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Miami is a seaport city at the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Florida and its Atlantic coast. As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and the most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States.
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According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America" and is the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
Miami has the third tallest skyline in the U.S. with over 300 high-rises. Downtown Miami is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States, and many large national and international companies. The Civic Center is a major center for hospitals, research institutes, medical centers, and biotechnology industries.
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A week in the lakes as a warm up to the Alps.
Our hike from Honiston pass took us over Green and Great Gable, returning via Fleetwith Pike. The view from Great Gable takes in Kirk Fell, Ennerdale and Haystacks.
This is a 4-shot pano of the view.
I have just returned from a week in the Lake District so here's a new picture to start off. This is the view from Great Gable, overlooking Wast Water in the middle of the day.
I spent ages at the top looking around for interesting foreground elements. I returned to these rocks several times as they looked like tombstones from a distance.
Coral Gables, officially the City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located southwest of Downtown Miami. The United States Census Bureau estimates conducted in 2017 yielded the city had a population of 51,095. Coral Gables is home to the University of Miami.
Coral Gables was one of the first planned communities, and prefigured the development of the gated community and the homeowners association. It is infamous for its strict zoning regulations. The city was developed by George Edgar Merrick during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The city's architecture is almost entirely Mediterranean Revival style, including the Coral Gables Congregational Church, donated by Merrick. The domed, Catholic Church of the Little Flower was built somewhat later, in a similar Spanish Renaissance style. By 1926, the city covered 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) and had netted $150 million in sales, with over $100 million spent on development.
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The Gables offered a truly "modern" experience in sleepy little Campbell Town in the 1930s. It was the place to stay in town, while you visited all the old historic sites and buildings. It still runs as a bed and breakfast, but has been closed during the recent lock downs. Like most tourist businesses it is praying the state borders will be opened again soon.
A thousand people or more,reach the summit cairn of Green Gable every year,yet it is probably true to say that no visitor to Lakeland ever announced at breakfast that this fell was his days objective; and if he did his listeners would assume a slip of the tongue,of course he must mean Great Gable.
The two Gables are joined like siammese twins,but they are not likenesses of each other..Great gable is a great mountain which every walker wants to climb; Green Gable is a stepping stone to it but otherwise of no account..all eyes are fixed on Great Gable..Green Gable is merely something met on route,so think most folk that pass from one to the other.
But Green Gable is not at all insignificant. At 2603 ft,its altitude ,by lakeland standards is considerable,a sharp peaked summit,more delicately wrought than Great Gables,adds distinction...
I recognise Green Gable as a fine mountain in its own right.
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England.
Ledbury is a charming market town, not far from the city of Hereford. The Victorian poet Elizabeth Barratt Browning lived on the outskirts of the town, and John Masefield – Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 to 1967 – was born here in 1878.
Great Gable viewed from Scarfell Pike
Wainwright had this to say about Great Gable "It is the undisputed overlord of the group hills to which it belongs, and its superior height is emphasised tremendously by the deep gulf separating it from the Scafells and allowing an impressive view that reveals the whole of its half-mile altitude as an unremitting and unbroken pyramid"
The summit of Great Gable in the English Lake District. As you can see there is a lot of ice on the summit rocks which made walking treacherous!
The Biltmore Hotel Miami Coral Gables was designated a National Historic Landmark in the year 1996. It is a Spanish colonial revival high-rise building with 15 floors and towering at 314.96 ft in height.
On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Biltmore Hotel.
The Biltmore was one of the most fashionable resorts in the United States in its heyday, hosting royalty of both the European and Hollywood variety. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby were frequent guests here. In fact, everyone who was anyone - from politicians like President Franklin D. Roosevelt to notorious gangsters like Al Capone – stayed at The Biltmore, where they enjoyed fashion shows, gala balls, aquatic shows in the 23,000 square foot grand pool, elaborate weddings and world-class golf tournaments.
When the Jazz Age was at full cry, the Biltmore’s big bands entertained wealthy, well-traveled visitors at this American Riviera resort. Challenged by America’s economic lulls in the late 1920's and early 1930's, The Biltmore thrived by hosting aquatic galas that drew crowds and kept the hotel in the spotlight.
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Great Gable is a mountain lying at the very heart of the English Lake District, appearing as a pyramid from Wasdale. It is one of the most popular of the Lakeland fells, and there are many different routes to the summit. Great Gable is linked by the high pass of Windy Gap to its smaller sister hill, Green Gable, and by the lower pass of Beck Head to its western neighbour, Kirk Fell.
D4 Great Gable at Butterley, Midland Railway Centre, 19th August 1984
Locomotive History
D4 was built at Derby works and was delivered to Camden MPD in October 1959. However it almost immediately returned to Derby on loan for Midland Main Line duties. It was transferred back to Camden during April 1960 and became a regular performer on the 07.45am Crewe - Euston. For the two week period commencing September 12th 1960 D4 worked a number of trials with unbraked mineral trains between Cricklewood and Toton, a fore runner to its future. Along with the rest of the class it transferred to Toton in March 1962 for freight duties. From here to withdrawal the ten class 44 locomotives would be synonymous with Toton, in general only working to the limits of the route knowledge of Toton's goods link drivers and usually on out and back turns. The first of the class to be withdrawn from traffic was 44003 during July 1976, however 44004 would be one of the last three (44004/07/08) in traffic with all three being withdrawn during November 1980. Following withdrawal it was purchased for preservation and is currently (June 2024) still based at the Midland Railway Centre, its home for the last forty years.
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"Peak" D4 Great Gable arrives at Swanwick Junction with a passenger train formed of mark 1 coaches, while class 11 diesel shunter 12077 is signalled to run onto the Swanwick branch.
Taken during an EMRPS photo charter organised by Jason Cross.
Of course, both trains were actually stationary while we got the shots!
This was a more difficult image to process, as the angle of the lights made the front of the class 11 very bright and with lots of glare - and this could not be avoided if the scene was to be lit. I therefore copied the part of the picture containing the class 11 and the signals, reduced the brightness and increased the colour saturation considerably, and pasted it in place. I actually rubbed out the signals to the left of the loco as well as the one in the background, but left the one to the right. I also had to do some selective lightening and darkening on the coaches because they were not lit very evenly (because the lights had to be so close).
After this, the class 11 was moved out of the way (because its front was so bright), but, having managed to produce a good result using Photoshop, prefer the shots where it is included. There were also shots from the footbridge (just behind), which gave a higher vantage point and allowed more semaphores to be included, but the modern diesel shed in the background had a floodlight on it, which came out very orange in my shots. It will probably be possible to reduce this distraction, but I've not yet tried!
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The Michaelskirche (Church of St Michael) in Bamberg is a 12th century church. It stands on the top of a very high hill overlooking the town of Bamberg. It can be seen from nearly all directions. Bamberg is built on seven hills, each with a building at the top. The hill on which the St Michael’s Church stands is the highest one. An old, cobbled road with some ancient houses leads from the cathedral up to the church. Not far beyond the church are fields and woods.
The church is built in the Romanesque style. It used to be the church of a Benedictine monastery. The monastery was secularized in 1803. There is now an almshouse there as well as a museum and municipal art collections.