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The Berkeley Building (also known as the Old John Hancock Building) is a 36-story, 495-foot (151 m) structure located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the second of the three John Hancock buildings built in Boston; it was succeeded by the John Hancock Tower. The building is known for the weather beacon at its summit, which broadcasts light patterns as weather forecasts. The Berkeley Building is the 18th-tallest building in the city.
The building, located in Boston's Back Bay, was designed by Cram and Ferguson and completed in 1947. From 1947 until 1964 it was the second-tallest building in the city, one foot (30 cm) shorter than the 496-foot (151 m) Custom House Tower, but a much larger building and a conspicuous landmark. The Prudential Tower, completed in 1964, dwarfed both. As of 2004, 17 buildings are taller, yet it remains a handsome and easily recognized Boston landmark, familiar to commuters crossing the Charles River. A drawing of this building served as a logo for the John Hancock Insurance company for many years.
In March 2003, the John Hancock Insurance company sold the Berkeley Building, along with the Stephen L. Brown building and the John Hancock Tower, to Beacon Capital. In December 2006, the Berkeley and Brown buildings were reacquired by John Hancock.
It is also the home of the Back Bay Events Center: this two-part structure is the John Hancock Hall proper and the Dorothy Quincy Suite (a single room, capacity of approximately 900.) The Hall also contains a full box office and a 1100 seat auditorium. This is the annual site of the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild One-Act Festival's State Finals.
It is topped by a weather beacon with red and blue lights, which use a code to present the local weather forecast, using a popular rhyme as a mnemonic:
Steady blue, clear view.
Flashing blue, clouds due.
Steady red, rain ahead.
Flashing red, snow instead.
During baseball season, flashing red means the Boston Red Sox game has been called off on account of weather.
The beacon was first lit on March 15, 1950 and was controlled using forecasts from a meteorological agency located on the 26th floor. It was kept lit until 1973 when it was shut off to set an example during an energy crisis which also temporarily shut off the famed Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. The beacon was re-lit in 1983 and has continued to display the weather forecast ever since.
In October 2004, the beacon flashed red and blue to commemorate the World Series victory of the Boston Red Sox. This was the first time the color scheme changed since the beacon was lit in 1950.
A new line was added to the poem accordingly:
Flashing Blue and Red, when The Curse of the Bambino is dead!
The beacon again flashed red and blue when the Red Sox won the 2007 World Series
In delicate light-pink traditional Vietnamese dress, a graceful maiden holds a bunch of white calla lilies, posing on a curved structure on a green lake at a street intersection. The soft afternoon sunlight and pale blue smoke evoke an ancient ambiance.
Originally built in 1814 by Richard Southgate, one of the founders of Newport, Kentucky, the house was originally a Federal-style structure with very little ornamentation. Following the death of Southgate in 1857, his daughter, Francis Parker, inherited the house, and modified it heavily in the 1860s, adding a mansard roof, entrance tower, window hoods, and a cornice. The house was also lived in during this time by Francis’s daughter Julia and her husband James Thompson, whose son, John Thompson, later went on to become a graduate of West Point in 1882, and was later to attain the title of Brigadier General John Thompson. The inventor of the Thompson Machine Gun, or “Tommy Gun” in 1920, Thompson was the inventor of many automatic ballistic weapons. The house was sold to the Maddux family in 1888, and then became home to the Newport Knights of Columbus hall, which added the brick porch in 1914, and added a large assembly space in a new wing at the rear of the house, which was rebuilt after a 1948 fire. Today, the house is a live music venue, utilizing the infrastructure installed during its time as a Knights of Columbus Hall.
Units of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District responded a full-first alarm to a reported structure fire on Scarboro Place in San Ramon on March 17th, 2014. First due Engine 39 arrived and confirmed a working structure fire with smoke and flames showing and established Scarboro IC and requested all incoming units continue in Code 3. IC was taken over by Battalion 31 (3112) upon arrival on scene. The fire was out by the time I arrived on scene, but all apparatus (with the exception of Engine 32A) were still on scene. A second alarm was struck summoning more engines, more battalion units, and the Breathing Support Unit to the scene. Responding units included Trucks 31 and 35, Engines 34, 38, 32, 30, 39, Paramedic 39, Rescue Medic 31, Battalion 31, 3110, 3112, 3113, and Breathing Support 31.
3112 is a mid 2000s-era Chevrolet Suburban.
Four women two men and a child. Stone structure with funeral plaque. Orchard in distance.
Text on funeral plaque text reads:
"Henry Ketcheson Born Feb 14 1785 Died Oct 30 1800."
Photo taken by T. Donoahue Tweed, Ontario
One of a collection of photographs donated by Cheryl Mumford in July 2023.
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I found out last night about this incredible structure that's been erected in the Thames to commemorate the Great Fire of London. On Sunday evening at 8.30pm it will be set alight.
We got up early, and took the tube into town. We walked along Victoria Embankment, spotting the familiar landmarks from the less familiar perspective of North of the Southbank.
The children were actually really quite taken with this - they spotted it from a long way off and were becoming increasingly excited the closer we got.
As it was their last day of the holidays with me, I gave them free choice this afternoon and they wanted to go & see Finding Dory. So a cinema trip it was :)
CANOGA PARK - At 2:49 PM on March 16, 2022, Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 7300 block of North Loma Verde Avenue. Firefighters found heavy fire coming from a one-story single-family home, which had spread to one neighboring home (and minor damage to a detached garage). The incident commander requested additional units and divided the fire ground crews into groups to attack all burning structures simultaneously. Ultimately, it took 39 firefighters 31 minutes to eliminate all threat of fire in the area. Although there were no injuries, sadly, one family canine perished in the blaze. Fire cause under investigation.
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LAFD Incident: 031622-1016
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What "Durf" was putting his autograph on I'm not sure, but it is right next to an old ladder where there are signal posts marked on the old maps. I had a though that the holes in the side of the structure would have allowed the wires controlling the signal arms to pass through, but the galvanised steel seems a bit too modern to have been associated with a railway that last ran through here 40 years ago.
the structure was made from warehouse shelving, and had 24 individual rooms / offices / workspaces. and a large central open area. here's a view from the top front looking back
Midtown Crossing sponsered the exhibition, Architects of Air. Inflatable buildings, which you could tour. The sunlight changed the color and lighting inside.
Title: Villa la Foce: garden structure
Other title: Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Italy)
Creator: Pinsent, Cecil, 1884-1963
Creator role: Architect
Date: 15th century; 1924-1939
Current location: Chiusi, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Description of work: The Villa la Foce and farm sit in the clay hills of southern Tuscany overlooking the Val d'Orcia. The Villa itself was built in the 15th century as a hostel to house pilgrims and merchants traveling the via Francigena. There are numerous buildings on the 3, 500 acre property including a castle, church, school house, clinic and several farmhouses. Antonio Origo and his wife Iris Origo purchased the property in 1924 and employed Cecil Pinsent to remodel and rebuild the Villa and gardens. Pinsent designed the gardens in a Renaissance style using a structure of simple, elegant, box-edged beds and green enclosures that give shape to the Origos' shrubs, perennials and vines, and created a garden of soaring cypress walks, native cyclamen, lawns and wildflower meadows. The property is currently maintain by the Origo sisters and can be rented out for parties, events and vacations.
Description of view: The lower garden with Travertine grotto on the right.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Modern: Revival: Renaissance Revival
Culture: Italian
Materials/Techniques: Shrubs
Stone
Evergreens
Source: DeTuerk, James (copyright James DeTuerk)
Resource type: Image
File format: JPEG, TIFF archived offline
Image size: 365H X 555W pixels
Permitted uses: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. For additional details see: alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection: Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename: WB2007-0278 Villa la Foce.jpg
Record ID: WB2007-0278
Sub collection: gardens
garden structures
Copyight holder: Copyright James DeTuerk
A unique cedar gate design for a very mature landscape. This entryway was created in the Toronto area.
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NORTHRIDGE - 40 firefighters found the garage (attached) of a single-family home fully involved and extinguished the fire in 13 minutes. Initial reports of a person trapped in the fire room proved to be false after a thorough search. The fire was stopped quickly before extending into the home. No reported injuries.
© Photo by Jacob Salzman
LAFD Incident: 060419-1230
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