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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, originally Cincinnati Union Terminal, is a mixed-use complex in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Once a major passenger train station, it went into sharp decline during the postwar decline of railroad travel. Most of the building was converted to other uses, and now houses museums, theaters, and a library, as well as special travelling exhibitions. Since 1991, it has been used as a train station once again.
Built in 1933, it is a monumental example of Art Deco architecture, for which it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Cincinnati was a major center of railroad traffic in the late 19th and early 20th century, especially as an interchange point between railroads serving the Northeastern and Midwestern states with railroads serving the South. However, intercity passenger traffic was split among no fewer than five stations in Downtown Cincinnati, requiring the many travelers who changed between railroads to navigate local transit themselves. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which operated through sleepers with other railroads, was forced to split its operations between two stations. Proposals to construct a union station began as early as the 1890s, and a committee of railroad executives formed in 1912 to begin formal studies on the subject, but a final agreement between all seven railroads that served Cincinnati and the city itself would not come until 1928, after intense lobbying and negotiations, led by Philip Carey Company president George Crabbs. The seven railroads: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway; the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; the Norfolk and Western Railway; the Pennsylvania Railroad; and the Southern Railway selected a site for their new station in the West End, near the Mill Creek.
The principal architects of the massive building were Alfred T. Fellheimer and Steward Wagner, with architects Paul Philippe Cret and Roland Wank brought in as design consultants; Cret is often credited as the building's architect, as he was responsible for the building's signature Art Deco style. The Rotunda features the largest semi-dome in the western hemisphere, measuring 180 feet (55 m) wide and 106 feet (32 m) high.
The Union Terminal Company was created to build the terminal, railroad lines in and out, and other related transportation improvements. Construction in 1928 with the regrading of the east flood plain of the Mill Creek to a point nearly level with the surrounding city, a massive effort that required 5.5 million cubic yards of landfill. Other improvements included the construction of grade separated viaducts over the Mill Creek and the railroad approaches to Union Terminal. The new viaducts the Union Terminal Company created to cross the Mill Creek valley ranged from the well built, like the Western Hills Viaduct, to the more hastily constructed and shabby, like the Waldvogel Viaduct. Construction on the terminal building itself began in 1931, with Cincinnati mayor Russell Wilson laying the mortar for the cornerstone. Construction was finished ahead of schedule, although the terminal welcomed its first trains even earlier on March 19, 1933 when it was forced into emergency operation due to flooding of the Ohio River. The official opening of the station was on March 31, 1933. The total cost of the project was $41.5 million.
During its heyday as a passenger rail facility, Cincinnati Union Terminal had a capacity of 216 trains per day, 108 in and 108 out. Three concentric lanes of traffic were included in the design of the building, underneath the main rotunda of the building: one for taxis, one for buses, and one (although never used) for streetcars. However, the time period in which the terminal was built was one of decline for train travel. By 1939, local newspapers were already describing the station as a white elephant. While it had a brief revival in the 1940s, because of World War II, it declined in use through the 1950s into the 1960s.
After the creation of Amtrak in 1971, train service at Cincinnati Union Terminal was reduced to just two trains a day, the George Washington and the James Whitcomb Riley. Amtrak abandoned Cincinnati Union Terminal the next year, opening a smaller station elsewhere in the city on October 29, 1972.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center_at_Union_T...
What I see for a about 10 seconds as I navigate the 87 south to 85 north intersection. From memory. 140lb cold pressed paper, large mops, blues: cerulean, ultramarine, cobalt. Brown: burnt umber. Green: pthalo. Yellow: ochre.
2022
Porsche 911 RSR
Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort, Circuit Zandvoort
Nikon F-801, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, Fomapan 400 Action
DSLR scan
X31 leads T356, S303 and T386 through Numurkah as 9374 to Vic Dock from Tocumwal in Southern NSW.
Saturday 25th February 2017
Time for a brief stroll along the Canal at lunchtime today during a break from a day of computer training. There were a pair of Mute Swans, the male of which was "pestering" the female who duly took off just above the water and flew off along the Canal to somewhere a little safer, though not for long as the male soon followed.
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Reed’s Point is not a actual lighthouse, but a three light lamp post that was a navigational aid for ships entering the harbour of St. John. The original light was built in 1842 and was positioned to line up with the steeple of the Trinity Church.
The Three Sisters Lamp is in direct line with the steeple of Trinity Church, sea captains were able to navigate safely into the harbour at night. The three red gas lamps were visible from three miles seaward. If the three red lamps appeared individually, the ship was heading straight into the harbour, but if only one or two could be seen, they needed to alter their course.
The #912 Porsche 911 RSR of Earl Bamber, Mathieu Jaminet, and Laurens Vanthoor laps the #63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 of Cooper MacNeil, Toni Vilander, and Jeff Westphal during the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring.
Feb 08, 2010 17:15
Camera Color Mode: Sunset
Color Temperature: 8800°K
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.3 EV
I took a Night Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Ryan Parra - a photography professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class. One big problem with classes like this is keeping other photographers out of the frame.
This HYBYCOZO sculpture is titled Inner Orbit. It seems to be the masterpiece of the installation. It is in a special area that is restricted during the day. Any correction will be appreciated. I especially love it at night with the lights and shadows.
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
A tugboat passes through the confluence of the Three Rivers on a beautiful fall morning in Pittsburgh.
The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, originally Cincinnati Union Terminal, is a mixed-use complex in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Once a major passenger train station, it went into sharp decline during the postwar decline of railroad travel. Most of the building was converted to other uses, and now houses museums, theaters, and a library, as well as special travelling exhibitions. Since 1991, it has been used as a train station once again.
Built in 1933, it is a monumental example of Art Deco architecture, for which it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Cincinnati was a major center of railroad traffic in the late 19th and early 20th century, especially as an interchange point between railroads serving the Northeastern and Midwestern states with railroads serving the South. However, intercity passenger traffic was split among no fewer than five stations in Downtown Cincinnati, requiring the many travelers who changed between railroads to navigate local transit themselves. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which operated through sleepers with other railroads, was forced to split its operations between two stations. Proposals to construct a union station began as early as the 1890s, and a committee of railroad executives formed in 1912 to begin formal studies on the subject, but a final agreement between all seven railroads that served Cincinnati and the city itself would not come until 1928, after intense lobbying and negotiations, led by Philip Carey Company president George Crabbs. The seven railroads: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway; the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; the Norfolk and Western Railway; the Pennsylvania Railroad; and the Southern Railway selected a site for their new station in the West End, near the Mill Creek.
The principal architects of the massive building were Alfred T. Fellheimer and Steward Wagner, with architects Paul Philippe Cret and Roland Wank brought in as design consultants; Cret is often credited as the building's architect, as he was responsible for the building's signature Art Deco style. The Rotunda features the largest semi-dome in the western hemisphere, measuring 180 feet (55 m) wide and 106 feet (32 m) high.
The Union Terminal Company was created to build the terminal, railroad lines in and out, and other related transportation improvements. Construction in 1928 with the regrading of the east flood plain of the Mill Creek to a point nearly level with the surrounding city, a massive effort that required 5.5 million cubic yards of landfill. Other improvements included the construction of grade separated viaducts over the Mill Creek and the railroad approaches to Union Terminal. The new viaducts the Union Terminal Company created to cross the Mill Creek valley ranged from the well built, like the Western Hills Viaduct, to the more hastily constructed and shabby, like the Waldvogel Viaduct. Construction on the terminal building itself began in 1931, with Cincinnati mayor Russell Wilson laying the mortar for the cornerstone. Construction was finished ahead of schedule, although the terminal welcomed its first trains even earlier on March 19, 1933 when it was forced into emergency operation due to flooding of the Ohio River. The official opening of the station was on March 31, 1933. The total cost of the project was $41.5 million.
During its heyday as a passenger rail facility, Cincinnati Union Terminal had a capacity of 216 trains per day, 108 in and 108 out. Three concentric lanes of traffic were included in the design of the building, underneath the main rotunda of the building: one for taxis, one for buses, and one (although never used) for streetcars. However, the time period in which the terminal was built was one of decline for train travel. By 1939, local newspapers were already describing the station as a white elephant. While it had a brief revival in the 1940s, because of World War II, it declined in use through the 1950s into the 1960s.
After the creation of Amtrak in 1971, train service at Cincinnati Union Terminal was reduced to just two trains a day, the George Washington and the James Whitcomb Riley. Amtrak abandoned Cincinnati Union Terminal the next year, opening a smaller station elsewhere in the city on October 29, 1972.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center_at_Union_T...
"Navigate by the same star, unwilling to change, and you find yourself not only off-course but lost."
- Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever
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Quote of the Day
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our world is full of things that we could be fearful about. I worked with a group of managers today about influence and persuasion. Their principle need was not one of a lack of skills but Fear.
I have been stuck in my own fear - I have found it hard to get out and marlet my training and consultancy company. I have never needed to. Word of mouth always meant work kept coming in. The recession has changed this.
I must get out of my comfort zone and sail on the rough seas beyond the harbour.
This is one of my favourite places in the UK - Seahouses. It was once a small fishing port and now that the fishing industry has gone, the fishermen ply their trade by taking visitors to the Farne Islands.
I now must challenge myself to find my equivalent. People are not looking for trainers or coaches in the same number - the photography business ticks over, not enough to pay the mortgage.
My entry for the category « Adventuring Party » (Brickscalibur)
Quest of the Dragon Slayer
In the heart of the Dragon’s Spine Mountains, a fearsome beast has awakened. The ancient dragon has been dormant for centuries, but a recent seismic disturbance has roused it from its slumber. With its fiery breath and razor-sharp claws, the creature has begun to terrorize the nearby villages, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
A group of unlikely heroes has formed to challenge the dragon and bring peace to the land. Each of them is drawn to this quest for different reasons:
The Knight: Guided by his sense of duty and his desire to protect the innocent, the Knight sees defeating the dragon as an opportunity to leave an indelible mark on history.
The Bard: Moved by the tales of suffering caused by the dragon, the Bard wishes to compose an epic ballad celebrating the victory over this evil creature. He hopes his music will inspire future generations.
The Dwarf: As guardian of the mountains, the Dwarf considers the dragon a threat to his home. He is determined to protect his community and preserve the natural beauty of his kingdom.
The Assassin: Though often solitary, the Assassin feels a strange calling to join this quest. He hopes that defeating the dragon will allow him to find new meaning in his life and redemption for his past actions.
The Mage: Fascinated by legendary creatures, the Mage sees the dragon as a unique opportunity to study ancient magic and deepen his knowledge. He also hopes to use his powers to protect the innocent.
Together, these adventurers must navigate treacherous dungeons, outsmart cunning traps, and face off against hordes of monstrous creatures. Their ultimate goal is to reach the dragon’s lair and defeat the dragon once and for all.
This quest is full of promise and adventure. Each of the heroes hopes to find what they seek: glory, redemption, knowledge, or simply the satisfaction of having accomplished a great feat.
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