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One of a series of small booklets issued by the Design & Industries Association (in this case 'jointly' with the Council for the Preservation of Rural England) in the 1920s and '30s dealing with matters of design, architecture and planning. Or rather, as they saw it, the lack of! The inter-war period, with the evidence of earlier Victorian and Edwardian excess and the rapidly developing suburbs of Britain, was rich territory for those concerned with aesthetic matters such as the impact of inappropriate design and architecture and rampant advertising. These were the years before effective planning laws, although some restrictions on 'ribbon development. alongside main roads was introduced pre-WW2, and it would be 1947 before the post-war Labour Government brought in the Town & Country Planning Axt. This legislation did deal with many of the issues raised in booklets such as this and by the organisations concerned.
The booklet takes a look around the ancient town of St Albans in Hertfordshire and, through photos and text by Clough William-Ellis, the eminent architect, notes the 'good, bad and the ugly'. The DIA was formed in 1915 by a group of designers, businessmen and industrialists intent on raising the standard and prominence of good design and the value this brought. One important figure in the DIA was Frank Pick, the London Underground manager, who brought the ethos of the DIA into play during his work to improve London's Transport before the outbreak of WW2.
The cover's illustartion is signed "Grimmond" and this may be, I think, William Grimmond (1884 - 1952).
The Wild Animal Sanctuary is making a area for the Coyotes I thing they said. The trees are in the area where water will flow. The back section is for the Fox's which 7 are placed. Tree's, water flow, dirt mounds plus concret pip sections covcered with dirt, more than evough room for everyone.
The depressing sight of the small housing development in the village, which is creating a lot of mud, great heaps of the stuff and muddy, clay coloured water streaming down the road.
125 pictures in 2025 (63) muddy
The west side of the island, near to Playa Blanca in Lanzarote. Much development stopped during the 2008 financial crash.
2012
LG Development’s HUGO masterplan includes the construction of mid-rise buildings at 751 N. Hudson Ave. and 411 W. Chicago Av. The two mixed-use structures will each stand 9 stories and will collectively house roughly 19,000 square feet of retail and 227 apartment units. The 751 N Hudson Avenue building will accommodate 134 residences; 411 W Chicago Avenue will house the remaining 93 units. Completion is scheduled for third-quarter 2023.
The two buildings replace parking lots and will be narrowly separated by 415 W. Chicago Ave, a masonry 1930 low-rise building. The seemingly vacant building is reminiscent of the building containing a cleaner (who owns it) and Bella Luna that remains at the south end of the One Chicago development because the woman refused to sell.
This B Series Leyland National was new as a Leyland development vehicle in 1978 and remained unregistered for over a year, it never leaving the confines of the Lillyhall factory.
It passed to Ribble once Leyland had finished with it and became their 686 and as it had never ventured on a public highway it gained a 'V' suffix registration.
The bus is seen here leaving Leigh bus station in 1990 bound for its home base of Bolton.
This is a massive development in Saanich, which is home to the Home Depot. This is the old Save on Foods grocery store that's been now torn down.
Fenix II development transforms old warehouse by stacking new apartments on top of the 100yr old building.
aerial view of the construction of the Mill View Orbit development in Dereham - Norfolk UK aerial image
trying some macro...
old beroflex AF 35-70mm lens from an old minolta dynax 3ix cam. as i don't have any adapter on my e-mount, i used some piece of toilette paper roll :).
proceed in darktable
This is a massive development in Saanich, which is home to the Home Depot. This is the old Thrifty Food liqueur store that's been torn down now.
I've been searching the last two years a way to turn digital raw into pastel like Fujifilm 400H Pro colors.
I've failed a million times and thought that it's impossible since film reacts to light differently each time vs. digital sensor.
I've come close, but the results vary between lighting situations from bad to excellent. But now I've really cracked something cool.
This particular preset + method editing 8bit jpg (now raw) has been revolutionary discovery. I've gotten excellent results every time and the pictures are always blooming with bright pastel like colors.
I'm about to write this to my blog and release this updated 400H preset in the next few days.
All of the images are "tracings" and hail from various sources. The entry covers at least two or three days from last week and more or less reads from top to bottom.
this land used to be an informal settlement now reclaimed by the national government for development
see the whole thing here. it cuts off at the super dramatic part, haha. I promise it gets better, and there's only like 30 seconds more. go watch it!
I really don't blame you if this doesn't make sense to you. It was for school. But here it is anyway.
For my school project, I had to make an exhibit to go with a portfolio of writing. Instead of doing some sort of statue-creation-type thing like most kids, I decided to make a stop motion. It represents how I've 'come of age' as a reader, writer, and a person.
Model is Annie.
ok maybe not.
But it does keep occurring to me.
The end of Arachtober happens to coincide with Webnesday, Something good about that - what year will that next happen?
Big Developments:
Whilst we have been away from the spotlight for a while many new developments have taken place behind the scenes.
1. National Park park and rides:
For some time now we have been working with the national parks authority on trying to reduce emissions from road transport in the national park areas. Together we have found that the best solution is to create a series of park and rides outside National parks on their approaches, with attractive luxury vehicles and pricing to tempt more passengers. Over the past year existing park and ride sites have been extended and new ones created in strategic towns and cities near national parks. The first of these to be completed is the two for the Lake district National Park.
Two new park and ride sites have been created at Lancaster and Carlisle near to the motorway to tempt more travellers. There will be three services running through the park, each requiring 7 vehicles to keep up a 20 minute frequency. We have ordered Plaxton elite interdecks for these services as they provide wheelchair access with the luxury of a coach, however these are to the new shorter 13.8m length as on stagecoach’s X7 route in Scotland.
A new brand, called National Park Connect, has been created for what will eventually be a network of services that cover most national parks within the country, with the intention of linking these in time with Crosslinks services to the park and ride sites. One of the Elites is below.
Many thanks to Chris H for the net.
Cleaner Emissions for TFL
As part of TFL’s mission to reduce bus emissions by using new exhaust technology to clean up older vehicles, Sullivan’s are the next fleet to be retrofitted with the SCRT system for reducing particulates under the TFL programme. This will affect all vehicles built in 2001 to 2004, a significant proportion of the fleet. We have been assure that it will cost nothing to us and mean that the emissions of these vehicles are close to Euro 6 levels, however with other technologies we have been using (such as the GKN flyweel system) we believe emission may be well under that target one all modifications are completed.
Introduction of Eminox technology
Since last year we have been trialing the eminox fuel additive in the Crossways fleet. It saves around 1% of fuel used by a normal bus over the year. Although this may not sound like much, it is still on average a £500 per bus per year saving on fuel costs even when factoring in the cost of buying the additive.
Since trials have been successful, all fleets within the Crossways Group will now start to use the technology, potentially saving us £50,000 per year and further reducing our emissions. Crossways has already been using the technology (including the events fleet), however fleets affected by this will be the Cross Bristol, Sullivan Buses, Crosslinks, Rail Replacement and National Park Fleets.
Homelessness abounds as people walk by not even noticing those less fortunate who live on the streets in the cold and the filth, by Cynthia Marcopulos
The development where I live and also my church lost a great man this past Saturday. He was having a great time with friends at Dollywood, and when back to his hotel and passed away soon after his return. I will miss my fellow Astronomer enthusiast, and brother in Christ. Godspeed, Bill.
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Year Sixteen Of My 365 Project