11072021-379 Stephen Skipworth, 1934 ERA A-Type R3A. Founded with the aim of competing in top-flight European racing, English Racing Automobiles quickly proved themselves capable of beating established continental rivals. Raymond Mays drove this car to victory in the 1935 Nurburgring Eifelrennen for 1.5 litre voiturettes. Goodwood Festival of Speed. Sunday 11th July 2021.
11072021-390 The 'Beast of Turin' was known for its fearsome flame-spitting engine - able to blow off onlookers' hats - and for smashing the world flying mile record. The S76 had a 4-cylinder engine with a displacement of 28.4 litres, providing 290 metric horsepower (210 kW) at 1400 rpm. Italian Pietro Bordino achieved 116mph on Saltburn Sands, North Yorkshire in 1911, with American Arthur Duray driving at 132mph in Belgium two years later. Two of the Fiat S76 models were were built between 1910 and 1911, but just one survives today because of the efforts of restorer Duncan Pittaway. The first S76 was constructed in 1910 and kept by Fiat. It was tested by Felice Nazzaro, who considered the 1,700 kg car ‘uncontrollable'. The second S76 was sold by Fiat to Russian Prince Boris Soukhanov, who hired first Bordino and then Duray in an attempt at the land speed record. Duray managed a one-way speed of 132.27 mph, but was unable to complete a return run within the hour allotted. The Beast of Turin was granted an unofficial title of world's fastest car due to this speed, but not made official due to being unable to complete the run within the time limit. Following the First World War, the first S76 built was dismantled by Fiat at the end of 1919. Soukhanov's S76, missing its engine, ended up in Australia, where it was rebuilt and re-powered with a Stutz engine. Its career ended when it was crashed at Armadale in the early 1920s while practicing for a race to the coast. Current owner Duncan Pittaway obtained an Edwardian Fiat chassis and had it shipped to the UK. After the discovery of the surviving S76 engine from the sister car, Pittaway started the recreation of the S76. Three major parts of the car needed to be recreated from scratch including: The double chain-drive gearbox, the body, and the radiator. All were created by referencing original Fiat drawings, and period photographs. In November 2014, Pittaway and his team managed to return the S76 engine from chassis number two to working order. Both cars may have been lost to history were it not for the efforts of Pittaway, who began his quest to resurrect the Beast of Turin in 2003, when he acquired the chassis of S76 number one. The 'Beast of Turin' has awakened after its century-long slumber. Goodwood Festival of Speed. Sunday 11th July 2021.
16072023-458 Geraint Owen, 1926 Thomas Special 'Babs', Goodwood Festival of Speed. Babs was the land speed record car built and driven by John Parry-Thomas. It was powered by a 27-litre Liberty aero-engine. Babs began as 'Chitty 4', one of Count Louis Zborowski's series of aero-engined cars named 'Chitty Bang Bang'. As it was built at Zborowski's estate of Higham Park near Canterbury, it was also known as the Higham Special. In April 1926, Parry-Thomas used the car to break the land speed record at 171.02 mph. During a later record attempt at Pendine Sands, Wales on 3 March 1927, the car went out of control at speeds in excess of 100 mph. The car rolled over and Thomas was partially decapitated. At the time it was thought that a drive chain had snapped, decapitating the driver. Later investigation of the recovered wreckage suggested, instead, that a failure of the rear right-hand wheel may have caused the accident. Following the inquest into Thomas's death, Babs's seats were slashed, the glass in the dials smashed, and the car was buried in the sand dunes at Pendine. In 1967 Owen Wyn Owen decided to excavate and restore Babs. The site of the burial was identified from old photographs, but it was found to be within the perimeter of the present-day rocket establishment. The military authorities granted permission for the excavation on condition that Parry-Thomas's next of kin did not object. The car was in very poor condition. Much of the bodywork had corroded, so a new body had to be constructed, melding in where possible any existing original material. The mechanical running gear though was in good condition. Even where components could not be used, they were sufficiently preserved to act as a pattern. The engine was salvageable, but many new replacement parts had to be made from original designs. Following Owen's death in 2012, the car is driven by his son Geraint. Sunday 16th July 2023.
D&G Bus 42 (YX09FMM) 27042024 D&G Bus 42 (YX09 FMM), with Blue 2 branding, was photographed at Stafford Street, Hanley on 27 April 2024. This Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 was new to First London numbered DMS44410 in May 2009 and later passed to Metroline where it was numbered DES1704.
High Peak 238 (YJ07VRW) 24042024 High Peak 238 (YJ07 VRW) was photographed at Glossop when it was operating route 390 (Old Glossop to Whitfield) on 24 April 2024. This Optare Solo M710SE was new to Veolia Transport (Dunn Line) numbered 0704 in May 2007 and was later acquired by Centrebus.
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Moscow Eye
I explored the world generated from the actual Chernobyl landscape depicted in Chernobylite, and took photos of the beautifully and intricately rendered scenery and man-made structures in photo mode to express it as virtual photography.
In the forest where all the activities of the people who used to live there have disappeared, the trees continue to grow thickly. The mist gently drifts by. The sunlight filters through the trees from between the branches. Amidst this, the numerous buildings created by humans are decaying.
The things that humans create may seem robust, but when they lose their connection with people, they rapidly lose their raison d'être and gradually head towards collapse. However, plants and forests continue to grow in number and flourish, even in such circumstances, and in the places where humans have disappeared, they quietly increase their numbers and flourish.
No matter what happens, the ‘nature’ that continues to exist there will always remain unchanged. Considering its overwhelming presence, the things that humans create are only given a momentary life.
Black&white
Photomode photo retouching only
Unofficial fanmade photos of the game "Chernobylite". Not approved by
The Farm 51.
Alone Together Moscow Eye 002 Alone Together Moscow Eye 002
Moscow Eye
I explored the world generated from the actual Chernobyl landscape depicted in Chernobylite, and took photos of the beautifully and intricately rendered scenery and man-made structures in photo mode to express it as virtual photography.
In the forest where all the activities of the people who used to live there have disappeared, the trees continue to grow thickly. The mist gently drifts by. The sunlight filters through the trees from between the branches. Amidst this, the numerous buildings created by humans are decaying.
The things that humans create may seem robust, but when they lose their connection with people, they rapidly lose their raison d'être and gradually head towards collapse. However, plants and forests continue to grow in number and flourish, even in such circumstances, and in the places where humans have disappeared, they quietly increase their numbers and flourish.
No matter what happens, the ‘nature’ that continues to exist there will always remain unchanged. Considering its overwhelming presence, the things that humans create are only given a momentary life.
Black&white
Photomode photo retouching only
Unofficial fanmade photos of the game "Chernobylite". Not approved by
The Farm 51.
1954 Topps Willie Mays PSA 4 54263014614_11e3066c84_b
Stone Barn Farm (est. 1820) Stone Barn Farm (1820)
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Stone Barn Farm is one of a small number of surviving farm properties on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine, United States. Located at the junction of Crooked Road and Norway Drive, the farm has a distinctive stone barn, built in 1907, along with a c. 1850 Greek Revival farm house and carriage barn. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, and is subject to a conservation easement held by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
Stone Barn Farm occupies 167 acres (68 ha) of land in north-central Bar Harbor, a rural inland area of the fashionable resort community. It is set on the north side of Crooked Road, just west of its junction with Norway Drive, and consists of 30 acres (12 ha) each of fields and marshland, and about 100 acres (40 ha) of woodland. The farm complex is set near Crooked Road, and consists of a wood-frame house and carriage barn, and an unusual gambrel-roofed barn whose first level is stone and granite (the latter quarried from nearby Otter Creek). As of 2020, only its southern gambrel end is clapboarded. The house is 1+1⁄2 stories in height, with a three-bay gabled front sheltered by a hip-roofed porch. Two additions extend to the rear of the building. The carriage house a single-story clapboarded structure with a gable roof, and a track-mounted sliding door providing access to its interior. The stone barn is fashioned out of glacial till, and has a two-leaf board-and-batten door providing access to its interior.
The farmhouse and carriage house were probably built sometime between 1850 and 1860, based on their architectural style, although local histories have placed the farmhouse construction as early as 1840. The builder was Richard Paine, whose farm was 45 acres (18 ha), most of it uncleared, in 1860. In 1907 Paine's son, Willis, sold the farm to the Shea Brothers masonry firm, who may have built the stone barn as a vehicle to showcase their building skills. The Sheas eventually leased the property back to the Paines for a time. In 1963, the property was acquired by Harry and Mary "Cindy" Owen, who granted the Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) a conservation easement on the property in 2001. MCHT purchased the property in 2019 for $625,000.
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river bend - new holland honeyeater Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
New Holland Honeyeater
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
With long, slender beaks and a tongue which can protrude well beyond the end of their beaks, New Holland Honeyeaters are able to probe for nectar in the deep flowers of Banksias and Grevilleas.
Calls: The voice comprises a loud 'chik', a fainter 'pseet' and some chattering notes. If danger, such as a bird of prey approaches, a group of honeyeaters will join together and give a loud alarm call.
Minimum Size: 18cm
Maximum Size: 18cm
Average size: 18cm
Average weight: 20g
Breeding season: any time of year; mainly summer and winter
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 16 days
Description: The New Holland Honeyeater is mostly black and white, with a large yellow wing patch and yellow sides on the tail. It has a small white ear patch, a thin white whisker at the base of the bill and a white eye. This honeyeater is an active bird, and rarely sits still long enough to give an extended view. Sexes are similar in looks, but females are slightly smaller in size. Young birds are browner and have a grey eye.
Similar species: One very similar species is the White-cheeked Honeyeater,Phylidonyris nigra. This species has a single large white cheek patch and a dark eye. The two species frequently occur together.
Distribution: The New Holland Honeyeater's range extends throughout southern Australia, from about Brisbane, Queensland, to just north of Perth, Western Australia.
Habitat: The New Holland Honeyeater is common in heath, forests, woodland and gardens, mainly where grevilleas and banksias are found. It is inquisitive and approaches humans. It also mixes with other types of honeyeaters.
Feeding: New Holland Honeyeaters are active feeders. They mostly eat the nectar of flowers, and busily dart from flower to flower in search of this high-energy food. Other food items include fruit, insects and spiders. Birds may feed alone, but normally gather in quite large groups. Most feeding takes place in lower areas of bushes and thickets.
Breeding: The New Holland Honeyeater's cup-shaped nest is made of bark and grasses, bound together with spider web. It is lined with soft material and is placed in a bush or tree, anywhere from ground level up to 6 m. Both sexes feed the chicks. A pair of adults may raise two or three broods in a year.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Phylidonyris-novaehollan... )
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BNSF 9653 Larkspur 10 Jan 25 BNSF 9653 leads a loaded coal train south through Larkspur, CO.
These days, the number of SD70MACs in service on BNSF is quite low compared to their heyday starting in the mid-90s and lasting into the 2010s. The number of Executive scheme'd MACs out there right now is even fewer, and, of those Grinstein Green MACs, there are even fewer that are PTC-equipped to lead. And of those few PTC-equipped Executive MACs, this may be the only one that has a classic-looking BN nose logo on it.
And that's why there were anywhere from 3 to 5 others (that I saw) out there chasing this guy on a gorgeous winter day. These days, pretty much anything that isn't a shade of orange is worth dusting off the camera and getting out to catch.
Princesa Macula e o Canto Triste Direção: Mayara Cristina Mascarenhas
Territórios Mineiros
28ª Mostra Tiradentes | De 24 jan a 1º fev de 2025
Foto: Divulgação
VYJ893 (VLT89) McGill Barrhead For Gianno who's modelling work I really admire, something local to me was "Barrhead's Centenary Bus which unlike the Christmas Trees had a trouble free time in East Renfrewshire in what was cunningly McGills old colours and those of Shilibeer in which livery it had served in London as RM89. It was not to last though and it got exported to South America where it may still reside. Never seen before photo by me back whenever it was in Barrhead.
Polyhedras Detail - Light Bloom - The Art of Hybycozo - Desert Botanical Garden - Night I took a Night Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Ryan Parra - a photography professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class. One big problem with classes like this is keeping other photographers out of the frame.
This is detail from the sculpture titled Polyhedras.
Geometry is universal across cultures and religions, across the globe, and even across the planets.
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
www.hybycozo.com/artists
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
dbg.org/
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Polyhedras Detail - Light Bloom - The Art of Hybycozo - Desert Botanical Garden - Night I took a Night Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Ryan Parra - a photography professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class. One big problem with classes like this is keeping other photographers out of the frame.
This is detail from the sculpture titled Polyhedras.
Geometry is universal across cultures and religions, across the globe, and even across the planets.
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
www.hybycozo.com/artists
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
dbg.org/
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Insight - Light Bloom - The Art of Hybycozo - Desert Botanical Garden - Night I took a Night Photography class sponsored by Desert Botanical Garden and taught by Ryan Parra - a photography professor at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. I learned a lot and practiced a lot. I really feel that I had improved significantly by the end of the class. One big problem with classes like this is keeping other photographers out of the frame.
This HYBYCOZO sculpture is titled Insight and is on the Plants & People of the Sonoran Desert Trail by the Saguaro Harvesting Ramada. This is the view from outside looking at the entrance portal.
Insight 2018
Stainless Steel, Powder Coat Pigment, LED
This geometric sculpture is inspired by the non-repeating patterns found on rare minerals, such as meteorites. Step inside this immersive artwork, featuring 60 sides covered in intricate patterns, to experience the beauty and complexity of science, mathematics, and nature.
I'm adding several of the same element but in different colors. This one is changing colors but right now is sort of bright pink with some orange, and red, and black,
dbg.org/events/light-bloom/2024-10-12/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFelgzzzQqg
LIGHT BLOOM by HYBYCOZO is a limited-time exhibit where nature and light converge. This mesmerizing display invites you to explore the Garden transformed by stunning geometric light installations that illuminate the beauty of the desert landscape in a new way. As the sun sets, LIGHT BLOOM comes to life, casting intricate shadows and vibrant hues across the Garden. Wander the trails and let the enchanting installations transport you to a magical realm where the natural world meets the abstract.
www.hybycozo.com/artists
HYBYCOZO is the collaborative studio of artists Serge Beaulieu and Yelena Filipchuk. Based in Los Angeles, their work consists of larger than life geometric sculptures, often with pattern and texture that draw on inspirations from mathematics, science, and natural phenomena. Typically illuminated, the work celebrates the inherent beauty of form and pattern and represents their ongoing journey in exploring the myriad dimensions of geometry. HYBYCOZO is short for the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, a nod to their favorite novel (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and was the title of their first installation in 2014. They continue to create under this name. In the novel earth was being destroyed to make way for a bypass. It lead Serge and Yelena to ask what it means to make art at a time where the earth’s hospitable time in the universe may be limited.
dbg.org/meet-the-artists-behind-light-bloom/
Q: Walk us through your creative process?
A: The focus of our creative process is to explore the intricate interplay between geometry, light, space and to inspire contemplation, wonder and a sense of place among our audiences. Geometry and pattern-making serve as the backbone of our creative expression. It is the framework through which we navigate the complexities of form, proportion and spatial relationships. Patterns, both simple and complex, have a profound impact on our perception and understanding of the world. They possess the ability to evoke a sense of order, balance and aesthetic pleasure. Pattern making and geometry offer us a means of storytelling and communication. These patterns serve as conduits for deeper exploration, provoking introspection and contemplation to uncover the underlying symbols embedded within the human psyche.
Q: What inspired the concept of LIGHT BLOOM?
A: Just as many cactus and desert plants have evolved to produce night-blooming flowers, adapting to their environment and thriving in darkness, our sculptures come alive after sunset, blossoming with light and transforming the night into a glowing landscape of art and geometry.
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
dbg.org/
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
DBG HYBYCOZO Light Bloom
Shiel Buses SD14YDG - Inverness 26 May 2016
Red-legged Seriema From Wiki:
The red-legged seriema (also known as Crested seriema) is the second largest ground bird after the Rhea and is widely distributed in South America, occurring in central and eastern Brazil through eastern Bolivia and Paraguay to Uruguay and central Argentina (south to La Pampa. Oddly, farmers often use them as guard animals to protect poultry from predators and sometimes human intruders, like the Roman did with geese. this is likely because Seriemas are wary, territorial, and diurnal birds. Generally, the red-legged seriema is sedentary, although there are reports of temperature-related migrations. It is typically seen singly or in pairs, but occasionally in groups of up to four individuals, apparently families. It usually walks on the ground and can easily run faster than a human in its habitat. It will flee a car on foot at speeds up to 25 km/h (15 mph) before flying.
Territorial defense may involve agonistic confrontation between individuals, initially characterized by full vocalization duets followed by short runs and flights towards intruders, alternated with claws and beak attacks. In one conflict between two birds, they jumped at each other feet-first, keeping their balance by flapping.
This species typically nests on low trees or bushes, so that adults are able to reach the nest from the ground by short hops or flutters rather than by flying.
Red-legged seriemas are omnivores and demonstrate an unusual way of hunting vertebrate prey; they pick the prey up with their beak and repeatedly throw it at the ground until it is stunned or dead
The red-legged seriema prefers grassland habitat to any other. Though it likes to inhabit lush meadows near rivers, it will not readily move into wetlands or crop fields. It frequents semi-open and fairly dry areas such as thorny scrub and semi-arid woodland regions, savannas and ranchlands, and also hilly grasslands near wooded areas. This species is very typical in Caatinga, Cerrado and Chaco
Statue of Queen Victoria, Victoria Park, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada "A cast-bronze statue of Queen Victoria by Cavaliere Raffaele Zaccaquini and a cannon are situated in the park. The statue was unveiled in May 1911, on Victoria Day on the ten year anniversary of her death. The Princess of Wales Chapter of the IODE raised the $6,000 needed for the monument.
Victoria Park is the oldest park in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, situated downtown. It is the site of numerous events and festivities.
A Berlin (Kitchener) map from 1879 has a Town Park, located between Mill Street and Highland Road where Highland Courts and Woodside Parks stand today. It sits on the original Joseph E. Schneider homestead; the municipal government had purchased some acres from the family in 1895 and drained the swamp on the land. The 27-acre (11 ha) purchase was initially opposed by some parties for being too far outside of town. The park opened on 27 August 1896; the lake, bridges and three islands were in place at that time.
The Park was named after Queen Victoria ahead of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on the British throne. The human-made lake is fed by Schneider Creek, surrounds three small islands, and is crossed by multiple bridges. The park also contains the Victoria Park pavilion, the Victoria Park Gallery and Archives, a bandstand, and a historic boathouse, a pub and music venue. A pavilion was first introduced to the park in 1902 as a response to complaints that there was nowhere to seek shelter when it started to rain.
Designed by Charles Knechtel, the structure was set on fire in 1916 and deemed too damaged to recover. A second pavilion, borrowing heavily from Knechtel's original design, was built in 1924. Situated on the same spot as the original, the front of the pavilion faces the water, whereas the original faced the park's main island.
Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, about 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is the regional seat. Kitchener was known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changed its name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, and had a population of 256,885 at the time of the 2021 Canadian census.
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo has 673,910 people as of year-end 2023, making it the 10th-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada and the fourth-largest CMA in Ontario. Kitchener and Waterloo are considered "twin cities", which are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener–Waterloo" (K–W), although they have separate municipal governments." - info from Wikipedia.
Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. During this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.
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Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo à Buenos Aires en Argentine (1) 54263136995_7f46dffd75_b
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Museo Histórico Nacional del Cabildo y la Revolución de Mayo à Buenos Aires en Argentine- (3) 54261828997_0043e9eba9_b