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Southwark Cathedral is unique among English Anglican cathedrals in being separated by little more than a mile and the River Thames from it's neighbouring diocesan church, St Paul's. This odd arrangement derives from Southwark being a young diocese, since despite being one of London's oldest churches, it has only had cathedral status since 1905. Surprisingly the new Southwark diocese wasn't even carved out of the London one, since everything south of the Thames had traditionally been part of the Diocese of Winchester.
The site goes back to Roman times, with remains of a villa beneath the present building. A church has probably existed here since the 10th century (first recorded in the Domesday book in 1086) though the present cruciform building is mostly the result of 13th century rebuilding. The church was then known as St Mary Overie ('over the river') and served a college of priests.
Following the Reformation it was stripped of it's collegiate function and redesignated as the parish church of St Saviour. For a while the parishoners rented the building from the Crown until they were able to buy it for their own use in 1614. Certain chapels ceased to be used and the building suffered a long decline, culminating in the early 19th century when neighbouring London Bridge was being rebuilt, and road enlargement encroached on the churchyard. There were calls to demolish the church but luckily preservationists won the day, though two projecting chapels were lost at this time.
Though the east end was repaired the neglect had taken it's toll on the nave and in 1832 it's roof was removed, leaving it open to the elements for seven years until it was tragically demolished and replaced with a cheap and nasty brick substitute. Happily this was itself replaced in 1890 by the present nave by Sir Arthur Blomfield, a very successful attempt to replicate the surviving medieval choir which restored harmony and dignity to the building in preparation for it's rise to cathedral rank in 1905.
Today the church is a haven of peace in one of the most unsympathetic settings of any English cathedral, hemmed in by roads, car parks and a railway viaduct that passes through the former churchyard! Somewhat choked by all this development, the exterior looks mostly Victorian, thanks to the new nave and general refacing of the older parts, except for the 15th century central tower. The interior however is a delight, and transports the visitor back to the 1200s, despite the newness of the nave and it's aisles, which blend beautifully with the medieval choir and transepts. The focal point of the interior is the high altar screen of c1520, adorned with niches containing statues (all Victorian replacements).
There are many tombs and monuments in the cathedral spanning all periods and styles, and several have been recoloured (thanks to a slightly over enthusiastic campaign in the 1960s). The most notable tombs include that of the poet John Gower (14th century) in the north aisle, and 16th century Anglican divine, Bishop Lancelot Andrewes in the choir.There is a modern monument to Shakespeare bearing his effigy (he is believed to have worshiped here,being close to the Globe and Rose theatres, his brother Edmund is buried nearby). Further medieval and later monuments are in the choir aisles, and a rich collection of Baroque wall tablets adorn the transepts.
The furnishings are generally Victorian, whilst the stained glass is mostly later, the most prominent being Ninian Comper's 1950s east window of Christ in glory and Henry Holiday's superb Pre-Raphaelite west window on the theme of Creation. Most of the Victorian glass was lost to wartime bombing, in it's place we have some fine modern windows in the south choir aisle by Lawrence Lee and Alan Younger, and the Shakespeare window by Christopher Webb.
At the west end is a display of medieval wooden roof bosses from the old nave (more have been reintegrated into the tower ceiling, which has a modern design by George Pace). To the north a large suite of rooms has recently been constructed to serve the cathedral's administrative functions.
Just to reinforce comments made in my previous two photos, this is Cresswell Signalbox and crossing with a Class 120 Swindon cross-country unit speeding across in the direction of Stoke with a Derby to Crewe service on 24th September, 1979.
I think the sign on the right was to the entrance of Blythe Colour Works.
I presume this location looks nothing like this today !
Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in Hard and Hidden Places sits on Ann Voskamp's lovely, worn wooden table.
Crossing the Millennium Bridge from Newcastle to Gateshead.
Today's sermon reflected on the term 'The Way' being applied to Christianity in the Acts of the Apostles, and what it means for Christ to be the Way. St Catherine of Siena built on this to call Christ the Bridge. That sermon may be read here.
L to R: Robert I. Mesa, Chris Murray, and Nathalie Standingcloud in Crossing Mnisose at The Armory.
Photo by Patrick Weishampel/blankeye.tv/Courtesy of Portland Center Stage at The Armory
Crossing Mnisose
By Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Molly Smith
Scenic Designer Todd Rosenthal
Costume Designer Alison Heryer
Lighting Designer Sarah Hughey
Composer & Sound Designer Roc Lee
Text Director &
Vocal Coach Anita Maynard-Losh
Assistant Director Devon Roberts
Fight Director Kristen Mun
Dramaturg Benjamin Fainstein
Cultural Consultant,
Yankton Sioux Nation Glenn Drapeau
Cultural Consultant,
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Lauren Cordova
Stage Manager Susan R. White
Stage Manager Mark Tynan
Production Assistants Lilo Alfaro
Alexis Ellis-Alvarez
April 13 — May 5, 2019
On the U.S. Bank Main Stage
Crossing Mnisose (“minne-show-she”) tells the story of one of America's first feminists, Sacajawea, and draws a line from a completely original view of Lewis and Clark to the present day, as descendants of the Dakota and Lakota Nations continue their fight for the Mnisose (or what Europeans named the “Missouri River”) and the lands that contain the burials of their ancestors. From celebrated playwright, activist, and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee Nation), whose Manahatta captivated audiences at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Commissioned by Portland Center Stage at The Armory | World Premiere
Bunchrew Level Crossing with automatic half barriers - converted from automatic open crossing (AOCL) to AOCL+B in August 2013.
Feb. 25, 1980: L. H. Wagner of Downey, a crossing guard at the Imperial School in Downey, takes a break between escorting children back and forth across Imperial Highway. Wagner has been a crossing guard for six years. It's a rough intersection, Wagner said, because people don't want to stop. Last month a car hit him. Wagner said he likes working outside and "the kids are great." Photo appeared in the Feb. 26, 1980, Downey Southeast News.
Schoolboy learns to cross the road to change his life.
A school boy who lost his confidence after being in a road accident has been helped back to the kerb by safety experts.
Eleven year old Ben Mooney was seriously injured in a road accident last November.
He was hit by a car after he walked out from between parked cars and broke his leg in three places.
His physical injuries healed but it soon became clear that he had lost all confidence in his ability to cross the road safely.
“I was at my wits end,” said his mother Donna Mooney.
“He was so nervous, he just wouldn’t go over the road by himself.
“He would only cross at traffic lights but that wasn’t always possible and it added so much time to every journey.
“He gets the bus to school but this thing about only crossing at traffic lights added about an hour to the journey and involved so much walking”
Mrs Mooney got in touch with Knowsley Council’s road safety team who arranged a home visit to find out what was going on.
Officer Jeanne Morgan agreed to take both Ben and his mum out for some practical training and tried a new approach.
Jeanne said: ” We use a child –led approach, that is, we asked Ben to show us how he would try to cross the road and worked from that.
“I tried to deal with all sorts of situations that pedestrians can find themselves in and gave Ben the techniques he needed to handle them safely.
“I asked Ben to take me on routes that he would normally use as I felt this would encourage him more. He’s now trying all sorts of journeys that he would never have had the confidence to.”
Mrs Mooney said:” I just want to say a big thank you to Jeanne - she has changed Ben’s life.
“I was trying to build his confidence but just wasn’t making any headway. Jeanne knew what to do and her hard work really paid off”
For more information about Knowsley’s road safety team, contact Mr Andy Wilson, Road Safety Team Leader on 0151 443 2232.
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Pic caption: Ben Mooney (centre) with Mum Donna (left) gets back his crossing confidence with the help of road safety officer Jeanne Morgan (right).
For more information: contact Knowsley Council’s communications team on 0151 443 3537
So stoked on this photo. I've been meaning to shoot some stuff like this for a while. This might spur me on a little
Stopped the car recently while passing through the Phoenix Park in Dublin. 'Why?' I hear you ask, because some deer decided to pass where there was no deer crossing sign. I did make the most of the situation.
I take a lot of pictures out the window of the red line train as it crosses the Longfellow Bridge. But here is ... look, a red line train crossing the Longfellow Bridge! And I'm way over here!
Arriving an hour and a half late, GBRf’s 66718 and 66306 arrive at Totnes and reverse onto the South Devon Railway to collect the Rail200 exhibition train stock.
5917 crosses Dora Creek on it's way north to Broadmeadow to await the arrival of the Blue Zephyr.
22/6/14
The Manhattan Bridge is a 6,885 foot suspension bridge, with a span of 1,470 feet, crossing the East River and connecting The Bowery in Chinatown with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
"Suspension Bridge Number 3", as it was first called, was first conceived of as a traditional wire cable suspension bridge to be used exclusively by trains in tandem with the mixed traffic Williamsburg Bridge. In 1901 Gusav Lindenthal presented plans for a mixed traffic design, which was rejected, that called for a hybrid design, with massive steel towers and depp stiffening trusses like the Williamsburg Bridge, and vertical suspender ropes and diagonal stays like the Brooklyn Bridge. Lindenthal countered with the revised design employing a wire-cable suspension design that instead of being woven from steel wires would consist of four chains of nicel-steel eyebars; and a two-dimensional flexible tower profile, which would be the first for a suspension bridge. Concerns about inspection led to another rejection and a new bridge commissioner, Othniel Foster Nichols.
Nichols selected a new design based by Leon Moiseff based on deflection theory, which stated that three opposing forces act on the deck and cables. Chief engineer Rudolph Madjeski collaboarated with Moiseff on the new design, which incorprated Lindenthal's two-dimensional towers. However, the 322-foot-tall towers support four main wire-spun cables, each measuring 3,224 feet long, in a more traditional suspension design. The 21¼" diameter main cables were the largest suspension cables employed at the time. Together, the four cables support two decks: the lower deck originally carrying four vehicular lanes, flanked by subway tracks on each side, and the upper deck originally carrying streetcar lines situated above the subway tracks. The upper and lower decks are carried within a 26-foot-deep stiffening truss, half the depth of the Lindenthal design.
Other Lindenthal design touches were maintained at the approaches to the bridge. Carrere and Hastings, the architect team who designed the New York Public Library, lent designed the anchorages and Manhattan approach. The two granite-encased anchorages contain arches, buttresses and other architectural embellishments. A Baroque arch modeled after Porte St. Denis, a gateway to Paris, frames the Manhattan entrance to the bridge.
The four main cables were spun over the East River in a record four months time during 1908. On December 31, 1909, in what he earlier promised to be his last act in office, Mayor George McClellan formally opened the $31 million Manhattan Bridge.
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