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Venice is an enchanting city that casts visitors under an intoxicating spell. It's dreamy and romantic, with an undercurrent of mystery and drama.
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces.
The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.
2004 Photo (Canon PowerShot SD880, 1/125 @ f/2.8, ISO 80)
Summer nature in the town of Konakovo near Moscow on the Volga River.
The largest and most full-flowing European river has many admirers: Nekrasov and Yevtushenko dedicated poems to it, Repin and Savrasov depicted it on their canvases, films were made about the Volga, and songs were written.
The Volga River flows from northwest to southeast, passes through 15 regions of Russia and flows into the Caspian Sea. High shores alternate with cozy sandy beaches. The forests hugging the channel give way to wide expanses of the steppe.
The length of the Volga is 3530 kilometers. Before the construction of reservoirs, it was even more - 3690 kilometers.
Even the Persians, led by King Darius, went on campaigns along the Volga against the Scythian tribes. In the treatises of the ancient Greek philosopher Herodotus, the river is called the Oar. It is believed that this is one of the first mentions of the Volga, made back in the 5th century BC.
The Volga had a lot of names. The ancient Romans called her Ra, which means "generous." Arab peoples Atelyu - "the river of all rivers." Turkic tribes - Itil, which simply means "river". Until now, this name has been preserved among some peoples. And the modern name of the great Russian river came from the Old Slavonic word "vlga", which means "moisture".
At all times, the Volga watered and fed people, was the main thoroughfare, a place of rest. But not infrequently, spring floods on the Volga brought destruction to entire villages. It was possible to tame her temper by creating a system of reservoirs with hydroelectric power stations. There are nine in total.
Venice is divided into six sestieri (singular sestiere) or neighborhoods. The Grand Canal, Venice's main thoroughfare, runs down the middle.
An accommodating weather weekend allowed a final fling in the canoe before providing it a well-deserved resting place for the winter months ahead. Always a reflective time, highlighting the passing of things until the spring brings them back anew...when I'll be older and certainly no wiser. The loons have gone, replaced by a larger than usual contingent of skittish buffleheads who arrive for a brief visit late every fall before the ice puts an end to any movement on the lake...except my occasional treks and the animals who then find it a convenient thoroughfare.
I've come to divide the year simply into the warm season and the cold season. This year provided a long, very pleasing and generous warm season. I will miss it...
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Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.
― Italo Calvino
The soulless have no need of melancholia.
― Vladimir Odoevsky
Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
― Victor Hugo
Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.
― Charles Nodier
Gran Via is a major thoroughfare in central Madrid, with many grand buildings such as Metropolis and next to it Edificio Grassy seen here. Construction started in 1910 and continued through 1927, leading to all dominant architectural styles of the early XX c. being represented.
What you see in the foreground is the traffic jam, resulting from a street closure due to some mass protest. Traffic jams are never fun, but here it does add a bit of nice color.
ZOOM view recommended
Swanston Street is a major thoroughfare in the centre of Melbourne, Australia ,This Hand-held shot was clicked during my visit to Melbourne in November 2022
The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) in Dublin is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish Post Office, and Dublin's principal post office. Sited in the centre of O'Connell Street, the city's main thoroughfare, it is one of Ireland's most famous buildings, and was the last of the great Georgian public buildings erected in the capital.
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
Massachusetts Avenue, known to locals as Mass Ave, is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips 222
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the Region of Occitanie.
Occupied since the Neolithic period, Carcassonne is located in the Aude plain between two major thoroughfares linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea and the Massif Central to the Pyrénées. Its strategic importance was quickly recognized by the Romans who occupied its hilltop until the demise of the Western Roman Empire and was later taken over in the fifth century by the Visigoths who founded the city. Also thriving as a trading post due to its location, it saw many rulers who successively built up its fortifications, until its military significance was greatly reduced by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
The city is famous for the Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853 and added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997.
that it takes me considerably longer to traverse a street in which cats occur than it does a catless thoroughfare :-)
Carl Van Vechten, The Tiger in the House, 1920
Happy Caturday!
emma, our rescue cat, 4 years old, cary, north carolina
Close view of the train tracks atop Kailasagiri hill in Vizag. The side of the track are planted with bougainvillea bushes bearing beautiful flowers in different shades of pink giving a lovely view to the people taking a train ride!
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A nighttime view of the Austin's as seen from Auditorium Shores on the south side of the Colorado River. This image focuses on buildings located on or near Congress Avenue, the major thoroughfare leading to the Texas State Capitol Building. Of particular note in this view is the Austonian (center) and the Frost Bank Tower with its distinctive crown seen here to the immediate left of the Austonian.
Austin is the capital of the State of Texas, as well as the seat of Travis County. With a population of just under one million residents, Austin is the 11th largest city in the United States. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Area, now with a population of 2.3M, is one of the fastest growing large metropolitan areas in the country having added more than 579,000 residents since 2010.
Banff is a resort town (Elevation: 1,383 m ) in the province of Alberta, located within Banff National Park. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade, part of the Rocky Mountains, dominate its skyline. On Banff Avenue, the main thoroughfare, boutiques and restaurants mix with château-style hotels and souvenir shops. The surrounding 6,500 square kilometres of parkland are home to wildlife including elk and grizzly bears.
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.
A capital city high in the Andes, Quito is dramatically situated, squeezed between mountain peaks whose greenery is concealed by the afternoon mist. Modern apartment buildings and modest concrete homes creep partway up the slopes, and busy commercial thoroughfares lined with shops and choked with traffic turn into peaceful neighborhoods on Sundays. Warm and relaxed, traditional Ecuadorian Sierra culture – overflowing market stands, shamanistic healers, fourth-generation hatmakers – mixes with a vibrant and sophisticated culinary and nightlife scene.
The city's crown jewel is its 'Old Town,' a Unesco World Heritage Site packed with colonial monuments and architectural treasures. No sterile, museum mile, its handsomely restored blocks – with 17th-century facades, picturesque plazas and magnificent art-filled churches – pulse with everyday life. Travelers, and many locals too, head to the 'gringolandia' of Mariscal Sucre, a compact area of guesthouses, travel agencies, multicultural eateries and teeming bars.
An old, unused logging road provides a busy thoroughfare for the many deer inhabiting the area. Every year, trails in the snow are to be found in exactly the same locations causing one to wonder how many generations have traveled these pathways.
I've added the SOOC in comments for those who might be interested. It's not a bad photo but one which I felt could use an extra touch, so, without too much difficulty, I found one which satisfied at least me...;-)
[Larger, of course, puts you on the trail...]
A capital city high in the Andes, Quito is dramatically situated, squeezed between mountain peaks whose greenery is concealed by the afternoon mist. Modern apartment buildings and modest concrete homes creep partway up the slopes, and busy commercial thoroughfares lined with shops and choked with traffic turn into peaceful neighborhoods on Sundays. Warm and relaxed, traditional Ecuadorian Sierra culture – overflowing market stands, shamanistic healers, fourth-generation hatmakers – mixes with a vibrant and sophisticated culinary and nightlife scene.
The city's crown jewel is its 'Old Town,' a Unesco World Heritage Site packed with colonial monuments and architectural treasures. No sterile, museum mile, its handsomely restored blocks – with 17th-century facades, picturesque plazas and magnificent art-filled churches – pulse with everyday life. Travelers, and many locals too, head to the 'gringolandia' of Mariscal Sucre, a compact area of guesthouses, travel agencies, multicultural eateries and teeming bars.
The lobstermen have hauled all their traps. All is quiet in the harbor as the evening fog rolls in.
Somewhere on this quiet island, a warm welcome and a hearty dinner awaits.
Harris Street is the main thoroughfare in the Inner West suburbs of Pyrmont and Ultimo in Sydney, Australia. It runs from the northern tip of the Pyrmont peninsula to Broadway in the central business district. Harris Street was formerly lined by industrial sites such as the Ultimo Power Station, Ultimo Tram Depot and the Government Printing Office.
Ultimo, Sydney
May, 2020
A view of downtown Austin taken from the Congress Avenue Bridge looking north to the Texas State Capitol Building. Congress Avenue is a Austin's most important thoroughfare. Not only does it cut through the heart of the downtown business district leading to the State Capitol, but it helps define Austin's street grid. East of Congress is east, and west of Congress is west.
This photograph was taken from the south end of the Congress Avenue Bridge. The bridge is known as home to the world's largest bat colony. Between 750,000 and 1.5 million migratory Mexican free-tailed bats live under the road deck during the summer months. They emerge each night at dusk flying east to feed. The spectacle is a major attraction in the city.
To see this monument live, I was surprised how gigantic it is!
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The Monument to the Revolution (Spanish: Monumento a la Revolución) is a landmark and monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution. It is located in Plaza de la República, which crosses at the heart of the major thoroughfares Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in downtown Mexico City.
The building was initially planned as the Federal Legislative Palace during the regime of Porfirio Díaz and "was intended as the unequaled monument to Porfirian glory." Considered the tallest triumphal arch in the world, it stands 67 metres (220 ft) in height.
Cesar Chavez St. is an east-west thoroughfare that runs parallel to the north shore of the Colorado River (a.k.a., Lady Bird Lake, Town Lake) in downtown Austin. This view was taken looking west from the 200 block of Cesar Chavez from Buford Tower (left), a fire drill tower constructed by the Austin Fire Department in 1930. It now is a historic landmark. Further to the west and peaking above the other buildings is Block 185, Google's new sail-shaped Austin office.
September 11, 2014 .. 10:40 pm
Some wonderful neon caught downtown . . .
Broadway is the major thoroughfare running
through the heart of downtown .. and home
to dozens of Honky-tonks that are an essential part of the downtown Nashville scene ... Lots of great neon too!
Nashville, TN Population . . 682,262
A driver commutes to work in an old car on Paseo de Marti, a main thoroughfare dividing Old Havana from Central Havana.
I recently returned from a trip to Cuba where I spent a couple of weeks seeing various parts of the country. It's an amazing place. I knew there were a lot of old cars in Cuba, but I was not prepared for how many I saw. They are everywhere!
In many ways, a trip to Cuba feels like time travel back to the 1950s. It is a beautiful country, but what most fascinated me were the people. It seemed there was another interesting face and story around every corner. I feel there could be some big changes coming to Cuba and wanted to see this version of the country before it might fade into history.
I found it extremely frustrating to get on the Internet there and it is almost non-functional to use, so I needed to wait until I returned to share images and interact here. I look forward to posting some of my images from there and catching up on many of the beautiful photos I've missed here in my absence.
As always thank you for your visits, faves, and/or comments. It is appreciated.
'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
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It's better than the "traditional" high street which has pedestrians cramped on to a narrow sidewalk and speeding traffic rushing past their ears.
Modern design's alright with me, expansive flat surfaces and straight lines get the job done, they also give people space, comfort, and respect - compare and contrast with old fashioned narrow gateways and thoroughfares herding people around like lifestock.
These are the most coloured maple leaves in my neighbourhood. I took this picture around the same time of the year as the previous one. I am amazed with how big the difference of climate between these two regions are.
Here in my new neighbourhood, broadleaf tree leaves that have good exposure to sunlight begin to turn yellow. Leaves that are in shade all day remain dull green. Conifers lined along the thoroughfare look the same throughout the year.
South America, Brasil, Sao Paolo, Downtown, Avenida Perdo Alvares Cabral (cut from T)
Let's stay in São Paulo for a while.
The Paulistano city planners didn’t fool around while addressing the issue of facilitating car traffic. The result is that Sampa is extremely car orientated and that the main thoroughfares are 2 x 5 lane freeways. Shown here is the Avenida Pedro Alvares Cabral with In the BG is Sampa's high density city centre.
Shot after leaving the Parque Ibirapuera.
This is number 167 of the São Paulo album.
The main thoroughfare of Ancient Greek City Hierapolis, Hierapolis - Pamukkale (Denizli) Turkey
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'Fountain Elms' is a fine house on Utica's Genesee Street, a major thoroughfare. Built for Helen and James Williams in 1852 by architect William Woollett it is currently a museum space for the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute. Because the Williams planned to make the house a museum space, the interiors (created in a much higher style than the house featured originally) and exterior are well preserved and feature an exceptional collection of mid-19th century furniture and artwork.
i can say for myself that it takes me considerably longer to traverse a street in which cats occur than it does a catless thoroughfare :-)
Carl Van Vechten, The Tiger in the House, 1920
Happy Caturday!
emma, our rescue cat, cary, north carolina
The Galveston Silk Stocking local historic district was created in 1975, with 25th Street, or Rosenberg, as the core thoroughfare. The neighborhood is one of the most intact residential areas in the city from the late 19th and early 20th century. It is also a National Register Historic District. The name of the district refers to the wealth of the early residents – that they could afford to buy silk stockings. Silk Stocking was originally developed in the early 1870s as a mix of single-family houses, a small corner store, large vacant blocks and industrial sites. Until the 1890s, the core of the Silk Stocking District was occupied by the Texas Cotton Press. After the Texas Press went bankrupt and was demolished, the area was subdivided and the lots sold at auction in 1898
I'm always pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the full moon, appearing over the trees across the lake and slowly but steadily moving higher and left to right across my wall of windows, fully in my range of view even while lounging on the couch. An unexpected treat always bringing a small smile. On particularly clear nights, it lights up the lake, now just about frozen over and already being utilized as a more convenient thoroughfare for some of the local denizens. I suppose some anticipate this monthly phenomenon by following calendars or charts. I believe I'll continue to be surprised...
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Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile (1.6 km) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east. The street is mostly closed to private cars, with public transport given priority. The street has virtually no buildings on the south side, allowing panoramic views of the Old Town, Edinburgh Castle, and the valley between.
I particularly love the alleyways in Chinatown. They tend to be quieter, as well as more traditional than the main thoroughfares that are littered with gift and trinket shops, whose main objective, is to attract the tourists. This section of Chinatown is comprised of businesses that cater to the locals. The out-of-owners tend not to stray here. To me, this is the heart of Chinatown.
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Ulica Długa (Long Street) in Gdańsk is a famous historic pedestrian zone, part of the Royal Route connecting the Golden Gate and Długi Targ. It features colorful merchant houses, the Main Town Hall, and lively cafes.
It evolved from a 13th-century medieval trade route into the exclusive core of Gdańsk's Royal Route. For centuries, it served as the political, economic, and ceremonial heart of the city.
In the 13th Century the street began as a basic merchant road leading to an oval marketplace. Following the 1308 Teutonic takeover of Gdańsk, the thoroughfare was designated as the city's main artery.
Its Latin name (Longa Platea) was first documented in 1331. The German name Langgasse followed, and the Polish Ulica Długa was introduced in 1552.
The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W M Gilbert's Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century (1901), "...with its Castle and Palace and the royal mile between", and was further popularised as the title of a guidebook, published in 1920.
From the Castle gates to the Palace gates the street is almost exactly a mile (1.6 km) long and runs downhill between two significant locations in the royal history of Scotland, namely Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace, hence its name. The streets which make up the Royal Mile are (west to east) Castlehill, the Lawnmarket, the High Street, the Canongate and Abbey Strand. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only by Princes Street in the New Town. Wikipedia
St Mary-le-Bow is an historic church rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 by Sir Christopher Wren in the City of London on the main east–west thoroughfare, Cheapside.
Archaeological evidence indicates that a church existed on this site in Saxon times. A medieval version of the church had been destroyed by the London Tornado of 1091, one of the earliest recorded (and one of the most violent) tornadoes in Britain, although the newly completed arched crypt survived. During the later Norman period the church, known as “St Mary de Arcubus”,was rebuilt and was famed for the arches (“bows”) of stone. At that period the 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m) high vaulted crypt—although only accessible from within the church—had windows and buttresses visible from the street. However, the anecdotalist and historian John Stow wrongly attributes the name to 1515–16, when a crown steeple made of Caen stone in the form of arches supporting a lantern, was completed. This erroneous explanation for the source of the name gained some traction in the centuries to follow, including an endorsement by Palace of Westminster architect Augustus Pugin.
From at least the 13th century, the church was a peculier of the Diocese of Canterbury and the seat of the Anglican ecclesiastical court, the Court of Arches, to which it gave the name. The “bow bells”, which could be heard as far away as Hackney Marshes, were once used to order a curfew in the City of London. This building burned in the Great Fire of London of 1666 (whereupon the Court of Arches transferred sittings to the nearby Doctors' Commons)