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St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the junction of Thames River and Trout Creek, southwest of Stratford and surrounded by the Township of Perth South. It is in the Perth census division but is independent of Perth County. The town is also known by its nickname, "The Stone Town", due to the abundance of limestone in the surrounding area, giving rise to a large number of limestone buildings and homes throughout the town. St. Marys Cement, a large cement producer founded in the town, capitalized on this close feedstock, and grew to be a major producer of cement in the province of Ontario.
St. Marys is home to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. It is the burial place of Arthur Meighen, Canada's 9th Prime Minister. Timothy Eaton, who went on to become one of Canada's greatest retailers, opened his first businesses in Canada in St. Marys
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) was an online retailer founded in 1854 as an American department store, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name, the entire Bon-Ton collection of stores, including Carson's went into bankruptcy and closed in 2018. BonTon's intellectual property was quickly sold while in bankruptcy, and the new owners reopened shortly afterwards as online retail.[2]
The Carson Pirie Scott name is associated with the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for the retail firm Schlesinger & Mayer, and expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904, and occupied by them for more than a century.
The owner of the department store chain Carson’s has decided to close its three-story location in downtown’s Circle Centre mall.
The store is one of more than 40 locations slated for closure by Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the struggling parent of Carson’s and other mid-tier department store brands. Bon-Ton indicated in November that it would close dozens of stores, and it announced specific locations on Wednesday afternoon.
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If the government said wear a golden tutu...
... would you be straight onto your favourite online retailer to check for delivery windows?
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In 1985 Montgomery Ward ended its 113-year-old mail-order catalog business in order to concentrate on its retail operations. ... Although it attempted to modernize its stores, the company continued to suffer losses. In December 2000 it announced that it was going out of business, and in 2001 it closed its remaining stores.
Montgomery Ward Inc. is the name of two successive brand-related American retail enterprises. It can refer either to the original Montgomery Ward, a pioneering mail order and department store retailer which operated between 1872 and 2001, and to the current, eponymous catalog and online retailer also known as Wards.
It sad that some many retailers have gone down during COVID. This area has been hit particularly hard.
Longtime furniture retailer stocking pieces in traditional styles in a spacious, vintage locale.
If you’ve been at Genesee and Oak Street — say in the last 121 years — you’ve seen it. The colossal porcelain wonder spanning two storefronts doesn’t light up at night anymore, but you can’t miss it: The Scherer & Sons Furniture sign designates the oldest furniture store in Western New York.
Since 1877, Scherer & Sons Furniture has been calling downtown Buffalo home. In the beginning, the store rented space across the street, where the Catholic Health building now resides. It wasn’t until 1939 that Scherer bought its currents digs at 118-126 Genesee Street, where the family has been selling furniture ever since.
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Acker’s is the oldest retailer in the downtown core. While the Guelph Civic Museum said it opened in “about 1918,” Acker said the family business opened its doors at 42-44 Carden St. in 1916.
Only the Albion Hotel and Guelph Mercury have been open longer, but neither are retailers. The Albion is known for its spirits and the Mercury is Guelph’s newspaper of record. 116
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Córdoba (also Cordova) is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. Located at 37.88° North, 4.77° West, on the Guadalquivir river, it was founded in ancient Roman times as Corduba by Claudius Marcellus. Its population in 2008 was 325,453.[1]
Today a moderately-sized modern city, the old town contains many impressive architectural reminders of when Qurṭuba (قرطبة), the thriving capital of the Caliphate of Córdoba, governed almost all of the Iberian peninsula. It has been estimated that in the latter half of the tenth century Córdoba, with up to 500,000 inhabitants, was then the most populated city in Europe and, perhaps, in the world.[2]
History
Roman temple of Córdoba.Córdoba was the capital of the Roman province of Hispania Ulterior Baetica. Great Roman philosophers like Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, orators like Seneca the Elder and poets like Lucan came from Roman Cordoba. Later, it occupied an important place in the Provincia Hispaniae of the Byzantine Empire (552-572) and during the Visigoth period.
It was captured in 711[3] by the Muslims, and Córdoba became capital during the Umayyad Caliphate, the period of its apogee, with a population of roughly 400,000 inhabitants,[4] though estimates range between 250,000 and 500,000. In the 10th century, Cordoba – called قرطبة (Qurṭuba) in Arabic – was one of the most advanced cities in the world, as well as a great cultural, political and economic centre. The Córdoba Mosque dates back to this time. In 1236 it was captured by King Ferdinand III during the Spanish Reconquista.
On the Rio Guadalquivir, just downstream from the Puente Romano (Roman Bridge) is a restored Islamic water wheel that once would have raised water to the caliph's palace.
With one of the most extensive historical heritages in the world (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO 17 December 1984), the city also features a number of modern areas, including the districts of Zoco and the railway station district, Plan RENFE.
The regional government (the Junta de Andalucía) has for some time been studying the creation of a Córdoba Metropolitan Area that would comprise, in addition to the capital itself, the towns of Villafranca, Obejo, La Carlota, Villaharta, Villaviciosa, Almodóvar del Río and Guadalcázar. The combined population of such an area would be around 351,000.
Geography
The city is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir river and its easy access to the mining resources of the Sierra Morena (coal, lead, zinc) satisfies the population’s needs.
The city is located in a depression of the valley of the Guadalquivir. In the north is the Sierra Morena, which defines the borders of the municipal area.
Córdoba is one of the few cities in the world that has a near-exact antipodal city – Hamilton, New Zealand.
Climate
Córdoba has a Mediterranean climate with Atlantic coastal influences. Winters are mild with isolated frosts.
Summers, with increased daily thermal oscillations, have the highest maximum temperatures in Europe, exceeding 40 °C occasionally. Local minimum summer temperature is 27 °C, the highest in Spain and Europe. Precipitation is concentrated in the coldest months; this is due to the Atlantic coastal influence. Precipitation is generated by storms from the west that occur more often from December through February. This Atlantic characteristic then gives way to a hot summer with significant drought more typical of Mediterranean climates.
Annual rain surpasses 500 mm although there is a recognized inter-annual irregularity. In agreement with the Köppen climate classification, the local climate can be described as Csa.
Registered maximum temperatures at Cordoba Airport (located at 6 km of the city) are 46.6° (23rd, July 1995) and 46.2° (1st, August 2003). The minimum temperature is -8.2° (28 January 2005).
May celebrations
Tourism is especially intense in Córdoba during May because of the weather and as this month hosts three very popular festivals.[7]
The May Crosses Festival takes place at the beginning of the month. During three or four days, crosses of around 3 meters of height are placed in many squares and streets and decorated with flowers and a contest is held to choose the most beautiful one. Usually there is regional food and music near the crosses.
The most important of the three is the Patios Festival celebrated during the second and third week of the month. Many houses of the historic center open their private patios to the public and compete in a contest. Both the architectonic value and the floral decorations are taken into consideration to choose the winners. It is usually very difficult and expensive to find accommodation in the city during the festival.
Córdoba's Fair takes place at the ending of the month and is similar, if smaller, to the better known Seville Fair.
Main sights
Religious architecture
Great Mosque of Córdoba, which contains columns that date back to the Roman and Visigothic periods, primarily constructed during the Umayyad period (its construction started in 784). It was converted into a Cathedral after the Reconquista.
Córdoba Synagogue (14th century)
Fernandine and Alphonsine-style churches (13th century)
Various monasteries and convents
Walcha Cave (built in 1489)
Civil and military architecture
Alcázar of the Christian Kings (14th century)
Palace of Viana with its flowered patios (16th century)
Royal residences and palaces
The Tower of Calahorra (14th century)
The Door of the Bridge (16th century)
The Plaza Vieja or Plaza Mayor
Walls and towers of the Muslim and also Christian period
Archaeological sites
Roman archaeological remains (temple, mausoleum)
Islamic archaeological remains (minarets preserved in the churches, Arab baths)
Archaeological site of Madinat Al-Zahra (10th century)
The Roman Bridge
Museums
Archeological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba.
Julio Romero de Torres Museum.
Museum of Fine Arts.
Dioceses Museum.
Baths of the Fortress Califal.
Botanical Museum of Cordova.
Three Cultures Museum.
Bullfighting Museum.
Molino de Martos Hydraulic Museum.
Parks and Gardens
Garden of the Victory
Garden of the Rivas Duc
Garden of the Agriculture
Garden of the Conde de Vallellano
Garden of Juan Carlos I
Park Cruz Conde
Sotos de la Albolafia
Balcón del Guadalquivir
Peri-urban park of Los Villares
Park of the Miraflores
Famous people born in Córdoba and its province
Cordova was the birthplace of five famous philosophers and religious scholars:
In Roman times the Stoic philosopher Seneca,
In classical Islamic times
The Islamic scholar ibn Hazm, a major Muslim theologian and legal jurist,
The Islamic scholar ibn Rushd or Averroes, one of Islam's most famous and eminent scholars and philosophers,
Imam Abu 'Abdullah al-Qurtubi, a leading jurist of the Maliki madhab, and
The rabbi and Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides.
Córdoba was also the birthplace of
The Roman poet Lucan,
The medieval Spanish poet Juan de Mena, and
The Renaissance poet Luis de Góngora, who lived most of his life and wrote all his most important works but one in Cordoba.
In addition some scholars have linked to Córdoba
The Renaissance philosopher Abraham Cohen de Herrera and
The prominent Jewish mystic Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
Both of these were evidently descended from families which lived in Córdoba before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.
More recently, several flamenco artists were born here as well, including
Vicente Amigo
Joaquín Cortés
Fosforito
Paco Peña
Juan Serrano (Flamenco)
Fernando Tejero
Transport
The city is connected by high speed trains to the main Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Malaga and Zaragoza. More than 20 trains per day connect the downtown area, in 54 minutes, with Málaga Airport.
Twin cities
São Paulo, Brazil
Manchester, United Kingdom[8]
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Fes, Morocco[9]
Lahore, Pakistan[9]
Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority[10]
Damascus, Syria[9]
Al Qayrawan, Tunisia[9]
Adana, Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
Bukhara, Uzbekistan[9]
Future Shop was a major Canadian electronics retailer many years ago. It was shut down by it's parent company, Best Buy, earlier this year.
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) was an online retailer founded in 1854 as an American department store, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name, the entire Bon-Ton collection of stores, including Carson's went into bankruptcy and closed in 2018. BonTon's intellectual property was quickly sold while in bankruptcy, and the new owners reopened shortly afterwards as online retail.[2]
The Carson Pirie Scott name is associated with the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for the retail firm Schlesinger & Mayer, and expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904, and occupied by them for more than a century.
The owner of the department store chain Carson’s has decided to close its three-story location in downtown’s Circle Centre mall.
The store is one of more than 40 locations slated for closure by Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the struggling parent of Carson’s and other mid-tier department store brands. Bon-Ton indicated in November that it would close dozens of stores, and it announced specific locations on Wednesday afternoon.
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Fayre & Square is part of Greene King which is the UK's largest pub retailer and brewer. It is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The company owns pubs, restaurants and hotels. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. In Wilson’s biographical analysis of the Greene’s, he credits members of their family for being able to achieve ‘distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature and broadcasting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.’
In 1836 Edward Greene took over the business and in 1887 it merged with Frederick William King's brewing business to create Greene King.
Greene King has grown via mergers and acquisitions, including Rayments Brewery (1961), the Magic Pub Company (1996), Hungry Horse (1996), Morland Brewery (1999), Old English Inns (2001), Morrells (2002), a large part of the Laurel Pub Company (2004), Ridley's Brewery (2005), Belhaven Brewery (2005), Hardys and Hansons (2006), the Loch Fyne fish restaurant chain (2007), Cloverleaf (2011), Realpubs (2011), the Capital Pub Company (2011) and the Spirit Pub Company (2015).
The Spirit acquisition, where Greene King bought Spirit for £773.6m, took the total number of Greene King sites to 3,116, brought 14 brands together and made Greene King the largest managed pub company in the UK. It was completed on 23 June 2015.
The windmill is not a real windmill it but is part of the Caldecotte Arms. This tower windmill was built as a dummy mill (by professional millwrights) as a decorative part of a pub/hotel complex. The Caldecotte Arms is located near the Caldecotte Lake within Milton Keynes giving a feeling of the countryside but only a 5 minute drive to the centre of Milton Keynes. A popular part of the Caldecotte Arms is the famous Windmill.
This popular family dining pub was purpose built as a Windmill in 1992, on three levels. The setting has beautiful views of the man made lake.
The overexposed Moon here is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth, being Earth's only permanent natural satellite. It is the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits (its primary). Following Jupiter's satellite Io, the Moon is the second-densest satellite among those whose densities are known.
The two stars on the right are part of Canis Minor a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included as an asterism, or pattern, of two stars in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and it is counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for "lesser dog", in contrast to Canis Major, the "greater dog"; both figures are commonly represented as following the constellation of Orion the hunter.
Canis Minor contains only two stars brighter than the fourth magnitude, Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris), the lower star, with a magnitude of 0.34, and Gomeisa (Beta Canis Minoris), the upper star, with a magnitude of 2.9. Procyon is the seventh-brightest star in the night sky, as well as one of the closest. A yellow-white main sequence star, it has a white dwarf companion. Gomeisa is a blue-white main sequence star.
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Small retailers such as this were once the backbone of the American economy, not to mention part of the fabric of the small town landscape. I really feel bad for these merchants as they steadily fade away in the face of enormous competition by the likes of on line giants such as Amazon and the big box chains. This small shop caught my eye, valiantly hanging on alongside a vacant space, and facing an uncertain future.
Independent retailers in this historically rich street are financially hanging on in defiance to the monolithic Intu shopping
The whole street contains buildings originating in the 16th and 17th Centuries, refaced in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It is a pleasant quiet street of shops, small wine bars and pubs.
It holds Derby’s oldest coaching inn, and in a quiet corner called Blacksmith’s Yard you will find BMP selling vinyl records in a 16th Century Yeoman's house.
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Moody skies and random finds in lower NY state. Mister Donut had this same sign that I grew up seeing from the streetcar on Vaughn rd and St.Clair. That disappeared long ago, as did the corporation. It's only a thing now in Japan and a few other countries, even Nigeria. Proof that most retailers don't want to bother with Canada and we end up with the now crappy Timmy's, which now is American as well.
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Mai hauria pensat que, tenint una arcaica Kodak Pocket de 1895, l'hi buscaria una germana fabricada lleugerament més tard (el 1896). Però hi ha diversos arguments al respecte.
En primer lloc, compta amb la única distinció de conservar una plaqueta de la botiga on fou venguda, suposo que el mateix 1896. I es que aquesta correspon als desaparescuts grans magatzems El Siglo, de Barcelona. En efecte, la plaqueta llegeix: "Grandes Almacenes de El Siglo, Barcelona". I a sobre es preserva l'etiqueta amb el preu al interior ("30 pesetas"!!).
La vaig trobar en una venda a internet, tot i que el darrer propietari no era gaire llunyà, del mig de Occitania. Ara ha tornat a 20 km d'on fou venguda per primer cop, he he.
Per altra banda, també cal cosiderar que, tot i que produida només l'any seguent que l'altra Kodak Pocket, incopora molts canvis en l'estil i la mecànica: el cuir fi i grana ha canviat per un de negre i mes gruixut, i sobretot l'obturador és completament diferent, essent del tipus "sector" i molt igual a altres models de Kodak, com la Bulls-eye. El visor també canvià de rodó a quadrat.
Encara hi ha un darrer motiu: tot i que li manca una senzilla molla per a poder funcionar, compta amb les dues bobines del seu inusual format 102, el que em permetrà improvisar rodets per a aquesta càmera, i fer servir la seva "bessona", o aquesta mateixa i aconsegueixo reparar l'obturador.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_Kodak_(1895)
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magatzems_El_Siglo
Sembla que l'edifici del c/Pelai no és l'original on s'hauria vengut la càmera, sino que estava situada a Les Rambles, fins que s'incendià el 1932.
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I would never have thought that, having an archaic Kodak Pocket from 1895, I would look for a "sister" made slightly later (in 1896). But there are several arguments about it.
First of all, it has the unique distinction of keeping a plaque from the retailer who sold it in 1896. And more important, this corresponds to the disappeared department stores El Siglo, in Barcelona. In fact, the ivory-like plaque reads: "Grandes Almacenes El Siglo, Barcelona". And on top of that, inside, the label with the price is still preserved ("30 pesetas" !!).
I found it in an internet sale, although the last owner was not far away, from southern France (Occitanie). Now it’s back almost "home", 20km from where it was first sold, ha ha (yes, it was made in Rochester, NY, but hey...)
On the other hand, it should also be noted that, although produced only the following year than the other Kodak Pocket, it incorporates many changes in style and mechanics: the fine and maroon leather has changed to a black and thicker one. , and especially the shutter is completely different, being of the "sector" type and very similar to other Kodak models, such as the Bulls-eye. The viewfinder also changed from round to square.
There is one last reason: although it lacks a simple spring to operate, it has two precious spools of its unusual format 102, which will allow me to improvise roll film (cutting 120 back paper and using 35mm film inside) for this camera, and use its "twin", or this one, if I manage to repair the shutter.
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C447.html
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Pocket_Kodak
www.kodaksefke.nl/pocket-kodak.html
barcelofilia.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html
The El Siglo department store stood in Les Rambles, Barcelona, till 1932, when a fire destroyed the building. Later it appears the store was rebuilt in nearby Carrer Pelai.
Open-air mall in Spanish architecture with a variety of well-known chain retailers, plus a movie theater & dining. Santa Barbara, CA.
A candid street photo of a female retailer, loaded with toy balloons of all sorts, shapes and colors. It's early morning in the park and she is getting ready to distribute good humor and a little bit of happiness to kids and adults. Square format.
The chain is an independent retailer which was founded in 1856 by George Henry Hinds, although his father Joseph was also a clockmaker in Stamford, Lincolnshire and his great uncle was also a Stamford clockmaker in the early years of the 1800s.
Shortly after the First World War, brothers Frank and William divided the business in two. William Hinds diversified into theatres and also into films as he was one of the two founders of Hammer Film Productions, the studio famous for horror films. Frank continued with the jewellery business and eventually, in 1990, F. Hinds took over the one remaining shop owned by the other half of the family in Worthing, Sussex.
Unlike most companies established 150 years ago, the sixth and seventh generations of the Hinds family still own and manage the business. Diamond buyer Andrew Hinds is personally responsible for selecting the diamonds sold by the company. He is a fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
Brands operated by F. Hinds include My Diamonds diamond jewellery, the Aureus gold on sterling silver jewellery collection and the Kilimanjaro Tanzanite collection. William "Will" Hinds (21 November 1887 – 1 June 1957), stage name Will Hammer, was one of the founders of Hammer Film Productions.
In November 1934, William Hinds, a comedian and businessman, registered his film company, Hammer Productions Ltd. It was housed in a three-room office suite at Imperial House, Regent Street, London. The company name came from Hinds' stage name, Will Hammer, which he had taken from the area of London in which he lived, Hammersmith.
New Look is a British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops. It was founded in 1969. The chain sells womenswear, menswear, and clothing for teens.
Colin the Caterpillar is a chocolate sponge roll cake filled with chocolate buttercream and covered in a milk chocolate shell, with sugar-coated milk chocolate beans for decoration. The cake has a decorative face and feet made of white chocolate. The dessert is available in large and small sizes.
According to Marks and Spencer, it takes 38 people to assemble each cake from start to finish, and 8.4 tonnes (8,400 kg) of sugar coating are used each year for the decorative spots. Similar caterpillar cakes are available in other rival retailers. This includes Morris the Caterpillar from Morrisons, Cuthbert the Caterpillar from Aldi, Charlie the Caterpillar at the Co-Op, Cecil the Caterpillar at Waitrose, Clyde the Caterpillar at Asda, Wiggles the Caterpillar at Sainsbury's, Clive the Caterpillar at One Stop and Curly the Caterpillar at Tesco. Gluten and milk free versions are also available; Carl the caterpillar from Tesco, Frieda the caterpillar from Asda, and Eric the caterpillar from Sainsbury’s.
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) was an online retailer founded in 1854 as an American department store, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name, the entire Bon-Ton collection of stores, including Carson's went into bankruptcy and closed in 2018. BonTon's intellectual property was quickly sold while in bankruptcy, and the new owners reopened shortly afterwards as online retail.[2]
The Carson Pirie Scott name is associated with the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for the retail firm Schlesinger & Mayer, and expanded and sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904, and occupied by them for more than a century.
The owner of the department store chain Carson’s has decided to close its three-story location in downtown’s Circle Centre mall.
The store is one of more than 40 locations slated for closure by Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the struggling parent of Carson’s and other mid-tier department store brands. Bon-Ton indicated in November that it would close dozens of stores, and it announced specific locations on Wednesday afternoon.
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Pay me what exactly? If Fiat paper currency did not exist you would have to invent it. So the Chief Cashier, on behalf of the Governor and the Company of the Bank of England promises to pay me on demand the sum of £20... well that's nice.
I recently made some predictions for 2017 but neglected to make any resolutions. Well, here goes. If 2016 was the year of the underdog and surprises I can do something to make 2017 the year of the 'little guy'.
- I can limit the money that goes to credit card providers.
- I can favour family businesses wherever possible.
- I can eschew corporate foodservice providers.
- I can choose to patronize smaller retailers.
- I can steer clear of online retailers.
- I can buy on the high street.
- I can choose to pay cash.
If we don't shop on the high street, then we can't be surprised if it closes down or mutates to survive. I can and will choose to do these things in 2017.
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C-GUSM, a Bombardier Learjet 45, on approach to runway 23 at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
It is operated by Wal-Mart Canada Corp. of Mississauga, Ontario.
A brief history of the remarkable Learjet family starts on page 33 of the June/July 2022 issue of SKIES magazine:
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Preparing for the day’s business, Marshall’s The Jewellers, Dalry, Edinburgh. Cleaning the pavement outside your shop, something you don’t see much these days. 😀 #dalry #dalryroad #edinburgh #retail #shop #shops #jewellery #jewellersshop #marshalljewellers #retailer #edinburghcity #edinburghphotography #edinburghphotographer
It is never too early for Christmas! Just ask all the retailers in North America that start in early November. LOL. It is unlikely I will have internet access over the holidays, so I thought I would post this image now. All the best to each of you for the holiday season and for the new year.
Thanks to Veerle for the idea.
Il n'est jamais trop tôt pour Noël ! Il suffit de demander à tous les détaillants d'Amérique du Nord qui démarrent début novembre. MDR. Il est peu probable que j'aie accès à Internet pendant les vacances, alors j'ai pensé publier cette image maintenant. Bonne chance à chacun d'entre vous pour les fêtes de fin d'année et pour la nouvelle année.
Merci à Veerle pour l'idée.
Nunca é cedo demais para o Natal! Basta perguntar a todos os varejistas da América do Norte que começam no início de novembro. LOL. É improvável que eu tenha acesso à internet durante as férias, então pensei em postar esta imagem agora. Tudo de bom para cada um de vocês nas festas de fim de ano e no ano novo.
Obrigado a Veerle pela ideia.
¡Nunca es demasiado temprano para Navidad! Pregúntele a todos los minoristas de Norteamérica que comienzan a principios de noviembre. JAJAJA. Es poco probable que tenga acceso a Internet durante las vacaciones, así que pensé en publicar esta imagen ahora. Todo lo mejor para cada uno de ustedes para la temporada navideña y el año nuevo.
Gracias a Veerle por la idea.
Het is nooit te vroeg voor Kerstmis! Vraag het maar aan alle retailers in Noord-Amerika die begin november beginnen. LOL. Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat ik tijdens de vakantie internettoegang zal hebben, dus ik dacht ik plaats deze afbeelding nu wel. Het allerbeste voor jullie allemaal voor de feestdagen en voor het nieuwe jaar.
Met dank aan Veerle voor het idee.
Non è mai troppo presto per Natale! Basta chiedere a tutti i rivenditori del Nord America che inizieranno all'inizio di novembre. LOL. È improbabile che avrò accesso a Internet durante le vacanze, quindi ho pensato di pubblicare questa immagine adesso. A ciascuno di voi i migliori auguri per le festività natalizie e per il nuovo anno.
Grazie a Veerle per l'idea.
Für Weihnachten ist es nie zu früh! Fragen Sie einfach alle Einzelhändler in Nordamerika, die Anfang November starten. LOL. Es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass ich über die Feiertage Zugang zum Internet haben werde, deshalb dachte ich, ich poste dieses Bild jetzt. Ich wünsche Ihnen allen alles Gute für die Feiertage und das neue Jahr.
Vielen Dank an Veerle für die Idee.
Jeff Ostrow and Brian Kopelowitz of the Fort Lauderdale-based law firm Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A., and Fort Lauderdale-based full-service real estate firm Stiles, hosted the groundbreaking of Las Olas Boulevard’s newest commercial project, One West Las Olas.
The event took place yesterday, May 7, at 4 p.m. Mayor of Fort Lauderdale Jack Seiler, along with nearly 150 others including Fort Lauderdale and Broward County elected officials, company and construction executives, community leaders and VIPs were on-site to celebrate.
The mayor spoke and said, “I could not be more pleased as the Mayor of this city to see a signature building come in on this corner.” Seiler added, “We are going to be proud of this building for many years to come.”
Situated at the corner of Andrews Avenue and Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, the 35,000-square-foot office building will boast six floors of class A office space, along with a rooftop sky lounge and 1,500 square feet of ground floor retail. The property is being developed by One West Las Olas LLC, which is managed by Jeff Ostrow.
One West Las Olas will serve as the new headquarters for Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A., which will occupy approximately 12,000 square feet across two full floors.
The estimated $8 million project is expected to open in the second quarter of 2015. Stiles will utilize a fast track construction delivery method, which has been employed successfully to projects of similar size and scope. Nearly 100 jobs will be created through the 12-month construction period.
“Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. has entered an exciting new growth era that has solidified our position in our hometown of Fort Lauderdale while allowing us to take a more active role in the continuing development of Las Olas Boulevard, where we are deeply rooted” said Ostrow. “We believe our new state-of-the-art office and retail building will further enhance the beautiful architecture and landscapes of Las Olas Boulevard while enriching the amazing culture and vibrant day-and night-life that exists in the area.”
The project will be built by Stiles Construction and has been designed by Stiles Architectural Group. In addition, Stiles Realty is actively leasing the property while Stiles Property Management is positioned to manage the assignment upon completion.
“Stiles is proud to employ our various disciplines to help take this exciting project from vision to reality,” said Stiles Construction president Tim Moore. “One West Las Olas will help to further establish Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. as one of South Florida’s most prominent law firms while enriching Las Olas Boulevard and the historic block that is home to a variety of well-known retailers as well as Stiles’ 445,000-SF Class A mixed-use development, The AutoNation Building.”
Stiles was a natural choice for the project, having successfully developed more than 3.5 million square feet of urban office and residential projects on Las Olas Boulevard, including several highly distinguished LEED-certified office projects, such as The Autonation Building, Bank of America Plaza at Las Olas City Centre, Plaza at Las Olas, and Las Olas Centre I and II.
In addition to One West Las Olas, Stiles is preparing to unfold plans for its newest urban development in downtown Fort Lauderdale, a LEED-certified 254-unit luxury residential tower of 30 floors, located one block from Las Olas Boulevard and 8th Street.
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Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) was an online retailer founded in 1854 as an American department store, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name, the entire Bon-Ton collection of stores, including Carson's went into bankruptcy and closed in 2018. BonTon's intellectual property was quickly sold while in bankruptcy, and the new owners reopened shortly afterwards as online retail
Acker’s is the oldest retailer in the downtown core. While the Guelph Civic Museum said it opened in “about 1918,” Acker said the family business opened its doors at 42-44 Carden St. in 1916.
Only the Albion Hotel and Guelph Mercury have been open longer, but neither are retailers. The Albion is known for its spirits and the Mercury is Guelph’s newspaper of record.
For all those outside the UK & Ireland, Tesco is the 3rd largest retailer in the world. it's like the Walmart of Britain, you know the ubiquitous baddies, hellbent on global domination.
Great to see the ruling today making Workfare unlawful. Workfare is forced unpaid work at private corporations such as Tesco and Poundland in order to keep receiving state benefits.
Mobile retailers of pottery getting up at 6 in the morning to keep on travelling through the Cambodian countryside. They always travel in pairs, selling the same stuff. I guess it's for safety and they take turns guarding their inventory through the night.
One of the trucks even has a license plate, a rare sight.
I love going to Royston and this High Street is so attractive with a minimum of closed shop premises. The majority of shops are independent and I feel this is vibrant shopping centre because of these independent retailers. Love the little dog and makes added attraction to the picture.
What a difference a wig makes! Back in March (2019) I bought my first lace front wig from an on-line wig retailer here in the UK. I had always wanted a wig of this type but the cost had proved prohibitive. I fear endangering my family’s security by spending income I can’t really afford on my cross-dressing activities. A couple of years ago I started a savings fund putting a little bit of spare cash aside each month. My aim was to fund all of my T-girl life from this one fund.
When I saw this wig on sale I had more than enough to cover purchasing it in the fund so I was rather thrilled to be able to buy it without any guilt. I then had to wait nearly six months before I was finally able to wear the wig and I remember hoping it was going to work okay as by now it was too late to return it.
The reality was when I put the wig on it had a big emotional impact on me. It was the more natural hairline the lace front wig provided that really got me. I realised I could wear this wig outdoors in windy and breezy conditions and that it would not look fake. To say this boosted my confidence would be an understatement. I suddenly began to believe I could now be out in public dressed as a woman and avoid the obvious wig line if my hair blew around. I live in windy western Scotland so this is very important to me. My aspiration is to pass as a woman in public and not be seen as a man dressed up. An elusive dream in reality but the wig gave me belief that I could look more natural in real world weather conditions.
The wig and the new confidence had a ripple effect, it made me consider the clothes I should choose to look like real woman rather than the somewhat hype feminine styles that are the usual choices of male to female cross-dressers. I genuinely need to be perceived as female so the desire to pass convincingly is very important to me. We all have our own desires and favourite looks with our cross-dressing so what I am expressing in this narrative is purely focused on what I personally want to achieve as a cross-dressing man.
I am influenced by women around me and at work and I’ve been observing the styles and looks they choose and my current ambition is to fit in with actual women and then I can hopefully set free my deep rooted inner desire to be female. I am not intending to transition as I do like y male life but when I cross-dress I do feel a need to cross the gender line in my head and in how I act and feel as my female alter-ego. In short, and I know this sounds delusional, when I cross-dress I want to feel I am a woman not a man.
I have often worried that when I cross-dress as a woman I did feel quite flirty and dare I admit this…I feel sexier…cripes, I’ve said it out loud! I am not attracted to men but I do enjoy being admired as a female.
The shirt I wore in this photo apealled to me as I felt as I descibed in the last paragraph when I wore it. I liked the formal prim quality of it, somehow it made me feel more feminine than usual!
I find increasingly want to be comfortable as a woman and enjoy my appearance and have hopes of choosing more stylish female clothing, even if that is a casual daytime look. I think some women look fantastic when they wear jeans, t-shirts, shirts and jackets and scarves and I plan to try and master that look alongside a more formal look such as a skirt suit and heels. I am greatly attracted to both of those looks and cannot wait to explore them further and see if I can carry them off.
The new wig really has inspired me and I’ve recently made changes to my make-up to try and look more realistically like a woman rather than the male cross-dresser I have looked like for years. I suddenly feel I am starting to get somewhere with my hopes to look female and I am super excited for the future. It is likely to be next spring before I am in a position to venture out in public as a woman. My last public trip was back in may 2017 and though I was thrilled I had finally done it I also found the experience quite unsettling and full of angst. Emotionally it was exhausting and I don’t think I was confident enough to carry it off on that trip.
I do feel a big difference within myself for the next trip out as I have more belief in myself now and I like the direction I’ve chosen. I think it is more real world woman than how I chose to tip out back in 2017. I like the clothes Ive now chose to wear and the new wig really is the catalyst to this and I feel I want to embrace it all now rather than fearing it.
It has required me to feel at ease and be self accepting of my female side to develop this desire and building confidence to become a woman out in the world, well a part-tine woman, but I feel more comfortable about it than ever before. I am making plans for next spring and being me, I will inevitably be recording video throughout my time out and about in public as a woman. I suspect the next time I head out will be quite a contrast to how I was in the two videos I recorded of my first trip out in May 2017.
Roll on spring 2020!
The building with Debuenkorf houses the Hermès and Louis Vuitton de Bijenkorf Amsterdam. Hermès is a high-end retailer carrying the luxury brand's apparel, handbags, scarves & other accessories. Louis Vuitton is a luxury brand known for signature monogrammed handbangs, luggage and more.
Louis Vuitton and Hermès do not have their primary individual boutiques in the same building on Dam Square in Amsterdam. However, they are both present in De Bijenkorf, a department store located on Dam Square. De Bijenkorf hosts a range of luxury shop-in-shops, including Louis Vuitton and Hermès.