Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Australian Gothic
Art deco style decoration roof top of the Manchester Unity building,220 Collins Street (Cnr Swanston Street), Melbourne
Built 1932
Architect: Marcus Barlow
Photo by Chris&Steve @ Flickr
Friday, November 19, 2010
Flying Youth
Not so happy picture as at seems, considering the fate of both the artist and the 8-engine plane pictured above (and below):
ANT-20 Maxim Gorky smaller brother, the ANT-20bis aka PS-124, flew in 1938. After four years in service, on December 14, 1942, it too crashed after the pilot allowed a passenger to take his seat momentarily and the passenger apparently disengaged the automatic pilot, sending the ship into a nosedive from an altitude of 500 m (1,500 ft) and killing all 36 on board.
Poster via x ray delta one @ FlickrThursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Autostrada
Italy was the first country in the world to build freeways, the first one being the Autostrada dei Laghi (Autostrada of the Lakes), from Milan to Varese, built in 1921 and finished in 1924. This system of early motorways was extended in the early 1930s with the Autostrade Milano-Bergamo, Naples-Pompeii south to Naples, Florence-Sea, north to Florence, Bergamo-Brescia, Turin-Milan, Venice-Padua.
Monday, November 15, 2010
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