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The Eastern State Penitentiary, also known as ESP, is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration first pioneered at the Walnut Street Jail which emphasized principles of reform rather than punishment.
Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton were held inside its innovative wagon wheel design. James Bruno (Big Joe) and several male relatives were incarcerated here between 1936-1948 for the alleged murders in the Kelayres Massacre of 1934, before they were pardoned. At its completion, the building was the largest and most expensive public structure ever erected, and quickly became a model for more than 300 prisons worldwide
The prison is currently a U.S. National Historic Landmark, which is open to the public as a museum for tours seven days a week, twelve months a year, 10 am to 5 pm.
The above information comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary
We’ve crossed the border into Mexico on my Pan-American Trek using Google Street View. The border town of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, is very different from its cousin town of Laredo, Texas, but the cultural crossovers are still very evident. Nuevo Laredo is a key logistics hub in Mexico.
It’s been 8800 km from Dead Horse, Alaska, to Laredo, Texas, and it will be about 2400 km from Nuevo Loredo to Tapachula, at the Mexico-Guatemala border. Unfortunately, Google Street View isn’t available in the rest of Central America, so we’ll be doing a virtual flight from Mexico to Columbia, South America.
Some initial thoughts about the trip from Alaska to Texas:
* Google Street View is one of the most important photographic endeavors of history, and Street View drivers are photography pioneers. Really.
* A drive in Alaska can be the most boring imaginable or the most glorious.
* Alberta Highway 93, otherwise known as the Icefields Parkway, or Promenade des Glaciers, is heavenly.
* Towns really do have archetypal layouts; the “other side of tracks” is literally true.
* Decaying brick, wood, and metal are sustainable art.
* The US is a visibly Christian country.
* Grain and livestock businesses still exist in Grain Belt, but fewer people are needed for labor, so almost everyone has migrated, leaving modern ghost towns.
* Signage is often purposefully quirky, an artistic brand expression.
* No one is outside in the US, they’re only visible getting into, inside, or getting out of cars.
* Wall art falls into three categories – gang or random graffiti, “endorsed” wall art (by a town or business), and “unendorsed” wall art, the latter being typically the most intense and artistic.
* More old buildings exist as you go south, probably because of increased density and less harsh weather.
* The Texas Panhandle looks like it’s been standing up to a strong wind for a long time.
* Texans use trees purposefully to frame their houses.
* Mexican-Hispanic influence increases nonlinearly as a function of closeness to the Mexican border.
* Abandoned buildings are a luxury of a rich society; the US can afford to build structures that last and afford to leave them to decay without stealing their materials or re-using them in some intelligent way.
* Is it possible that there’s a “Law of Conservation of Interestingness”? In awesome landscapes the buildings are boring and aren’t made to last; in boring landscapes (dry landscapes?) the buildings are made to be more interesting and last a long time, which in turn makes them even more interesting.
* Is virtual photography a new field?
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Dilapidated Commercial Structure..
Vanna (Royston), Hart County, Georgia USA.
Located on South College St in Trenton, Tennessee, the Peabody High School was nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under criteria A & C for its historical and architectural importance to this West Tennessee city. The Peabody High School was designed by Rueben A. Heavner, a regionally important architect who specialized in school buildings and residences beginning in the early twentieth century and reflects the Neo-Classical style of architecture that he was known for. Built in 1917, the structure served as the primary high school for the young people of Trenton for over sixty years.
As early as 1876, Professor Gentry R. McGee began laying the foundations for the establishment of public education in Gibson County. After securing $1,000.00 from the Peabody Education Fund, an endowment established by George Peabody to aid education in the South, a public school building was constructed in Trenton. But by early 1917, the original Peabody School building was inadequate to serve the growing number of students in Trenton and the surrounding area. Selected as the building's architect was Heavner, a prominent architect from Jackson, TN, who had designed high schools for the towns of Jackson and Lexington, TN previously. His designs mostly take their significant architectural features from Greek or Roman classicism. Examples of Heavner's work are found in the Jackson City Hall, New Southern Hotel (Jackson, TN), First National Bank (Jackson, TN), Old Jackson High School, and many buildings erected at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. (And several of these can be found in my photostream as well.) Peabody High School is an example of Heavner's design which reflect the Neo-Classical features which were popular during his early career. Noteworthy features on the building include the paired giant ionic columns which sit on a raised ashlar basement and support a full entablature, and the stone door surrounds on the wing entrances with entablature above simply inscribed "GIRLS" on the right and "BOYS" on the left. And, throughout the years, Peabody High School has remained one of Trenton's most significant structures. Few alterations have been made to the facade of the building and it retains its early 20th century architectural character. So, it was added to the NRHP on November 23, 1984. More information like above can be read on the original documents submitted for listing consideration that can be found here:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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A stage in the evolution of Dan Holdsworth’s GPS and computer generated Alpine glaciers, titled 'Acceleration Structures'.
Originally named the Post Office Tower, now BT Tower, this 1960's structure was, until 1980, the tallest building in London. There was a revolving restaurant at the top which was closed soon after opening.
Another view of a bonfire structure on the levee of the Mississippi River. When we visited, preparations were underway for the 2018 Festival of the Bonfires. The atmosphere was filled with excitement. Children were playing, families and friends were cooking, and work was being done on the structures. We learned there were some very elaborate structures on some sites but did not travel to find them. Gramercy, Louisiana - St. James Parish.
The old couple don't recognize their station. The station they used to know. When they were young.
Maybe it was outdated. Maybe it was creepy.
But it was the place of their first date.
The place where the boy of the city waited for the train of his lovely girl coming from from her village before their were married.
From here, they were taking the train to go to the sea or the capital city.
Now all this is gone.
Their souvenirs are lost in this brand new alien architecture.
They look so small in this future architecture that overwhelms them.
Le vieux couple ne reconnaît pas leur gare. Celle à laquelle ils étaient habitués depuis des décennies. Celle de leur jeunesse.
L'endroit de leurs premiers rendez-vous.
Là où le jeune homme de la ville attendait, le coeur battant, le train qui emmenait la jeune villageoise.
L'endroit où ils prennaient le train en famille pour aller à la capitale ou à la mer.
Tout cela s'est enfui.
Leurs souvenirs s'égarent dans cette architecture inconnue et étrange.
Ils semblent si petits dans ces structures du futur, qui les enveloppe et les dépasse.
Liege-Guillemins Station, Belgium
Gare de Liège-Guillemins, Belgique
The Eldean Covered Bridge spans the Great Miami River for the old Eldean Road in Miami County between Troy and Piqua. Built in 1860, it is believed to be the longest surviving Long truss bridge (patented in 1830 by engineer Stephen H. Long). The structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.
Verrès castle (Aosta)-
An inscription carved in Gothic characters states that Ibleto of Challant began works in 1390. In 1536 Renato of Challant renovated the defence structures, adapting them for modern fire arms. On this occasion, a boundary wall with a battery, buttresses and five-sided attack towers, suitable for use with the canon and springalds cast in the Count of Challant’s fiefdom in Valangin, Switzerland. Further protection was given to the entrance with the addition of an inner gate, a drawbridge and loopholes. New cross windows were created in addition to the existing single-light and mullioned Gothic windows, and new gates with Spanish-inspired Moorish arches. The interiors were enhanced with new furnishings. Renato of Challant died leaving no male heirs in 1565, which is when the castle was taken over by the Savoys. In 1661 Duke Charles Emmanuel II ordered the dismantling of weapons and their transfer to the fortress in Bard, a strategic point in which the defence of Val d’Aosta was concentrated.
The Challant regained possession of the castle in 1696 and kept it until the end of the family line at the start of the 19th century. At that time the castle had been abandoned for almost two centuries: the roof, which was already in partial collapse, was demolished completely to avoid paying duty on the structure, and so the upper floors were exposed to the elements. Like the castles of Issogne and Fénis, this castle was rescued by a group of Piedmont intellectuals with a common love for the Middle Ages. ..After going through the outer door which opens in the fortified wall, also accessible on horseback across the drawbridge, you come to the guard’s building opposite the castle entrance. The portal leads onto a hallway with a protective machicolation disguised within the vault. A second door, formerly protected by a portcullis, provides access to the castle courtyard. Surrounding this square space, the body of the building is arranged in a ring on three floors, connected via a monumental stone staircase set on rampant arches. The regular geometrical structure and simplicity of the green and white stone decoration, are consistent with military character of the building and are also evidence of the excellent craftsmanship in Verrès.
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Costruito su un picco roccioso che domina il sottostante borgo, il castello è citato per la prima volta nel 1287 come proprietà dei signori De Verretio. Un’iscrizione scolpita in caratteri gotici attesta che fu Ibleto di Challant nel 1390 a porre mano ai lavori che fecero assumere all’edificio l’aspetto attuale. Nel 1536 Renato di Challant rinnovò l’apparato difensivo del maniero, adattandolo all’uso delle moderne armi da fuoco. In questa occasione venne costruita una cinta muraria munita di cannoniere, di speroni a contrafforte e di torrette poligonali da offesa, idonei all’impiego delle spingarde e dei cannoni fusi nel feudo che il conte di Challant possedeva a Valangin, in Svizzera; l’ingresso fu reso più sicuro mediante la realizzazione dell’antiporta con il ponte levatoio e l’apertura di feritoie. Si provvide inoltre ad aprire nuove finestre a crociera, in aggiunta a quelle a tipo gotico a monofora e a bifora già esistenti, e nuove porte ad arco moresco, di evidente influsso spagnolo; gli interni furono arricchiti con nuovi arredi. Alla morte di Renato di Challant (1565) senza eredi di sesso maschile, il castello venne incamerato dai Savoia. Nel 1661 il duca Carlo Emanuele II ordinò di smantellare gli armamenti e di trasferirli al forte di Bard, punto strategico dove si concentrava la difesa della Valle d’Aosta.
Gli Challant riottennero il possesso della rocca nel 1696 e lo mantennero fino all’estinzione della casata, ai primi del XIX secolo. A quell’epoca il castello era abbandonato da quasi due secoli: il tetto, già in parte crollato, era stato demolito del tutto per evitare il pagamento del canone erariale, così che i piani superiori erano esposti alle intemperie e invasi dalle erbacce. Il salvataggio di questo castello, come per quelli di Issogne e di Fénis, si deve all’interesse di un gruppo di intellettuali piemontesi accomunati dalla passione per il Medioevo.
A Manhattan-bound (N) train is seen through the steel structure of the Astoria Line and Queensboro Bridge as it departs Queensboro Plaza station. The empty trackways above once brought BMT trains to the now-demolished half of the aforementioned station, which was once twice its current size. Additionally, the lane that now carries bicycles and pedestrians over the bridge was originally a streetcar lane for trolleys to Manhattan!