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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.
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).
"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.
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.
Aigburth Vale house at 212 Aigburth Road in Towson was designed in 1868, by architects Niernsee & Neilson, as a country home for wealthy actor John E. Owens.
Most of the property of the estate was originally known as the Rock Spring Farm of Edward Taylor and the parcel was reported to have been over 197 acres (0.80 km2) when it was purchased by Owens in 1853. The mansion is a wood-framed, three-story structure is an example of Second Empire architecture and as such, is topped by mansard roofs on the tower and wings. For a period after 1886, the mansion functioned as an inn and as a summer home for Owen's widow, Mary. In 1889 the majority of the land associated with the estate was sold at auction by the mortgage holder: the Sheppard Pratt Hospital to John Hubner, a Catonsville developer. Thereafter the mansion house and surrounding 4.9 acres (20,000 m2) was sold to Dr. George F. Sargent, as a private mental hospital from 1919 to 1950. Hubner sold the agricultural land to the Towson Nurseries who subdivided portions of it for sale to the Baltimore County Board of Education in 1943 and 1946 for use as the site for Towson High School and it's surrounding campus. The mansion building was leased to Baltimore County Board of Education in 1950 for use as administrative offices and thereafter became the current owners of the building. The Owen estate was once surrounded by over 200 acres (0.81 km2) but today it stands within a suburban neighborhood. As designed, entry to the estate was gained from York Road along what is now Cedar Avenue. The gatehouse building of the estate, built in 1860 by Jacob Reese, still stands though the intersection of Cedar and York has been closed.[1][2]
The building has been identified as an outstanding example of Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. (Info from Wikipedia)
"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.
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.
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.
Wolf Road Prairie is an excellent example of the original tallgrass prairie of Illinois and is the largest prairie of its type remaining in the Chicago area. Shortly before the Great Depression, this land had been subdivided for a housing development with sidewalks already done -- the current trails -- but was never built. It took a long, long time before parcels were cobbled together to create the preserve.
The prairie is dominated by big bluestem, little bluestem, prairie dropseed and Indian grass. Among its common forbs are smooth blue aster, sky blue aster, black-eyed Susan, nodding onion, prairie phlox, obedient plant and rattlesnake master. Uncommon prairie forbs include Indian paintbrush, bottle gentian, prairie gentian and Indian plantain.
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 closed store. One of xx photos of this site.
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 closed store. One of xx photos of this site.
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.
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 Formby Crest Dahlia which have golden orange 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.
Former Montgomery Ward Department Store located at 6900 Amador Plaza Rd. in Dublin,CA. The building was subdivided sometime in the late 1980's for a ToysRus although Montgomery Ward would still be in the other half of the building. The ToysRus store is still open but the Montgomery Ward store became a Burlington Coat Factory.
To listen "Another day in paradise Phil Collins youtu.be/Qt2mbGP6vFI
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.
At 165.2 million square kilometres (64.1 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands, while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific.The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).
The eastern Pacific Ocean was first sighted by Europeans early in the 16th century. Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and named it Mar del Sur (South Sea). The ocean's current name was given by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish expedition of world circumnavigation in 1521, who encountered favourable winds as he reached the ocean and called it Mar Pacifico in Portuguese, meaning "peaceful sea".
View from Wayfarers chapel. Palos Verdes. California.
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.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_life_in_me...:
Life in Mei Foo-Now and Then by Ng Yuen Wa
The sixteen panels will be divided into two main parts according to their themes, one part is about the past of Mei Foo and the other illustrates the life of the Mei Foo residents at the present moment. These two main parts can be subdivided into four groups, each group consisting of four panels:
The first group, On the Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival , depicts how the Mei Foo residents used to share their love and joy at the podium under the full moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival.;
The second group, centred on the theme of Memory of the Seashore, brings the viewers back to a time when there was a wonderful seashore at the Mei Foo Sun Chuen. With a touch of nostalgia, this group of works highlights the sublime seascape and the serene atmosphere of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
The Mei Foo residents depicted in the third group, Apartment in the Starry Metropolitan, enjoy the glittering night scene of this prosperous metropolitan – Hong Kong – through gazing out of their apartment windows, while they are resting in their apartments after a day of work.
In Mei Foo, a piece of land has been reclaimed from the sea and a park with different kinds of recreational facilities is built on the reclamation area. The fourth group of work, entitled A Delightful Weekend, focuses on the recreational activities of the Mei Foo residents taking place in the park.
Kalanchoe daigremontiana now renamed as Bryophyllum daigremontianum (Crassulaceae). The genera Kalanchoe has recently been subdivided in two sub-generas: Kalanchoe (erected flowers) and Bryophyllum (hanging flowers). This species is originating from the Madagascar island and can easily grow indoor. As one of its particular traits, this plant holds numerous small plants (propagules) on leaves' edges that fall down on soil insuring a vegetative reproduction.
Hout Bay is a seaside and harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of Cape Town. The name "Hout Bay" can refer to the town, the bay on which it is situated, or the entire valley.
The area was originally made up of two farms, which were slowly subdivided to make way for urban expansion. While still maintaining its rural atmosphere, the area of Hout Bay has more than 5,960 residences inhabited by a population of at least 17,900 people (as of 2011).
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 closed store. One of xx photos of this site.
I subdivide each piles into smaller groups. This process is fun because I see unexpected new connection between cards. "Connector Card" describes the contents of group. Put Connector Card on top of a group, and bundle with rubber band.
コネクターカードは、カードとカードをつなぐカード。
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 Supermarket Sign. One of xx photos of this site.
MOUNT Gambier’s abandoned and vandalised old hospital site.
I was passing with a coworker and took a few snaps. The Hospital has just sold and the new owner is cleaning up.
The scap metal merchants invited us in for a closer look. We got rock star access to the entire site.
The 4.9ha property has been closed to the general public for about 13 years.
The ugly and derelict old Mount Gambier Hospital occupies a prime location with views in both directions
The empty shell of the hospital and the surrounding land was originally on-sold to Sky Towers Mount Gambier P/L . They've done little to the site in recent
years, despite calls for the building to be demolished or redeveloped. Now it has a new owner.
The plan originally included demolition of part of the old hospital, and turning the remains of the building into luxury apartments. In a controversial move,
they also hoped to build a six storey retirement village on the site and subdivide some of the land for a future housing blocks.
The old hospital had been private property since 1998
It is a magnet for vandalism, drug making, squatters and potential death. The Lake Terrace address was opened around 1969/1970 and closed about 1997.
Walking about the grounds, you find doors that open onto overgrowth, the paths are gone and literally you can't use the door.
We found Steam-driven sterilizer's (Smith and Co Steam driven sterilizer - made in Bromptom) - h.l. smith & co pty ltd
We also found Johns Perry Lifts. (This was a company that started out as Johns & Waygood, became Johns Perry, was purchased by Boral and then sold to Otis
who shut it down to remove their major local competitor).
We also saw the remains of lift shafts, piping, dumb waiters and much more.
The building is still solid (Although the gaping holes to the floors many meters below are unsafe) and there has been calls for ghost tours.
One can only imagine the births, deaths, pain and joy the walls has seen.
On the lower ground floor you can still walk the maintenance tunnels following the huge pipes that feed the building.
You can climb to the very top of the structure and overlook Mt Gambier.
The floor stairwells are heavily graffitied. You can walk the doctors car pack, the ambulance bay and even look at the big furnace.
There might not be much to look at soon.
Whilst we had "Rock star" access, we had permission to be onsite that we could not abuse. I can't recommend you jump the fence for a look. The site is very
dangerous and we did this on our own back without insurance.
Canon EOS 5D, 24-70 L series, AEB, HDR
2011
IMG_9963_4_5
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: Mobile Language Team & Aboriginal Housing Office.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_life_in_me...:
Life in Mei Foo-Now and Then by Ng Yuen Wa
The sixteen panels will be divided into two main parts according to their themes, one part is about the past of Mei Foo and the other illustrates the life of the Mei Foo residents at the present moment. These two main parts can be subdivided into four groups, each group consisting of four panels:
The first group, On the Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival , depicts how the Mei Foo residents used to share their love and joy at the podium under the full moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival.;
The second group, centred on the theme of Memory of the Seashore, brings the viewers back to a time when there was a wonderful seashore at the Mei Foo Sun Chuen. With a touch of nostalgia, this group of works highlights the sublime seascape and the serene atmosphere of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
The Mei Foo residents depicted in the third group, Apartment in the Starry Metropolitan, enjoy the glittering night scene of this prosperous metropolitan – Hong Kong – through gazing out of their apartment windows, while they are resting in their apartments after a day of work.
In Mei Foo, a piece of land has been reclaimed from the sea and a park with different kinds of recreational facilities is built on the reclamation area. The fourth group of work, entitled A Delightful Weekend, focuses on the recreational activities of the Mei Foo residents taking place in the park.
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 closed store. One of xx photos of this site.
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.
Former Zodys Department Store that closed in 1980's and subdivided. This site was taken over by Albertsons and operated under the name of Grocery Warehouse and later Max Foods. Albertsons had originally operated a store in this same shopping center until it moved next door into the Zodys building. The former Albertsons is now a Office Depot. In 1999, Albertsons took over Lucky Supermarkets, which had a store across the street. The Lucky became an Albertsons and operated until November 21,2007. These photos were taken on November 14,2007 at around 6 am, about two hours prior to the grand opening of the new store. One of xx photos of this center.
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names.
Two things contribute to the moon being visible in daylight. First, it is bright enough that its light penetrates the scattered blue light of the sky. If you're looking at exactly the right spot with a telescope, you can also see the planets Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter in daylight, plus a few of the brightest stars (though few casual observers can actually pull this off). Secondly, the moon must be high enough in the sky to be visible. Because of the Earth's rotation, the moon is above the horizon roughly 12 hours out of every 24. Since those 12 hours almost never coincide with the roughly 12 hours of daylight in every 24 hours, the possible window for observing the moon in daylight averages about 6 hours a day. The moon is visible in daylight nearly every day, the exceptions being close to new moon, when the moon is too close to the sun to be visible, and close to full moon when it is only visible at night. The best times in the month to see the moon in daylight are close to first and last quarter, when the moon is 90 degrees away from the sun in the sky. R_5217
Both rivers subdivide many times and this is the confluence of just two of those arms, the River Avon on the left and the Nadder on the right (I think that's correct - it's very confusing!)
Both rivers are classic chalk streams, the water as clear as mineral water.
Viewed from the tip of the Queen Elizabeth Gardens; the wide rural Harnham water meadows out of shot on the right. The riverbank behind the swan is the back of the large gardens of the grand buildings around the Cathedral Close.
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_life_in_me...:
Life in Mei Foo-Now and Then by Ng Yuen Wa
The sixteen panels will be divided into two main parts according to their themes, one part is about the past of Mei Foo and the other illustrates the life of the Mei Foo residents at the present moment. These two main parts can be subdivided into four groups, each group consisting of four panels:
The first group, On the Night of the Mid-Autumn Festival , depicts how the Mei Foo residents used to share their love and joy at the podium under the full moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival.;
The second group, centred on the theme of Memory of the Seashore, brings the viewers back to a time when there was a wonderful seashore at the Mei Foo Sun Chuen. With a touch of nostalgia, this group of works highlights the sublime seascape and the serene atmosphere of the Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
The Mei Foo residents depicted in the third group, Apartment in the Starry Metropolitan, enjoy the glittering night scene of this prosperous metropolitan – Hong Kong – through gazing out of their apartment windows, while they are resting in their apartments after a day of work.
In Mei Foo, a piece of land has been reclaimed from the sea and a park with different kinds of recreational facilities is built on the reclamation area. The fourth group of work, entitled A Delightful Weekend, focuses on the recreational activities of the Mei Foo residents taking place in the park.
Excerpt from historicalhamilton.com:
Built in 1890, Malloch House (301 Bay Street South) occupies a prominent spot on the southeast corner of Bay St. South and Markland. Originally, the front door was on Bay Street, but later was bricked in and moved to Markland. Its design is a mix of Victorian and Queen Anne. Mr. Malloch's brother-in-law built his home next door to the south.
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.
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 scheduled to close on October 11, 2007. One of xx photos of this site. One of xx photos of this site.
In geology and geomorphology, a tessellated pavement is a relatively flat rock surface that is subdivided into more or less regular rectangles, blocks approaching rectangles, or irregular or regular polygons by fractures, frequently systematic joints, within the rock.
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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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.
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 closed store. One of xx photos of this site.
Sefton Park, Liverpool, England
featuring "Beresford House", former mansion of the Steel family, a Liverpool based ship owning dynasty. Now subdivided into separate apartments. Pictured in the autumn of 2016.
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General Store, Nimbin.
Its traditional owners the Bundjalung people know the area as the ‘Rainbow Region’ and it represents to them great cultural significance.
To the rest of us who know the area know it as being the location of the 1973 Aquarius Festival which was held in the old dairy farming village of Nimbin.
According to the first nations people the Whiyabul (Widgibal) the name Nimbin comes their Dreamtime and tells of the Nimbinjee spirit who protected the people in the area.
In the 1840’s red cedar loggers moved into the area and had most of the land cleared by the turn of the century.
With the land cleared of forests Nimbin was subdivided in 1903 when the land was utilised for banana growing and dairy farming.
When the dairy industry collapsed in the 1960’s as a result of financial recession the village slid into deep financial difficulties.
In what would prove to be Australia’s first attempt at Traditional Owners reconciliation by seeking permission to use the land.
It was the beginning of the Aquarius Festival which was intended to be the Australian equivalent of Woodstock.
In the wake of the festival many people decided to call Nimbin home and went on to establish communes.
Nimbin is a colourful village that promotes the legalisation of cannabis and as a result it plays host the MardiGrass festival which had its beginning in 1993.
The village population swells and bursts at the seams as thousands of people converge to participate in the festival which is held in May.
Nimbin it really is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia.
Located at 101-107 West Broad Street, on the corner of Adams and Broad, Richmond, VA, the Richardson Romanesque-style, five-story brick and brownstone structure was design by Architect Jackson Gott of Baltimore and erected between 1888 and1893.
The facade of the temple is subdivided into three tiers, with large arcades on the lower levels and smaller arcades on the upper floors. A three-bay vertical subdivision of the Broad Street (front) facade is achieved with attached colonnettes indicating column locations. The colonnettes increase in size from base to roof level, thus expanding the temple's profile and having a counter effect on perspective. This increases the visual mass of the building. A stair tower with its distinctive domed roof is located on the northwest corner (right side in photo) of the temple. The other corners have turrets with domed roofs projecting above the flat temple roof which has a parapet.
On the front façade, the first floor, which housed a department store, has stone between the store-front glass. On the third floor, the Grand Lodge Room and the Banqueting Hall have large arched windows. The second floor for public rooms and the fourth and fifth floors for Lodge meeting rooms have smaller windows with rectangular heads.
Each basic subdivision of the building is marked with string courses of stone and by various elevation treatments. Leaves and other decorations grow out of undressed stones, creating the impression of Romanesque ornament.
The temple is on both the Virginia Landmarks Register (VDHR # 127-0296) and the National Register of Historic Places (NRIS# 83003305). www.dhr.virginia.gov
HISTORY
The Three Kings Parish has been in existence since 1595, with its early history parallel to that of Gapan City.
Gapan was founded by Spanish friars and officials sometime in the middle of the sixteenth century as one of the first towns of Pampanga.
Records of the first Catholic mission to the Far East indicate that in 1595, Fathers Contreras, Tendilla, Caballo and Salazar cleared a forest which later became a pueblo, with a church, presidencia and houses made of bricks and lime which to this day constitute the age-old landmarks of the city.
At over four centuries old, the Three Kings Parish is the oldest in Nueva Ecija and one of the oldest in the Philippines.
It covered a big pueblo, reaching as far north as Cabanatuan until the latter became a separate town in 1777; the Sierra Madre mountain range in the east; San Miguel, Bulacan in the south; and Candaba, Pampanga in the west.
In time, Gapan was divided into separate pueblos until all that remained were the present towns of Peñaranda, General Tinio and San Leonardo. In fact, legend has it that the image of Gapan's other patron saint, the Divina Pastora, was found in Barrio Callos in Peñaranda.
The Three Kings Parish which once had jurisdiction over the huge Gapan area was later subdivided to better minister to the faithful. From it were carved the San Roque Parish covering the southern barangays of the city; the San Nicholas Parish covering the western areas; and in 2007, the Santa Elena Parish covering the eastern areas.
The Three Kings Parish now consists of the central barangays of San Vicente and San Lorenzo, Mangino and Pambuan.
Former Zodys Department Store that closed in 1980's and subdivided. This site was taken over by Albertsons and operated under the name of Grocery Warehouse and later Max Foods. Albertsons had originally operated a store in this same shopping center until it moved next door into the Zodys building. The former Albertsons is now a Office Depot. In 1999, Albertsons took over Lucky Supermarkets, which had a store across the street. The Lucky became an Albertsons and operated until November 21,2007. These photos were taken on November 14,2007 at around 6 am, about two hours prior to the grand opening of the new store. One of xx photos of this center.
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.