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20 Yates Street was built in 1904 in the Georgian style.
Georgian features include the long facade with setback
wings, hipped roof, end chimneys, and entrance portico.
An old Bankers Trust building on 14th St between 7th and 8th Avenues in Manhattan. In architecture buildings like this employ a "wedding-cake"style with tiers on the top,one set back from the other below.The tiers are heavily ornamented to resemble "icing" on a cake. The style has been predominant in NYC thanks to the 1916 Zoning Resolution,a former zoning code which forced buildings to reduce their shadows (on nearby buildings) at street level by employing setbacks (the tiers) resulting in a "ziggurat" profile en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding-cake_style
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Every year they arrive at the park and build a heron nursery.
For a few years I went to photograph them, and now, in the midst of the pandemic, I miss this contact with nature.
For me, nature dissolves setbacks and invigorates energies. Photographing what happens there is a prayer.
Jaren geleden, toen het leven tegenzat, heb ik dit geschreven. Al voelt het niet meer zo, ik blijf het een mooi gedicht vinden.
Paardenbloem
Ben ik als die paardenbloem
Die na iedere knauw
Groter en sterker
Weer tevoorschijn komt
Ben ik als die paardenbloem
Die na elke winter
Geler en zonniger
De grond uitschiet
Ben ik als die paardenbloem
Die door alle mensen
Lelijk onkruid
Gevonden word
Als ik ben als een paardenbloem
Betekent dat ook
Dat ik keer op keer
Vernietigd word
Years ago, when life was tough, I wrote this. Even if it doesn't feel that way anymore, I still think it's a beautiful poem.
Dandelion
Am I like that dandelion
The one after every setback
Bigger and stronger
Appears again
Am I like that dandelion
The one after every winter
Yellower and sunnier
shoots out of the ground
Am I like that dandelion
Those by all people
Ugly weed
be found
If I'm like a dandelion
That means too
That I time and time again
get destroyed
(translation by google translate. I hope its readable)
The Allerton Hotel is a 25-story 360 foot (110 m) hotel skyscraper along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.[2] It was the first building in the city to feature pronounced setbacks and towers resulting from the 1923 zoning law. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 29, 1998.
After the Allerton Hotel was declared a Chicago landmark, it was closed from August 1998 through May 1999 for a $60,000,000 renovation. The restoration work reversed the hotel's trend toward seediness. When the hotel reopened as the Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel, the twenty-third floor, which had housed the Tip Top Tap and the Cloud Room, opened as the Renaissance Ballroom. At the same time, a lounge opened on the second floor called Taps on Two, and featured one of the Tip Top Tap's signature drinks, a Moscow mule.
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Abstract architectural detail of the top of Downtown Dallas' 72-story, 280.7 m (921 ft) Bank of America Plaza.
In life, victory is sweet, but it’s not the only gift. Every step, whether a win or a stumble, holds a lesson. When things don’t go as planned, don’t be disheartened. For every setback is a whisper of wisdom, teaching patience, resilience, and growth. Remember, true success isn't in never falling, but in rising each time, stronger and wiser. Even in defeat, there is always hope, always something gained.
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Comacchio is the most original and fascinating historical center in the Po Delta Park.
Heir to ancient Spina, fought over by Ferrara and Ravenna, popes and emperors, has ancient origins: it rose at the dawn of the Middle Ages, when the initial settlement settled on a chain of islands in the mouth of the Po outcropping always changing. Fishing, lagoon fish breeding, production of salt were the source of its prosperity and also of its setbacks, because of the conflict that opposed Venice. After the era of the Este, during the rule of the Papal States, the city was reborn, so that the happiest and monumental architectural projects date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Now Comacchio is a charming lagoon city is polite and genuine, with a vitality that is rooted in respect for their history and in their desire to enhance it. A clarity widespread recalls the proximity to the sea, whose light fills the urban spaces, even more enhanced by the calm surfaces of the channels.
Since yesterday it finally looks like spring outside and it feels like it now. I am very confident that we will now largely be spared severe winter setbacks.
Now it's about time that I bring my last snow pictures to the people, so that I can close the winter chapter here as well. Luckily there aren't that many anymore. And I save one or two for a really hot summer day.
Seit gestern sieht es draußen nun endlich richtig nach Frühling aus, und es fühlt sich jetzt auch so an. Ich bin sehr zuversichtlich, dass wir nun weitestgehend von herben winterlichen Rückschlägen verschont bleiben.
Jetzt wird es allerdings Zeit, dass ich meine letzten Schneebilder unter die Leute bringe, damit ich das Kapitel Winter auch hier abschließen kann. Sind ja zum Glück nicht mehr so viele. Und ein oder zwei hebe ich mir noch für einen richtig heißen Sommertag auf.
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Today's morning greeting comes from my garden again, I had already threatened you with something like that. Here you can see a group of crocuses that were almost completely covered by a thick layer of snow overnight.
I love this type of imagery because it shows the battle of spring against winter, which struggles one more time before inevitably losing. The transitions between the seasons are always very exciting for me and often deliver particularly impressive pictures.
The second reason why I like this picture so much is that it conveys strength and vulnerability at the same time. Characteristics that are in each of us. We strive towards a goal, want to grow and blossom. But we face setbacks from time to time. Situations that discourage us and almost bury us under them. It takes strength to persevere here. This is the only way we can ultimately achieve our own goal.
I wish you all this perseverance and the will to personal success. And not just for the coming week.
Mein heutiger Morgengruß kommt wieder aus meinem Garten, ich hatte Euch sowas ja schon angedroht. Hier seht ihr eine Gruppe Krokusse, die über Nacht fast komplett von einer dicken Schicht aus Schnee verdeckt wurden.
Ich liebe diese Art von Bildern, denn sie zeigt den Kampf des Frühlings gegen den Winter, der sich noch einmal aufbäumt, bevor er unweigerlich verlieren wird. Die Übergänge zwischen den Jahreszeiten sind für mich immer sehr spannend und liefern häufig besonders beeindruckende Bilder.
Der zweite Grund, warum mir dieses Bild so gefällt ist, dass es Stärke und gleichzeitig Verletzlichkeit ausstrahlt. Eigenschaften, die in jedem von uns stecken. Wir streben einem Ziel entgegen, möchten Wachsen und erblühen. Doch wir werden von Zeit zu Zeit mit Rückschlägen konfrontiert. Situationen, die uns entmutigen und uns fast unter sich begraben. Hier braucht es Kraft um durchzuhalten. Nur so erreichen wir am Ende unser eigenes Ziel.
Diese Durchhaltekraft und den Willen zum persönlichen Erfolg wünsche ich Euch allen. Und dies nicht nur für die kommende Woche.
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When the afternoon fades, when the sun seeks its refuge on the horizon, at the beginning of Spring, the golden hour in the Santomera reservoir, a municipality in Murcia, gives us the full range of colors that we can appreciate. This reservoir was built in order to avoid the large floods of water that frequently devastated a large part of the Segura river. A brake on the unbridled torrential rains characteristic of the entire region.
But during the all too common dry spells in the region, the landscape is completely different. The thirsty earth cracks and cries out to the sky for the prodigious rain while some poor and rickety riverbed furrows its wrinkles of mud towards infinity looking for an impossible sea.
Walking through this scenario is not without risks; It will suffice to step on a mosaic tile with more humidity than expected under the dryness of the skin to have an unpleasant setback.
After weeks of bright sunshine with mild temperatures in the afternoon the met-office has announced a chilly period with cold temperatures and even the possibility of snow. I took advantage of the situation and started a small tour along River Weser in the evening. Bad Oeynhausen, Ostwestfalen, Germany
Betekenis:
door tegenslagen komt de deugd tot ontplooiing
Meaning (Google translate)
by setbacks, the virtue flourish
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"Dammi Signore, la perseveranza delle onde del mare, che fanno di ogni indietreggiare, un punto di partenza per un nuovo avanzare."
"Give me, Lord, the endurance of the waves, that make every setback a starting point for a breakthrough."
(Cecilia Meireles)
"I am here" she whispered
"For those time, when you feel alone.
For those time, when you feels no one fully understands.
For those time, when you need someone just to listen.
And the times, where things may get a little tougher,
I am always here," she whispered
"Live your life to the fullest.
Don't be afraid of setbacks.
And when you need a little push,
Come back to this place.
I'll cradle you, I'll push you forward
I'll be here...deep in your heart".
Always". she whispered.
RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME, and the sand martins one of the first migrants to arrive in spring, were picking up bits of dead grass, which had been cut on the cliff tops overlooking their excavated burrows on the sandy banks below for nesting. So I approached and laid down, and they just kept returning again and again, my only setback was every dog off the lead, wanted to lick me to death, to say happy birthday, and kept the birds away, but they soon returned. It was an unforgettable morning at Recuvers near Herne Bay Kent.
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... and now this setback :-(
Daffodil / Narzisse (Narcissus) drowned by snow today (18.03.2018) in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
Deutscher Dom | German Cathedral #2
Explored June 4th 2020
Part two of my mini series of the German Cathedral. This is a view of the tower's interior, right up to the cupola. Taken handheld (tripods aren't allowed inside) and in "neck pain" position since the Lumix LX100 doesn't have a swivel screen. You might be surprised to see raw concrete inside of a building that was erected between 1780–1785. This is due to the fact that the German Cathedral was badly damaged by an air raid in November 1943. When the German Cathedral was reconstructed in the 1980s, The exterior, as you can see in my previous photo, was reproduced true to the original, while the interior was modernised and the raw concrete spiral staircase construction was added. Since 2002 the German Cathedral houses the permanent exhibition "Milestones - Setbacks - Sidetracks. The Path to Parliamentary Democracy in Germany" on five levels of the tower (the highest level leads visitors right below the cupola). That exhibition is a further development of the exhibition "Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte" ("Questions to German History"), which has been on display in the Reichstag building from 1971 to 1996; since 1996, the German Cathedral houses the exhibition on German parliamentary history which has already been visited by several million people.
Teil 2 meiner Mini-Serie vom Deutschen Dom. Hier nun der Blick ins Innere des Turms, aufgenommen aus der Hand und in äußerst unbequemer "Nackenstarre"-Position, da die Lumix LX100 leider über kein Schwenk- oder Klappdisplay verfügt. Der Anblick von Sichtbeton in einem Gebäude, das zwischen 1780 und 1785 erbaut wurde, mag zunächst erstaunen, ist aber schlicht der Tatsache geschuldet, dass der Deutsche Dom, der im November 1943 schwer durch einen Luftangriff beschädigt wurde, bei seiner Rekonstruktion in den 1980er-Jahren nur äußerlich originalgetreu wiederhergestellt wurde, in seinem Inneren jedoch modern. Seit 1996 ist der Deutsche Dom auf fünf Ebenen (die oberste Ebene führt die Besucher direkt unter die Kuppel) das Zuhause der Ausstellung "Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte", die von 1971 bis 1996 im Reichstagsgebäude besichtigt werden konnte. Im Jahre 2002 wurde diese parlamentshistorische Ausstellung des Bundestages weiterentwickelt und läuft im Deutschen Dom seit 2002 unter dem Titel "Wege – Irrwege – Umwege: die Entwicklung der parlamentarischen Demokratie in Deutschland". Wenn Ihr mal in Berlin seid: Auch die Ausstellung lohnt einen Besuch – sie wurde auch bereits von mehreren Millionen Besuchern besichtigt.
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STORY: The Milky Way Core appears over the Santa Maria jump, one of the main waterfalls of the Iguassu Falls complex.
Iguassu Falls are the largest set of waterfalls in the world, with more than 275 different waterfalls and an average flow of about 1.5 million cubic meters of water per second.
Photographing using long exposure techniques in places very close to the waterfalls, as was the case in the image above, becomes a great challenge. The water spray generated is so intense we have the impression of photographing under the shower. Under these conditions, making exposures of more than 15 seconds is practically impossible, since the lens gets wet right after the start of captures. There is no alternative but to take several images of the same scene, cleaning the lens constantly between shots, and hope that some of them are perfectly sharp. Despite the setbacks, this was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had as a photographer.
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I learned a lot. Much was destroyed in me. Even my soulmate let me down. But it has come to the point that setbacks only strengthen me. And that's why I'm ready now. Ready to go new ways. Ready to rely only on myself. Ready to see only the important things. The more they hit you in the face, the stronger you will come out of your own inner ruins. Keep on fighting.
This awesoem Outfit "Enrique" by FashionNatic at the Mainstore.
Another mood at Lake Tyrell just as sunset approached and just after the storm.
I have just started to feel a tiny bit better after the latest setback. I think that is going to be my default health position for awhile. Good weeks and bad weeks. We were meant to be in New Zealand now but we had to cancel for the second time due to COVID (welcome to the club you say!). I am glad now as I would not have been able to enjoy it and hiking is a must in NZ.
Instead we booked a few days at Phillip Island so I head off tomorrow. I am hoping not to spend it on the couch and at least be able to take in the healing properties of that salty sea air.
To my friends who are unwell and in pain, I hope that you are having a good day today and that you are not overwhelmed. xx
Whatever you lack, I got you.
We will balance each other out.
Minor setback?
Guess we'll make a major comeback.
Bad Day?
Well I promise you a better night.
You need support?
I'll be your backbone.
I'll keep you motivated and at the top, always.
As long as you appreciate me and remain consistent
you don't ever have to doubt my loyalty.
You got me, I got us.
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Spring took a real setback today with a late-season snowstorm. The cold and continuing snow are forecast to make things winter-like until next week. Now you can see why these tough little flowers are called snow trilliums!
This quote comes from Norman Vaughan who was an explorer, dogsled driver and Olympian. During his life he was part of an expedition to the South Pole and he summited Mount Vaughan in Antarctica that was named after him, at the age of 89. When he finally arrived at the top of the mountain after many setbacks he gave these words of advice: To dream big and dare to fail.
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Things can also change. For example, the once rich city of Bruges sank into decline in the 16th and 17th centuries due to political setbacks with the Dukes of Burgundy and because of the loss of access to the North Sea. So it came to a standstill for many decades. After 1830, Bruges became part of the Kingdom of Belgium and was reconnected to the North Sea in 1907 through the seaport of Zeebrugge.
A late running POWA rumbles by the swamp in Readfield, powered by a trio of blue SD40-2s. A four hour setback, and a lengthy train that was still being tested when the crew came on meant that they were heavily delayed leaving Rigby, and thus I was able to set up here, and wait for them to come to me. This was the site of one of more notable Guilford wrecks in recent history, with cars piled right up into the trees, and resulted in the Readfield siding getting shortened by about twenty cars or so.
The last three weeks have been the kind of nightmare that you can't seem to shake. My mother,who has been suffering from dementia for the last two years, suffered a small stroke. This led to 3 trips to the ER,multiple batteries of tests, and a lot of rough days. Pretty early it was found out that she needed carotid surgery to open an artery in her neck. But when she was put on a blood thinner in preparation for surgery, it triggered a whole new set of complications that delayed that life saving procedure. In the meantime she continued to suffer these mini strokes at an increasing rate. Finally, she had the surgery this past week. But she has had some setbacks and is still very weak. She has a long road ahead but she is a fighter. Besides it's Christmas, the best time of year for miracles....
This is a view from the ICU waiting at Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford, IL. If I get the opportunity in the next 2 days, I want to wish everyone that blessed Christmas miracle this year...
Excerpt from “A Short Walking Tour of the Yates Street Heritage District”:
20 Yates Street was built in 1904 in the Georgian style. Georgian features include the long façade with setback wings, hipped roof, end chimneys, and entrance portico.
This tunnel on the old road that ran through Shoshone Canyon west of Cody Wyoming ends at the powerplant near the base of the dam. This was the route that all the supplies and men needed to build the Buffalo Bill Dam traveled.
The Dam was authorized in 1904 by the newly created Bureau Of Reclamation. Buffalo Bill Cody proposed the dam to provide irrigation water to the area around his the town he had founded, Cody Wyoming. Construction commenced in 1905. After several setbacks, the dam was completed in 1910. At the time the Shoshone Dam was the tallest dam in the world at 325 feet (99 meters). A power plant was added in 1920. The dam and reservoir's name change to Buffalo Bill in 1946 to honor Mr. Cody and his dream of irrigated land in the Bighorn Basin.
Today the old road still provides access to the dam and some of the power plants. It is also used as a walking trail. The canyon walls in this area are made up of metamorphic and Igneous rocks that date to around 2.6 billion years ago. Geologist call this time period during the Precambrian the Archean Eon. These rocks represent a time when Wyoming was a separate microcontinent called the Wyoming Craton which existed 500 million years before the North American Continent formed. The layered gneissic complex in Shoshone Canyon consists of hornblende mica schist cut by granodiorite and granite pegmatites.
An Anna's Hummingbird feeding one of two chicks this spring.
After a lot of setbacks with software conflicts and the like, I am finally bringing to you the beginning of the hummingbird documentary. It can be viewed at the following link:
This documentary follows one female Anna's Hummingbird and her two successive nest sites in the spring of 2021. It is a tragic story, as you will eventually see, but all starts out well in the first nest I found. This video shows the beginning of her story as I saw it.
There have been documented cases of one female making four successive nest sites in one season. Not wanting to overdo my presence and the possible stress it can bring, I closely followed the first nest I found, and did only a cursory check-up with the second nest. As a result, I do not know if she had a nest before or after this set.
Time spent at the nest site varied, but was usually limited to only one hour. The female became used to my presence within that first hour. In spite of this, most video footage was taken after I had set up the gear and left, in order to keep stress levels low and not draw predators attention to the site. If you are careful to observe, in the last clip, she does seem extra careful as a flock of crows were nearby. After feeding the chicks, she went over to harass them.
This series is dedicated to friends of the family on whose property the nest was located. I am very thankful to them for letting me traipse all over their front lawn at intervals over the course of several weeks in order to document this family from the best possible angle.
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Prince David Masonic Lodge c. 1931
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
The Masonic Hall is a two storey, rectangular, wood frame building with vernacular Art Deco details. It is now located in the historic community of Port Haney, west of the Haney Bypass.
HERITAGE VALUE
The heritage value of the Masonic Hall is linked to its architects, McCarter and Nairne, designers of the Marine Building in Vancouver, and one of the most prominent firms in the Province at the time of the Hall's construction in 1931. An unusually small commission for such popular and prolific architects, their involvement indicates the prominence and sophistication of the Prince David Lodge No. 101 as well as the scale of construction that was occurring during the depressed years of the early 1930s. Local contractor Dugald Brown, a mason, built the Temple.
It is a very good, locally rare, example of vernacular Art Deco styling. The architectural elements convey a sense of solemnity and ceremony, illustrated by facade elements such as the regular placement of windows, wooden ornamentation and the strong use of symmetry. The use of commonly available materials and simple ornamentation reflects the Depression period when little capital was available for new construction. The interior plan is guided by the concepts of symmetry and procession. A large foyer at the entrance is flanked by service areas and leads into a banquet hall with large open windows. From the foyer a stairwell leads to the second storey and a large anteroom that opens into the windowless Lodge Room. The plan is significant because it indicates the building's function as both a ceremonial and social gathering place.
The Masonic Hall is also valued for its association since 1931 with the local Masonic order, Prince David Lodge No. 101, who built and still use the Temple.
The early settlement of Port Haney was centred on the Fraser River, which provided the earliest access before the development of roads through the area. Over time, significant commercial and residential activity occurred and Port Haney became a major transportation hub in the region. Decline set in after the Great Depression and a devastating fire in 1932 that destroyed much of the business centre. The fire caused commercial activity to relocate to the north along the newly opened Lougheed Highway, a make work project that connected the Fraser Valley communities by road. Port Haney remains as a heritage precinct and a reminder of the early history of the City of Maple Ridge and the development of its original small town centres.
Originally located on Lougheed Highway, the Hall was moved in 1980 to its current location to preserve it as part of a valued collection of historical buildings with similar setbacks and orientation in the heritage precinct of Port Haney.
Source: Planning Department, City of Maple Ridge
Source of information.: Historicplaces.ca Registry
Port Haney Community,
British Columbia
Canada
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Well, my first post of 2016... but yes, a photo from last year. Just no time to do everything that I want to accomplish, much less all needed... and yeah, still running behind. But I really wanted to say hi to everyone out there, and to say yes I am -still- still alive :)
But on a music related front, I have a song that has made it to the semi finals in a contest... one of 30 chosen. I am seriously happy about this! It has been a really rough few months, time of loss, high stress and setbacks aplenty... and this has been some -much- needed good news...
So just have to wait until the Jan 20th to hear if I got the win :) Was actually supposed to all be announced in December, but events kind of sidetracked that....
here is a link to my song
soundcloud.com/rsc_escher/the-beat-of-some-lost-highway
and all of my entries....
soundcloud.com/rsc_escher/sets/zoolook-revisited-contest
and the contest too :)
After trying at least twice, but I think three times back in May, we finally got full sun with something nice here in October. A short Laurel to Bozeman rips west leading the afternoon westbound fleet that stacked up from the work window. They'd meet a massive ML that threatened to destroy our afternoon when they got a knuckle at Springdale, but despite the short setback we maintained the light until almost Livingston.
After you've been forced to change paths it's easy to feel lost, alone, and afraid in the darkness. Naked and vulnerable, exposed for the world to see and judge, all defenses stripped bare and left open like fresh wound, to feel anything other than afraid would just be bad instincts. It's okay to be scared, it's okay to feel afraid, this is when you should feel frightened, this trial will test you and try to break you.
Whether it succeeds is up to a number of factors, none of them bigger than your own willingness or unwillingness to give up. Other people may or may not be able to, or choose to help you, but no one will ever be a bigger factor than you will be for yourself. None of us are in complete control of our destiny, even the very most successful people have setbacks and take losses, but how we respond to those losses in the end is what defines us and determines if we spend the rest of our lives naked and afraid, or back in the driver's seat of our lives.
Amsterdam - Amstel
The Magere Brug (English: Skinny Bridge) is a bridge over the river Amstel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht.
The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 arches. Because this bridge was very narrow, the locals called it magere brug, which literally means "skinny bridge". In 1871 the state of the bridge had deteriorated so much, it was demolished and replaced by a nine-arched wooden bridge. Half a century later, this bridge also needed to be replaced. Architect Piet Kramer made several designs for a steel and stone bridge, but the city decided to replace it with a new bridge that looked the same as the previous, only slightly bigger. In 1934, that bridge was demolished, and replaced by a redesign made by Piet Kramer. The last major renovation was in 1969. Until 1994, the bridge was opened by hand, but is now operated automatically.
Use of the bridge has been limited to pedestrians and cyclists since 2003. The centre-part is opened many times, daily, in order to let river traffic pass. The sightseeing tour boats are low enough to pass underneath the bridge when closed. The bridge is decorated with 1,200 light bulbs which are turned on in the evening.
A story told to tourists about the origins of the 1691 version of the bridge is that it was built by two sisters who lived on opposite sides of the Amstel river and wanted to be able to visit one another, every day. In one variant of the story, the sisters were not able to afford a bridge of adequate width or height for general use, so a very narrow bridge was built, hence its name. In another variant, the sisters' last name was Mager (skinny), which gave name to the bridge (rather than its narrowness). Recent research of city archives revealed the name has its origin in the fact that originally a broad and monumental stone bridge was planned during Amsterdam's prosperous Golden Age, but the 1672 economic setback forced the city council to drastically scale back the plans, and build a basic and simple structure instead.
Locals regard the bridge as the most romantic of all in Amsterdam. It is a common site for proposals and lovers' strolls. Additionally, legend says that a kiss between lovers while on this bridge (or passing beneath by boat) ensures that they will be in love forever.
The bridge can be seen in a number of films, including the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, in which the legend of the bridge's being built is told by a boat tour guide.
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The bicycle culture is getting stronger after suffering 4 year setback with former Mayor Rob Ford. Just this week, I found the surveyors measuring a major street near my home for possible extension of bike path. It stops about 2 km east of my place on very busy thoroughfare. Toronto is not Amsterdam yet, but by the time I am 90, we should have nicely interconnected bike network. Mural near McCaul by Iranian/ Canadian Ghazaraza (2019)
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As I looked upon the squirrel in utter disbelief, he began to explain to me that the latest craze in staying slim and in top shape is to exercise while eating. Yes, apparently Californians have nothing on him with their stationary surfboards that are mounted on elaborate spring systems that move while you are trying to maintain your balance as you are doing your exercise routine on the board. He has taken it to a whole new level. To say the least, I was somewhat skeptical at first but then he took me thru his whole routine and I began to see the merit in this approach. I had actually wondered for some time how he managed to stay so slim while cleaning me out of my supply of peanuts. The benefits of this approach are obviously manifold, the one, being easy on your pocketbook while avoiding all those costs for fancy equipment and spa charges, immediately impressing me. There may be some setbacks to this such as doing your routine while in a restaurant trying to impress your date may cause some raised eyebrows and end the date prematurely. But as you play your favorite exercise song really loudly so that the rest of the patrons can get into the spirit of this slimness craze, you may be surprised (really surprised) at the reaction and results. So, here to help us get us into the spirit of moving is my favorite exercise song …