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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Meat Is Latest Cyber Victim as Hackers Hit Top Supplier JBS (Bloomberg) The world’s biggest meat supplier has become the latest casualty of a cybersecurity attack. JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on Sunday on some of its servers, the company said by email. The attack sidelined two shifts and halted processing at one of Canada’s largest meatpacking plants, while the company canceled all beef and lamb kills across Australia, industry website Beef Central said. Some kill and fabrication shifts have also been canceled in the U.S. Hackers now have the commodities industry in their crosshairs with the JBS attack coming just three weeks after the operator of the biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline was targeted. It’s also happened as the global meat industry battles lingering Covid-19 absenteeism after recovering from mass outbreaks last year that saw plants shut and supplies disrupted.

China’s future gateway to Latin America is a mega-port in Peru (America Economia) Despite local opposition, Chinese investors are pumping billions into the Chancay project, a massive port complex north of Lima that will boost trade between China and Latin America as a whole, reports Gonzalo Torrico in business magazine America Economia. The Chancay port complex, with an initial investment of $1.3 billion, will turn this fishing and farming town into a regional hub that could redefine shipping lines in the entire southern Pacific. Since 2019, the project’s main stakeholder is the Chinese state firm Cosco Shipping Ports (60%). Cosco is a partner in 52 port projects worldwide. But in the Americas, Chancay is the first being built with Chinese capital. The complex is expected to be fully functional by 2024, helping consolidate China’s influence in South America, and in Peru especially. In the last decade, this country has become the regional crux of China’s economic and geopolitical interests. So far, Chinese firms have invested more than $30 billion in Peru, a figure exceeded only by money spent in Brazil. The principal sector is mining, which has absorbed more than half all these investments and has proven to be an excellent source for the mineral materials China needs to keep its industrial sector humming. One of those materials is copper, which Peru produces in great quantity.

More boats on canals and rivers than in 18th century as thousands opt for life afloat (Guardian) Little more than six months ago, Paul and Anthony Smith-Storey were still living in a three-bedroom semi-detached house near St Helens in Merseyside. But now the couple—and their dog, Dexter—have traded it all in for a life afloat in a two-metre-wide narrowboat on Peak Forest Canal in Derbyshire. “We took the equity out of the house, bought the boat and thought we’d enjoy it while we were still alive,” said Anthony, 48, an NHS sonographer. They are not the only ones. Record numbers are spending time on Britain’s rivers and canals, according to the Canal and River Trust. Such is their popularity that the charity, which manages 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, says: “There are more boats on our canals now than at the height of the industrial revolution.” The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) said there are about 80,000 powered boats across the waterways of England, Scotland and Wales. Boat builders and sellers put the surge in interest down to the pandemic.

NSA spying row: US and Denmark pressed over allegations (BBC) European powers have pressed the US and Denmark over reports the two worked together to spy on top European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Danish broadcaster DR said Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service (FE) collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) to gather information from 2012 to 2014. Mrs Merkel is among those demanding answers. “This is not acceptable between allies, and even less between allies and European partners,” said French President Emmanuel Macron, after speaking with Mrs Merkel.

The Taliban Say They’ve Changed. On the Ground, They’re Just as Brutal. (WSJ) During a recent trip, Kamaluddin visited a barbershop to obtain the illicit pleasures of clean-shaven cheeks and a fashionable mustache. But the shopkeeper, 25 years old, planned to let it regrow before heading home, wary of incurring the Taliban’s wrath. His father and brother were caught last month using smartphones in their home district of Arghistan, an area effectively ruled by the movement. The insurgents confiscated the devices, which could be used for supposedly un-Islamic behavior such as playing music and videos, and forced the men to swallow their SIM cards. Kamaluddin recounted the incident as he waited to return from Kandahar, the government-controlled provincial capital. “They will put me in prison if they see me like this,” he said. “If the Taliban come back, they will bring darkness.” The Taliban, ousted from power by a U.S.-led invasion 20 years ago, are poised to expand their influence as American forces leave the country. The group has sought in recent months to present themselves as a responsible state actor to regional powers and the West. Indeed, some of their most-violent punishments, such as amputations for accused thieves, are used less frequently than in the 1990s as they seek to avoid alienating Afghans. Yet accounts from Kamaluddin and others living under Taliban rule, as well as insurgents themselves, suggest that the group’s governance is as ruthless as ever.

Delhi Reopens a Crack (NYT) The Indian capital, which just weeks ago suffered the devastating force of the coronavirus, with tens of thousands of new infections daily and funeral pyres that burned day and night, is taking its first steps back toward normalcy. Officials on Monday reopened manufacturing and construction activity, allowing workers in those industries to return to their jobs after six weeks of staying at home to avoid infection. The move came after a sharp drop in new infections, at least by the official numbers, and as hospital wards emptied and the strain on medicine and supplies has eased. Life on the streets of Delhi is not expected to return to normal immediately. Schools and most businesses are still closed. The Delhi Metro system, which reopened after last year’s nationwide lockdown, has suspended service again. But the city government’s easing of restrictions will allow people to begin returning to work—and, more broadly, to start to repair India’s ailing, pandemic-struck economy.

Myanmar carries out air strikes after militia attacks (Reuters) Myanmar’s military used artillery and helicopters on Monday against anti-junta militias in the country’s east, witnesses and rebels said, forcing residents to flee and join thousands of others displaced by recent fighting in the region. Residents of Kayah state bordering Thailand said the military was firing artillery from positions inside the state capital Loikaw into Demoso, about 14.5 km (9 miles) away, where a People’s Defence Force said it had attacked troops and was coming under heavy fire. Myanmar’s military is fighting on multiple fronts and struggling to impose order since its Feb. 1 coup against Aung San Suu Kyi and her elected government, sparking nationwide protests and paralysing strikes. Decades-old conflicts between the military and ethnic minority armies have also reignited, while militias allied with a shadow government have stepped up attacks on the army, which has responded with heavy weapons and air strikes, forcing thousands to flee.

North Korea’s missile warning (Foreign Policy) North Korea warned the United States on Monday that relaxing South Korea’s missile limits could lead to an “acute and instable situation” in the region. “The termination step is a stark reminder of the U.S. hostile policy toward (North Korea) and its shameful double-dealing,” said Kim Myong Chol, an unofficial mouthpiece for Pyongyang, in a statement issued by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. The United States recently lifted a 500-mile range restriction on South Korea’s missile program, in place since 1979. South Korea’s industrial ability to ramp up new missile production “could lead to an arms race with devastating implications,” Donald Kirk wrote last week in Foreign Policy.

Australian court upholds ban on most international travel (AP) An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so that they don’t bring COVID-19 home. Australia is alone among developed democracies in preventing its citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country except in “exceptional circumstances” where they can demonstrate a “compelling reason.” Most Australians have been stranded in their island nation since March 2020 under a government emergency order made under the powerful Biosecurity Act. Surveys suggest most Australians applaud their government’s drastic border controls. The Australian newspaper published a survey last month that found 73% of respondents said the international border should remain closed until at least the middle of next year.

Lebanon’s economic crisis (Foreign Policy) Lebanon’s economic collapse could rank within the top 3 “most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-nineteenth century,” according to a new report issued by the World Bank. The report cites the “brutal and rapid” contraction of Lebanon’s GDP, which dropped from $55 billion in 2018 to $33 billion in 2020. “The social impact of the crisis, which is already dire, could rapidly become catastrophic,” the report notes, as more than half of Lebanon’s population is already living below the poverty line.

Congo killings (Foreign Policy) At least 55 people were killed in overnight attacks near two villages in eastern Congo, close to the border with Uganda. Congolese officials blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist insurgent group that in March was deemed a foreign terrorist organization by the United States. The group killed more than 850 people in 2020, according to the United Nations. At the beginning of May, President Félix Tshisekedi declared a state of siege across the affected regions, surging troops in a bid to quell violence.

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bestevpnanbieteritalych · 3 years ago

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Are Architects and Designers Worth Their Weight?

Assessing whether the fees are worthwhile is a way to identify cost savings that architects and designers can provide martynpattie.

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Assessing whether the fees are worthwhile is a way to identify cost savings that architects and designers can provide.

The following categories can be used to describe knowledge:

* You should know these things

* You know things that you don’t know.

* There are also things that you don’t know about.

Our best work is done when our surroundings are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. We all have our own personal taste in form and function and strive to create environments that reflect this. We all know what we love. We know what we want.

It is this knowledge that makes architects and designers most appealing.

Designers and architects are trained and qualified in their respective fields. They have access to information and contacts in the industry that isn't readily available to the general public or to the wider industry. These are the things that we know and don't know.

Even more important is the knowledge architects and designers have about the effects of proportions and dimensions, perspectives, surfaces and textures on a structure. This knowledge can also impact our emotional and physical reactions to it. These basic elements can increase our reaction to a structure. They can transform a house into a home or office into a sanctuary, and can even make an outdoor space feel like a retreat. These are the things that we don’t know.

It doesn't matter if a project is residential, commercial or both, it will be a large financial undertaking. The process can also be very time-consuming. Making mistakes can be costly, and it is possible to turn an otherwise enjoyable experience into a nightmare due to both financial pressures and time constraints.

That pressure can be relieved by designers and architects. After you have briefed your architect or designer, you can let them create the design and source the products and materials that will deliver the desired result.

You can create a design that you don't understand, but that you love. They can source materials and products that you didn't know existed, but are perfectly suited for your project.

An architect can help ensure that the house is oriented correctly, the doors and windows are placed properly, and that products and materials are chosen to maximize energy efficiency. These initiatives result in significant time and cost savings.

Comprehensive architectural drawings and specifications can increase the likelihood that your builder or sub-contractor will complete your project on time and within budget. Your architect or designer will source the materials and products at a lower cost. They will often pay wholesale, while you will pay retail.

Crisanne Fox is the Head of Australian Design at Ashton Grove International, a prestigious French provincial and homewares company. She says most home owners don't realize how designers can help them save money. The common misconception about interior designers is that they will cost you money to retain and make you spend a lot on every item. A good designer will work with you to maximize what you have and combine it with your overall vision for your space or home.

Ms Fox stated that interior designers are able to source products at wholesale prices and have access to a wider range of homewares and products than is generally available to the general public. This gives homeowners the opportunity to reap the many benefits of their expertise. Another factor to be aware of, and this is more common than people realize, is the fact that homeowners often spend a lot on decorating their homes only to find that a few key pieces don't fit together. This is especially true when you consider central features such as coffee tables, dining tables and couches. It can lead to a large amount of money being spent six months later trying to fix the problem. You pay a designer to do the job right and eliminate all margins of error. Ms Fox said.

There is a misconception that interior designers require the entire house to be fitted out. An interior designer can be brought in to help with the finishing touches if you already have the basic pieces.

The garden is perhaps the most common mistake home-owners make. Many home owners neglect to budget for their garden. They mistakenly believe that they will save money if they do it themselves. Landscape architects and designers create movement and opportunities in outdoor spaces to ensure they are used for their intended purpose. They also address drainage issues and make plant selections that will thrive within the environment. They also purchase plants and other materials wholesale. Without the help of a landscape professional, any money you spend on a garden will go unused if the soil is contaminated or the plants die.

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samuelmmarcus · 6 years ago

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Interior Design Ideas: California Modern Farmhouse

Hello, my wonderful friends! I hope you’re having a great day!

If you’re thinking of building a farmhouse-style home, this new “Interior Design Ideas” should be very useful to you. Recently built AK Construction (previously featured here) and tucked away on one of Silicon Valley’s most picturesque streets, this French Provincial farmhouse inspired home is filled with inspiration, inside and out!

Take notes on the sources shared by this California builder and make sure to save and pin this inspirational new-construction.

Interior Design Ideas: California Modern Farmhouse

This home is really impressive. I love the brick accent and the windows.

Kitchen

Tired of white kitchens? If so, this one should inspire you! Notice the island with waterfall on only one side. Very sleek, fresh and it allows plenty of space for counterstools.

Kitchen Cabinetry: “Decora Cabinets” Fog Finish / Maple Wood / Roslyn Style / Flat 5-piece drawer face/ Edge Profile #17

Kitchen Countertop

Island countertop is Sequel Quartz Merano and perimeter countertop is Black Vermont Granite.

Bar Faucet: Kohler Purist – Matte Black

Kitchen Backsplash

Backsplash is also Sequel Quartz – Merano – slab.

Pot Filler: Delta in Matte Black.

Similar Kitchen Hood: Here.

Similar Range: Here.

Sink & Faucet

Kitchen Faucet: Kohler Purist – Matte Black.

Similar Farmhouse Sink: Here.

Kitchen Cabinet Hardware: Pulls: Top Knobs Nouveau 3 in Flat Black. Knobs: Top Knobs.

Kitchen Island

Island Dimensions: 4’x13’ with 18” overhang.

Kitchen Pendants: RH – similar here.

Great Room

The kitchen opens to a large Great Room with high ceiling, tall fireplace and custom media cabinetry.

Fireplace Stone

Fireplace Stone: Eldorado Stone Autumn Leaf (rough cut) – Other Beautiful Veneer Stones: here, here, here, here & here.

Windows

The windows are the Anderson E series.

Paint Color

All Common Areas: Sherwin Williams SW 7008 Alabaster.

Lovely Ideas for this Style:

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Breakfast Room

The grey steel windows are done in a Sandstone finish.

Dining Room Lighting (not shown): Hubbardton Forge-Zephyr.

Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood Flooring: Domaine Allier by Monarch Plank – similar here.

Room Layout

A wide view of the kitchen, breakfast nook and Great Room, which opens to the expansive backyard.

Ceiling Treatment

Ceiling treatment is faux wood-beams in box beam orientation.

Entry Lighting

Foyer Lighting: Corbett Lighting- Vertigo 45” Wide.

Powder Room Accent Wall

The powder room is one of my favorite rooms of the house. You can’t help but feel impressed by the glamorous choices found in this space.

Lighting: Craftmade – Sigrid 4 Light.

Floor Tile: Glorious White Marble 12×24 Polished – similar here.

Magic Mirror on the Wall…

Antique Mirror Tile: Timeless Reflections Antique Mirror Tile- (Mystic Tile) – similar here.

Powder room Faucet: Kohler Purist – Towel Bar.

Washstand is custom. Beautiful Washstands & Bathroom Vanities: Here & Here.

Similar Mirror: Here.

Landing Area

The main staircase leads to a large landing area with custom built-ins.

Paint Color

Paint color is Alabaster by Sherwin Williams.

Trim Paint Color

The grey trim color is a custom-match to the grey windows, similar to Benjamin Moore Ozark Shadows.

Guest Bedroom

This guest bedroom opens to a balcony.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 729 Jack Frost.

Bathroom

Bathroom Faucet: Delta Trinsic- (Chrome).

Bathroom Lights: Innovations Lighting.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 970 White Down in Eggshell Finish.

Similar Floor Tile: Here & Here.

Similar Cabinet Hardware: Here.

Bathroom Paint Color

Paint color is Benjamin Moore Decorators.

Similar Floor & Wall Tile: Hex Marble Tile. Walls: Marble Subway Tile.

Faucet: Delta.

Lighting: Innovations Lighting.

Similar Knobs: Wayfair.

Countertop

Countertop is Calacatta Oro – Honed.

Lavender Bedroom Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 1401 Nosegay.

Bathroom Paint Color

Benjamin Moore Decorators White – Eggshell Finish.

Similar Tile: Walls: Subway Tile – Larger Subway tile. Flooring: 3/4 Penny Rounds Mosaic Gloss White.

Faucet: Delta.

Lighting: Innovations Lighting.

Similar Cabinet Hardware: Here & Here.

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is very large and features faux ceiling beams, a fireplace and a separate sitting area.

Bedroom Sitting Area/Home Office

The sitting area/home office opens to a private balcony.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 970 White Down – Flat Finish.

Master Bathroom

The master bathroom features a large vanity with two sinks. Isn’t this bathroom stunning?

Bathroom Faucet

Master Faucets: Brizo Odin– (Chrome)

Similar Bathroom Hardware: Pulls & Knobs.

Lighting: RH – similar here, here & here.

Wall Tile

Master Bath Wall Tile: Statuario Porcelain Planes – similar here.

Floor Tile

Bathroom floor tile is a combination of marble basketweave, Absolute Black Granite and Statuario Marble porcelain tile.

Shower

The shower is very spacious and classic.

Slab

This is a tile combination that you might want to save or pin, especially if you’re planning on building or renovate your bathroom.

White & Grey Bathroom Tile

Grey and white marble tiling add some drama and an inspiring color scheme to this guest bathroom. Notice the grey trim.

Shower Boarder Tile: Bardiglio Nuvolato marble tile.

Shower Tile: Bardiglio Nuvolato 1×3 herringbone tile – in 1×2: here – similar here. These tiles are so beautiful! I am loving this stone. They would look great as accent tile as well.

Wall Tile: Statuario Marble.

Beautiful Bardiglio Nuvolato Tiling: here, here, here, here & here.

Backyard

This new home exudes beauty from every angle.

Exterior Color

The exterior paint is a colored acrylic stucco by BMI called White Cloud.

Windows- Anderson E series – Color- Sandstone.

Many thanks to the builder for sharing all of the details above.

Builder: AK Construction (Instagram – Facebook)

Photography: Bobak Radbin.

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dawnjeman · 6 years ago

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Interior Design Ideas: California Modern Farmhouse

Hello, my wonderful friends! I hope you’re having a great day!

Take notes on the sources shared by this California builder and make sure to save and pin this inspirational new-construction.

Interior Design Ideas: California Modern Farmhouse

This home is really impressive. I love the brick accent and the windows.

Kitchen

Tired of white kitchens? If so, this one should inspire you! Notice the island with waterfall on only one side. Very sleek, fresh and it allows plenty of space for counterstools.

Kitchen Cabinetry: “Decora Cabinets” Fog Finish / Maple Wood / Roslyn Style / Flat 5-piece drawer face/ Edge Profile #17

Kitchen Countertop

Island countertop is Sequel Quartz Merano and perimeter countertop is Black Vermont Granite.

Bar Faucet: Kohler Purist – Matte Black

Kitchen Backsplash

Backsplash is also Sequel Quartz – Merano – slab.

Pot Filler: Delta in Matte Black.

Similar Kitchen Hood: Here.

Similar Range: Here.

Sink & Faucet

Kitchen Faucet: Kohler Purist – Matte Black.

Similar Farmhouse Sink: Here.

Kitchen Cabinet Hardware: Pulls: Top Knobs Nouveau 3 in Flat Black. Knobs: Top Knobs.

Kitchen Island

Island Dimensions: 4’x13’ with 18” overhang.

Kitchen Pendants: RH – similar here.

Great Room

The kitchen opens to a large Great Room with high ceiling, tall fireplace and custom media cabinetry.

Fireplace Stone

Fireplace Stone: Eldorado Stone Autumn Leaf (rough cut) – Other Beautiful Veneer Stones: here, here, here, here & here.

Windows

The windows are the Anderson E series.

Paint Color

All Common Areas: Sherwin Williams SW 7008 Alabaster.

Lovely Ideas for this Style:

JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content.

Breakfast Room

The grey steel windows are done in a Sandstone finish.

Dining Room Lighting (not shown): Hubbardton Forge-Zephyr.

Hardwood Flooring

Hardwood Flooring: Domaine Allier by Monarch Plank – similar here.

Room Layout

A wide view of the kitchen, breakfast nook and Great Room, which opens to the expansive backyard.

Ceiling Treatment

Ceiling treatment is faux wood-beams in box beam orientation.

Entry Lighting

Foyer Lighting: Corbett Lighting- Vertigo 45” Wide.

Powder Room Accent Wall

The powder room is one of my favorite rooms of the house. You can’t help but feel impressed by the glamorous choices found in this space.

Lighting: Craftmade – Sigrid 4 Light.

Floor Tile: Glorious White Marble 12×24 Polished – similar here.

Magic Mirror on the Wall…

Antique Mirror Tile: Timeless Reflections Antique Mirror Tile- (Mystic Tile) – similar here.

Powder room Faucet: Kohler Purist – Towel Bar.

Washstand is custom. Beautiful Washstands & Bathroom Vanities: Here & Here.

Similar Mirror: Here.

Landing Area

The main staircase leads to a large landing area with custom built-ins.

Paint Color

Paint color is Alabaster by Sherwin Williams.

Trim Paint Color

The grey trim color is a custom-match to the grey windows, similar to Benjamin Moore Ozark Shadows.

Guest Bedroom

This guest bedroom opens to a balcony.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 729 Jack Frost.

Bathroom

Bathroom Faucet: Delta Trinsic- (Chrome).

Bathroom Lights: Innovations Lighting.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 970 White Down in Eggshell Finish.

Similar Floor Tile: Here & Here.

Similar Cabinet Hardware: Here.

Bathroom Paint Color

Paint color is Benjamin Moore Decorators.

Similar Floor & Wall Tile: Hex Marble Tile. Walls: Marble Subway Tile.

Faucet: Delta.

Lighting: Innovations Lighting.

Similar Knobs: Wayfair.

Countertop

Countertop is Calacatta Oro – Honed.

Lavender Bedroom Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 1401 Nosegay.

Bathroom Paint Color

Benjamin Moore Decorators White – Eggshell Finish.

Similar Tile: Walls: Subway Tile – Larger Subway tile. Flooring: 3/4 Penny Rounds Mosaic Gloss White.

Faucet: Delta.

Lighting: Innovations Lighting.

Similar Cabinet Hardware: Here & Here.

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is very large and features faux ceiling beams, a fireplace and a separate sitting area.

Bedroom Sitting Area/Home Office

The sitting area/home office opens to a private balcony.

Paint Color

Benjamin Moore 970 White Down – Flat Finish.

Master Bathroom

The master bathroom features a large vanity with two sinks. Isn’t this bathroom stunning?

Bathroom Faucet

Master Faucets: Brizo Odin– (Chrome)

Similar Bathroom Hardware: Pulls & Knobs.

Lighting: RH – similar here, here & here.

Wall Tile

Master Bath Wall Tile: Statuario Porcelain Planes – similar here.

Floor Tile

Bathroom floor tile is a combination of marble basketweave, Absolute Black Granite and Statuario Marble porcelain tile.

Shower

The shower is very spacious and classic.

Slab

This is a tile combination that you might want to save or pin, especially if you’re planning on building or renovate your bathroom.

White & Grey Bathroom Tile

Grey and white marble tiling add some drama and an inspiring color scheme to this guest bathroom. Notice the grey trim.

Shower Boarder Tile: Bardiglio Nuvolato marble tile.

Shower Tile: Bardiglio Nuvolato 1×3 herringbone tile – in 1×2: here – similar here. These tiles are so beautiful! I am loving this stone. They would look great as accent tile as well.

Wall Tile: Statuario Marble.

Beautiful Bardiglio Nuvolato Tiling: here, here, here, here & here.

Backyard

This new home exudes beauty from every angle.

Exterior Color

The exterior paint is a colored acrylic stucco by BMI called White Cloud.

Windows- Anderson E series – Color- Sandstone.

Many thanks to the builder for sharing all of the details above.

Builder: AK Construction (Instagram – Facebook)

Photography: Bobak Radbin.

End of Summer Best Deals!

Wayfair: Up to 70% OFF – Huge Sales on Decor, Furniture & Rugs!!!

Joss & Main: Surprise Sale! Up to 70% Off!!!

Serena & Lily: Huge Sale! Up to 60% Off!!!

Pottery Barn: New Arrivals!!! Up to 70% Off!

West Elm: Mega Sale – 70% Off sales!

Caitlin Wilson: Beautiful Rugs & Pillows.

Anthropologie: Extra 40% Off Sale Plus 20% Off Furniture + Decor.

Urban Outfitters: Hip & Affordable Home Decor – Big Summer Sales!!!

Horchow: Flash Sale: Up to 55% Off!!!

One Kings Lane: Save Up to 70% OFF! Free Standard Shipping on Orders over $99!

Williams & Sonoma: Spring Clearance: Up to 75% OFF!.

Nordstrom: Up to 40% OFF!

Neiman Marcus: Designer Sale: Up to 40% OFF.

Pier 1: Biggest Memorial Day Sale: Up to 50% Off!

JCPenny: Final Hours of Huge Sale.

Posts of the Week:

Painted Brick Exterior Home Renovation

Classic Home with Blue and White Interiors.

Interior Design Ideas New Home Inspiration.

Palm Beach, Florida Home Design.

Spanish Colonial Home Renovation.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram.

Kitchen and Mudroom Gut Renovation Ideas.

Before & After: Small Farmhouse-Style Home Renovation.

Custom Home with Artisan Craftsmanship Interiors.

Santa Barbara Beach Home Design.

Interior Design Ideas Coastal Florida Home.

Georgian Home Design Ideas.

Interior Design Ideas: California Coastal Home.

Interior Design Ideas: Colorful Interiors.

New-Construction Modern Farmhouse Inspiration.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: Andrea McQueen Design.

Texas Gulf Coast Beach House.

Beautiful Homes of Instagram: California Beach House.

New-Construction Home for First-time Home Buyer.

California Beach House with Beautiful Coastal Interiors.

Grey Kitchen Paint Colors.

You can follow my pins here: Pinterest/HomeBunch

See more Inspiring Interior Design Ideas in my Archives.

Popular Paint Color Posts: The Best Benjamin Moore Paint Colors

2016 Paint Color Ideas for your Home

Interior Paint Color and Color Palette Pictures

Interior Paint Color and Color Palette Ideas

Inspiring Interior Paint Color Ideas

Interior Paint Color and Color Palette

New 2015 Paint Color Ideas

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More Paint Color Ideas

“Dear God,

If I am wrong, right me. If I am lost, guide me. If I start to give-up, keep me going.

Lead me in Light and Love”.

Have a wonderful day, my friends and we’ll talk again tomorrow.”

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Mery Christmas 2016- New York

St. Patrics Cathedral on 2016 Christmas Eve.

New York’s First Cathedral: The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral

Written by Joyce Mendelsohn, 2001 Edited and updated by James E. Garrity, 2015

The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral is the original Cathedral of the Archdiocese of New York. Since its construction 200 years ago on the corner of Mott and Prince, it has stood as the heart of old New York; a beacon for the Catholic faithful and an American symbol of religious freedom. Originally the center of a once impoverished Irish community, St. Patrick’s has expanded to serve a diverse community of Catholics from Italian, Hispanic, Asian, and various other origins. Today, our Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral remains a vital force in the community which proudly unites Catholics through worship, social groups and spiritual guidance.

The History of Catholicism in New York

The history of our city’s Catholicism begins in the 17th century with French-born Fr. Isaac Jogues, a Jesuit who landed in New York State. Fr. Jacques was one of the North American Martyrs sent as missionaries to the Quebec Hurons in the early 1640s. He escaped capture and torture by an Iroquois war party in 1643 with the help of Dutch Calvinists who smuggled him by boat to New Amsterdam (later renamed New York) where he was warmly welcomed as “a martyr of Jesus Christ” by Willem Kieft. Father Jogues sailed back to Europe upon learning that 18 different languages were spoken among the settlement population numbering some 500, described as having “the arrogance of Babel.” He later returned as an Iroquois missionary though he was seized and murdered in 1649 by a member of the Mohawk tribe. His canonization was in 1930 by Pope Pius XI. Peter Stuyvesant proceeded Kieft with openly hostility to public worship by religions other than the Dutch Reformed Church which remained even after the British gained control in 1664 of what became New York. The small Catholic population only gained esteem in 1674, when King James II (a Roman Catholic convert) granted religious liberty to the province which still lacked a its own place of worship. In 1683, King James II appointed an Irish Catholic Colonel Thomas Dongan to govern New York under his “Charter of Liberties and Privileges” which granted religious freedom to all Christians. However, the fall of the Catholic Stuarts in England due to the Protestant “Glorious Revolution” of 1688 drove Dongan from his post, ending the brief religious liberty in the province and ushering in a law in 1700 that prohibited Catholic priests from entering the city as per the provincial assembly. Despite these restrictions, Jesuit Ferdinand Steenmayer snuck into the city to celebrate Mass in secret on several brave occasions.

Upon the anti-Catholic law being repealed (1784) in the now sovereign state of New York, an Irish Capuchin friar Charles Whelan arrived in the city to help organize what would become the first Catholic parish in the independent United States. New York’s Catholic community numbered less than 1,000 of the total 230,000 populating the land from French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Irish descent. Nevertheless, the Roman Catholic Church in the City of New York was incorporated in 1785, led by the French consul and largely financed by a donation from King Charles III of Spain. Construction then commenced on the first Catholic house of worship in the city – St. Peter’s Church.

Opening Mass was celebrated on November 1, 1786, in the small, Georgian- style building located on the corner of Barclay and Church streets in lower Manhattan. Severely damaged in the Great Fire of 1835 (a conflagration that raged for three days and destroyed 674 buildings), the original wood frame building was replaced in 1840 by the present monumental granite structure, designed in the classicaltradition.

Pierre Toussaint And Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton

Two extraordinary parishioners are connected with St. Peter’s Church: Pierre Toussaint, who is being considered for canonization, and Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born American saint.

Toussaint, born in Haiti in 1766, was brought as a slave to New York in 1787. When his owners fell upon hard times, he became a successful hairdresser, at the same time quietly waiting on and supporting the household. After the death of his owners, the former slave purchased his wife’s freedom and became a leader of the free black community in New York.

Pierre Toussaint devoted his life to aiding the poor and the sick—opening his home to black orphans, raising funds to support a Catholic orphanage and school, and entering quarantined zones to nurse victims of epidemics that ravaged the city.

Toussaint worshiped at St. Peter’s Church for sixty-six years and was buried in the cemetery of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in 1853. In 1989, his remains were removed and brought to St. Patrick’s Cathedral uptown as the first step in the cause for his beatification. Within St. Peter’s Church is a life-size marble statue of Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was born in New York in 1774 into a devout Episcopalian family. At age nineteen, Elizabeth Ann Bayley married wealthy businessman William Seton. They raised a family of five children in a gracious home at 7 State Street facing Battery Park, which is now the Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. As a young wife and mother who became deeply involved in assisting the poor, Mrs. Seton was widely known as the “Protestant Sister of Charity.” After her husband’s death, the widow—always deeply spiritual—was drawn to Catholicism and in 1805 was received into the Catholic faith at St. Peter’s Church.

Elizabeth Ann Seton turned for guidance to BishopJohnCarroll. He had been appointed as the first Bishop in the United States in 1789 and in Baltimore presided over America’s first diocese— encompassing all of the thirteen original colonies. At Bishop Carroll’s urging, she moved her family to Baltimore in 1808 to open a Catholic girls’ school—marking the beginning of the Catholic system of parochial schools in the United States. Mother Seton founded the Sisters of Charity—the first Catholic religious order in America. Her order was successful in establishing orphanages and hospitals and developing the parochial school system. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton died at age fifty- two in 1821 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

Father Antony Kohlmann

In response to the needs of a growing number of Catholic immigrants, Pope Pius VII established the Diocese of New York in 1808, which included all of New York State and a portion of northern New Jersey. Archbishop Carroll chose Alsatian-born Father Antony Kohlmann, along with several of his fellow Jesuits, to organize the new diocese. When Father Kohlmann arrived in the new diocese, he described the Catholic population as consisting “of Irish, some hundreds of French and as many Germans; in all according to the common estimation of 14,000 souls.” A parcel of land on Mott Street on the comer of Prince Street was chosen for the construction of New York’s first Cathedral. It was to rise on land that had been purchased in 1801 and 1803 by St. Peter’s Church for a burial ground. (The graves were removed to another site.) At the time, Canal Street was the northern boundary of the built-up portion of Manhattan. The Cathedral, erected in the midst of meadows, hills, and woodlands, was referred to as the “new church out of town.” (It was still a rural area in 1820 when a fox was caught in the churchyard!) Funds for construction came from large numbers of poor Irish immigrants—at considerable personal sacrifice—and from several wealthy Catholic laymen, including Andrew Morris (an Irish immigrant) —the first Catholic ever to be elected to public office in New York State to serve on the Common Council—and Cornelius Heeney (another immigrant from Ireland), a business partner of John Jacob Astor. On June 8, 1809, Father Kohlmann officiated before an assembled crowd of 3,000 at the laying of the cornerstone for St. Patrick’s Cathedral—the second Roman Catholic Cathedral in America (Baltimore’s Cathedral was the first) and the second Catholic church in New York (after St. Peter’s).

The new Cathedral was the first house of worship in the United States to be dedicated to Ireland’s patron saint, Saint Patrick, who organized the Irish Church in the fifth century. Known as the Apostle of Ireland, Patrick was consecrated as Bishop circa 432. He traveled tirelessly throughout Ireland, preaching, writing, and teaching, converting chiefs and bards, gathering followers, establishing churches and schools, building monasteries, and performing miracles. Since specific rules for canonization were not set down until the tenth century, local veneration of St. Patrick evolved into his sainthood.

The new Cathedral was designed by Joseph Mangin, a French-born architect and engineer, who arrived in New York in 1745 and soon established a reputation as a skilled architect and builder. In 1802, Mangin, along with native- born architect John McComb Jr., won the competition for the design of New York’s present City Hall (completed in 1812) with their plans for an exquisite French Renaissance exterior and a splendid Federal-style interior.

Mangin designed a grand and magnificent structure for St. Patrick’s Cathedral—proclaiming the strength and presence of the Catholic community as a force within the city. At the time of construction, it was the largest church building in the city—over 120 feet long and 80 feet wide and rising to a height of 75 feet with an 85-foot inner vault. The Cathedral—with its massive rough-cut stone facade punctuated by niches for statuary, pointed-arch doorways, and a large tracery-ornamented gable window—was one of the first Gothic Revival churches in America. The interior space was marked by tall, clustered iron columns that divided the body of the church into three naves surmounted by Gothic arches. Painted wall surfaces and natural light streaming through tall windows added to the spiritual quality of the interior. The Cathedral formally opened on Ascension Day, May 4, 1815, with a crowd of 4,000 worshippers and dignitaries, including Mayor DeWitt Clinton, and a greater number overflowing into the streets.

The first Bishop appointed to the diocese was Irish-born Richard Luke Concanen.The Napoleonic Wars prevented him from reaching New York and he died in Italy in 1810. The work of governing as administrator of the diocese continued to be carried out by Father Kohlmann, who devoted himself to fund raising and overseeing construction of the Cathedral. He maintained those responsibilities until the arrival in November 1815 of the second Bishop, sixty-five-year-old John Connolly, an Irish Dominican theologian who was held in high repute by both Pius VI and Pius VII. Bishop Connolly directed the construction of several new churches in the diocese and founded an orphanage in a wood-frame building at 32 Prince Street, across from the Cathedral, that was staffed in 1817 by three Sisters of Charity sent to New York by Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. Pierre Toussaint, a leading financial supporter, generously contributed funds to the orphanage for close to forty years.

The Sisters established St. Patrick’s School in 1822. The original orphanage and school building was replaced in 1826 by the present red-brick convent and school designed in the Federal style and distinguished by an exquisite doorway of the period. For more than 180 years, the Sisters of Charity continued their tradition of service— first in the orphanage and then in St. Patrick’s School. The school had educated generations of Irish, Italian, French, Hispanic, Chinese, and German children. St. Patrick’s School boasted a distinguished roster of graduates—leaders in business, film, theater, arts, teaching, and the full spectrum of vocations and professions. The school (which had been New York’s oldest surviving parochial school) was forced to close in 2010 due to insufficient enrollment. In 1823, Bishop Connolly invited Cuban-born Fr. Felix Varela to New York to start a pastoral ministry among poor Irish immigrants, who made up the majority of the 35,000 Catholics living in the city. Father Varela—a social activist and advocate of Cuban independence—served as pastor in several diocese churches and is best remembered for his staunch support for the Irish in the face of growing anti-Catholic sentiment.

Bishop Connolly’s entire episcopacy was plagued by a severe shortage of priests. He brought Fr. Michael O’Gorman (who he ordained in Ireland before leaving for New York) with him from Ireland, and in 1820, he ordained Fr. Richard Bulger (another Irishman) to the priesthood. Father Bulger thus was the first priest to be ordained in New York City. Fathers Bulger and O’Gorman regularly traveled to New Jersey, to upstate New York, and to Brooklyn on Long Island to celebrate Masses for the Catholics there, since there were no resident priests in those locations at that time. Both Father Bulger and Father O’Gorman became ill in November of 1824 as a result of tending to the sick and dying of the diocese, and they both passed away within a week of each other at their residence on Broadway. They had been living in the same residence as Bishop Connolly, and when they died, the Bishop, who officiated at both of their burials, caught a bad cold and he died a few months later in February of 1825. Fathers O’Gorman and Bulger (and other early priests of the diocese) were buried in the courtyard in front of the church. A commemorative bronze plaque was placed upon the gravesite in 2010.

At the time of Bishop Connolly’s death, the diocese was composed mainly of working class Irish parishioners. The appointment of his successor, Fr. John Dubois—a French educator and missionary—was viewed with disappointment by the Irish community. Forced out of France in 1791 by the French Revolution, Father Dubois arrived in America with letters of introduction from the Marquis de Lafayette to James Monroe and Patrick Henry. Father Dubois settled in Virginia, where he built a church and opened a school in Emmitsburg, Maryland, that became Mount St.Mary’s College. In 1826, when he was consecrated the third Bishop of New York, there were twelve churches in the diocese for a Catholic population of about 150,000, served by only eighteen priests. By 1837, the numbers had grown to thirty-eight churches and forty priests. Plagued by ill health, Bishop Dubois requested a coadjutor. In 1838, the Rev. John Joseph Hughes was elevated to the episcopy as Bishop of Basileopolis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and was then appointed coadjutor bishop to Dubois. In the following year, he was made administrator-Apostolic of New York. Bishop Dubois died in 1842 at the age of seventy-eight and is buried in front of the Cathedral, as he had personally requested.

St. John Neumann

Six years before his death, Bishop Dubois had welcomed a twenty- five-year-old theological student named John Neumann to the diocese. Neumann—who was canonized by Pope Paul IV in 1977 as America’s first male saint—was born in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) and attended seminary in Prague. Since his ordination had been delayed by the government, Neumann came to New York as a missionary. The young man was ordained to priesthood at St. Patrick’s on June 28, 1836, and sent to upstate New York to work among German-speaking Catholics. Renowned for his outstanding mission and pastoral work and for his holiness and charity, Neumann was appointed the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852, where he died in 1860.

The multitudes of Irish Catholics who arrived in New York in the 19th century were mainly uneducated peasants leaving behind an impoverished existence in their native homeland due to harsh British colonial rule. And, after 1845, they were also fleeing from the Great Hunger—the potato famines that killed more than one million Irish and drove some two million more to America. The new immigrants lived in squalor, crowded into rotting structures and wretched tenements, eking out a miserable living, and suffering from disease and extreme poverty. These Famine Irish turned in large numbers to the church for solace.

The fourth Bishop of St. Patrick’s, who succeeded Bishop Dubois in 1842, was himself the son of poor Irish farmers and weavers. In 1817, at age twenty, John Joseph Hughes (born in Annaloughan, County Tyrone)emigrated to the United States and briefly settled in Pennsylvania before entering Mount St. Mary’s College, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1826. Father Hughes spent the next twelve years in Philadelphia serving as pastor of several churches and was widely admired for his skillful management, strong leadership qualities, and outspoken defense of the church. Arriving in New York in 1838, Father Hughes served first as coadjutor and later administrator-Apostolic of New York. He was appointed a bishop in 1842—the first prelate to be consecrated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Bishop Hughes faced two daunting challenges—presiding over a diocese that was experiencing unprecedented growth and protecting Catholics and their churches from the growing hostility of native-born Protestants.

Beginning in the 1830s, the city had experienced several outbreaks of violence led by nativists against Catholics. In 1831, the tiny, wood-frame structure of St. Mary’s Church (the third Catholic church in New York, organized in 1826) on Sheriff Street was burnt to the ground by arsonists. (A substantial stone church, still standing, was built to replace it in 1833 on Grand Street.) The burning of St. Mary’s Church compelled the Trustees of the Cathedral to approve the construction of the brick wall— which surrounds the church—in 1834. Frequent brawls and street riots between Protestants and Catholics led to the founding in 1836 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (Latin for “Irish”) as a mutual benefit society and self- defense group. In the following years, nativist mobs had advanced on St. Patrick’s several times but were turned back after receiving reports that armed Irish defenders— posted by Bishop Hughes—were stationed along Prince Street and behind those brick walls which had been specifically constructed to protect the Cathedral.

In 1844, James Harper (of the famed Harper publishing family) was elected Mayor of New York as the candidate of the anti-immigrant American Republican Party. At the same time, Protestants and Irish Catholics in Philadelphia clashed in rioting that claimed the lives of some thirty Irishmen and resulted in the burning of Catholic churches and convents. Bishop Hughes vigorously defended the rights of Irish Catholics against this rising movement of bigotry and bloodshed. He organized thousands of Irish men to defend the Cathedral. As a massive anti-Catholic torchlight parade gathered in City Hall Park, ready to march up the Bowery to the Cathedral, he stationed sharpshooters on the protective walls surrounding the building. Bishop Hughes sent a letter to Mayor Harper warning that if any harm came to a single Catholic person or Catholic church, the city would be turned into “a second Moscow” (referring to the burning of Moscow during Napoleon’s invasion in 1812). The Bishop’s powerful message and forceful actions are credited with averting the anticipated violent anti-Catholic outbreak in New York.

In 1851, young men from the neighborhood around the Cathedral organized a militia regiment, known locally as the Second Regiment of Irish Volunteers. It was officially accepted as part of the New York State Militia and designated as the Sixty-Ninth Regiment. Commonly called the “Fighting Irish,” its green insignia was composed of a decorative shield flanked by two Irish wolfhounds standing on a ribbon inscribed with the Regimental motto, “Gentle When Stroked, Fierce When Provoked.” The Sixty-Ninth Regiment served in every campaign from Bull Run to Appomattox during the Civil War and fought in the Spanish-American War and the Mexican Border Campaign. Legendary hero Colonel William “Wild Bill” Donovan, chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy, and poet Joyce Kilmer were with the Regiment in bitter fighting in France during World War I. The “Fighting Sixty- Ninth” has been a fixture in the United States Army ever since and last saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 1907, the Regiment has been a unit of the New York Army National Guard.

Bishop Hughes was consecrated as Archbishop of New York in 1850 and continued a vigorous mission of building churches, schools, and hospitals. In 1842, when appointed bishop, he presided over a diocese of fifty churches, forty priests, and 200,000 Catholics. At his death in 1864, the numbers had increased to eighty-five churches, 150 priests, and a population of over 400,000 Catholics.

In a far-seeing move that many ridiculed at the time as “Hughes’ Folly,” the Archbishop proposed the construction of a new Cathedral in an undeveloped area far uptown on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets. Andrew Morris and Cornelius Heeney had purchased the rural property in 1810 on behalf of Father Kohlmann for the sum of $11,000 for the use of the Jesuit boys’ school that he had started downtown. In 1812, he established a school for girls near the boys’ school, run by the Ursuline nuns. The schools were no longer in existence when Archbishop Hughes laid the cornerstone for the new Cathedral on August 15, 1858.

During the Civil War, Archbishop Hughes served as the envoy of President Lincoln on a successful overseas mission to dissuade European countries from supporting the Confederacy. In gratitude, Lincoln petitioned Pope Pius IX to name Archbishop Hughes as America’s first Cardinal. But the death of this indomitable leader in January 1864 came before that honor could come to pass. His memory was honored by tributes from President Lincoln and other statesmen and his body viewed by over 200,000 common people who solemnly came to worship in the Cathedral. He was entombed in the crypts below the Cathedral and remained there until the “New” Cathedral was completed uptown—his remains were then removed to a crypt there in 1883. The Cathedral uptown holds the remains of all of the archbishops and cardinals that have served the Archdiocese since the death of Archbishop Hughes.

Archbishop Hughes’ successor in 1864 as the second Archbishop of the diocese was Bishop John McCloskey. He was born in Brooklyn in 1810 to Irish immigrant parents (his parents are both interred in the cemetery surrounding the Old Cathedral) and, at age eleven, entered Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, distinguishing himself as an outstanding student. After graduation, the fifteen-year-old returned to New York with the intention of pursuing a career in law. But after a near-fatal accident in 1827, the young man decided instead to study for the priesthood. Young McCloskey was under the guardianship of Cornelius Heeney (who dedicated his fortune to the care of poor children at the end of his life), and the young man was taught Latin by Thomas S. Brady (buried in the crypts below the Cathedral). He was taught proper English elocution by Charlotte Melmoth, the first Shakespearean actress to come to America, who opened a school in Brooklyn when her acting career ended. (She was buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard cemetery surrounding the Cathedral.) McCloskey returned to Emmitsburg as a seminarian and later taught Latin at the college. In 1830, he was ordained to the priesthood at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and remained until 1834 before taking a leave to study in Rome. Upon his return, Father McCloskey was instrumental in starting a seminary in Nyack under Bishop Dubois. (The seminary was destroyed by fire just prior to its opening in the 1830s. Arson was suspected, but the case was never investigated fully.) Father McCloskey became the first president of St. John’s College (later renamed Fordham University), founded by Archbishop Hughes in 1841.

Reverend McCloskey served as coadjutor bishop of New York from 1844–1847 and first Bishop of Albany from 1847 to 1864 before his appointment as Bishop to the New York diocese. Later raised to archbishop, he was highly respected as a pioneer in Catholic education and a clergyman of great spiritual strength and humility. During the tenure of Archbishop McCloskey, a disaster of tragic proportions struck on the night of October 6, 1866, when a catastrophic fire destroyed all but the outer walls of the Old Cathedral.

The five-alarm fire began in the packing room (filled with straw and wood shavings) of a porcelain dealer at 44 Crosby Street and quickly spread to nearby buildings. Showers of sparks fell on the lath and plaster roof of St. Patrick’s, which was soon a blazing inferno. As huge fragments of the burning roof crashed down into the sanctuary, filling the building with flames and smoke, a crowd of parishioners, led by Fathers McGeehan and Mullen, rushed inside to remove precious religious articles. They were successful in rescuing the Blessed Sacrament, vestments, several vessels, a number of oil paintings, and silver candlesticks just moments before the entire structure was engulfed by fire.

Archbishop McCloskey resolved to rebuild the Cathedral and commissioned architect Henry Engelbert (known for his designs of the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale) to reconstruct St. Patrick’s. Engelbert designed a severely plain facade of smooth brown stucco, facing Mott Street, lacking the detail and grace of the original exterior. The splendid interior, however, was rebuilt with a ceiling of ribbed vaults and arches carried on clustered piers. An altar screen of carved figures, representing the Apostles, is surmounted by a pointed arch stained-glass window above a painting of the figure of Christ. Completed in less than two years, the Cathedral was rededicated by Archbishop McCloskey on the Feast of St. Patrick—March 17, 1868.

The foremost ecclesiastical event in the history of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral took place in the restored structure on April 27, 1875, with the investiture of Archbishop McCloskey as the first American to be named Cardinal. Several Papal emissaries, seven archbishops, twenty bishops, hundreds of priests, and thousands of laymen attended the ceremony of solemnity and celebration. After its construction was completed, His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey moved his seat uptown to the magnificent new St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, which was formally dedicated on May 25, 1879. The historic St. Patrick’s downtown then became a simple parish church.

Since that time, the church has remained the heart of an active parish with an ever-changing population. (Parish boundaries run from Wooster Street to the Bowery, between Hester Street and East Fourth Street.) Beginning in the 1880s, Italian immigrants poured into the area centered on Mulberry Street that came to be known as Little Italy. (Earlier in the 1800s, Lorenzo Da Ponte, who had written librettos for several of Mozart’s operas, lived on Spring Street, and his opulent Funeral Mass took place in the Cathedral in August of 1838.) Large numbers of Hispanic and Chinese newcomers to America make up a significant portion of the present population. Recent years have seen the transformation of previously commercial areas, such as SoHo and NoHo, into residential communities largely populated by people in the arts and media. Currently, many young people are making the entire area their home. Their youthful energy has breathed much life into St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral parish.

As the 200th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the Old Cathedral approached, Msgr. Donald Sakano, who had been appointed pastor of the venerable church in 2007, began to plan for what would be a six-year Bicentennial Celebration (since it took six years for the church o be completed in the early 1800s). Monsignor Sakano marshaled the assistance of historians familiar with church and city history as well as people in the parish community for the purpose of putting together a celebration that would highlight the great history of the church.

A slogan for the Bicentennial Celebration (which we are currently in the midst of) was selected: “Embracing the future as we celebrate our past.”

The Bicentennial Celebration of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral began with a Mass celebrated by His Excellency, Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, held in the Old Cathedral on June 7, 2009, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the laying of the church’s cornerstone. Various church and civic leaders attended Mass and the related events. A parade was held in which, among other events, (a) the Ancient Order of Hibernians, or “AOH,” marched to the church and stood shoulder-to-shoulder around its perimeter wall in commemoration of the AOH’s defense of the church against physical attack by the nativist, anti-Catholic “Know-Nothings” at the request of then-Bishop (later Archbishop) “Dagger John” Hughes and (b) the April 1861 parade of the famed “Fighting 69th” regiment—a unit of the Irish Brigade—as it marched off to the Civil War was re-enacted.

At that same June 7, 2009, Mass celebrating the laying of the cornerstone of the church, Archbishop Dolan announced from the pulpit that an application would be made to the Holy See requesting that St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral be awarded basilica status. This honor is bestowed upon churches that have historical or other kinds of significance for the Catholic Church and which affords certain ceremonial privileges for a church so honored.

It did not take a long time for the application to be honored; His Excellency Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan announced from the altar of the “new” Cathedral at the annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass on March 17, 2010, that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI had awarded Basilica status to the Old Cathedral, effective (fittingly) on March 17, 2010.

All of the people who have had connections over the years with the Old Cathedral are rightfully proud to learn that this wonderful old church has been so honored by His Holiness Pope Benedict. Old St. Patrick’s is the only church within The Archdiocese of New York to have ever attained Basilica status—a fitting honor for such a historically and ecclesiastically significant edifice within the great City of New York.

Deeply rooted in the community, The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral continues its tradition of providing for the spiritual needs of Catholics of all ages. In 2013, the Basilica once again became a place where Roman Catholics could be buried on the island of Manhattan. A columbarium was erected early in the year for the purpose of accepting the cremated remains of parishioners and friends of the Basilica, and more columbaria are in the building stages as of this writing. Once again, Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral is an honored burial place for the faithful departed of New York City—the exact purpose that the pioneer Catholic community of New York City had originally intended for the land when it was purchased in 1801.

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Cloudberries & Woodsmoke Tea: a Newfoundland Beach Boil-Up

The sun is setting on our Fortune beach Boil-Up in Newfoundland, Canada.

We sip our tea from patterned china cups, looking out at the lapping waves, and Brian tells us this is the second cup of tea he’s ever drunk in his life.

“I never really thought I’d like the taste of tea – but it’s actually quite good!”

Brian Rose is a man who wears many hats. He’s lived in the tiny town of Fortune in Newfoundland & Labrador for most of his life, and is so proud of his hometown that he’s always planning new ways to attract more tourists. Brian runs the Fortune ferry offices, which shuttle passengers back and forth from the nearby French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon each day. He owns the Fortune Hotel, which welcomes visitors venturing to the Fortune Head Geology Centre.

And now this native ‘Fortuner’ is branching out into his next endeavour: taking guests on ATV tours along the stunning coastline.

What was I doing in Fortune, Newfoundland?

The town of Fortune, on the southern tip of the Burin Peninsula, is about 360km from Newfoundland’s capital city of St Johns. It’s set in a valley, with water on both sides, and like many places in Newfoundland it was hugely affected by the cod moratorium in 1992 and the earlier resettlement program of the 1950s.

Unfortunately, I’d never heard of either of these crucial elements in Canada’s history before arriving in Newfoundland. Yet I quickly realised that both events have significantly shaped the lives and culture of modern-day Newfoundlanders: it’s the reason why communities were split apart, businesses dried up, and places were left empty and abandoned.

By the time we made it to Fortune, Kim and I had been exploring Canada for a week, driving our way across the province of Nova Scotia before catching a flight to Newfoundland and Labrador. We’d spent a few days in St John’s and left early that morning to drive four hours across the island.

It meant our journey to Fortune and its sister town of Grand Bank was our first real experience of Newfoundland.

Our first stop: arriving in Grand Bank, Newfoundland

Before meeting Brian in Fortune, we stopped off in nearby Grand Bank where we were spending the night: a town which immediately felt unusual to us both.

The landscape of this place was flat and empty, like a windswept beach. There were virtually no people on the streets – and although our quiet guesthouse, the Thorndyke Inn, had no staff around, there were two young builders walking across the roof instead, hammers and tape measures in hand.

Unsure where to go, we headed for the Provincial Seaman’s Museum, an angular and stark white building with a large mural on the wall which faced the street.

As we stood and looked up at the mural, an echo shivered through a hollow metal flagpole while its flag hung taut in the buffeting wind. It sounded like a strange kind of music. The gulls squawked, and I felt a chill skate across my skin.

There was an undeniable sense of anticipation. As if life was lived on some kind of edge out here.

Embarking on an ATV tour along the Newfoundland coast

We drove onwards to Fortune in order to meet Brian at the ferry offices for 3pm. Brian was red-faced, dressed in an orange shirt and cargo shorts, with an immediate question on his lips: “Would you ladies like me to pick up some beers for later?”

We drove behind Brian’s car, heading out of Fortune and into the countryside before eventually arriving at a covered ATV vehicle outside Brian’s house. He’d already packed it full with cooler bags and large bottles of water.

We added our own bags into the mix and clambered inside. I’d only ever ridden ATVs during off-roading trips – through desert sand dunes in Peru, for example – and those experiences are high paced and adrenaline fuelled. I wasn’t sure if that kind of trip was on the cards for Newfoundland!

But Brian’s ATV tour style was entirely different. He drove us through tall grass which towered over the vehicle’s framework, flinging his arm towards a variety of plants on either side.

There were clusters of pitcher plants, the carnivorous bell-shaped plants with pitfall traps. There were blueberry bushes, their fruits not yet ripe. There were bright purple petals known as fireweed – “it’s like caviar for honey bees,” Brian told us.

We moved further along a bumpy track until the cliff edge opened out beside us. Across the water was a thin stretch of flat land: Brunette island, the largest island in Fortune Bay. Once home to a small fishing community, Brunette island was resettled in the 1950s and now lies totally abandoned.

Brunette Island is a magical place for Brian. Occasionally he sails there with his teenage son: their friends drop them off with bags and drinking water in the afternoon and don’t return until the next morning.

When Brian spoke about the solitude of those overnight camping trips – the sense of space, the calm, the quiet – his eyes shone. It was fascinating, because it seemed at odds with his clear desire to bring more visitors to this part of Atlantic Canada.

Foraging for cloudberries and bakeapples

Approaching a large field, we saw two figures wandering in the distance. Brian practically leapt from the ATV — “Quick! Before they pick them all!”

‘Them’ turned out to be cloudberries, an amber-coloured fruit with a sharp tang. These tiny jewel-like berries have a myriad of other names: salmonberries, yellowberries, and bakeapples. The latter is a quintessentially Newfoundland & Labrador term – and this part of the province is famous for them.

We stopped the ATV and stepped out into the peaty moss land. I took care not to tread too heavily, cautious of squashing what I assumed were a finite number of cloudberries. But within moments I realised the entire field was covered with these tiny bursts of amber fruit, and I set to picking.

Eventually we reached the two figures who’d stopped their foraging to greet us. Wayne was with his niece from Toronto, who visits a few times each year – “and always now,” she said, “when we can pick berries.”

We stood in a little huddle as the wind whipped my hair across my face. Wayne grinned throughout our conversation: a Fortune man in his 70s, his thick Newfoundlander brogue meant I understand one word in ten. Brian’s accent changed when he spoke to Wayne too. It sounded like water.

The next hour saw us driving through wide open fields and down rocky gullets before eventually arriving at the empty house of Brian’s friend. We settled on the patio, cracked open our beers and soaked up the afternoon sunshine while delving into a surprisingly complex set of conversation topics: politics, tourism, the concept of home and what our origin stories mean to us.

And then we headed down towards the sea.

A Newfoundland Boil-Up on the beach

The ATV shrugged and jolted over wide flat stones, making a wide berth of the shoreline. When the vehicle pulled to a juddering halt, we jumped out to scavenge for driftwood.

Brian found an overhanging rock and began to construct a fire, slotting the wood together. He nestled a green pea can, its edges threaded with strong wire as a makeshift handle, into the fire, and then carefully poured a slug of fresh water inside.

He could have boiled our tea in a kettle – but, he explained, “I wanted it to be authentic.”

In the open flatbed of the ATV truck, Brian twisted the lids of jars filled with homemade jam – one of rhubarb and one of strawberry, both made by his Aunt Jean. He unpacked a tiny tupperware container of sugar; unwrapped fresh tea buns gifted by his mother that morning; carefully pulled bunched up paper towels from inside three china cups with painted details on the rim.

“This is essentially a Boil-Up,” he told us – a quintessential Newfoundland tradition where people gather on the beach for an outdoor picnic in a rural landscape.

As the woodsmoke continued to rise, we collected flat rocks to act as plates, spread the scones with fresh butter and even fresher jam, and Brian poured out the tea from its can.

We clinked our china cups together and sipped. The hot tea tasted delicious – almost as if it was flavoured with woodsmoke.

Sunset at Fortune Head Lighthouse

Once Brian learned that both Kim and I had a particular love for lighthouses, we decided to pack away our boil-up gear and drive to the Fortune Head lighthouse in time for sunset. “Fortune Head is the only place in North America where you can see the sun setting on France!” he told us with pride.

Up at the lighthouse in the fading light and amidst a suddenly strong wind, I breathed in the crisp air and gazed across the water to the French islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. I wondered if their lives were anything like the one Brian enjoyed in Fortune.

Kim wandered off to take photos of the lighthouse against the setting sun and Brian beckoned to me. “Come here!” he whispered, indicating to the very edge of the cliff. “Listen!”

Amongst the sound of the gulls, I could hear water swishing back and forth over the jumbled collection of rocks far below us. It was so simple, but from the expression on his face it was a sound that Brian adored.

What’s next for Brian Rose, the man of Fortune?

The tiny town of Fortune may not receive hordes of visitors each year, but the place nonetheless exemplifies what rural Newfoundland is all about: simplicity, community, and a connection to nature.

Brian is acutely aware of what Fortune has to offer, and he already has bright ideas for the future of his ATV tours. He wants his guests to make crafts with old fishing ropes, courtesy of his fisherman friend; to go foraging in the fields with Wayne; to use the foraged fruits to make jam with his aunt Jean – different jams depending on the seasons, of course.

But hopefully the boil-up on Fortune beach will always be a part of the experience. It’s probably one of the most special memories I have from my fortnight travelling through Atlantic Canada – and as Brian pointed out to us, “You’ll never have a cup of tea that tastes better.”

He was right.

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NB: the majority of these photos are by Kim Leuenberger (except for a couple of my own which I snuck in). This trip was in paid partnership with Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism, but my immediate love for Brian’s newest venture is all my own. If you happen to be in Newfoundland, I highly recommend driving four hours from St Johns to Fortune, booking Brian’s tour and enjoying the best cup of woodsmoke tea you’ll ever drink!

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Architecture and the Desire for New Form and Expression

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In some historical periods, individual architects concentrate on the human figure, others on objects connected with utility and consumption, others on nature. They find that under certain conditions form is influenced by concern with, or neglect of, detail. The dependence of form factors such as size, proportion, location, shape, shading, direction, is being studied. Visual form is also considered to articulate the environment. Visual order as a tool of insight has been stressed in the formal aspect of architecture. Beauty can be defined as the correspondence of meaning and perceptual symbolism. Things that belong together are shown together, and what is great and high appears in large size and in high location. Beauty is lost when meaning and form are split. This results in compositions which carry no message.

Keywords: cubism, mannerism, Romanesque, gothic revival, modern style

Introduction

Art cannot be a physical fact because physical facts have no reality. This means that art exists only as a psychological experience, and the forces which generate such experience are the proper object of our attention. In architectural design if one should put something haphazardly, one should be compelled to redo the whole design over again, starting from that place. The psychological forces that determine architecture form operate essentially in the perceptual process of vision and in the area of motivation and personality. Also, a more complete presentation would require consideration of future psychological levels, notably thinking and memory. Vision cannot be explained merely by the properties of the object but is dependent on what goes on in the brain. If we scrutinize the observer's experience and consider at the same time what is going on in the neural mechanism of vision, we realize first of all that we are dealing with a highly dynamic process.

One must realize that all visual form is constantly endowed with striving and yielding, contraction and expansion, contrast and adaptation, attack and retreat. One can understand the elementary impact of a building and its capacity to symbolize the action of life by means of physically motionless objects. The sensations of push and pull are the conscious counterpart of the psychological processes which organize percept in the neural field of the optical sector, that is, the cerebral cortex, the optic nerve, and the retinae of the eyes. Accordingly, visual dynamics is not a secondary attachment of the stimulus, due to accidental, subjective associations, but rather precedes the geometric pattern of shape and color in that this pattern is the result of the organizing forces of whose activity the observer is partially aware.

The Colonial Style

Around the 17th C. the architecture in America was Colonial and dependent on England, Spain, Portuguese and sometimes France. But their dependence was not complete, and the aesthetic values were not provincial. Some of the motifs were due to Spain and Portuguese whose precedent were the Indian workers to whom was related the Decoration of the Aztec and the Temples of the Inca. Afterwards the client and the builder were from the West and the differences which were reflected upon architecture were due to the environment. The Colonial style in North America was Georgian English and was executed with wood which made the columns thin and helped the use of painting. The hot climate admitted the introduction of terraces, porches, loggias and the ample spaces.

Classic Styles

The National style in America was the Greek revival. Thomas Jefferson was enthusiastic to the Roman ruins which he had seen in 1780 and the result was a style ranging from the imitation of Palladianism and the Roman details as seen in the University of Virginia. From 1850 the American Architecture was not Colonial. Instead there was Greek revival, some of Gothic, Egyptian, and a revival of old English Cottage. Some of the buildings which had original motifs are the State Capitol and other two buildings which were conceived as the combination of the forms of the Greek Temples with central domes (Davis and others). Davis invented a truss for wooden bridges.

In France and Germany, they evolved the Romanesque style. In the Ile de France the master masons created the Gothic style, but the English builders, the Spanish, the Germans, the Italians have made some changes to that style to conform with their national consciousness. Afterwards Italy switched to the Early Renaissance, the High Renaissance and the Mannerism. All this happened before any building with a Western character was built in America. But if we take the whole of the United States we might find some echoes here or there like the ribbed Vault in some of the Friars Churches in Mexico which is Western Gothic. Apart from this Mannerism was the first European style which was reflected in America.

Modern Style

America introduced the Balloon frame in 1825 which was an elementary system for wooden buildings which has prefabricated parts to be gathered without profession in the site, the evolution of the iron structure for domestic buildings and the warehouses.

Henry Hobson Richardson. Henry Hobson Richardson 1838-86 believed in the French Romanesque, but his work was exceptional. He used it with new qualities when he brought it out by the use of elementary forms. He had a feeling of texture and surface. He made rich patterns to underline the massive compactness of his buildings. His work influenced many architects of his time such as Sullivan and Adler. By Sullivan America reached the top in architecture creativity. Chicago became the International Center of modern architecture and an original idiom worked out by Sullivan and his pupil Frank Lloyd Wright. No European country had such buildings as those of Wright to compare them with.

After the First World War, there was a style made by great imaginative and decisive men. These men preached and ventured the unexplored. What they have done was according to the needs of the new society and the individual condition of the architecture. The new style refused to accept craftsmanship and whim in design. It is characterized by sheer surfaces and the least ornament so that the parts could be produced industrially.

Mies van der Rohe. The steel, glass and the reinforced concrete did not dictate the new style, but they belonged to it. Mies van der Rohe designed a memorial for the Communists in a cubist expressionist manner. The sweeping lines of Mendelsohn’s architecture was extensively imitated. Even the glass wall of Mies's skyscrapers had a fantasy which was not found in the early work. His concern about the skyscrapers was the reflection of a general fascination in America expressing the daring of the Country. In those years it was seen as a sign of Romanticism more than a rational frame of mind.

The interaction between the interior space and the exterior was discovered by Frank Lloyd Wright in America. The belief in exposing steel members instead of concrete massive blocks characterized the best works completed after 1930. The best of these is the Barcelona Pavilion in 1929 by Mies Van der Rohe who was born in 1886. Its walls were constructed of glass and dark green marble and a white straight ceiling. The interiors were wholly opened with steel brilliant columns and divided by screen walls. It had monumentality because of its splendid materials and noble spatial rhythm.

Le Corbusier. Some of the Pioneers have made some remarkable works out of them. Le Corbusier; he was a painter and was influenced by Cubism though he did not accept it completely. In the pavilion of L'Esprit Nouveau in Paris exhibition of 1920 he admitted a tree to stand in the middle of the house and to extend through the roof. He built also in the University City of Paris a Swiss Students' Hotel 1930 with random rubble which appears side by side with glass and concrete and plaster.

Walter Gropius. Walter Gropius made the Bauhaus in Dessau and some blocks of flats. The Bauhaus was built in 1925. It consisted of a middle part combined by differences of height. The total form was like two "L"s overlapping. The middle part consisted of two stories for offices over supports. Attached to the left were the four stories of the craft school. In the South a wing contained the Auditorium and the canteen. From this end was a tower of six floors for the dormitory with small balconies. The all-glass workshop extended from the other end.

The Religious buildings remained far from this movement, but in Switzerland modern churches appeared such as St. Antony's Basil by Karl Moser. The problem was less complex for the reformed churches of Switzerland than others. Asplundh made the Crematorium for Stockholm 1935 and succeeded in achieving comfort. The advance to the portico with its verticals and horizontals, the free Cross standing isolated from the building and the Chapel in the interior and the waiting room are intricate and soothing. It was surrounded with lawn on rising land, trees and a pool. The architecture of the 20th Century was not so artfully combined with the landscape.

Cubism

Cubism was criticized as being the style of cigar boxes, lacking the grace and lacking the fullness and in short inhuman. But no one denied its functional merits. It was said that, that style is good for factories and nothing else. The religious building did not follow that style for those reasons. But Nervi's Hall, Morwit's Raleigh Arena were not cigar boxes nor hardly had any mechanical appearance, not lacking fullness or grace. It could be looked at as industrial more than individual. But they looked organic not crystalline, and personal and anonymous. These forms have been made by men who wanted to span spaces and a desire for new form. The desire for new expression created new forms and found new technical means to express it. But the roofs of the later years which curve up or down were not due to functional consideration and costs, but they were as Nervi called them ‘structural acrobating’ and the motif was difficult to calculate or construct.

Revolt against Reason

In Brazil they advocated the most fabulous construction. The church of Niemeyer in Pampulla 1943 which had a parabolic section in the Nave and the small transept is in the form of parabolas, and the square tower which begins thin and increases in height, and the plan which contracts and expands in free curves do not depend on function. Brazil was not revolting alone against reason, but Le Corbusier was influenced by what was in Brazil, for he changed the style of his designs after visiting it. His Ronchamps in Paris 1955 explains this. The roof was shaped in the form of a hat or a mushroom and lighted by many small windows which were shaped randomly and laid so. The church is small, with a capacity for only 200 persons and was built in concrete. When I visited it in the 20th Century 1962, I felt it seemed moving.

The revolt against reason was not only by Le Corbusier but also appeared in many countries. In England the architects used geometrical shapes for walls, and balconies. A façade which has a homogeneous balcony for the flat was arranged such that the supports were put in a way to appear as a checkerboard. Or the balconies may interchange between massive concrete and iron grids to give this impression. In Italy too, Luigi Moretti (1909) made the narrow end of the upper eight or ten floors cantilevered to the front over the ground floor. This is so because in the matter of aesthetics the eye is the judge. This is why Ronchamps had to come. Examples of these tendencies are the United Nations in New York and the Lever building by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. It has a contrast between the 24 stories of glass-slabs and the two stories buildings underneath with its closed piazza in the interior.

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Public-Private Parnterships

Buy back superhospitals from private partners: economists

The Quebec government should follow the lead of France and buy back Montreal’s two superhospitals from their private partners, two economists recommend in a new study, estimating that such a move could save taxpayers as much as $4 billion.

Both the McGill University Health Centre and the Centre hospitalier de l’université Montréal are being built as public-private partnerships (PPP), a financial model that was pioneered in England in the 1990s. Under a PPP, a private consortium assumes the financial risk of any cost overruns in building a hospital or any other public project.

The private consortium finances the project, designs it, builds it and maintains it for at least 30 years, charging the government annual rent. After the contract is concluded, the government gains full ownership of the facility.

When former premier Jean Charest approved the MUHC and CHUM superhospitals in the mid-2000s, he said that building them as PPPs would save taxpayers money in the long run.

In a study by Guillaume Hébert and Minh Nguyen of the Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économiques (IRIS), and funded by the FSSS-CSN, the union that represents health-care workers, the two researchers argue the exact opposite. They estimate that the Quebec government will ultimately pay up to $8.6 billion in annual rent to the private consortia in charge of the superhospitals.

The researchers observed that earlier this year the government of France paid a penalty to cancel its PPP contract for the management of the Centre hospitalier Sud Francilien after concluding that it was too expensive. Even with the penalty, the French government estimated that it will ultimately save up to $982.4 million over the long term.

Since both the MUHC and CHUM refused to disclose the contracts to the researchers, they were unable to determine what the cancellation penalties might be. However, they suggested that Quebec would “conservatively” save up to $4 billion if it “bought back” the two superhospitals.

In a 2010 report, Quebec’s auditor general concluded that building the two superhospitals as PPPs would cost taxpayers millions more than constructing them under the conventional model, with the government financing both projects.

The hidden price of public-private partnerships

Public-private partnerships are all the rage in Canada for big infrastructure projects – roads, bridges, waste-water plants and the like.

Governments insist they're "leveraging greater value" and generating "efficiencies" by offloading risk on the private sector. P3s are also more likely to deliver projects on time and on budget.

But at what price? Disturbing new research highlights some serious flaws in how governments tally the benefits of public-private partnerships versus conventional projects. Too little is known about how these contracts work, who benefits and who pays.

A P3 works essentially like leasing a car or TV, rather than paying cash up front. At the end of the day, governments pay substantially more, but if something goes wrong, someone else is responsible.

There are various P3 models. But in most cases, teams – typically made up of a contractor, an architect, a lender and sometimes an operator – bid on a project. The winning group puts up the money, takes on the construction risks and then gets repaid when the project is done. Sometimes, the consortium also operates a facility under a long-term contract, getting repaid in instalments over several years.

These deals are politically seductive. Governments like them because they push spending down the road, pointed out business professor Aidan Vining of Simon Fraser University, who argued in a recent study with University of British Columbia business professor Anthony Boardman that taxpayers are too often getting a raw deal.

"They get a service now and they get someone to pay for it later," Prof. Vining said. "From a political perspective, there's always an advantage to that."

Governments are essentially "renting money" they could borrow more cheaply on their own because it's politically expedient to defer expenses and avoid debt, Prof. Boardman added. P3 has become a "slogan" with often dubious benefits, he said.

Based on a new study of 28 Ontario P3 projects worth more than $7-billion, University of Toronto assistant professor Matti Siemiatycki and researcher Naeem Farooqi found that public-private partnerships cost an average of 16 per cent more than conventional tendered contracts. That's mainly because private borrowers typically pay higher interest rates than governments. Transaction costs for lawyers and consultants also add about 3 per cent to the final bill.

Lost in the fog is the real risk that current and future taxpayers are paying way too much for vital public infrastructure. In pursuit of ‘superhospitals,’ the public interest came last

There were crass, partisan politics: The Liberals and the Parti Québécois each studied and restudied proposals, hoping to put their own stamp on the institutions and to financially benefit their backers.

There were medical politics: Shameless lobbying to retain buildings that should clearly be razed and ugly internecine fights about what specialties would practise where.

There were economic politics: contractors drooling at what could be one of the biggest construction projects since the 1976 Olympics, and corruption and bid rigging to match the bad old days of the Big O.

The province also embraced the PPP approach (private-public partnership), which ended up being a costly mistake. The public treasury will be paying private contractors to administer these facilities for another 30 years.

To date, seven people, including the former head of the MUHC Dr. Arthur Porter, and top executives at SNC-Lavalin, the engineering firm that won the bid to build the hospital, face criminal charges.

The real crime here though is the utter failure of public officials, from politicians to their minions, to protect the public interest.

There have been six premiers and 10 ministers of health (so far) from conception to construction of these hospitals and not one of them put an end to the spiral of nonsense.

Montreal’s hospitals, some of which date back to the early 19th century, needed to be replaced and modernized. Patients deserve facilities that can deliver 21st-century care. Doing so should have been cost-effective.

So far, taxpayers have had to fork over about $5.4-billion for two hospitals and some renos to older ones, and some economists predict that, when the final tally is done, it will reach $8.6-billion.

That is, by any measure, too much money for too little in return.

The fundamental problem here is that, in all the “superhospital” rhetoric, patients and the public have always been an afterthought.

On the weekend, they got a little party, with music and balloons. To celebrate what exactly? Bread and circuses, and an utter lack of accountability?

Quebec’s ‘super’ hospitals show the downside of public-private partnerships

Do you hire a builder and pay for it outright? Do you take out a loan? Or do you hire someone who will build you a house and then rent it back from them for 30 years?

Paying for it – either outright or through a loan – seems pretty straightforward. But not to the government of Quebec. The province is essentially renting-to-own two new hospitals, a plan that could cost taxpayers an additional $4 billion.

When people rent-to-own, it’s usually because they’re in rough financial shape. Quebec’s provincial finances aren’t that rough. The province has a good credit score and Premier Philippe Couillard delivered a balanced budget this spring.

Instead, Quebecers were told that this plan, called a public-private partnership (PPP), is sound fiscal management. The private sector would be taking on all the risk, we were told, protecting taxpayers.

But in reality, it doesn’t quite work like that. When public-private partnerships go wrong, taxpayers are left holding the bag.

One example is the University of Quebec at Montreal’s plan to build a 16-storey mixed-use building through a PPP. Construction stopped in 2007 – after the project went $200 million over budget – with less than half of it completed.

The provincial government ended up spending around $400 million to complete it, and recouped a mere $45 million by selling the site.

Does anyone seriously believe that if the two new hospitals encountered similar problems, the government wouldn’t see them finished at any cost?

Outright failure isn’t the only risk public private partnerships are supposed to mitigate, though.

Couillard (who was Health minister when the hospitals project got underway) told Quebecers that using the PPP model would prevent delays and cost overruns. In 2006, he promised that the hospitals would be built on time and on budget.

Three years later, ground still hadn’t been broken, costs had risen by an estimated $1.6 billion and one hospital was now set to be completed seven years later than Couillard originally promised (the other was only four years late). The supposed efficiencies of the private sector never materialized.

This should come as no surprise to anyone who’s worked for (or done business with) large enterprises. Government has no monopoly on waste and inefficiency.

And in a situation where government is certain to come up with the cash, corporations engaging in public private partnerships often have a perverse incentive to waste time and money.

In this case, it is alleged that there was also theft.

Economists estimate that the province could save $4 billion – almost half the rent it’s set to pay over the next 30 years – by buying the hospitals and running them itself.

It’s not just a Quebec problem. In Ontario, the provincial auditor general has estimated that the province wasted $8 billion by using PPPs instead of funding infrastructure through traditional means.

Part of that was blamed on the fact that private companies face higher borrowing costs than government. Those costs were passed on to taxpayers.

Here in Montreal, all this waste might still be worth it if the hospitals lived up to their “super” billing. But they haven’t. They’re too small, lack important facilities and the MUHC facility has directed some emergency room patients back to one of the hospitals it was supposed to replace.

Instead of saving money, the PPP approach meant Quebecers ended up pay a lot more for much less.

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