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Tumacacori

Images from this month’s retro photo album titled Tumacacori Feb 26, 2007. Founded by Kino in January, 1691, mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori was the first mission to be located in what is now Arizona. Originally located on the east side of the Santa Cruz River, the mission moved – following a nearby rebellion inContinue reading “Tumacacori”

Compare

No New World city can compete with the architecture of the Old World. The New World just didn’t go through the architecture phases and the body of thoughts that stand behind the buildings that make Europe so great. The strength The New World embodies, however, is natural beauty. The empty vastness that still exists inContinue reading “Compare”

Taipei 101 Damper Ball

728-Ton Tuned Mass Damper 1 ton = 2000 lbs 700 tons = 1,400,000 lbs. Sitting just 660 ft. from a major fault line, Taipei 101 is prone to earthquakes and fierce winds common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. The engineers had to design a structure that could withstand gale winds up to 216 km/hContinue reading “Taipei 101 Damper Ball”

Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre Dame was once new about a thousand years ago. Its cornerstone was laid in the year 1163, and the final carvings were completed in about the year 1300. It took nearly two hundred years for Notre Dame to be officially complete. Yet, the Notre Dame we see today is not the same Notre DameContinue reading “Notre-Dame de Paris”