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Built in the late 19th Century, these victorian rowhouses demonstrate the architectural evolution of houses during the period, with the central house being the oldest, with a deeper setback from the street and a simpler facade, and the two more exuberant houses, built two decades later, demonstrating the growth in wealth and aesthetic excess that occurred in the last few decades of the 19th Century.
On the left, built in 1892, this Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival-style rowhouse was designed by Thomas and Rapp, and features a red brick front facade, a mansard roof, copper trim and cresting, gabled dormers, a front gable with a decorative carved red sandstone relief, one-over-one double-hung windows with transoms, a two-story semi-circular oriel window with a copper railing on the roof, arched windows on the first and fourth floors, a front door with a decorative stone surround including ionic columns and cartouches, and a rusticated stone base.
In the center, built circa 1870, this Italianate-style rowhouse features a red brick three-bay front facade with two-over-two double-hung windows with arched upper sash and decorative stone window headers, a bracketed cornice with dentils, and a double entry door on the ground floor.
On the right, built in 1892, this Renaissance Revival-style rowhouse was designed by Thomas and Rapp, and features a red brick front facade, terra cotta trim, a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet, a cornice with modillions, brackets, and dentils, a fourth floor with circular oxeye windows with decorative terra cotta surrounds flanking a central double window, one-over-one double-hung windows, three arched windows on the second floor with decorative corinthian columns and acroterions, a one-story oriel window on the second floor flanked by ionic pilasters with a decorative canopy featuring corbels, and a four-bay first floor facade with ionic pilasters and a recessed doorway.
The houses, though built in different decades, demonstrate the townhouse or rowhouse housing typology, and each are excellent examples of their respective style. Though not officially landmarked or designated, the three are historic, and are a rare surviving fragment of the historic Prairie District that once was an enclave of some of Chicago’s wealthiest families during the time period in which these houses were built.
The bale on the back had rolled into the hedge. When I picked it up the wrap caught in the blackthorn and was stripped off...
Efforts to reach Proxima Centauri have been ongoing for years, with researchers making significant strides and facing considerable setbacks. Advancements in interplanetary travel, wormholes, and black hole studies have transformed fundamental aspects of life on Planet A. Now, we observe a completely different sky, with previously unseen and unrecognised stars visible to the naked eye. This phenomenon, while breathtaking, has sparked debate over whether it signifies progress or impending catastrophe. Albert Einstein's theories on curved space seem validated, yet there are unforeseen elements, even beyond Einstein's predictions, such as the emergence of temporary rifts in space-time that allow for instantaneous travel across vast distances. These rifts, while facilitating unprecedented exploration, also bring the risk of instability, potentially merging different points in the universe unpredictably. Moreover, the altered celestial visibility has led to the discovery of new planetary bodies with unusual gravitational effects, creating both opportunities for resource extraction and threats of cosmic collisions. These developments, blending wonder with danger, continually challenge our understanding of the universe and our place within it.
Introduction on Exoplanets
Exoplanets, or extrasolar planets, are planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. Since the confirmation of the first exoplanets in the early 1990s, the search for these distant worlds has become a key focus in the field of astronomy. To date, thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, varying immensely in size, composition, and orbit. They range from gas giants many times the size of Jupiter to small, rocky planets that may be akin to Earth.
These discoveries have been made using a variety of methods, including the transit method, where a planet's passage in front of its star causes a slight dimming detectable by telescopes, and the radial velocity method, which measures the star’s wobble due to the gravitational pull of an orbiting planet. These techniques have unveiled a rich tapestry of planetary systems vastly different from our own.
The nearest exoplanets are found in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the closest known star to the Sun, approximately 4.24 light-years away. If humanity could develop a spacecraft capable of reaching 25% of the speed of light, a journey to Proxima Centauri would theoretically take about 17 years. Such a voyage would represent an unprecedented technological challenge, involving extreme durations and distances far beyond our current capabilities. Yet, as we face global environmental crises such as climate change and rising sea levels, the interest in potentially habitable exoplanets as a 'Plan B' continues to grow.
Traveling to the nearest exoplanet, Proxima Centauri, at a speed similar to that of the Space Shuttle (about 28,000 kilometers per hour) would take approximately 163,429 years. This highlights the immense distance to even the nearest stars outside our solar system and illustrates the significant challenges associated with interstellar travel using today's technology.
The nearest known exoplanet is Proxima Centauri b, which orbits the star Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our solar system and is part of the larger star system known as Alpha Centauri, which also includes the brighter stars Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.
Proxima Centauri b
Distance from Earth: About 4.24 light years.
Discovery: Proxima Centauri b was discovered in 2016 using the radial velocity method, which measures small changes in the star's speed caused by the gravitational pull of an orbiting planet.
Location in the Sky
Proxima Centauri is part of the constellation Centaurus, which is visible from the Southern Hemisphere. It is not visible from most Northern latitudes. The constellation Centaurus is far from the North Star, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor, and therefore it is not directly related to or close to known Northern constellations.
To locate Proxima Centauri in the sky from the Southern Hemisphere:
Identify Alpha Centauri: This is one of the brightest stars in the Southern sky and serves as a guide to Proxima Centauri.
Use a telescope: Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf and is very faint, so it is not visible to the naked eye. With a telescope, it can be found near Alpha Centauri.
Poem
In the cosmos' wide embrace,
We spin, a lonely, pale blue face,
Yet out there, in the vast night sky,
Worlds beyond our sun do lie.
Whispered secrets of distant suns,
Of planets where no foot has run,
Across the stellar sea, we yearn,
For exoplanets, our hearts turn.
To Proxima’s gentle glow,
To lands where alien breezes blow,
Our dreams take flight on astral wings,
To where the starlight softly sings.
Haikus
Distant worlds circle,
Stars whispering in deep space,
Secrets held in light.
Exoplanet dreams,
Voyages across the stars,
New homes in the void.
This building is typical of the architectural firm's schemes from the 1920s. The main shaft is an unadorned cliff of masonry, but bands of ornament below the hipped roof, at the top of the two transverse wings, and surrounding the windows and doors at street level provide the requisite richness for the home of opera. The building's western façade, which faces the river, is also carefully finished, and the limestone cladding and setbacks are an appropriate counterpoint to the similar but more severe lines of the Chicago Daily News Building opposite and across the river.
Alfred P Shaw (1895-1970), chief designer for the project, said the firm chose what is called French Renaissance style, “modernised for adaptation to American skyscraper construction”.
The splendid composition of the Opera House's river façade was somewhat marred after the Second World War by the installation of corrugated structures housing air conditioning equipment on top of the transverse wings framing the opera stage.
The engineering required to construct a building encompassing an office tower, an auditorium with fine acoustics, and a small separate theatre was formidable. The caissons had to be carried to bedrock and the river wall had to be reinforced to prevent damage from errant ships. The opera building remained a highly visible if somewhat solitary pioneer until the early 1980s when developers took renewed interest in Wacker Drive.
(Jane H Clarke, “The Sky's the Limit”, 1990).
Approaching the final setback in Oct 2007, and on approach to topping out in July 2008.
The first setback is as high as the Wrigley, the second one Marina Towers, and the final one as high as the old IBM building (feel free to correct)
Dyke excavated in 2009 to provide material for a new 'setback' floodbank on this Suffolk Wildlife Trust reserve.
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
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*** Secretary-General's Message for 2014 ***
The United Nations is needed more than ever at this time of multiple crises. Poverty, disease, terrorism, discrimination and climate change are exacting a heavy toll. Millions of people continue to suffer deplorable exploitation through bonded labour, human trafficking, sexual slavery or unsafe conditions in factories, fields and mines. The global economy remains an uneven playing field.
The founding of the United Nations was a solemn pledge to the world’s people to end such assaults on human dignity, and lead the way to a better future. There have been painful setbacks, and there is much work ahead to realize the Charter’s vision. But we can take heart from our achievements.
The UN Millennium Development Goals have inspired the most successful anti-poverty campaign ever. United Nations treaties addressing inequality, torture and racism have protected people, while other agreements have safeguarded the environment. UN peacekeepers have separated hostile forces, our mediators have settled disputes and our humanitarian workers have delivered life-saving aid.
At this critical moment, let us reaffirm our commitment to empowering the marginalized and vulnerable. On United Nations Day, I call on Governments and individuals to work in common cause for the common good.
~**~
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
Take a moment to #StayActive with #LockedINMagazine and ask yourself #RuLockedIN
I really like setbacks - those houses that set back from the street so that they have a huge front yard and no back yard. In Chatham, on the 8000 block of S King Dr, there's a whole block of just about all set backs.
The advancement of Spring suffered a minor setback on April 2nd 2021. I was sad for the setback but kinda excited to get a few pics of flowers in the snow
Carroza Rajastán de Los Chivos (barrio Santa Teresa) mientras levanta poco a poco antes de la noche del paseo.
This series is dedicated to my dear friend Bob, who I take care of here at the adult care home. He just had a setback, mini strokes that have stolen his strength. He is a wonderful man, who loves nature as I do, and has spent many years camping and mushrooming in these mountains. Yesterday he was at the Emergency room most of the day, and now he is very weak and uncoordinated. It breaks my heart to see him confused and struggling... so I brought him in a squash shell I found in the compost that had every seed sprouting with determination, and I told him he just needs to be stubborn like a squash! All around this sqaush shell, the compost was turning into dirt, but this collection of seeds was determined to grow rather than become food for other plants. I think every seed in the gourd has sprouted, and so I have replanted it into a place that it can go ahead and grow. It will be interesting to see how many of these seedlings actually become plants, how many survive. It is always heartwarming to see when my elders fight against the pitfalls of old age and ill health and move forward in a positive direction! I learn so much from watching these 79-92 year old folks!
Built in 1922-1924, this Romanesque Revival-style skyscraper was designed by Murgatroyd and Ogden along with Fugard and Knapp to serve as the Allerton Hotel, and was the first building in Chicago to feature setbacks, as mandated by the 1923 zoning law. The building stands 25 stories and 360 feet (110 meters) tall, and housed over 1000 rooms, many of which were apartment style, and meant to serve as long-term accommodation for tenants, with one of the most notable early tenants being Louis Skidmore, whom founded the architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The building also contained amenities, including a library, sports facilities, and a solarium. The 23rd floor of the tower housed the Tip Top Tap Lounge from the 1940s until 1961, which is still advertised on the building’s north and south facades, and later became home to the Cloud Room in 1963, and has served as the Renaissance Ballroom since the 1990s. The building is clad in limestone at the base, which extends up to the sill line of the fourth floor windows, with roman arched bays, brick panels around the third floor windows, with gothic arches and trim at the first and second floor bays. Above the fourth floor sill line, the building is clad in red brick, with pilasters at the corners and between window bays between the fourth and eighteenth floors, with setbacks at the nineteenth floor, and chamfered corners at the corner towers above the nineteenth floor, arched windows at the 22nd and 23rd floors, balconies with machicolations at the 22nd floor, and hipped roofs, with the central tower rising an additional two stories above the corner towers, featuring signs mounted to the north and south facades, and an octagonal tower containing a chimney in the middle of the roof. The building was designated as a Chicago Landmark in 1998, and underwent a major renovation in 1998-1999 under the direction of Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, modernizing the hotel rooms and building systems, and restoring significant common areas within the building. The hotel reopened as the Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel, remaining under the Crowne Plaza banner until after the building was sold in 2006, becoming The Allerton Hotel in 2007. The building underwent renovations around this time, and underwent more renovations after being sold in 2014, and is today known as the Warwick Allerton Hotel.
Built in the late 19th Century, these victorian rowhouses demonstrate the architectural evolution of houses during the period, with the central house being the oldest, with a deeper setback from the street and a simpler facade, and the two more exuberant houses, built two decades later, demonstrating the growth in wealth and aesthetic excess that occurred in the last few decades of the 19th Century.
On the left, built in 1892, this Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival-style rowhouse was designed by Thomas and Rapp, and features a red brick front facade, a mansard roof, copper trim and cresting, gabled dormers, a front gable with a decorative carved red sandstone relief, one-over-one double-hung windows with transoms, a two-story semi-circular oriel window with a copper railing on the roof, arched windows on the first and fourth floors, a front door with a decorative stone surround including ionic columns and cartouches, and a rusticated stone base.
In the center, built circa 1870, this Italianate-style rowhouse features a red brick three-bay front facade with two-over-two double-hung windows with arched upper sash and decorative stone window headers, a bracketed cornice with dentils, and a double entry door on the ground floor.
On the right, built in 1892, this Renaissance Revival-style rowhouse was designed by Thomas and Rapp, and features a red brick front facade, terra cotta trim, a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet, a cornice with modillions, brackets, and dentils, a fourth floor with circular oxeye windows with decorative terra cotta surrounds flanking a central double window, one-over-one double-hung windows, three arched windows on the second floor with decorative corinthian columns and acroterions, a one-story oriel window on the second floor flanked by ionic pilasters with a decorative canopy featuring corbels, and a four-bay first floor facade with ionic pilasters and a recessed doorway.
The houses, though built in different decades, demonstrate the townhouse or rowhouse housing typology, and each are excellent examples of their respective style. Though not officially landmarked or designated, the three are historic, and are a rare surviving fragment of the historic Prairie District that once was an enclave of some of Chicago’s wealthiest families during the time period in which these houses were built.
Plans are being drawn up to construct a setback levee along this stretch of the White River (the river marks the boundary of King and Pierce County).
The levee will "reconnect the White River to its historic floodplain and restore riverine processes and functions. The primary habitat that will be restored in the future is riparian and in-stream habitat. The priority species supported by these habitats are Endangered Species Act listed anadromous fish including coho, White River spring and summer chinook, pink, chum, and steelhead as well as non-listed bull trout and searun cutthroat trout."
Learn more: www.rco.wa.gov/prism/ProjectSnapshot.aspx?ProjectNumber=0...
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
Take a moment to #StayActive with #LockedINMagazine and ask yourself #RuLockedIN
One of the day 3 setbacks was a non-working iron for the appliques. Problem solved.
A hand-embroidered portrait of Maurice Moss from the IT crowd. Done for thing-a-week 2012. See my blog for more information:
I took my car in at 8am to be serviced before I drove out into the desert again; I found out that I had a cracked radiator, which cost me $500 to repair before I could even get on the road. With temperatures over 100 degrees everywhere out there, I was not going to have it done. Here I am, waiting...
The car wasn't ready until 2pm, so I got a late start...
Office Building, 136 East 57TH & 691-695 LEXINGTON AV, New York, NY (Architect Ely Jacques Kahn: 1930)
19-story brick office and retail building with wonderful large steel framed windows. Unfortunately the white brick is not aging well.
NEWARK, Del. (Sept. 27, 2008) - Coming off a disappointing setback a week earlier and with the memory of an upset lost to Albany two seasons ago still in their minds, Delaware made sure of the outcome this time. Backed by a defense that allowed just 150 total yards and a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown by Tyrone Grant, the No. 17 ranked Blue Hens dominated the second half and cruised to a 38-7 victory over Albany Saturday night. Tyrone Grant pulls down WR Tim Bush.
#Donate Click to see full-size image On March 3rd, the Libyan Benghazi-based House of Representatives opened its embassy in Damascus, Syria. The ceremony was attended by Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul Hadi al-Huwaij. #BREAKINGLibya has officially reopened its Embassy in Damascus, Syria.The ceremony was attended by Libyan Foreign Minister (Eastern Government) AbdulHadi Al-Huwaij. #Libya pic.twitter.com/D5W0KFrcgB — Libya Review (@LibyaReview) March 3, 2020 The Libyan National Army (LNA), under the commander of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar fights on behalf of the House of Representatives. On the ground in Libya, shelling with GRAD rockets by the LNA continued throughout the day in various …
Built in 1922-1924, this Romanesque Revival-style skyscraper was designed by Murgatroyd and Ogden along with Fugard and Knapp to serve as the Allerton Hotel, and was the first building in Chicago to feature setbacks, as mandated by the 1923 zoning law. The building stands 25 stories and 360 feet (110 meters) tall, and housed over 1000 rooms, many of which were apartment style, and meant to serve as long-term accommodation for tenants, with one of the most notable early tenants being Louis Skidmore, whom founded the architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The building also contained amenities, including a library, sports facilities, and a solarium. The 23rd floor of the tower housed the Tip Top Tap Lounge from the 1940s until 1961, which is still advertised on the building’s north and south facades, and later became home to the Cloud Room in 1963, and has served as the Renaissance Ballroom since the 1990s. The building is clad in limestone at the base, which extends up to the sill line of the fourth floor windows, with roman arched bays, brick panels around the third floor windows, with gothic arches and trim at the first and second floor bays. Above the fourth floor sill line, the building is clad in red brick, with pilasters at the corners and between window bays between the fourth and eighteenth floors, with setbacks at the nineteenth floor, and chamfered corners at the corner towers above the nineteenth floor, arched windows at the 22nd and 23rd floors, balconies with machicolations at the 22nd floor, and hipped roofs, with the central tower rising an additional two stories above the corner towers, featuring signs mounted to the north and south facades, and an octagonal tower containing a chimney in the middle of the roof. The building was designated as a Chicago Landmark in 1998, and underwent a major renovation in 1998-1999 under the direction of Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, modernizing the hotel rooms and building systems, and restoring significant common areas within the building. The hotel reopened as the Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel, remaining under the Crowne Plaza banner until after the building was sold in 2006, becoming The Allerton Hotel in 2007. The building underwent renovations around this time, and underwent more renovations after being sold in 2014, and is today known as the Warwick Allerton Hotel.
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
Take a moment to #StayActive with #LockedINMagazine and ask yourself #RuLockedIN
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
Take a moment to #StayActive with #LockedINMagazine and ask yourself #RuLockedIN
Despite the Fan Fest with bounce houses and face painting on the Brooks Robinson Plaza, Big Boy Brass Band, York Symphony Orchestra, and fireworks that would take place post game, Monday afternoon's contest was a quiet one offensively for the York Revolution who mustered just two hits in a 3-1 defeat to the Lancaster Barnstormers in front of 5,769 fans at PeoplesBank Park. Aside from a ninth inning homer by JC Encarnacion to avoid a shutout, the biggest highlight offensively belonged to Carlos Franco who drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh to reach base in a 46th consecutive game, setting a Revs franchise record by doing so.
LockedIN Magazine photographer Rick "Beetle" Bailey of @bbphotographer58 and @MyMidAtlantic was at the ball park to keep our fans LockedIN.
Take a moment to #StayActive with #LockedINMagazine and ask yourself #RuLockedIN
Fleischer Brothers' stereo-optical, or setback, camera
From U.S. Patent 2,054,414 - "Art of Making Motion Picture Cartoons", Max Fleischer
www.google.com/patents?id=IIZgAAAAEBAJ
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12.10.2010
I had a lecture, sorted my direction for the art history project and then failed to get at least one job shot.. I now have tomorrow to shoot all three. One I know for sure I can shoot tomorrow and the other two I will have to find. I don't need this right now, I have to pull this off.
You may remember something like this from earlier in the project only the earlier one had a concept.. this doesn't but I still think it looks cool :) Just playing with colours
BIG setback