Twitter reminded me this morning that today was my 9 year anniversary on the social media network. So I snapped this picture of the nine key on my trusty HP-11c calculator to go along with my Tweet.
Scoville Square, Oak Park Illinois one of the rare surviving examples of Prairie Style architecture applied to commercial buildings. Designed by E.E. Roberts the building has been the cornerstone of Oak Park’s Hemingway District Commercial Center for almost 100 years.
The ‘new’ Cape Henry Lighthouse was completed in 1881 is 157 feet tall, built of cast and wrought iron and contains a first-order Fresnel lens. This photo was taken from the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse about 100 yards southwest.
52 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Norfolk Virginia to preach at his friend Rev. Milton Reid's installation as pastor of New Calvary Baptist Church. Milton Reid was a well known early Virginia civil rights activist. Dr. King was scheduled to return to preach again at New Calvary Baptist in early April 1968 but postponed the visit to go to Memphis to support the sanitation workers strike where he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. New Calvary Baptist is located at the corner of Calvert St. and Virginia Beach Blvd. in Norfolk Virginia. In the background of this photo can be seen historic First Calvary Baptist Church, just to the left out of the frame is the historic Attucks Theater.
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964.
Monticello Arcade Norfolk Virginia. Designed by Neff & Thompson in the Beaux Arts Classical style, the Monticello Arcade was built in 1907 and is one of only two shopping arcades in Virginia. It features elaborate terra cotta decorative elements, and, at the time it was built, the center skylight was one of the country's largest. One of my favorite buildings in Norfolk and a must see for architecture and historic building fans.