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I rather like the crazy angles and colours in the Fed Square Buildings. Its so distinctive.
For those not familiar with the area here is a blurb from www.fedsquare.com/information
Federation Square is located on the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Street in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, arts and sporting precinct.
The size of an entire city block, Fed Square is home to major cultural attractions and art galleries, world-class events and some of Melbourne’s best restaurants and cafes. Since opening in 2002 it has been embraced as Melbourne’s ‘Meeting Place’ – a local hang-out and one of Victoria’s most popular tourist destinations.
Mark Riccobono, executive director of the Jernigan Institute of the National Federation of the Blind, right, accepts an award from Dr. Joyce Winterton, Assistant Administrator, Office of Education, NASA Headquarters, center, and Ken Silberman, from Goddard Space Flight Center, at a ceremony where senior NASA officials presented the NFB with two Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollars that flew on Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission (STS-125) to the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2009, Friday evening, July 31, 2009, at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
Taekwondo Championships At Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre YMCA, by Eva Rinaldi
Today was our first close up look at the martial arts sport known as Taekwondo.
Taekwondo is a martial art traced back to Korea and is the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae (means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon ) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "art". Taekwondo may be translated as "the art of the foot and fist" or "the art of kicking and punching." Today there was generally more kicking than punching (and no punching to the face, as per the rules).
Today saw the venues youngest players to date compete: Samuel Cantali (4) and Lui Cantali (6). They have both been practising for about 3 months, but today was the first time they have ever competed in such a high level event.
We journeyed out to the Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre YMCA at Riverwood, in Sydney's South West.
It was great to see the former NSW Premier Morris Iemma had also taken the time out of his Sunday to visit the building bearing his name.
A crowd of about 200 was on hand to witness the fights and we understand that approximately 26 matches took place today, with some 50 or so "players" competing.
Some results...
Isaac Mansour Def Samuel Cantali 7 - 4
Abraham Lekkas Def Karim Mansour 14 - 4
The competitors and their families had fun, and it was a nice touch to see all players getting a medal around their necks' just for competing.
The amenities were excellent and the staff very helpful.
Well done to everyone involved in making the event a success.
Websites
YMCA Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre
www.ymcasydney.org/centre/miisc
World Taekwondo Federation
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow. His father, Sergey Lvovich Pushkin, belonged to an old noble family. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, a nobleman of African origin who was kidnapped from his homeland by the Ottomans, then freed by the Russian Emperor and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson.
He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation from the Lycée, Pushkin recited his controversial poem "Ode to Liberty", one of several that led to his exile by Emperor Alexander I. While under strict surveillance by the Emperor's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, Boris Godunov. His novel in verse Eugene Onegin was serialized between 1825 and 1832. Pushkin was fatally wounded in a duel with his wife's alleged lover and her sister's husband, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, also known as Dantes-Gekkern, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment.
Architects: LAB Architecture (2002)
Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fed Square is the de facto center of Melbourne, where most tourists tend to congregate, along with street performers and various other people looking for attention. It also has a convention center, branch of the National Gallery of Victoria and another museum dedicated to film, as well as other exhibition space and a visitor's center. I particularly liked this covered space, which acts as a semi-protected indoor/outdoor exhibit space.
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Zurich, Swiss Life Arena, 12.11.2022, Men's World Floorball Championships 2022, Semi-final, Sweden - Finland, Celebration the goal 3-1, Kim Nilsson (#7, Sweden) and the team Sweden
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 23: TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON Linkin Park concert at Red Square on June 23, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Lucian Capellaro)
Photographed in the city centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. See a 360 photo in the same location here:
Federation Place, located at 42-50 Sturt Street, originally the Scott, Dawson and Stewart Building, buit in 1884 and extended to its current dimensions in 1889. The building was used for military purposes during World War 2 and then Commonwealth Offices for many years after. It is now occupied by GHD and Purcell Taylor (Townsville, Australia)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 23: TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON Linkin Park concert at Red Square on June 23, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Lucian Capellaro)
A girl watches from a cafe as supporters of the Russian Communist party march through central Moscow on May 1, 2009 in celebration of the May Day holiday. May Day throughout the countries of the former Soviet Union traditionally celebrates the rights of the proletariat. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV
Morning, Sun & Evening. Federation window created by Morris & Co, designed by John Henry Dearle, commissioned & donated to the Adelaide Stock Exchange by George Brookman, installed 1902. Despite fires in 1938 & 1982, the window has survived in its original location and is now owned by the SA Art Gallery. The window commemorates the 6 self-governing colonies that united 1901 to form the Commonwealth of Australia. The main panels depict Australia, India, Britannia, Africa & Canada. In the upper 3 panels depicting Morning, Sun and Evening, Dearle used designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
Building opened 6 Sep 1901 as Adelaide Stock Exchange, architects Hedley Allen Dunn & Henry Ernest Fuller, closed 1991, purchased by State Govt 2007, restored, re-opened as Royal Institution of Australia.
“Although the building from an architectural standpoint is an ornament to the city, its position would almost persuade one that it was ‘born to blush unseen’, for situated at the corner of McHenry-street and surrounded by other high buildings, it is hidden from the main streets. . . Designed in an adaptation of the Queen Anne style of architecture, with a strikingly ornamental tower on the south-western corner, the exterior of the new Stock Exchange is decidedly imposing, the work having been carried out in plain brick with cement dressings, varied by the rough case work with which the tower has been picked out.” [Advertiser 20 Aug 1901]
“The new Stock Exchange, at the rear of the Royal Exchange, was opened on Friday morning, but it will not be used for business until Monday. . . the brokers and their guests inspected the new building, the cosy smoking, reading, billiard, and card rooms in the basement, the lofty vestibule on the ground floor, and the commodious No. 1 room on the top floor, together with committee rooms, telegraph office, lavatories, and other apartments, which have all been fitted up in the most luxurious fashion.” [Advertiser 7 Sep 1901]
“With that generosity which is so characteristic of him, the Hon. George Brookman, M.L.C., has presented to the committee of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide an artistic triumph in the shape of a large leaded stained-glass window. It is an immense work, measuring 8 by 6 ft., and the design on it is federal in its sentiment. . . Some of the designs used were drawn by no less a celebrity than the late Sir Burne-Jones, and the figures were taken from his cartoons. There are six lights in the window. In the centre panel Britannia is represented holding a trident in the right hand and a federation wreath uplifted in the left. She is gowned in a rich ruby garment, while the background of the picture is composed of conventional waves. On the panel to the left Australia and India are represented, Australia presenting a casket of gold, while India has her loving arms around her neck. On the right panel Africa and Canada are portrayed. . . The centre panel on the top of the picture is a representation of Burne-Jones's famous work 'The Sun,' and on the right and left respectively are the morning and evening stars. The whole conception is that the sun never sets on the British Empire.” [Register 8 Nov 1901]
“Sir George Brookman . . . was born in Glasgow in 1850. A son of the late Mr. B. Brookman, he arrived in Australia in 1852. He received his schooling at the late James Bath's school, North Adelaide. In 1878 he married Miss E. M. Marshall, of St. Kilda, Victoria. Lady Brookman and a family of two sons and a daughter survive. They are Messrs. Norman and George Brookman, of Adelaide, and Mrs. G. Jennings, of London. [News 20 Jun 1927]
“Sir George Brookman . . . The foundation of his fortune was laid by the success of his enterprise as one of the pioneers in the discovery and development of the auriferous resources of Western Australia. Early in the nineties of last century he organised the syndicate which laid bare the marvellous riches of the Golden Mile. . . a generous benefactor of the School of Mines and Industries and of the University. . . Many of the benevolent institutions of the State, notably the Children's Hospital, also had the benefit of his willing aid. . . during the war he was actively associated with the State Repatriation Board, the Red Cross. Society, the Anzac Hospitality Committee, and other undertakings with kindred aims. . . the Adelaide Electric Supply Company and the Bank of Adelaide. . . member of the Legislative Council.” [Advertiser 21 Jun 1927]
Sitting amid the beautiful Carlton Gardens, the Royal Exhibition Building is a World Heritage Site-listed building at the north-eastern edge of Melbourne’s central business district.
The interior is heavily decorated in true Victorian style. Beaneath its central dome it features lunettes of allegorical symbolism including one of "Federation" (pictured); and profuse hand stencilled decoration, all of which has all be painstakingly restored in recent years.
The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by the architect Joseph Reed, who also designed the Melbourne Town Hall and the State Library of Victoria. According to the architect, the design was inspired by many different sources. The dome was modeled on the Florence Cathedral, while the main pavilions were influenced by the style of Rundbogenstil and several buildings from Normandy, Caen and Paris.
The foundation stone was laid by the then Victorian governor George Bowen on 19 February 1879 and it was completed in 1880, ready for the Melbourne International Exhibition. The building consisted of a Great Hall of over 12,000 square metres and many temporary annexes. In the 1880s, the building hosted two major International Exhibitions; the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880 and the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition in 1888 to celebrate a century of European settlement in Australia. The most significant event to occur in the Exhibition Building was the opening of the first Parliament of Australia on 9 May 1901, following the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January. After the official opening, the federal government moved to the Victorian State Parliament House, while the Victorian government moved to the Exhibition Building for the next 26 years. On 3 September, the Australian National Flag was flown at Royal Exhibition Building for the first time. On that day Prime Minister Edmund Barton announced the winners of a competition to design a flag for Australia. The buildings were a venue for the 1956 Summer Olympics, hosting the basketball, weightlifting, wrestling, and the fencing part of the modern pentathlon competitions. As it decayed, it became known derogatively by locals as The White Elephant in the 1940s and by the 1950s, like many buildings in Melbourne of that time it was earmarked for replacement by office blocks. In 1948, members of the Melbourne City Council put this to the vote and it was narrowly decided not to demolish the building. The wing of the building which once housed Melbourne's aquarium burnt down in 1953. During the 1940s and 1950s, the building remained a venue for regular weekly dances. Over some decades of this period it also held boat shows, automobile shows and other regular home and building industry shows. It was also used during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s for State High School Matriculation and for the Victorian Certificate of Education examinations, among its various other purposes. Nevertheless, the grand ballroom was demolished in 1979, leaving the main structure in place along with annexes constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. Following the demolition of the grand ballroom, there was a public outcry which prevented the main building from also being demolished.
During a visit to Victoria in 1984, Princess Alexandra (Queen Elizabeth II's cousin) bestowed the royal title on the building and it has been referred to as the Royal Exhibition Building ever since. This title, and the first conservation assessment of the building undertaken by Alan Willingham, sparked a restoration of the interiors of the building in the late 1980s and 1990s, and the construction of a mirror glass annexe (which was later demolished). In 1996, the then Premier of Victoria, Jeff Kennett, proposed the location and construction of Melbourne's State Museum on the adjacent site. Temporary annexes built in the 1960s were removed and in 1997 and 1998, the exterior of the building was progressively restored.
On 1 July 2004, the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens was granted listing as a World Heritage Site, the first building in Australia to be granted this status. The heritage listing states that "The Royal Exhibition Building is the only major extant nineteenth century exhibition building in Australia. It is one of the few major nineteenth century exhibition buildings to survive worldwide."
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M5 WFCQ 2022 - Japan vs Philippines at Singapore Sports Hub OCBC Arena on Tuesday 31 May 2022. Photo by Amanda Ong/Singapore Floorball Association
Tent pitching competition.
Jan Wouters, Ninian Melville Marking Ed Proft's tent. Also looking on is Alan Moffat, Colin Gliddon and Chris McGowan, YMCA Ramblers
Designer: Josef Liesler / Engraver: Jindra Schmidt / Year: 1947 / Theme: World Youth Federation, July 20 - Aug. 17 in Prague / Printing process: engraving
The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, located at at Meridian Avenue and Dade Boulevard, was first opened on February 4, 1990. Designed by Antonio Cantillo, Charles Treister and sculptor Kenneth Treister, the memorial was first conceived by a committee of Holocaust survivors in 1984, formally established in 1985 as the Holocaust Memorial Committee.
The focal point of the memorial is The Arm of Six Million, a 43-foot tall bronze sculpture of a human arm, marked on the wrist with an identification tattoo from the Auschwitz concentration camp, reaching to the sky. Nearly a hundred life-size human figures are seen climbing the arm, trying to escape, with additional figures scattered around the base in various positions.
The Arm sits in a sunken plaza, surrounded by a reflecting pool. A tunnel, whose walls are inscribed with the names of concentration camps, connects to the plaza to a path and black granite wall, etched with Holocaust scenes and the name of 4,000 victims, circling the pool. At the entrance is a full-length figure of a mother with two small children wrapped in her arms. Near the exit are two female figures laying dead, their long gowns flowing down from the base.
Background
Melbourne's first public square, an initiative of the Melbourne City Council was the City Square which dates back to 1968 was considered by many to be a planning failure. Its redevelopment in the 1990s failed to address serious flaws in its design as a public space and it was during this decade that the first plans for a new square were hatched by the Victorian state government.
First plans
The site selected was immediately south of the Hoddle Grid and included the Princes Gate Towers of the former Gas and Fuel Corporation, Jolimont Yard and the Princes Bridge railway station (which was itself the former site of a 19th-century morgue).[1] The government sought to remove what were considered to be two of Melbourne's great eyesores, demolishing the 1960s Gas and Fuel Corporation buildings which obstructed a vista of heritage buildings along Flinders Street including St Paul's Cathedral.
Design competition and controversy
An architectural design competition was announced by premier Jeff Kennett in 1997 that received 177 entries from around the world.[2] The design brief was to better connect Flinders Street to the Yarra River and to enhance and complement the neighbouring heritage buildings including St Paul's Cathedral and Flinders Street Station. Several shortlisted designs, which included entries from high profile architects Denton Corker Marshall and Ashton Raggatt McDougall, were displayed to the public. The winner, however, announced in 1997 was a consortium of Lab Architecture Studio directed by Donald Bates and Peter Davidson from London, Karres en Brands Landscape Architects directed by Sylvia Karres and Bart Brands and local architects Bates Smart.[3] The original design which was costed at between A$110 and $128 million included several five-storey "shards", two of which were free-standing on the north-western edge of the precinct. These two structures were intended to provide a framed view of St Paul's Cathedral from the St Paul's Court part of the new plaza, accentuating its size in a similar perspective inspired by the piazza of St. Peter's Basilica. A series of interconnected laneways and stairways would connect Flinders Street to the Yarra River with the open square featuring a large viewing screen for public events. These elements were widely supported by the design community and promoted as fulfilling the design criteria whilst also embracing the growing popularity of Melbourne's laneways. However, Lab's design was also source of great controversy causing outrage among heritage advocates, primarily due to the positioning of one of the shards.
SBS were announced as an anchor tenant of the office space component of Federation Square. While office space was always intended as a way to fund some of the construction of the square, it was intended that tenants be public or cultural organisations in line with the philosophy of the public space. ACMI and the National Gallery were announced as other major tenants.
Construction
After a change of government during its construction, and the incoming Labor administration ordered a significant design revision to appease conservative critics. A later report drawn up by the University of Melbourne's Professor Evan Walker postulated that the westernmost shard would interfere with a so-called "heritage vista", a view of the cathedral from the middle of the tram tracks on Princes Bridge to the south.[4]
Budgets on the project blew out significantly mainly due to the cost of covering the railyard and modifications to the design and there were long delays.[5][6] Among measures taken to cut costs was concreting areas originally designed for paving.
The final cost of construction was approximately A$467 million (over four times the original estimate) and funding came primarily from the state government with small contributions from the City of Melbourne, federal government, private operators and sponsors.[7]
The square was opened on 26 October 2002.[8] Unlike many Australian landmarks, it was not opened by the reigning monarch, Elizabeth II, nor was she invited to its unveiling; she visited Federation Square in October 2011.[9]
Further expansion
In 2006 Federation Wharf extended Federation Square to the Yarra River, by redeveloping the vaults under the Princes Bridge into cafes and ferry terminals with elevator access to Federation Square.
Several proposals have been prepared for the area now known as Federation Square East, including covering the remaining area of railyards to the east of the main square. This has included proposals for office towers and, more recently, a combination of open space and a hotel.[10]
Location and layout
Federation Square from Eureka Tower Skydeck.
Federation Square occupies roughly a whole urban block bounded by Swanston, Flinders, and Russell Streets and the Yarra River. The open public square is directly opposite Flinders Street Station and St Paul's Cathedral. The layout of the precinct is designed to connect the historical central district of the city with the Yarra River and a new park Birrarung Marr.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 23: Michael Bay at the TRANSFORMERS 3: DARK OF THE MOON Global Premiere at the Moscow Film Festival on June 23, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin)
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi). Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent.
First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lands in the 15th century and became the center of a unified state. Following the proclamation of the Tsardom of Russia in 1547, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of its history. During the reign of Peter the Great, the Russian capital was moved to the newly founded city of Saint Petersburg in 1712, leading to a decline in Moscow's importance throughout the imperial period. Following the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Russian SFSR, the capital was moved back to Moscow in 1918.The city later became the political center of the Soviet Union and experienced significant population growth throughout the Soviet period. In the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moscow remained the capital city of the newly reconstituted Russian Federation and has experienced continued growth.
The northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, Moscow is governed as a federal city, where it serves as the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Russia and Eastern Europe. Moscow has one of the world's largest urban economies. Moscow has the second-highest number of billionaires of any city (tied with Hong Kong). The Moscow International Business Center is one of the largest financial centers in the world and features the majority of Europe's tallest skyscrapers. Moscow was the host city of the 1980 Summer Olympics and one of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The city contains several UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is known for its display of Russian architecture, particularly in areas such as Red Square and buildings such as Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Moscow Kremlin, the latter of which is the seat of power of the Government of Russia. Moscow is home to Russian companies in different industries and is served by a comprehensive transit network, which includes four international airports, ten railway terminals, a tram system, a monorail system, and the Moscow Metro, which is the busiest metro system in Europe and one of the largest rapid transit systems in the world. The city has over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, making it one of the greenest cities in the world.[
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet meets with Meng Xiaosi, Head of the Chinese Delegation to CSW, Vice President of the All-China Women's Federation during the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
In the late 19th century, Eastern Europe and Russia became the hub of small groups advocating reform in Armenian-populated areas in the Ottoman Empire. In 1890, recognizing the need to unify these groups in order to be more efficient, Christapor Mikaelian, Simon Zavarian and Stepan Zorian created a new political party called the "Federation of Armenian Revolutionaries" (Հայ Յեղափոխականներու Դաշնակցութիւն), which would eventually be called the "Armenian Revolutionary Federation" or "Dashnaktsutiun" in 1890. copyright@Ashnag