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Unity Temple, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Oak Park, Illinois.
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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania National Guard held its fouth annual Unity Day Celebration Sept. 15, 2011 on the installation, in recognition of the cultural diversity throughout the Pennsylvania National Guard and state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Food, music, displays and clothing from a variety of cultures and ethnicities were featured. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Tom Cherry/Released)
1905-08, Frank Lloyd Wright
In 1905, after the original Unity Church burned down, the Universalist congregation of Oak Park, Illinois turned to architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design them a new structure. The result was Unity Temple. Wright was not only living in Oak Park, but was a Unitarian - which faith then had many beliefs in common with Universalism. The congregation needed a space of worship, as well as a community room. There were several immediate problems that the architect had to work with in order to satisfy the client. The budget for the Universalist congregation was rather small for its needs: $40,000 US dollars; and the proposed building site was long, but not very wide. Additionally, the building site stood on a busy street. And finally, the architect was expected to design not only the structure, but furniture and stained glass for the building. Charles E. Roberts, an engineer, inventor and an important early client of Frank Lloyd Wright, served on the church's building committee and was a key figure in seeing that Wright's vision for the church became a reality. For Roberts, Wright also remodeled Roberts' home and the Charles E. Roberts Stable.
To accommodate the needs of the congregation, Wright divided the community space from the temple space through a low, middle loggia that could be approached from either side. This was an efficient use of space and kept down on noise between the two main gathering areas: those coming for religious services would be separated via the loggia from those coming for community events. This design was one of Wright's first uses of a bipartite design: with two portions of the building similar in composition and separated by a lower passageway, and one section being larger than the other. The Guggenheim Museum in New York City is another bipartite design.
To reduce noise from the street, Wright eliminated street level windows in the temple. Instead, natural light comes from stained glass windows in the roof and clerestories along the upper walls. Because the members of the parish would not be able to look outside, Unity Temple's stained glass was designed with green, yellow, and brown tones in order to evoke the colors of nature. The main floor of the temple is accessed via a lower floor (which has seating space), and the room also has two balconies for the seating of the congregation. These varying seating levels allowed the architect to design a building to fit the size of the congregation, but efficiently: no one person in the congregation is more than 40 feet from the pulpit. Wright also designed the building with very good acoustics.
The design of Unity Temple represents a leap forward in design for Wright. In recounting his experiences with Unity Temple, he stated that this design was the first time he ever realized that the real heart of a building is its space, not its walls. Indeed, architectural historians have commented on Wright's genius in creating and manipulating space in his designs; in his book The Master Builders, Peter Blake entitled the section on Wright "The Mastery of Space."
In addition to being very accomplished with making the most out of the space he had, Wright also found the concept of "Unity" was very prominent mainly because of how he managed to fuse together space, experience and the material world. This was key to Unity Temple which has both a common meeting area and the congregation of church-goers. The sanctuary space gives the best example of this according to practicing architect Robert McCarter.
The building was completed in 1908 and officially dedicated on September 26, 1909. The original Universalist (now Unitarian Universalist) congregation still owns and uses Unity Temple, although a separate and secular organization, the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, is in charge of the building's multi-million dollar restoration effort. Chicago restoration architect Gunny Harboe is in charge of the restoration with CTLGroup providing the engineering and materials technology expertise. In April 2009, Unity Temple, due to water seepage, was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 most endangered historic places.
This is one in a set of HDR photos taken along the self-guided walking tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's neighborhood in Oak Park, Illinois. The set includes many of his designs and a few other examples of homes designed in the same period.
Its a convent (Aasramam) at Ooty. It well depicts the unity in India's diversity. You can see a Christian chapel, a Mosque and a Hanuman temple at the same campus, next to next.
I tried out various angles but couldnt include all the three in the same frame. This one is the best I got.
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa
Waheguru ji ki Fateh
Guru-pyarey Khalsa ji
The time has come to show that we all are united in bringing the required positive change in the "Panth Leadership".
Lets come together for this noble cause and strengthen our unity, and show our love and respect for "SHRI AKAL TAKHAT SAHIB JI".
We need the Panth and the Panth needs us. Please grace the occasion with your presence in the form of sat-sangat, or pray for the success of this endeavour if in case you cannot physically attend it.
P.s : please forward this call to your near and dear ones and if possible include this message in your photostream. It will be "THE TRUE SEWA".
(khalsa ji confirm reading of this call by replying with a Fateh)
9 March 2017. Ngop: Women carry a sack of white maize back home after a food distribution in Ngop, Unity state, South Sudan.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) distributed food (maize, lentils, oil and corn soya blend) for more than 7,100 people in Ngop. While Leer and Mayendit, both also in Unity state, have been recently declared in famine, Ngop is also in high risk. The food distribution is part of a Rapid Response Mission coordinated and funded by the World Food Programme (WFP) to mitigate this risk.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - NRC - www.albertgonzalez.net
The Unity Now anti-racism event in Ravenscourt Park a few weeks ago. It came after a vile racist attack on the area's beloved POSK centre, (where my school held our school plays), in the days following the EU referendum.
Unity Temple
1960-61
Leonard Spangenberg
3722 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA
29.927, -90.0949
photo: Stephanie Day
Nick Grimshaw and Reggie Yates to host star studded concert
ELLIE GOULDING JOINS LINE UP WHICH ALREADY INCLUDES
EMELI SANDE, RIZZLE KICKS, LABRINTH, PLAN B, JAMIE CULLUM, JESSIE J, TINIE TEMPAH, RUDIMENTAL, ED SHEERAN, RITA ORA & BEVERLEY KNIGHT
JAHMENE DOUGLAS AND LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR WILL ALSO PERFORM
In aid of The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
"I would like Stephen to be remembered as a young man who had a future. He was well loved, and had he been given the chance to survive maybe he would have been the one to bridge the gap between black and white because he didn't distinguish between black or white. He saw people as people” Doreen Lawrence
In just two weeks time Ellie Goulding will take to the stage alongside some of the biggest names in British music for ‘Unity – A Concert for Stephen Lawrence’. Also performing at the concert will be Jahmene Douglas and the London Community Gospel Choir.
Ellie said: "I am thrilled to be joining the line up alongside amazing artists for such a worthwhile event - to be able to use music for a good cause is a dream for me so I hope that everyone who comes has a fantastic night and that the message will help to make positive and meaningful changes to peoples' lives. This is about all of us uniting for social empowerment."
The concert aims to unite communities and bring people of all backgrounds together through the common language of music. It marks the 20th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s murder. Through the work of Stephen’s mother, Doreen Lawrence and The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, Britain is changing but there is still much more to be done. The SL20 campaign, set up by the Trust to mark this important anniversary, aims to highlight Stephen’s legacy and the vital work undertaken by the charity in his name. This concert will play a pivotal role in the SL20 initiative.
Check out the Spotify playlist featuring songs from artists performing at the concert.
#SL20
My latest
Unity chalice:
Earth...clay
Wood...aspen collar
Metal...brass corners and feet
Water...water in glass container in bowl
Fire...lit tea light floating in water
Pyramid base gives it pyramid power and each face represents a season and a direction
Base of pyramid is square, corners and faces are triangles, bowl is round bringing in the cosmic shapes of Triangle Circle and Square.
Base of pyramid is green which represents abundance
Aspen collar adds a colorado home feeling
Tradtional Japanese Raku fired with Western raku twist. .... East meet West and old meets new
Kintsukuroi ....the crack which happened during firing is highlighted with gold as opposed to trying to hide its flaws
Body of pyramid is hollow with a false bottom to store away prayers, wishes, poems, ashes, bones
And other such relics.
Unity
Wendy Taylor C.B.E.
The rings represent a symbol of collective strength and solidarity, which links UNISON with the work of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and all pioneering women everywhere.
Commissioned by UNISON in 2010.
(Sculpture by Wendy Taylor CBE outside the Unison building in Euston Road.)
Luminar Leisure Ltd was granted a licence to open the 'Oceana' nightclub in 2006, which involved converting Unity House into the venue.
There were concerns, however, from the police that it might increase crime, anti-social behaviour and noise in the city centre.
In April 2008, the plans for this 2,000-capacity superclub in Wakefield have failed in the High Court.
Unity House was formerly the headquarters of the 'Wakefield Industrial Co-Operative Society'. Some twenty years after this building was built co-op became a household name!
Families of fallen Trooper Theodore Moos #2706, Trooper Albert Mallen #2753, and Trooper Marvin McCloud #4718 were honored at Hamilton Township Police Department by Troop “A” command staff and the New Jersey Unity Tour South Team as they began their ride to Washington D.C. for police week in Harrison, N.J. on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (New Jersey State Police / Trooper l Charles Marchan)
The Maryland Military Department celebrated Unity Day, an event designed to enhance cross-cultural awareness and promote harmony, May 22, 2014, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Unity Day included displays, artifacts, games/activities, food samples from the different groups as well as live music and dancing. This year's theme was celebrating women. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Scott, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)
Men standing in front of the Unity Pool Room, located at 795 Main Street (between the C.P. Railway and Jarvis). This building also housed the Railway Porter's union (a primarily black occupation) for many years.
Many men in Winnipeg's small black population were employed as porters, and many in the early and mid-20th century lived along Sutherland and Higgins Avenue, close to the C.P. station. This small neighborhood within a neighborhood was invariably known as "the Black Belt" or "the Loop," and anchored by the Porter's Union and businesses at 795 Main, and Pilgrim Baptist Church on Maple and Macdonald Avenue, which still exists as a thriving, largely black congregation at this location.
Photo is from the book "Musical Ghosts" by Owen Clark.
Taken for the KLickr Weekly Challenge # 39: Love & Unity
www.flickr.com/groups/kl-meetup/discuss/72157606013515814/
Camera: Olympus E-3
Lens: ZD 12-60mm SWD
Location: LRT Masjid Jamek, Kuala Lumpur.
Date: Mon, 14th Jul 2008.
After a most interesting & satisfying day of meeting & photographing people it was dinner time with my beloved bride-to-be who always puts a smile in my face (whether she realizes it or not). What a way to end a days shoot ... :-D