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Commerce,(noun). A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.
Abandoned street trackage on Commerce St. Tacoma WA., September, 2009. This location is a few blocks from Union Station.
Playa de la Concha (in English: "Shell Beach"), the city’s most famous sandy shore with the Hotel Londres on the left, San Sebastián (Donostia), Basque region, Spain
Some background information:
San Sebastián is a coastal city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community in northeastern Spain. The city’s Basque name is Donostia, but in spite of appearances, both the Basque form Donostia and the Spanish form San Sebastián have the same meaning of Saint Sebastian. The city lies on the Bay of Biscay, 20 km (12 miles) from the French border. It is the capital of the province of Gipuzkoa. The city’s population is about 190,000 while its metropolitan area has about 450,000 residents. Locals call themselves donostiarra (singular), both in Spanish and Basque.
The main economic activities are commerce and tourism. Despite the city's small size, events such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival have given it an international dimension. In 2016, San Sebastián was the European Capital of Culture, along with Wrocław, Poland. The city is surrounded by easily accessible hilly areas, sits at the mouth of the river Urumea and has three main beaches, which make it a popular seaside resort: Playa de la Concha, Playa de Ondarreta and Playa de la Zurriola.
In 2018, the first one, Playa de la Concha, which you can see on this picture, was even elected Europe’s best beach by customers of the popular travel portal tripadvisor.com. Well, the way I see it, it may be one of Europe’s most beautiful city beaches. But to be honest, I cannot fully understand the result of that election. In my opinion, electing it Europe’s best beach just shows that many travellers on tripadvisor.com have absolutely no idea, as they never leave the beaten tourist tracks. However, if you don’t leave them, you’ll never be able to find Europe’s real best beaches with regard to wideness, neatness, beauty of scenery, development, seclusion and parking spaces free of charge.
San Sebastián is thought to have been in the territory of the Varduli in Roman times, but its name appears first in the Middle Ages. In 1014, the monastery of St. Sebastián was donated to the Abbey of Leire by King Sancho III of Pamplona. In 1181, the town was chartered by King Sancho VI of Pamplona, having jurisdiction over all the territory between the rivers Oria and Bidasoa.
In 1200, the city was conquered by Castile, whose king Alfonso VIII, confirmed its charter. However, the Kingdom of Navarre was deprived of its main direct access out to the sea. Perhaps as soon as 1204, the city’s nucleus at the foot of Mount Urgull started to be populated with Gascon-speaking colonizers from the city of Bayonne and beyond, who left an important imprint in San Sebastián’s identity in the centuries to come.
In 1265, the use of the city as a seaport was granted to Navarre as part of a wedding pact. The large quantity of Gascons inhabiting the town favoured the development of trade with other European ports and Gascony. The city steered clear of the destructive War of the Bands in Gipuzkoa, the only town in doing so in that territory. In fact, the town only joined Gipuzkoa in 1459 after the war had come to an end.
Up to the 16th century, San Sebastián remained mostly out of wars, but by the beginning of the 15th century, a line of walls of simple construction is attested encircling the town. The last chapter of the town in the Middle Ages was brought about by a fire that devastated almost all buildings in 1489. After burning to the ground, the town began a new renaissance by being rebuilt mainly with stone instead of bare timber.
The early 16th century brought a period of instability and war for the city. New state boundaries were drawn that left San Sebastián located close to Spain's border with France. Thicker and more sophisticated walls were erected while the town became involved in the military campaigns between 1521 and 1524 that formed part of the Spanish conquest of Navarre. The town provided critical naval help to Emperor Charles V during the siege of Hondarribia and also aided the monarch by sending a party to the Battle of Noain. Meanwhile, the climate of war and disease left the town in a poor condition that drove many fishermen and traders to take to the sea as corsairs as a way of getting a living.
In 1656, the city was used as the royal headquarters during the marriage of the Infanta to Louis XIV (resp. the Sun King) at Saint-Jean-de-Luz nearby. After a relatively peaceful 17th century, the town was besieged and taken over by the troops of the French Duke of Berwick up to 1721. However, San Sebastián was not spared by shelling in the French assault and many urban structures had to be reconstructed.
In 1808, Napoleonic forces captured San Sebastián in the Peninsular War. In 1813, after a siege of various weeks, a landing party from a British Royal Navy squadron captured Santa Clara Island in the bay. Situated on a narrow promontory that jutted out into the sea between the waters of the Bay of Biscay and the broad estuary of the Urumea River, the town was hard to get at and well fortified. Three days later, British and Portuguese troops besieging San Sebastián assaulted the town. The relieving troops ransacked and burnt the city to the ground while only the street at the foot of the hill remained.
The liberal and bourgeois San Sebastián became the capital of Gipuzkoa until 1823. When absolutists assailed the town in 1854, it was again designated as the capital city. In 1863, the defensive walls of the town were demolished and an expansion of the town began in an attempt to escape the military function it had previously held. The new city was modeled according to an orthogonal shape much in a neoclassical Parisian style, and elegant buildings were designed, like the Miramar Palace or the Concha Promenade. The city was chosen by the Spanish monarchy as a summer retreat, following the French example of nearby Biarritz. Subsequently, also the Spanish nobility and the diplomatic corps opened residences.
In 1887, the Casino was erected, which eventually turned into the current city hall. After much debate within the city over its vocation, either tourism or manufacturing, San Sebastián developed into a fully-fledged seaside resort. Following the outbreak of World War I, the city became a focus for renowned international figures of culture and politics like Mata Hari, Leon Trotsky and Maurice Ravel.
In 1930, Spanish republican forces signed up the Pact of San Sebastián leading to the Second Spanish Republic. In the Spanish Civil War, the 1936 military coup was initially defeated by the Resistance led by the Basque Nationalists. But later in the same year, the province fell to Spanish Nationalist forces during the Northern Campaign. 485 people were executed as a result of pseudo-trials. In the aftermath of war, the city was stricken by poverty, famine and repression, coupled with thriving smuggling.
In the 1950s a massive immigration from various parts of Spain began, spurred by growing industrial production. Social, cultural and political contradictions and inequities followed, sowing the seeds of popular dissatisfaction. A general climate of protest and street demonstrations ensued, driven by Basque nationalists – in particular by the armed separatist organisation ETA. In the 1970s, some renowned politicians and police officers were murdered in San Sebastián by the ETA.
Today, the political situation is much more peaceable. There are still independence efforts and the wish for independence is deeply held in the Basque soul, but fortunately, violence doesn’t seem to be the means of choice for the Basque nationalists any longer.
I ran downtown when I saw the storm coming to and end near sunset. I didn't know where to go and the light fading quick, I took a few shots of the unique lighting around the levee.
Looking down the Commerce st. bridge towards downtown.
Sony a7 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4
When there are such lands there should be profitable things without number." ~ Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) from Journal of the First Voyage, November 27, 1492
I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce J. Edgar Hoover (cross dresser)
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. Salvador Dali
In college, Yuppies major in business administration. If to meet certain requirements they have to take a liberal arts course, they take Business Poetry. ~Dave Barry
Parking is at a bit of a premium in White Rock. A few months ago, this unmaintained area of tarmac grew a pay'n'display meter. There have been no improvements to the parking surface, but now users are expected to pay to use it. Needless to say parking is at an even higher premium now as people choose to park elsewhere instead of paying the fee.
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These Orchard Park walks with a camera in hand have become my favorite. As time passes by, things change, and it is interesting to realize the changes and remember the time when I took a photograph of something changed forever, something that ... #etbtsy
Continued on my blog: A Walk through Fall Orchard Park
Photographed with a 35mm Minolta XG-7 camera on Agfa Vista 200 Color Negative Film, developed in C-41.
Fall of 2023
To view in stereo, sit 2-3 feet from the monitor and gently cross your eyes so that the two images become three. The one in the middle will be in 3d. If you are finding this difficult, you may be trying too hard. Viewing the original size is best.
Part of Open Doors Toronto (a weekend where the public can visit and photograph sites normally not open to the public)
Commerce Street in San Antonio, Texas shot with the Canon 24mm TS-E using the tilt function on a Sony a7RII.
Mitgardian Commerce
Providing Historica with the best
All the mountains in Mitgardia provide a lot of treasures. So mining is done a lot. Also in Ondylion, the best crystals, diamonds and other precious stones are sold here. Ondylion has the best quality, and as the Drow have a weekness for shiny things. Ofcourse they pay a visist to Ondylion.
Nothing tastes better than an Ondylion steak. So a lot of Avalonians come here to get some. And it's not just the steak, also the chicken is outstanding.
And well, people from Kaliplin like to come here to cool off. And checking out the Mitgardian girls, but they will never admit that!
The presence of a huge number of eCommerce sites offering almost identical value propositions has become one of the biggest challenges faced by the online businesses. So, it is important to have a e-commerce website that will make your business reach height. nationkart.com/developer/Open-online-store-in-Brahmapur.html
Construction, Week 63 (Demolition, Week 3)
Here's the scene just to the left of the previous photo: a section of fencing now forces drivers either to exit onto Commerce Street or turn right upon entering to visit the new Marketplace, depending on the direction; drivers can no longer access the old store's parking lot due to the aforementioned (and photographed!) fuel center prep work taking place. You can also see the other side of the fenceline blocking off this large area in the previous photo, traversing east-west in the center and transitioning to north-south on its right edge. Perhaps this pic of l_dawg's might make sense to people besides me now? :P In that regard, I've added photo notes to the previous picture referencing that linked one.
(c) 2016 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
This is a nice, big white-tail buck at Rocky Mountain Arsenal - National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City, Colorado.
Commerce, Ligne 8.
I hope my friend saw it, because I couldn't help but go with Mabel's idea. Knowing me, I went too far but it sure was fun!
original commentary: I promised a friend a colour sample and was hard pressed to find something that deserved colour. This fits the bill, thank goodness, as the other image I had up hurt my eyes. This is in-camera default JPEG setting under really horrid florescent light that I did not adjust the white balance for. All in all, quite realistic colour rendering to anyone familiar with the metro. (If anything, this seems to have a slight blue cast which is a WB problem.)
Here's a slightly better view of the western-facing side of the station with its new bland canopy, as seen from the next-door Coleman's BBQ parking lot. The remainder of today's pictures were taken the very next day after I discovered the unfortunate transpirings here, on Saturday, September 1st, 2018.
Now... I *will* admit (albeit very, very begrudgingly) that this remodel doesn't look horrible. In fact, when I first saw it being implemented at the Goodman and Airways Shell, I went so far as to describe it as “classy.” But since that time, having seen it take over the majority of the other Shell stations I pass on a frequent basis, I've grown quite tired of it, mainly because it lacks any character whatsoever. The Shell brand has always had yellow and red as its primary colors... and this remodel takes that away from them. Even worse, it strips the stations of any “coolness factor” that they may have had before, at least in my opinion. I mean, this new design is coming from the same company that once produced this masterpiece. That represents a MAJOR step down in creativity.
(I will note this... perhaps it's just the local franchisee[s] who is/are trying this look, and this isn't something that has spread around the country quite yet. Could be the franchisee[s] created this themselves, or Shell corporate is using DeSoto County [for whatever reason] as a test market; I don't know. But in any case, I do imagine that Shell corporate had to sign off on this style, and as such, they're involved somehow.)
Shell // 586 E Commerce Street, Hernando, MS 38632
Circle K // 586 E Commerce Street, Hernando, MS 38632
(c) 2018 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)