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Some towns make you shake your head and wonder how they grew up where they did. Not so with Manchester. The 54-foot drop in the Merrimack River capable of generating 16,000 horsepower of energy pretty much guaranteed that there would be a settlement here one day. Before there was an Industrial Revolution the Pennacock Indians came here to fish for about 10,000 years. John Goffe put down stakes in 1722 and Goffe's Town emerged on the west side of the river. On the east side a number of families arrived in the 1730s and started what became known as Derryfield.
The little village of Derryfield gained renown thanks to the exploits of John Stark, a gallant British officer during the French and Indian War and a decorated major general in George Washington's Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Stark lived on modern day Elm Street where he died at the age of 93. When too sick to travel to meet his former comrades Stark posted a letter reminding the old freedom fighters to "Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." And New Hampshire had one of the country's most quotable mottoes.
Derryfield was mostly a wilderness in Stark's day. That began to change when Samuel Blodgett looked at the banks of the Merrimack River in 1793. He envisioned a canal around Amoskeag Falls that would create a navigational route on the Merrimack River all the way from Concord to Boston. Blodgett used lottery funding to raise $50,000 and completed his canal in 1807. The combination of water power from the falls and safe sailing was so powerful that Blodgett lobbied to have the town name changed to Manchester, after the world's first great industrial city in England.
The Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was quickly formed but the operation was mismanaged for years until a group of Boston financiers arrived and overhauled the operation. The world had never seen anything like what the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company built. With 64 mill buildings lining both sides of the Merrimack River for one-and-a-half miles it was the largest textile manufacturing operation on the planet. The workers liked to brag that every two months Amoskeag produced enough cloth to put a band around the world. They were being modest - the yards shipped 5,000,000 yards of cloth in an average week.
The same time Amoskeag built its first mills in 1838 the company assigned 19-year old Ezekiel Albert Straw the task of laying out a new industrial city. He did his job well and rose to manager of Amoskeag before vaulting into the governor's office for two terms in the 1870s. By that time Amoskeag had added railroad locomotives to its product line. The last mill would be built in 1915; two decades later, on Christmas Eve 1935, Amoskeag would shut down forever due to shifting economic realities. Manchester remains the dominant manufacturing city of Northern New England today with over 200 diversified manufacturing firms rather than one gargantuan operator.
One thing we will not see in our walking tour is a McDonald's since Maurice and Richard McDonald, who were born and raised in Manchester, decided to open their pioneering hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California. Nonetheless, our explorations of the Queen City will discover what has become of teenager Ezekiel Straw's grand plan and we will begin at a spot where the town used to hold its fireman's muster...
Veterans Park
Elm and Merrimack streets
This was Park Square when it was created and an artificial pond funneled fresh water to the city. The Civil War changed the future of the open space and after a monument was installed on September 11, 1879 it became Monument Square. George Keller of Hartford, Connecticut used New Hampshire granite and bronze to create a fifty-foot high column in the Gothic Revival style "in honor of the men of Manchester who gave their services in the war which preserved the Union of the States." In 1985 the name was switched to Veterans Park in recognition of the four deadly wars of the 20th century.
Pembroke Building
795 Elm Street at northeast corner of Merrimack Street
For much of the 19th century Manchester's first and most important hotel stood on this site. The Manchester House was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1839 and this is where business leaders and politicians would sign the guest register when visiting town. In the late 1880s the building was lifted onto carts, a practice that was common in the days before electrical wiring and indoor plumbing, and moved a little ways down Merrimack Street to clear room for the new Pembroke Block. The commercial block became as much a Manchester institution as its predecessor when Joseph R. Weston and James W. Hill moved their dry goods business into the space in 1892; the Weston & Hill concern had started a decade earlier a block away. The top floors were occupied by Manchester's Masons until 1927.
Beacon Building
814 Elm Street
William M. Butterfield was the go-to architect in Manchester for over a quarter-century at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. Butterfield was born in Maine in 1860, the son of a carpenter and builder. He trained with his father and started his work career as a contractor but after he came to Manchester in 1881 Butterfield hung out an architect's shingle. He shuffled through some unfruitful partnerships before settling into private practice on his own. Butterfield designed this Beaux Arts commercial block for insurancemen Gilman Clough and John M. Welch in 1903. The price tag for the light buff brick and limestone trim confection was $300,000 but the investors got their money's worth as it was observed by The Granite Monthly that "unlike many of the new commercial structures of the day, built without effort to please architecturally, The Beacon has much to admire in this respect." The first big tenant was the Charles A. Hoitt Company that sold carpets, stoves, furniture and home goods.
Sullivan-Varick Building
815 Elm Street
John Barnes Varick was born in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1833. His family were descendants of Colonel Richard Varick, an advisor on General George Washington's staff and the first mayor of New York City. When he was 16 years old John came to Manchester to work in his uncle's hardware store. By 1860, John B. Varick was the sole owner of the operation. When his son joined the business in the 1880s the company owned half this building, a new store of Elm Street, two warehouses and another store near the freight depot. J.B. Varick died in 1903 after 53 years in the hardware trade. The Classical Revival appearance of this building dates to 1914 when it was rebuilt after a fire. At that time the John B. Varick Company was New England's largest hardware business.
McQuades Building
844-860 Elm Street
The McQuade family apparel business started in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1862. Elias J. McQuade opened a store here in 1939 and under his son William this was the go-to destination in Manchester for a graduation suit, bridal gown or bargain in McQuade's Basement. The downtown institution closed in 2002 and the city helped fund over $2 million in restoration funds.
City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
When this 275-foot office tower was completed in 1992 it was the tallest building ever constructed in New Hampshire. A quarter-century later it remains the Sky King of all of Northern New England.
Amoskeag Bank Building/Citizens Bank
875 Elm Street at southeast corner of Hanover Street
Here is the former Granite State Sky King, erected in 1913 for the Amoskeag Bank as New Hampshire's first skyscraper. Boston architects Franklin H. Hutchins and Arthur E. French contributed the Neoclassical plans - abiding by the convention of the day to create skyscrapers as a tripartite classical column with a base (the oversized lower floors), a shaft (the unadorned central floors, save for a single balcony), and capital (the decorative upper floors and elaborate cornice). The Amoskeag Savings Bank took its first deposits in 1852 and grew into the largest banking group in New Hampshire, befitting its headquarters that loomed over the state for half a century. After a series of upheavals in the 1990s the name has been changed to Citizens Bank.
Manchester City Hall
908 Elm Street
Drawing from early American influences, the Manchester government raised a Greek Revival-styled city hall in 1841 with retail space on the first floor and municipal offices above. The paint was hardly dry, however, when the government house burned to the ground. Edward Shaw, a New Hampshire man who built his reputation as an architect in Boston, replicated the form while infusing city hall with Gothic elements, using brick and granite. The government took over the entire building in 1895 and moved the entrance from the tower to the strip along Elm Street.
Harrington-Smith Block
18-52 Hanover Street
By the 1870s Hanover Street, across from City Hall, drew most of the big development dollars in town. No one had a grander vision for Manchester's "second" commercial strip than Edward W. Harrington and John Butler Smith. Harrington was a former mayor who had interests in banking and real estate and Smith, who was on his way to the governor's office, was a successful textile magnate who funneled his money into real estate. The plan was to provide retail and office space and a grand Opera House to boot; the Harrington family would own the west half of the building and Smith would control the eastern side. The goal was to prove that Manchester, with a population of 32,000, was "no second-rate business place," as one newspaper noted. Responsibility for making the building a reality was entrusted to John Thomas Fanning. Fanning hailed from Norwich, Connecticut and was trained as a civil engineer. He became skilled in fluid mechanics and hydraulics and was brought to Manchester when he was 35 years old in 1872 to design the city's municipal water system. Fanning segued into architecture in 1877 and gave the Harrington-Smith Block a Queen Anne Victorian flavor. The Manchester Opera House opened on January 24, 1881; the 1,265-seat stage would become the Strand Theatre in 1906. The most notable tenant moved in during 1884 when Joseph Moore brought his Manchester Union into Smith's section of the building. The Union introduced the telegraph into the news gathering business in Manchester and installed the first web presses north of Boston. The Mirror, located next door, maintained a laser-like focus on Manchester issues, so much so that wags commented that the papers appeared to be published in two different cities. The Manchester Leader acquired the Union in 1913 and left the block in 1931. The Strand Theatre lasted until the 1970s when its guts were dismantled and replaced with apartments.
Old Post Office Block
54-72 Hanover Street
Manchester picked up its mail in several locations around town through the 1870s - City Hall, temporary quarters on Hanover Street and the Odd Fellows Hall. Adolphus Gay, a building contractor serving as mayor in 1875, pushed through a plan to build a permanent post office that included space for John B. Clarke's Mirror and American newspaper. Working from pattern books, the Italianate block was ready by 1876. The post office shuffled on again into its own federal building in 1891, the same year that Clarke died. His sons Arthur and William continued publishing the Mirror until 1918 and then maintained a printing business here for several more years. Abraham Machinist began selling woolen goods in the building in 1909 and gradually expanded the business until the family was able to buy the block in 1946. Machinist's Department store flourished here and became New Hampshire's leading emporium, including opening a Nashua branch in 1965.
Palace Theatre
76-96 Hanover Street
Victor Charas, a Greek immigrant, bankrolled the building of the Athens Building in 1914 with retail shops and his star attraction, the Palace Theatre. The Palace was intended as a stage for vaudeville touring companies and a setting to screen the new motion pictures coming to cities. Opening night on April 9, 1915 featured a production of the musical comedy "A Modern Eve." Promoters boasted that it was the only theater in New Hampshire that was "both fireproof and air-conditioned." The live performance lasted into the late 1920s after which the Palace operated exclusively as a movie theater. Like most of its downtown cousins across America the Palace went dark in the 1960s after a period of screening "adult cinema." After desultory duty as a warehouse, the Palace was revived with a new facade in 1974. Today it is a non-profit performing arts center with a state-of-art 880-seat auditorium and two large dance studios. Manchester, which a rich history of live theater, once boasted 22 theaters and this is last one standing.
Odd Fellows Building
83 Hanover Street
When trade unions began in England hundreds of years ago there were special organizations for common trades like blacksmiths and silversmiths and the like. But those engaged in not-so-common jobs banded together under an umbrella group known as "odd fellows." In 19th century America the International Organization of Odd Fellows often built the most ornate lodge buildings in town. This example in Manchester dates to 1877 - the date badge refers to the organization's charter on July 7, 1871. The Italianate design is enhanced with window hoods created by alternating bands of granite and brick. The unlucky building suffered two fires in quick succession in 1908 and 1910 that took everything but the walls.
United States Post Office
120 Hanover Street at northeast corner of Chestnut Street
This is Edward Lippincott Tilton's block. Tilton trained in the shop of the Gilded Age's greatest architectural firm - McKim, Mead and White of New York City. He became known as the designer of grand Beaux Arts civic buildings. Tilton's work caught the eye of local philanthropist Frank Carpenter who brought him to Manchester in 1912 to design a library in honor of his recently passed wife, Elenora Blood Carpenter. Tilton would maintain an office in Manchester for several years and design seven buildings in the city. This was his last, completed in the year of his death, 1933. Designed in the depths of the Great Depression, Tilton's work reflects the stripped-down classicism then in vogue for federal buildings. The building was converted into law offices in the 1980s.
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company/Fuller Hall
156 Hanover Street at northwest corner of Pine Street
Frank Carpenter served on the board of directors of the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company so Edward Tilton received the commission for the company's Manchester headquarters. Tilton rarely took commercial commissions and he did not deviate from his classical playbook in its design. The facade is dominated by a portico of fluted Ionic columns. A balustrade travels the portico roofline. The much esteemed final result was chronicled in photos and plans in Architects and Builders Journal when completed in 1916. The New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company wrote its first policies in 1873; Samuel Newell Bell, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and president of five New Hampshire railroads, was a founder. The property was acquired by the New Hampshire Institute of Art and renovated in 2000. The branch was named for Mary Fuller Russell who donated $24 million of her family's locomotive engine fortune to the institute.
Manchester Historic Association Research Center
129 Amherst Street at southwest corner of Pine Street
In 1920 Edward Tilton teamed up with Alfred Morton Githens and the partnership specialized almost exclusively in libraries. Tilton wrote extensively about library architecture, beginning with a treatise on small library construction in 1907. This composition for the Manchester Historic Association in 1931 was designed to include both library and museum functions. Tilton's local patron, Frank Carpenter, was president of the Historic Association at the time. The exterior appearance is sparse, indicative of the times, while meaning to mirror the appearance of the Carpenter Memorial Library that also faces on Victory Park. The Manchester Historic Association was formed in 1896 on the city's 50th anniversary to preserve the past going forward.
Victory Park
bounded by Pine, Amherst Chestnut and Concord streets
This maple-studded greenspace was transformed from Concord Square to Victory Park after World War I. It was one of three commons envisioned by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company when it sketched out the city in 1838. The company's first private lot was sold and developed at the corner of Chestnut and Concord streets in 1839. Planned beautification efforts went unrealized and the company sold the ground to the City Of Manchester for $1 in 1848 as a "pleasure ground." The City indeed planted elm trees and installed walkways but otherwise did nothing to improve the appearance of the common until the 1870s. The showpiece of the park, the Winged Victory Monument, arrived in 1929. It was a granite obelisk designed by Lucien Gosselin, a local sculptor. Near the Victory Monument a smooth-faced boulder recognizes Corporal Rene Gagnon, one of six Marines who raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Gagnon, born in Manchester of French Canadian immigrants, was two weeks short of his 20th birthday at the time.
Manchester City Library
405 Pine Street
Frank Pierce Carpenter was born in Chichester, New Hampshire in 1846 and came to Manchester after high school to work in the grain business. He was able to purchase the Amoskeag Paper Company in 1885 which led to expanded business interests in banking, insurance and railroads. His wife Elenora was the daughter of Aretas Blood, majority owner of the Manchester Locomotive Works. After her death in January 1910 Carpenter set out to build a library in her honor to give to the city. He recruited his personal architect, Edgar Allan Poe Newcomb, to work on the project with Edward Tilton. Newcomb had designed Carpenter's showcase mansion at 1800 Elm Street and another house for his daughter. The Italian Renaissance library building features Botticino and Lastavena marble blocks raised on a foundation of Concord granite. More than 5,000 people showed up for the dedication of the Elenora Blood Carpenter Building on November 18, 1914. The free library had been started in 1854 by Mayor elect Frederick Smyth, assuming responsibility of the subscription-based Manchester Athenaeum.
New Hampshire Institute of Arts and Sciences
148 Concord Street at northeast corner of Pine Street
The Carpenter family influence on Victory Park continued two years later when Elenora's only sibling, Emma Blood French, bankrolled the new home for the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. Renowned residential architect William Gibbons Rantoul was recruited from Boston and he delivered a grand Neoclassical design for the two-story building, fronted by a circular Doric portico. The school was founded in 1898 to cultivate a learning in the arts and sciences, created from the bones of the Manchester Art Association, started in 1871, and the Manchester Electric Club. In the 1920s Fine Arts degrees were conferred for the first time. In 1997 the State of New Hampshire gave the green light to award the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and the campus has expanded around Victory Park ever since.
Cathedral of St. Joseph
145 Lowell Street at southeast corner of Pine Street
Patrick Charles Keely designed every 19th century Catholic cathedral in New England - and several hundred other churches - after he emigrated to New York City from County Tipperary, Ireland in 1842 at the age of 25. That included the Cathedral of St. Joseph, which became cathedral of the Diocese of Manchester in 1894. The congregation was started in 1869 to minister to the large number of Irish immigrants in the city. The High Victorian Gothic style features multi-colored slate roofs and ornate decorations on the buttresses and window openings.
Grace Episcopal Church
106 Lowell Street at northwest corner of Pine Street
English textile workers were prime targets to fill the jobs in the Amoskeag mills and to serve their spiritual needs the first Episcopal - the Americanized version of the Church of England - services were held in Manchester on July 11, 1841. The first meetinghouse was the brick school standing at the corner of Lowell and Chestnut streets. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company donated this site and two thousand dollars bought a building simultaneously described as "barn-like" and "in the Grecian style." Richard Upjohn, America's leading cheerleader for the Gothic Revival style, was subsequently employed to design a church building for the congregation and the old structure was sliced in half and moved. The current sanctuary was consecrated on December 4, 1860.
Lowell Street Grammar School/Lowell Hall
88 Lowell Street at northeast corner of Chestnut Street
That first Episcopal service of the Grace Church was held here in 1841 in the newly opened Grammar School. It was only one-story at the time which was plenty to handle the twenty or so students from all grades. A second story came along in 1847 when this became Manchester's first high school, with an even smaller enrollment for the upper grades. Schooling for the young'uns quickly caught on, however, and the school was abandoned. After that there was some administrative duty and some classes but mostly the brick building just managed to survive through neglect. In 2007, it was saved by the New Hampshire Institute of Art to become part of a combined academic and living space with an award-winning shiny six-story aluminum addition.
Manchester YWCA
72 Concord Street at northwest corner of Chestnut Street
Organizations to provide shelter and support for young women factory workers emerged in Manchester in the 1880s. In 1920, 100 charter members signed their name to the YWCA constitution. The cornerstone for this Colonial Revival headquarters was laid in 1928 after $60,000 was raised in a building fund and the estate of Mrs. Charles Hall chipped in another $150,000. Frank Carpenter retired the mortgage when the building was finished.
Canado-Americaine Association
52 Concord Street
This building began life in 1910 as the Club Jolliet, a coalition of Franco-American businessmen. The group had formed in 1884, at a time when hundreds of such organizations flourished around New England. In addition to facilitating business, the groups sponsored musical ensembles, parades and picnics. The two date stones, 1896 and 1930, reference the Canado-Americaine Association which was founded in 1896 and purchased the building in 1930. At that time the Neoclassical facade was redesigned under the direction of architect Jean-Noel Guertin; he shifted the entrance to the center and replaced what had been Ionic pilasters with full fluted Corninthian columns. The Association-Canado-Américaine incorporated in 1897 in Manchester as a mutual benefit society. Its purpose was to facilitate "the union of Catholics of French ancestry or affinity in America and the promotion of their religious, civic, cultural, social, and economic progress" but morphed into a role of providing insurance products to its members. While headquartered here the Canado-Americaine Association boasted a membership of 16,000 in New England, Michigan and Canada and kept a library of 4,000 volumes pertaining to the the development of the French culture in North America.
Union Leader Building
35 Amherst Street
Few cities the size of Manchester have a newspaper with a national reputation like the New Hampshire Union Leader. Thanks to the Granite State's unique role in the presidential primary process the Union-Leader and its conservative leanings receive an outsized amount of publicity every four years. The paper traces its beginnings to the Manchester Daily Union that put out its first edition on March 31, 1863. The Manchester Leader was launched in 1912 as an organ for Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party and gained such traction that founder Frank Knox was able to buy out the Union and change the masthead to Union-Leader the next year. After Knox died in 1944 William Loeb acquired the property and steered its politics dramatically to the right. By the time of Loeb's death in 1981 the Union Leader had survived as New Hampshire's only statewide newspaper and "Manchester" was deep-sixed from the masthead. In 1931, the Union-Leader moved to this Colonial Revival building fronting on Amherst Street. The current newspaper offices are away from downtown at 100 William Loeb Drive and this building hosts the Manchester Circuit Court.
Dunlap Block
967 Elm Street at northeast corner of Amherst Street
This corner commercial block began life in 1879 as a four-story Italianate brick building. In 1908 the property was reborn as a Chicago-style high-rise with orderly fenestration and a more functional appearance. This was accomplished with steel and glass construction, courtesy of architect Chase Roy Whitcher. Whitcher also added a fifth story and installed an early Manchester elevator. At the time Whitcher, a Lisbon, New Hampshire native, was 32 years old and struggling for commissions. His work here caught the notice of Manchester developers and he would go on to design over 300 buildings in his career. Thomas Dunlap bought the wood-frame structure on this site in 1868 to house his jewelry store - it was known as "Old Ark" since it was one of the first commercial buildings erected on Elm Street. He tore it down for a new brick block, built from the plans of George W. Stevens, an Amoskeag engineer, in 1879. Former New Hampshire governor John Butler Smith bought the building in 1895 and directed the current appearance.
Pickering Building
913 Elm Street
Look up above the compromised lower levels to see the Romanesque Revival stylings of this 1891 Victorian block. It is noted as the birthplace of Hesser Business College that Joel Hesser began in Room 36 with seven students on June 4, 1900. Day and evening sessions taught Budget Bookkeeping, Typing and Gregg Shorthand. After more than 100 years the school rebranded as Mount Washington College, offering associates and bachelor's degrees.
Bell Building
922 Elm Street at southeast corner of Stark Street
Few Manchester buildings can match this commercial block for tradition. Pearson's Jewelers moved in during 1920 and is closing in on a century of business. And it is the home of the Ted Herbert Music School. Thaddeus Piaseczny was born in Manchester in 1915 and began his working life mucking stalls on local farms and then selling shoes in local stores. He started playing the violin at the age of eight to help rehab a broken right arm. By high school he had added the saxophone and clarinet to his repertoire and was sitting in with bands at Manchester dances. In 1935 he formed the Ted Herbert Orchestra and for the next 55 years his Big Band sound would be familiar around the Northeast and New York State. Among the acts backed by Ted Herbert were Rudy Vallee, Patti Page, Tony Bennett, and The Supremes. During World War II, Herbert served under General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific Theater and participated in 68 combat landings. He also supplied the entertainment at two of the General's birthday celebrations. In 1958, Herbert opened the Music Mart at this location which grew into the go-to store for instruments in the Granite State. Upstairs, the Ted Herbert Music School operated with more than 50 teachers, instructing thousands of students through the years. The Herbert family sold the Music Mart before his death at the age of 90 in 2006 but the music school trundled on under family guidance.
Stark Blocks No. 1-3
north side of Stark Street beginning at Canal Street
The Amoskeag Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company incorporated in 1810 on the west bank of the Merrimack River. The initial venture was a flop but after several ownership changes a consortium of Boston merchants known as the Boston Associates turned things around. These investors had been in charge of the first cotton mill in the United States to convert raw cotton into finished cloth. In 1821 the Boston group bought up farmland further south along the Merrimack River and started America's first textile city in Lowell, Massachusetts.
So in 1831 the reorganized Amoskeag Manufacturing Company acquired 1500 acres of farmland east of the Merrimack River and set about to replicate the ideas that had been pioneered in Lowell. An entire city, planned to be conducive to work and relaxation, was platted by 1838. Elm Street was the main thoroughfare and commercial artery; to the west would be investment lots for private houses, land to donate to churches and plots for public buildings. On the east side, between Elm Street and the mills would be the workers' housing. Most of the housing stock would be constructed between 1838 and 1857. Of the 44 tenement blocks eventually constructed nearly half survive today. The first blocks in this area all contained three units, later efforts would contain up to six. The vernacular Greek Revival architecture was provided by Samuel Shepard.
As it had done in Lowell the Amoskeag management expected to sell the housing to employees but the Panic of 1837 financial crisis forced the corporation to retain ownership. Rents were low and suitable to the resources of the young women who were recruited off local farms to work in the mills. Amoskeag provided all maintenance and updated the properties regularly - none of the buildings retain their original appearance. Amoskeag continued to construct tenement blocks into the 1900s but the business was in decline due to competition from southern mills. Amoskeag Manufacturing Company shut down its operation in 1935 and the mills and boarding houses were auctioned off to local interests. The properties that were rehabilitated on these blocks represent the most extensive and intact examples of pre-1850 company housing in the United States.
Amoskeag Mills No. 1
300 Bedford Street
This mill was the foundation for the largest cotton textile manufacturing plant in the world. The first two mills and eight housing blocks in the complex were actually constructed in 1838 and 1839 for the Stark Manufacturing Company, a textile operation that featured overlapping stockholders with Amoskeag. At the time the entire town of Manchester which you have walked through was little more than a wilderness of scrub woods and rough cropland. In 1911 the floor space available in the Amoskeag mill complex covered 137 acres. There were 30 water turbines, 12 steam engines and 5 steam turbines to power 24,200 looms and 662,000 spindles. More than 17,000 people picked up a paycheck here. After the mills shuttered local businessmen recognized that such a resource could not simply be bulldozed out of existence and Amoskeag Industries was formed to repurpose many of the mill buildings as office space, classrooms, art studios and restaurants. The Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3. No. 1 stayed in the manufacturing game into the 1970s as a shoe factory. It has since received a makeover into luxury loft apartments.
Amoskeag Block No. 4
117-123 Market Street
Walking up Market Street you can see the high parapet of the tenement on the right, indicative of the early Amoskeag housing blocks. The dormers up top were 1860s additions made during the first round of improvements by the company to its housing stock. The simple Greek Revival entranceway is a replica that has been added to many of the blocks to approximate their original appearance.
Hillsborough County Court House/City Hall Annex
Market Street at City Hall Plaza
This was one of the last designs busy Manchester architect William Butterfield did in the city. He provided a restrained Classical Revival facade with a projecting central block, executed in red brick. The cornice is denticulated which carries over into the pediment that in turn replicates the theme of the entranceway below. The 1904 court house was appropriated by the city in 1971 and incorporated into City Hall next door. You can walk into the plaza to see the modern work done behind the court house facade.
Carpenter Hotel
323 Franklin Street at Northwest corner of Merrimack Street
In the 1920s many mid-size towns thought they needed a first class hotel to give off that "big city" aura to impress businessmen, investors and everyday visitors. In most places local businessmen banded together to raise the money for such a venture. In Manchester, Frank Carpenter spearheaded the project. Boston architects Franklin H. Hutchins and Arthur E. French were brought back to Manchester and delivered an elegant Georgian Revival design for the 11-story guest house. Carpenter had actually directed his go-to architect, Edward Tilton, to draw up designs for the hotel back in 1913 but by the time the project bloomed the drawings were abandoned and the switch to Hutchins and French made. At its opening in 1923 the Hotel Carpenter was trumpeted as the "finest, largest and most modern fireproof hotel in New Hampshire." Radio and circulating ice water would be available in every room and Manchester's biggest events were celebrated in the dining room and ballroom. When the heyday of downtown Manchester passed the hotel was given over to the Diocese of Manchester and converted into subsidized low-income housing.


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030: there is an interesting word that appears frequently in ancient hebrew poetry and songwriting. the word is 'selah'. many question the true meaning of this word, but many scholars believe that 'selah' can be rightly interpreted as 'stop and think'. 'selah' was inserted multiple times in songs. it would be used as an interlude to allow the listener to think about the words they just heard as the music continues to play.
'selah' moments are almost non-existent in our modern culture. but we need to bring 'selah' moments back. we need to slow down. reflect. comprehend. understand.
when you come across food for thought, chew a bit slower; you take in more nutrients that way.
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For release: 04 April, 2019
The exhibit was inspired by the campaign for women's suffrage in the United States, the 100th anniversary of the final pushes in the Senate for the 19th Amendment, and the ratification of women's right to vote. It is co-curated by Harford Community College's Stephanie Hallock, Professor of Political Science and Coordinator for Global Engagement, and Gina Calia-Lotz, Instructional Services Librarian. Free admission; reserve a space by calling 443-412-2539 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Rooted in time-honored ancient traditions beginning 25 centuries ago, the Golden Dragon Acrobats feature electrifying acrobats, contortionists and jugglers, combining award-winning acrobatics and traditional dance with spectacular costumes and graceful artistry to produce art that transcends borders and culture. LIVEatHarfordCC.com or 443-412-2211
Explore how social identities (race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, etc.) shape our experiences. This interactive workshop focuses on the significance of 'identities' in our everyday lives, and how they play into social norms, inherent biases, and systems of inequality. The event is sponsored by Soar2Success and is offered as part of HCC's Choose Civility campaign in conjunction with Emerging Leaders, HCC Student Wellness Program, Safe Zone, Disability Support Services, and Cultural Diversity Committee. Information: firstname.lastname@example.com or 443-412-2224
HCC's Board of Trustees will meet in open session. Please note: Those wishing to circulate written materials to the Board for use during their comment session shall submit such materials to the President's Office at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. To request disability-related reasonable accommodations, call 443-412-2402 voice, 443-412-2199 TTY, or email firstname.lastname@example.com at least three business days prior to the meeting. Info: 443-412-2230
Read our food and health-themed book selection and join your fellow Harford Countians for a panel discussion and some healthy local food. Hear what local farmers, doctors, and a beekeeper who makes natural cosmetics think about Farmacology. Panel members will include Nick Bailey, Grand View Farm; Phil Nivatpumin, MD, Kaufman Cancer Center; Rob Reier, DC, Integrative Care of Bel Air; Tommy Shireman, Third Way Farm; and Neil Vosters, Randalia Farm. This is "A Gathering at the Community Table" event. Free and open to the public.
The classic story of friendship, based on the book by E.B. White, will warm hearts young and old as it charms its way onto our stage. Down on the Zuckerman Farm, Wilbur, an irresistible young pig is determined to avoid the butcher. With the help of his friends (especially the magnificent spider, Charlotte) Wilbur is not only safe, but learns that true friends live in our hearts forever. This musical adaptation of the novel, named one of the best American children's books of the past two hundred years, will enchant audiences of all ages. This show is part of the BGE Family Series. LIVEatHarfordCC.com or 443-412-2211
Colleen Webster, an English professor, award-winning writer and speaker, will present a dramatic reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," followed by analysis and discussion of the historical context and meaning of the piece. The short story, written in the late nineteenth century, reveals the psychological distress overtaking a woman as she undergoes the popular "rest cure" at the insistence of her husband and doctor for nervous depression and hysteria. Colleen Webster is a Professor of Literature at Harford Community College. Reservations are strongly recommended; email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 443-412-2539.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was household name in the African American community during much of her lifetime (1863-1931), and was considered the equal of her well-known contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. This documentary features the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings. Reservations are strongly recommended; email email@example.com or call 443-412-2539.
Colleen Webster, a Professor of Literature at Harford Community College, will lead an audience discussion of the book, Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up, by Daphne Miller, MD. Free and open to the public.
Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative new comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. A work about how we memorialize the dead – and how that remembering changes us – it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world. LIVEatHarfordCC.com or 443-412-2211
When Tony Lip, a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class African-American pianist, on a concert tour to the Deep South, they rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the establishments safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism and danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive a journey of a lifetime. The event is sponsored by Soar2Success and is offered in conjunction with HCC's Choose Civility campaign. Participants will be able to identify Maryland and Harford County sites listed in the original travelers' Green Book. Information: firstname.lastname@example.com or 443-412-2224
In conjunction with the Deej National Inclusion Tour, Harford Community College will be screening the documentary, DEEJ, a documentary about autism and inclusion. A nonspeaking young man dreams of autistic civil rights. With its insider view of autism, Deej challenges us all to live inclusion. Guest speaker: DJ "Deej" Savarese. The event is free and open to the public.
The Annual Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition has a long tradition at HCC, dating prior to the 1970s. Thousands of students started their exhibition careers with this annual show. This year's juror, Abigail Donovan, has had exhibitions and performances at a variety of national and international venues. Gallery hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 7 PM; and Friday, 8:30 to 4:30 PM
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Subaru will debut one good-looking BRZ at the Tokyo Auto Show to be held between the 13th and 15th January 2017, dubbed as the Subaru BRZ STI Sport Concept.
The Subaru BRZ STI Sport Concept is based on the BRZ GT, the Japanese version of the American model with the Performance Package, but adds a number of its own details including a new front spoiler, new side skirts and front slightly raised. Smaller changes include STI badges in the lower and side grilles.
The Subaru BRZ STI Sport Concept will also add 18 inches to its multi-spoke black rims, different aerodynamic components and dark red interior elements signed by STI. At the moment, the details on the mechanics are limited. It is still unknown if its 2.0-liter four-cylinder box engine will receive any specific improvement or will continue with its philosophy of natural aspiration.
Horsepower and maximum speed of the Subaru BRZ STI Sport Concept is also still not revealed as well as where it will actually be produced. It is expected that Subaru will release more news about this cult model in the coming weeks as said.
Accompanying the Subaru BRZ STI Sport Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon, which is considered the Asian SEMA, are the Subaru WRX STI Concept S4 with different design and performance improvements as well as the debut of different customized versions of Levorg STI Impreza Sport and G4 including different photos of rigor. These are all expected to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Mmmm – delish! Capers will be on my shopping list this week! Thanks Mark.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
The star of this recipe is a simple sauce with bold, memorable flavor. Three easy ingredients – capers, parsley, butter – plus one secret ingredient (the brine from the caper jar) come together into a rich and piquant sauce that will have you licking the plate.
The caper sauce pairs really well with chicken; in this case, boneless, skinless breasts pounded thin to reduce the cooking time to just 6 minutes. However, if you have a little more time on your hands the sauce can certainly be served with thicker skin-on breasts or thighs, a pork chop or tenderloin, a pan-seared fillet of fish or roasted vegetables.
Tiny, briny capers are actually flower buds that have been sun-dried and pickled in vinegar. The tart, lemony flavor of capers adds a bright, tangy boost to food. Keep a jar in the fridge (they never really seem to go bad) to throw into other dishes or to make this fantastic sauce whenever the mood strikes.
Serves: 4
Time in the Kitchen: 30 minutes
Slice each chicken breast in half horizontally. Place each half between sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet (or small skillet) until 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick or less.
Generously season chicken with salt and pepper.
In a large skillet heat 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of olive oil. Add half of the chicken and cook for 3 minutes on each side until nicely browned. Remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside on a plate.
Heat 2 more tablespoons of olive oil. Add the remaining raw chicken and brown for 3 minutes on each side.
Remove the chicken from the pan, adding it to the plate of cooked chicken, but keep the heat on under the skillet.
To the skillet, add 3 tablespoons of brine from the jar of capers.
As the brine boils, scrape up any bits of meat stuck to the pan.
Stir in the butter, parsley and capers. Just before the butter begins to brown, add the chicken and any juices that have accumulated on the plate back to the skillet. Keep the chicken in the skillet just long enough to re-heat it and coat the breasts in sauce.
Serve immediately.
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Mmmm – delish! Capers will be on my shopping list this week! Thanks Mark.
This recipe looks like a keeper. I love capers.
YUM! Capers, Butter, how could it not be divine.
I thought cooking with olive oil was not primal?
If you type "olive oil" into the "google custom search" at the top of the web page, you'll get lots of previous MDA info on olive oil.
Man, Saturday recipes receive so little comments. Damn shame. Or maybe people are out doing primal stuff. The chef in me prefers Saturday's recipe post over any other day. Cheers to you Sisson!
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Those breasts look just perfectly golden and crispy. Simple but great looking dish. My favourite since the allspice pork with sage/butter butternut squash =)
In France, this is a prime example of just how a few, quality ingredients can create sheer alchemy…Choice, healthful, flavorful offering Mark. Elegant…yet not intimidating…the essence of an everyman approach to gastronomie à la française.
We do something similar to this recipe at home…using tarragon instead of parsley…and adding a bit of lemon juice and dry white wine or vermouth to finish. Thank you for reminding us to take advantage of the highly flavorful caper brine.
Does nobody want to respond to me about the olive oil? This looks really good but I am confused.
Olive oil is fine, it's largely mono saturated. Go of good quality extra virgin olive oil, preferably locally grown, as there has been some issues in the past with not getting what you pay for with the Spanish ones. Here in Australia we have some serious quality on our doorstep. Start out with small bottles to taste, as its all different, don't store it in the fridge, it will go cloudy and hard (wont effect the oil but makes it difficult to handle), store in the pantry out of light. Try searching this website for more info,
Cheers 🙂
If you use the extra light olive oil it's smoke point is MUCH higher, well over 465degrees. Use the good quality evoo on salads and cold things but the light stuff has been processed differently. It is not light as on lower fat or calories but lighter in taste and color. Still very good for you. I get big jugs at Costco and cook pretty much everything in it.
Holy shit this is good!
This looks absolutely amazing! I agree about olive oil, start from small bottles, cause they really taste differently and some even have a strong smell. So I would suggest to try a couple and then stick to one that is better. This oil is very healthy.
Thanks for the olive oil advice, I had some EVOO in the cabinet from october when I started to go primal, I hope it hasn't gone bad at all, tasted fine, just had to make this…I made it with pork chops too, supreme.
Yummy! I want to make this asap 🙂
This looked so yummy so we made it for dinner tonight and it is SO SALTY! It was good, but we will definitely cut down on the "generously season chicken with salt and pepper" next time. May cut out some of the caper brine too. If anyone else made it, what did you think?
Agreed. Made this tonight and it was way too salty! I love capers, but I think the brine is too much. And I love salt.
We make a similar dish for special occasions that we call "our special chicken picatta". We serve it over spaghetti squash and add a salad.
If we use caper brine we do not use extra salt.
We also use the juice of two lemons to extend the buttery sauce which is wonderful over the squash.
The very title of your post makes me mouth water.
I' d probably try it with dark meat of fowl and with the skin on; and maybe with some capers tucked under the skin!
Okay, so, I've gotta ask a dumb/newbie question. Do you EAT the capers? Or just season with them?
You can eat the capers 🙂 They're piquant so be ready with a brave tongue! I really love them myself…
Josh, I hear ya.. I've also read in many places that olive oil is best cold, as it oxidises when heated.. maybe a little coconut oil can be used instead? or just butter maybe.. or best yet, a little rendered chicken fat?
Mmm, that sounds delicious – guess what's on my next shopping list!!
Yes Elenor you do eat the capers, they are very nice enjoy them
All you guys are making me hungry, excellent blog.
Love this sort of thing! Any time I want to dress up a quick dinner of chicken or pork, I make an easy sauce with any combination of the following that I have on hand: butter, onion, shallots, mushrooms, capers, white wine, heavy cream and fresh or dried herbs of choice. Basically can't go wrong no matter what you do!
Forgot to mention:
I use the same basic ingredient list — plus lemon juice or zest — for any white fish.
Also, for pork I often throw in a dash of Worcestershire sauce (is that primal?) or some Dijon (especially good with thyme).
Made this for dinner last night and it's scrumptious. Happily, leftovers today!
Thanks, Mark, and for explaining what capers are. It's one o' those things I wondered about but never got around to looking up.
I just went to the organic grocery store and there was only one bottle of capers left. Coincidence? I think not!
This looks delicious. I will try it sometime. I'm into body building, and many muscle building diets advise against butter. But a little of it is OK, as it contains Conjugated Linoleic acid (CLA) which actually helps fat loss. In moderation it is OK for me, especially if the dish tastes good, it's worthwhile. Glad you shared it.
This was very good, i usually never eat chicken breasts but decided to try this !!! yum yum yum…just lightly salt and pepper .. i use kosher salt, & did throw on poultry seasoning… as i always do when i cook chicken… make roasted root veggies to go with it and have an awesome Once upon a Vine Red blend… yum
i am such a pig I ate two servings : P
oh … and Mark… i weigh 145 an need to weigh 125… this recipe is not helping !!!!!! 🙂
and … not an…. must be the vino 🙂
Made this tonight. Twas delicious!
Made this for dinner on Saturday night and it was fantastic! I'll add this in regularly because it is fast with fairly complex flavor.
I also look forward to the Saturday recipe. I made this last night and it was simple and awesome, a definite crowd pleaser. In a quasi response to Josh: I browned the chicken in coconut oil. I don't think there was a noticeable flavor disturbance as opposed to using olive oil.
I made this last night and used some steamed cauliflower as a side. After steaming, I threw the cauliflower in the food processor and served next to the chicken. Covered both in sauce and capers…..so good! Thanks Grok!
Once you get that pan deglazed with the brine, how about taking it off the heat and mounting it with the butter. That way you get a sauce instead of a broken greasy mess.
Yummy post !!! I am usually to blogging and i actually respect your post.
It was AMAZING!!! I added fresh garlic and red chard.
Made this last night, excellent. I've always, incorrectly, reserved Capers for fish dishes. They're excellent here with Chicken. Excellent dish that will stay on my primal table.
Made this last night over spaghetti squash with a simple paleo caesar salad, and it was an absolute hit. I agree with adding some lemon juice or wine to extend the sauce. My non-primal boyfriend exclaimed, "If this is what paleo is like, then count me in! I could eat like this every night!"
I made salmon with this tonight and it was fantastic!
thanks for sharing the recipe. i made this using celtic sea salt with roasted brussel sprouts and grilled eggplant. it was amazing..and so easy. thank you!
I made this tonight and served with a simple salad. HUGE hit. This is going on the rotation.
This was so good! And so easy. My husband loves capers and I used extra. It was really yummy!
I had to modify it a bit. I only had salt-packed capers I picked up in Italy last year. I soaked them to remove some of the salt and used apple-cider vinegar.
This was amazing! I added a bunch of halved Kalamata olives. Next time I'll add in some fresh garlic and won't overcook the chicken!
Mmm garlic and olives would be perfect in this… great idea Laura!
Delicious! Made this last night and everyone loved it. Even my little ones like it so much that thet ate theirs and then kept coming up and picking parsley and capers off my plate. They liked it so much that when I finished my plate my son LITERALLY had a tantrum until I served up a fresh plate of small bites for him.
My husband and I really liked this dish. The leftovers were great for lunch, too!
This is absolutely amazing! Made it today and OMG! I want to eat this every single day. Didn't add any salt but turned out to be salted enough!
Oh, and I made this with some asparagus with butter and parmesan. YUM.
I've never bought or cooked with capers before, but I wanted to try something different, I've been trying to get adventurous with my food and ease into more paleo recipes… and I have to say, HOLY YUM! I love love this recipe, this chicken was great, husband and kid-approved in my household! Will definitely add this to my recipe rotation, I'm just glad there are leftovers for me 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight. So easy and SO yummy!
I've made this twice this week and OMG!! It's so gooooooood! I made it with broccoli and cauliflower, which was delish cause they soak up the butter. Best dinner I've made in a long time!
I like the veggie pairing! I'm going to do the same!
I'm completely new to this whole paleo diet thing and it is soooooooooo confusing. Butter is paleo??? Or is this more like a "cheat meal"? Oh well… I'm making this regardless. It looks amazing.
Nevermind! I read the link! I get the butter thing now… once again… can't wait to make this for dinner this week!
A little late to the party, but….this is great. The 2nd time around I added 2 Tbsp lemon juice, which made it fantastic! Served over shaved zucchini and carrot. Mmm, mmm, good!


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Despite the break in momentum over the holidays I've still been dreaming, scheming and working on creative business projects. My soul and brain are full - the good kind of full.
Here are a few things in the works...
An online shop
I know I know, this one's been in the works for a while. Last fall I started working on it, this month I plan to finish it. It's coming, I promise!
prints available online, soon!
A workshop on creating intentional spaces
This project came to me quickly and has been growing, consuming me in a very good way. I believe our homes and physical spaces feed us, supporting not only who we are today but who we want to become. Imagine what would happen if we all had spaces that supported us in being the best "us" we could be!
I'm energized by this project and I'm enjoying the process of putting it together. I plan to dry run it locally and see where it leads. I'm also toying with the idea of converting it to an electronic format and offer it here, I think that could be a lot of fun. Stay tuned...
the library nook, one of my favourite spaces in our home
And more
A line of greeting cards, a newsletter, consulting... all projects percolating as I enter the new year.
It's been a full and inspiring few months since I left my 9-5 job and after playing with many ideas and concepts, this month - or at least this week - is all about playing with specifics.
I'm tapping into my left brain, complementing the power of vision with the power of planning and action. Though I geek out on brainstorming and bubble charts, part of me is a little giddy at the prospect of getting down to plans and spreadsheets. <Hee!>
This work transition journey has been good to me so far, I'm learning a LOT. Thank you for being here along with me. I am grateful.


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When you want to plan a group retreat, you have to be ready to work hard since plenty of work is involved. In spite of this, they still are among one of the most preferred ways to bond and achieve the aims of a given course. When you begin planning for a group retreat which can either be relaxation or religious activities oriented, you have to contemplate on various issues that have the ability to affect your overall experience. For example, specific aspects of the picked retreat destination must be scrutinized to gauge whether it is fit for purpose or not.
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If you want to have an easy time during your group's retreat, you must select a good location. If at all kids will be involved, the location must have ideal outdoor areas where they are going to have fun as the adults carry on with the sensitive matters. As you look into the details of the location, spare a few minutes to research on the state of the security since an unsafe area will be a threat to a good group retreat. Location matters should be concluded by researching on the setting of the retreat center so that the picked one can possess all the desired features.
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I am having a terrible time with ants this year. What chemicals or natural products have you used to kill them?
By Lou
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There is a product that can be found at Wal Mart, Target, KMart, or any hardware store. It's called Terro. It comes in a small 2 oz (or so) bottle.
Here's what you do. You watch and find out the path that the ants travel. Then you take a small piece of paper or cardboard maybe 1 inch square or so. Put one drop only on the paper and place it in the line of travel of the ants. It will attract the ants, they will eat it and get it on their feet and carry it back to the nest. It takes approximately 12-24 hours to work. Depending on the size problem you have, you will be ant-free in 1-2 days.
I've read many many reviews of this product, and use it myself when they invade my home, and have yet to hear of anyone who didn't have success with it.
Sweet-n-Low...that's right, Sweet-n-Low. Here in Texas we get ant piles in the yard every year, sometimes several times a year. Open up a packet or two or three (depending on how large the pile is) and sprinkle it on and around the ant pile. It is tracked back in to the source and in a day or so all the ants are gone. We have been doing this now for several years.
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Use cornstarch, the ants fill up on it, it expands in their stomach and the rest (and the ant) is history.
Kill the whole nest as queenie can produce many more queens and queens live for up to 20 years. About 10% 20 mule team borax warmed just a little in a squirt bottle with Karo syrup. Put a squirt here and there but never where an animal can lick it as it is attractive. Ants carry it back to the nest and the whole nest is destroyed.
It really depends on what kind of ants. Some are sweet loving and Terro will work well-others are protein feeders and Terro will not be so good.
I used Sweet-n-low last summer in my kitchen and had ants all summer, I really think I only fed them..I did see them carry it, but it did not kill them!
I keep getting them in my bathroom and Terro works right away. They will come back after a while, and you will need to use it again.
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Last night AIA + Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston sponsored a great lecture by John Patkau at the Visitor Center! Patkau Architects is based in Vancouver, Canada. He and his wife started the firm over 30 years ago. Several Liollio folks enjoyed a fun dinner at 39 Rue De Jean following the lecture.


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A review of Smoke by Dan Vyleta
The idea that some darkness lurks inside every person is an idea that has pervaded human thought for centuries, if not millennia. Long debates have been held to debate morality, righteousness, sin and the human condition. What makes someone human? What makes someone evil?
It seems that Dan Vyleta decided to approach these questions in a rather literal way in his book Smoke. It is an alternate history novel set in 18th or 19th century England, but in this world, "sin" manifests as a physical substance. When someone has an "evil" thought or a bout of anger, wisps of Smoke rise from their body. The color, texture and quantity of the Smoke vary based on the sin and its strength. Anything from a slight wisp of thin grey Smoke mingled in one's breath to an explosion of Smoke from their entire body like black tar. Smoke is also infectious, pulling out the passions of any who breathe it in. And after the Smoke has settled, it becomes an inert substance called Soot, staining clothes, skin or anything it touches. Marking them.
In this world, the nobility are "pure". They wear white clothes and flaunt how good they are, rarely showing a wisp of Smoke. Meanwhile the commonfolk smoke like chimneys and live in perpetual flith with stained clothes and buildings painted black and brown by Soot. This is the status quo and it has been this way as far as anyone could remember. But things aren't always as they seem.
The book follows a pair of schoolboys, Thomas and Charlie. Thomas comes from a lesser noble family and has a mysterious past, while Charlie comes from one of the Great Families that practically rule the country. The third main character is a girl named Livia. She first appears with a very reserved nature, always stiff and proper and showing little to no emotion aside from slight disdain. She is careful not to show any Smoke as it does not befit her station.
When reading this it is easy to relate to these characters in many ways. Many people experience the same fears of inner darkness as Thomas and worry over whether they can really be good. At the same time one can relate to the way Charlie does his best to comfort and aid his friends without truly understanding their problems, or one could relate to the loneliness and conflicted feelings of Livia's passion at war with her self-imposed discipline and stoic mask.
Together these three uncover conspiracies showing the status quo is not what it seems and Smoke isn't the holy divination the rich make it out to be. The three grow together as they try to uncover these mysteries; Thomas trying to trust his new friends while worrying he is descending into madness, Charlie starting to sin and show more as he cares more for his friends than his station, Livia letting her noble airs drop to reveal the angry and passionate girl she had been hiding since she lost her father to the Smoke.
This book addresses themes of good and evil, class divides, political corruption, censorship and even the shame of passion. In the end the characters realize that Smoke is not some sign of evil but a sign of passion and emotion. While there may be crimes of passion and murderers Smoke heavily, Smoke also can come from so many other things and mingling smoke with a loved one lays one bare in a way that nothing else can.
This book very much succeeds in its goals of addressing these points as the reader discovers these truths about the world and themselves alongside the heroes of the book. However, Vyleta does fall into a few clichés. Morality and corruption are common topics in many books and the corrupt aristocracy ruling through false pretence of some innate superiority is not a new idea, though the mix of goals and ideas among them does help. Vyleta also does a good job of showing good and evil among all classes, as well as varied levels of Smoke amongst those figures. The Smoke is a good metaphor for the way in which evil is assumed to be obvious by some, when it really is not. Some can appear evil without being so, while others can appear saintly while being evil to their core; just as in this book when some people Smoke heavily while being saints while some who appear Smokeless are the most evil of all.
The characters fall into clichés as well. I've read a few other series with similar dynamics: a dark and brooding male character (Thomas) who believes he is filled with darkness and pushes people away for fear of hurting them; a male character who seems to be filled with goodness and can do no wrong (Charlie) who tries to help his friends; then the prim and proper female character (Livia) who is conflicted in so many ways, most of all her feelings for these two boys. And of course the dark boy tries to push her away, believing she should be with his good friend while the good friend tries to step back so as not to get in his friends' way. But once again, Vyleta does manage to pull off the dynamic well by the end, avoiding the clichéd ending to the "love triangle romance" such stories typically have.
Smoke was an enjoyable book, exploring darkness and evil in the context of a puritan society. The reader and characters must constantly question the darkness of the world and themselves while at the same time questioning if they can truly be human without it. Just because something appears dark and unpleasant, does that really mean it is evil?


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2 Whole Large Eggs
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I recently received a mystery package brimming with aged photographs from the 1920s-1940s. The look and feel of each print is unmistakably vintage with varying paper thickness, odd sizes and texture. They all boast a deep level of contrast that's proven ever so challenging to replicate with a DSLR. As I carefully studied this collection, the film character revealed another level of artistic expression that goes beyond the content of the actual photo. This is perhaps the missing ingredient in today's highly polished images.
Above: Scans of original film prints.
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Goldikova to return to Galileo in 2018
Same mating has already produced Group winner Terrakova
Goldikova - whose glittering racing career included 14 Group /Grade 1 wins - is set to visit Galileo for the fourth time, Pierre-Yves Bureau, bloodstock representative of the Wertheimer brothers, has told Jour de Galop.
A previous mating between the superstar pair resulted in Group 3 winner and French Oaks-placed Terrakova, who also ran in the famous blue and white Wertheimer silks.
Trained by Freddy Head and ridden on all 27 of her starts by Olivier Peslier, Goldikova was champion female in Europe in 2010 and is the only horse to win the Breeders' Cup Mile three times.
Goldikova has also produced a yearling filly named Goldika by the Wertheimers' Prix du Jockey Club winner Intello, and a filly foal sister to Terrakova named Alikova.
Coolmore's perennial champion sire Galileo has supplied 70 Group/Grade 1 winners to date including Winter, who struck four times at the highest level in Europe this year.
Terrakova, meanwhile, is set for a liaison with Lope De Vega, while Goldikova's first foal, the four-year-old Galileo colt Goldikovic, has been exported to Brazil in preparation for a stallion career in South America.
Galikova, the Group 1-winning half-sister to Goldikova by Galileo, is heading to War Front for a liaison that will produce a foal bred on the same cross as this year's multiple Group 1 winners US Navy Flag and Roly Poly.
Gold Luck, the Redoute's Choice half-sister to Goldikova and Galikova who won the Group 3 Prix Vanteaux this year, is to be retired and covered by Dark Angel.
High-class half-sisters Queen's Jewel and Royalmania will be covered by top international sires Galileo and Deep Impact.
Queen's Jewel's mating is timely, to say the least, as she is by Pivotal and Galileo over Pivotal was responsible for this year's Group 1 winners Hydrangea and Rhododendron, while Galileo's son Frankel supplied champion-elect Cracksman when sent a Pivotal mare.
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Every now and then people keep asking me about us… I never really know what to answer, the best I can do is: "we float"
We aren't fighting neither we are compromising, we just stand still, letting it flow, getting along. I can't see us moving forward neither backwards, we just ARE. May somehow sounds frustraiting but I keep thinking: "this is what i signed up – gotta knew about this already… " — kind of me deserving this… and then I recall my terapist: "where's my self steem then?"
And actually the real problem comes out every time we fight, as we are yet so far from the word "stable", ain't so sure for the type of problem solving we are up to… and I keep thinking: "is this the last time?", "is he coming back?", "how long will this take?", "who's turn is it now?" / stupid questions normal couples doesn't have to worry about as they know things will eventually come back to normal… for me, there's no finding out the next step for floating there's just waiting or giving up.
Today I'm counting 4 days, and my anger instead of calming down just brings my anger out. Im learning he likes to let time pass by so things can ease out… unfortunately for me, things work the other way around. Time isn't healing, time is just fighting me back, driving me crazy and making my mind to come out with explanations.
Our pride – cause I do accept is my fault as well for letting my pride take part – is drifting us down…
He've been partying and having a blast – WITHOUT ME – since thursday night and my anger and pride just keep growing the anger in me. Friday night he prefered to look apart, and on Saturday he took his "pride suit" even though I tried some yelling. Today sunday WE turn rather indifferent… is there anything left for tomorrow? I can't think of tomorrow… keep waiting for him to realize… but he won't
Weekend is over already, tomorrow is a new week and all I can manage is "what the hell is he thinking for not calling me and trying to solve things" – he can't care less… and I can't stand it anymore
As time goes by and our problems just seem to be bigger for me.
Hopefully someday I'll be stronger to say "Even though it hurts, I'm ending with something that didn't even started" (but for now just… please… PROVE ME WRONG)
Fui por ti un ave que no se atrevio a volar
creí en ti y así me fui olvidando de mi
viví muriendo por estar siguiéndote a ti
y a tus sueños
Hoy ya sé que tus mentiras fueron mi realidad
ya que tu solo amabas tu vanidad
ya ves no fue mi culpa solo fueron tus miedos
Me voy porque contigo piso en falso una ves mas
me voy porque el silencio pesa mas que tu verdad
me voy sin miedo a equivocarme
hoy pongo fin a lo que nunca empezó
Sin ti la vida duele menos
sin ti camino por el cielo
y así soy todo lo que quiero
tengo un mundo tan perfecto sin ti
Sin ti ahora soy tan libre
sin ti ya nada es imposible
y aquí el tiempo ya no vuelve
y aunque a ti te duele que yo sea feliz
ya estas lejos de mi
Tu te ves en un espejo y se convierte en papel
no hay mas que un corazón vacío pido piedad por ti
que no mereces nada de lo que yo te di
[ De: http://www.dicelacancion.com/letra-sin-ti-samo ]


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Some time back I wrote a blog post about the idea of TerraSapiens (here is a link to that post). The blog post was hopeful for the future of the world because I felt that, through embracing the concept of being a TerraSapien humanity would flourish. That was in May of 2016, a lot has happened since then and I am still hopeful, however after seeing in the United Stares a populist movement put an awful person into a position of power I feel like the idea of being more than a person being a Terrasapien needs to be revisited.
The next evolutionary step for humanity has to be one that involves perpetual thinking not short term thinking. We have to realize that, we are responsible for the world and mankind. It is our work and respect for life that should compel us to action, not a disdain for life that is not like ours. No matter what country, religion or ethnicity life comes from all of life is bound to the earth and should respect both each other and the earth we live on.
The new leadership in the United States through executive action has already taken steps to disrespect religions, race and the environment but I am still hopeful. I am hopeful because I know. I know that humanity can and will evolve and humanity is far better thann the current leadership in the United States. I am hopeful because of the way I grew up and my children are growing up. The upbringing I have and the upbringing my children have should prevent them from ever allowing a monster like the current leader into office by means of a popular election.
I am saddened by the current status of my nation but hopeful for the future. Lets take the next evolutionary step together and all become Terrasapiens.
ps a link to David Grinspoons book is here


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Sometimes you might have a student that moves to your school from a different school within your district. When this happens, the student already has an account setup and just needs to be added to your site so his teachers and administrators can see them.
This can be done by a Classworks user with Site or District-Level Administrator access.
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1) Click the dropdown menu next to your name and select Administration.
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It may look like this if you are have Site Administrator privileges.
4) Click the + next to the school that you would like the student to be added.
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