In recognition that the Park is intended to flood, the plant materials that were chosen by noted landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh are those that will not be destroyed by spring floods. (Last year the park was completely under water in the June flood.) The structural materials of the Park, designed by Stanley Saitowitz, are made from red steel tubing, concrete, glass block and corrugated metal that will withstand high water.
Modern Columbus is defined by a series of events that began in 1942 when the First Christian Church dedicated its new building. Designed by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen as a break with traditional Romanesque and Gothic structures, the building heralded the beginning of modern architecture in Columbus.
The next step toward modern architecture occurred in 1954 with the construction of Irwin Union Bank, designed by Eero Saarinen. With the construction of Schmitt Elementary School in 1957 and in support of the concept that the built environment is crucial to a quality community, the Cummins Engine Foundation offered to pay the architect's fee for any new school that was designed by an architect selected from a list supplied by the Foundation.
Later, they expanded the program to include a variety of public buildings. Other companies and church congregations also decided to seek architects who would add to the community's quality of design. Names like Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese, Richard Meier, and I.M. Pei led the American Institute of Architects to rank Columbus sixth in a list that included Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, DC, for architectural innovation and design.
http://www.columbus.in.us//static/index.cfm?contentID=1And now, the quiz! It is a public restroom in Mill Race Park, Columbus, Indiana. The winner is George Alice - Louisiana, and she had to be fast because a number of answers came quickly. Others with the correct answers were: Joe, Martha, Katie, Mary, Bart, Sharolyn, Eddie, Muriel, Hans, Jeanne, Celeste, Rick, Judy, Rosemary, Irenee, Lynne S., Lynne H., Bob, Herb, John - all from California; from Indiana - Linda and Connie; and from New Zealand - Graeme.
And the winner of the drawing is Katie! Thanks to everyone for entering the contest.
Did you wonder why there were no people on the beach in yesterday's photo? It's because of possible mines left over from their 1982 war with Argentina over ownership of the Falklands (the Malvinas according to Argentina). Great Britain came to the rescue to retain their control. You could almost believe you were in England in the Falklands!
We had wonderful good fortune on this South American trip. The weather was sunny, cool (as expected), and we didn't get rained on through the whole trip. And the penguins are usually gone from the Falklands by early March (we were there March 9), but there they were - a big group of Magellanic Penguins on Gypsy Cove. Such good luck!
We tendered in to Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands and this photo was taken from the tender. The entire population of The Falklands is a little over 3,000 people. At each stop on this South American cruise, we had a local guide. The guide that was the most difficult to understand was the Falklands guide and she was the only guide whose first language was English!
Now we return to the cruise around the tip of South America and onward. After we rounded the cape we sailed for the Falkland Islands or as Argentina calls them - The Malvinas. We approached in the morning and here is the sunrise as we neared land.
In recognition that the Park is intended to flood, the plant materials that were chosen by noted landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh are those that will not be destroyed by spring floods. (Last year the park was completely under water in the June flood.) The structural materials of the Park, designed by Stanley Saitowitz, are made from red steel tubing, concrete, glass block and corrugated metal that will withstand high water.
In my hometown of Osgood, Indiana is the newly restored movie theater of my youth - the Damm Theater. There were two Damm cousins in my high school class, Johnny and Robert. Johnny billed himself as 'John A. Damm, good boy'. And as a gregarious adult he's known as 'Albie'.
This reflection appears on a lovely little lake in Mill Race Park, the crown jewel of the Columbus (Indiana) Parks System and the anchor to the 19-mile People Trails. It is a beautiful and nationally recognized downtown riverfront park designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh.
Here is a clever and utilitarian use of the letter 'C' in the city of Columbus, Indiana. I could make a quiz of it but you would all know it's a bicycle rack, wouldn't you?
This is a quiz - with a prize!
At this time of the year, the grass along the beginning of Bear Valley Trail is beautiful, with bright green stems and the flower heads in a slight reddish tone. And it's pretty tall!
I must interrupt the cruise to bring you an image of a creature Hans & I encountered on our Bear Valley walk yesterday, an animal new to us. It sat so still as we photographed it that we finally wondered if it might be plastic; but a little tickling with a piece of dried grass caused a slight movement. Some passing Park Rangers identified it as a Pacific Giant Salamander and told us it can get twice the size of this 10-inch specimen. It's unusual for it to be on the dry path in daylight, so we scored yesterday! It eventually scampered off into the grass.
By clicking on the photo, you can enlarge it a little.
On March 8 we rounded Cape Horn. We all have heard of the dangerous waters around the Cape and how many early sailing ships were lost making this passage. Among the reasons are the season when they were sailing and the direction they sailed. Most of the early sailing ships were coming from Europe and therefore sailing west - into the prevailing winds - and if it was the wrong season, storms here are fierce.
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