#hennebique

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Ex Silos granario François Hennebique, 1901, Studio Hennebique Bruxelles, Ing: Antonio Carissimo, Giovanni Crotti, Gian Battista De Cristoforis. © 2024 Stefano Bucciero

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JOHNS BRIDGE KILKENNY

A bridge 'designed for the Joint Committee of the Kilkenny County Council and the Kilkenny Borough Council by Mr. A.M. Burden

PHOTOGRAPHED IN AUGUST 2018 To be honest I did not get the opportunity to explore the immediate area in detail during my visit to Kilkenny in August 2018 but I hope to do so in 2024 when I visit in March. A bridge ‘designed for the Joint Committee of the Kilkenny County Council and the Kilkenny Borough Council by Mr. A.M. Burden [Alexander Burden Mitchell (1864-1923)] County Surveyor of…

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Liguria protagonista del mondo della croceristica con la Clia European Cruise Week

Liguria protagonista del mondo della croceristica con la Clia European Cruise Week. «Per la prima volta nella storia, la Clia European Cruise Week, la più importante fiera della croceristica del continente, si svolgerà nel nostro capoluogo. Genova come Miami, dunque, e anche meglio: da domani migliaia di operatori del settore saranno in Liguria per programmare il futuro delle crociere. Un settore in grande espansione e nel quale la Liguria è protagonista assoluta, come dimostrano le sue stazioni marittime in crescita: Genova che raddoppierà con Hennebique, Spezia dove è cominciata la costruzione del nuovo molo, l'hub croceristico di Savona, il tutto collegato dal nuovo aeroporto che stiamo costruendo». Così il presidente di Regione Liguria Giovanni Toti, commentando l'arrivo a Genova della Clia European Cruise Week, l'evento che da domani fino al 14 marzo porterà a Genova i massimi esponenti nazionali ed internazionali del panorama crocieristico mondiale. «Sarà un'occasione unica, che permetterà a migliaia di piccole e medie imprese del nostro territorio di farsi conoscere e incontrare i principali operatori mondiali del settore», conclude il presidente Toti.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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The Blue Apples Of Rennes-le-Château

Église Sainte Marie-Madeleine Rennes-le-Château, France The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many “clues” to a mysterious treasure.                Top Places in France Trench of Bayonets Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France Un Regard Moderne Bookstore Paris, France Francois Hennebique’s Concrete Manor Bourg-la-Reine, France See All Every year on…

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HENNEBIQUE Ok della Giunta allo schema di convenzione tra il Comune di Genova e il raggruppamento temporaneo di imprese per la realizzazione di opere a fruizione pubblica #allavoropergenova🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (presso Genova, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7gEy5IKT9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Eric Fernihough at Brooklands after hitting the infamous Hennebique bridge bump. Photo from Brooklands Museum.

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Ex Silos granario François Hennebique, Area demaniale marittima, Calata Santa Limbania, Porto Antico di Genova. Costruzione: 1901, Studio Hennebique Bruxelles, Ing: Antonio Carissimo, Giovanni Crotti, Gian Battista De Cristoforis. [Fotografia: © 2022 Stefano Bucciero] #FrançoisHennebique #Hennebique #portoanticodigenova #genovamorethanthis #mibact #industrialarchitecture #architecture #industrialphotography #documentary #abandoned #Genova2050 #architecture #urbex #decay #abandonedplaces #lostplaces #urbanexploration #blackandwhitephotography #artecontemporanea #contemporaryart #SBucciero #industrialarchaeology #abandoned #creativitacontemporanea #italiancouncil #padiglioneitalia #ilsecoloxix #portoanticogenova #genova (presso Genova , Antico Silos Granaio Hennebique) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgv0DdYjm3p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Giuseppe Porcheddu, illustratore dei sogni

Giuseppe Porcheddu, illustratore dei sogni

Un disegnatore dallo stile insolito, che visse un’esistenza particolare nella Torino del primo Novecento… Giuseppe Porcheddu nacque il 1 maggio 1898 a Torino, dove il padre Giovanni Antonio aveva aperto uno studio professionale per la creazione di conglomerati in calcestruzzo armato, grazie alla concessionaria esclusiva in Italia del brevetto Hennebique. (more…)

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Sistem savaşları: İlk donatı düzenleri System battles: İnitial reinforcement layouts (Sayın Prof. Dr. Ahmet Topçu'nun dokümanlarından) #slstem #system #battle #savaş #ilk #initial #first #donati #donatı #reinforcement #reinforce #duzen #düzen #layout #humbarahane #inşaatmühendisliği #civilengineering #civilengineer #kolon #sargı #kiriş #coignet #considere #hennebique #monier #arch #architect #architecture #mimar #inşaatmühendisi

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François Hennebique and Jean Campiotti ing., Herrenhaus La Haute Roche, 1917

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L’affaire Malik Oussekine, la tragédie qui a soulevé tout un pays 

https://www.vanityfair.fr/ Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 décembre 1986, Malik Oussekine périt sous les coups de deux policiers, à Paris, alors que la ville est submergée par les manifestations étudiantes. Retour sur une tragédie érigée aujourd’hui comme un symbole des violences policières.  PAR MÉLANIE HENNEBIQUE 6 DÉCEMBRE 2021 POOL AVENTURIER/DUCLOS Malik Oussekine était semble-t-il un jeune homme…

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L’ex Silos granario Hennebique è così chiamato perchè fu il primo edificio costruito in Italia utilizzando il brevetto del calcestruzzo armato di Francois Hennebique

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Man’s Impact on the Environment Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel was a historic resort hotel property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built in 1902-1906, and demolished in October 1978.

In 1900, Josiah White III bought a parcel of land between Ohio Avenue and Park Place on the Boardwalk, and built the Queen Anne style Marlborough House. The hotel was financially successful and, in 1905, he chose to expand. White hired Philadelphia architect Will Price of Price and McLanahan to design a new, separate tower to be called the Blenheim. "Blenheim" refers to Blenheim Palace in England, the ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill, a grandson of the Duke of Marlborough.

Recent hotel fires in and around Atlantic City, Price's recent experience of designing the all-concrete Jacob Reed store in Philadelphia, and a steel strike in the fall of 1905 influenced Price's choice of reinforced concrete for the tower. It opened in 1906.

It was not the first reinforced concrete hotel in the world, as French concrete pioneer François Hennebique had designed the Imperial Palace Hotel in Nice five years previously. But it was the largest reinforced concrete building in the world.[6] The hotel's Spanish and Moorish themes, capped off with its signature dome and chimneys, represented a step forward from other hotels that had a classically designed influence.

In 1916, Winston Churchill was a guest of the hotel.

In 1977 Reese Palley and local attorney and businessman Martin Blatt bought the Marlborough-Blenheim and planned to preserve the Blenheim half of the hotel, along with adjacent Dennis Hotel for his Park Place Casino. Palley was successful in getting the Blenheim part of the hotel placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings, while planning to raze the Marlborough to make way for a new modern hotel. Ten days later, he stepped aside when Bally Manufacturing purchased a controlling interest in the project.[8] After Bally took control, they announced plans to raze the Marlborough-Blenheim and the adjacent Dennis Hotel, despite protests, to make way for the new "Bally's Park Place Casino and Hotel". However, in an effort to offset costs and get the casino opened as fast as they could they chose to keep the Dennis Hotel, which would serve as the temporary hotel for Bally's until a new tower was built.

Bally demolished the wood-framed Marlborough with the conventional wrecking ball. For the Blenheim the company hired Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) and Winzinger Incorporated of Hainesport New Jersey, which had taken down the Traymore Hotel, to implode the structure. A preservation group which had sought historic status for the building won a stay of execution for the Blenheim's rotunda portion on the Boardwalk. It was separated from the rest of the hotel, which was imploded in the fall of 1978. Several months later its historic status was denied, the stay was lifted, and CDI finished the demolition January 4, 1979. It is not known if they sold the name Marlborough-Blenheim as well.

Bally's Park Place now stands at this location.

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There and back again: Miles 12 - 13.1

Miles 12-13.1 Great Victoria Street - Bruce Street - Dublin Road - Botanic Avenue - University Street - Ormeau Road - Ormeau Embankment.

Well we’re almost there, just over 2 miles to go and we find ourselves on Great Victoria Street. This is one of the more famous streets in Belfast, home to a great deal of places of interest. The first building of note you will see is the Presbyterian Assembly Building, whose spire you saw as you ran down Grosvenor Road. Built between 1900 and 1905 by Young and Mackenzie, it is the main meeting point for Presbyterians in Northern Ireland. Its 40ft high clock tower houses the first turret clock in the British Isles to be powered by electricity. It is also home to  a series of stained glass windows by renowned stained glass artist, Wilhelmina Geddes.

Across the road from the Assembly Building is the Friend’s Provident Building which was also built by Young and Mackenzie in 1901. It is distinguishable by the large crest of Belfast at the top of the building. Belfast born, landscape artist, Frank McKelvey kept a studio here from 1944-1966.

To your right you will see the Grand Opera House. One of the finest buildings in the city. Originally built in 1894, it has gone through extensive restorations throughout the past 125 years and has suffered numerous abuses from abandonment to bombings. When statutory listing came into effect in 1972, it was the first building to be listed. Classic FM also named it as one of the 10 most haunted concert halls in the world, with workers, actors and crew members all reporting supernatural goings on. Just in case you need some motivation to pick up the pace around this point.

As you come past the Europa, the most bombed hotel in Europe, you will see a sculpture of two women conversing. This is the monument to the Unknown Women Worker. Originally the piece was commissioned as a tribute to the red-light district of nearby Amelia Street. However, the artist, Louise Walsh found the original commission offensive and instead put forward her own proposal; two statues of women representing the low paid jobs taken by women and unpaid housework. One of the women is adorned with baby pacifier earrings and a baby’s bottle broach, while the other wears a typewriter as an apron and a phone attached to her chest.

As you run past the BBC’s Blackstaff house, you will then come to the corner of Bruce Street. As you turn down this street, you will see a large red brick building to your left. This is the Donaldson and Lytle building, a former warehouse built in 1901. If you have a keen eye and look up to the top of the glass part of the building, you will see a blue sign with the phrase ‘Truth Well Told’ etched into it. This is the slogan of American advertising firm McCann-Erikson. In 1921, this emblem was the first service company emblem to receive intellectual property protection through the U.S. Copyright Office. The McCann-Erikson Belfast office was taken over by the Belfast advertising firm, Lyle Bailie in 2004. Lyle Bailie were the group behind the shocking DOE and Peace Process adverts that still haunt your nightmares.

At the bottom of Bruce Street you then turn right onto the Dublin Road. As you pass the cinema and look to your left, you will be able to see the Somerset and Co. building on Hardcastle Street, this was the first reinforced concrete building in Ireland constructed using the Hennebique system, which is now standard in concrete construction.

Although there are a few bars on Dublin Road, one of note is The Elbow Room (now known as Liquor XXX part of Filthy McNasty’s). It is in this bar where our friend, Sam Thompson first gave his play ‘Over the Bridge’ to James Ellis of the Group Theatre. The Group’s refusal to produce the play caused a new theatre group to be formed by Ellis so the play could be performed. It is largely due to this meeting in The Elbow Room that we were able to cross Sam Thompson Bridge out of Victoria Park.

We soon leave Dublin Road, via Shaftsbury Square and onto Botanic Avenue. The first point of interest will be on your right. This is the Kinghan Mission for the Deaf. Built in 1877 and established as the Mission for the Deaf in 1899, it is named for the Reverend John Kinghan. An advocate of the deaf, dumb and blind he initially set up the institute in 1857 and moved to the Botanic Avenue site in 1899.

Further up Botanic Avenue is the Empire Music Hall. It opened as a bar in the 1980s, taking its name from the Empire Theatre of Varieties in Victoria Square (Where ‘Over the Bridge’ was first performed). It is the only pub in Belfast to be housed in a former church. The building itself dates back to the 1870s when it was a Presbyterian Church. The Church did not have an adjoining cemetery and as such, bodies were supposedly buried in a crypt beneath the building. Consequently, the Empire is as haunted as the Grand Opera House, with the ghosts of Victorian Presbyterians roaming the bar. Staff have reported supernatural occurrences since the Empire opened its doors, even causing some staff to quit out of fear. Again, something to think about as your legs start to get tired.

At the top of Botanic Avenue is Duke’s Hotel, which will be your cue to turn left onto University Street. This is a somewhat derelict street, dotted with student accommodation, hostels and abandoned office buildings.

Near the bottom of University Street is All Saint’s Church. Although the current building was completed in 1906, it has been operating as a church since 1887. Originally this was a large iron building, erected to house the overflow of the congregation from St. Mary Magdalene Church in Donegall Pass. This became known as The Iron Church and was the largest iron structure of its kind in Ireland at the time. All Saint’s became a parish in its own right in 1890.

The last building of note on University Street, is the unassuming former paint house on your left. This is now The Menagerie bar, a dive bar that has become a cultural hub for art and music in the city.

We now arrive at Ormeau road and the finish line is less than a mile away.

Immediately in front of you, before you turn onto the Ormeau Road, is Lavina Square, which until 1999 was the Ormeau Cricket Ground, the home stadium of the North of Ireland Cricket and Football Club. It had existed since 1867 but was demolished after a series of sectarian arson attacks. The club was the home of a mostly Protestant membership and this part of the Ormeau, as you will notice is largely Nationalist. Lavina Square is now a housing development partly owned by the housing executive.

Like the Falls, this part of the Ormeau Road played a pivotal role in The Troubles, with numerous bombs, riots and tragedies scarring the area. You will notice the murals and memorials of the victims of the conflict as you make your way towards the Ormeau Bridge.

Just before the bridge is the former site of the Asian Supermarket, whose new building you ran past during the first mile. The building is the former Apollo Theatre, an independent cinema that first opened its doors on October 30th 1933.

On your left as you arrive on the bridge is a sculpture of river bank animals called ‘The Black Bird of Belfast Lough’ named for the Seamus Heaney poem of the same name.

As we cross the bridge, we now turn left again onto the Ormeau Embankment, for the third and final time before we reach the finish line and take stock of the fact that we just ran the length of Belfast history.

Thanks to everyone who has joined me on this historical journey on the route of the half marathon.

For those interested my sources were:

Wikipedia Google ‘Secret Belfast’, Lorenxs Bacino and Kathy Curran, 2018 ‘Central Belfast – A Historical Gazetteer’, Marcus Patton, 1993 ‘Buildings of Belfast – 1700 – 1914’, C.E.B Brett, 1985 ‘Historic Pubs of Belfast’, Gary Law, 2002 Belfast City Council Website Discover NI Website

If you found any of this interesting, I recommend doing some of your own research and reading on Belfast and the surrounding areas, there are literally hundreds of things I left out, from the well-known to the obscure. If you ever see something and wonder ‘what’s the craic with that?’ then just give it a Google and see how far the rabbit hole goes.

Thanks again and good look tomorrow if you’re running, and please consider giving a donation to Alliance for Choice via my fundraiser here, and of course continue to donate to whichever charities inspire you throughout your life.

See you at the finish line.

Jonny