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The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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This one looked different from the rest of the flock - probably because of presence of part of his breeding plumage. There were at least 50 or so of them in the flock. Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Brighton, Ontario
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Jungfraujoch (3'471m)
503cw, Zeiss 80mm F2.8
Fuji Velvia 50 (expired), Cross Processing
Same, but different
A key part of the trip was having an evening at Giant's Causeway to explore without the crowds. Still it took a while before no one was climbing to the top of this section for a clear picture.
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Autumn foliage and shadows pooling in the hollows of the mountains--just one of the many different views in the National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico.
The Flying Scotsman at the National Railway Museum, York, UK. Taken using a Samyang 7.5mm fisheye lens, and Olympus Dramatic Tone art filter.
Chapim-real
Great Tit
Parus major
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Photo taken with a Sony Alpha 7R III
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For different reasons this picture makes me think that my son is leaving childhood and turning to teenage years.
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different POV of the same place i have already posted before. I gave a second thought of posting this redundant picture, but 3 things changed my mind
1) lighting in this picture - i dont know why but that bright light peeping in the left (which often would be considered distraction) as far as i am concerned is an added effect
2) the mans texture just speaks a lot. from his clothing to the facial hair to the skin texture every detail looks photogenic
3) the entire atmosphere of the setting and the mood of this image !
Trying something different.
Sometimes my photographer brain takes over from common sense and good taste.
Back shot from March 2016 from a walk around the city catching up with what's happening.
I had to take my car in for a WOF and service so instead of going home I took a walk around the city catching up on the rebuild. March 2, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
The Variegated Fritillary is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the Variegated Fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria Fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: Variegated Fritillaries have 2 - 3 broods per year versus one per year in Speyeria; they are nomadic versus sedentary; and they use a wide range of host plants versus just violets.
Their flight is typically low and swift, but even when resting or nectaring, this species is extremely difficult to approach, and because of this, its genus name was taken from the Greek word euptoietos meaning "easily scared".
The Variegated Fritillary is a shapely butterfly that has somewhat scalloped edges and wavy black lines on the upper side of its orange wings. The undersides of its wings are tan and brown, making it resemble a dead leaf. There are no shiny spots like other fritillary butterflies. Wingspan typically measures 1.75 - 2.25 inches (4.5 - 5.5 cm).
Variegated Fritillaries range from the higher elevations of Argentina through Central America and Mexico to the southern United States; also Cuba and Jamaica. But they regularly colonize northern parts of the United States during the summer months except for the Pacific Northwest.
This species may be seen flying from April - October in the southern United States, while in the north it flies from summer to early fall.
It is often found in open, disturbed habitats such as clover and alfalfa fields, pastures, fields, waste areas, along roadsides, prairies, and mountain meadows.
Adult butterflies nectar from several plant species including butterflyweed, common milkweed, dogbane, peppermint, red clover, swamp milkweed, and tickseed sunflower.
ISO400, aperture f/10, exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 300mm
Athens is as bustling at night as it is during the day. At night the different colour lighting in different areas is remarkable, but also the Acropolis can be made out.
Il me semble que ma dernière photo d'Athènes montrait la ville de jour. De nuit on voit d'autres détails, comme les différences de couleurs d'éclairage en function des quartiers (je me demande d’ailleurs pourquoi, c’est la seule ville où je l’ai remarqué à ce point), et l'Acropole qui reste bien visible !
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Orchids belong to a very different plant family, and because they are thousands of species of the world's largest groups of flowering plants. Blooming orchids come in literally hundreds of different shapes and sizes, from small to very large flowers. Combine flowers in dozens of different colors
Slightly different composition of these awesome boulders.
They're formed by concretion of minerals around a central nucleus and are weathered out of the cliff as it is worn down.
There's a beach in New Zealand with boulders like this - I'd love to get there someday!
Making these long exposures was somewhat difficult as the sea would cycle through flooding over the top of all of them (turning the image into a muddled mess). I was able to time this shot for the lull and get off the rock and out of the way before the flood came back. I got caught a couple of times and it was a little disconcerting standing knee deep in rushing water not sure where the rocks you walked out on were now - my gear got splashed pretty good once or twice but I kept the important bits out of harms way.
I'm super excited to be heading down to Big Sur for a few days at the end of next week. I've just begun to research locations - anyone have any they'd like to share? :)
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Several people were sharing a yoga session on the other side of Chicken Point while I sat quietly and looked around. Different meditation techniques - that were each successful - due to our surroundings.
I've seen redundant buses in use as bars, cafés, restaurants, car transporters, horseboxes - the list goes on. But never a mobile hot-tub, until today. Shame it was raining, really.
MUI 7852 (90-D-1014, G919 FVX)
Leyland Olympian, Alexander (Belfast) RH (O--/--F)
Bathing in the Sky, Duddenhoe
St George's Road, Portsmouth
05 June 2017
I took this picture yesterday while watching the dancers dance to the music of the Manny Cepeda Orchestra. In this image, the trombone player has walked with his trombone into the audience area, and during a part of the music where he didn't have to play, he danced with this member of the audience. He is a very tall man, and appears to be at least 18 or more inches taller than his partner.
This is an infrared image taken with my converted Nikon D300 camera. I've been taking infrared photographs for about 10 years, and with a total of 3 different cameras. It's much easier to take infrared images digitally that it was in the film days. If you like this look, I have an album of infrared photographs, creatively named Infrared.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157600507865146/
If you enjoy images from musical performances, you might not hate my music album.
www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157604237145473/
Other pictures taken in San Diego that I've taken can be seen in my San Diego album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157623536348425/
I wanted to travel to Morocco by boat in order to experiment visually the continent change from Europa to Africa. Only on land travelling make the passenger really feel the distance and the cultural evolution all along the way. Since I had previously visited Sevilla, Malaga was for me an obvious starting point for a short Morocco trip. Then I would go to gibraltar, Tarifa and take the boat for Tangier, my first Morocco city. The trip lasted 3 weeks until I reach south of Atlas Mountain Range, just before the desert.
The conclusion of my travel is that I could not recognize any Moroccan people anymore since I could realize that from north to south, and depending of the mountain side landscape, geography and people are totally different.