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I missed posting this as a result of my hiccough with the Flickr account (now resolved). A friend alerted me to their presence at the northern end of the Esplanade, in/near the mangroves. There were 3 doing typical robin feeding by diving from lower tree branches to the ground. One of several Lifers for me during this visit.
The story of this mural at David Crombie Park begins in July 2013, when the original basketball court was damaged after a police cruiser jumped the curb and drove over it while on a drug bust. The court was initially fitted with plastic tiles that offered more grip, intended to reduce injuries, but were ill-equipped for the tires of a car. While the damage was repaired—the plastic tiles replaced with more conventional pavement—it also painted over the cement wall that held the basketball net, turning it into a "black monolith", as the Toronto Star described.
When I took this photo, I was working for a youth-oriented non-profit organization. The director of the organization remarked that, many years prior, a mentor advised her to provide blank walls when starting up a youth organization. The blank wall does not symbolize bleakness or meaninglessness. Nor is it meant to stay blank. It is a blank page waiting for a story. It is a blank canvas waiting for a painting. It is a prime opportunity to add colour and life to a broken world.
In April 2014, a non-profit named Jamii (Swahili for "community") brought together the local community to paint a mural over the "black monolith". 16 artists from between the ages of 8 and 16 worked on the mural, guided by two professional artists and police officers from the 51 Division. The mural emphasized the strength and diversity of the local community, tackling even the toughest of situations. It also sought to improve relations between the community and the police by giving the police an opportunity to make amends, rather than simply leaving the community to pick up the pieces on their own.
Blank walls are not evil. They are not something to be avoided. In fact, we should be building more blank walls. Not to divide or to separate, but to serve as canvases. Canvases of the community.
Sources:
Sweet, Sarah. Spotted: A Mural Celebrating Peace, Teamwork, and The Esplanade. The Torontoist. July 22, 2014.
BASKETBALL COURT MURAL 2014. Jamii Esplanade.
Hunter, Paul. Mural unveiled: Vibrant ideas — and paint — help St. Lawrence community heal. Toronto Star. July 21, 2014.
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The Dogwood trees are in bloom all around Chico, California. I was amazed at what a beautiful show we're having this year with the currently cooler temperatures. The number and vibrancy of the blooms is a sight to behold. The variance in the actual pink coloring of the individual trees kept me going on and on with the clicks of the camera on my tour about town.
Taken on my way home tonight after a wonderful meal with Shelna, Craig and Maeve. Thanks so very much folks! oxox
The view from the top of Singapore's famous riverside district of Shenton Way CBD area. Along the riverside promenade is a long row of old shophouses, which has been preserved and converted into exciting dining and entertainment establishment, aptly called the Boat Quay. Right behind it are the skyscrapers of Shenton Way area, with 3 of Singapore's tallest buildings standing tall in near proximity. Interestingly, all three are of the same height at 280m only: The OUB Centre, The UOB Plaza One, and The Republic Plaza.
© yohanes.budiyanto, 2009
Meanwhile, back in the town, Singapore is currently on the world spotlight again because the Grand Prix Season is back for the second season. The Marina Bay area is once again making headlines and major arteries where the racing will be taking place have been closed a few days earlier.
Pictured here is an overview of half of the race track through Esplanade Drive and Anderson Road; where 4 of the slowest corners on are located here, passing The Fullerton Hotel and Anderson Bridge, which is the narrowest part of the route at 8m wide only.
Congratulations to the 2009 night race winners:
01. Lewis Hamilton
02. Timo Glock
03. Fernando Alonso
04. Sebastian Vettel
05. Jenson Button
06. Rubens Barrichello
07. Heikki Kovalainen
08. Robert Kubica
09. Kazuki Nakajima
10. Kimi Raikkonen
Singapore Grand Prix
2009 Formula One
25, 26 and 27 September 2009
View of the Back Bay from The Esplanade. This is the other side of Boston from the St. Charles River or the Cambridge view. You caught some of the night shots of the skyline from the Boston Harbor side. I probably should have taken night shots from this angle, but the lights didn't seem as promising.
The Charles River is an 80 mi-long river that flows in eastern Massachusetts, USA. At the far end, of the Charles River Esplanade stands the Hatch Shell, where concerts are given in summer evenings. The basin is especially known for its Independence Day celebration.
Fun Fact: Brandeis University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are all located along the Charles River.
Sail Boats @ Marina Bay Singapore. Over the background is part of the Financial District, Hotels & The Esplanade Theatres by the Bay...
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A shot from The Esplanade Roof Garden with the Cityscape on the background. It looks as if a mini city is resting on top the roof of the Esplanade.
Shot taken during a photowalk with Toshio, a flickr member from the States.
The west facing, pie-shaped column of the Esplanade's front end, tickles the sky like Babel's tower, as the clouds above giggle and laugh out loud...
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The bandstand on The Esplanade, Bognor. Looking great. It was renovated in 2021 at a cost of £50 000.
In January 1931 the then 'superstar' Gracie Fields visited her 'native town' of Rochdale where she had been born in 1899. After an early career as a winder in a cotton mill, a job common to many Lancastrian children of the day, she came to the stage by way of local talent shows and then travelling as a member of a juvenile troupe. By the 1930s she was arguably Britain's most famous female star appearing on stage, screen and radio as a singer and actor.
The booklet was issued to record the visit and her various official activities, mostly around charitable works for which she was well known. So, the local hospitals and institutions saw her visit and, on her final day, she kicked-off the rugby league football match between Rochdale Hornets and Wakefield. The booklet contains many pages of information on Gracie's life and career and is full of adverts for local companies, etc., that were supporting the events.
There is an odd family link to this; my late father's family always told the tale of how my Pa was 'tickled under the chin' by Gracie Fields just after he was born in Birch Hill Hospital - and she did visit the Maternity Ward as part of this tour so perhaps there was some truth in it!
This image, looking east, sees the soon to be abandoned first generation electric trams outside the Town Hall - they were to be withdrawn and replaced by motor buses in 1932 having survived 'one generation' from 1902. As well as the Town Hall of 1871 the relatively new Post Office of 1922 is centre stage with the Cenotaph by Sir Edwin Lutyens, one of only seven by the architect of the nation's main war memorial on Whitehall, and that was unveiled in 1922. One early possible plan was for a memorial bridge across the River Roch that, at this point, runs under the extensive pavement seen on the left. This was instead bridged by an extension of the lengthy covering of the River that at one point earned it the 'title' of the "widest bridge in the world"!
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Not black & white. A very grey day. Viewed large the leaves show their colour & there are intricate patterns of tiny branches. Hope you'll take a look. Thanks, guys.
Living close to the CN tower in downtown Toronto, it's an urban giant to be reckoned with daily. It's hugeness never changes, can only play to see it differently through the camera lens
No crop. 10x zoom from street level on The Esplanade....................explore #207
Yarra Trams Z1 #30 on route 3 on The Esplanade at St Kilda on 3 April 2010. Tram 30 was built in 1975 and withdrawn in 2016.
Observant Australian viewers will notice the Esplanade Hotel in the background, famous for many years for hosting the Rockwiz TV show. More rock trivia to go with this shot was I was killing time before attending a Peter Green gig (he of the original Fleetwood Mac) at another venue on The Esplanade.
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Overlooking The Esplanade to Central Pier with NewQuay buildings in the background. NewQuay has been carefully planned to integrate residential, retail and commercial development with high quality dining and entertainment. As part of the community, residents can achieve well-balanced convenient and connected lifestyles, with the free tram zone at their doorstep. The amenity of NewQuay is a drawcard for city working professionals who crave city life without the crowds and traffic. All in all, NewQuay is delivering exciting new destinations in the waterfront neighbourhood.
Taking shelter from a shower.
This year is the 160th anniversary of the founding of a police force in Rochdale.
Two days of celebration have taken place in the town centre.
The celebration took place as part of Rochdale Feel Good Festival.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
C19th steam crane at Esperance Museum and its manufacturers plates/stamps. See K3II-250519-021 for wider angle shot of the complete crane
A planted mahogany tree. Around 25 metres tall and 30 metres across. An impressive sight in Darwin, Australia.
This dance is one of the most brilliant song and the dance of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 A.D.). According to the legend, Emperor Xuanzong dreamt of dancing fairies wearing rainbow skirts & feathered coats, & was inspired to compose a melody. His favourite concubine, Yang Yuhuan, then choreographed the dance.
唐代最著名的舞蹈之一。
相传玄宗帝梦游月宫仙境，目睹身着彩云般美妙服饰的仙女在漫舞轻歌，醒来谱出音律，后由爱妃杨玉环编排出这名传百世的轻歌妙舞。
Looking at The Esplanade from a different perspective. Straight off the cam using only a polarizing filter.
Best to view on BLACK
A Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops), photographed along The Esplanade in Cairns, Australia
2009, Yohanes Budiyanto
Lining up almost all of Singapore's most famous landmarks amidst the urban scene at Marina Bay on the eve of the nation's celebration of the Independence Day.
The Pittsburgh, USA, company of Heinz is known world-wide as is their logo and strapline of '57 Varities' - like many other major US companies had a major exhibition pavilion at the 1939/40 New York World's Fair. I was quite the palace of food - the exterior featured a major mural by Domenico Mortellito on the 100ft high dome and the interior was dominated by a 65 ft high column crowned by a figure of the "Goddess of Perfection" encircled by twenty two golden figures representing the twenty two lands contributing produce to the Heinz stable. This, towering over a sunken pool and overhead waterfall was by sculptor Raymond Barger. To add to the spectacle an animated Tomato Man did a singing-talking act.
Elsewhere you could try out the various "57" varieties and learn more about the company as well as the sites you could visit at Heinz Pier in Atlantic City, the Golden Gate International Exhibition exhibit and the famous Heinz Kitchens back in the home city of Pittsburgh, PA.
I gather that the '57' is a bit spurious in reality - I've seen a list but the company history as good as admits it was a bit of a marketing ploy that seems to have worked well! The brochure includes a list of the "57" and some of the packaging that is still recognisable today.