Restored, Refurbished, Reused (buildings, signs, homes)
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This is a 1937 Aermotor windmill. It is 45 feet tall and for years pumped water for the family. In the 1970’s the house on the property where it sat fell into disrepair and had to be demolished. The windmill remained in place, but it was in poor condition. Recently, the great grandson of its original owner had it dismantled and moved to his property. Then after much research, it was repaired and older parts were restored. The old windmill now looks like new as it towers above the surrounding farmland.
Happy Windmill Wednesday!
Classic Shabby old City hall building is an example of fading elegance
and really needs to be cleaned and refurbished, hope they get to it, shot in North Carolina.
The boardwalk over White Lake has been refurbished. The rain gods are not impressed. The lake is nearly dry. Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, Texas. Shot with my Canon 90D. Evaluating its IQ. Keeper, or not?
N.B the purple colour near the organ pipes is not some odd colour cast just the way the gallery lights the area looks a bit odd I know
Glasgow was the last stop on our Scottish trip, we spent three days in this vibrant city. The photos will change too from natural beauty, to human creativity . There were many fine museums in Glasgow perhaps the grandest one is the Kelvingrove . Which is a chocolate box of a museum if you do not like one room you will love the next . I was particularly interested in the Scottish Colourists who had a gallery of their own . Walking through the front door of this museum is impressive the scale of the main hall sets you up for something grand
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, This Museum is one of Scotland's most popular museums and free visitor attractions.
The art gallery and museum opened in 1901, and the collection encompasses natural history, Egyptian antiquities, design, architecture, medieval arms and armoury, Scottish history and the history of Glasgow. The building also houses one of Europe’s great civic art collections, including Scottish, European, African, Asian and Oceanic fine and decorative arts.
Kelvingrove re-opened in 2006 after a three-year, £27 million refurbishment and restoration, with the collections re-organised into two halves: Life and Expression. The Life galleries represent natural history, human history and prehistory. The Expression galleries include the fine art collections. The 22 galleries display over 8,000 objects. Notable exhibits include Salvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross, Sir Roger the Asian elephant, the Avant armour, and paintings by the Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists.
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I always take showers, but this tub - which was almost seven feet long and painted (?) a beautiful turquoise-y color on the outside - almost enticed me in. But there was a really nice shower stall, too, so I just took a photo of the tub.
London`s stunning Big Ben located in the Houses of Parliament , looking stunning after a few years under refurbishment , it`s one of London`s most photographed landmarks
Without any intention to offend anyone for the state of some houses, this series of ugly images is my desperate, probably futile attempt to save the architectural heritage that is already in such a state that her salvation is gone.
This photo used with permission from Daarks_End for this Manipulation Challenge/Daarklands
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Part of what has been occupying my mind and energies over the last few months. I decided to try some new ways to look at it.
The first stop at Sihanoukville on our cruise ship purchased tour was to the fishing village of Tumnuk Rolok on the north side of the city.
A fishing boat was being refurbished in the town dry dock.
Excerpt from www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_4/202406_N248_E...:
Tak Wing Pawn Shop
The building at No. 72 Des Voeux Road Central is four-storey high. It is a typical verandah-type shophouse where the front façade projects over the pavement and is supported by two columns to form a covered walkway. It is easily identifiable by the five plastered plaques bearing the Chinese name“德榮大押” on the front façade facing Des Voeux Road Central and the side elevation facing Man Yee Lane (萬宜里). The wall of the side elevation is finished with plaster marked with faux horizontal joint lines. There are altogether 15 metal-framed windows on the side elevation, with one row of four situated slightly higher than the others, which are believed to be the windows for the internal staircase. On the ground floor at the rear elevation is an enclosed backyard. A flagpole used to sit on a short stepped base on the left-hand side of the roof, but it was removed sometime between 1980s and 1990s and only the base remains now.
The building is situated at the intersection of Des Voeux Road Central and Man Yee Lane. Its location on the corner provides a side entrance, catering to customers who wish to avoid being seen entering the pawnshop from the main street.
The unique setting and some iconic features of a traditional pawnshop can still be seen inside the shop on the ground floor today. The main hall features a wooden “shy screen”(遮醜板), in an L-shape, blocking the view inside from the main door and side entrance to protect customers’ privacy. Behind the screen is a high counter that divides the front and back of the shop, where the pawnbroker serves customers. The height of the counter allows the pawnbroker to have a full view of the shop to ensure security. However, both the wooden screen and the finishes of the high counter are relatively new, following recent renovations carried out on the ground floor.
Security is a prime concern for this building, as evidenced by the verandahs on the upper floors, all of which are fitted with green metal grills to safeguard the pawnshop from burglars. Of particular interest are the coin motifs along the bottom of the metal grills, adding some decorative details to the functional design of the building.
The original built form of the building, including the footprint and the verandahs with their supporting columns, has been retained. Various renovations have been carried out over the years on both the exterior and interior of the building on the ground floor, such as the supporting columns and all the walls have been refurbished with new stone tiles and the floor has been laid with new modern tiles.
The changes seem to be mainly confined to the ground floor, whereas the exterior of the upper floors has remained intact. The only exception is that the figure “1940” that was previously painted on the roof parapet has now been removed. Overall, the building has been kept in a generally authentic condition in terms of its built form and original appearance. The building is an example of traditional pawnshop occupying an entire pre-war shophouse. The ground floor still opens for business, while the upper floors, which were previously used to store large pawned items, seem to be vacant. Pre-war shophouses that are entirely dedicated to a single pawnshop are becoming increasingly rare in Hong Kong as a result of urban development.
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Mooie details van een mooie oude opgeknapte schuit Jokai
De Jókai is de op twee na langste stoomboot van het Balatonmeer ( 106 jaar in 2019 ) . Gebouwd in 1913 door de Óbuda-scheepswerf in Siófok, overleefde het twee wereldoorlogen, een zinkend, een economische crisis en meervoudige sloop.
Jokai vaart nu als een plezierboot samen met de Kisfaludy- boot in Balatonfüred .
Er worden regelmatig bruiloften, vrijgezellenfeesten en andere evenementen georganiseerd.
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Nice details of a nice old refurbished barge
The Jókai is the third longest steamboat on Lake Balaton (106 years in 2019). Built in 1913 by the Óbuda shipyard in Siófok, it survived two world wars, a sinking, an economic crisis and multiple demolition.
Jokai now sails like a pleasure boat together with the Kisfaludy boat in Balatonfüred.
Class A4s Nos. 60009 Dwight D. Eisenhower and 4489 (60010) Dominion of Canada at the National Railway Museum, York on 17th June 2013.
The locomotives are seen soon after cosmetic restoration, and were guests from their museums in USA and Canada, for "The Great Gathering" (of all 6 A4s) event at the NRM museums at York and Shildon in 2013.
...sometimes lies completely different world...One of the most beautiful streets of Zagreb (seen on previous image), with its facades refurbished thoroughly in last several years, still hides a lot of it's past behind the doors...