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The last while since they did the latest exterior renovation/repairs, I've wanted to take photos of this gorgeous building. Unfortunately, due to my MS and that I'm not as mobile as I used to be, the only close parking is a "no stopping zone" (except by permit) just South of this gorgeous building. So today, since it was fairly early, I thought I'd give it a try, and I managed a few shots without any issues from the parking people or police :) Hope you enjoy. The history is vast and is quite a lengthy write-up from my book "Historic Walks Of Calgary" by Harry M. Sanders.
As he walked up the steps of Calgary's City Hall on a June day in 1911, then turned the gold key to officially open the new sandstone edifice, federal Conservative Leader (and soon-to-be prime minister) Robert L. Borden walked rigiht past a cornerstone that read A.D. 1907. If the inscription caught his eye, the future prime minister might have wondered why the building took so long to complete.
The sod turning ceremony took place in 1907, and the cornerstone was laid on September 15, 1908. But problems soon developed. Building operations halted abruptly in early 1909 when the $150,000 budget was exhausted. The City Council had to pass a money by-law to authorize additional funds, and, at that time, money by-laws first had to be approved at the ballot by the taxpayers. The by-law was defeated at the polls, the contractor walked off the job, and William Dodd was fired as the supervising architect. For the better part of a year, the partly-finished municipal building remained an idle construction site. Construction resumed in 1910 with Ernest Butler and Gilbert Hodgson as supervising architects, and City Hall was finally completed at twice the original estimate. Officials moved in at the beginning of 1911. Decorations included newly commissioned oil paintings of all of Calgary's past mayors and 210 palm trees, one of which still survived as late as 1935.
Within a year, City Hall was already too small for the expanding civic administration. Calgary had grown from a population of 4,000 in 1901 to more than 43,000 in 1911, and the city experienced a spectacular real estate boom and massive physical expansion in the years leading up to World War I. In 1913, the City Council hired English town planner Thomas Mawson to develop a long-range plan for Calgary's growth. Part of Mawson's comprehensive scheme envisioned a future civic centre south of Princes Island, complete with a museum, exhibition hall, gardens, a boating reach--and a grand new City Hall. But the real estate bubble burst later in 1913, and the Mawson plan was shelved.
Crowded officials found some relief in 1914, when the police department moved out of the basement into its new headquarters building behind City Hall. One of the cells still remained, complete with graffiti carved by prisoners, until the building was substantially upgraded in the late 1995-1997.
One major alteration took place in 1920, when the removal of the upper north side balcony fractured the building's symmetry. The south balcony, which for decades faced a back alley, was eventually closed in. With the completion of the Calgary Municipal Building in 1985 and the creation of a Municipal Plaza at that time, the south balcony again became an attractive feature of City Hall. The balcony is part of the mayor's suite of offices.
City Hall holds many memories apart from the proceedings of City Council. The fourth floor once housed an apartment for the caretaker and his family. Generations of Calgary children came to City Hall to see the public health dentist. Visitors admired the six-foot-long scaled model of the RMS Calgaric, a passenger liner owned by the same shipping company as the Titanic. (The city donated the model to the Glenbow Museum in 1962.) It was here that Calgary Herald reporter Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance threw a mock bomb into Mayor Samuel Adams' office in 1921--a prank that frightened one of the city8 commissioners into leaping out of the window (he was uninjured), and also ended Long lance's journalistic career. It was here that a mentally ill woman shot medical health officer William Hill in the back in 1937. (Dr. Hill survived, and his first request during his convalescence was for a cigarette.) It was here that elevator operators John Joseph (termed "a perfect mine of information" and "the politest elevator man in the world") and his successor, Billy Goodman, probably got to know just about everyone in town. And it was here that Jack Miller, Calgary's city clerk from 1912 to 1955, stashed away a mass of documents that now comprises much of the city's archives.
Those archives would have proved useful when the city's coat of arms was adopted in 1902. The arms are carved in relief at the top of the City Hall's entrance arch, and they include a glaring error. The scroll below the shield has two dates, signifying Calgary's incorporation as a town (1882) and as a city (1894). The designers had not done their homework: Calgary had become a town in 1884, not 1882. The legal description of the coat of arms was amended in 1975, but the correction was never made to its sandstone representation over the City Hall entrance.
For years, a tall Christmas tree was placed under the central canopy, rising through the circular opening on each floor; employees from all departments could decorate the tree from their own floor. The openings were eventually closed in. However, they were re-opened when the building was extensively upgraded in 1995-1997, with some of its historic architectural features restored.
City Hall was declared a Provincial Historic Resource in 1978 and a National Historic Site in 1984. In 1990 it became Calgary's first Municipal Historic Resource.
Center scroll detail on our 1953 wrought iron porch railings after a much needed paint job.
Rustoleum Regal Red
For Connie and everyone else who liked the scroll, here it is unrolled. And a book I forgot to put in the castle!
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My dad owns a violin shop so I get good opertunities to photograph the instruments. A full violin is about the most difficult thing to photograph tho, the heads are much easier! But you can still see the flare from the flash even then.
This is the scroll part of a very old violin that my Mom had as a kid. I guess it was old even when she got it. She had it repaired and restrung a few years back and it is playable, but nobody in our family plays the violin. I have it setting on top of my computer where I can see it everyday.
Today, Flickr Commons turns 16! The Library of Congress is Flickr Commons' first member and they have curated a gallery for the occasion. Check it out on their Flickr site! Learn more about Flickr Commons and their members in today’s Flickr blog.
And finally, today's Explore Takeover features members of Flickr Commons from around the world. Enjoy a scroll through history on Explore today!
Manuscript title: Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S7: Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther Scroll
Manuscript summary: The Esther story in this megillah (pl. megillot) isn't presented as an historic drama, but rather as a funny satire. The character of Alsatian Jewish life is captured in the ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery includes peasant figures in colorful local costume and reflections of folk humor. Lively figures, several shown strolling with walking sticks in hand and others gesturing, are interspersed with human busts, owls, and a gargoyle, while the Hebrew text is arranged within octagonal frames approximately 6 cm high. The few known Alsatian megillot share several distinctive characteristics, such as a bright palette of yellow, red, and green; stocky robust figures; and large vibrant flowers. In this Braginsky Collection Esther scroll, the women wear red or blue garments with yellow corselets laced in front, whereas the men are depicted wearing, amongst others, traditional white ruffs, red or blue jackets with culottes, and a variety of hats.
Origin: Alsace (France)
Period: second half of the 18th century
Image source: Zürich, Braginsky Collection, S7: Megillah Esther (מגילת אסתר) / Esther Scroll (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bc/s-0007).
Vitry-Sur-Seine Septembre 2015 Graffiti Scroll
Otam / Brok / Sinck / Takt /Nadib Bandi / Kalees / Sueb / Tacos / Fans / Lost / Vitryartderue
Soundtrack by "TRD BEATZ" : soundcloud.com/trd-beatz
#Graffiti #Scroll #Paris #Bandi #Geneva #Brok #Otam #NOK #Sinck #Kalees #3HC #Takt #Sueb #NadibBandi #Tacos #TP #FANS #GF #LOST #MCZ
Recent update of violinscroll- models in my workshop.
Violinscroll of a new violin in white.
treble side finished - bass side in process.
Shot in the lamplight of a light bulb in my Violin Making Workshop. Cropped and edited with Gimp 2.6.6
Wedding invitation scroll with a Japanese paper wrap. The design is really simple but the quality of the paper makes it, and the ribbon (sheer with satin edges) finishes it off nicely.
Day 325/366 of Project 365 (Friday, 2020 November 20 - 194th consecutive daily photo): Scrolling down my computer screen is something my hands and fingers have become very accomplished at doing.
Flickr Lounge - Weekly Theme - Hands
This is my 500th Flickr upload. To celebrate this mini milestone, here's one of my favorite subjects - the daisy! Hope you enjoy this perspective.
Best Viewed On Black
Explore! Highest rank 455! Thanks all!
Miscellaneous Composition; Santa Fe, New Mexico; please see www.flickr.com/photos/negra223/ for more New Mexico photos
Wedding invitation scroll with a red handmade paper wrap. The paper is a deep red, overprinted with a red metallic swirling pattern. I've tied this with a burgundy organza ribbon to add a bit of depth and complement the paper.
This is why I always whisper
I'm a river with a spell
I like to hear but not to listen,
I like to say but not to tell"
Keren Ann
(for English scroll down)
Photo by RED HOT Photographer Thomas Knights
Ab Ostern gilt in Berlin Alarmstufe Rot, jedenfalls im Bikini. Die schicke Mall ist Schauplatz für eine Ausstellung, wie sie die Stadt noch nicht gesehen hat. Der Londoner Fotograf Thomas Knights hat die heißesten rothaarigen Männer der ganzen Welt fotografiert. Und wer jetzt darüber stolpert, die Worte heiß und rothaarig in einem Zusammenhang zu finden, der kennt Knights‘ Bilder noch nicht.
Für die Ausstellung, die bereits in London, New York und Sydney für großes Aufsehen sorgte und nun in Berlins schickster Mall, dem Bikini, gezeigt wird, hat Thomas Knights nicht einfach nur Models porträtiert. Wie er im Herbst dem Magazin MÄNNER sagte, wurde er als Kind und Jugendlicher wegen seiner roten Haare gemobbt – ein Schicksal, das viele Leidensgenossen teilen. „Rote Haare wurden als etwas Schlimmes angesehen. Kinder picken sich ja immer den heraus, der anders ist. Und Rothaarige haben keine Community, auf deren Unterstützung sie zurückgreifen können.“ Darum wollte Knights etwas schaffen, worauf Ginger Men, wie sie in England heißen, stolz sein können. „Aus roten Haaren eine coole Marke machen - das war der Anstoß für die Ausstellung.“ Das hat er binnen kürzester Zeit erreicht.
Das Buch „RED HOT 100“ erschien im September 2014 (Bruno Gmünder) und hat wegen des großen Erfolgs bereits die 3. Auflage erreicht. Die gleichnamige Ausstellung kommt nun endlich nach Berlin. Auf einer 400 qm großen Ausstellungsfläche werden über 100 faszinierende Bilder gezeigt.
Das Grand Opening findet Ostersamstag, 04. April 2015, von 16 Uhr bis 20 Uhr, in der Bikini Concept Mall statt.
Für Musik sorgen Brodanse. Die berühmten DJ-Brüder, natürlich rothaarig, bespielen Clubs und Festivals in Europa und Asien.
Außerdem haben sich angesagt: die RED HOT-Models Ken Beck, der auf dem Cover provokant seine Zunge zeigt, sowie Jake Hold und natürlich der Fotograf selber, Thomas Knights.
„Die attraktivsten Rothaarigen, die wir je gesehen haben“, jubelte die australische ELLE über seine Fotos. Und SPIEGEL ONLINE schwärmte: „Wir brauchen einen rothaarigen James Bond.“
Die Ausstellung RED HOT : BERLIN dauert vom 04. April 2015 bis zum 03. Mai 2015.
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OPENING RED HOT:BERLIN - A city sees red, 2015
Photo by RED HOT Photographer Thomas Knights
From Easter, Berlin will be on red alert, at least at Bikini. The chic mall is the setting for an exhibition the likes of which the city has never seen before. London photographer Thomas Knights has photographed the hottest red-haired men in the world. And anyone who stumbles across the words hot and ginger in the same context has not yet seen Knights' pictures.
For the exhibition, which has already caused a sensation in London, New York and Sydney and is now being shown in Berlin's chicest mall, the Bikini, Thomas Knights has not just taken portraits of models. As he told MÄNNER magazine in autumn, he was bullied as a child and teenager because of his red hair - a fate shared by many of his fellow sufferers. ‘Red hair was seen as something bad. Children always pick out those who are different. And redheads don't have a community to fall back on for support.’ That's why Knights wanted to create something that ginger men, as they are known in England, could be proud of. ‘Turning red hair into a cool brand - that was the impetus for the exhibition.’ He achieved this in a very short space of time.
The book ‘RED HOT 100’ was published in September 2014 (Bruno Gmünder) and has already reached its 3rd edition due to its great success. The exhibition of the same name is now finally coming to Berlin. Over 100 fascinating pictures will be shown on a 400 square metre exhibition space.
The Grand Opening will take place on Easter Saturday, April 4, 2015, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Bikini Concept Mall.
Music will be provided by Brodanse. The famous DJ brothers, redheaded of course, play clubs and festivals in Europe and Asia.
Also in attendance: the RED HOT models Ken Beck, who provocatively shows his tongue on the cover, as well as Jake Hold and of course the photographer himself, Thomas Knights.
“The most attractive redheads we've ever seen,” exclaimed Australia's ELLE about his photos. And SPIEGEL ONLINE raved: “We need a red-headed James Bond.”
The exhibition RED HOT: BERLIN lasts from April 4th, 2015 to May 3rd, 2015.
Decorative Finisher John Ardilla from Los Angeles applied Meoded Pearlas Velvet, Light Grey #15 paint to create a suede finish ceiling. He stenciled the 3D pattern in the center and frame of the ceiling. For beautiful products, finishes and ideas visit meodedpaint.com