#tait towers

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#Johnny's art #art exhibition #Chelsea #NYC #October 2024 #jdabunchofstuff #abunchofstuff #tait towers #art of the pantheon #bauart

Pt 1

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Just wanted to share this factoid with you (I’ve been a tour stagehand)

The “Roomba” is called a Mobilator in the industry. Touring stages on the highest end like Taylor’s is designed and manufactured to scale by a company in the industry called TAIT Towers out of Lititz, PA. (They’ve been on the cutting edge of stage design)

“The TAIT Mobilator is a stage technology that provides linear motion to set pieces and stage wagons. It can move up to 12,500 lbs (5,669.9 kg) and can be used with multiple stage elements to create moving applications”

“Control: The Mobilator can be controlled locally or by TAIT Navigator when paired with TAIT smart air compressors and encoders.”

The more you know ☺️ ... thank you!

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Renny Tait - Tower of London, 2000 - Oil on linen

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Robert Tait and Léonie Chao-Fong at The Guardian:

Joe Biden warned on Friday that it was reckless and “dangerous” for anyone to claim Donald Trump’s criminal conviction was the result of a rigged trial, as the former president hit out at the verdict against him and Republicans maligned the integrity of America’s justice system. Donald Trump hit out furiously on Friday morning at the new status of “felon” conferred on him by a New York jury, whose guilty verdict made him the first former US president ever to become a convicted criminal. On Friday afternoon, Biden began a White House talk about the war in Gaza with remarks on criticism from Trump and the right wing about the historic trial that had concluded in New York the day before.

The US president said: “It is reckless, it is dangerous, it is irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don’t like the verdict. The US justice system has endured for nearly 250 years and is literally a cornerstone of America.” He added that the system and the justice it produced should be respected. “And we should never allow anyone to tear it down, simple as that, that’s America,” Biden said. The war of words came a day after Trump was found guilty of all 34 charges he had faced. On Friday morning, the ex-president painted himself as a victim of injustice in a rambling and often incoherent appearance at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, at which he labelled his opponents “fascists” and blamed his legal plight on Joe Biden. Trump was unanimously convicted by a jury of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.

In contrast to 34x Convicted Felon Donald Trump's paranoia-fueled speech in response to his conviction, President Joe Biden rightly called out Trump's conspiracist screeds about the People of New York v. Trump business records falsification trial as "dangerous."

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New post available in full on Patreon!

Note: This is a rough draft for introducing people to the world of Pacifica. It will be used in multiple projects and on the website. Feedback or comments are welcomed.

Howdy, traveler! Brush off the trail dust and sit down. You’ve entered the land of Pacifica. A place of big trees, big dreams, and big adventure. In this wilderness frontier, you will find a land of towering redwood forests shrouded in damp fog that hide mysterious secrets. There are pristine sandy beaches with the never-ending roar of crashing waves. Explore lush wetlands filled with useful plants and wondrous wildlife. Travel sun-kissed grassy fields covering hidden underground secrets from ages past. Climb rugged mountains that stand as guardians to unknown the lands beyond to the north, east, and south.

But beware, for the beauty also conceals peril...

(See link for access to complete post.)

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LOTD: Barra Head

~sorry for delay - meant for November 7th, 2023~

(from: https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/heb.htm)

Barra Head (Berneray)

1833 (Robert Stevenson). Active; focal plane 208 m (683 ft); white flash every 15 s. 18 m (60 ft) masonry tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story keeper's house. Lighthouse painted white, lantern black. This historic lighthouse marks the entrance from the Atlantic to the Sea of the Hebrides. Rene Schoeters has a 2017 closeup photo, Bob Jones has a good photo, Charles Tait has excellent photos, Lighthouse Accommodations has a page for the lighthouse, and Google has a satellite view. In 2019 NLB announced plans to renovate the living quarters of the station so that maintenance crews can work there safely. The light station is located atop spectacular vertical cliffs on the narrow western spine of Berneray, southernmost of the Western Isles. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Operator: Northern Lighthouse Board. ARLHS SCO-016; Admiralty A4020; NGA 3952.

(full photo found here; ©Rene Schoeters)

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Prague’s much-photographed Vyšehra railway bridge over the Vltava river is earmarked for demolition. Photograph: JSK/Alamy

‘Like Knocking Down The Eiffel Tower’: Battle To Save Historic Prague Bridge

A plan from Czech railways to replace the emblematic landmark with a modern structure is facing an impassioned backlash

— Robert Tait, Prague | Saturday 21 January 2023 | The Observer, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

A Historic Prague Railway Bridge, whose importance to the city’s landscape has been compared to the Eiffel tower in Paris, has been earmarked for demolition in a move denounced by architects and preservationists.

The much-photographed Vyšehrad bridge – instantly recognisable for its parabolic lattice steel structure – is unfit to carry an anticipated rising volume of rail traffic, claims Czech Railways, which plans to replace it with a modern structure.

The proposal has triggered an emotive backlash from local campaigners and Prague city council, who want the original, which has earned national monument status, to be preserved. A petition pleading for the 120-year-old structure to be saved attracted more than 6,000 signatures after the railways administration published plans for a replacement.

The outcry has prompted the Czech transport minister, Martin Kupka, to call a special meeting of bridge engineers and the railways administration in an effort to find a solution.

Designed by František Prášil, a Czech engineer of the late Habsburg era, the bridge was built in 1901 and spans the Vltava river, carrying mainline trains between Prague and other European cities, including Munich. It lies within an area designated a Unesco world heritage site in 1992, and has become a favourite landmark among walkers and cyclists, who use two pedestrian walkways on either side of the bridge.

But the railways administration insists that corrosion means that repairing and maintaining it as a busy transport artery is too complicated and expensive, amid proposals to add an extra line to the existing two tracks and build a new local railway station nearby.

Critics counter that its dilapidated state is a result of the administration’s failure to prioritise repairs since the bridge was granted national monument status in 2004.

A competition among Czech architects to design a replacement resulted in a more modern blueprint, loosely based on the existing bridge, being chosen last November.

‘The people of Prague cannot imagine the city without the bridge,’ said Prague’s deputy mayor, Adam Scheinher. Photograph: Marketa Novakova/Alamy

But claims that the bridge is beyond repair have been contradicted. Feasibility studies commissioned by Prague city council concluded that preservation was “technically feasible” and that the structure had “sufficient structural capacity to carry future train traffic, including higher trainloads and higher train frequencies”.

Adam Scheinherr, Prague’s deputy mayor responsible for the city’s transport infrastructure and cultural landmarks, said: “What’s most important about the bridge is that it belongs to the panorama of Prague, and the people of Prague cannot imagine the city without it. When you see movies set in Prague, the railway bridge is nearly always there.”

Richard Biegel, chairman of the Club for Old Prague preservation group and an architectural historian at the city’s Charles university, said the railway administration’s plans betrayed “a lack of empathy”.

“It’s part of something that’s emblematic for Prague,” he said. “The importance of the bridge for Prague is like that of the Eiffel tower for Paris. It’s also important as a marker of the period of the industrial revolution in the city.”

Jan Nevola, spokesperson for the railways administration, said a new bridge was needed because renovating the existing one was “unrealistic”.

“Its condition is so bad that it would essentially be a replica made up of more than 60% new parts,” he said. “At the same time, this approach is much more costly, will not allow an increase in traffic and would only extend the lifetime by several decades.”

Ian Firth, a leading structural engineer who specialises in bridge design, co-authored a 2021 report recommending retaining the structure either as a pedestrian or one-track rail facility, while possibly moving it 50 metres to stand alongside a new, unobtrusive rail bridge.

“They weren’t interested. Their minds were already made up,” Firth said. “But to chuck away the existing bridge is a terrible shame because it’s a marvellous piece of work. Imagine the outcry around the world if Tower Bridge in London was declared unfit for purpose and the powers that be decided to demolish it and build something else. This is the same scenario.

“We are in the middle of a climate emergency, and we have a responsibility not to just throw things away and start building new things, which is environmentally wasteful.”

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Stage pics from the Joanne World Tour in Vancouver, BC. It is rumored that the stage set-up will change throughout the tour.

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Gems distills the annual Festival experience of showcasing the best of world cinema, into a concentrated weekend of premieres accompanied by in-person appearances by visiting filmmakers, as well as seminars, parties and additional events.

Many of films being presented as Special Presentations in the GEMS 2021 selection are anticipated to be official submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for the International Feature Film category. The complete list of films screening as Special Presentations include:

5 November • 19:00 (7:00 p.m.) • MDC’s Tower Theater Miami

https://miamifilmfestival.com

Remember… it’s a Magic City screening.

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The Tait Tower Glasgow The fabulous Art Deco style "Tait Tower" was constructed at the summit of Ibrox Hill in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow in Scotland as part of the Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938. It was designed by Thomas S. Tait, stood 300 feet high (91.44 metres) and had three separate observation decks which provided a view of the surrounding gardens and city. Due to both the height of the tower and the hill it was built on, it could be seen 100 miles (160 km) away. The tower was the centrepiece of the Empire Exhibition. The Tower was taken down because it was thought (after the outbreak of WWII) that enemy bombers would be able to use it as a sighting beacon for raids on Glasgow. (This is a scan from an archive image)

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#Johnny's art #art exhibition #Chelsea #NYC #October 2024 #jdabunchofstuff #abunchofstuff #tait towers #art of the pantheon #bauart

Pt 2

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The Tait Tower Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Constructed at the summit of Ibrox Hill in Bellahouston Park as part of the Empire Exhibition, 1938. Demolished within a year.

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On 5th* May 1938 the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow was officially opened to the public.

*Dates differ some say 3rd May.

Showcasing Modernist Architecture The Exhibition Attracted Approximately 12,800,000 visitors, despite not being open on a Sunday and it being one of the wettest summers on record

The number of visitors was almost triple Scotland’s population at the time and season tickets were popular as many revisited the Exhibition multiple times over the summer. The 1 millionth visitor was recorded on May 14th. 

Glasgow known as ‘the workshop of the empire’ was a natural choice of venue for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, having hosted similar exhibitions in 1888 and 1901. However, by 1938 Glasgow was struggling through a deep industrial depression. The Empire Exhibition was the perfect opportunity to bring attention to and promote Scottish industry. Most of the buildings constructed were of a temporary nature; however, the Palace of Art was built as a permanent structure and is the only remaining mark of the Exhibition. 

The Tait Tower was the remarkable centrepiece. Two lifts carried visitors’ 300ft for views over the park and surrounding area. Up to 600 people could enjoy views over the City at one time.

The main water feature was a 400ft the fountains shot water 100ft high, illuminated by floodlights of varying colours.

The Exhibition also housed a replica Highland village, a cinema, a concert hall, a 12-acre amusement park, various restaurants and more. In total 716 exhibitors took part.

The Exhibition inspired many at an uncertain time; it provided work and a sense of hope to the local people of Glasgow. Andy MacMillan visited the Exhibition as a nine-year-old child and felt inspired. Andy went on to become a leading architect best known for St Peter’s Seminary at Cardross, regarded as one of the finest modernist building in Scotland.

The 1938 exhibition proved to the last of its kind hisas the world changed so drastically after the Second World War.

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request for @nerdydestinycollector​

name aesthetic: taite

pleasant and bright child

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Sunken Tower by Tait Howard. Oni Press, 2020. 9781620106877. 132pp. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781620106877?partnerid=34778&p_bt

Dig is kidnapped by some red-robed cultists who throw him into an underground dungeon. The women in the next cell, Iana and Crina, tell him the tale of an inexperienced wizard who lost control of blood magic, sinking the tower and the city around it. He became a monster, and the cultists intend to sacrifice the three prisoners to it. (Iana then hands Dig a brochure. This is a fairly lighthearted, funny adventure, unless you’re a blood cultist.)  It’s not long before the three have escaped their cells and retrieved Dig’s book of magic. Their plan: find the castle in the middle of the sunken city and climb to the top floor so that Dig can use his magic to blast them out. But all does not (of course) go according to plan. Many cultists die in very horrid ways, which would be horrific if this weren’t so damned cartoony and cute. There are thorny tentacles, fish people, and that giant monster. Dig’s magic isn’t all that (but it is). Fun book.