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Seen at the Cherokee Nation Ancient Village, this is a replica of a traditional Cherokee dwelling, built low to the ground and illuminated at both ends by natural lighting.
September Monthly Scavenger Hunt #4 - Architecture
The cave villages near Bamyan reflect layers of displacement, poverty and historical marginalization of the Hazara people in Afghanistan. The Hazaras are a minority which is religiously and ethnically distinct from the majority Sunni Pashtun majority. During the reign of Abdur Rahman Khan in the late 19th century, the Hazaras were subject to a large scale campaign of ethnic cleansing. Bamyan and its surrounding areas are high-altitude, mountainous, and historically underdeveloped. The land is difficult to farm, and infrastructure has always lagged behind. As a result, many families were forced to make do with whatever shelter they could find, including the ancient cave systems originally carved for Buddhist monks over 1,000 years ago. Even after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, the Hazara-majority regions remained poor and underfunded. Bamyan did become relatively safer and even saw some tourism and NGO activity, but housing shortages and lack of economic opportunity meant that cave-dwelling continued out of necessity, not tradition. Under the current Taliban regime (since 2021), while Bamyan has not seen the same level of violence as other regions, socioeconomic hardship has intensified. With collapsing services, inflation, and unemployment, the poorest — often Hazara families — remain in the caves, simply because there are no affordable alternatives.
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William Sutton bequeathed most of his wealth into trusts for housing for the poor. His will was disputed by his family and shockingly the London County Council who believed the dwellings would lead to lower rents!
View of a homestead complex showing wooden buildings and a wire fence.
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
C. L. Hayes, Southern Pines, N.C.;
Location:
Southern Pines (N.C.); Moore County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html
View of a two-story cabin showing a chimney and a picket fence.
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
Adolph Selige Pub. Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Date:
1909
Location:
Raleigh (N.C.); Wake County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052); collection guide available online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/52postc.html
At one stage this was a hospital for war veterans and also the mentally impaired...
Has now since 2003 been turned into luxury apartments and dwellings..
A large vacant dwelling going throughout at Commonwealth and Holden. See more of this incident at www.onscenefirephoto.com
The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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Shadow of the Mi-Wok interpretive trail. Dwelling traditionally made by leaning several long strips of tree bark upon each other in a pyramidal formation, leaving a small opening for entry.
Families (Colville) camping by H. J. Schuler, Washington (State), 1915? – 1922?
Image courtesy Marquette University Archives, 11319
Some more photos from my recent trip to Berwick Upon Tweed, and my afternoon-long photo walk around it.
It was a gorgeous, spring day, with golden light and contrasting long shadows, just perfect for shooting monochrome pics of some of the riverside architecture, much of it Georgian and Victorian, all catching that light on old stone
Title: A. T. Lloyd's residence in Highland Park, Dallas, Texas
Creator: L. J. Higginbotham Photo. Adv. Co
Date: ca. 1911-1922
Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas-Texas Image Collection
Place: Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_b_0031_r_lloyd.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/gcd/id/344
Experience the architecture of the ancient Ancestral Puebloans at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings in Manitou Springs.
Title: Residence, Sam Leake, in Highland Park, Dallas, Texas
Creator: L. J. Higginbotham Photo. Adv. Co
Date: ca. 1911-1922
Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas-Texas Image Collection
Place: Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_b_0028_r_leake.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/gcd/id/345
I envisioned this piece as a cozy home, one that could be a cottage. Using the phrase "nest egg," I fashioned my cottage from photos from different parts of the world: the roof of one of the peculiar Cornish round houses, the windows and door from Mediterranean buildings. A collage, Dwelling is a home inside my head where comfort and unease reside together.
View of a residence with wrap-around porch and covered car port attached to the building.
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
T. R. Gibbs Pharmacy, Belhaven, N.C.;
Location:
Belhaven (N.C.); Beaufort County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html