Showing posts with label Landmarks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landmarks. Show all posts

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Street Vendors of India Gate, Delhi, India

India gate is a Nation Monument and Historic place in Delhi. It attracts a lot of tourists every day. To cater to these tourists, there a lot of street vendors too trying to sell variety of stuff.



A vendor selling wooden flutes. 


One selling little gadget to produce soap bubbles.



A great variety of caps and hats.


Bhel Puri a famous fast food snack item.


Key rings made of bids with letters on it. Custom made with names.


Pendents and earrings.


Bhel with attractive display.


Potato chips and popcorn.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Prudential Tower, Boston, Massachusetts

The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially, The Pru, is a skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. The building is a part of the Prudential Center complex, and currently stands as the 2nd-tallest building in Boston, behind the John Hancock Tower. The Prudential Tower was designed by Charles Luckman and Associates for Prudential Insurance. Completed in 1964, the building is 749 feet (228 m) tall, with 52 floors. It contains 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) of commercial and retail space. Including its radio mast, the tower stands as the tallest building in Boston and is tied with others as the 77th-tallest in the United States, rising to 907 feet (276 m) in height.









A 50th-floor observation deck, called the Skywalk Observatory, is currently the highest observation deck in New England open to the public, as the higher observation deck of the John Hancock Tower has been closed since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. A restaurant called The Top of the Hub, occupies the 52nd floor of the Prudential Tower.




John Hancock Tower or The Hancock, the tallest building in Boston.


111 Huntington Avenue as seen from the Skywalk.





View of the river.


Gillette headquarters building.



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Monday, September 2, 2013

Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska


Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska on the High Plains. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice. In 2006, a visitor center was constructed to serve the site.



Carhenge was conceived in 1987 by Jim Reinders as a memorial to his father. While living in England, he studied the structure of Stonehenge, which helped him to copy the structure's shape, proportions, and size. Other automobile sculptures were subsequently added to the location of Carhenge, which is now known as the Car Art Reserve.Carhenge was listed for sale in 2011 for $300,000



A dinosuar made from various car parts...





A bit of graffiti on a few of the cars...





The Carhenge visitor center...



Benches also made from car parts.


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is the sculpted faces of 4 United States Presidents: George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1742-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), and last but not least Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). "The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt." ~ Gutzon Borglum, sculptor. George Washington represents the founding of the United States. Thomas Jefferson represents the expansion of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. Theodore Roosevelt represents the preservation of United States because of his push to form National Parks. Abraham Lincoln represents the unification of United States because of his role in the American Civil War. [Ref: Wikipedia, National Park Service]


A walkway with all the states' flags leading to the amphitheater...


The Mount Rushmore amphitheater.


A silhouette of Mount Rushmore.


A ceremony of recognition for veterans and armed forces service personnel.



Mount Rushmore at night.

Devils Tower National Monument




Devils Tower is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.


Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).



The site is considered Sacred to the Lakota and other tribes that have a connection to the area.




Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest traditional crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to explore and define our place in the natural and cultural world. In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing technique.












Click here to check Plants and Animals observed around Devil's Tower
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