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Saturday, 29 October 2016
First Baptist Church / Manchester VT
Church founded in 1781, this building erected 1833, tower 1876. 4895 Main St., Manchester Center, Vermont, USA.
Friday, 28 October 2016
Silk Road Bridge / VT
Covered lattice-truss bridge built c.1840, probably by Benjamin Sears. Spanning the Walloomsac River, near Bennington, VT, USA.
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Thursday, 27 October 2016
The Clark / Williamstown (5 images)
Architect: Tadao Ando, GENSLER, 2014. The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute. Williamstown, MA, USA
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Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Thompson Chapel tower / Williamstown
Architect: Francis Richmond Allen, 1904, the tower being a copy of the one at St. Cuthbert’s in Wells, Somerset, UK. The chapel belongs to Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA.
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39a and 39b Spring St. / Williamstown
New extension containing stairs to upper-storey flats conversion. Williamstown, MA, USA.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Shelburne Falls / Vista
View across the Deerfield River to the village of Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, MA, USA.
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Monday, 24 October 2016
Quincy Market / Boston
Architects: Alexander Parris, G.J.F. Bryant, 1825. Neo-classical style public market, built using New England granite. Waterfront, Boston, MA, USA.
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Paul Revere House / Boston
Built c.1680 and said to still be 90% original structure. The house was owned by the American revolutionary from 1770 to 1800. North End, Boston, MA, USA.
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Sunday, 23 October 2016
Boston Public Garden / Bridge
Architect: William G. Preston, 1867. Originally a chain suspension bridge, but now a girder bridge (1921) with the suspension features retained for decoration. Next to Boston Common, Boston, MA, USA.
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Fort Regent / Vista
Vista over part of St Helier from Fort Regent. Showing the Steam Clock, warehouses now a museum, the Marina, Victoria Place and Albert Place residential, and St Aubin's Bay. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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Saturday, 22 October 2016
Victoria Place / St Helier
Architects: Nigel Biggar & Partners, c.2003. Residential apartments facing the marina in St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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La Frégate Café / St Helier
Architects: Derek Mason and Will Alsop, c.1997. Cedar-clad café in the form of an upturned hull. The Waterfront, St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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Friday, 21 October 2016
West Park Apartments / St Helier
Naish Waddington Architects, 1999. Taking Arthur Grayson's original West Park Pavilion as the design cue. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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The Fish Market / Sign
Sign at St Helier's fish market. The other language displayed is Jèrriais (Jersey Norman French). Jersey, CI.
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Thursday, 20 October 2016
Gorey Harbour / Jersey
The beach here was used for unloading cargo since the Middle Ages. The pier was rebuilt in 1817 and the lighthouse added in 1849. Village of Gorey, St Martin, Jersey, CI.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Gorey Shore / Jersey
Vista across bay from Gorey harbour, low tide. Village of Gorey, St Martin, Jersey, CI.
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Monday, 10 October 2016
Tower MP2 / Corbière
One of three observation towers built during the WW2 German occupation, intended to direct artillery firing on ships at sea. 2.5 to 3.5m thick ferro-concrete, 16m high. MP stands for Marine Peilstand. St Brelade, Jersey, CI.
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La Corbière Lighthouse / Jersey
Much photographed scene at St Brelade. Concrete lighthouse designed by Sir John Coode, 1874. Jersey, CI.
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Chimney Pair / La Collette
Contrasting chimneys, residential and industrial, at La Collette, St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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Sunday, 9 October 2016
Pill Box / La Collette
Small defensive structure on headland near La Collette. Presumably built by German occupiers in WW2, made of shuttered concrete with horizontal embrasures. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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St Helier Marina / Albert Pier
View across St Helier Marina to the Albert Pier, with residential apartments designed by Nigel Biggar & Partners, c.2003. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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La Collette Power Station / Jersey
Oil-fired electricity generating station commissioned 1965. Electrical energy also comes to the island from France via underwater cables. The translucent building is an energy-from-waste plant designed by Hopkins Architects, 2011. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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Saturday, 8 October 2016
St Helier Marina / Maritime Museum
View across the marina to New North Quay, where four of the historic warehouses now accommodate the Maritime Museum. St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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The Admiral Wine & Ale House / Figurehead
Female figurehead at corner of public house, 12-14 St James Street, St Helier, Jersey, CI.
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Steam Clock / Jersey
Installed 1997 on a replica of part of the Ariadne paddle steamer of 1824. Commissioned by the Waterfront Enterprise Board, now the responsibility of Ports of Jersey. St Helier, Jersey.
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Saturday, 1 October 2016
Świętokrzyska / Warsaw
Soviet-era modernism on Świętokrzyska (Holy Cross) Street. Behind, the recent — from L to R — Spektrum Tower, Q22 (Deloitte) and Cosmopolitan Apartments. Warsaw, Poland.
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