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Dordrecht is a really old city that grew wealthy on its position at a river confluence with important commercial, military and private boat building. It held significant regional and international importance, hosting the 'Synod of Dordrecht' and other important religious meetings.
Thankfully, it escaped much of the widespread destruction of the second world war. Consequently, it is brimming with interesting old architecture and displays an old-time sense of wealth that belies the peaceful and laid back character of its modern-day economic relaxation. The locals are educated and generally proud of their city, which is the sort of place to wander around and explore leisurely, rather than rushing in and out.
The Groothoofdspoort on this photo is a former city gate in Dordrecht that is located at the point where three rivers meet; the Merwede, the Oude Maas, and the Noord.
The building was designed in the 14th century and was originally built with gothic details. The facades were built in 1618 and the tower was added in 1692. The relief above the doorway facing the river was designed by Gillis Huppe in 1618 and shows the Dordrecht maiden sitting in the "Garden of Holland", holding a palm branch in her left hand and the city shield in her right hand, based on an earlier design by the Dordrecht painter Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp. She is surrounded by 16 city shields of cities who rebelled during the eighty years war. From top right, these city shields are the cities of Monnickendam (monk), Enkhuizen (3 fish), Asperen, Heusden, Schiedam, Vlaardingen, Geertruidenberg, Schoonhoven, Hoorn, Weesp, Leerdam, Naarden, Muiden, Medemblik, and Grootebroek. Under the shields, a Latin inscription states "Unity and peace are the best defence for a city; May my God Jehovah protect me". On the other side of the tower is a relief with the shield of Dordrecht held by two griffins.
The roof was replaced by a tower in 1692 and contains a bell by H.Meurs.
The current occupant "Bellevue Groothoofd hotel culinair", a hotel restaurant in the "Groothoofd" block of buildings including the gate, and where Dordrecht residents can arrange to be wed in the old gate building, claims that the "Hotel Belle Vue" building next to the gate was first mentioned in city documents in 1817
Isn't it tragic how easy it is to lose sight of the value of something important when it's always there?
The National Trust’s Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire is a large stately home built by the wealthy chancery lawyer Thomas Vernon in the early 18th century.
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The 1886 Potter Building.The building was named after wealthy landowner Orlando Bronson Potter (and you thought it was Harry Potter).Check out the second link below for a photo of Mr Potter's other building on Astor Place which I also shot. At around 10pm on January 31,1882 two men from a newspaper company called The Observer were working in the Potter building.The building mainly had offices for newspaper companies and printing firms.While they were working,somewhere in there a fire broke out which was caused by flammable liquids.The two men,one an editor for the company and the other his son,managed to escape by using the stairs and exiting the building.Another man,the architect of the building who also had an office there,climbed out a window and inched past The Observer signboard on the fourth floor to an adjacent building and escaped.Two others,dropped from the signboard and were caught by firefighters below.When the fire was finally put out,12 people were found dead and there was $400,000 in damages.This prompted the millionaire Mr Potter to make an announcement two weeks later that he would rebuild and make NYC's "tallest building"and it would be "absolutely fireproof inside as well as outside",he said.The Potter Building would be the first steeled-framed building to be fireproofed with terra cotta daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/05/1886-potter-buildi...</a flic.kr/p/BFGz7c
Oolde is een rijksbeschermde historische buitenplaats in de gelijknamige buurtschap Oolde bij Laren, gemeente Lochem, in de Nederlandse provincie Gelderland. Oolde is erkend als havezate.
Het eerste huis werd rond 1545 gebouwd door Derck van Oolde. Omdat er reeds een middeleeuws huis Oolde bestond, kreeg zijn nieuwe kasteel aanvankelijk de naam Nijenhuis. In 1653 werd Goossens van Keppel met Nijenhuis beleend en hij liet het in 1663 herbouwen.
In 1745 erfde Bastiaan van Keppel het Nijenhuis, dat inmiddels Oolde was gaan heten. Het middeleeuwse Oolde werd voortaan aangeduid als Oud Oolde. Beide huizen waren een havezate.
In 1771 gaf Bastiaan het huis Oolde cadeau aan zijn neef Derk Jan van Keppel, die gehuwd was met de vermogende Charlotte Clara Elisabeth van Heeckeren van Overlaer. Zij lieten het huis Oolde moderniseren.[1]
In 1820 kwam Oolde in bezit van de familie Van Heeckeren nadat jhr. Derk Jan Carel Sebastiaan van Keppel tot Old-oolde in 1819 was overleden. In 1839 erfde Adolf Frederik Lodewijk graaf van Rechteren Limpurg, heer van Almelo, het huis. Hij kocht tien jaar later tevens Oud Oolde aan en verenigde zo beide goederen.
Zijn dochter Maria Catharina Frederica erfde in 1851 de bezittingen van haar vader. Samen met echtgenoot Wilbert graaf van Wassenaer Starrenburg gaf zij Hendrik Copijn opdracht het landschapspark te ontwerpen.
In 1900 werd een groot deel van de bezittingen, waaronder Oud Oolde, geveild. Zes jaar later overleed Maria.
In 1958 kocht Cornelia Charlotte Bieruma Oosting het huis Oolde aan.
Het hoofdgebouw is voorzien van de jaartalankers 1663. De ingangspartij van Bentheimer zandsteen is rond 1771 toegevoegd. Het gebouw kent een souterrain en twee bouwlagen, en wordt afgedekt met een schilddak. Aan de voorgevel zijn de wapens van de geslachten Van Keppel en Heeckeren bevestigd. Voor de linker zijgevel is een bordesterras gebouwd met een ingemetselde wapensteen voorzien van de wapens van de geslachten Van Keppel, Van Ittersum, Van Coeverden en Sloet.[2]
Het landgoed is opengesteld voor het publiek, het huis en haar directe omgeving niet.
Oolde (havezate) te Laren, Gelderland
Oolde is a state-protected historic country estate in the hamlet of the same name, Oolde near Laren, in the municipality of Lochem, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. Oolde is recognized as a manor house.
The first house was built around 1545 by Derck van Oolde. Because a medieval house Oolde already existed, his new castle was initially named Nijenhuis. In 1653, Goossens van Keppel borrowed Nijenhuis and had it rebuilt in 1663.
In 1745, Bastiaan van Keppel inherited the Nijenhuis, which had meanwhile been called Oolde. Medieval Oolde was henceforth referred to as Oud Oolde. Both houses were manor houses.
In 1771, Bastiaan gave the Oolde house as a gift to his cousin Derk Jan van Keppel, who was married to the wealthy Charlotte Clara Elisabeth van Heeckeren van Overlaer. They had the house Oolde modernized.[1]
In 1820, Oolde came into the possession of the Van Heeckeren family after Mr. Derk Jan Carel Sebastiaan van Keppel tot Old-oolde had died in 1819. In 1839, Adolf Frederik Lodewijk, Count of Rechteren Limpurg, lord of Almelo, inherited the house. Ten years later he also bought Oud Oolde and thus united both properties.
His daughter Maria Catharina Frederica inherited her father's possessions in 1851. Together with her husband Wilbert Count van Wassenaer Starrenburg, she commissioned Hendrik Copijn to design the landscape park.
In 1900, a large part of the possessions, including Oud Oolde, was auctioned. Maria passed away six years later.
In 1958 Cornelia Charlotte Bieruma Oosting bought the house Oolde.
The main building is equipped with the year anchors 1663. The entrance party of Bentheimer sandstone was added around 1771. The building has a basement and two floors, and is covered with a hipped roof. The coats of arms of the Van Keppel and Heeckeren families are attached to the facade. A terrace terrace has been built in front of the left side wall with a built-in coat of arms bearing the coats of arms of the Van Keppel, Van Ittersum, Van Coeverden and Sloet families.[2]
The estate is open to the public, the house and its immediate surroundings are not.
Dordwijk was built around 1635 as a country estate for wealthy city dwellers who wanted to get away from their noisy urban surroundings for a while. In the 19th century the garden architect Zocher Jr. redesigned the park along the lines of the English landscape style. In the Victorian Kitchen Garden old fruit and vegetable varieties and herbs are grown according to traditional methods. The estate was for some time a protected nature reserve, inaccessible to the public, but groups may now tour the park with a guide.
15th century St Peter and St Paul church in a small Cotswolds town, financed by wealthy wool merchants, Northleach, England. Hasselblad X2D.
In 1822 a group of wealthy Edinburgh figures started fundraising for a monument to commemorate Scots who had died in the Napoleonic Wars. Their plan was copy the ancient temple precisely, with each stone being exactly the same dimensions as the original in Athens.
The lintels on top of the columns are the largest pieces of stone ever quarried in Scotland. They needed 12 horses and 70 men to carry them to the top of the hill.
Only half of the money needed was collected, and when worked stopped in 1829 only the twelve columns you see today were finished, which to some critics was a ‘national disgrace’.
Adolph Sutro, a wealthy San Francisco resident and former mayor of the city, once owned most of the land in the western half of San Francisco.
One of his grandest projects was the construction of an amazing glass-roofed structure containing seven salt water swimming pools, fed by the powerful tides at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Here you see the ruins of the baths, along with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks. He also built a railway to bring people to the baths -- the old railroad bed is now the Lands End Trail.
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He was a quiet, wealthy man who was proper and fit.
The locals found him to be both a mysterious generous business man.The small motel he ran as not perfect but kept the tiny little town at bay. He had one dark secret and one friend to share it with, the property manager. The property manager kept the motel nice and clean, and the owner would make lavish meals...
Care to join him?
Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
Maligne Lake is the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies and is nestled in a ring of snow-and-ice-capped mountains.
The lake is famed for the colour of its water, the surrounding peaks, the three glaciers visible from the lake and Spirit Island, a frequently photographed islet.
Maligne Lake was originally known as "Chaba Imne" or Beaver Lake by the native tribes who lived near Jasper. In 1907 Mary Schaeffer, a wealthy Quaker from Philadelphia, learned of the mysterious lake. Following a map obtained from Samson Beaver, a Stoney tribesman, Mary found the lake and later wrote about her adventures, making the area a popular tourist attraction in years to follow.
Unfortunately it was raining cats and dogs when we arrived there in the morning.. Later that day I went back and could catch a glimpse of light between the showers.
Centreville is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware. It is the location of Du Pont family estates, as well as several other wealthy business families from nearby Wilmington. Print size 8x10 inches. HTT.
Johann Peter Clemens son of a wealthy Koblenz merchant was to put his stamp on this Schloss with help of Cologne architect Vincenz Statz they transformed the old castle into a then modern Neo-Gothic Schloss. lain, as well as chemical and mechanical engineering factories.
Assumptions may be made that his daughter marrying into the Liebieg family may have something to do with this great Mosel property as part of the dowry.
Johann Peter Clemens son of a wealthy Koblenz merchant was to put his stamp on this schloss with help of Cologne architect Vincenz Statz they transformed the old castle into a then modern Neo-Gothic Schloss. lain, as well as chemical and mechanical engineering factories.
The Liebieg's were knighted in 1868, they were among the uber rich of European families and became known as art collectors as well as patrons to several struggling artists along the way filling the Schloss and other residences with art treasures.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS luminosity masks and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
Initially the sarcophagi of the wealthy families were placed in the central space (this is where the land of Mount Calvary is located). Under the floor of the corridors are the graves of the most humble people. The interiors were full of frescoes, made mainly by Taddeo Gaddi in the 14th century. Today only people who have participated in political, clerical and institutional life can be buried in the Camposanto, the latter being a former rector of the University of Pisa.
In an ever increasing drive to provide housing for the ultra wealthy, developers in New York City on narrower plots of land are building very tall but narrower luxury condos. Some members of the local press have dubbed these structures "Billionaire needles." By the way this building on E22nd Street you can get a studio for only four million and the top apartment is a four bedroom three bath that goes for the modet price of fourteen million dollars. To add insult to injury many of these luxury condos are brought up by drug cartels, corrupt foreign oligarchs and other unsavory types for the purpose of money laundering or hiding assets. Meanwhile there are many people paying $1400 a month to live in a chopped (Usually a two or three bedroom apartment that has been divided into two smaller apartments for higher profit.) one bedroom apartment in bad parts of the Bronx. Oh yes want a similar apartment in a safer predominantly white neighborhood in the outer boroughs better be ready to pay another grand. Want a similar apartment in Manhattan better be ready to another one to two grand more over the outer borough price. New York City has gone out of it's way drive the middle class out of the city and decades of corrupt politicians capitulating to greedy realtors has left a disappearing middle class that's never coming back and numerous and ever growing vacant storefronts scattered throughout the city.
The year is 1148, when Galgano Guidotti is born into a wealthy noble family living in the nearby town of Chiusdino. The boy grows up in prosperity and peace, far from the poverty and everyday problems of most of his contemporaries. As a young man, he leads a carefree life, becomes a knight and everything indicates that he will lead a life identical to his wealthy ancestors. And suddenly one night - as the legend goes - Galgano experiences an epiphany and a calling. At the age of 32, he abandons his prosperous life and settles on the Montesiepi hill as a hermit. He dies only a year later. After abandoning his prosperous life, Galgano plunges his sword into a rock on the Montesiepi hill. He is also buried there after his death, and four years later, construction of a rather original, Romanesque temple begins above the sword. It is a small rotunda topped with a dome, to which residential buildings are attached. From the church there is a beautiful view of the gentle hills of Val di Merse.
About five decades after the death of the hermit Guidotti, Cistercians from the Casamari monastery in Lazio arrived in the meadows at the foot of Montesiepi Hill and began to build a temple and adjacent monastic buildings in Galgano's honour. It was the first Gothic church in Tuscany, which later became the inspiration for the builders of the Cathedral in Siena. The monks thrived in these lands until the mid-14th century, when a famine, followed by a terrible plague epidemic, decimated the population of Tuscany.
The Cistercian order began to decline, the expansion of the abbey was halted, and the monks left Val di Merse. The final blow came on a stormy night in the late 18th century, when a lightning strike allegedly caused the vault and bell tower to collapse. Today, the ruins of the Abbey of San Galgano are a secular building.
Wealthy people homes or offices will always amaze the working classs that spend their savings to go and see how the governors lived.
Tradition holds that the Hermitage was founded by Alberto Besozzi, a wealthy local merchant who, having survived a storm while crossing the lake, decided to go into retreat on this part of the lake side, and conduct the life of a hermit. Here the Blessed Alberto ordered the construction of a chapel dedicated to Saint Catherine of Egypt and which is now visible in the lower part of the Church. This chapel, dating back to the 12th century, was soon joined by another two churches: San Nicola and Santa Maria Nova, which definitely existed from the 14th century. After an early historical period, when the Dominicans took residence, from 1314 to 1645 the Hermitage was led by brothers from the Milan convent of Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus, subsequently replaced by the Carmelites until 1770. An important event took place at the beginning of the 18th century, when five enormous "ballerini" ("dancing") boulders crashed down onto the Church, but came to a halt in the vault of a chapel, without causing any serious damage, and remaining suspended there for almost two centuries, until 1910. These "traballanti" ("unsteady") rocks would appear to have given the name to the Hermitage, the full name of which is Santa Caterina del Sasso Ballaro (Santa Maria of the Dancing Rock), although the more probable etymology of the name is associated with the nearby town of Ballarate. The Hermitage has been the property of Varese Province since 1970. It was administered by a Dominican community from 1986 to 1996 but has now passed to the Benedictine oblates.
John Leavell was a wealthy dry goods merchant who led the first hook and ladder company of the Georgetown Fire Department. This beautiful Queen Anne-style house was built for him in 1890. The Leavell House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. In 2010, the property was fully restored with a new addition seen here on the right that added a second-story master bathroom, walk-in closet, elevator, and a third floor library.
Georgetown has a notable range of Victorian commercial and residential architecture. In 1977, the Williamson County Courthouse Historical District, containing some 46 contributing structures including the commercial building to which these stairs are attached, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Georgetown, located 30 miles north of Austin and with a population of 90,262 in 2020, is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States.
Crouse College, also known as Crouse Memorial College and historically as John Crouse Memorial College for Women, is a building on the Syracuse University campus. It was funded by John R. Crouse, an "enormously wealthy Syracuse banker". The architect, Archimedes Russell, was charged with coming up with a spectacular building, and used the Romanesque revival—Richardsonian Romanesque style.
The first cornerstone for the new college was laid in June 1888, and the building was completed in September 1889. The building cost almost half a million dollars and was a gift from local merchant and banker, John Crouse, and his son, D. Edgar Crouse. The elder Crouse was a trustee of the university and built the college as a memorial to his wife. The architect, Archimedes Russell, exceeded the original budget.[citation needed]
The building was intended for use as a women's college and was originally named the John Crouse Memorial College for Women; however, John Crouse died during its construction and his son opened the institution for use by both men and women.
Built:
1881
Architect:
Archimedes Russell
Architectural style:
Romanesque revival—Richardsonian Romanesque
& Other.
NRHP Reference#:
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Seneffe Castle
In 1758, Julien-Ghislain de Pestre, son of a wealthy merchant, commissioned the construction of Seneffe Castle. Construction work began in 1763.
In the 19th century, different owners succeeded each other.
During World War II, the inhabitants had to flee and the castle was occupied by the Germans. It served as the local headquarters and summer residence of General Von Falkenhausen, the military governor of Nazi-occupied Belgium.
Upon the arrival of the Allies, the castle is looted by local residents. Upon returning to the castle, the owner is so dismayed that he sells it.
Thus, between 1952 and 1963, it belongs to a monastic community that wants to house a school.
After their departure, the castle is neglected by its new owner, a property speculator, so that the estate can be parceled out.
The castle is just saved from expropriation and becomes state property in 1970. The buildings threatened with ruin are thoroughly restored. Restoration work was completed in 1994. Since 1995, the castle has housed the Museum of Silver Art.
In 2008, the extensive gardens surrounding the castle were redesigned, partly according to the original plans.
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In 1758 geeft Julien-Ghislain de Pestre, zoon van een rijke handelaar, de opdracht om het kasteel van Seneffe te bouwen. De bouwwerken vangen aan in 1763.
In de 19e eeuw volgen de verschillende eigenaars zich op
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Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog moeten de bewoners vluchten en wordt het kasteel door de Duitsers bezet. Het diende als plaatselijk hoofdkwartier en zomerverblijf van generaal Von Falkenhausen, de militaire gouverneur van het door de nazi's bezette België.
Bij de aankomst van de Geallieerden wordt het kasteel door de omwonenden leeggeplunderd. De eigenaar is bij haar terugkeer op het kasteel zo ontsteld dat hij het verkoopt. Zo komt het tussen 1952 en 1963 toe aan een kloostergemeenschap die er een school in wil onderbrengen.
Na hun vertrek wordt het kasteel door zijn nieuwe eigenaar, een vastgoedspeculant, verwaarloosd zodat het domein kan worden verkaveld.
Het kasteel wordt net van de onteigening gered en wordt in 1970 staatseigendom. De met ruïne bedreigde gebouwen worden grondig gerestaureerd. In 1994 zijn de restauratiewerken voltooid. Sinds 1995 huisvest het kasteel het Museum voor de Zilverkunst.
In 2008 worden de uitgestrekte tuinen rondom het kasteel opnieuw aangelegd, deels volgens de oorspronkelijke plannen.
Balvaird Castle was built around the year 1495 for Sir Andrew Murray, a younger son of the family of Murray of Tullibardine. He acquired the lands of Balvaird through marriage to the heiress Margaret Barclay, a member of a wealthy family and daughter of James Barclay of Kippo. It is likely that Balvaird Castle was built on the site of an earlier Barclay family castle. Substantial remnants of earthwork fortifications around the Castle may survive from earlier defences. Balvaird is first mentioned in the written historical record in 1498 as 'the place of Balward' in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland.
Over the years the castle was extended and altered. A gatehouse was built in 1567. An outer courtyard was attached to the main gate which possibly contained stabling as well as adding an extra layer of defence to the castle. Another courtyard to the south was a garden, while a much larger walled area to the north-east was an orchard or 'pleasance.'
The family continued to live at Balvaird until they were elevated to the Viscountcy of Stormont (ancestors of the Earldom of Mansfield) and in 1658 moved to the rather more comfortable Scone Palace, near Perth. Thereafter the castle continued to be inhabited, though not by the family itself. In its later days, it probably accommodated farmworkers.
In 1887, MacGibbon & Ross note the presence of a 'recumbent statue lying in the castle', that could have been that of Lady Margaret Barclay, who married the first Sir Andrew Murray in 1495.
Having been restored and partially excavated in recent years by Historic Scotland, by whom it is maintained, the castle is a particularly fine and complete example of a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house. The site is open at all times, but the castle itself has not been open to the public for several years for safety reasons, due to structural deterioration. Balvaird Castle is the caput of the feudal Lordship and Barony of Balvaird. It was owned by the Murray family until 2017 and is currently owned by American entrepreneur, Brady Brim-DeForest.
Balvaird is notable among Scottish castles of its date for its refined architectural detail. Features include corbels in the form of carved heads supporting the corner-roundels of the wall-walk, an unusually elaborate aumbry (wall-cupboard) in the first-floor hall and a cap-house above the stair in the form of a miniature tower-house. It has been suggested that some or all of these carved stone features may have been brought to Balvaird for re-use from an ecclesiastical building. The inclusion of a kitchen on the ground floor is unusual for a building built in this period, and the inverted keyhole gun-holes clearly date the building's construction to the late 1400s.
If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy citizen of Pompeii, your home or domus, might have had a beautiful floor like the one shown here. “Domus is a Latin word that means house. Domus were typically built around a central hall, or atrium, with suites of rooms grouped around it. The atrium was often square or rectangular and used for public activities and family functions, while the peristyle, or colonnaded court, at the rear contained the family's private living quarters. Domus could range in size from small houses to luxurious mansions and could also serve as a place of business and religious center. Grander examples may have multiple stories and lavish decorations like frescoes, fountains, and statues. Archeologists also found coins, thoroughbred horses with bronze and iron accessories, and well-preserved frescoes and murals of mythological characters.”
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Keith is 80, Wealthy, Wrinkly and Well, still playing. Keith Richards and the rest of the Stones, came rolling to Toronto every few years, to keep their 'Stoners' happy. He got more gray and wrinkled since this photo was taken. 'The Rolling Stones' performed for about 300 people in my neighbourhood street party in 2013. Tina Turner (†), the late Don Franks, Danny Marks (very much alive), and last, but not least the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford were there also that year. The guitarist, songwriter and singer was born Dec 18, 1943, but some people believe that is was 1843.
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The Samuel Cupples House was built for was built for Samuel Cupples a wealthy St. Louis entrepreneur who had built his business Cupples Woodenware starting in the 1840's and became a millionaire by age of thirty. This house designed in a Richardsonian Romanesque style by architect Thomas Annan was completed in 1890. The house cost over $500,000 to construct, a very expensive home for that era. The Cupples family lived in the house until 1919. The house was then used as the headquarters of Brotherhood of Railroad Telegraphers until 1946 when it became the possession of Saint Louis University. The building was used for many uses and was threatened with demolition. Due to the efforts of Father Maurice McNamee, S.J. the house was preserved and renovated. It is now used as an art museum and is open for tours.
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1930 Packard 745 Roadster by LeBaron just south of Carmel, Calif. It was reportedly originally delivered to John Shibe, a wealthy Philadelphia sporting goods manufacturer, son of the inventor of the automated machine used to stitch baseballs, and part-owner of that city’s Athletics baseball team. Oral history suggests that it was given by Shibe to Cornelius McGillicuddy, a.k.a. Connie Mack, also a part owner of the Athletics and their manager for decades, and that at one point an original registration in McGillicuddy’s name was found in the car.
In the mid-1950s the Packard was acquired from a Philadelphia-area salvage yard by a farmer by the name of Dallet. It was reportedly stored outdoors at his farm under a lean-to in the cow pasture and there remained until the mid-1980s, when it was sold by Dallet’s heirs to Mark Smith of Virginia. Photographs of the car as-found, show that, while well-weathered throughout, it remained largely intact aside from some trim and damage to the fenders, which the family cattle had frequently leaned against over the years!
In many ways Packard’s Seventh Series models of 1930 represent some of the company’s finest offerings. At the top of the line was the 745 Deluxe Eight, riding on the longest available 145 ½-inch-wheelbase chassis, and propelled by a straight eight-cylinder engine that ran on seven main bearings while producing 105 brake horsepower and massive amounts of torque—perfect for smooth, quiet cruises through the countryside.
This opulent chassis could be had with a wide array of coachwork, 11 styles in all, with among the most desirable being the two-passenger Roadster. The Roadster on the 745 platform created an open sporting car of remarkable proportions, with an exceptionally long hood and relatively small passenger compartment; it looked the part of a powerful, expensive gentleman’s automobile, and it was. Because these machines were so incredibly costly, relatively few were produced, and recall that
a 1930 Ford roadster cost $385....
sooooo, for the cost of 12 Fords, you could have this beauty! And right at the beginning of the Great Depression when most couldn't afford even the Ford.
Westchester Country the large suburban county north of New York City is one of the wealthiest counties in the state and in the whole of the US. However in an area known as downtown Yonkers in Yonkers NY is an impoverished, blighted neighborhood straddled with very high crime. The reason my wife and I were there is get our COIVD boosters at a local armory where we could get it without an appointment. Now this area has had a bad reputation for decades and it's many years since I last even past through and I saw retail districts where over half the storefronts were locked up and not in use and a decent number homes and buildings in a very poor state of repair. As Siri on my phone was guiding us back towards the highway I passed this home that was obviously 19th century in design and some very unique architectural features in the windows and the wooden trim. At one point back when my grandfather was a boy or earlier a wealthy family probably once lived here. If this house was located not that many miles north in one of the wealthier Hudson Valley towns it would probably have been reconditioned and restored to pristine condition and the home of some very wealthy individual or even given some level of landmark status. Instead it's obviously been decaying for decades in a township that is too poor and or apathetic to either restore it or tear it down and just sits as an rotting eyesore of neglect. What a shame.
Rattennest Castle
The first mention of Rattennest Castle (then called Groenenborch) dates from 1426. It was almost completely destroyed in 1583.
The wealthy banker family Spinola, originally from Genoa but living in Antwerp, used this enormous estate as a country house. In 1688, a Spinola descendant sold the castle.
On 21 June 1741, the castle 'Groenenborch alias den Rattennest' and the accompanying grounds were sold on the Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerp.
The present building dates from the first half of the 18th century and was restored in 1807.
During and after the Second World War, the estate was severely neglected. It was largely parcelled out in 1948. The castle and part of the original estate remained untouched. Around 1950, the court pond and outer moat were filled in.
In 1981, the castle was protected as a monument.
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De eerste vermelding van kasteel Rattennest (toen nog Groenenborch) dateert van 1426. Het werd nagenoeg totaal verwoest in 1583.
De steenrijke bankiersfamilie Spinola, oorspronkelijk uit Genua maar wonend in Antwerpen, gebruikte dit enorme landgoed als buitenverblijf. In 1688 verkocht een nazaat van de Spinola’s het kasteel.
Op 21 juni 1741 werd het kasteel ‘Groenenborch alias den Rattennest’ met de daarbij behorende gronden verkocht op de Vrijdagmarkt in Antwerpen.
Het huidig gebouw dateert uit de eerste helft van de 18de eeuw en werd in 1807 hersteld.
Tijdens en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd het domein fel verwaarloosd. Het werd grotendeels verkaveld in 1948. Het kasteel en een deel van het oorspronkelijke domein bleef ongerept behouden. Omstreeks 1950 werden de hofvijver en buitengracht gedempt.
In 1981 werd het kasteel beschermd als monument.
a very wealthy Lisbon family's gilded palace that has become home to several fancy restaurants and bars; anyone can walk around inside during the day
Leonard of Limoges was a wealthy noble who lived during the rule of Clovis I (c. 466 – 511) who was the first King of the Franks. The Frankish people were West Germanic tribes who worshipped the pagan gods introduced by the Romans. Clovis I was converted to Christianity at Christmas 496 by Saint Remigius (c. 437–533) the Bishop of Rheims and Apostle of the Franks after the help of God was invoked to repel an invading army. Leonard was converted to Christianity at the same time as Clovis. He made the decision to adopt a life devoted to God and was offered the position of a bishop which de declined. The highest dignity that Leonard would accept was that of a deacon. King Clovis promised that any worthy prisoner converted to Christianity by Leonard would be released and Leonard was given the right to liberate worthy prisoners on behalf of King Clovis. Leonard entered the monastery at Micy near Orleans and then became a hermit in the forest of Limousin attracting many followers. Leonard was granted royal lands at Noblac, near Limoges, where he founded the abbey of Noblac.
As I stood here with my camera, my mind was back in 1864-65:
"What alternative do we have? Now that the Prussians have marched in and taken our land, there was no option but to leave. They have taken our identity, they have bankrupted our farming community, and our farmers can no longer afford to keep us even on gleanings!
"We anticipated this with dread. I had watched as the soldiers marched through our village. They had their pointy helmets on. They didn't hurt us. they didn't touch us. They just marched through and they were gone further north.
"Now this 'solution' to the Schleswig-Holstein Question has depressed us all, but the itinerant visit of an agent from the migration agencies, Dieseldorff & Co has sparked a new hope for some of us. Pastor has told us we should go. That visitor came and spoke about a new land, where it was summer all year round, where one could grow crops all year long, where no one was your master, where a day labourer could become a free farmer, where a hard working man could become a landowner.
"Hope is a powerful thing. It is stronger than our history!
"I have dacided to leave. I have talked it over with Minna...
"As we rode on the wagon back to Wehren, the bitter winter wind was at our backs but it swirled around my face. I was grateful that the wintery watering of my eyes masked the tears that welled up in me, as I thought of all the unknown that lay ahead of us. But the reading from Genesis 12 this morning: "The Lord said to Abram, Leave your country and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you."
"I was overwhelmed, that God would speak to us, a poor but faithful couple, so clearly.
"And so we left Dithmarschen behind, journeying with others first to Hamburg."
Saturday 22nd April 1865, the inspector departed tthe 'Sophie' and the 'Sophie' departed Hamburg under tow.
Detlef and Minna together with their household of 11, disembarked in Maryborough, Queensland on August 30, 1865. Sadly Minna died in 1869. But Detlef and a son selected their first 32 Ha. of virgin jungle in 1871. By 1883, the family were wealthy, successful farmers, successful entrepreneurs and the household had expanded to 6 families and their combined land ownerdhip had increased more than 10 fold.
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The Protestant St. Bartholomew's Church in Wesselburen (formerly Saint Bartholomew) is a notable landmark in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It features a distinctive onion-domed tower and holds historical significance, with ties to the workshop of Hans Brüggemann around 1518/1522.
1930 Packard 745 Deluxe Eight Roadster, designed and built in house. The truly super wealthy would have had the rolling chassis carted off to a custom coachmaker for an actual one off creation. Roadster with rumble seat meant moderate wealth, as the 'merely' or lowest level wealthy would have used the money for a sedan or Limo, or maybe a phaeton to carry the whole family. A roadster would likely be a 2nd or 3rd car, so......
At speed on Highway 1 South of Carmel. A handsome beast for certain with a nice color combo.
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Amsterdam’s (wealthy) merchants in the 17th and 18th centuries had their country houses built along the river Vecht. (In the summer the canals in Amsterdam had a terrible smell) Because most traveling was done by barge, pulled by horses, the side of the house in the direction of the river got most attention. If you wanted to show off the riverside was your chance to show your wealth. The many tea domes, decorated fences and beautifully landscaped gardens are proof of this.
The first historical record of Covent Garden dates back to 1200, when it consisted of fields. Owned by Westminster Abbey, the land where the Market Building and the Piazza now stand was referred to as ‘the garden of the Abbey and Convent’, hence its name.
In 1540, the land was granted to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, whose descendant was to transform it into an innovative new London neighbourhood a century later.
With the support of King Charles I, the 5th Earl of Bedford set about converting his estate into the first ever experiment in urban planning in London. In 1630, he commissioned Inigo Jones, the most important architect of the day, to create the first public square in the country at Covent Garden.
The Piazza was a watershed in English architecture and wealthy families moved into the arcaded houses he designed to the north and east.
After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the entire square was devoted to the selling of fresh fruit and vegetables and Covent Garden became London's largest market.
In 1828 the architect Charles Fowler was commissioned to design the neo-classical Market Building but a century and a half later it was evident that the market had outgrown its magnificent venue.
In the 1970s, plans to demolish and redevelop Covent Garden were stopped following a vigorous campaign by local residents and in 1980 Covent Garden re-opened as Europe's first speciality shopping centre following a five-year renovation.
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100x: The 2024 Edition
4/100 London landmarks by night
Ultra valuable and Ultra rare 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Cabriolet at speed on Highway 1 South of Monterey.
Introduced at the 1936 Paris Motor Show, the Friedrich Geiger designed car was a development of the 500K, itself a development of the SSK.
Built for their wealthiest and most demanding clients, the Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster was the Mercedes-Benz flagship in the prewar years. Introduced in 1936, just twenty-six 540K Special Roadsters were built, and of these, only a few were exported to the United States.
This Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet, bodied by Berlin coachbuilder Erdmann & Rossi, was ordered by Barbara Hutton, the wealthy Woolworth heiress and socialite, as a gift for her future husband, Count Kurt von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow. She asked for several unusual features, including a passenger compartment to seat four adults and custom-built wheel covers. The most unusual, and seemingly capricious, request was to fit purely decorative exhaust pipes on the left side of the car so it would look symmetrical. This unique Mercedes-Benz later appeared in the 1941 Hal Roach movie Topper Returns. It has been with the Keller Collection since the late 1980s.
Introduced at the 1936 Paris Motor Show, the Friedrich Geiger designed car was a development of the 500K, itself a development of the SSK. The straight-8 cylinder engine of the 500K was enlarged in displacement to 5,401 cubic centimetres (329.6 cu in). It was fed by twin pressurized updraft carburetors, developing 115 hp. In addition, there was an attached Roots supercharger, which could either be engaged manually for short periods, or automatically when the accelerator was pushed fully to the floor. The 540K had the same chassis layout at the 500K, but it was significantly lightened by replacing the girder-like frame of the 500K with oval-section tubes - an influence of the Silver Arrows racing campaign.
A 540K Special Roadster sold in 2016 for 9.9 Million $$, so you will have to save a lot of pennies.
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This backwater of mews homes in West London was both surprising and delightful but the most wonderful was this home which reminded me of a county cottage just about a mile from the Albert Hall. You can just imagine horse and carriages passing by carrying the wealthy about their business.
Formakin House is an early 20th-century mansion within the Formakin Estate in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located just to the west of the village of Bishopton. Formakin House was designed by architect, Robert Lorimer for wealthy businessman John Holms,. Lorimer produced designs for the house in 1909, in the style of a 17th-century Scottish tower house. The shell of the house had been completed by 1913, when work stopped as Holms had lost money on a bad speculation, and a fall from a horse supposedly upset his mental balance, further work was carried out in 1920, but the house was never completed. When Holms died in debt in 1938, Formakin was sold to the Bradford-born entrepreneur Albert Ernest Pickard, owner of the Britannia Panopticon among other Glasgow ventures. By the 1970s the buildings and grounds were derelict. After Pickard died the Renfrew District Council campaigned to save the estate, eventually purchasing it in 1984 with funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Formakin was operated as a visitor attraction for a time, and plans were made to redevelop the buildings and grounds. The venture was not successful, so between 1988 and 1999 the estate buildings were restored and converted into 17 dwellings by Country House developer Kit Martin.