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My Schmidt coupling Meccanograph has a traversing table driven by this faceplate crankshaft whose throw can be altered by means for the pivot bolt "handle" visible atop the crankpin.
Santander hire bicycles, Copper Box Arena, Olympic Park E20, with HereEast nearing completion in the background.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2022. ROMA EXPO 2030 - Il Colosseo davanti al Colosseo Russo: "Un idea interessanta riproporre il simbolo perduto." Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022) & Il Giornale Dell`Arte (30/08/2022). S.v., Il Colosso di Prof. Arch. Carlo Aymonino; in: C.D.S., (18/08/2004), The Times / London (20/04/2004) & Zodiac No. 19 (1998) & No. 21 (1999). wp.me/pbMWvy-36N
Foto: Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022) & (18/08/2004),
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1). ROMA - Una Tour Eiffel per l’Expo 2030 di Roma: il Colosso del Colosseo. La Città Eterna straborda di simboli visivi, ma il Colosso voluto da Nerone è oggi scomparso. Ecco la proposta di Luca Josi e Antonio Romano: un Colosso temporaneo scelto da una platea planetaria. Il Giornale Dell`Arte (30/08/2022).
Foto: Il Giornale Dell`Arte (30/08/2022)
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2022, Roma è candidata a ospitare l’Expo 2030. Una vetrina mondiale e un’opportunità irrinunciabile per una città definita «eterna», impegnata, ogni giorno, a difendere questa sua promessa.
Il Comitato promotore ha tratteggiato un appello coinvolgente per motivare le ragioni di un’assegnazione alla nostra capitale: «[...] mettere al centro dell’attenzione l’uomo e la sua capacità di reinventare il proprio “habitat”, la città, bilanciando sviluppo e sostenibilità ambientale. [...] Roma vuole essere il centro di questo nuovo modello di città: inclusivo, interconnesso, sostenibile e condiviso». Un programma coincidente con la vocazione di una città che, se non ha dato vita all’Occidente, lo ha certamente allevato e diffuso, crescendo una civiltà che ha concepito modelli di pensiero organizzativi, sociali, infrastrutturali nelle più diverse discipline umane.
L’Expo «espone», è un gesto di vanità organizzato, che mostra il meglio delle prospettive del mondo, ne lucida le intenzioni e disegna orizzonti costruiti sulla ragionevolezza di ciò che conosciamo oggi e speriamo per l’immediato domani. Le Expo sono vetrine e, come tutte le vetrine, hanno bisogno di simboli, di sintesi, di richiami e ragioni che invitino il pubblico a cogliere in un istante una suggestione capace di modificare il tessuto di qualcosa, spesso già noto, come la città ospitante; immagini che accendano curiosità.
Intorno alle Expo del passato sono nate magie che si sono perpetuate nei secoli; a volte scaturite dalla follia visionaria e dalla tenacia nel futuro di chi le intuì. Intuizioni pensate per una funzione e poi ritrovatesi a rappresentarne altre. Alla Parigi del 1889 non mancava nulla per sentirsi la Parigi già conosciuta e ammirata nel mondo. Aveva incontrato anche la decadenza di Napoleone III e si ritrovava nel fiume degli entusiasmi tecnologici e intellettuali delle nuove scoperte industriali; nacque in quell’occasione l’idea di dare vita a un simbolo, a una spettacolarizzazione, unica e dedicata, che rendesse memorabile l’ingresso della loro Expo. E fu la Tour Eiffel.
Quella proposta scatenò giudizi sarcastici, feroci, addirittura scarnificanti, da parte di una delle più eterogenee e autorevoli alleanze di intellettuali di cui la capitale francese, in quel momento di esplosione culturale, poteva vantarsi. Conosciamo tutti l’epilogo di questa storia e di quella struttura nata come transitoria e trasformatasi nell’orizzonte definitivo della città, segno scenografico e sentimentale irrinunciabile. I francesi, avrebbe potuto chiosare Flaiano, tradiscono il loro amore per l’Italia anche imitandone i suoi difetti («Il provvisorio che si trasforma in definitivo»).
Roma straborda d’immagini e artifici visivi, perché dunque aggiungerne altri? Per rinfrescare la cultura barocca dell’effimero e dare vita a un feticcio come per i parenti d’oltralpe? Per costruire un’operazione di marketing del turismo e della comunicazione tanto temporanea quanto evanescente? Perché non concentrarci su ciò che già possiede, che il mondo conosce e che aspetta solo di essere lustrato, valorizzato, nobilitato? Perché magari le cose potrebbero tranquillamente convivere e sono le nuove sfide che consentono alla vita di non guardarsi i piedi e di cercare la strada di fronte a sé.
Nella storia umana non mancano invenzioni che, quanto più fuori scala, tanto più hanno attraversato il mondo nelle sue narrazioni, diventando leggenda. Almeno due di questi giganteschi simulacri facevano parte delle «Sette Meraviglie» dell’antichità. Poi quelle forme e imitazioni hanno cominciato a viaggiare per i continenti e a diffondersi tra i più diversi popoli. Ed è curioso il fatto che chi ha poca storia enfatizzi quello che ha, sconfinando a volte nella fantasia, e chi ne ha troppa si perda nell’eccesso delle proprie possibilità di racconto.
Per esempio, da alcuni secoli, il monumento più visitato e iconico della nostra capitale e del nostro Paese, il Colosseo, ha smarrito il senso del suo etimo. Colosso, statua di grandi dimensioni, identifica quello che è l’Anfiteatro Flavio. Ma il suo nome è legato alla statua colossale voluta da Nerone e, successivamente, fatta collocare da Adriano sul piano dello stesso; un basamento (come per la Statua della Libertà a New York, realizzata sempre in concorso con il genio di Eiffel) ne elevava l’altezza per farla allineare con quella dello stadio. Da quel momento, la forza dell’immagine cancellò il nome originale dell’arena e si perpetuò anche al di là della scomparsa della stessa statua (l’Anfiteatro Flavio è sotto i nostri occhi e continua a chiamarsi Colosseo invogliando imitazioni in tutto il mondo).
Perché, per il 2030, in questa occasione unica e irripetibile che l’Expo rappresenta per raccontarsi al mondo, non alimentiamo la scelta di avere l’uomo al centro del racconto? Roma è la città di Vitruvio, siamo il Paese del Rinascimento, crasi di questa centralità dell’Uomo e della riscoperta della Classicità. Perché non dare la possibilità, oggi, di rivivere l’ombra di quel gigantismo offrendo l’opportunità a una prestigiosa giuria (magari degna di quella del governatore Soderini, che per decidere il luogo dove posizionare il David chiamò Perugino, Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, Andrea della Robbia, Antonio e Giuliano da Sangallo, Leonardo e altri giganti...) di selezionare un numero a piacere di grandi nomi nazionali e internazionali protagonisti dell’arte contemporanea (da Damien Hirst a Jeff Koons, da Anselm Kiefer a Maurizio Cattelan e che ognuno proponga i suoi) capaci di realizzare un’opera temporanea?
Non avrebbero l’obbligo dell’imitazione, non essendoci arrivate del Colosso altre immagini che quelle ricavate da imprecise monete (esistono infinità di fantasie ricostruttive e un affascinante studio di Carlo Aymonino). L’opera potrebbe declinare i valori di sostenibilità nelle soluzioni tecniche e ingegneristiche costruttive più all’avanguardia, consentendo ai visitatori di accedere al suo interno e godere di prospettive mai viste dei Fori. E a decidere quale scegliere tra le opere selezionate dalla giuria, potrebbe essere una platea planetaria (di studenti in arti visive, architettoniche e artistiche) a celebrazione di un mondo sempre più digitale e connesso.
Sarebbe una sintesi di quella potente proposta di candidatura che cita «l’evoluzione e la rigenerazione come capacità di innovarsi e trasformarsi per risorgere e guardare avanti, a partire dal proprio passato; l’interculturalità e la diversità come sinonimo di creatività, arricchimento e condivisione necessari per la crescita; capace di riflettere sull’impatto delle nostre azioni attraverso scelte sostenibili e un utilizzo responsabile delle nostre risorse». Un Colosso della Rinascita, capace di riconsegnare al mondo un’immagine dell’inesauribile forza e storia di questa città eterna.
Fonte / source:
--- Il Giornale Dell`Arte (30/08/2022).
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/una-tour-eiffel-per-l...
2). ROMA - Roma, risorgerà il Colosso davanti al Colosseo? La direttrice del parco: «Idea interessante». La proposta lanciata sul Giornale dell’arte da Luca Josi e Antonio Romano che vorrebbero riportare per Expo 2030 la gigantesca statua voluta da Nerone. Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022).
Foto 1: Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022).
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Foto2 : Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022).
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Fonte / source:
--- Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022).
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Fonte / source, foto:
--- Corriere Della Sera (01/09/2022); in: Franco Maria Fontana @francofontana43 / Twitter (01/09/2022).
twitter.com/francofontana43/status/1565205503793414145
Foto: CORRIERE DELLA SERA (18|08|2004): 1 & 47
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3). ROMA - Il Colosso di Prof. Arch. Carlo Aymonino; in: Fori: via la strada, spazio ai templi - Il progetto di Carlo Aymonino per riunifcare l' area archeologica imperiale - Fori Imperiali coi templi "ricostruiti - L'idea dello stradone viene da lontano: 1873, CORRIERE DELLA SERA (18|08|2004): 1 & 47 (in PDF).
Foto: “La Roma di Mussolini” – The strange backdrop to the G-20, The Wash. Post (27/10/2021); “Il Wash. Post” ora la cancel culture, Corr. Della Sera (28/10/2021). S.v., “Architettura fascista non fascista”; in: Arch. Elisabetta Terragni, 1991, ecc.
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Prof. Prof. Arch. Carlo Aymonino, C.D.S. (18/08/2004) 1 & 47; in:
--- L’obelisco di Mussolini «lux», buio alle grandiose rovine del Palatino. Corriere Della Sera (12/11/2021). S.v., Carlo Aymonino; in: The Times / London (20/02/2004) & the Corriere Della Sera (18/08/2004): 1 & 47 [in PDF] & Antonio Cederna, La Repubblica (05/1984) & (23/09/1984) & Roma, Studio Transit (1984/2018). wp.me/pbMWvy-2c0
3.1). ROMA - Plan to ‘recreate’ the Colosseum dismays scholars. The Times / London (20/02/2004).
A LEADING Italian architect drawing up plans to restore the Roman Forum has proposed that the missing gap in the external wall of the Colosseum should be filled in with brick. The suggestion has horrified classical scholars.
Carlo Aymonino said he would present a detailed plan for the Roman Forum to Walter Veltroni, the Mayor of Rome, on April 21, the presumed date of the founding of the city by Romulus and Remus. He said the plan envisaged the removal of Via dei Fori Imperiali, the Fascist-era boulevard that Mussolini drove through the middle of the Forum to the Colosseum. Professor Aymonino said Mussolini’s “vandalism” had destroyed the integrity of the Forum, which would be reunited as a whole.
Fonte / source:
--- The Times / London (20/02/2004); in: RARA (2022). wp.me/pbMWvy-2c0
3.2). ROMA - Il Colosso di Prof. Arch. Carlo Aymonino; in: Zodiac No. 19 (1998) & No. 21 (1999); in: RARA (2022).
--- Carlo Aymonino, “Progetto di sistemazione dell’area dei Fori / Project for the ordering of the Forums area.” Zodiac No. 21 (1999): 188-193 [in PDF]. wp.me/pbMWvy-CF ;
--- Carlo Aymonino, “Tra scavi, conservazione e completamenti: quali interventi per i Fori Imperiali? / Excavation, conservation, completion: what should be done with the Imperial Forums?” Zodiac No. 19 (1998): 18-23 [in PDF]. wp.me/pbMWvy-CF
s.v.,
Foto: ANSA ViaggiArt / Lazio (07/07/2021).
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4). ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2021. ROMA – Il Colosseo, La Piazza, Il Museo, La Citta – “Trasformiamolo in museo diffuso”- Dipartimento di Architettura e progetto dell’Università La Sapienza di Roma. ANSA ViaggiArt / Lazio (07/07/2021). wp.me/pbMWvy-1Le
Congrats to Troy Mankin and also Randy Duke who both completed their lease on Wednesday and are signing up again. In less than 2 months Alliance has had 36 lease completions and has paid out $157,832 in bonus money to these contractors. Great Job!
Shelby and his girl, April
52 Stories # 11
Happy Birthday!!
I remember the day twenty five years ago that Shelby was born in Grapevine, Tx.
He was due to be born sometime in early May but as often happens, construction completion dates are missed. This one passed by about a week.
I’ve always thought Cindy was overdue on purpose. I think she just liked the idea that everyone was focusing attention on her. Why domino when the suspense is so high and then the real work begins.
After you drop one somebody is going to have to get up every two hours for the next few months to check on the diaper, bottle, blanket, breathing, etc.
As the years pass somebody has to get up every few hours to check if the windows are closed,
doors locked,
cars are still here and the keys are where you left them,
to answer the phone for whoever is calling ‘em,
put up food left out from midnight snacks and to run off any straggling neighbor kids who can’t tell time.
She probably figured as long as she was still pregnant, she knew where he was.
So everyone’s calling wanting to know if we had him yet. Nope.
Got my boss thinking I just want extra time off. Yeah, right.
Nothing like the mood of a woman in the tenth month of pregnancy. I’d rather give a bobcat a bath…every hour.
There was no FMLA in the early 1980s and the Teamsters contract was clear that if you ran out of attendance points you were a goner. Contract didn’t make exceptions if your wife was pregnant either. I didn’t have any vacation time available but I was off three days a week. You’d think that being off 43% of the week, every week, the odds that he would be born on your day off were pretty good. Oh, well.
But I was ready. I know this because I had already completed my Lamaze classes. We went every week. Learned to breath. Learned to coach. Learned to listen intently. Taught us not to panic. Keep control. Eye contact. Soft words Bla, Bla, Bla. I could see fear and wonder in the eyes of some of the other future dads in the room.
But what I remember most was when the teacher foisted the propaganda onto us all.
The greatest hoax was the “Nesting Instinct”. Teach said “Now men, when the nesting instinct hits your wife don’t get frustrated. Just bear with it and get her anything she wants. She may tell you in the middle of the night that she just has to have the blue comforter she saw at J C Pennys last week. Just get it.”
We paid money for this class?
Most of the males looked around the room at each other. We knew we were being had. But none of us spoke up. You won’t either. It’s a room full of pregnant, unstable women.
So the due date +1 week passed and Dr. Wilson decided he would induce labor. Could he induce on my days off? Said he would. I was off on Mon Tues and Wed. but he could only induce on Wed. I would have to return to work on the day after he was born.
We were already expecting a boy. The sonogram tape showed irrefutable evidence of that. (proud smile). I WOULD post a scan of it for you, but I taped a Dallas Cowboy's game over it years later.
The things that women get mad about.
Induced labor all day on Wednesday 5-16-84. The IV drip produced labor pains soon after the 06:00 start time. Contractions steamrolled along and the IV was adjusted until she was having pains as regular as a red light. Every couple of minutes she would bear down. She was hooked up to a monitor that measured the contractions. It looked like a seismograph. Little needle would move up and Boss-lady would holler. Yes Sir she was in fine form.
I coached like Tom Landry. You should have seen her breath.
They came in every hour or so to check on her progress. She dilated to 4. Dr. Wilson was unimpressed. Said women walk around a 4 all the time and never know it. Finally at 18:00 they took her off the drip and said we would try again on Thursday. Had to take off work again. My boss (Searcy) was non plussed.
Funny thing, even though the IV was removed, Boss-lady’s labor contractions continued on through the night.
Next morning, she was again in fine form. She seemed more irritable than ever,
06:00 and the IV was rolling again,
contractions had never stopped,
the seismograph was hooked up and functioning,
she was still a 4,
Tom Landry coached the breathing again.
Noon came and Dr Wilson decided they would break her water. He figured that would help. I know her mood didn’t improve.
Cindy’s patience had been running thin while we watched two other pregnant couples arrive that morning, have their babies and move to their rooms while we labored on.
Seismograph indicated that the contractions were not as severe as before. Cindy screamed for me to shut up about it because the DAMN thing was broke because they felt the same to her.
It was about this time that she got serious. The evil Cindy was replaced by the Devil. No more Lamaze.
Finally at 16: 30 Dr Wilson said he was going to perform a cesarean section on another couple and after that he would do the same for Cindy.
I followed him to the hall and when I finished screaming we were moved in front of the other couple and Shelby was born just after 17:30.
Evidence that screaming in the hall produces better results than Lamaze in the room.
As a side note, Shelby was born on my late father-in-law’s birthday. Don was thrilled that he shared his birthday with Shelby and we enjoyed 20 years of double birthday celebrations until Don passed in 2004.
I returned to work the next day and Searcy gave me points for missing work. I continued to work with him until 2004 and reminded him every year that he gave me points for that day. Even though he is retired now, I called him again today to remind him.
So Happy Birthday to my son Shelby. He is my pride and joy. He is also single and will make some young lady a fine provider one day.
Give a nod also to Cindy. She really did all the work those two days of labor. She is the greatest.
And finally to some of my friends who know Searcy and will read this, tell him know you he gave me points 25 years ago today.
299 - Pass completion: The two Catholic high schools, Aurora Central (blue, from Aurora, Illinois) and Montini (white, Lombard, Illinois), met on Friday night. It was no contest--Montini scored at will. This short completion from their quarterback (no. 6) to their receiver (no. 14) resulted in one of their six first-half touchdowns. via 500px 500px.com/photo/50299634
This sign I spotted on the Bristol Road in Selly Oak.
Looks like builders are still building the new road in Selly Oak. This is Phase 2 near the University.
A stream runs past here called the Bournbrook.
Built on the former site of a shopping centre next door to its former store (which traded as Lloyds until September 1993), there has been some sort of delay a few years ago as it sparked some backlash.
Traffic on North East Rd, especially during peak hours would be slowed to a 'snail's pace' due to frequent truck movement and a number of small businesses would be heavily impacted.
However, despite the debates, the project went ahead.
A closer view of the path of I-485 meeting the I-85/I-485 interchange project in northeast Mecklenburg County.
Targeting LEED Silver certification and completion in 2013, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center In-Patient Renovation and Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center (MLK-MACC) is focused on delivering a high level of accessible and cost-effective healthcare to the surrounding community. The MLK-MACC plays a critical role in the Watts region’s revitalization efforts, and is designed to provide outpatient services to patients and families who are often uninsured or with limited access to care, often arriving at the site on foot or via mass transit. Designed to enhance clarity and accessibility of the site, the curving jewel-like façade of glass helps bridge existing dissimilar site access points and multiple types and generations of existing structures. A sinuous wave of glass and steel, referred to as the “ribbon,” defines both hospital and MACC entries and creates a new “face for the campus.”
Lots 204, 182 and 177 near construction completion at corner of Parkview and Burketon looking north.
Life in Vienna underground
Life in Vienna underground began with the establishment of the Vienna sewer late 19th century, which became a refuge for unemployed and homeless. This was possible because the sewage system always has been largely walkable, even if this is not permissible for unauthorized persons. Against the rising number of shelter seekers eventually the police was involved.
Setting conditions
The completion of the Vienna sewer system fell in a time when Vienna was a rapidly expanding city. The rising job offer attracted a variety of people, of which, however, actually not all could not find work. Social Services as unemployment benefits or health insurance did not yet exist, nor were there homeless shelters or residences, and so the number of beggars and other people who had to live on the streets rose rapidly.
In the Vienna Sewer some people therefore quickly realised a new source of income and property. In heavy rain or thunderstorms, however, drains for inexperienced can become a deadly trap. The development of toxic or explosive gas mixtures (incoming gasoline etc.) can not be excluded too. The "terrible" or even "bestial stench" that is sometimes reported, however, does not prevail there. Even where faecal matter transporting water flows it smells more like in a wet basement, but it does not stink. Nevertheless, the unsecured stay in the sewers is perilous.
The marked by special detail and by lengthy search made on site, image-assisted social reports of Viennese journalists Max Winter and Emil Kläger this problem a large part of the population of Vienna made known and attracted great interest. 1905, Max Winter published his Social Reports from the Vienna underground under the title "In the underground Vienna" in book form. 1920 appeared, based on the social reportages of Emil Kläger, the documentary "Night Piece from the life of vagrants, derailed and fallen man" in Viennese cinemas. Both the newspaper reports and the book and the film are among the first social reports at all.
Sewer as livelihoods
Residents of the Vienna sewer in 1900, under a spiral staircase.
The access ways to the sewer were and are, among other things, housed in so-called "towers" that look like oversized advertising columns. Over spiral staircases one can by these descend into the Viennese "Underworld". Approximately 50 jobless and homeless people, but probably even more, spent a large part of each day with the fishing out of objects from the waste water, the so-called "Strotten". This "Strotters", as they were called soon earned their livelihood partly
by finding coins and jewelry, which though rarely occurred, but especially much earned,
by fishing out of bones and fat for sale at soap factories or
by getting out of all sorts of other useful articles.
Some of these Strotters - but also hundreds of "ordinary" homeless people - even lived in the sewers were they in some passages, chambers and air shafts found opportunities for "lving".
Shelters
The probably most well-known accommodation for the homeless and Strotters was the Zwingburg installed in a dry chamber under the Vienna Schwarzenberg sqaure. The name not least is based on the fact that it could only be reached by a drawn board, which had to be placed over a channel and at any time could be retracted. So even the police in the short run could be prevented from entering. In addition, the "fortress" Zwingburg had several escape routes in the form of side channels and shafts.
Police pursuit
Although the stay of unauthorized persons in the sewers, of course, was not allowed, the police but apprehended Strotters and homeless people could not too long detain. The number of homeless people and Strotters only diminished when in 1934 the "channel Brigade" was established, which should proceed harder not only against criminal gangs but also against vagabonds. In the meantime, also hostels for the homeless and dormitories had arisen that at least for a part of the "canal residents" could offer a reasonable alternative", such as the Meldemann street men's hostel, which became known due to the fact that Adolf Hitler three years spent here.
Today's meaning
Apart from World War II and the postwar period, as Allied secret agents drains of the divided city knew how to exploit them for themselves, upon which the film "The Third Man" is based plays the drains today due to many social institutions whose establishment with social democratic governments in the "Red Vienna " have their beginning as a refuge no significant role anymore. The latest newspaper reports about Strotters stem from the late 1950s, the term and the with it associated activities, however, at that time still a large part of the population of Vienna were known.
Leben im Wiener Untergrund
Das Leben im Wiener Untergrund begann mit der Errichtung der Wiener Kanalisation Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, die zur Zuflucht für Arbeits- und Obdachlose wurde. Möglich war dies, weil die Kanalisation seit jeher weitgehend begehbar ist, auch wenn dies aus Sicherheitsgründen für Unbefugte verboten ist. Gegen die steigende Zahl der Unterschlupfsuchenden wurde schließlich polizeilich vorgegangen.
Rahmenverhältnisse
Die Fertigstellung der Wiener Kanalisation fiel in eine Zeit, als Wien eine stark expandierende Stadt war. Das steigende Arbeitsplatzangebot zog eine Vielzahl von Menschen an, von denen jedoch nicht alle tatsächlich auch Arbeit finden konnten. Soziale Fürsorge wie Arbeitslosengeld oder Krankenversicherung gab es damals noch nicht, ebenso wenig gab es Obdachlosenunterkünfte oder Wohnheime, und so stieg die Zahl von Bettlern und anderen Menschen, die auf der Straße leben mussten, rasant an.
In der Wiener Kanalisation erkannten einige Menschen daher schnell eine neue Einkommensquelle und Unterkunft. Bei starkem Regen oder Gewittern kann die Kanalisation allerdings für Unerfahrene zur tödlichen Falle werden. Auch die Entwicklung giftiger oder explosiver Gasgemische (einlaufendes Benzin etc.) ist nicht auszuschließen. Der „enorme“ oder gar „bestialische Gestank“ von dem manchmal berichtet wird, herrscht dort jedoch nicht. Selbst wo Fäkalien transportierendes Wasser fließt, riecht es eher wie in einem feuchten Keller, aber es stinkt nicht. Trotzdem ist der ungesicherte Aufenthalt in der Kanalisation lebensgefährlich.
Die durch besondere Ausführlichkeit gekennzeichneten und durch langwierige Recherchen vor Ort entstandenen, bildunterstützten Sozialreportagen der Wiener Journalisten Max Winter und Emil Kläger machten diese Problematik einem großen Teil der Wiener Bevölkerung bekannt und stießen auf großes Interesse. 1905 brachte Max Winter seine Sozialreportagen aus dem Wiener Untergrund unter dem Titel „Im unterirdischen Wien“ in Buchform heraus. 1920 erschien, basierend auf den Sozialreportagen Emil Klägers, der Dokumentarfilm „Nachtstück aus dem Leben der Vaganten, der Entgleisten und Gestürzten“ in den Wiener Kinos. Sowohl die Zeitungsreportagen als auch das Buch und der Film zählen zu den ersten Sozialreportagen überhaupt.
Kanalisation als Lebensgrundlage
Bewohner der Wiener Kanalisation um 1900, unter einer Wendeltreppe.
Die Zugänge zur Kanalisation waren und sind unter anderem in so genannten „Türmen“ untergebracht, die wie übergroße Litfaßsäulen aussehen. Über Wendeltreppen kann man durch diese in die Wiener „Unterwelt“ absteigen. Um die 50 Stellen- und Obdachlose, vermutlich aber noch mehr, verbrachten einen großen Teil jedes Tages mit dem Herausfischen von Gegenständen aus den Abwässern, dem so genannten „Strotten“. Diese „Strotter“, wie man sie bald nannte, verdienten ihren Lebensunterhalt teilweise
durch das Finden von Münzen und Schmuck, was zwar eher selten vorkam, aber besonders viel einbrachte,
durch das Herausfischen von Knochen und Fett zum Verkauf an Seifenfabriken oder
durch das Herausholen von allerlei anderen brauchbaren Gegenständen.
Einige dieser Strotter – aber auch mehrere hundert „gewöhnliche“ Obdachlose – lebten sogar in der Kanalisation, wo sie in manchen Gängen, Kammern und Luftschächten Möglichkeiten zum „Wohnen“ vorfanden.
Unterschlüpfe
Die wohl bekannteste Unterkunft für Obdachlose und Strotter war die in einer trockenen Kammer eingerichtete „Zwingburg“ unter dem Wiener Schwarzenbergplatz. Der Name rührte nicht zuletzt daher, dass sie nur durch ein Brett, welches über einen Kanal gelegt werden musste und jederzeit eingezogen werden konnte, zu erreichen war. So konnte selbst die Polizei kurzfristig vom Eindringen abgehalten werden. Zudem verfügte die „Zwingburg“ über mehrere Fluchtwege in Form von Seitenkanälen und -schächten.
Polizeiliche Verfolgung
Zwar war der Aufenthalt von Unbefugten in der Kanalisation natürlich nicht gestattet, die Polizei konnte aufgegriffene Strotter und Obdachlose aber nicht allzu lange festhalten. Die Zahl der Strotter und Obdachlosen nahm erst ab, als 1934 die „Kanalbrigade“ gegründet wurde, die nicht nur gegen kriminelle Banden, sondern auch gegen Vagabunden härter vorgehen sollte. In der Zwischenzeit waren auch Obdachlosen- und Wohnheime entstanden, die zumindest für einen Teil der „Kanalbewohner“ eine vernünftige Alternative bieten konnten, so zum Beispiel das Männerwohnheim Meldemannstraße, das dadurch bekannt wurde, dass Adolf Hitler hier drei Jahre verbrachte.
Heutige Bedeutung
Abgesehen vom Zweiten Weltkrieg und der Nachkriegszeit, als alliierte Geheimagenten die Kanalisation der geteilten Stadt für sich zu nutzen wussten, worauf auch der Film „Der dritte Mann“ aufbaut, spielt die Kanalisation heute aufgrund zahlreicher sozialer Einrichtungen, deren Errichtung im sozialdemokratisch regierten „Roten Wien“ ihren Anfang nahm, als Zufluchtsort keine nennenswerte Rolle mehr. Die letzten Zeitungsberichte über Strotter stammen aus den späten 1950er Jahren, der Begriff und die mit ihm verbundene Tätigkeit waren aber damals noch einem Großteil der Wiener Bevölkerung bekannt.
Governor Hogan Teams up with multiple State Agencies To Encourage College Completion by Joe Andrucyk at St. John's College (Annapolis), 60 College Ave, Annapolis MD 21401
Pinning ceremony for the Austin Community College students who completed the Nursing Associate Degree program on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at the ACC Eastview Campus.
Zoom into the signs of No 1 Colmore Square.
Completed in May 2004, this speculative office development is one of the most prestigious office properties to be developed outside London. The property comprises 10 floors of offices with two basement levels of car parking completed to the very highest specification offering 202,000 sq. ft. (18,765 sq. m) of accommodation. The building was fully let to Ernst & Young, Martineau Johnson, Cobbetts, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung and Gerrads. Shortly after Practical Completion, the investment was sold to Anglo Irish Bank for circa £90m.
Unveiling of Precinct Plaque.
From right :CCC Chairman Mr Goh Chee Koh, MPs for Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC Ms Penny Low, Dr Ahmad Magad and Guest-of-Honour Deputy Prime Minister Mr Teo Chee Hean
From left :Punggol Grove RC Chairman Mr Koh Lin Wei, CEO Dr Cheong Koon Hean, MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Mr Charles Chong and Minister for National Development Mr Mah Bow Tan
As stated before, they should finish this very soon unless the interior is being remodeled (yet again). As the exterior stands now, at least there's still some 90's looking traits to the building. Please leave the atrium roof alone O'Charley's, and also those old light fixtures around the top! They are going back over those corner areas, improving the look a bit, possibly with a stucco wrap (hard to tell for sure). Trust me, a bit of stucco on those corners would be much nicer than the crazy corner brickwork paint over that occurred during a previous remodel, which made the whole thing rather cheap-looking!
Let's hope what we see here is the extent of the damage. I'll keep an eye on it, and probably post at least a few more pictures.
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O'Charley's, 1997-built, Goodman Rd. near Southcrest Pkwy, Southaven MS
District celebrates future leaders
By Daniel J. Calderón
USACE Los Angeles District
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District celebrated a successful completion to another year of Leadership Development Program classes during a ceremony held at the District headquarters Sept. 12.
The ceremony was the culmination of LDP Level I and LDP Level II, both of which are meant to develop future leaders for the District.
“I think this went extremely well,” said David M. Boals, a District management analyst and the District’s Leadership Development Program Coordinator. “I was very pleased with the entire process.”
During the graduation event, LDP participants gave presentations for Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District Commander, and other senior leaders. Presentations ranged from proposed sponsorship packages so new employees would feel more welcomed into the District to a totally new way of distributing employees across the District to maximize productivity and increase quality of life.
“This is the most important thing I have to do all day today,” Toy said as he welcomed the graduates and assembled senior leaders. “I’m glad to see so many branch chiefs and division chiefs here. I know they realize the importance of this program and of your accomplishments.”
Students worked for the past nine months to reach the graduation. Each level of LDP covered leadership principles. The goal of LDP is to develop leaders at all levels, across all functional areas and career programs. Students begin at Tier I and can progress through each of higher levels. The program is also designed to meet the needs of prospective and current leaders at various stages of development. Leaders within the District and from around the Corps of Engineers come in to speak with students about various topics. Students also have the opportunity to learn about their strengths and how to apply those strengths in their regular work environment.
The Leadership Development Program is open to employees across the District. In Tier I, the ideal number of students is 10-12 and in Tier II, eight is the magic number. Each level does require some travel and a commitment of time outside regular work hours to ensure assignments are met. Tier III involves students in Division-level leadership and requires more of a time commitment from students and from their leadership. Boals said his only concern about the program is continued funding from across work groups.
Boals said the program has been in the District for six years. He credits former District commander, Col. Thomas Magness with revitalizing it. Boals said there were trends senior leaders in the District could see that warranted a return of the program. Trends included an increase in retirements and a loss of “corporate knowledge” and pass down from one generation of workers to another. With six years invested in future leaders, Boals said the program is paying off.
“When I see the people come out of the program, I don’t worry about our future,” he said. “I can see how strong our leaders will be in the future when I see the graduates we have in this program.”
Allison Lind, an LDP Tier I graduate, said she enjoyed her time in the program. As a relatively new member of the District, with less than five years with the Corps of Engineers, Lind said the program will help her focus her efforts to become a future leader in the Corps.
“I felt I needed to find my stride in becoming a leader here,” she said. “I feel the program helped me become more self aware of my strengths and leadership potential. I’m also more aware of the management and work styles of people around me. In the long run, that’s going to help me and I’m going to be able to help the Corps.”
The future leaders already have their near futures planned for them. Toy said the graduates’ first assignment is to attend the upcoming Senior Leadership Conference in November. There, Toy said the LDP graduates will help shape the policy for the District and work on ways to ensure they match up with the overall USACE and South Pacific Division goals.
“This year will be a celebration of senior leadership” Toy said as he discussed the speakers lined up for the three-day event. “You’re not just going to be attendees. You will all be developing the future of the District. Based on what I’ve seen today, I’m really excited about what you will be showing us at the conference.”
District employees interested in the program can look up requirements on the District Intranet site.
With the successful completion of the first project, the CBK,
dS + V, Alderman Lucas Bolsius, the WBR and the counsel of
Kralingen-Crooswijk commissioned the Ubehave Foundation for a cariffiti based project for the Graffitibriljanten project in Rotterdam.
The theme of this second project is “Idols and Icons ‘
resulting in two murals on the passage Sophiakade – Berkelplein in
Kralingen Rotterdam. The two murals of 10 x 10 m giving a total of 32
portraits of idols and icons from the past decades: from Gandhi to
2Pac Shakur and Muhammad Ali to Johan Cruyff.
The main goal of this project is to create new impulses in the neigherborhood.
Not only the works themselves, but even more through cooperation
between artists and youths.
Produced by the artists for this project Cariffiti composite group,
comprising:
Ras Elijah: Artist from Curacao. Has global
experience in making murals for, among other
bars, restaurants and shops.
Meres: Graffiti artist from Queens, New York City. Manages 5
Pointz (formerly known as the Phun Factory), where a pilot for over 15 years legal
graffiti may be written.
Nina Valkhoff: Dutch creative lady from a well known rotterdams artists nest has several murals in Rotterdam
and its surroundings under her belt.
Ken Kenetic: visual artist was responsible for the composition and making sure the composition was fit/measured/aligned on the loose panels
NI Water is pleased to announce the completion of a wide range of refurbishments, including general safety improvements to several reservoirs throughout Northern Ireland.
Initially, £600,000 was invested in safety improvements at the following locations: Altnahinch (Loughguile), Ben Crom (Kilkeel), Boomers (Lisburn), Fofanny (Mournes), Knockbracken (Belfast), Lough Island Reavy (Castlewellan), Lower Ballysallagh (Bangor), Silent Valley (Mournes), Altmore (Dungannon), Clay Lake (Keady) and Glenhordial (Omagh).
This project was successfully completed by NI Water with Mills Contracts as the main contractor.
In addition to this, a £250,000 project was also recently completed to improve and maintain Spelga Dam in the Mourne Mountains. This included upgrading the pipework, installing new valves and repairs to the roof of the valve house.
Finally, £750,000 was invested in the refurbishment/replacement of valves which are used to control the flow of water from the impounding reservoirs and the refurbishment/replacement of intake screens at the following locations: Killylane (Ballyclare), Altnahinch (Loughguile), Seagahan (Armagh), Glenhordial (Omagh), Ben Crom (Kilkeel) and Creightons Green (Holywood).
Graham Construction was the contractor for both these schemes, with URS Scott Wilson providing design and project management support for all the above schemes.
Mark Richardson, NI Water Project Manager explains:
“This programme of work demonstrates NI Water’s ongoing commitment to maintain and improve our reservoirs whilst employing industry best practice with regards to reservoir management. We continue to review all our sites on an ongoing basis in order to implement the latest safety and security measures.
“These improvements will develop the operational, structural and safety conditions at each site. Some examples of the general refurbishment and improvements made at the above sites include: the installation of additional drains, improved inspection chambers and access points, provision of means of lowering the reservoir water levels in emergency, general repairs to the dams and their associated structures, refurbishment or replacement of valves and the provision of access roads.”
It is anticipated that a third programme of improvements to an additional 17 reservoirs throughout Northern Ireland will get underway in April 2013.
Notes to editors:
•NI Water has a total of forty eight impounding reservoirs under its ownership including four under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement.
•Historically Water Service and Northern Ireland Water have been mindful of the requirements of the Reservoirs Act 1975 even though it does not apply in Northern Ireland.
•Ongoing inspections apply to the entire portfolio of impounding reservoirs, whether they are currently in service or out of service. They relate to the safety of the reservoir in terms of the possible uncontrolled release of impounded water and not to the health and safety issues associated with a particular element of infrastructure.
My Schmidt coupling Meccanograph ,now complete is posed for its pictures. In our rather nice conservatory
With the sun setting in the background at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the mobile launcher is nearing completion of its 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.