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This view from the North Tower of The Twin Lights looks over the Highlands and Sandy Hook with New York Harbor in the background.
The Great Auditorium always has been known for its excellent acoustics, and over the years has featured the band leader John Philip Sousa, and tenor Enrico Caruso as well as singers Tony Bennett, Mel Torma and Ray Charles as well as Johnny Mathis, Ronan Tynan, Linda Eder, comedian Bill Cosby, and Christian rock stars like Michael W. Smith, Nichole Nordeman, Hillsong United and Sonic Flood.
This elegant Italianate villa, called "one of the New Jersey's most impressive 19th-century seaside structures. In 1863 the Philadelphia industrialist, George Allen, built an American villa of bracket, post and beam on the island of Cape May. Designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Samuel Sloan, and constructed by Henri Phillipi. This seaside palace was used by Allen and his descendants as a country estate for the next 83 years.
In 1946, the last of Allen’s direct relatives, Ester Mercur, passed away. Her husband, Ulysses, sold the estate with all its furnishings for the pittance of $8,000. Purchased as income-producing property, the building was converted into a boarding house. Eventually, during the next half century, little maintenance was administered to the house or the grounds. By the 1980′s, the boarding-house license was revoked, and no income allowed for no upkeep.
In 1994 the house was purchased by Bray/Wildes, also of Philadelphia and restored to it's former glory. Today the house is a bed and breakfast and is known as The Southern Mansion.
Located in Newark, NJ this beautiful Gothic Cathedral is the fifth Largest Cathedral in the United States.
I made my way to Boulder after a fresh snowfall early Saturday morning to capture this winter wonderland. January 12, 2019 - Contact - anthony@anthonyquintano.com for use
This has to be the loneliest border station we have ever seen. It is located on the tundra on the Alaska/Yukon Territory border along the Top Of the World Highway between Chicken, Alaska and Dawson City in the Yukon. The Canadian border guard was very happy to have company and spent quite a bit of time talking over our summer activities in Alaska. The Fall season travel along this roadway was well worth the effort.
Jersey City's long-time daily newspaper. Like times square, Journal Square takes its name from a newspaper. 26 Journal Square in a 15 story building that was built in 1928. The old Plaza Hotel is also in the picture.
Designed by Herbert Ryman and opened since 1971, Cinderella's Castle is the most recognizable feature of Magic Kingdom. Ryman took inspiration from European castles, most notably Mad King Ludwig's Castle in Bavaria (18th Century), Alcázar of Segovia (12th Century), and the castle featured in Disney's Cinderella (1950). It took 18 months to complete and is 100 feet taller than Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Disneyland. On the second floor, you will find Cinderella's Royal Table, where we took Vanessa for her birthday "Breakfast with the Princesses" breakfast.
Thomas Nast, Morristown´s celebrated political cartoonist, created the popular images of Santa Claus, the Republican Elephant, the Democratic Party Donkey, Tammany Tiger, and Uncle Sam, among others. Shortly after Nast exposed the corruption of New York City´s government under Boss Tweed with the Tammany Tiger, he moved his family to Morristown
The Polish community in Jersey City dates back to 1870. Like other New Jersey Catholics who preceded them, many Poles ferried into New York City to attend Mass. There, they found pastoral service in their own language at St. Stanislaus Church on Stanton Street. In 1884,Saint Anthony of Padua Parish in downtown Jersey City. Five hundred eager souls joined together to erect a small wood-framed church (only 40 by 90 feet in size) on the corner of Sixth and Monmouth Streets. In May of 1884, Bishop Wigger blessed the cornerstone, and on Labor Day of the same year, the structure was dedicated. The Polish community in New Jersey could finally celebrate Mass and receive the sacraments in their own Polish church, as well as pray those prayers and sing those hymns that were revered in their homeland's tradition for almost a millennium before.
Sculpted in 1993 by Blaine Gibson, unveiled in 1995, this bronzed statue shows Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse pointing down Main Street, U.S.A
In 1751 the then royal Governor of New Jersey, Jonathan Belcher, bought the Ogden residence and lived there until his death in 1757. In 1758 William Peartree Smith, a grandson of NYC mayor, close friend of NJ’s first Governor William Livingston and himself a member of NJ’s Committee of Correspondence, took ownership of the house.
Fort Sumter, named after South Carolina Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Sumter, was one of a series of east coast forts built by the United States after the War of 1812. Even though construction started in 1829, the fort was about ninety percent finished by the time Maj. Robert Anderson and his men moved in at Christmas 1860. The fort was constructed with four sides, 170 to 190 feet long that could hold three tiers of guns, and five-foot-thick brink walls. It was designed to house 135 guns and 650 men. Four months before confederate bombardment, the fort housed 15 mounted guns and 85 men. After defending the fort for 34 hours, Maj. Anderson and his men left for New York and the American flag that flew over the fort was replaced by the flag of the Palmetto Guard.
Menlo School students attend the Blue Man Group show while visiting New York City during Knight School. Photo by Lynn Andreson.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), in downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States.
Our Lady of La Vang refers to a claimed Marian apparition at a time when Catholics were persecuted and killed in Vietnam. Many people sought refuge in the rain forest of La Vang, and many became very ill. They were praying when a lady appeared, wearing the traditional Vietnamese áo dà i dress and holding a child in her arms, with two angels beside her. The people present interpreted the vision as the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus Christ. They said that Our Lady comforted them and told them to boil leaves from the trees for medicine to cure the ill. Porcelain statue of Our Lady of La Vang in a dedicated shrine at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Heiress Florence Vanderbilt, granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, renowned as the richest man in America, and her husband, financier Hamilton McKown Twombly, wanted a country estate. In 1887 they came to the quiet Morris County countryside, where over 100 other millionaires owned sprawling country retreats and built Florham.
Home 7. This is one of the fields. The White Oak Mountains are in the background. Featured as Members Choice in the Webshots Family: Home channel on March 21, 2011.
Over 70 years ago Dorothy tapped the heels of these shoes together and returned to Kansas from OZ
The ruby slippers are the shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. Because of their iconic stature, they are now among the most treasured and valuable of film memorabilia. As was customary for important props, a number of pairs were made for the film, though the exact number is unknown. Five pairs are known to have survived; one pair was stolen in 2005 and has never been recovered
This memorial has always affected me the most of all the monuments in Washington. Maybe it is because I was in service during this war. While I did not serve in Vietnam I lost friends there. I remember the first time I came here and left with tears in my eyes.
Just when I thought Savannah couldn't be anymore beautiful, I was amazed by the driveway that was lined with more than four hundred oak trees in Wormsloe, a colonial estate near downtown Savannah. This colonial estate from 1736, belonged to Noble Jones, one of the original 114 English colonists that arrived in Georgia in 1733. It is the walls of his home, constructed from 1737-1745, that is considered to be the oldest standing structures in the Savannah area. The property overlooks Jones' Narrows, which was the main waterway for ships that were traveling through the area during the 1700's. It has since clogged with silt making it impossible for travel.
Lincoln high School was the first public high school in Jersey City. The school was opened in 1913. Today it has gained a reputation as being one of the most violent schools in New Jersey. It has been the site of two shootings, one allegedly gang related, in 2002[4] and 2006 and the stabbing of a student in April 2007.
The natural beauty of Yosemite is so incredible that it inspired an entire 19th-century conservation movement, which resulted in the valley’s protection as a national park in 1890. Naturalists led by John Muir and artists like photographer Ansel Adams found inspiration for their life's work here. First-time visitors to Yosemite National Park won't want to miss any of the following heart-stopping vistas, all easily accessible from paved roads throughout the park. At the El Capitan Bridge - located along the one-way Northside Drive on your way out of Yosemite Valley. There are plenty of spots to pull over by the bridge to see views of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks.
Menlo School students and faculty participate in the People of Color Conference. Photo by Kumiko Sakamoto.
The Main Library Building in Newark has a magnificent open center court that extends upward to a stained glass window ceiling on the fourth floor.
Just when I thought Savannah couldn't be anymore beautiful, I was amazed by the driveway that was lined with more than four hundred oak trees in Wormsloe, a colonial estate near downtown Savannah. This colonial estate from 1736, belonged to Noble Jones, one of the original 114 English colonists that arrived in Georgia in 1733. It is the walls of his home, constructed from 1737-1745, that is considered to be the oldest standing structures in the Savannah area. The property overlooks Jones' Narrows, which was the main waterway for ships that were traveling through the area during the 1700's. It has since clogged with silt making it impossible for travel.
Menlo School representatives attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. Photo by Carolina Guevara.
Mount Tabor was established in 1869 as one of the first Methodist summer camp meeting in New Jersey. Eventually the tents gave way to summer cottages, and is now a neighborhood of permanent, fanciful Victorian residences and buildings. Each September there is a self-guided house tour of the area. There is also a Mount Tabor Museum
Evergreen Farm is a small private boarding and breeding facility located in Livingston, NJ. This facility specializes in the breeding of Miniature Horses.
Menlo School's award winning team at the American Mock Trial Invitational (AMTI) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Photo by Abby Horrigan.
In all my years of going down the Jersey Shore to Long Beach island I have never seen the beach in Beach Haven this crowded on a weekday.
Menlo School representatives attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. Photo by Carolina Guevara.
The school was part of the Jersey City public school system until 1963, when the City of Jersey City leased the school to New Jersey City University as a laboratory school for its Special Education program.
The Angel of the Sea was built around 1850 as a "summer cottage" for William Weightman, Sr., a Philadelphia chemist who, as managing partner of Powers & Weightman, introduced quinine to the United States as an anti-malarial drug. Built as a single structure, the house originally stood on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets where the Cape May Post Office now stands. lding was purchased by John Girton, a builder and developer, and his wife Barbara and they restored the building converting it into a B and B . After its first two successful seasons as a bed and breakfast, the Angel of the Sea was acknowledged as one of the Top Ten B & Bs in the United States by two national bed and breakfast organizations. It also won the Historic Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC for renovation to historic specifications.
The bronze statue of a soldier--mouth gagged, hands bound, and struck in the back by a bayoneted rifle--stands atop a granite base that holds Katyn soil. It commemorates the massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners by the Soviets in April and May 1940 as ordered by Joseph Stalin.
"Named after General Casmir Pulaski, the Polish hero who was mortally wounded at the Siege of Savannah 1779. Begun in 1829 and completed in 1847, the fort was constructed principally under Lt. J.F.K Mansfield. There Robert E. Lee saw his first service after his graduation from West Point.
Fort Pulaski was never garrisoned until its seizure by Georgia troops in 1861 to prevent occupation by Federal forces. On April 10, 1862, Federal batteries on Tybee Island commenced the bombardment of Fort Pulaski. After 30 hours of bombardment as a result of which the walls were breached and its guns disabled. Col H. Olmstead surrendered the Fort. The bombardment marked the first effective use of rifled cannon against a masonry fortification and constituted an epoch in military history.
Abandoned by 1885, Fort Pulaski became a national monument in 1924 and placed under the national park service in 1933."
(Georgia Historical Commission 1958)
Menlo School representatives attend the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. Photo by Carolina Guevara.
The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), founded in 1863, is a museum, library, and educational center preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's 400-year history. The society's Romanesque Revival building, located at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn Heights, was designed by George B. Post and built in 1878-81, is a National Historic Landmark and part of New York City's Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The Brooklyn Historical Society houses materials relating to the history of Brooklyn and its people, and hosts exhibitions which draw over 9,000 members a year. In addition to general programming, BHS serves over 70,000 public school students and teachers annually by providing exhibit tours, educational programs and curricula, and making its professional staff available for instruction and consultation.
The Queen Victoria was built in 1881 by Douglas Gregory, a Cape May native and Delaware River pilot, as a home for his small family. He purchased the land for his home from Charles W. Potts for $3500 from Philadelphia merchants Charles Potts and paid about $4000 for the construction of the home. The building sits on the former site of the huge Columbia Hotel, which burned down in the last great Cape May fire of 1878. Mr. Gregory sold the home in 1889 to Elizabeth Baker. In 1913 Dr. Franklin Hughes purchased the building at a Sheriff's sale for $6,750. He leased the building to the Navy for use as a war camp community service facility from 1913 until 1918, before moving his family in. In 1980, Dane & Joan Wells purchased and restored the building, opening it up as The Queen Victoria in 1981. Doug and Anna Marie purchased this grand building as part of their acquisition of The Queen Victoria on May 26, 2004.