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struts were made by wrapping newspaper around dowels. for some struts, the dowel was left inside the rolled up newspaper.
After some fiddling i now manage to store data structurally in Liferay's structures, and lift it to the website using Velocity templates.
Built for the Old Colonists Association between 1887 and 1889, the Old Colonists Club at 16 to 24 Lydiard Street, Ballarat, is a building which is important in terms of streetscape, history and townscape and is of architectural consequence. The club forms an essential part of the streetscape and townscape of Ballarat and represents an association which is distinctively of the Nineteenth Century and unique to Ballarat.
Architecturally the interiors are largely intact. Beyond the double glass doors, the interior takes you back in time to the Victorian era. Ascending the thickly carpeted stairs, the entrance hall has an elaborate skylight with covered and ribbed surrounds lit by a rectangular lantern structure. From the roof a heavy ornate wrought iron chandelier hangs. The staircase with decorative iron balustrades and tile inlaid woodend paneling leads visitors to the club rooms on the first floor.
The front rooms above Lydiard Street are in original condition and feature beautiful pressed metal ceilings featuring elaborate Art Nouveau designs, however it is the billard room at the rear which is of the most architectural significance. The elaboarate cornices and ceiling roses combined with the original furniture, equipment and rear balcony make the interior highly significant.
This is such a beautiful beach! In this photo you can see the rock structure, very clear image of the beach and waves.
This photo shows a water fountain display outside what appears to be a shopping mall or commercial center. Multiple water jets are shooting up from a shallow pool, creating an attractive water feature. The scene is captured during what looks like late afternoon or early evening, with a cloudy sky overhead. To the right side of the photo is a modern building structure with what appears to be "Central Plaza" signage visible at the top. There's a walkway alongside the fountain where a few people can be seen. The area has some greenery and trees visible on the left side, and the overall setting suggests this is a public space designed for shopping and leisure activities. The fountain creates a pleasant focal point for visitors to the area.
A whistlestop tour of the Structures Exhibition in Henley on Thames, organised by the Quilters' Guild Contemporary Quilt Group.
This is the Pont du Gard, a famous Roman Aqueduct on the Gardon River in France.
This monumental structure spanning the Gardon River valley is 275 metres long, 49 metres high, 6 metres wide at the base, 3 metres wide at the top and has a total of fifty three arches. It is only one part of a fifty kilometre aqueduct which supplied Roman Nimes with fresh water. It is estimated to have carried twenty thousand cubic metres per day.
It was built using six-ton stone blocks, coloured a delicate shade of pink, laid dry, and is a technological and aesthetic masterpiece.
Through poor maintenance, the aqueduct gradually became unusable in the 9th Century.
But the many times restored Pont du Gard, still remains its haughty air even after nearly two thousand years.
From a tourist book on La Provence (English version)
Begun around 19 BC, this bridge is part of an aqueduct which transported water from a spring near Uzes to Roman Nimes. An underground channel, bridges and tunnels were engineered to carry the 20 million litre (4.4 million gallon) daily water supply 50 km (31 miles).
The three-tiered structure of the Pont du Gard spans the Gardon valley and was the tallest aqueduct in the Roman empire.
Its huge limestone blocks, some as heavy as 6 tonnes, were erected without mortar. The water channel covered by stone slabs, was in the top tier of the three. Skillfully designed cutwaters ensured that the bridge has resisted many violent floods.
It is not known for certain how long the aqueduct continued in use but it may still have been functioning as late as the 9th century AD.
The adjacent road bridge was erected in the 1700s.
Taken from DK Eyewitness Travel: Provence & The Cote D'Azur
Details of the stonework.
I have always wondered about the ruins of an old structure at the entrance to Roxborough State Park in Colorado, U.S. I still know nothing about them, but was able to find a place to pull over and get this shot.
This amazing glass couture piece Structures of Self was recently modeled by one of the collaborating artists during the new Beakerhead festival of science, art and engineering. The idea to collaborate on an a photoshoot that paired the alien/bug like garment with the 40 foot RayGun Gothic Rocketship during the setting sun, made for some pretty creative images
Structures of Self:
lead artist: Farlee Mowat
artist: Lana Collier
Raygun Gothic Rocketship:
Sean Orlando
Nathaniel Taylor
David Shulman
At 4:19AM on July 11, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 1220 S Wall St in Downtown Los Angeles. Firefighters arrived to find a 50’ x 100’ row of commercial units with heavy smoke showing. Immediately, crews initiated simultaneous operations with truck companies going to the roof, firefighters working on forcible entry to gain access and hand lines being prepared for interior fire attack.
The 6,900 square foot building, built in 1924, is deep and presented challenges reaching the fire. After approximately 20 minutes of working to locate the seat of the fire while it continued to rage, the conditions were too precarious for the offensive operation to continue. Incident Commander, Battalion Chief Michael Castillo, declared the transition to a defensive operation and all firefighters withdrew both from the interior and the roof.
Crews quickly put multiple master streams in action, setting up ladder pipes and large diameter hand lines on the ground and the roofs of adjoined buildings. Their dedicated efforts in defending the two attached buildings on either side of the fire unit paid off and prevented any extension into those structures.
102 firefighters achieved full extinguishment of the fire in one hour and 49 minutes with no injuries reported. The three units in the main building suffered varying levels of damage with the central unit being most heavily affected. LAFD Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section responded per protocol for a Greater Alarm fire and the cause investigation is on-going
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Hofburg Michaelertrakt
Michaelertrakt
Famous dome
In his monumental outline to redesign the Hofburg Johann Lucas von Hildebrand in 1724 provided a large semi-cylindrical structure at St. Michael's Place, which was surmounted by a dome. For cost reasons, the overall planning was badly received by Emperor Charles VI. Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach had to design three new projects. They contained for the time being no central dome. Finally, he began with the construction of the Winter Riding School adjoining wing of the building, but this remained unfinished around 1735. Later pictures show a half-finished, to the cornice progressed rotunda. The whole thing gave a somewhat ruin-like impression. Under the following Habsburgs the provisional status quo was maintained. In place of the left wing of today's Michaelertrakt was namely since the times of Emperor Ferdinand I a small ballroom in which the Court society played badminton. Maria Theresa in 1740 allowed the Court musician Johann Selliers to convert these sports venue into a comedy house, which should be at disposal both the Yard and the High Society. After several renovations, it had in 1760 found its final shape. Here was almost 130 years written theater history and cultivated the famous Burgtheater German. The Hofburgtheater was a meeting place for the Viennese society. The royal box through a corridor was connected with the imperial apartments.
Michaelertrakt
1888, the last performance took place. Shortly thereafter, the theater was demolished. Meanwhile, it had been replaced by the new Burgtheater on the Ringstrasse. Only now was the chance to close the gap between the Hofburg Imperial Chancellery Wing and the Winter Riding School and erect a representative portal. The already 72 years old castellan of the castle Ferdinand Kirschner took on this task, basing himself on the plans of the architect Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, which after the construction of the Imperial Chancellery Wing remained unimplemented. Nevertheless, the door building of St. Michael's tract is an independent work of the late historicist Viennese Ringstrassen era. It was strongly influenced by unexecuted designs of Nicolaus Pacassi (1769) and Carl von Hasenauer (1888 ). Construction work was completed after four years of construction 1893. As building material largely Zogelsdorfer sandstone was used. By the end of the monarchy, the St. Michael's gate served as the main entrance to the Imperial Palace. Only in the year 1919 the passage for public has been opened. In the years 1987/88 an extensive exterior restoration took place which was followed by an interior restoration of the dome in 1990.
Michaelertrakt
The Michaelertrakt limits with its concave wings the southeast side of St. Michael's Square. It extends between the Winter Riding School and the Imperial Chancellery Wing. The large central dome and two side domes give the building an imperial expression, so that hardly any of the always numerous photographing tourists would hit upon the idea that with it only 25 years before the end of the monarchy a centuries-old provisional solution was removed. Art historically more significant than the two wings is Michaelertor (gate). The huge Rotundenbau (rotunda building) is Vienna's largest passageway. The main cornice of the portal building is supported by four fluted column pairs. The large groups of figures on the parapet above it were created by the sculptor Johann Benk. They symbolize the three virtues that every ruler should possess - justice, wisdom and strength. Just above the main gate are the by two genii supported imperial coat of arms of Johann Silbernagel and a building inscription attached. The entrances into the rotunda are flanked by four giant Heracles figures that stem from different sculptors (Edmund Hofmann, Anton Paul Wagner, Johann Scherpe and Josef Lax). They correspond to the Heracles groups that created Lorenzo Mattielli at the castle yard side. Already Fischer von Erlach had provided at the curved fronts on Michaelerplatz large niches for monuments. Kirschner here had two monumental fountains of Laaser marble attached, whose sculptures should symbolize the power and glory of Austria. The "power at sea" at the facade to the riding school was designed by Rudolf Weyr and the "power on land" at the corner to Schauflergasse by Eduard Hellmer.
Michaelertrakt
The powerful, with sheet copper covered dome over the rotunda looks like a giant emperor's canopy. It is decorated with gilded valances and is illuminated by barred oculi (Ochsenaugen, bulls eyes) inside. Their height is 54 m outside and inside 35 m. Similar designed but slightly smaller are the two side domes. In addition to the thoroughfare for the wagons and the cars, two large side portals for pedestrians lead into the rotunda. The upper part of the driveway is completed by a high-quality hand-forged decorative lattice. On the walls of the left pedestrian entrance the "welfare of the Emperor" (Providentia Augusti) and the "hope of the fatherland" (Spes Publica) are represented allegorically. The right passage shows the "piety of the Emperor" (Pietas Augusti) and the "loyalty of the people" (Fides Publica). At the left side the former stage door of the Old Burgtheater was preserved as a window. To St. Michael's square, in the passages two groups of figures can be found, the "departure of the ruler in the war" by Otto König and the "Victorious Homecoming" by Stefan Schwartz. From the large circular hall two staircases lead into the two adjoining wings up. The Batthyány staircase is named after Karl Graf Batthyány, a general of Prince Eugene, who later became educator and lord chamberlain of Emperor Joseph II. It led till the fall of the monarchy into the offices of the dreaded Lord chamberlain's office. The opposite Feststiege (grand staircase) is an imposing, späthistoristische (late historicist), three-arm staircase. On the ground floor is on the right the entrance to the eye-popping exhibition rooms of the royal table and silver chamber and the Imperial Apartments. On the left, in 2003 a new foyer for the Spanish Riding School was created. In the exit to the Inner Castle yard stand in pillar niches four groups of sculptures the mottoes of the Emperor Charles VI, Maria Theresa, Joseph II and Franz Josef II symbolizing. They originate from the studios of the sculptors Anton Brenek, Richard Kauffungen, Franz Becher and Josef Beyer. The rooms on the piano nobile of the Michaelertrakt are equipped with gilded stucco ceilings and doors from the turn of the century. Three paintings by Josef Fux in magnificent oak-wood frame show the pageant for the silver wedding of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth.
Location/Address: 1010 Vienna, St. Michael's Square
Activities: The Rotunda is accessible at any time, the Imperial Apartments and the Hofsilberkammer daily 9:00 to 17:00 (July/August 09:00 to 17:30)
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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.
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Fracture-filling gypsum ("selenite") from the Eocene of Canada. (13.8 centimeters across at its widest) (Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration collection, London, Ontario, Canada)
The Eocene-aged (39 Ma) Haughton Impact Structure is located on Devon Island in northern Canada. The target rocks were Middle and Lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, floored by Precambrian metamorphic rocks. Clasts of these surface and subsurface target rocks occur in abundance at the Haughton Structure, eroding from impact breccias. Shattercones also occur, sometimes in sufficient abundance to trip over them.
The rock seen here is a very post-impact, low-temperature vein filling of macrocrystalline gypsum ("selenite").
Over a 106 years old, the Egmore Railway Station in Chennai, remains one of the cities centrally located, renowned landmarks. Its bright red and white colors, and vaulted metal ceiling on the interiors are what make it striking. With typical Victorian wrought iron beams,
At 4:29AM on August 14, 2019 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to 2501 S Main Street for a reported structure fire. Firefighters arrived to find a 50‘ x 100’ commercial building, with fire showing on all sides.
The well entrenched fire required a defensive operation from the start. Firefighters deployed master streams to include ladder pipes and large diameter hand lines. As the roof collapsed on the 66 year old structure, crews continued to safely apply copious amounts of water from the exterior.
Once Incident Commander, Assistant Chief Kristina Kepner, deemed the blaze under control and conditions safe, she directed a return to an offensive operation so firefighters could reach the isolated pockets of fire and ensure full extinguishment.
115 firefighters waged the battle for one hour and 29 minutes before a complete knockdown was determined. Their tenacious efforts ensured the neighboring businesses were undamaged and no injuries were reported.
The LAFD Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section is actively investigating the cause per protocol for an incident of this scale.
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Porter County Infirmary, Valparaiso, Ind.
Date: 1908
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Elmer E. Starr (#61394)
Postmark: August 18, 1908, Valparaiso, Indiana
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: During the mid-nineteenth century, a movement was taking place in the United States and Western Europe recognizing the plight of the poor, indigent, and mentally unstable citizens. In the United States, many counties established what were often referred to as poor houses, poor farms, infirmaries, and asylums. Generally, mentally unstable individuals were also housed at these county-established residences, though most states also erected state mental institutions to house those citizens of the state that were deemed to be more problematic for the counties to handle and maintain in an adequate state of care.
The genesis of Porter County’s “Poor Farm” took place on June 7, 1855, when the Porter County Commissioners approved the purchase of 80 acres from William C. Pennock for the sum of $3,000. This land comprised the east one-half of the southwest quarter of Section 26 in Center Township. Pennock became the first superintendent of the Porter County Poor Farm, accommodating the poor in the home already located on the newly purchased property.
On September 1, 1856, a new dwelling constructed by George C. Buel was opened on the poor farm property to house the poor. This structure was had a footprint of 32 x 45 feet and cost the county $2,482, being paid with a combination of cash and county-issued bond revenue. Residents were, for the most part, self-sufficient. Shelter and meals were provided to the residents in exchange for labor in farming and upkeep of the property.
An adjacent 80 acres directly east of the Porter County Poor Farm was purchased by the county for $3,200 in March 1866 to expand the farm to 160 acres. The farm was expanded again on June 16, 1875, when the county purchased all that part of the northeast quarter of Section 35 in Center Township which was lying north and east of Salt Creek and south of a line drawn parallel with the north line of the quarter for $1,200. On June 9, 1876, yet another purchase took place to expand the farm when the county purchased southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 27 in Center Township for $1,200.
The home seen in this image was the third and final home to be located on the Porter County Poor Farm. Designed by local architect Charles F. Lembke, ground was broken for this $25,000 structure soon after the sale of county-issued bonds on August 7, 1905; construction was completed in 1906. Shortly after this building was completed, a barn was erected on the property at a cost of $4,000.
At some point in time before the construction of this building, the Porter County Poor Farm was being more often referred to as the Porter County Asylum. This suggests that the county was transitioning from housing the poor and indigent to include individuals with real and perceived mental deficiencies and what were considered, at that time, socially undesirable characteristics. As reported in early twentieth century county newspapers, the institutionalized included the truly insane, such sociopaths, psychopaths, and the delusional, as well as the poor and indigent, unemployed (bums and hobos), epileptics, adulterers, prostitutes and loose women, homosexuals, alcoholics, and drug addicts. Oftentimes, the Porter County Asylum served as a temporary housing solution before an individual was committed to the Porter County Jail, Indiana State Prison, or one of the state-operated mental institutions. As evident by the writing on this postcard, the name of institution had evolved into the Porter County Infirmary by 1907.
On November 11, 2005, this structure was heavily damaged by an arsonist using kerosene as an accelerant. The extent of the damage was so severe that it was decided to raze the building, which took place during late February and early March 2006.
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The following news item appeared in the August 14, 1903, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Porter County Business.
At the last meeting of the council the board of county commissioners asked for an appropriation for the erection of a new county asylum. The council passed a resolution instructing the commissioners to procure plans for such a building as was needed, and fall information as to what was expected. At the meeting held Friday [August 7, 1903], the board had present Mr. Butler, secretary of the Indiana state board of charities, who brought with him the plans of several asylums built in various parts of this state. He had examined the county asylum, and severely condemned it. He showed the plans of the Adams county asylum, which cost about $30,000 to construct. It was equipped with a hospital and insane quarters, as well as separate quarters for the sexes. Its capacity was about 40 inmates. Another plan was submitted with a capacity of about 18 inmates which would cost about three-quarters as much as the larger one. Mr. Butler imparted a great deal of valuable information to the commissioners and the council, and advised that a committee be selected to visit some of the new and modern asylums of the state. The commissioners asked for an appropriation to cover the expenses of such a committee to the amount of $125, but the council thought $60 would be sufficient for the purpose and granted this sum. The committee selected are: C. W. Benton, Frank Quick, H. Bornholt, Hail Bates and A. J. Bowser. This committee will start on its trip Friday of this week, and expects to make a report at the September meeting of the county council.
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The following news item appeared in the August 21, 1903, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Chesterton Chips.
The committee selected by the county council to make an investigation of various county asylums in this state, and report on the needs of this county for accommodations for its poor, left on its mission last Friday morning. The committee consisted of the three county commissioners, Bornholt, Quick and Benton, and Bowser and Bates, of the county council. They visited the asylums of Marshall, Kosciusko and Adams counties. This committee has a vast amount of work yet to do collecting information to be obtained in this county, and as soon as this is ready a report will be made to the council, probably at a special session. As the editor of the Tribune is a member of this committee, and the report is not yet made, it would be improper for us to say anything at this time. We can say, however, that after the report is made and presented to the council, it will be published in full in all the papers of the county that desire to do so, so that the people of the county will know all about the matter. The committee hops to present a plan whereby a suitable county asylum can be built without increasing taxation or issuing bonds, and after it is built, will be self-sustaining. Some idea of the magnitude of the work will be obtained from the above simple statement. How this can be done is the work the committee will be engaged upon for several days.
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The following news item appeared in the September 11, 1903, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
COUNTY BUSINESS
County Commissioner Benton appeared before the council and reported the result of his committee investigation on the poor house matter. He said that a suitable building with the necessary barns and outbuildings could be built for about $35,000. The opinion of his committee was that the present poor farm was not suitable for the erection of such buildings. He accompanied his report with a map showing the farm, with its swamps and bad lands, and said that the committee would be in favor of waiting a year, and even three or four years before building, rather than build under present conditions. It was the sense of all the council and the board of commissioners that it would not be wise to build on the present poor farm, and the next step in the problem was whether it would be wise to try to run the poor farm on an extensive scale, and depend upon hired help to make the investment pay. Despite the claims of numerous county superintendents, poor farms were not self-sustaining, and the extra cost of management at up the profits of the farm. Not counting the interest on the money invested in a farm and buildings, the best that could be figured out was a deficiency of four or five thousand dollars per year. This amount was created by superintendent's salary, hired help, fuel, insurance, repairs and incidental expenses. The question arose whether it would not be better financiering to get away from the old fashioned idea of farming, which might have been all right in the early days, and take the interest money on the land investment and buy what was needed for the inmates. Prof. Kinsey crystalized this idea into a resolution which he offered, and which was unanimously passed, and which reads as follows:
"Resolved that is is the sentiment of the Porter County Council that it would be to the best interest of the county to sell the whole county farm holdings, and purchase a suitable site of not more than 40 acres, as being the more efficient and economical way of caring for the county's poor, and that the undertaking of extensive farming in connection with the county poor is unprofitable and expensive, and that the county commissioners are hereby instructed to look up suitable sites and prices and report to this body.
"Resolved, That Bates and Bowser, the same committee heretofore appointed to visit county farms, etc., with the three commissioners, continue with the Board of Commissioners in the investigation of sites and prices."
The effect of this resolution will be that until a suitable site can be found at a reasonable price, and some prospect of selling the present poor farm presents itself, there will be nothing doing in the poor house line. The council and commissioners are determined to proceed slowly and with caution in this matter, so that when the work is completed it will be satisfactory to the taxpayers, and of benefit to the inmates.
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The following news item appeared in the September 9, 1904, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Council Meeting.
The sum of $25,000 was appropriated for the erection of suitable buildings for the county asylum, the month to be raised by the sale of bonds payable in ten yearly installments of $2,500 each, with interest at 4 per cent. A levy of two cents on the one hundred dollars will meet the bonds and interest. The following resolution was passed, which explains itself.
Resolved, That there be appropriated by the Porter County Council the sum of $25,000 for the purpose of building a house and heating plant, plumbing and drainage for said building on the Porter county infirmary grounds and lands for housing the indigent poor of Porter county, to include all necessary expenses connected with such improvement, and that the Board of Commissioners of Porter county, Indiana, by proper proceedings, issue bonds for $25,000 for that purpose, as required by law, to be sold at not less than par, but that the said sum of $25,000 must not be exceeded in any event, either in bonds or in money in the expenditures for that purpose, and that the interest on said bonds must not exceed four per cent per annum on the par value of the bonds, interest payable semi-annually, and that said bonds are to run ten years in a series of ten equal payments, beginning one year after the date of issue, one-tenth thereof payable each year during such period. Said bonds not to be sold until after a contract has been let to a responsible bidder, who has given sufficient surety for the faithful performance of his contract, and whose bid shall not exceed the amount appropriated in this resolution.
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The following news item appeared in the January 12, 1905, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
County Business.
Architect Lembke submitted drawings for the proposed new county asylum to the board. These had been drawn on suggestions offered by Commissioner Benton, and show a building 123x95, with three floors, basement, first floor and second floor. The building is to be constructed of brick, trimmed with cement block, with tile roof. It is to be heated by steam, and has nineteen rooms for inmates, eight rooms for the superintendent, besides rooms for laundry, furnace, kitchens, closets, bath rooms and six cells for insane. The plans arrange for a division of the sexes, and provide light and ventilation very amply. The height of the rooms are as follows: basement, nine feet; first floor 10 feet; second floor nine feet. The site contemplated is north and east of the present asylum buildings. The board have taken the plans under consideration, and will act on them at the first meeting in February.
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The following news item appeared in the January 26, 1905, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON ITEMS.
John F. Wing, of the firm of Wing & Mahurin, architects, Fort Wayne, heard that Porter county contemplated building a new county asylum, and he came to Valparaiso last Saturday to meet the commissioners, and lay before them a plan in the hopes of getting the job. The commissioners had looked at a plan submitted by architect Lambky [Lembke] and had decided to act on the matter at the February meeting. Since Wing has appeared on the scene and has furnished the Board with a lot of useful information, it looks now as though no hasty action would be taken in the matter. The Fort Wayne firm has built public buildings all over the state, and both Quick and Bates agreed that the plans he submitted Saturday were superior in every way to those the Valparaiso man laid before them. This plan calls for accommodations for fifty inmates, with all of the latest improvements in ventilation, hospital quarters, insane wars, etc. It has revealed the fact that no harm can be done to invite architects from all over to come and submit plans, and from the information gathered it will be possible for this county to have a good asylum. The man who furnishes the plans and superintends the work should have no connection with the concern that takes the contract. The TRIBUNE sincerely hopes that this building will be built without friction or even the suspicion of jobbery, and we believe it will. It is well enough to watch, however.
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The following news item appeared in the October 5, 1905, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
The board of county commissioners went out to the county farm last Monday for dinner. Auditor Corboy and The Tribune man were taken along by Superintendent Henry to see how the new county asylum building was getting on. The work is progressing very satisfactorily, and looks as though it was being well done. The walls are up for the basement and first story, and it is expected that it will be ready for enclosure before winter sets in. It will be at least a year before the building will be ready for occupancy, and if the inmates can be quartered in the new building by this time next year, they will be lucky. Mr. Henry says he does not like the arrangement of the basement, and especially the way provided for the storage cellars on account of the inconvenience of getting to them. Mrs. Henry is worrying about the location and capacity of the cisterns, and unless it is conveniently placed it will mean much work for her. It is proposed to use the old building now used to house the superintendent and inmates for crop storage purposes, leaving them where they are, for a while at least. The poor farm crops are fine this year, and the stock is a credit to the management. Henry and his wife have worked wonders for the county in their management of the county farm, and they are entitled to credit. It will be hard to winter the inmates in their present quarters unless some repairs are made. Cracks almost big enough to throw a cat through are quite plenty and while there will be plenty of fresh air, just how the poor folks can be kept warm is the problem. Mrs. Freeland, who was taken to the asylum a few weeks ago, died recently. Her husband is here, but very feeble. Westchester's delegation seems to be getting on all right, and in fact they all seem to be comfortable. Mr. Henry has managed to get considerable work out of some of the inmates this year, giving each one something he can do. The cripples were stripping seed corn and making it ready for drying, others able to get around were cutting corn, and still others were doing the housework in the inmates' quarters. There is a class who come to the county farm that Mr. Henry wished would go elsewhere. They are those afflicted with loathsome diseases, and lousy. He has no facilities for cleansing them or doctoring them. Representatives of this class are beginning to arrive, and although Henry says he has never yet refused an applicant admittance, he does not know what he will be compelled to do if township trustees continue sending him men like the one he recently received. This individual was a living pest, so loathsome that it was almost impossible to touch him. Caring for the county poor is no snap.
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The following news item appeared in the June 7, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
County Business
Nothing doing about accepting the County Asylum building. The contractor has finished the job, and is ready to turn the building over to the county. County Superintendent Henry is very much dissatisfied with the building, and it will not be surprising if he does not resign. Under present conditions it will be utterly impossible to keep the building warm. Commissioner Anderson visited the building Monday and made a careful inspection of the work. The ceilings are made of corrugated iron nailed to the joice [sic]. The fittings are imperfect, and Mr. Anderson will object very strongly to accepting that part of the work. He says the joice [sic] should have been stripped, and the iron nailed to the strips, and the joints tooled to place. The window sill, both wood and stone have been laid in flat, and the bottoms of the window frames are perfectly flat, the result being that every time it rains water floods the rooms. In all buildings properly constructed these sills and window frames are slanted outward, so that the water will run away from the building. The county has paid all of the contract price but $1,000, and it is a serious question whether this amount will put the building in a habitable condition. The superintendent of construction is criticized severely for permitting so much poor work to be done on the building. There is no kick on the quality of material. Mr. Anderson says that the brick and lumber in the structure is very good, but the manner in which the walls are laid in the partitions, and especially in conspicuous places, and the botch manner in which joints are made is what gets him. It is very unfortunate that this conditions [sic] exists. It seems that is is utterly impossible for Porter county to get a good piece of public work done any more.
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The following news item appeared in the June 28, 1906, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
THE POOR HOUSE TROUBLE.
One View of It and Suggestions as to the Cause.
Patched Plans the Primary Reason of the Building's Unsatisfactory Condition.
Porter county's new asylum is just now furnishing the people of Porter county with material to talk about. The building for these wards of the county has been built, and next Monday the board of county commissioners will be asked to accept it from the contractor. It is admitted that this building is unsatisfactory, and an effort is being made to find someone upon whom to fix the blame.
Right on the start, I want to say that I do not for a moment believe that the board of county commissioners or any member of that body has done a single act from an unworthy motive. I believe that a blunder has been made which is the primary cause of all the dissatisfaction now existing. That blunder consisted in the board of county commissioners attempting to build a thirty thousand dollar building for $25,000.
The county council passed a resolution enabling the board of commissioners to build a building at a cost not to exceed $25,000. complete, and provided the money with which to do this. This resolution fully protected the taxpayers of the county against putting any more money into the building. The county council felt that this much money was ample to house a population of eighteen or twenty paupers, and do it well, if the money was judiciously expended. This far the council could go, but no farther. The providing of plans and the construction of the building was in the hands of the county commissioners.
We said a blunder was made. We also believe that Mr. Benton made this blunder. We do not believe that the mistake was made from a bad motive. Mr. Benton championed the cause of "home" talent, and went out of his way to give the people of Porter county any business Porter county had. He had employed Mr. Lembke to build himself a fine home, and Lembke did this work in a manner especially pleasing to Mr. Benton. He wanted Lembke to have the erection of the county asylum. He fully believed Lembke competent to draw the plans and do the work in a manner creditable to the county and to the board. He trusted Lembke.
Now for Lembke. This man is supposed to be a competent architect. I do not believe him to be dishonest. Neither do I believe him to be incompetent. In his zeal to give the county a fine building he forgot expense, and drew plans which could not be executed for less than $30,000. The writer had experts go over these plans and figure the cost before they were offered to the public, and was told that they could not be carried out for less than $28,500 net, without a contractor's profit. Bidders submitted estimates, and none were lower than $30,000, a fair figure. The contract could not be let. The county council was solicited to make an additional appropriation. The commissioners were told to cause plans to be made that could be carried out for the appropriation made in the resolution. Instead of doing this, they undertook to patch the plans of the $30,000 building. There [sic; this] is where the colossal blunder was made. This patching choked the life out of the original plan, and gives us the nondescript building now causing such general criticism.
The architect had pledged himself to furnish Porter county with plans that would give the county farm a building for $25,000 complete, and when he failed to do this, he should have done one of two things, withdraw from the work or prepare new pans. The board erred it agreed to accept patched plans.
The contract was let under the patched plans and specification. Conditions arose which compelled the Commissioners to ask for Mr. Lembke's resignation. He was paid for his plans, and received something like $800 for them. When he was let out, his responsibility ceased. A new man, Henry Lembster was called to complete the work. He was given the plans and specifications, and he says they have been carried out, and that the building has been built according to them. He says he followed the specifications to the letter. He is the county's accredited agent, and the county is responsible for his acts. I do not believe that there are many people in this county who will say that Henry Lembster is either incompetent or dishonest. I have found fault with the building. I pointed out the fact that the windows were set in flat, instead of being bevelled [sic], and that in consequence every time it rained, the rooms were flooded with water. Since then I have seen the specifications and working plans, and I find that the plans compelled the superintendent to have these windows placed just as they are in the building. I find many paragraphs in the specifications ambiguous and difficult to interpret the meaning of. I have questioned the contractor, Mr. Foster, and he says that he left the construction of the building entirely in the hands of the County's representative, and that he has done, is doing, and will do anything the superintendent orders him to do. He says that some of the work is defective, and that he is causing it to be replaced. He talks very reasonable.
It would seem to me, in view of the conditions for some one disinterested, say the judge of the circuit court, to appoint a competent committee, whose work shall be to investigate the whole matter, and place whatever blame there is upon the right shoulders. I do not believe that any person lacking the expert knowledge, or who has not gone thoroughly into all of the facts, can be just in this matter at this time. I have an opinion. It may be right, and it may be wrong. But after it is all said and done, I doubt very much if there is anything to be done now, further than to do the best we can, and make good the defects. The County Commissioners is a judicial body, without bond, and cannot be held legally responsible for any mistake it may make. The plans were bought and paid for, and accepted by Porter County. If these plans were faulty, there is no recourse. All that can be done is to hold the contractor to his contract, and if he has not lived up to the plans and specification, compel him to. The sole judge of this matter is Henry Lembster.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 14, 1903; Volume 20, Number 19, Page 1, Columns 5-6. Column titled "Porter County Business."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; August 21, 1903; Volume 20, Number 20, Page 5, Column 5. Column titled "Chesterton Chips."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 11, 1903; Volume 20, Number 23, Page 1, Columns 6-7. Column titled "County Business."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; September 9, 1904; Volume 21, Number 23, Page 1, Column 7. Column titled "Council Meeting."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 12, 1905; Volume 21, Number 41, Page 6, Column 1. Column titled "County Business."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; January 26, 1905; Volume 21, Number 43, Page 1, Column 7. Column titled "Chesterton Items."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 5, 1905; Volume 22, Number 27, Page 5, Column 6. Column titled "Local News of the Week."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 7, 1907; Volume 23, Number 10, Page 1, Column 4. Column titled "County Business."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; June 28, 1907; Volume 23, Number 13, Page 1, Columns 3-4. Column titled "The Poor House Trouble."
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Structure Synth / Sunflow lighting experinment #1
I managed to find out (with the help of Groovelock) how to create light emitting objects. It will be fun :)
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TUJUNGA - LAFD was summoned to 6461 West Valmont Street in Tujunga at 2:51 AM on Sunday, October 18, 2020, for a residential structure fire. Twenty-six firefighters engaged in battle, starting with a defensive attack from the exterior and transitioning to an offensive attack inside the structure, ultimately eliminating the flames in 33 minutes. There were no reported injuries.
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LAFD Incident: 101820-0162
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Seems like everybody has a version of this, so I figured I would make my own :)
I currently have another image being rendered right now, but its only 35% complete after over 30 hours and I really wanted to see a finished product of something, so here it is.
14 hr render (at 50% power with other image going)
Structure Synth / Sunflow
An attraction in the style of a middle-eastern fort which is home to a variety of children's funfair rides.
Photographed at Fisherman's Wharf, Macau.
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Title : Bagh-e Fin
Other title : Bagh-i Fin; Fin Garden
Date : 1571-1629 (construction) 1797-1834 (reconstruction)
Current location : Kashan, Esfahan, Iran
Description of work : The Bagh-e Fin was developed during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I (1571-1629) on the route to his new capital at Isfahan. Contained within massive enclosure walls and laid out on a series of low terraces, the garden follows a quadripartite chahar bagh scheme divided by the crossing of two watercourses which also line the perimeter of the garden. The crossing is marked by a two-story pavilion, while garden spaces and pathways fill the space. An additional watercourse, running adjacent to the central one, emanates from a small, but elaborately painted, pool house. The paintings date to the reign of the Qajar ruler Fath Ali Shah (1797-1834), who also replaced most of the earlier buildings. The water is delivered by a qanat (underground irrigation canal) and is forced through numerous fountains by gravity. Various hammams (bathhouses), residences, and a museum line the sides. It was declared a national monument in 1935 and has since undergone extensive repairs. (Sources: Hobhouse, Penelope. Gardens of Persia. Kales Press, 2004; Faghih, Nasrine and Amin Sadeghy. "Persian Gardens and Landscapes" Architectural Design 82.3, 2012, pp. 38-51.)
Description of view : View of benches covered with pillows and carpets in the tea room, located among the complex to the west of the Qajar pool house. The area was once restricted to only women.
Work type : Architecture and Landscape
Style of work : Safavid; Qajar
Culture : Iranian (Islamic)
Materials/Techniques : Stone
Brick
Trees
Source : Movahedi-Lankarani, Stephanie Jakle (copyright Stephanie Jakle Movahedi-Lankarani)
Date photographed : June 2009
Resource type : Image
File format : JPEG
Image size : 3000H X 4000W pixels
Permitted uses : This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted. alias.libraries.psu.edu/vius/copyright/publicrightsarch.htm
Collection : Worldwide Building and Landscape Pictures
Filename : WB2016-0044 Fin.jpg
Record ID : WB2016-0044
Sub collection : gardens
historic sites
garden structures
Copyright holder : Copyright Stephanie Jakle Movahedi-Lankarani