself from the top floor.[4] The staircase in question was only accessible to men at the time.[5] Room 261 is allegedly haunted, with reports of the sound of children playing at night.[17]