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I don't know what is in happening here, but it looks like the start of something major.
Queensway in central Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
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475 new apartments under construction in Nynäshamn. The 19-story building is shaped like a wave and is situated very close to the water.
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En route home from doing a bit of scouting for possible blossom photography sites I was on the North Service Road at the site immediately adjacent to the Tim Horton’s as well as the ESSO gas station I had photographed a few days ago. The large tract of land on the South shore of Lake Ontario was, for many years, the site of Prudhomme’s motel/hotel and entertainment complex, until a massive first fire in June 1967 signalled the beginning of the end of the complex. A few efforts were made to resurrect the business but, ultimately, a second fire and lack of investment in a proper restoration destined it for the bulldozers and many years of awaiting development. In the past couple of years development finally commenced, albeit somewhat slowly, and the two aforementioned images show the progress to date. Now a bit more work has begun, although the site still looks pretty barren with large concrete blocks and barriers suggesting the future layout. I stopped there during a brief lull in the rain and got this.– JW
Date Taken: 2025-05-01
Date PP: 2025-05-02
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Tech Details:
Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 58mm, ISO100 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/6.3, 1/400 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, level the horizon and crop the frame to a 16x9 format, convert to black-and-white/B&W/monochrome, apply Tone Mapping as well as Dynamic Range Compression each at default levels, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool to darken the sky to bring out the storm clouds, slightly increase Contrast, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Levels tool to set up a good base tonal range, use the Brightness/Contrast tool to increase overall contrast, duplicate the frame to a new top layer and use the Curves tool to adjust the contrast and brightness of the sales building in the background (disregarding the impact on the rest of the frame) and add a black/transparent layer mask following which a white brush was used to pain in the sales building on the mask to make the better looking version visible, ad a non-destructive Dodge/Burn layer and use it to make some localized adjustments to sky brightness, make new working layer from visible result, sharpen, save, scale to 7100 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3700 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
In advance, sorry my bad english.
This photo was taken ten years ago (2013), nearby my former place in the city where I was born.
It was part of a college essay/work. This shot was a digital try I made before a pinhole version of the same site. Unfortunately, the pinhole photo was lost, but the result was not so good to be honest.
Revisiting the photos I take in my hometown, looking for a further project, I stoped and stared at this one and some remembrances came back to me of this particular moment of my life. Some glimpses of Roland Barthes words in 'Camera Lucida' (I not sure if this is the correct title for the english version - please, correct me if I'm wrong) came to my head too.
For you, the spectator, maybe this image mean nothing, or don't bring any kind of emotion or memory. Maybe just please you as a nice photo or maybe not even that.
But the point (and if you came till here it means that you want and deserve a conclusion for all this 'explanations') is that when I frame and shot for this picture, I don't intend to made a photo that can bring me this kind of feeling in the future. It was supposed to be only a black and white abstract photo of some concrete against the horizon, an essay about shapes, lines and textures, a mere college work, nothing more than that.
In fact, when I dedicated some time on it today, I discover that photography, to me, is a process (for everyone is, of course). But, I've seen people who take photo to share their happiness, the beauty that made they happy and conclude that for me is the opposite. My creative process start when something is wrong in my life, when something is hurting me. That doesn't mean I don't take any picture when I'm happy. I do. But the process, the results, are totally different.
And you, how it works with creative work? Have you ever thought about it? Tell us!
There's quite a lot of construction going on in and around Sandton at the moment and it seems wherever you look some new edifice is rising from the red Highveld soil. I've actually been wanting to photograph this site, the new Discovery headquarters, for some time, since before the structure started rising as it is in this photo. A few months ago all you could see on the site at street level were five or six cranes and I wanted to create a composition with them. But for one reason or another I could never just seem to get there. The other day I had reason to drive past the site again and thought the scaffolding was looking quite interesting. So I woke earlier than usual on Sunday and headed back for a few shots. This is just one I took with my phone. I'm still working on some others and will decide later whether or not to post any (Generally, I don't like posting pics from one session that look too similar.) The building under construction in this photo is across the road from this one I shot a few months ago Discovery is a company that sells health and other insurance.
I have visited this site a few times now though dismissed any activities as only fences and warning signs with road closures existed, however today I could see signs of new breakwaters starting to take shape , hence I have captured a few photos and created a folder to archive the progress of this project that will be complete sometime in 2020.
Regular weekly visits to this site for me going forward, posting only any significant progress shots I take .
Hope to capture the dredgers on video and some really good archive photos of this projects journey between now and 2020.
Newspaper Info
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Commencement of a £350 million project to expand facilities at Aberdeen Harbour, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government, was yesterday sanctioned by Aberdeen Harbour Board. The construction contract with its preferred bidder, Dragados UK is due to be formalised at a signing ceremony today (20th December).
“We are delighted that, after six years of detailed planning and extensive consultation with our many stakeholders and the regulatory authorities, we are now in a position to approve commencement of construction”, stated Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board.
Following a detailed engagement process, Aberdeen Harbour Board, in partnership with Dragados UK, a main contractor, will develop facilities over the next three years that will represent a step change in the marine support capabilities in Scotland. These will transform the port’s ability to accommodate the trend for larger vessels we are witnessing across a whole range of industries.
The expansion will afford existing customers the opportunity to diversify and expand their interests, whilst attracting new customers and markets to the port, including up-scaled decommissioning activity, a more significant share of the available cruise vessel fleet and larger more cost-effective commercial vessels”.
Alistair Mackenzie, Chairman of Aberdeen Harbour Board added, “Aberdeen Harbour has been in existence for almost 900 years. Its longevity can be attributed to its ability to adapt to changing trading requirements and being forward-thinking in delivering new and improved facilities to support its customers, while at the same time attracting new business.
This major new chapter in the port’s history continues this approach and underpins the Trust Port ethos of viewing future generations as key stakeholders. We believe that the infrastructure developed in Nigg Bay will encourage and support the continued prosperity of the city and region that the harbour serves and make a significant national economic contribution”.
The development, which is a Scottish Government National Planning Framework (3) Project and is scheduled to be completed by 2020, was welcomed by the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, who said: “This is excellent news for Aberdeen and the Scottish maritime industry, as the signing of the construction contract means this nationally significant project can now get underway in earnest.
The significant investment will bring jobs and business to Aberdeen, supporting the local and national economy. The historic harbour will be transformed to accommodate larger vessels, opening up potential new revenue streams and offering customers world-class marine support facilities.
These are exciting times for Aberdeen Harbour. I wish everyone involved in the project every success and I very much look forward to following the expansion as it progresses.”
Dragados UK were named as the Board’s preferred bidder in September this year, and the company announced that they plan to commence construction on site in early 2017.
The new facilities will include 1,400 metres of new quay, with a water depth of up to 10.5 metres and will create an additional 125,000 square metres of lay-down area. An independent study, commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, estimates that the development will generate an additional £1 billion per annum to the economy by 2035, and will create an additional 7,000 equivalent jobs.
Funding arrangements for the project incorporated commercial borrowing from the European Investment Bank, and funding from the Aberdeen City & Region Deal. Support for the project’s feasibility study was also received from Scottish Enterprise and from the 2013 Annual Programme Call of the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Programme.
Jonathan Taylor, Vice President of the European Investment Bank also commented: “Continued investment at Europe’s leading ports is essential to improve infrastructure and to cater for ever-changing shipping needs. The European Investment Bank is pleased to support the transformational Nigg Bay development that will significantly increase quayside space, allow deep-water access for larger vessels and ensure Aberdeen’s continued strong contribution to the Scottish economy.”
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Every location and building in Dublin has a story and in most cases many stories many of which are not accurate.
If you search online for information relating to the Moy it is most likely that you will be informed that Richard Beesly Sheridan was born at No.12 Dorset Street next door to the Pub in question. Because of a comment made by a local I decided to carry out some research and I must admit that I was surprised by the complicated story that I discovered.
According to Wikipedia: “Playwright, Westminster Parliament member, and son of Thomas, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born on this street at number 12 in 1751; Brinsley Sheridan's works include The Critics and The School for Scandal”.
In 2002 Eneclann Ltd, a Trinity College campus company, was commissioned to determine if Sheridan was born at 12 Dorset Street, as claimed in recent biographies by Fintan O’Toole in 1999 and by Linda Kelly in 2097.
The report found the false assumption about Sheridan's birthplace came about because of different numbering systems for the street dating back more than 150 years ago. Sheridan was born in 1751 and the historians found that numbers were not assigned to Dorset Street Upper until the 1770s, 20 years after Sheridan's birth.
It is important to be aware that from the 1770s to 1848 there were changes in the numbering system. From 1848, the numbers were permanently fixed as they are today. The research found the house recorded as No 12 (Sheridan's birthplace) in the first half of the 19th century could not correspond to the same house today.
Researchers found an early deed for the house currently known as no 12 Dorset Street Upper dated 1783 and records a lease on the property between Joseph Ellis and John Smithy. At this time, the property was recorded as No 10 Dorset Street.
What they did discover was that Thomas Sheridan, Richard's father, held a lease on an adjoining property to what is now 12 Dorset Street.
They are convinced that the actual Sheridan house was one of those purchased by the Dominican Order around August 1883, which were subsequently demolished to build St Saviour's Priory.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/richard-brinsley-sheridan-w...
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Poids en ordre de marche : 20 711 kg
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
Northview Drive, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex. Girder framework being put in place for a new build complex of flats with ground floor retail units.
Someone said this is supposed to be a drive thru car wash.
Being built on the site of the former Starlite Car Wash, an 8 bay Self Serve car wash and Ghosein's Foreign Care Repair.
4001 Southwest Highway (at 87th Street)
Hometown, Illinois
Cook County, USA.
August 16, 2022
I have visited this site a few times now though dismissed any activities as only fences and warning signs with road closures existed, however today I could see signs of new breakwaters starting to take shape , hence I have captured a few photos and created a folder to archive the progress of this project that will be complete sometime in 2020.
Regular weekly visits to this site for me going forward, posting only any significant progress shots I take .
Hope to capture the dredgers on video and some really good archive photos of this projects journey between now and 2020.
Newspaper Info
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Commencement of a £350 million project to expand facilities at Aberdeen Harbour, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government, was yesterday sanctioned by Aberdeen Harbour Board. The construction contract with its preferred bidder, Dragados UK is due to be formalised at a signing ceremony today (20th December).
“We are delighted that, after six years of detailed planning and extensive consultation with our many stakeholders and the regulatory authorities, we are now in a position to approve commencement of construction”, stated Colin Parker, Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board.
Following a detailed engagement process, Aberdeen Harbour Board, in partnership with Dragados UK, a main contractor, will develop facilities over the next three years that will represent a step change in the marine support capabilities in Scotland. These will transform the port’s ability to accommodate the trend for larger vessels we are witnessing across a whole range of industries.
The expansion will afford existing customers the opportunity to diversify and expand their interests, whilst attracting new customers and markets to the port, including up-scaled decommissioning activity, a more significant share of the available cruise vessel fleet and larger more cost-effective commercial vessels”.
Alistair Mackenzie, Chairman of Aberdeen Harbour Board added, “Aberdeen Harbour has been in existence for almost 900 years. Its longevity can be attributed to its ability to adapt to changing trading requirements and being forward-thinking in delivering new and improved facilities to support its customers, while at the same time attracting new business.
This major new chapter in the port’s history continues this approach and underpins the Trust Port ethos of viewing future generations as key stakeholders. We believe that the infrastructure developed in Nigg Bay will encourage and support the continued prosperity of the city and region that the harbour serves and make a significant national economic contribution”.
The development, which is a Scottish Government National Planning Framework (3) Project and is scheduled to be completed by 2020, was welcomed by the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, who said: “This is excellent news for Aberdeen and the Scottish maritime industry, as the signing of the construction contract means this nationally significant project can now get underway in earnest.
The significant investment will bring jobs and business to Aberdeen, supporting the local and national economy. The historic harbour will be transformed to accommodate larger vessels, opening up potential new revenue streams and offering customers world-class marine support facilities.
These are exciting times for Aberdeen Harbour. I wish everyone involved in the project every success and I very much look forward to following the expansion as it progresses.”
Dragados UK were named as the Board’s preferred bidder in September this year, and the company announced that they plan to commence construction on site in early 2017.
The new facilities will include 1,400 metres of new quay, with a water depth of up to 10.5 metres and will create an additional 125,000 square metres of lay-down area. An independent study, commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, estimates that the development will generate an additional £1 billion per annum to the economy by 2035, and will create an additional 7,000 equivalent jobs.
Funding arrangements for the project incorporated commercial borrowing from the European Investment Bank, and funding from the Aberdeen City & Region Deal. Support for the project’s feasibility study was also received from Scottish Enterprise and from the 2013 Annual Programme Call of the European Commission’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Programme.
Jonathan Taylor, Vice President of the European Investment Bank also commented: “Continued investment at Europe’s leading ports is essential to improve infrastructure and to cater for ever-changing shipping needs. The European Investment Bank is pleased to support the transformational Nigg Bay development that will significantly increase quayside space, allow deep-water access for larger vessels and ensure Aberdeen’s continued strong contribution to the Scottish economy.”
Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project Approval Announced
Jätkäsaari
The former harbor area of Jätkäsaari is one of the biggest areas for urban renewal until 2025. Along the East and North perimeter apartments are under construction and many already finished, in the areas apart from the ferry terminals earthworks shape the city to be.
I visited Girdleness Lighthouse at Torry , I climbed down among the rocks at Greyhope Bay and enjoyed the scenery leading into the North Sea and looking across at the Harbour Expansion project at Nigg Bay .
I had a great time capturing this magnificent bay , weather was magnificent
Many sad stories from history when ships got wrecked , loss of life etc hound this bay , all well documented on the internet , however I had a pleasant day , captured over 300 shots , posting a few for archiving on Flickr.
Where else but NYC?
55th St. & 7th Ave.
Improving our Subway system every day for eternity!
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The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg is a concert hall under construction in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany. I shot this picture from the habor tour piers. It was not so easy as this piers tend to shake a lot. So I was only able to get one out of many 2 second shots barely sharp. I had wished to take the shot at 30 seconds or longer to get really smooth water. But it was not possible. I hope you like the tabacco interpretation as the construction started already in 2007 and will certainly last some other years.