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According to legend, the Carnival of Venice started following the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. In the honour of this victory, the people started to dance and gather in San Marco Square. Apparently, this festival started in that period and became official in the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, the baroque carnival was a way to save the prestigious image of Venice in the world. It was very famous during the eighteenth century. It encouraged licence and pleasure, but it was also used to protect Venetians from present and future anguish. However, under the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor and later Emperor of Austria, Francis II, the festival was outlawed entirely in 1797 and the use of masks became strictly forbidden. It reappeared gradually in the nineteenth century, but only for short periods and above all for private feasts, where it became an occasion for artistic creations.
After a long absence, the Carnival returned in 1979.The Italian government decided to bring back the history and culture of Venice and sought to use the traditional Carnival as the centrepiece of its efforts. The redevelopment of the masks began as the pursuit of some Venetian college students for the tourist trade. Since then, approximately 3 million visitors come to Venice every year for the Carnival. One of the most important events is the contest for la maschera più bella ("the most beautiful mask") which is judged by a panel of international costume and fashion designers.
Looking away from the city centre this area is currently being redeveloped and it appears the warehouse is either being renovated or demolished. A few hundred yards in the distance ( out of shot ) there is a new housing estate being built.
The new Sainsbury's in Maidenhead is due to open on March 15th. They've got a lot of work still to do and will be working around the clock to get it ready.
Centenary Square redevelopment from the Library of Birmingham as usual.
Late January 2018.
Secret Garden view.
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Creative Shanghai, a redeveloped factory area, designed by Deng Kunyan.
See my blog for more details (http://bloggingcarsten.blogspot.com/2009/04/creative-shanghai-verwunschener-garten.html), in German
Modern apartments with underground parking are being built alongside the gutted and refurbished restaurant and hotel buildings.
Modern apartments with underground parking are being built alongside the gutted and refurbished restaurant and hotel buildings.
The buildings on the quayside are part of the Eastern Counties Farmers Co-operative which were demolished soon after the picture was taken. The Waterfront building of UCS now stands in centre of this shot. The Civic College can be seen in the left background and the tower of Holy Trinity church on the right.
Ten years on from the previous photo another taken from the same position shows almost nothing that was then visible. During 1972-3 the remaining houses had been demolished and the huge Lawrence Hill Roundabout had been laid out. This is connected to the M32 by Easton Way, the one short length of the Outer Circuit Road that was actually constructed. On Saturday 17th May 1980 there was not a single car to be seen. Traffic is now so heavy that all movements on, into and out of the roundabout are controlled by traffic lights.
Here are some photos of the inside as demolition proceeds. It's a slow job as so much of the original building is to be retained.
Creative Shanghai, a redeveloped factory area, designed by Deng Kunyan.
See my blog for more details (http://bloggingcarsten.blogspot.com/2009/04/creative-shanghai-verwunschener-garten.html), in German
Modern apartments with underground parking are being built alongside the gutted and refurbished restaurant and hotel buildings.
Modern apartments with underground parking are being built alongside the gutted and refurbished restaurant and hotel buildings.
The old car park and bus stops at Arndale Way are currently being turned into a new Waitrose store and Travelodge.
www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2121646_waitrose_and_travelodg...
Church Road, Egham, Surrey.
The bushes and trees have been removed from the 'tear drop' site adjacent to Epsom station - this will eventually become a taxi 'holding' area before they run down the the station frontage to pick up.
Creative Shanghai, a redeveloped factory area, designed by Deng Kunyan.
See my blog for more details (http://bloggingcarsten.blogspot.com/2009/04/creative-shanghai-verwunschener-garten.html), in German
South Main Street in Downtown Memphis has undergone a significant amount of transformation in the past few years. These two buildings are among the most recent additions, as the Memphis College of Art renovated the one on the left, while the Machine Shop apartments added onto an old machine shop at right.
The reminants of gypsy homes destroyed by the municiple government of the Fatih District. One of these buildings served as the place where the people of the settlement would go to get fresh milk.
This is taken from the top deck of a 267 bus. They really are getting on with the demolition job at this extreme E end of the site. Is the end of a 20 year blight of central Brentford (where we now live) about to end?
The Grove which was on the east side of Grove Lane. The area was cleared and subsequently redeveloped into the Finbars Walk housing project