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

Blue House / Boston

Grey turns to blue at Tremont Street & Lowney Way. Nr Bunker Hill, Boston, MA, USA.
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Shelburne Falls / Vista

View across the Deerfield River to the village of Shelburne Falls, Shelburne, MA, USA.
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Best of Boston / Sign

Gift shop sign at North Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, 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

La Famiglia Spagnuolo / Sign

Sign for Italian restaurant in the North End, Boston, MA, USA.
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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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Jersey Museum & Art Gallery / St Helier

Merchant's House,  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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Pergola / Les Jardins de la Mer

Nautical-style pergola in Les Jardins de la Mer, 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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Troubadour / St Helier

Harbour pub at the Weighbridge. 7 Caledonia Pl, JE1 4HF, 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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Thursday, 29 September 2016

Monter Bell / Warsaw Rising Museum (2 pics)

230kg bell dedicated to Gen. Antoni Chruście (1895-1960), code-named 'Monter', who commanded the armed forces of the Warsaw Rising. The surrounding wall lists >10,000 insurgents who were killed in the action.  At the Warsaw Rising Museum, Grzybowska 79, Warszawa, Poland.
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Armoured vehicle / 'Kubuś'

Designer: Walerian Bielecki, 'Jan', based on a Chevrolet 157 truck.  The original was used during the Warsaw Rising assaults on Warsaw University, which in 1944 was a German garrison. At the Warsaw Rising Museum, Grzybowska 79, Warszawa, Poland.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Warsaw Uprising Museum / exterior

Architect of conversion from an old power station: Wojciech Obtułowicz, 2004. Grzybowska 79, Warszawa, Poland.
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