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#47 TF Sport Aston Martin Vantage GT3 2019: Graham Davidson, Jonny Adam - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park
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I wanted to share my workspace, the desk and chair were both thrift store finds, I didn't have to do much too the desk except clean it up, but the chair I had to disassemble and Polish the aluminum parts, and repaint some of the metal hardware
#69 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO: Sam De Haan - British GT Round 9 - Donington Park
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#2, Porsche 919 Hybrid, Neel Jani , during WEC 6 Hours of Silverstone race day
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This auditorium is part of a 1920 building that caught fire in 2015. The majority of the building was made of stone, but 35% of the place was burned down. Slowly it’s being rebuilt. I have watched this place for 2 years and was finally allowed to take a look inside.
The building stands at the corner of Park Road and Northumberland Street was built c1900. The four storey building was built of red brick and cast iron, allowing for maximum storage space at minimum cost. There was also a cellar and lift.
Apart from housing a number of mobile phone masts the building has been out of use for several decades since it was ironically set on fire during the Toxteth Riots of 1981.
Located in Toxteth,Liverpool.
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Shot trackside at round 8 of the British GT championship at Brands Hatch in 2019.
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This is a Magic Lantern Slide showing the scene in St. Paul’s Churchyard, the view is looking roughly north from the bottom of the west steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is probably the weekend before Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday 22nd June 1897. Final touches are being made to the top tier of the Grandstand outside the premises of James Spence & Co. Ltd at 76-79 St. Paul’s Churchyard purveyors of Ladies dresses and Draperies all at City wholesale prices, the premises was only one of several “Warehouses” which specialised in Ladies clothing of all sorts in the Churchyard. Opposite the west steps and just out of sight on the left is York House, all five floors of which were occupied by “Goodmans” who were a firm of Dentists. In the months prior to Jubilee day speculators were buying up window and Grandstand space not knowing exactly the route of the Jubilee procession, some got their fingers burnt but those who were lucky in predicting the route could charge between two and six guineas for a grandstand seat and more for a window, many advertised as being in a fireproof building. The motto below the top tier of “Spences” Grandstand states “In every heart one prayer, God Save Victoria”. The thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s lasted twenty minutes, Queen Victoria remained in her carriage at the bottom of the steps before continuing the procession to London Bridge and South London. It was felt that she was too frail to climb the steps and enter the Cathedral for the service.
Shot spectator side at Brands Hatch for the British GT Championship
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#66 Team Parker Racing Ltd - Mercedes-AMG GT4 - Nick Jones, Scott Malvern British GT Championship - Silverstone - Sunday
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Porsche LMP Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid #2 driven by Timo Bernhard (DEU) / Brendon Hartley (NZL) / Earl Bamber (NZL)
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Formula One British Grand Prix 2015 - Silverstone
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F1 British Grand Prix 2016 - Silverstone
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Vaillante Rebellion - Oreca 07 Gibson #31 driven by Julien Canal (FRA) / Bruno Senna (BRA) / Nicolas Prost (FRA)
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Repsol Honda Team
2015 British Grand Prix MotoGP
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My girlfriend and I wound up walking by the Grand Junction tracks behind the Fireproof Storage building at MIT while the MBTA was transferring three locomotives and two train cars from the North Station lines towards South Station. I had heard that this line was used for the purpose of transferring MBTA rolling stock between the two stations, but had never seen any trains there in person. It was odd to see a train only consisting of three locomotives and two passenger cars going past MIT.
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Edmonton's first "fireproof bank." Designed by well-known architect Roland W. Lines and built in 1910 in the style of Edwardian Baroque. The bank features Ionic pilasters, entablatured entrance, an open topped segmentally arched pediment, a balustraded parapet, and a variety of ornate, classical stone detailing.
And yes, it may be developed as a strip club. Just ask the man in the upper right of the picture.
Shot trackside at round 8 of the British GT championship at Brands Hatch in 2019.
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PRIAULX / HASSID / KROHN
BMW Team MarcVDS
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ByKolles Racing Team - ENSO CLM P1/01 - Nismo #4 driven by Dominik Kraihamer (AUT) / James Rossiter (GBR) / Oliver Webb (GBR)
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Herdman Flax Mill - Sion Mills
The name Sion comes from the townland of Seein, which lies to the south of the village. It is an anglicisation of an Irish place name: either Suidhe Fhinn (meaning "seat of Finn") or Sidheán (also spelt Síodhán and Sián, meaning "fairy mound").
In the Civil Survey of 1640 a Corn Mill on this site at Shean, Liggartown is mentioned as part of the Abercorn Estate. Galbraith Hamilton became the tenant in about 1729 and, on the adjoining lands, established a Bleach Green which was abandoned around 1779.
In the 1750s, the Mill was in need of rebuilding, and Galbraith Hamilton was advised to add a Wheat Mill to it, for which he was loaned £100 by James Hamilton (b.1838 d.1913), 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. Galbraith Hamilton also petitioned the Irish House of Commons in November 1765 for financial assistance in building the Mill. However, this venture did not prove successful. In the 1780s, Abercorn intervened personally by laying out more than £1,000 on improving the Seein Mill. This included £39 for two French millstones and £36 for a stove for drying wheat. Abercorn acquired the services of mason and clerk of works, Alexander Stewart (b.? d.1808?) to design and build it.
In 1828, this mill was rebuilt by Abercorn, but shortly afterwards became incorporated in the flax spinning mill as it stands today.
The first of the Herdman family to arrive in Ulster in 1688 was Captain Jack Herdman, of Herdmanston, Ayrshire (b.1876 d. 1964) he fought for King William III at the Battle of the Boyne before settling at Glenavy, County Antrim. Further members of the family arrived from Ayrshire in 1699 and established themselves as farmers.
By the 1830s the three Herdman brothers, James, John and George were involved in businesses within Belfast. James Herdman (b.1809 d.1901), the eldest brother, inherited Millfield Tannery from his father (James b.1781 d.1817), and John (b.1811 d,1862) went into partnership with the Mulhollands who owned the York Street Spinning Mill. In 1835 all three brothers including George (b.1810 d1856) in partnership with brothers Andrew Mulholland (b.1791 d.1866) and Sinclair (St'Clair) Kelburn Mulholland (b.1798 d.1872) and Robert Lyons purchased a flour mill located in Seein, near Strabane, County Tyrone, from the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn.
Sion (or Seein, meaning a ‘Fairy Mound’) was adjacent to the River Mourne and was purchased by way of a 500-year lease.
From its very beginning the mill at Sion was designed as a social experiment. Its development was heavily influenced by the theories and work of the social reformer Robert Owen (b.1771 d.1858) who in the early 1800s transformed the village of New Lanark (Scotland) into a model community providing a range of facilities for the welfare of its mill worker and their families.
Among the economic factors that brought the Herdmans and their partners to Sion were: the existence of the old mill which could be adapted to the spinning process; a reliable supply of water throughout the year from the River Mourne; the proximity to a large number of flax growers in North West Ulster; the port at Londonderry; and a readily available pool of labour.
Production started at Sion in November 1835 with 75 employees. Over 400 worked at the mill by 1849 when the Herdman’s became the sole owners, having bought out their partners.
By the 1870`s the mill employed over 1,000 people and at its peak Herdman`s mill had approximately 1,500 workers.
The Herman’s built schools where children of all religious traditions could learn together, churches, recreational and sporting facilities including a billiard room, cricket pitch, bowling green, handball court, tennis courts, football pitches and Captain Jack Herdman who was a passionately keen angler himself, founder of Sion Mills Angling Club.
The Herman’s brothers founded the Herdsman’s / Sion Mills Brass Band in the 1840’s. In 1870 the conductor was Mr Griggs, and David Hill from 1879 to 1880 and James Connolly from 1884 to 1894.
The Herdsman’s aspired to have a workforce and community which was completely integrated, and one of the most important aspects of Sion which cemented this integration and family spirit has always been Sport. Sion Mills is particularly well-known for its cricket and has a most distinguished cricketing history. The club being founded in 1864 by Emerson Tennent Herdman under the patronage of the Herdman family with the cricket ground being located on the down-stream side of the old Mill and was known locally as the ‘Holm Field’.
Captain John Claudius "Jack" Herdman (born 30th December 1876) was President of Sion Mills Cricket from 1923 until his death on 14th July 1964 said that “cricket surpasses all creeds and classes”.
The club won the North West Senior League on 28 occasions and the Northwest Senior Cup 29 times. The club is remembered internationally as the host of the famous victory by Ireland over the West Indies on 2nd July1969 when the Ireland Cricket team bowled the West Indies all out for 25 runs.
The Main Mill was built between 1853 to 1855, designed by the architect William Lynn (b.1829 d.1915) and built by John McCracken. Built from grey ashlar stone quarried locally in Douglas Bridge (near Strabane) the building was designed as a fireproof mill. This building was used for preparing and spinning until 1989 when the Mourne Mill was opened and it was abandoned.
The Main Mill was built wider than normal for spinning mills, which enabled Herdsman’s to survive in later years when others couldn't, because they were unable to accommodate these larger machines.
The frontage of the Line Preparing and Mechanics Shop were built in 1888 with yellow brick from Kilmarnock. A two-storey yellow-brick extension was built in 1888 by J. Ballantine and Company, Derry and designed by William Lynn the building was known as the New End.
Three storeys were added to the New End in 1907 with no pillars thus leaving more room for longer machines. This was achieved by buttressing the walls and using girders of very heavy section.
By the end of the 19th Century the Herdman family had built 240 workers houses in the village, which accommodated a population of over 2000. The buildings in the village are considered so important that 40 of them are listed for preservation.
In 1847 during the potato famine, there is a series of letters from James and George Herdman to their brother John in Belfast that explain how they coped with keeping their workers and families alive in very difficult circumstances. The devotion of the Herdman family to their workers and the villagers is well known and respected. The village houses were sold off to their occupants for between £60 and £180 each in the early 1960s. The legacy of the villagers living, working and going to school together persists and the new state primary school which superseded the Mill School in the 1970s was the first integrated state school in Northern Ireland.
On 9 May 1852, Sion Mills Railway Station opened and the railway served the area for 112 years until the station closed on 15 February 1965.
During the Great Famine, the Herdman’s tried to ensure that not just the people living in the village but as many others as possible were fed.
As part of the “experiment” the Herdman Brothers who advocated temperance, banned Public Houses in the village. Sion Mills remained a “dry” village until 1896 when the Herdman family lost a court case on this issue and within a short time Sion Mills had gained its first Public House.
Unlike factories elsewhere, from the start, the Herdman’s insisted that the working conditions at the Mill were good. The Mill was well ventilated and clean, instead of being dusty and airless.
In 1839 a gas-works (coal-fired) was built and the Mill was lit by gas lamps and in 1842 pipes were laid to the village so that every house had a light, the shop had 4 lights and there were street lights
Between 1900 & 1903 the Mill installed turbines (1000 horsepower) and later between 1919 to 1920 DC Turbines installed in the new ‘Small Turbine 135 horsepower to generate electric to light the Mill, the village, Sion House and Camus Rectory.
Unfortunately, due to competition from China, Herdman Ltd, closed down all production in Sion Mills over a 2-year period and finally ceased spinning linen on 19th May 2004 and with its closure the employment of approximately 300 workers were terminated which was a significant blow to Sion Mills and the surrounding towns and villages.
The mill building still stand, however in very poor state of repair. In September 1999, a group of villagers came together with Celia Ferguson (nee Herdman, her father was Commander Claudius Herdman & James Herdman was Celia's great-great-grandfather) to form the Sion Mills Preservation Trust with the prime objective of rescuing the old Herdman Mill and associated buildings and develop the site as a Heritage Centre for the Linen Industry. Unfortunately, they did not succeed, however people are still trying to develop and maintain facilities in the historic village.
On Saturday October 2010 a derelict part of the Mill was gutted by fire. The company that owned the mill went into receivership in 2011 and in 2014 the site was bought by Strabane woman Margaret Loughrey for an estimated £1m after she won almost £27m in the Euromillions lottery draw in Dec 2013.
There’s been a series of malicious fires over the years, the latest on Monday 19 Aug 2019 all of which have totally decimated the buildings.
April 2022, Mulrines of Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, a food and drinks firm has announced plans to create 54 jobs at their new manufacturing facility on the site of the former flax mill in County Tyrone. Mulrines have plans to redevelop 22 acres of the the former Herdman's Mill site in Sion Mills. The company will produce oat drink and fruit juice products at the new facility.
It said the jobs would pay average salaries in in the mid £20,000 range and would be in place by 2026. Company chairman Peter Mulrine said the Sion Mills project was the culmination of a number of years of research, planning and negotiation. He said the construction of the new factory was the first phase of the company's investment in the village.
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BMW - Tyco BMW Motorrad
2015 BSB Championship - Oulton Park Round 3
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Alex Rins - Paginas Amarillas HP 40
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Moto2
2015 British Grand Prix MotoGP
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Aston Martin Racing - Martin Vantage #97 driven by Jonny Adam (GBR) / Darren Turner (GBR) / Daniel Serra (BRA)
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Guest rooms at the YMCA Hotel
826 S. Wabash
For men, women and families. 2000 fireproof rooms.
Three floors are reserved for women and families
this is our hero image for our marriage outreach.
i know the wedding rings are cliche, but we need something in the art that filters this event to married couples. i figure the blurred street lights add an element of "fun date night" to the art.
we'll be promoting this all over the community. we've rented out a small theater in town to show the movie. we're providing free childcare at our facility, and working with local restaraunt for some discount coupons or certificates. our sf team is also working out the follow-through with couples that need a little more than a movie, conversation and a book.
we're hoping that this event (and others like it) will show our community that we care about them, and their families.
thoughts on the art?
edit: tweaked my title a little. smaller and a little further from the rings.
i think the title needs more (just feels boring to me) but i can't keep working on it. it's very good as it is, and i need to start on the rest of my pieces.
Fireproof (and containing lead) Christmas icicles. Silver Sheen brand. Scan of the graphics on the box.
Some long exposure CD magic :)
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Thanks God for my beautiful gift,
A wonderful baby I love to lift,
She is so small, so precious and cute,
Her cries at night prove she is not mute.
Before it was just me and the love of my life,
Now its three Marley, Myself and my beautiful wife!
British GT Championship - Snetterton
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Michelin Tyre
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The most visited and well known castle in Japan probably helped by the location filming of 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice starring Sean Connery, and 2003 movie The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise.
Built in 1333-1346, it survived WWII bombing of Himeji city.
Its walls are covered with white plaster to make it fireproof. Indeed it is one of the few castles in the country that had survived fire damages over the centuries......[Wikipedia]
This is an extremely popular picture location. A quick search on flickr returned 49,000+ entries with a Himeji tag.
Himeji Castle 姫路城, Himeji 姫路市, Honshu 本州, Japan 日本国 (Sunday 14 Sep 2008 @ 2:07pm).
Charleston SC: King St: Built on the site of the former Academy of Music, the Riviera opened on January 15,1939. When it opened it had 789 seats downstairs and 125 seats in the balcony and 279 seats in the gallery.
Now generally regarded as Art Deco, the architect Charles C. Benton, described the style as "classic modern" in 1939.
An account in the newspaper the day the Riviera opened stated "...it is modern in style with classic proportions and Greek motif. The facade is of light stone trimmed with black. The building is of steel frame construction, fireproof. The vestibule and foyer are finished in black formica and chromium with background of flex wood. There is a mezzanine with grill, and opposite it a long mural depicting a scene of Lake Como. This was painted over a previous mural which was marred by the original artist in a fit of pique."
The Riviera had modem heating and a cooling system that circulated moistened air throughout the auditorium.
The theater had the latest projection equipment, an automatic drop curtain and organ. The organ was played by Mrs. James J. Harris during intermissions.
The manager of the Riviera when it opened was John Matthews.
The first ticket was purchased by J. C. Long, son-in-law of Albert Sottile who was president of Pastime Amusement Company.
Admission prices were 25 cents for white adults, 10 cents for children and 15 cents for blacks.
The opening film was "Secrets Of A Nurse" with Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran and Paul Hurst.
In the 1950's the orchestra pit was removed and the seating capacity expanded. The stage was widened to accommodate a new, wider screen.
By 1976, there were only two movie theaters in operation in downtown Charleston, the American and the Riviera. Films did return to the Garden Theatre in 1978, when Roger McNiven coordinated a film program for the Spoleto Festival. The Riviera was exhibiting movies that appealed mostly to black audiences.
Mr. George Meyer, city manager for Coastal Theaters, a subsidiary of Fairlane Litchfield Company, Inc., the company that operated the Riviera during this time, said, "We're going to try to bring in big, first run pictures that will appeal to a general audience. When such films aren't available, double features of older movies will be offered at $2 for two movies."
The Riviera closed its doors on September 5, 1977 leaving no motion picture house in operation in peninsular Charleston for the first time since the Theatorium opened in 1907.
The reasons given were the impact of television, the growth of the suburbs and their shopping center theaters, fear of crime in the inner city and the economics in general.
In 1979, the Riviera became a church. Lewrie Harmon secured the building from Pastime Amusement Company for the Community Baptist Fellowship. The agreement called for $600 a month for the first year and $1,000 a month for the second. Harmon came to Charleston from Macon, Georgia where he was musical director and part-time pastor of the One Way Baptist Church.
Asked at the time if the movie theater was an extravagant choice for the church, Harmon replied, "No, I don't think it's extravagant. The temple God had Solomon build would have cost $13 billion today."
The only physical change that resulted from its occupation by a church was the removal of the large plaster comedy and tragedy masks above the proscenium. After the two-year lease expired, the Riviera stood dark and empty again.
In January 1983, the theater reopened briefly as a motion picture house featuring foreign and classic films. It closed again the following November.
In 1986, an investment group planned to turn the Riviera into a collection of shops, offices, a restaurant and night club.
John Burbage wrote an article on the editorial page of The News and Courier saying… “the optimists among us believe that a first-rate multiuse theater in the area could make a profitable go of it again. Surely it’s not to naïve to believe that – with the expertise in historic restoration that abounds in this city, the available tax credits, the right ideas and a strong spirit of cooperation – modern conditions may actually save, not doom, the Riviera."
In 1987, the Charleston Board of Architectural Review denied developers' plans to turn the building into a restaurant and retail space. The Summit Financial Group, Inc. had purchased a lease option but pulled out of the project after the Board of Architectural Review action.
Later that year, The Charleston Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a parking variance that would allow renovation of the theater for retail space without off-street parking. The B.A.R. gave preliminary approval to revised plans to transform the theater into a retail center.
A group of local citizens formed a special interest group and generated over 5,000 signatures on petitions to preserve the building as a theater.
David Schneider, of Preservation Consultants, Inc. and chairman of the group Friends of the Riviera expressed concerns that there were only 30 days in which to come up with an alternative plan. As it turned out the developer backed out of the project and the Riviera sat waiting in silence.
In December 1988, Pastime Amusement Company sold the building to Knight/Amherst/Riviera Joint Venture for $1 million. After some maneuvering, Mr. Raymond Knight, Jr. acquired individual ownership and began restoring parts of the theater. He completely restored the marquee and replaced the beautiful Carrara glass on the King Street exterior.
In 1989 Mr. Knight approached city officials about participating in developing the Riviera as a community asset. He bought the property directly behind the theater in order to allow space for expansion of the stage area in hopes the Charleston Symphony Orchestra would use the building.
Mr. R. Lawrence Kirkegaard, one of the world's foremost symphony hall designers, studied the Riviera and described it as ". ..an absolutely incredible opportunity." But, the symphony didn't agree and the City was obligated to other projects and could not afford to undertake the project.
Choosing not to undertake the renovation by himself, Mr. Knight put the property on the market in 1990. However, he continued to encourage the City to become involved.
The group Friends of the Riviera, now with Ralph Hicks as chairman, supported the idea of developing the building as a multiuse facility for conventions and trade shows. The group maintained that this would ensure at least a 90% preservation of the building's interior and exterior.
Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. announced that the city was interested in proposals to save the Riviera. "But, by all means, the city is not interested in a demolished theater," Mayor Riley said.
In 1993, City Council gave final approval to purchase the Riviera Theater which the city would lease to Charleston Place Associates.
In June 1994, Dean P. Andrews, managing director of the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place said that the Riviera would be capable of hosting film festivals. He mentioned that one of the old Simplex projectors would be on display in the lobby.
On Thursday, May 15, 1997, after a $4 million renovation, the Riviera opened as a conference center and retail space. More than 90 percent of the original interior has been saved. Even the Greek comedy and tragedy masks have been restored to their center position on the procenium arch. The beautiful murals were repaired or copied and the extraordinary plaster details look like they did in 1939.
While its days as a single-screen movie theater are over, the Riviera Theater's history is preserved. It continues to serve the Charleston community and its architectural beauty will enchant visitors for decades to come.
This excellent recap of the Riviera's history was taken from the website: South Carolina Movie Theaters created by Messrs. John Coles and Mark Tiedje.
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[The Masonic Temple, Danville series contains 15 images] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
The Masonic Temple (1921) in Danville is located at 105 S. Union Street in the Danville Historic District [Virginia Department of Historic Resources ID 108-0111-065]. It is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Danville prospered for many years as a tobacco and textile center.
The building designed by West Virginia architect Fred F. Farris, cost $550,000 to build in 1921. It is fire-proof and was Danville’s first skyscraper; the styling is eclectic. It has two 10-story blocks of concrete and steel with a face of glazed, white architectural terra-cotta. The basic shape is in the form of a “U”. At the center of the “U” is a Tudor arched screen, a sculpted eagle crowning the entrance. Gothic ornamentation decorates the metal awning below the arch. Elaborate relief work follows the curved of the arch and is continued on both sides of the lobby entrance. The lobby ceiling had been dropped, hiding a barrel-vaulted skylight; but it will eventually be restored to its former state. Some nice relief work is above the doors to the elevators, the original ones installed at the time of construction.
At the base of the building are bays with Tudor arches containing various shops. A reason the building is so tall was to accommodate offices for various professionals—insurance companies, utilities, lawyers, doctors, dentists, etc. The styling of most floors is utilitarian, windows being 3 over 3; on the 9th floor the windows are taller and 6 over 6. Windows on the 10th level have Tudor arches between ornamented capitals
I was unable to tour the interior, which apparently has some spectacular rooms. I was fortunate enough to meet a member of the owner’s family, who provided some details on the structure. I was in Danville around 9 in the morning when these photos were taken; the lighting was not the best, but I wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass.
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Taken in July, 2011
From the Hotel Red Book, 1918:
Baltimore Hotel, Los Angeles
Fifth Street near Main
Absolutely Fireproof
Free Auto Bus
Located in the Civic Center of Los Angeles
250 Rooms- 40 Bathrooms Free to Guests
Cafe in Connection
Schedule of Rates- European Plan
Without Bath- Single $1.00 and $1.50
With Bath- Single S1.50 and $2.00
Double- $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00
Baltimore Hotel Co.- E.H. Hess, W.J. Colopy
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