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One of my favorite rides was out of commission. I did not find out why.
It did have tons of scaffolding. And who can pass up photographing tons of scaffolding?
Reached Explore #282 November 27th 2008
Normally, scaffolding is a sign of improvement and development. Not here... This scaffolding has been up for years, with no sign of any work.
Friday Mosques derive their name from the prayers that are said there on Fridays.
According to Wikipedia,
"Friday Mosque is the English translation of the Arabic term masjid al-jumʿa (Arabic: مسجد الجمعة 'Mosque of [the day of] Assembly') or Jama Masjid."
"This term is applied as a proper name to many mosques worldwide. Friday – in Arabic, 'the Day of Assembly' – is the day for communal prayer in which all male Muslims are called to pray communally for the noon-time prayer in Islam, the equivalent of the Jewish Sabbath prayers (which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) and Christian churchgoing on Sundays."
"Every Islamic community has a mosque for this purpose. Friday Mosque is thus the most common name for mosques worldwide."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Mosque
Wikipedia also tells us:
"The Jāmeh Mosque of Yazd (Persian: مسجد جامع یزد - Masjid-e-Jāmeh Yazd) is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Yazd city, within the Yazd Province of Iran. The mosque is depicted on the obverse of the Iranian 200 rials banknote."
"The 12th century mosque is still in use today. It was first built under Ala'oddoleh Garshasb of the Al-e Bouyeh dynasty. The mosque was largely rebuilt between 1324 and 1365, and is one of the outstanding 14th century buildings of Iran."
"The mosque is a fine specimen of the Azari style of Persian architecture. The mosque is crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Iran, and the portal's facade is decorated from top to bottom in dazzling tile work, predominantly blue in colour. Within is a long arcaded courtyard where, behind a deep-set south-east iwan, is a sanctuary chamber (shabestan). This chamber, under a squat tiled dome, is exquisitely decorated with faience mosaic: its tall faience Mihrab, dated 1365, is one of the finest of its kind in existence."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jame_mosque_of_Yazd
Yazd, Iran.
Patan, or Lalitpur (ललितपुर), or Manigal, is an ancient Newari city of just over 200,000 people in Nepal. Most of the current architecture is from the 1600s, and this very antiquity probably contributed to the almost-complete destruction that Patan’s Durbar Square experienced during the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on 25 April 2015.
So many damaged buildings need propping up while they are being repaired.
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They are painting all the balcony railings so there is scaffolding outside my flat. It's been there over a week and so far they've not painted anything!
"Logs Trucked from Forests Become Airplanes and Barracks."
---Douglas fir, red western cedar, West Coast hemlock in the farthest corner of our country lift their soaring heights until they seem to reach the beckoning clouds. Monarchs are these, crowned with majesty, aloof from holocaust of nations. Comes man, threatened by the despot. He swings his ax. Down crash the giants. On trucks along the mountain roads the helpless logs are borne, at mills are flung against the teeth of whirling bands of steel, reduced to lumber. In tons of wood the erstwhile monarchs of the hills now depart to be molded into scaffoldings and hangers, into fabricated parts of ships and planes.---
***NOTE*** This wonderful illustration was painted by Thornton Oakley, and appeared in the December 1943 issue of National Geographic magazine. It is one of 16 similar paintings, all done by Mr. Oakley, which where intended to "capture the spirit of America's might in moving men, materials, and supplies."
This scaffolding has been up against this building for about 2 years. I have never seen anyone upon it.
On Nov. 30, construction crews install scaffolding around the existing Talbot bridge columns as part of ongoing construction for the I-405/SR 167 Interchange Direct Connector Project in Renton.
Mountain View, CA.
Shot at f/11, 1/250sec with Alpa 10d paired with a Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Curtagon 28mm f/4 DKL wide-angle lens (for the Kodak Retina Reflex) and 58mm Carl Zeiss T* UV filter via (1) Deckel-mount to M42 adapter on (2) screw-mount to Alpa bayonet mount adapter. On Kodak 400VC film.
The Victorians did much to repair and restore Britain's damaged churches during the C19th. This fascinating scene shows what appears to be iether the reconstruction of, or an extension creation of an end to a church. The scaffolding, wood strapped together with rope. Builders' work gear.. a waistcoat and bowler hat! Note the hard-wheeled wheelbarrow and the angle of the ladder in the background. This was back-breaking work!