It was built in 1876 for George W. Williams, a businessman, according to plans drawn by W.P. Russell.

George W. Williams' new house appeared in an illustrated guide to Charleston in 1875.

The 24,000-square-foot house has thirty main rooms and many more smaller rooms. The main hall is 50 feet long and 14 feet wide. The house has a ballroom with a 45-foot-high ceiling.

When Williams died, in 1903, his house was inherited by his son-in-law, Patrick Calhoun, a grandson of John C. Calhoun. It was from his ownership that the house derived its common name, the Calhoun Mansion. It opened as a hotel starting in 1914.[1]

In 1932, the rear portion of the property, which faces on Church Street to the east, was subdivided, and the original stables and servants' quarters were converted into the Louis Gourd House.

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Cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm) and a bee

, Vilallonga de Ter, Ulldeter, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.

CATALÀ

El cerfull bord (Anthriscus sylvestris) és una espècie de planta de la família de les apiàcies que prolifera en prats dalladors, obagues, herbassars megafòrbics i ruderals, freqüent als Països Catalans.

Característiques: Planta robusta i perenne de 0,5-1,5 m d'alt; fulles tripinnades de lòbuls dividits pinnadament. Umbel·la de 4-15 amb radis primaris sense bràctees; molts radis secundaris amb bractèoles ovatolanceolades. Flors blanques de 3,5-4 mm; fruit ovoide-oblong de 7- 10 mm. Floreix de maig a juliol als Països Catalans.

VIQUIPÈDIA

Nota: Qui miri el que diu la Wikipedia en anglès al final diu que és comestible.

ENGLISH

Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus Anthriscus. It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa; in the south of its range in the Mediterranean region, it is limited to higher altitudes. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed. It is often confused with Daucus carota which is known as Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, also a member of the Apiaceae.

The hollow stem grows to a height of 60–170 cm (24–67 in), branching to umbels of small white flowers. Flowering time is mid spring to early summer.

The tripinnate leaves are 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) long and have a triangular form. The leaflets are ovate and subdivided.

Cow parsley grows in sunny to semi-shaded locations in meadows and at the edges of hedgerows and woodland. It is a particularly common sight by the roadside. It is sufficiently common and fast-growing to be considered a nuisance weed in gardens. Cow parsley's ability to grow rapidly through rhizomes and to produce large quantities of seeds in a single growing season has made it an invasive species in many areas of the United States. Vermont has listed cow parsley on its "Watch List" of invasive species, while Massachusetts has banned the sale of the plant. It is classed as a Class B Noxious Weed in the State of Washington since 1989, where its sale is also banned. In Iceland, cow parsley has been classified as an alien invasive species.

Cow parsley is considered to be edible, its flavour is sharper than garden chervil, with a hint of carrot, to which it is related.

A man looks out from the Palace Pier, Brighton, towards the ruin of the West Pier.

Experimenting a bit here with trying to use architectural elements to subdivide the frame.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:

Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.

It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Theatre_(Toronto):

The Standard Theatre is an inactive theatre in Toronto that originated as the city's main venue for Yiddish theatre, and later became the Victory Burlesque, which would be the last traditional burlesque theatre in Toronto when it closed in 1975. It is located at 285 Spadina Ave. the corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street.

The building was erected in 1921 as the Standard Theatre, a venue for live action Yiddish theatre, and was described as the only building in North America built for the purpose of being a Yiddish theatre. It was designed by Benjamin Brown, one of the city's first Jewish architects, and financed by selling shares to members of the large Jewish community of Kensington Market. The theatre was home to a large number of productions of classic Yiddish works, comedy, and translations such as Shakespeare in Yiddish. It was also a centre of Jewish left-wing political activism. The centre for the activities of the Progressive Arts Club. In 1929 an event commemorating the death of Vladimir Lenin was raided by police. In December 1933, the agitprop play Eight Men Speak about the imprisonment of Canadian Communist leader Tim Buck premiered. The police ordered the play closed and threatened to revoke the theatre's licence if the play was performed again.

The theatre remained a centre of Toronto's Jewish community until the building was converted into a mainstream movie cinema known as The Strand, which opened in October 1934. In 1941, it became the Victory, a cinema in the Twentieth Century Theatres chain. The theatre consisted of a single stadium seating screen and concession area selling snacks. Stairs from the street level on Spadina took moviegoers to the screen.

In 1961 it became the Victory Burlesque, joining the Lux (which had opened in 1959) and the Casino (which has existed since the 1930s) as one of three burlesques in Toronto but by the mid-1960s, the Victory was the sole traditional burlesque in the city. It became an iconic destination, especially for students from the nearby University of Toronto. In its last years, it also featured musical acts such as the New York Dolls, Kiss, The Stooges and Rush. Facing competition from adult theaters and modern strip clubs it closed in 1975.

The Jewish community had left the area, and Dundas and Spadina was now the centre of Toronto's Chinatown. The Victory was thus sold and subdivided in 1975 into shops on the main floor and a Chinese language cinema upstairs, first named the Golden Harvest under ownership by the iconic Hong Kong cinema and then the Mandarin. This cinema closed in 1994, and the building was renovated and is home to a number of retail stores. An independent theatre, Acacia Centre for the Performing Arts, opened in 2010, but it is no longer active.

The former ticket office is gone and the newer staircase to the upper levels is now a retail area.

This large timber store was erected in 1909 for Lionel Ainger Wiss of Wiss Bros, a prominent Engelsburg (Kalbar) general store and trading firm. It replaced a smaller store built in 1890.

LA Wiss had arrived in Queensland from Germany with his brothers Campbell and Alfred, c.1887. They were German-born sons of English parents. After a short time in northern Queensland, Alfred returned to England and Lionel and Campbell moved to Ipswich, where they worked for grocer W Siemon & Sons for about three years.

In mid-1890 the brothers acquired an acre of land at Engelsburg, in the heart of the Fassifern Scrub district, south of Ipswich, which had been settled in the 1870s by immigrant German farmers. At this time, the township of Engelsburg comprised a general store, two saddlers, a cabinetmaker and glazier, a hotel and store, a butcher's shop, timber yard and blacksmith. The Engelsburg State School had been established in 1885. There were two Lutheran churches in the district, a Baptist church, a Primitive Methodist church, a Catholic church, and a small Salvation Army meeting hall. Much of the brigalow scrub had been cleared, and the surrounding district was dotted with small farm selections of 60, 80 or 120 acres.

On their Engelsburg property, adjacent to Heinrich Welge's Fassifern Hotel on the principal road from Ipswich to the Fassifern head station, the Wiss brothers erected a small store and dwelling. In August 1890, Ipswich architect Henry Edmund Wyman called tenders for a store and dwelling to be erected at Engelsburg, and by September 1890, a store for Lionel Wiss was being constructed there.

Lionel married Danish immigrant Maria Elise Wiuff at Ipswich in late 1890, and in the same year joined Campbell in partnership as Wiss Bros, storekeepers, at Engelsburg. They established one of the most important businesses in the town, which was emerging as a district centre following the closer settlement of the Fassifern Scrub for dairying and agriculture. They provided a general store which not only sold a great variety of goods, but also traded farm produce, acted as agent for major farm equipment suppliers, and offered substantial credit, doing much to assist local farmers. As early as 1892, Wiss Bros were the local agents for the United, Fire and Marine Insurance Co., and from 1894 to 1897 held the Engelsburg postal receiving office, until construction of an official post office in 1897. Until the railway came to Kalbar in 1916, Wiss Bros transported local produce to the nearest railhead at Munbilla on behalf of the local farmers. The firm was a principal employer in the town, with 8 to 10 employees by the 1920s.

In 1903, their premises consisted of the small store and a separate dwelling fronting George Street, and bulk store and large stables at the rear. Lionel Wiss's property had been extended with the acquisition of an adjacent acre to the south in 1898, and a further adjoining 2 roods in 1901. Campbell Wiss had left the partnership by c.1904, but the name Wiss Bros was retained.

When the new store was erected in 1909, the original store was moved a little to the north in George Street, and operated for many years as Surawski's Fassifern Cafe. In the 1980s this building was shifted to the Cunningham Highway.

Lionel ('Daddy') Wiss was a highly respected local identity, who took a prominent role in the community and the local Methodist church. In 1910, he acquired 56 acres in the centre of Engelsburg. About half of this he subdivided in 1916 into residential allotments, thereby creating most of the western half of the town of Engelsburg (renamed Kalbar in 1916 when the railway reached the town).

Following Lionel Wiss's death in 1932, the business was managed by his family under the supervision of his daughter Adeline Wiss. In 1947 the business was sold to Holmes Bros, and remained a general store until 1966, when transferred to Chemical & Air Services Pty Ltd, who occupied the buildings for over twenty years.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and the Portobello Road Market. From around 1870, Notting Hill had an association with artists.

For much of the 20th century, the large houses were subdivided into multi-occupancy rentals. Continental Europeans, Caribbeans (African Caribbeans, Indian Caribbeans, and White Caribbeans), Africans, Indians, Arabs, Asians, Jewish, Central Americans, South Americans, Pacific Islanders, Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and other immigrants were drawn to the area in the 1950s and 1960s, partly because of the cheap rents, but were exploited by slum landlords like Peter Rachman and also became the target of white Teddy Boys in the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.

By the early 21st century, after decades of gentrification, Notting Hill had gained a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area,known for attractive terraces of large Victorian townhouses and high-end shopping and restaurants (particularly around Westbourne Grove and Clarendon Cross). A Daily Telegraph article in 2004 used the phrase "the Notting Hill set" to refer to a group of emerging Conservative politicians, such as David Cameron and George Osborne, who would become respectively Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer and were once based in Notting Hill.

Looking northwards. The ancient Castle Mill Stream follows the canal on the left. It is a 4.3 mile divergent of the Thames and once powered medieval mills and forms part or the castle moat a little further downstream. it subdivides again several times, including the Trill Mill Stream of a previous posting.

The far railings are a wide stone overflow from the canal that empties into it.

The nearer railings are a 'winding hole' (apparently pronounced win-ding), a widening of the canal to allow narrowboats to turn 180 degrees.

Just out of sight around the bend is the area of Jericho, a 'village' in the heart of Oxford.

Simple but attractive two storey high terraced streets once connected to the canal and printing industries, but now much sought after - Oxford's answer to the London mews.

I remember this afternoon as I'd gone to Oxford to capture the autumn at its peak before days of predicted rain, but it had been relentlessly grey so at 2.15 I decided to call it a day and return to the station - and lo and behold, 20 minutes later the light and clarity were perfect. I think I missed two trains just wandering around the canal and the many little side streams and footbridges so it turned out to be a perfect little day out after all.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Naples Botanical Gardens

60 Acre Wildlife Reserve

Naples, FL

Click On Image To Enlarge.

This anhinga was photographed by the water close to the path I was walking on in the botanical gardens.

The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.

The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.

Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. The American anhinga has been subdivided into two subspecies, A. a. anhinga and A. a. leucogaster, based on their location. A. a. anhinga can be found mainly east of the Andes in South America and also the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. A. a. leucogaster can be found in the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Grenada.

A fossil species Anhinga walterbolesi has been described from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia.

Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". Although not in their usual range, anhingas have been found as far north as the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States.

I visited Rippon Lea historical mansion last Friday on a beautiful and sunny day. Whilst I was strolling through the gardens behind the house, I came across a bed planted with an amazing variety of dahlias.

Some were identified as to what variety of dahlia they were. This one is a Mary's Jomanda Dahlia which have magenta ball blooms.

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Compositae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.

Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in the leafy inner Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. Built in 1868 for Sir Frederick Sargood, a wealthy Melbourne businessman, politician and philanthropist, the Sargood family lived at Rippon Lea until Frederick's death in 1903. The property was sold to a consortium of real estate developers who had plans to demolish the house and subdivide the land. However due to one of the partner's deaths, it was partially subdivided and the house and remaining land not subdivided was sold to Ben and Agnes Nathan, who owned the Maples chain of furniture stores in Melbourne in 1910. The Nathans lived there until Ben's death in 1935. The property then passed to their eldest daughter, Louisa, along with a legacy of one million pounds. Louisa bequeathed the Rippon Lea estate to the National Trust upon her death in 1972. It is still in the care of the National Trust of Australia today. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List in August 2006. The house is sometimes used for exhibitions and the Hollywood style ballroom built in the 1930s is used for functions, most commonly weddings. The gardens are often used for entertainments such as open air plays, opera and children's shows.

Burano, Veneto, Italy

Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a short 40 minute trip by Venetian motorboats, "vaporetti".

The island is linked to Mazzorbo by a bridge. The current population of Burano is about 2,800. Originally, there were five islands and a fourth canal that was filled to become via e piazza Baldassare Galuppi, joining the former islands of San Martino Destra and San Martino Sinistra.

Burano has historically been subdivided into five sestieri, much like the historical center of Venice. They correspond to the five original islands. The sixth sestiere is neighboring Mazzorbo.

The sooty tern was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1766 as Sterna fuscata, bearing this name for many years until the genus Sterna was split up. It is now known as Onychoprion fuscatus.[2] The genus name is from ancient Greek onux, "claw" or "nail", and prion, "saw". The specific fuscatus is Latin for "dark".[3]

Colloquially, it is known as the wideawake tern or just wideawake. This refers to the incessant calls produced by a colony of these birds, as does the Hawaiian name ʻewa ʻewa which roughly means "cacophony".[4] In most of Polynesia its name is manutara or similar – literally "tern-bird",[5] though it might be better rendered in English as "the tern" or "common tern". This refers to the fact that wherever Polynesian seafarers went on their long voyages, they usually would find these birds in astounding numbers. It is also known as kaveka in the Marquesas Islands, where dishes using its eggs are a delicacy.[6]

The sooty tern has little interspecific variation, but it can be divided into at least two allopatric subspecies. Some recent authors further subdivide the Indopacific population into up to eight subspecies altogether, but much of the variation is really clinal. The affinities of eastern Pacific birds (including the famous manutara of Easter Island) are most strongly contested.

Onychoprion fuscatus fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Atlantic sooty tern

Underparts white. Breeds Atlantic and Caribbean.

Onychoprion fuscatus nubilosus (Sparrman, 1788) – Indopacific sooty tern[7]

Underparts light grey in fresh plumage, dull white in worn plumage. Breeds from Red Sea across Indian Ocean to at least central Pacific. Some authors restrict this taxon to the Indian Ocean population and use the following subspecies for the birds from Indonesia to the Americas:

Onychoprion fuscatus infuscatus – Sunda sooty tern (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Sunda Islands and vicinity

Onychoprion fuscatus oahuensis – Central Pacific sooty tern (Bloxam, 1826) – Bonin Islands through Micronesia to southern Polynesia

Onychoprion fuscatus serrata – Melanesian sooty tern (Wagler, 1830) – Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia

Onychoprion fuscatus luctuosa – Juan Fernández sooty tern (Philippi & Landbeck, 1866) – Juan Fernández Islands

Onychoprion fuscatus crissalis – East Pacific sooty tern Lawrence, 1872. [8] – Eastern Pacific from Guadalupe Island to Galápagos Islands

Onychoprion fuscatus kermadeci – Kermadec sooty tern Mathews, 1916. [9] – Kermadec Islands

Onychoprion fuscatus somaliensis – Somali sooty tern – Maydh Island (Gulf of Aden)

This huge harvester ant - around 2cm long - was calmly walking across the pavement in St. Paul's. From the size I guess it's a queen.

It looks slightly different from the ant I identified as M. capensis in South Africa, but reading around indicates some who would like to subdivide the species.

Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of four islands linked by bridges. It is situated near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, and is known for its lacework and brightly coloured homes.

Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40-minute trip by Venetian motorboats, "vaporetti".

The island is linked to Mazzorbo by a bridge. The current population of Burano is about 2,800. Originally, there were five islands and a fourth canal that was filled to become via e piazza Baldassare Galuppi, joining the former islands of San Martino Destra and San Martino Sinistra.

Burano has historically been subdivided into five sestieri, much like the historical center of Venice. They correspond to the five original islands. The sixth sestiere is neighboring Mazzorbo.

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Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Queen's Building was designed in 1887 by Tunbridge and Tunbridge for the chemist Pio Armati, and named in honour of Queen Victoria's Jubilee year.

Townsville was established in 1864 by partners John Melton Black and Robert Towns and was gazetted as a port of entry in 1865. It grew quickly as a supply centre and by 1873 the port was receiving international as well as coastal traffic. Improvements were carried out to port facilities to allow larger ships to anchor. By 1880 Townsville was the port for several major goldfields and had opened the first stage of the railway line westwards through Charters Towers and beyond, consolidating its importance as a port and mercantile centre.

Pio Armati was one of the earliest Italian settlers in North Queensland. Born near Rome, he immigrated to Australia in 1874 as a young man and was naturalised in 1876. He entered into partnership with Chiafredo Venerando Fraire in the 1870s. Fraire had also immigrated in 1874 and both men, particularly Fraire, were to assume an important role in encouraging and promoting Italian Immigration to North Queensland. The firm of Armati Fraire and Coy were drapers, ironmongers, wine sellers and general merchants. In 1878 Armati acquired the land on which this building stands and appears to have had a shop at this address. The firm were successful and in 1881 Fraire bought the retail drapery section of Burns Philp. When the Queen's Building was constructed they ran a drapery business, but in 1889 the partnership was dissolved. Armati ran an insurance agency at this address and Fraire alone is listed as a draper by 1890. By 1892 Armati had a chemist shop at another Flinders Street address and continued in this trade for many years. He became the leading pharmacist in Townsville and was socially prominent. He died in 1923. Both Armati and Fraire have streets named after them in Townsville.

The building was constructed to the design of the newly established local architectural firm of Tunbridge and Tunbridge. Walter Howard Tunbridge was born and trained in England as an architect. In 1884 he migrated to Australia and worked for Rooney Bros in Townsville. He left to establish his own practice in 1886 and invited his younger brother, Oliver, to join him in 1887. This partnership subsequently became an important architectural and civil engineering firm in North Queensland. Their design complemented the adjacent Atkinson and Powell's building, constructed in 1886, having several design features in common.

The Queen's Building has been occupied as shops and offices. Tenants have included an accountant, architect and surveyor, watchmaker, jeweller and tailor. The North Queensland Mortgage and Investment Company held a lease from 1906 to 1931. In 1940 the property was sold to Peter Phillips and was subdivided in 1957. It was purchased by the current owner and has been used as a hairdresser's and gift store since 1973.

The building has been altered on the ground floor and has aluminium framed windows and doors. On the upper level the main change has been the partial replacement of window glazing with louvres.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

The Elijah Iles House is an early Greek Revival residence built about 1837. Iles was a city founder who helped move the state capital to Springfield in 1937. He built a large hotel, the American House, across from the new state capitol, and in a successful effort to subdivide his property into what became known as Aristocracy Hill, he built this house.

Elijah and Malinda Iles lived here until 1841, selling to Robert Irvine, a merchant, banker, and close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, whom Irwin and his wife, Clara, entertained socially many times during the future president's Springfield years. During Lincoln's presidential years, Robert managed his local finances.

The E.A. Hall family lived here from 1891 until 1909. Mr. Hall was a prominent merchant and banker, and both he and his wife, Frances, were actively involved in Springfield's social and cultural life. Mrs. Hall was especially proud that she kept the house as it was in Springfield's early days.

In 1910 Latham and Lyna Souther purchased the house and moved it two miles south. They retained all the architectural details, testament to their appreciation for the house's history. That effort was the first historic preservation in Springfield.

When it passed out of Souther hands in 1951, the house quietly languished and fell into disrepair until 1998 when it was moved to its current site, three blocks from Lincoln's home, and restored for the public to tour.

The Elijah Iles House is one of the oldest residences in Springfield. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

One of many insects on the mint flowers in the garden.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eristalis is a large genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Several species are known as drone flies (or droneflies) because they bear a resemblance to honeybee drones.

Drone flies and their relatives are fairly common generalist pollinators, the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage, hence the common name rat-tailed maggots.

Eristalis is a large genus of around 99 species, and is subdivided into several subgenera and species groups (Eristalomyia, Eristalis, Eoseristalis etc.).

In January 2015, the City of Broken Hill was included on the National Heritage Register. This register lists 106 other iconic landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Kakadu National Park, and the Australian Alps. Broken Hill is the first city to be listed. Extensive research and consultation with the Broken Hill community was a key part of the listing.

The National Heritage List is Australia’s pre-eminent heritage list recognising and protecting the nation’s most valued natural, indigenous, and historic heritage sites. Listing is the highest heritage honour in Australia and listed placed receive national attention and benefits from increased domestic and international tourism. Broken Hil has been assessed against the nine National Heritage Criteria, which include historic, aesthetic, and social values, creative and technical achievements, associations with significant peoples, and others.

The following is the Statement of Significance for the City of Broken Hill which was prepared as part of the listing process:

“The City of Broken Hill has outstanding significance to the nation for its role in creating enormous wealth, for its long, enduring and continuing mining operations, and the community’s deep and shared connection with Broken Hill as the isolated city in the desert, its outback landscape, the planned design and landscaping of the town, the regeneration areas and particularly the physical reminders of its mining origins such as the Line of Lode, the barren mullock heaps, tailings, skimps and slagheap escarpment and relict structures. It exhibits historic qualities in its ongoing mining operations since 1883, the current and relict mining infrastructure and its landscape setting. It is significant for its industrial past ….. together with its role as a pioneer in setting occupational health and safety standards.”

“The Broken Hill zinc-lead-silver ore deposit is one of the world’s largest ore bodies and contains an extraordinary array of minerals. It is geologically complex and has national scientific significance. The Broken Hill operation is significant for its immense size and unrecorded mineral species continue to be found. It contributes to an understanding of the formation of the Australian continent and more than 2, 300 million years of the earth’s history.”

The City of Broken Hill is delighted that the special heritage values of the city are recognised and celebrated nationally and internationally by this listing.

Wilyakali Country:

Wilyakali lies in the east of the state of South Australia, crossing into New South Wales, including the town of Broken Hill. The Wilyakali people traditionally visited the Paakantji people on the Menindee Lakes in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion each year.

The three Major language groups for the Broken Hill Region are the Paakantji, Mayyankapa, and Nyiimpaa.

Wilyakali and Danggali both lie east of the Ngadjuri language and north of the upper River Murray languages.

Wilyakali and Danggali are part of the Darling River Language Group or Paakantyi / Paakantji language group. This is a group of closely related languages in South Australia and New South Wales, which can be subdivided into two groups: the “Northern Dialects” and the “Southern Dialects.” Wilyakali and Danggali are both part of the “Southern Dialects.”

Other “Southern Dialects” include Pulaali, Southern Pankantyi, Pantyikali, Wanyuparlku and Marrawarra. Some of these languages have been recorded more than others. Although each language has its own distinguishing features, they are so similar they can be understood by speakers of other languages in this group. Therefore, the following reference list will include Southern Paakantyi references that may be helpful. The language name is noted in square brackets after each reference, when known.

Today the Wilyakali people are still the main Aboriginal group in Broken Hill, though there are a number of Aboriginal people that come from other language groups.

The Aboriginal people of Broken Hill have established working parties to pursue their vision of a better future. They continue to look after their traditional lands and are joint managers of the Mutawintji National Park which is the first national park handed back to the traditional owners in New South Wales. There are many strong elders who continue to maintain and pass on their traditional knowledge to their young people and, today, share their stories with the wider community.

Source: Broken Hill: A Guide to the Silver City by Elizabeth Vines, Mobile Language Team, & Aboriginal Housing Office.

This was our first halloween at the new house and it was interesting to see what the neighborhood kids and their parents thought of our house. Many thought it was too creepy to chance a visit… even for candy.

The house was built in the 1860s while the rest of the neighborhood was made in the 1960s, so it's very different. You can't see it from the road and it's at the end of a long, dark driveway. The rest of the neighborhood is small lots and nondescript little houses right on the street. (This was the farm house for an old farm. When the farm was subdivided for development they kept the farm house, registered it as an historical landmark, and gave it a large, weird parcel of land from the subdivision.)

We carved some happy pumpkins and put a few on the gates in front and lined the drive with luminaria. For awhile I stood out front and tried to encourage people to come in, but that was creepy too, I guess. Anyway, I heard several groups say that they weren't going to risk it, too scary, not on your life, etc.

In the end I think about half the groups chanced it, and other half gave us a wide berth.

It's pretty cool to be scary without even trying.

Bixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Canyon Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting" It is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County on State Route 1.

Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge was built under budget for $199,861 (equivalent to $3.29 million in 2021 dollars) and, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span in the California State Highway System. When it was completed, it was the highest single-span arch bridge in the world, and it remains one of the tallest.

The land north and south of the bridge was privately owned until 1988 and 2001. A logging company obtained approval to harvest redwood on the former Bixby Ranch to the north in 1986, and in 2000 a developer obtained approval to subdivide the former Brazil Ranch to the south. Local residents and conservationists fought their plans, and both pieces of land were eventually acquired by local and federal government agencies. A $20 million seismic retrofit was completed in 1996, although its 24-foot (7.3 m) width does not meet modern standards requiring bridges to be 32 feet (9.8 m) wide.

Location

The bridge is "one of the most photographed features on the West Coast" and in the world. It has been featured on "postcards, TV ads, everywhere," according to Debra Geiler, project manager for the Trust for Public Land. The bridge's location on the scenic Central Coast of California, the parabolic shape of the arch, the tall spandrel columns, and the architectural piers contribute to an "intense aesthetic experience." "It's the gateway to Big Sur and the interior has never been logged. The land is pristine." Zad Leavy, former executive director of the Big Sur Land Trust, described the land as "...the most spectacular meeting of ocean and land in the entire United States."

Characteristics

The bridge is 714 feet (218 m) in total length and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide, with 260 feet (79 m) of clearance below, and has a main span of 360 feet (110 m), which places 50% of the total roadbed above the arch. The arch ribs are five feet thick at the deck and nine feet thick at the springing line, where they join the towers at their base. The arches are four and one-half feet wide. The bridge was designed to support more than six times its intended load.

The two large, vertical buttresses or supporting pillars on either side of the arch, while aesthetically pleasing, are functionally unnecessary. Engineers of later arch bridges such as the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge omitted them from the design. The Rocky Creek Bridge and the Malpaso Creek Bridge to the north are also open-spandrel arch bridges built of reinforced concrete.

Construction

The state first began building Route 56, or the Carmel–San Simeon Highway, in 1919. A number of bridges needed to be constructed, the largest among them across Bixby Creek.

(Wikipedia)

Naples Botanical Gardens

60 Acre Wildlife Reserve

Naples, FL

The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.

The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.

Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. The American anhinga has been subdivided into two subspecies, A. a. anhinga and A. a. leucogaster, based on their location. A. a. leucogaster can be found in the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Grenada. A fossil species Anhinga walterbolesi has been described from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia.

Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". Although not in their usual range, anhingas have been found as far north as the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States. – Wikipedia

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The famous byzantine Lamentations of the Tomb of Christ, sung during the Matins of Holy and Great Saturday (Holy Friday evening). The official name of the hymns is "Εγκώμια", which is greek and means "Praises". The Praises (although considered being hymns of lament) are chanted in Plagal 1st and 3rd Tones, which are actually used for chants intended for triumphant occasions. On this performance parts of all three Staseis of the Praise are chanted. Note that in the beginning of each part, the second verse is chanted in arabic.

Title: "Εγκώμια - Α' Στάσις / Β' Στάσις / Γ' Στάσις" (Praises - 1st / 2nd / 3rd Stasis)

Service: Holy and Great Saturday Matins

Performers: Greek Byzantine Choir

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Parekklesion [funerary chapel] of the

Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul

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Chora Museum, Chora Monastery (Contantinople)

Μονή της Χώρας, Μουσείο Χώρας, Κωνσταντινούπολη

Ἐκκλησία του Ἅγιου Σωτῆρος ἐν τῃ Χώρᾳ

The Church of the Holy Redeemer in the Fields

Church of the Holy Saviour in the Country

Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, Kariye Kilisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

"The first bay of the parekkelsion is covered by a ribbed dome lit by large windows.

The Virgin and Child and Attendant Angels are represented in the western dome. The Virgin appears as the Queen of Heaven at the apex of the dome. Within the dome's segments are twelve angels, who form a sort of guard of honor, wearing brightly colored costumes of the Byzantine court. This frescoed dome is subdivided with ribs providing the flatter surfaces more suitable for fresco.

The Four Hymnographers are seated in the pendentives below the dome. These are Byzantine poets noted for their hymns honoring the Virgin.

John of Damascus, in the northeast pendentive, is the most famous, a theologian active in the eighth century. He is identified by his turban and is depicted writing the Idiomela for the funeral service.

Kosmas the Poet, in the southeast pendentive, a student of John of Damascus, who is shown with an uninscribed book in his lap.

Joseph the Poet, in the southwest pendentive, holding a scroll on which he writes his Canon for the Akathistos Hymn, an addition to the most important Byzantine hymn honoring the Virgin. The verses connect Joseph to the Old Testament scenes depicted below him.

Theophanes Graptos, in the northwest pendentive, a ninth-century writer who was a monk at the Chora. He is shown writing verses from the funeral service, which refer to the adjacent scene of Jacob's Ladder and to the role of the Virgin in salvation."

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www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Byzantium/

www.byzantium1200.com/chora.html

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Nationalpark Oulujärvi, Finland. It was the first time for me visiting this lovely island and the last day before winter weather set in. This is my favorite picture from that day. I like especially how the tree in the water subdivides the colours in the picture into green/orange and blue.

This was an exhibit where I almost laughed out loud when I understood what is was about - hllarious idea! But dead serious nevertheless. Coming developments by Ethan Hayes-Chute.

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Elk, sitting ontop of the Roman Wall that once subdivided the Scots from the English. It brought to mind that wonderful sketch by Monty Pyton which started with the same phase!

.. a 'must watch' for those who haven't!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbeCdOj0TTU

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:

Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.

It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.

Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and the Portobello Road Market. From around 1870, Notting Hill had an association with artists.

For much of the 20th century, the large houses were subdivided into multi-occupancy rentals. Continental Europeans, Caribbeans (African Caribbeans, Indian Caribbeans, and White Caribbeans), Africans, Indians, Arabs, Asians, Jewish, Central Americans, South Americans, Pacific Islanders, Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and other immigrants were drawn to the area in the 1950s and 1960s, partly because of the cheap rents, but were exploited by slum landlords like Peter Rachman and also became the target of white Teddy Boys in the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.

By the early 21st century, after decades of gentrification, Notting Hill had gained a reputation as an affluent and fashionable area,known for attractive terraces of large Victorian townhouses and high-end shopping and restaurants (particularly around Westbourne Grove and Clarendon Cross). A Daily Telegraph article in 2004 used the phrase "the Notting Hill set" to refer to a group of emerging Conservative politicians, such as David Cameron and George Osborne, who would become respectively Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer and were once based in Notting Hill.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

Prior to purchase by Alexander McPherson on the 8th of September 1863, the Nudgee Beach area was used by the indigenous Turrabul people for hunting, fishing, and gathering. The last indigenous person to live in the area was King Johnny. He was laid to rest in 1892 at the sacred burial ground on Dinah Island, just to the north-west of Nudgee Beach Reserve.

The land was a popular holiday camping ground, but it was to become the site for a retirement home for nuns. However, in 1916 the land was subdivided and began to be sold at auction. The seaside village of Nudgee Beach began to take shape.

As people settled, the community developed. The Nudgee Beach Progress Association was responsible for the early development of the reserve, including the building of a small concert hall, a change room for bathers, a shelter shed, and an ambulance building. A small shop transferred to the land was used as a meeting hall. The shelter shed still stands, the other structures being removed when building materials were scared after World War II. The Progress Association also build a cricket ground (still remaining) on which the locals played Saturday afternoon fixtures.

O'Quinn Street was of course named in honour of Bishop O'Quinn. The other Nudgee Beach streets (Fortitude, Chaseley and Lima) were named after Dr James Dunmore Lang's first three immigrant ships that arrived in Moreton Bay in 1849. No doubt there would be local residents and visitors to Nudgee Beach who would be descendants of those free settlers to this area.

Over the years the Nudgee Beach area has seen quite a few changes. From its European beginnings as a prospective retriment village for nuns and a popular camping ground; Budgee Beach has developed into a peaceful seaside village. The reserve has remained a popular recreational asset for not only Nudgee Beach locals, but for all residents of Brisbane.

Thought should always be given to the Aboriginal inhabitants, who no doubt enjoyed this area as we do today.

Source: Brisbane City Council Heritage.

On the steps of Frederiks Kirk (Frederik's Church), also known as Marmorkirken (The Marble Church) in Nyhavn the entertainment district in the centre of Copenhagen in Denmark.

The church was designed by the architect Nicolai Eigtved in 1740 and was along with the rest of Frederiksstaden, a district of Copenhagen, intended to commemorate the 300 years jubilee of the first coronation of a member of the House of Oldenburg. Frederick's Church has the largest church dome in Scandinavia with a span of 31m. The dome rests on 12 columns. The inspiration was probably St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

The foundation stone was set by king Frederick V on October 31, 1749, but the construction was slowed by budget cuts and the death of Eigtved in 1754. In 1770, the original plans for the church were abandoned by Johann Friedrich Struensee. The church was left incomplete and, in spite of several initiatives to complete it, stood as a ruin for nearly 150 years.

In 1874, Andreas Frederik Krieger, Denmark's Finance Minister at the time, sold the ruins of the uncompleted church and the church square to Carl Frederik Tietgen for 100,000 Rigsdaler — none of which was to be paid in cash — on the condition that Tietgen would build a church in a style similar to the original plans and donate it to the state when complete, while in turn he acquired the rights to subdivide neighbouring plots for development.

The deal was at the time highly controversial. On 25 January 1877, a case was brought by the Folketing at the Rigsretten (Court of Impeachment ) Krieger being charged with corruption over this deal. He was, however, eventually acquitted.

Tietgen got Ferdinand Meldahl to design the church in its final form and financed its construction. Due to financial restrictions, the original plans for the church to be built almost entirely from marble were discarded, and instead Meldahl opted for construction to be done with limestone. The church was finally opened to the public on August 19, 1894.

Inscribed in gold lettering on the entablature of the front portico are the words: HERRENS ORD BLIVER EVINDELIG ("the word of the Lord endureth for ever"). A series of statues of prominent theologians and ecclesiastical figures, including one of the eminent Danish philosopher Kierkegaard (who, incidentally, had become very critical of the established church by the end of his life), encircles the grounds of the building.

Information Source:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik's_Church

Hoggs Hollow

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Hoggs Hollow is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which is located in the Don River Valley centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and York Mills Road/Wilson Avenue.

Hoggs Hollow is named after Joseph hogg, a Scotsman who settled in the area in 1824. Hogg operated a whisky distillery and a grist mill, and was viewed as the most successful of all the millers in the valley. The name is usually written without the apostrophe as Hoggs Hollow, but sometimes appears as Hogg's Hollow.

In 1856, John and William Hogg, sons to the late James Hogg, subdivided their father's estate under the name "Hoggs Hollow". The Hoggs Hollow subdivision included one hundred and forty-one lots. With the area full of quick sand, swamps and bogs, only a few houses were actually built at this time, however. the subdivision stood in close proximity to the historic village of York Mills. A school, post office, pottery, blacksmith, livery, stable, store, golf links and clubhouse, hillside cemetery (at Yonge Street and Mill Street) and St. John's Anglican Church served the community, one largely made up of Scottish, Irish and English immigrants.

Subdivision of the present day Hoggs Hollow neighbourhood began in the 1920s with the creation of lots, layout of roads, and design of homes reflecting the aesthetic of the English countryside. In 1925, a two room elementary schoolhouse named the Baron Renfrew School opened to replace an earlier structure at 45 York Mills Road (formerly Mercer Avenue and/or concession road 19) that was destroyed by fire.

The neighbourhood grew in stages and was finally completed in the 1960s. Both St. John's Anglican Church and Baron Renfrew (renamed York Mills Public School) grew in size with various additions added. Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church was built in 1967, serving Toronto and area's Finnish Lutheran community.

Hoggs Hollow was connected to Toronto by the Yonge St. streetcar until it was replaced by the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge Subway in the early 1970s. Hoggs Hollow is now served by the York Mills subway station.

In 1982, York Mills Public School was decommissioned and renovated as office space for the school board. The historic two room schoolhouse exterior was restored.

Hoggs Hollow was a part of the City of North York until 1998 when that city merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new "City of Toronto".

The Jolly Miller tavern, circa 1857, located at the bottom of Hoggs Hollow Hill, 3885 Yonge Street, was closed for many years, and has just re-opened in 2004 after many battles between developers, the city and groups that wanted to preserve the historical landmark. The George S. Pratt House, circa 1886, located at 17 Mill Street, is another historic landmark in Hoggs Hollow. In need of funds, The York Mills Public School building was sold by the school board and demolished. Many of the original estate homes and modern movement residences of the early to mid-20th century are being demolished in favour of large new homes. With a densely developed business area, many businesses and services are available and while church attendance has diminished at St. John's, other churches and synagogues now serve the people of the area.

On October 15, 1954, the valley was inundated by Hurricane Hazel and many attempts have since been made to manage water in the natural watershed of a valley though many homes are still prone to moisture and flooding from the watertable.

On March 17, 1960, the incident popularly known as the "Hoggs Hollow Disaster" occurred. Five young Italian immigrant workers were killed while constructing a tunnel for a water main at Hoggs Hollow. The details of the accident, where they were trapped 35 feet underground in a cramped, dimly lit tunnel, sparked a public outcry over the lack of safety standards in construction. Ultimately it led to an improvement in working conditions. [1]

Periodically, attempts have been made to connect back portions of the valley with new roads to the higher set neighbourhoods of the ridges above.

Home listing prices range from C$1,200,000 to C$7,000,000 in Hoggs Hollow.

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The Elijah Iles House is an early Greek Revival residence built about 1837. Iles was a city founder who helped move the state capital to Springfield in 1937. He built a large hotel, the American House, across from the new state capitol, and in a successful effort to subdivide his property into what became known as Aristocracy Hill, he built this house.

Elijah and Malinda Iles lived here until 1841, selling to Robert Irvine, a merchant, banker, and close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, whom Irwin and his wife, Clara, entertained socially many times during the future president's Springfield years. During Lincoln's presidential years, Robert managed his local finances.

The E.A. Hall family lived here from 1891 until 1909. Mr. Hall was a prominent merchant and banker, and both he and his wife, Frances, were actively involved in Springfield's social and cultural life. Mrs. Hall was especially proud that she kept the house as it was in Springfield's early days.

In 1910 Latham and Lyna Souther purchased the house and moved it two miles south. They retained all the architectural details, testament to their appreciation for the house's history. That effort was the first historic preservation in Springfield.

When it passed out of Souther hands in 1951, the house quietly languished and fell into disrepair until 1998 when it was moved to its current site, three blocks from Lincoln's home, and restored for the public to tour.

The Elijah Iles House is one of the oldest residences in Springfield. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Standing proudly behind a high stone wall on the corner of Harcourt Street and Auburn Road in the leafy Melbourne suburb of East Hawthorn “Talana” is a magnificent Queen Anne mansion.

Designed by Melbourne architect Beswicke and built in 1910, “Talana” is named after a town in the province of Ogliastra, in Sardinia, Italy. It is one of the most elaborate Queen Anne residences in Melbourne. Executed in the required red brick, the decorative embellishments are in render and rough cast, overlaid with timber. The house is extremely large. The two storey height is emphasised by an extra high ground floor, a raised plinth above ground level, and the large hipped roof. Although the house has a basic gable wing, to coordinate point form, it departs from the standard Queen Anne pattern in several areas. The principal facade to Harcourt Street has overlaid on the basic form, with a tower and an entry porch gable feature with a return verandah is a highly individual design. The corner bay expression in the verandah is atypical and the Gothic tracery in the tower window unusual on a Queen Anne design. The roof is clad with Marseilles tiles. Given their date, these are probably of imported French origin along with the cappings.

With commanding views that before the construction of taller buildings might have given glimpses of Port Philip Bay, “Talana” is still a private residence to this day, and has not been subdivided into flats.

Queen Anne style was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style was most popular around the time of Federation. With complex roofline structures and undulating facades, many Queen Anne houses fell out of fashion at the beginning of the modern era, and were demolished.

Chartreuse du Reposoir, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

La Chartreuse du Reposoir es una antigua cartuja situada en el territorio del municipio del mismo nombre, en el departamento de Alta Saboya, en la región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes.

Situado en el valle del Foron du Reposoir, en un circo boscoso al borde de un pequeño lago, los edificios que bordean el río están dominados por la cadena Reposoir al este y la cadena Bargy al noroeste. El establecimiento fue fundado en 1151 por el Beato Cartujo Juan de España y estuvo ocupado ininterrumpidamente hasta la Revolución Francesa y luego entre 1866 y 1901. La antigua Cartuja alberga una comunidad de monjas carmelitas desde 1932 y hoy se llama Monasterio del Carmelo de Reposoir. La Chartreuse está clasificada como monumento histórico.

La cartuja forma una plaza orientada de oeste a este, y reúne en su recinto lo que originalmente se llamaba la Correrie que estaba separada del monasterio.

El gran claustro rodea todas las casas de los Padres Cartujos; sus bóvedas en forma de silbato penetran los muros sin apoyo. Así llega cada monje a su casa. Las celdas de los Padres constituyen el cuadrado al norte y al sur y lo completan al este. El muro del cerramiento conecta los del norte entre sí; al sur y al este, se desprenden de él. Al pie de cada uno hay un parterre de flores de forma cuadrada. En la pared de enfrente está fijada una gran cruz negra, que el cenobita ve necesariamente cuando mira hacia afuera.

Las celdas se indican con una letra del alfabeto. Al lado de la puerta hay un pequeño portillo donde el solitario viene a recoger sus provisiones. Si necesita otras cosas, sólo tiene que dejar allí una nota con la letra de su celular. La cama tiene forma de armario, la ropa de cama se compone de un gran palet de lona, ​​un almohadón, sábanas y unas cuantas mantas de lana que sustituyen a las de antaño. Junto al lecho se encuentra el oratorio, formado por una sillería y un reclinatorio, donde el monje recita la mayor parte de los servicios.

Al oeste de este claustro se encuentran la iglesia, la sala capitular y el pequeño claustro que data del siglo XVI y restaurado en 1929. Su construcción se atribuye a la generosidad de la Casa de Saboya cuyas armas aparecen entre las dieciséis claves policromadas. Este claustro está formado por cuatro galerías cubiertas que rodean un patio. Cada arcada de arco apuntado que da al patio se subdivide en una red de tres pequeños arcos polibados y tracería flamígera. Los grandes pilares cuadrados, la prohibición sistemática de la decoración escultórica y el rechazo de la vertical dan a este edificio del gótico tardío un aspecto achaparrado, pesado y austero. Las bóvedas de crucería, características de la arquitectura gótica, se basan en dos arcos apuntados que se cruzan en diagonal. Estas bóvedas y arcos están formados por claves, piedras talladas en forma de cuñas, apoyadas unas sobre otras. La clave es la llave central colocada en lo alto de una bóveda y que bloquea las demás piedras en la posición deseada.

La iglesia, cuya primera piedra fue colocada por Aymon I de Faucigny, hermano de Ardutius de Faucigny, obispo de Ginebra, es de estilo ojival. A lo largo del muro norte de la iglesia se encuentran la Capilla del Beato Juan de España (ahora sacristía interior) y la Capilla de San Antonio (hoy sacristía exterior para sacerdotes).

The Chartreuse du Reposoir is a former charterhouse located on the territory of the municipality of the same name, in the Haute-Savoie department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Located in the valley of the Foron du Reposoir, in a wooded cirque on the edge of a small lake, the buildings bordering the river are dominated by the Reposoir chain to the east and the Bargy chain to the northwest. The establishment was founded in 1151 by the Blessed Carthusian John of Spain and was occupied continuously until the French Revolution and then between 1866 and 1901. The former Carthusian has housed a community of Carmelite nuns since 1932 and today is called the Monastery of the Carmel of Reposoir. La Chartreuse is classified as a historical monument.

The charterhouse forms a square oriented from west to east, and brings together in its enclosure what was originally called the Correrie, which was separated from the monastery.

The great cloister surrounds all the houses of the Carthusian Fathers; Its whistle-shaped vaults penetrate the walls without support. This is how each monk arrives at his house. The cells of the Fathers constitute the square to the north and south and complete it to the east. The enclosure wall connects the northern ones to each other; to the south and east, they detach themselves from it. At the foot of each one is a square flower bed. On the opposite wall is fixed a large black cross, which the Cenobite necessarily sees when he looks out.

Cells are indicated by a letter of the alphabet. Next to the door there is a small gate where the loner comes to collect his supplies. If he needs other things, he just has to leave a note there with the handwriting on his cell phone. The bed is shaped like a wardrobe, the bedding consists of a large canvas pallet, a pillow, sheets and a few wool blankets that replace those of yesteryear. Next to the bed is the oratory, made up of a chair and a kneeler, where the monk recites most of the services.

To the west of this cloister are the church, the chapter house and the small cloister dating from the 16th century and restored in 1929. Its construction is attributed to the generosity of the House of Savoy whose arms appear among the sixteen polychrome keys. This cloister is made up of four covered galleries that surround a patio. Each pointed arch arcade facing the courtyard is subdivided into a network of three small polybate arches and flamboyant tracery. The large square pillars, the systematic prohibition of sculptural decoration and the rejection of the vertical give this late Gothic building a squat, heavy and austere appearance. The cross vaults, characteristic of Gothic architecture, are based on two pointed arches that intersect diagonally. These vaults and arches are formed by keystones, stones carved in the shape of wedges, resting on each other. The key is the central key placed at the top of a vault and which locks the other stones in the desired position.

The church, whose foundation stone was laid by Aymon I de Faucigny, brother of Ardutius de Faucigny, bishop of Geneva, is in the ogival style. Along the north wall of the church are the Chapel of Blessed John of Spain (now the interior sacristy) and the Chapel of Saint Anthony (today the exterior sacristy for priests).

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:

“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.

The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.

It goes on to state:

“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative

detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.

Designation of the District

The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.

The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.

I visited Rippon Lea historical mansion last Friday on a beautiful and sunny day. Whilst I was strolling through the gardens behind the house, I came across a bed planted with an amazing variety of dahlias.

Some were identified as to what variety of dahlia they were. This one is a Stevan's Linday Dahlia which have peach coloured ball blooms.

Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Compositae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.

Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in the leafy inner Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. Built in 1868 for Sir Frederick Sargood, a wealthy Melbourne businessman, politician and philanthropist, the Sargood family lived at Rippon Lea until Frederick's death in 1903. The property was sold to a consortium of real estate developers who had plans to demolish the house and subdivide the land. However due to one of the partner's deaths, it was partially subdivided and the house and remaining land not subdivided was sold to Ben and Agnes Nathan, who owned the Maples chain of furniture stores in Melbourne in 1910. The Nathans lived there until Ben's death in 1935. The property then passed to their eldest daughter, Louisa, along with a legacy of one million pounds. Louisa bequeathed the Rippon Lea estate to the National Trust upon her death in 1972. It is still in the care of the National Trust of Australia today. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List in August 2006. The house is sometimes used for exhibitions and the Hollywood style ballroom built in the 1930s is used for functions, most commonly weddings. The gardens are often used for entertainments such as open air plays, opera and children's shows.

"Cumnock" is a grand Victorian Italianate mansion designed by Melbourne architect Charles Webb (1821 - 1898), located on The Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville.

"Cumnock" is a splendid exmple of the fine domestic architecture available to those who were either wealthy by birth, or had made it rich during the boom period of Victoria's Gold Rush, when Melbourne was the weathiest city in the world.

Completed in 1889 for George Howat, the 26 room, 6 bedroom mansion remained with his family until it was purchased by Ridley College (a theological school) in 1919 after his death. It remained in the hands of the college, and was well maintained with beautiful gardens about it. Then in June 2007, Ridley College sold it to developers Drapac.

At the time of photographing, the gardens of "Cumnock" were in a sad state of affairs as workmen commenced subdividing the interior to make several prestige townhouses.

As a tall block of modern apartments which are not at all in keeping with the mansion are being constructed behind "Cumnock" as part of the subdivision and development of the estate, I thought it best to photograph it in its current state, before a tower of glass and balconies blocks out the blue sky behind this Grande Dame of Marvellous Melbourne!

Charles Webb also designed Melbourne's Grand Hotel (now known as the Windsor Hotel), the Royal Arcade in Bourke Street, "Charsfield" on St Kilda Road, "Mandeville Hall" in Toorak and the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School amongst other buildings.

Photos taken on June 7, 2008. Site of former Adhor Farms Dairy that was converted into a combination Shopping Center and Mall in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The complex is located on La Cienega, a couple of miles to the north of the 10 Freeway and it is retail buildings surrounding a giant open parking lot with another giant covered parking lot behind the old Montgomery Wards Department Store. On the left side was Thrifty Drug Store (converted to Rite Aid and in the last year taken over by Longs Drugs), unknown stores (one being Wherehouse Music), Fazios Supermarket (closed and converted into Builders Emporium Hardware Store, then chain closed and taken over by Circuit City Electronics Store), Woolworths (chain closed and taken over by Family Paredes (chain own by National Stores). To the right of the stores is a two story mall. It was very small, always empty of customers and stores!. Connected to the mall, on the right was a Montgomery Wards Department Store. In the last few years of Wards existence, Wards subdivided their store handing over a portion to Toys R Us. When Wards closed, prior to the chain's demise, the former Wards sat vacant for a few years, then the Wards portion of the original Wards Department Store was subdivided with Staples Office Supply (moved from across the street) and LA Fitness Gym. The Toys R Us has remained and is now going through a renovation. The mall has gone through a series of changes and tenants. Smart and Final Grocery Warehouse finally moved in several years ago, taking over the entire first floor of the mall. Bringing a grocery retailer back into the complex since Fazios left many years ago.

Next to Toys R Us is the former Wards Auto Center, which was converted to shops. Finally, there is an office building on one corner of the lot.

Across the street was a former Hughes Family Market, which was originally a Daylight Market. When Hughes left, it became a Daylight Market again, until it closed and sat vacant for many years.

The Shopping Center was known as Wards Plaza and is now known as La Cienega Plaza. It continues to be modified with buildings added. In recent years McDonalds, Coffee Bean, and El Pollo Loco have been added.

Waiting for the vaporetto to Venice

Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called anarchipelago of four islands linked by bridges. It is situated near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, and is known for its lacework and brightly coloured homes.

Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40 minute trip by Venetian motorboats, "vaporetti".

The island is linked to Mazzorbo by a bridge. The current population of Burano is about 2,800. Originally, there were five islands and a fourth canal that was filled to become via e piazza Baldassare Galuppi, joining the former islands of San Martino Destra and San Martino Sinistra.

Burano has historically been subdivided into five sestieri, much like the historical center of Venice. They correspond to the five original islands. The sixth sestiere is neighboring Mazzorbo.

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This grand Queen Anne style villa is built on a tree lined avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Travancore.

Built between Federation (1901) and the Great War (1914), the shingled barge board below the upper gable are very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of red brick with which to build the house. The builder has shown his admiration for the Arts and Crafts movement by making the bricks real features in their design and layout across the enclosed verandah. The wonderful stained glass windows with garlands of flowers and ribbons are obviously Art Nouveau influenced.

Queen Anne style was most popular around the time of Federation. With complex roofline structures and undulating facades, many Queen Anne houses fell out of fashion at the beginning of the modern era, and were demolished.

Travancore is a bijou suburb named after a beautiful Victorian mansion erected in 1863. The mansion's grounds were subdivided in the late 1890s to form the new suburb, which consists only of only about five streets. With commanding views of Royal Park, the area was much sought after by aspiring middle and upper middle-class citizens. This spacious stand alone double brick residence would have been acquired by the latter of these groups. Houses like these would have suited a medium sized Edwardian family, and would have required a retinue of servants to maintain.

The whole house, which has a large street frontage, is surrounded by a splendid garden of exotics, including roses and ornamental fruit trees.

Photos taken on 07/04/2009. Main entrance of Albertsons Savon Supermarket at Palms and Sepulveda in West Los Angeles. Store was completely remodeled during the fall of 2008. It has the all new white decor. The outside of the store was repained and the Sav-on Pharmacy Sign was updated. Note the new- "We've Cut Price" banner that they have put up on various stores in the area.

The Albertsons Sav-On Supermarket building has gone through a series of names and changes. Originally opened as a Department Store it has been chopped up and modified over the years. The Department Store building has gone through a series of owners including Leonard's Department Store. Finally, Fazio's Supermarkets took over the building, chopped it up, taking off about a third of the building. Fazio's ran it until Albertsons took over the chain. Immediately they re branded the store and changed its format to a warehouse style supermarket. Albertsons ran this supermarket as a Grocery Warehouse then changed its name to Max Foods. In 1999, Albertsons took over Lucky Stores, leaving them with two supermarkets across the street from one another. Albertsons Supermarkets changed the name of the Lucky Supermarket to Albertsons. They ran both Albertsons and Max Foods for about a year. Finally, they closed the Max Foods, gutted the building and rebuilt it into a new Albertsons. They closed the old Albertsons across the street. The old former Lucky building sat vacant for some time (rumor had it that the owners of the property had raised the lease/rent on Albertsons and that was the reason they moved.)

The former Lucky Albertsons building was then subdivided with Longs Drugs taking over half the site and finally Trader Joe's Market taking over the other side (despite Trader Joe's being only a couple of miles away at National and Westwood.)

All the stores remain packed with customers.

Standing proudly behind a high stone wall on the corner of Harcourt Street and Auburn Road in the leafy Melbourne suburb of East Hawthorn “Talana” is a magnificent Queen Anne mansion.

Designed by Melbourne architect Beswicke and built in 1910, “Talana” is named after a town in the province of Ogliastra, in Sardinia, Italy. It is one of the most elaborate Queen Anne residences in Melbourne. Executed in the required red brick, the decorative embellishments are in render and rough cast, overlaid with timber. The house is extremely large. The two storey height is emphasised by an extra high ground floor, a raised plinth above ground level, and the large hipped roof. Although the house has a basic gable wing, to coordinate point form, it departs from the standard Queen Anne pattern in several areas. The principal facade to Harcourt Street has overlaid on the basic form, with a tower and an entry porch gable feature with a return verandah is a highly individual design. The corner bay expression in the verandah is atypical and the Gothic tracery in the tower window unusual on a Queen Anne design. The roof is clad with Marseilles tiles. Given their date, these are probably of imported French origin along with the cappings.

With commanding views that before the construction of taller buildings might have given glimpses of Port Philip Bay, “Talana” is still a private residence to this day, and has not been subdivided into flats.

Queen Anne style was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style was most popular around the time of Federation. With complex roofline structures and undulating facades, many Queen Anne houses fell out of fashion at the beginning of the modern era, and were demolished.

Former site of Gemco Department Store, this former department store, which included a supermarket and pharmacy under the Gemco banner was located in Huntington Beach California at 7212 Edinger and Goldenwest was subdivided into different retail stores. The Gemco chain was split up, sold off piece meal with several sites kept by Lucky Supermarket in 1986. This site was converted after 1986, when Lucky Supermarkets, owner of Gemco Department Stores decided to close down this chain. The main portion of the former Gemco was converted to a Lucky Supermarket with a Lucky Pharmacy. When Lucky Supermarkets took over the Savon Drug Store Chain, they converted their pharmacies into Savon Pharmacies. Another section of this former department store was converted into a Toys R Us Toy Store. When Albertsons took over Lucky Supermarkets in 1999, they converted this Lucky Savon Supermarket into an Albertsons Savon Supermaket. The lease now has expired, Albertsons decided not to renew it per staff, and this Albertsons is now closed as of October 11, 2007. Photo of former Albertsons Sav-On Sign. One of xx photos of this site.