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With the bottom of the old corn crib I hope to make a bigger cage for the big birds, We are waiting to see what kind of top we can put on it.
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993 Commonwealth Court, Barrington, Il 60010
Lovely home updated throughout and decorated in today's hues. The remodeled Kitchen flows into the Family room complete with a fireplace and sliders to the oversized deck and yard. Updated through out. This home is fabulous for entertaining. The desirable location close to town and Citizens park is perfect for your busy lifestyle. Enjoy the luxury of Chippendales lawn and snow care service!
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Hunter's Fairway
Sotheby's International Realty
100 East Station Street, Suite 135
Barrington, IL60010
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UN High-Level Luncheon.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 High-Level Luncheon held at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, NYC.
Two days of meeting, April 24-25, 2018 between world leaders and UN representatives is being held at the UN, marked as High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace.
photo credit: Paul Martinka ,Cia Pak and, UN photos
Inside the engine room
From the Behind-the-Scenes Tour around Tower Bridge: Towers, high-level Walkways and Victorian Engine Rooms down to its hidden depths, normally out of bounds to the public...views from the Glass Floor and high-level Walkway, then the original steam engines, accumulators and boilers in the Victorian Engine Rooms...the Bridge’s operational areas including the Control Cabin, Machinery Room and the immense Bascule Chambers, which house the 422-ton counterweights.
Built between 1886 and 1894, the Bridge has spent more than a century as London's defining landmark, an icon of London and the United Kingdom.
A huge challenge faced the City of London Corporation - how to build a bridge downstream from London Bridge without disrupting river traffic activities. To generate ideas, the Special Bridge or Subway Committee was formed in 1876, and a public competition was launched to find a design for the new crossing.
Over 50 designs were submitted to the Committee for consideration, some of which are on display at Tower Bridge. It wasn't until October 1884 however, that Sir Horace Jones, the City Architect, in collaboration with John Wolfe Barry, offered the chosen design for Tower Bridge as a solution.
It took eight years, five major contractors and the relentless labour of 432 construction workers each day to build Tower Bridge under the watchful eye of Sir John Wolfe Barry.
Two massive piers were built on foundations sunk into the riverbed to support the construction, and over 11,000 tons of steel provided the framework for the Towers and Walkways. This framework was clad in Cornish Granite and Portland Stone to protect the underlying steelwork and to give the Bridge a more pleasing appearance.
When it was built, Tower Bridge was the largest and most sophisticated bascule bridge ever completed ('bascule' comes from the French word for 'seesaw'). These bascules were operated by hydraulics, using steam to power the enormous pumping engines. The energy created was stored in six massive accumulators, meaning that as soon as power was required to lift the Bridge, it was always readily available. The accumulators fed the driving engines, which drove the bascules up and down. Despite the complexity of the system, the bascules only took about a minute to raise to their maximum angle of 86 degrees. Find out more about this process.
Today, the bascules are still operated by hydraulic power, but since 1976 they have been driven by oil and electricity rather than steam. The original pumping engines, accumulators and boilers are now on display within Tower Bridge’s Engine Rooms.
[TowerBridge.org.uk]
Level Up! A Ren Faire Show (on Facebook). This is an interactive stage show that changes. No two shows are alike. They get audience members on stage and they choose where stories go at certain points. (sort of like Dungeons & Dragons, but on a stage-sized scale).
Level Up! A Ren Faire Show (on Facebook). This is an interactive stage show that changes. No two shows are alike. They get audience members on stage and they choose where stories go at certain points. (sort of like Dungeons & Dragons, but on a stage-sized scale).
I had to lie on my belly to get this shot of a small stream…it looks like a much bigger stream than it actually is.
Washoe County, NV
Listed: 10/27/2000
The Whittell Estate is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under criteria A, B, and C at the state level. It meets criteria consideration G for properties that have achieved significance within the last 50 years under criteria A and B.
Under criterion A, the property is significant for its association with several different periods of the land development and use at Lake Tahoe including the development of Lake Tahoe as a resort area for the wealthy; the "One Sound State" campaign of the early 1930s; and the role of conservation in protecting lakeside property from development in order to preserve the natural conditions and to provide recreational opportunities. For its critical part in the ongoing conservation and environmental restoration of Lake Tahoe, one of the country's natural scenic treasures, the Whittell Estate meets criteria consideration G at the state level.
Under criterion B, the property is significant for its association with George Whittell Jr. and the Whittell family, a prominent California and Nevada mining family. George Whittell Jr. was a colorful, socially prominent, investor who managed substantial commercial holding in San Francisco and at one time controlled almost the entire Nevada shoreline of Lake Tahoe. Whittell's control of much of the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe and his resolute opposition to development of his property contributed to the conservation of the vital portions of Lake Tahoe's shoreline. For its association with Whittell, the property meets criteria consideration G at the state level.
Under criterion C, the property is significant as one of the last and best examples of a great residential estate on Lake Tahoe from the period in which prominent San Francisco society built homes on Lake Tahoe; as an outstanding example of an approach to architectural design that is intended to be in harmony with its setting; as a representative example of a high of level building crafts stone masonry, iron work, and wood work; and as an example of the work of Frederic J. DeLongchamps, who served as Nevada State Architect and who was Nevada's most prominent architect.
The property retains a high degree of design integrity in the layout, spatial organization, and overall design characteristics of the group of buildings, structures, and landscape features that are the Whittell Estate. The design of individual buildings or features also remains largely intact and unchanged. The design is also strengthened by the high degree of integrity exhibited through unaltered nature of the location, setting, workmanship, and materials. All of the buildings and structures that were designed by Frederic DeLongchamps remain. These include the main house, garage addition to the main house, lighthouse and garage addition, card house, cook and butler's house and garage, admiral's house, and gatehouse. In 1985, a two-story bedroom addition was built on top of the deck of the garage that attaches to the main house. Also in 1985, an entertainment room addition was built on top of the deck of the garage that attached to the lighthouse. Both of these buildings are additions to the original design of the property and are non-contributing features. However, there have been few if any changes to the design of the other buildings and structures designed by DeLongchamps. Overall, there is integrity of design.
The design of the landscape features was the result of artisan stonemasons that worked on the property. No site plan was found of these features, and it is unlikely that there was an overall design for these features. However, it is evident that the three gates, paths, walls, fountains, stone features, and series of outdoor spaces were constructed to take advantage of and dramatize the existing topography and rock outcroppings. It appears that the landscape features that were built during the period of significance remain in place and are unchanged. Also there have been no newer additions to these features.
This campsite was fantastic. One level: picnic table and fire pit. Second level: tent pad. Third level: Lake McDonald (with our own little trail to take us down).
Level Up! A Ren Faire Show (on Facebook). This is an interactive stage show that changes. No two shows are alike. They get audience members on stage and they choose where stories go at certain points. (sort of like Dungeons & Dragons, but on a stage-sized scale).
Badaling is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 50 miles northwest of urban Beijing city in Yanqing County, which is within the Beijing municipality. The portion of the wall running through the site was built in 1504 during the Ming Dynasty, along with a military outpost reflecting the location's strategic importance. The highest point of Badaling is Beibalou (北八樓), approximately 3,330 feet above sea level.
The Badaling section of the Great Wall was built in the Ming Dynasty to occupy a commanding and strategic position for protecting the Juyongguan Pass on its south, further protecting the city of Beijing.
The portion of the wall at Badaling has undergone restoration, and in 1957 it was the first section of the wall to open to tourists. Now visited annually by millions, the immediate area has seen significant development, including hotels, restaurants, and a cable car.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badaling
This is my buddy, Stubby. He is the one that had most of his tail bitten off by a predator. Notice the new growth on the ground. Our spring has been very late this year.
Le Samedi 11 Janvier à l'espace St. Jo
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