Redfern Town Hall [SEP] architect
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Redfern Town Hall


The Redfern Town Hall is a landmark sandstone civic building located in the heart of , New South Wales, Australia. built in 1870 and designed in the Victorian Regency style by George Allen Mansfield. It was the seat of the Municipality of Redfern from 1870 to 1948. It stands at 73 Pitt Street, Redfern. On 10 May 1904, the local Member for Redfern and Leader of the NSW Labor Party, James McGowen, launched the State Labor Party's 1904 election campaign at the Town Hall. Redfern Town Hall was the
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Como, New South Wales


pontoon, above which is erected a large hall. There is also a four-roomed dwelling above a large workshop, also two wharves at side of sheds."" GEORGES RIVER RAILWAY BRIDGE AND COMO STATION On 12 September 1882, Tenders were called for constructing the first section. C. and M. Millar won the contract to build the section from Redfern to Waterfall, crossing the Georges River and into the Holt-Sutherland Estate via the Double Bay paddock. It was reported on 27 Sep 1884 in the Australian Town & Country
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Redfern Town Hall


site of a meeting of Rugby league players in 1908, at which the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, now the South Sydney Rabbitohs, was officially formed. when administrator J J Giltinan, cricketer Victor Trumper and politician Henry Hoyle came together in front of a large crowd of supporters. On 7 August 1968 Redfern Town Hall was the site of the Chief Commissioner of Sydney Vernon Treatt's proclamation of the Municipality of Northcott (later the City of South Sydney). When the Redfern Legal Centre was established in March 1977
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Redfern Post Office


existed but by the late 1850s Redfern was a flourishing suburb housing 6,500 people. The Municipalities Act of 1858 gave districts the option of municipal incorporation. Public meetings were held and after a flurry of petitions Redfern Municipality was proclaimed on August 11, 1859, the fourth in Sydney to be formed under the Act. Redfern Town Hall opened in 1870 and the Albert Cricket Ground in 1864. Redfern Post Office came in 1882. The Eveleigh Railway complex in 1886 became one of the largest employers in the state. Redfern was an industrial
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Fitzroy Terrace, Redfern


option of municipal incorporation. Public meetings were held and after a flurry of petitions Redfern Municipality was proclaimed on 11 August 1859, the fourth in Sydney to be formed under the Act. Redfern Town Hall opened in 1870 and the Albert Cricket Ground in 1864. Redfern Post Office came in 1882. The majority of houses in Redfern in the 1850s were of timber. From the 1850s market gardeners congregated in Alexandria south of McEvoy Street, around Shea's Creek and Bourke Road. When Sydney's original railway terminus was built in the
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Redfern railway station


petitions Redfern Municipality was proclaimed on August 11, 1859, the fourth in Sydney to be formed under the Act. Redfern Town Hall opened in 1870 and the Albert Cricket Ground in 1864. Redfern Post Office came in 1882. The majority of houses in Redfern in the 1850s were of timber. From the 1850s market gardeners congregated in Alexandria south of McEvoy Street, around Shea's Creek and Bourke Road. When Sydney's original railway terminus was built in the Cleveland Paddocks, which extended from Devonshire and Cleveland Streets to Chippendale,
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Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services


abattoirs and noxious trades from the city so many tanners, wool scourers and wool-washers, boiling down works and abattoirs moved their businesses outside city boundaries to Redfern and Waterloo. The sand hills still existed but by the late 1850s Redfern was a flourishing suburb housing 6,500 people. The Municipalities Act of 1858 gave districts the option of municipal incorporation. Public meetings were held and after a flurry of petitions Redfern Municipality was proclaimed on August 11, 1859, the fourth in Sydney to be formed under the Act. Redfern Town Hall
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Redfern Post Office


former Telephone Exchange building, Redfern Post Office provides an insight into the development of communications services in NSW. Redfern Post Office was designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet, a key practitioner of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture. The Colonial Architect's Office under Barnet designed and maintained a large number of post offices across NSW between 1865 and 1890. Redfern Post Office was designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet, a key practitioner of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture. The Colonial Architect's Office under Barnet designed and maintained a large number
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Redfern, New South Wales


of the businessmen in the area were from Lebanon such as George Dan 1890, Stanton and Aziz Melick in 1888 and Shafiqah Shasha and Anthony and Simon Coorey in the 1890s. As waves of immigrants arrived in Australia, many made Redfern their first home. On 17 January 1908 at Redfern Town Hall the South Sydney club was formed to compete in the first season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership. "Liquidambar styraciflua" trees were planted in Baptist Street in the 1960s and 70s. The notorious Redfern Mail Exchange was
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Eveleigh Railway Workshops machinery


flourishing suburb housing 6500 people. The Municipalities Act of 1858 gave districts the option of municipal incorporation. Public meetings were held and after a flurry of petitions Redfern Municipality was proclaimed on August 11, 1859, the fourth in Sydney to be formed under the Act. Redfern Town Hall opened in 1870 and the Albert Cricket Ground in 1864. Redfern Post Office came in 1882. The majority of houses in Redfern in the 1850s were of timber. From the 1850s market gardeners congregated in Alexandria south of McEvoy Street, around Shea's
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Waterloo Town Hall


the NSW Opposition and the local MP for Redfern, gave a policy speech launching his campaign for the 1941 state election at the town hall. In February 1946, Mckell announced his intention to retire as Premier and from politics at the town hall. Following the amalgamation of Waterloo into the City of Sydney in 1949, the hall continued its use as a social venue and community centre and was transferred to the South Sydney Municipality in 1967 following a boundary change. In 1972, the South Sydney Council made the town hall a library
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John Beveridge (mayor)


vacancy created by the departure of Alderman Francis Augustus Wright, and was re-elected in February 1888. In September 1888 he presided over a meeting at Redfern Town Hall to support the ultimately-unsuccessful candidacy of free trader John Martin for a by-election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Redfern; the meeting was attended by Sir Henry Parkes who also spoke in support. Beveridge strongly aligned himself with the politics of Parkes and later stood for the seat of Redfern himself as a Free Trade candidate at the 1889
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Harry Redfern


Henry 'Harry' Redfern (1861-1950) was a British architect. Born in April 1861, he was educated at Abingdon School from 1871-1877. Redfern designed work in Oxford, Cambridge, Abingdon and Carlisle. At the University of Cambridge he was architect of the chemical, metallurgical, physical and biological laboratories, and restored portions of Christ's College, Cambridge and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Oxford he carried out additions and restoration work at Oriel College, Oxford and St John's College, Oxford; and
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Redfern Post Office


is a substantial example of the Victorian Italianate style, and makes an important aesthetic contribution to central Redfern as a dominant nineteenth century public building. Redfern Post Office is also associated with the Colonial Architect's Office under James Barnet, a key practitioner of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture. Redfern Post Office is also considered to be significant to the community of Redfern's sense of place.v Redfern Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in
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Harry Redfern


strong theme of the Arts and Crafts movement. He was commemorated towards the end of his work for the SMS by the naming of the Redfern Inn (1938), one of the distinctive New Model Inn designs, in Etterby, a district of Carlisle. The Redfern was designed by his assistant architect, Joseph Seddon, FRIBA (with Redfern's collaboration). It was a tribute to a man who had dedicated his talents to the quest for an improved public house style. Redfern practiced from Porchester Gardens, London, and
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Paul Feiler


in 1956, ICA, London, curated by Lawrence Alloway 1956 Aspects of contemporary English painting, Parsons Gallery, London 1957 British Abstract Painting, Paris, Milan, Montreal, Melbourne, Sydney 1957 Metavisual, tachiste and abstract painting in England today, Redfern Gallery, London 1957 Dimensions: British abstract art 1948-1957, O'Hana Gallery, London, curated by Lawrence Alloway 1958 British Abstract Painting, Redfern Gallery, London exhibition toured to: Auckland, Liège, Johannesburg, Cape Town 1959 Architect's Choice ICA, London 1959 50
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Erskineville Town Hall


Municipality of South Sydney and then the City of South Sydney. The town hall was its seat until its abolition in 1983 and became the seat of the reestablished South Sydney Council in 1989. It served this role until late in 2003 when the South Sydney City Council resolved to move the Council Chambers to the South Sydney Civic Centre at Lawson Square in Redfern. With the merging of the City of South Sydney with the City of Sydney in 2004 however, the town hall became primarily a community centre for the local area. In
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Redfern Post Office


Redfern Post Office is a heritage-listed former residence and now post office located at 113 Redfern Street in the inner western Sydney suburb of Redfern in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Colonial Architect’s Office under James Barnet and built by Goddard and Pittman. The property is owned by Australia Post, an agency of the Australian Government. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000. Redfern's natural landscape was defined by sand
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Charles E. Redfern


of the local St. George's Society. He also served on the executive for the Royal Jubilee Hospital. His business went bankrupt in 1914 and he worked for the Marine Department until he retired in 1922. He died of a stroke at the age of 88 and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia. A clock on the street outside his shop on Government Street was Victoria's first town clock. In 1891, Redfern installed a clock on the city hall. Redford Street and Redford Park were named in
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Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line


passes over the suburb of Woolloomooloo and the Eastern Distributor. The line then passes into a tunnel underneath the Art Gallery of New South Wales to a station underneath Martin Place. Turning south, the line proceeds through Town Hall, Central and Redfern stations, before emerging behind the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The line is double track throughout, with turnback sidings at Martin Place and Bondi Junction for citybound trains, and at Central for trains from Bondi Junction. The Illawarra Line commences at Illawarra Junction at Redfern and travel on the 'Illawarra
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The Mexican Spitfires


1989. The Mexican Spitfires were an inner-city suburban band which developed a collection of songs about Sydney. They dealt with aspects of local daily life,: "Ivy Street" about a dilapidated street familiar to Sydney University students who walk to or from Redfern Station; "Sydney Town" on the moral tightrope found between the city and Kings Cross down Park Street; "Town Hall Steps" about a meeting out front of Sydney Town Hall; "Until" on spending time in Katoomba in the nearby Blue Mountains;
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Henry Jasper Redfern


Sheffield. From 1901 to 1907, the firm of Jasper Redfern & Co. Ltd. had a location at 184 – 186 Norfolk Street in Sheffield. From 1905 to 1907, the firm of Jasper Redfern & Co. Ltd. had a location at Central Hall in Sheffield. About 1909, Redfern was issued a licence, good until 1913, in compliance with the Cinematograph Act of 1909. On 18 September 1903, the following was published in "The Photographic News": "Jasper Redfern, Limited. – This company has just been registered
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Henry Jasper Redfern


a team. Holmes continued to manage the Central Hall in Sheffield. Redfern returned to his earlier endeavours and experience with the utilisation of x-rays and x-ray photography. In 1900, the firm of H. Jasper Redfern was located at 104 – 106 Norfolk Street in Sheffield. From 1901 to 1902, the firm of Jasper Redfern & Co. Ltd. had a location at 1 Orchard Street in Sheffield. From 1901 to 1907, the firm of Jasper Redfern & Co. Ltd. had a location at 53 – 57 Surrey Street in
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Harry Redfern


was architect of the bio-chemistry laboratories. At Abingdon he completed work at St Michael's church, the Malthouse, designed the lodge at Abingdon School (where he was educated) and restored the Roysse Room (1911). He was responsible for designing, in an imaginative and varied manner, a number of notable public houses in the Carlisle district under the auspices, as chief architect, of the Home Office State Management Scheme (SMS). The SMS built fourteen New Model Inns to Redfern's designs, with a
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Syed Ata Hasnain


. His unique and innovative approach defined as "Playing Friend Not God" has been widely appreciated as the new HR management mantra across domains in and outside the military. On 7 Sep 2013, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain was awarded his first civilian honor by the Capital Foundation Society of Delhi. He received the award from the Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari. The award was for Military leadership of an exceptional order. On 9 Sep 2013, the General Officer spoke at the Global Town Hall organized by the US
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Ludvika Town Hall


Ludvika Town Hall (Swedish: "") is the official Municipal Council building for the City of Ludvika in Dalarna County, Sweden. Situated centrally, the town hall is found in the corner of Bangatan and Dan Anderssons gata, opposite Ludvika Ulrica, the church. The town hall was designed in 1934 by architect Cyrillus Johansson, (city architect 1931–1941), with construction commencing in 1936. The building was completed in 1938 and remains in use as town hall to this day. Due to the small size of the building,
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Corinth Town Hall and Corinthian Lodge No. 59, I.O.O.F.


lodge facilities on the second floor and attic level. The IOOF hall retains original murals with symbology of the organization. The hall was built as a joint venture by the town and the local IOOF chapter, the latter paying for 3/7 of the building's construction and maintenance. The building replaced the town's previous town hall, which was built in 1836 at a different location. Although no architect has been definitively identified for the building, it bears some resemblance to the town hall of Orono, which was designed by Bangor architect
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Gmund am Tegernsee


Gmund am Tegernsee is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town is located on the north shore of the Tegernsee Lake, and near the source of River Mangfall. It is from Munich and from the district capital, the town of Miesbach. Famous personalities who lived in Gmund were the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Ludwig Erhard, who is buried in Gmund's cemetery, the architect Sep Ruf and the clockmaker Johann Mannhardt. Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler and his family maintained a home there from
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Fitzroy Terrace, Redfern


or natural history of New South Wales's history. Fitzroy Terrace has direct association with architect James Hume and is located on Dr Redferns original land grant after whom the suburb was named. Fitzroy Terrace was named after Govenor Fitzroy who visited Sydney shortly after the buildings completion however it is not known if this was to coincide with Fitzroy's visit. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. Fitzroy Terrace is aesthetically significant as it remains in an area of Redfern
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Søllerød Town Hall


Søllerød Town Hall (), now renamed Rudersdal Town Hall, was built for the former Søllerød Municipality which in 2007 became part of Rudersdal Municipality, combining Søllerød and Birkerød. The building is located in Holte some 19 km to the north of Copenhagen's city centre. Designed by Danish architects Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen, it was completed in 1942. Like his Aarhus City Hall, Jacobsen's Søllerød Town Hall was inspired by the modernist Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, especially his Functionalist extension to the City Hall in Gothenburg which was
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Redfern, South Dakota


Redfern, South Dakota is the site of an old Black Hills Gold Rush community. The area is located at the eastern base of Redfern Mountain, 6,076 feet in elevation, in Pennington County, South Dakota. The mountain and the Redfern townsite is located on the gravel road to Mystic, South Dakota, and is about a mile from the old town site of Tigerville. The Mystic Road is about 7 miles from Hill City, SD on the Deerfield Road. Redfern, SD was first established as a Black Hills Gold Rush
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Liverpool Town Hall


in 1673 by a building slightly to the south of the present town hall. This town hall stood on "pillars and arches of hewen stone" and under it was the exchange for merchants and traders to carry out their business. Building of the present town hall began in 1749 on a site slightly to the north of its predecessor; its foundation stone was laid on 14 September. The architect was John Wood the Elder, who has been described as "one of the outstanding architects of the day". It was completed
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William Hill (architect)


. During its construction, Hill was assisted by a local architect, George Woodhouse, but the design was entirely Hill's. The final cost of the town hall came to £167,000 (), this being the most expensive town hall built up to that time. Ten years later, the counsellors of Portsmouth invited Hill to design a town hall in a similar style to that of Bolton, but on a larger scale. Hill's design for the town hall, now known as Portsmouth Guildhall, added ten domes at its
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Sep Ruf


Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who
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Redfern Post Office


, an agency for the Commonwealth Savings Bank, electoral enrolments, and the provision of telegraph and telephone services. The town post office has served as a focal point for the community, most often built in a prominent position in the centre of town close to other public buildings, creating a nucleus of civic buildings and community pride. Although the first land grants in Redfern were made in 1817 to Dr William Redfern by Governor Macquarie, it was not until the 1840s and 1850s that a suburb began to develop. The construction of
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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney


grow at remarkable. The Maronite Patriarch named Reverend Peter Ziade to continue the Priest Harb's pastoral ministry in 1963. He was assisted by Priest Trad. From 1963 to 1965, the church of Saint Maron was built. In addition, a town hall, municipal school, a rectory in the district of Redfern was built also in 1965. The Congregation of the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family established their missionary work in 1968. A piece of land of Harris Park in Sydney with a community hall was built and the foundation
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Old Ipswich Town Hall


Town Council for their new council chambers, the Sandgate Town Hall. By 1917 the Ipswich Council had outgrown its premises, and plans were drawn up by architect George Brockwell Gill for a second storey, but at the idea was abandoned. In 1937 the Council was renting additional accommodation in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall, and plans were prepared by architect Douglas Francis Woodcraft Roberts for a new town hall and auditorium to seat 1800 people. This was also abandoned, as 1,500 ratepayers petitioned against the building. A compromise solution involved the
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Hornsey Town Hall


Hornsey Town Hall is a public building in Crouch End area of Hornsey, London. Completed in 1935, it was the first major UK building to be constructed in the Modernist style. Designed by New Zealand born architect Reginald Uren in 1933–35, the building shows the influence of Hilversum town hall in the Netherlands and was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. It has Grade II* Listed status. The building was used by Hornsey Borough Council as its headquarters until 1966. Hornsey Town Hall is often referred
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Pasing Town Hall


Pasing town hall with 75 rooms, sitting room and adjoining rooms was built according to the plans of the architects Volbehr and Rettig for 450,000 Reichsmark. In the council hall still hangs a tapestry of the Nazi artist Bruno Goldschmitt from the year 1938. On 7 October 2002, the new building for 12.5 million Euro, built according to the plans of the architects Landau and Kindlbacher, including 49 rooms and a new wedding room, was opened. In front of the town hall, the wedding fountain, created by the Pasinger sculptor
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List of Jeeves characters


In the same novel, Bertie mentions that Seppings is fond of dances, and Bertie later has trouble getting his attention while Seppings is engrossed in dancing. Seppings makes a brief appearance in "The Code of the Woosters", working at the Travers family's town house. In "Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit", Seppings discovers a missing pearl necklace in Jeeves's room, and draws this to Jeeves's attention before reporting it to anyone else. After he does report this, both Seppings and Aunt Dahlia are offended when
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Prudnik Town Hall


Prudnik Town Hall is a historical town hall built in the Classical architectural style, completed in 1782. The town hall is located in the centre of the Market Square ("Rynek") in Prudnik, Poland. The first town hall, made out of wood, was burnt down by the Swedes in 1627. The next town hall built in 1627, in a Baroque architectural style, and was damaged in 1650, 1653, 1735, and 1779. The town hall was rebuilt in 1782, by architect Thomas from Świdnica
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Henry Jasper Redfern


mother, sister and brother, a boarder, and a visitor. In 1908, he married Charlotte Annie Baldwin at Burnley, Lancashire, England. On 31 October 1928, Redfern died at Manchester, Lancashire, England. Redfern began in cinema by filming local events, which were referred to as locals. He would stage short, often comic sequences. He presented the productions at screenings of these films in local halls. Later he owned cinema houses, including one at the seaside resort of Westcliff-on-Sea. The
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Old Town Hall, Halle (Saale)


"Old Town Hall" () was a town hall in Halle (Saale), Germany. As early as 1312 a half-timbered Town Hall (German: Altes Rathaus) had been built on the market square in Halle (Saale) on the Saale River, east-central Germany. In 1466 a stone building was constructed. Later on the Town Hall was subject to several transformations. The architect Nickel Hoffmann added Renaissance features to the Gothic architecture style building. The south wing of the Town Hall, dating from
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Jump River Town Hall


The Jump River Town Hall, also known as McKinley Town Hall, is a historic Prairie School building located in Jump River, Wisconsin. Built in 1915, it was designed by the noted Prairie School architects Purcell & Elmslie, and is significant as the smallest public building they designed. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The building listed on the NRHP as the "Jump River Town Hall" is actually the town hall of the town of McKinley. The town hall of the town of Jump
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Ljubljana Town Hall


plans by the Italian architect Carlo Martinuzzi and on his own plans (the gable front, the loggia, and the three-part staircase). In the mid-1920s, a monument to the Serbian and first Yugoslav king Peter I was erected in the entrance of Town Hall. The monument, designed by the architect Jože Plečnik, was removed and destroyed by the Fascist Italian occupation authorities of the Province of Ljubljana in April 1941. Outside the town hall stands a replica of the Baroque Robba Fountain, work of Francesco Robba. The
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Cynthia Teague


, fellow architect Mary Turner Shaw encouraged Teague to support the war effort by joining the Commonwealth Department of Works (CDW). Initially her role was in munitions designing bomb and shell-filling factories at Maribynong, Victoria and later shifted to designing and documenting pyrotechnics plants in Mulwala, NSW. In 1943 she moved to the Department of Works Post Office section designing and upgrading post offices and telephone exchanges for regional Australian towns as well as the new Brisbane GPO and the Redfern Mail Exchange. During this time she was also involved in
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Fremantle Town Hall


and resulted in a triangular area of land suitable for the new town hall. In April 1881, the Chairman of the Council again raised the matter of the town hall. He proposed a building to cost no more than £8000. Attempts to raise funds locally failed, and the architect behind the plans was rejected in favour of Melbourne architects John Grainger and Charles D'Ebro, who also designed the National Bank in Fremantle. Tenders were called in 1884 but none were chosen as they all exceeded the budget. After further modifications to
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Bourne Town Hall


Bourne Town Hall is the town hall of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located at 24 Perry Road in the Buzzards Bay section of the town. The two story Classical Revival brick building was built in 1914 to a design by architect James Purdon, and is the town's first and only purpose-built town hall. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The town of Bourne is divided into two sections by the Cape Cod Canal. Its town hall stands on the east side of Perry Avenue
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Tartu Town Hall


Tartu Town Hall () is the seat of the city government of Tartu, Estonia. It is located on Town hall square, in the city centre. The history of the town hall pre-dates the current town hall, as the present building is the third consecutive town hall built on the same location. It was erected, following the Great fire of Tartu, between 1782 and 1789 to designs by the German architect Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter. From the outset, the building was designed to house a number of tenants
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Ashland University


"most desirable plot in town – 28 acres on the hill." The first buildings to be constructed were Founders Hall and Allen Hall, constructed from bricks made on the site. Classes opened at Ashland College on Sep 17, 1879, with somewhere around 60 students and eight faculty members. The new institution grew slowly during its first few decades, but enrollment reached the 200 mark shortly after the turn of the century. By the 1950s, the College had added many new programs of study and experienced rapid growth from about
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Fairwater, Torfaen


Gordon Redfern took over as chief architect of the corporation, the increased use of cars had to be accommodated in the layout of further housing estates, and Redfern adopted the Radburn system, used most rigidly in Fairwater (built between 1963 and 1966). The remains of Llanderfel Chapel, a medieval chapel important as a stopping point on a pilgrims' route to Penrhys, are in Fairwater. The pilgrim route is now part of the modern long distance Cistercian Way footpath. The remains are a scheduled monument. Near the site of
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John Giles (architect)


design the Town Hall at Grimsby. Giles' practice was first at 2 Verulam Buildings, London in 1864 and he was to move to 28 Craven Street, Charing Cross by 1868. A notable architect articled to Giles was Charles Bell who came from Grantham in Lincolnshire. Following this Giles was working by himself and his most notable buildings were: For a short time he worked with Lewis Angell, who was the District Surveyor for West Ham. They submitted a design for Stratford Town Hall (now known as Stratford Old Town Hall
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Rauma Old Town Hall


Rauma Old Town Hall is a building located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Old Rauma in Rauma, Finland. The town hall was built in 1776 by the design of German architect Christian Friedrich Schröder. It represents late Baroque style, although the basic structure of two stories and a clock tower is common in the Medieval towns of Europe. As the new town hall was completed in 1910, Old Town Hall has been the home of Rauma Museum. Porvoo and Rauma are the only preserved 18th century town halls in Finland.
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Kouvola Town Hall


Kouvola Town hall () is the seat of municipal government of City of Kouvola, Finland. The building was designed by architect Juha Leiviskä together with Bertel Saarnio, and completed in 1968. It is considered to be the breakthrough work of Juha Leiviskä. DOCOMOMO Finland working party has included Kouvola Town Hall on its list of important architectural and environmental sites. In 2017 Kouvola Town Hall was voted by Iltalehti readers as the most handsome city hall in Finland. Main hall of Kouvola town hall is one of the two home concert halls
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Tallinn Town Hall


the town hall's architect back then – Teddy Böckler – thought, that they were nice, complete and dignified part of the interior. In addition to the citizen's hall furniture, carbon black polyester lacquer partition doors called piano doors, which were very fashionable at their time and are in harmony with the other black elements of the interior, remained. The directress of the town hall, Elviira Liiver Holmström, said that in addition to restoring the town hall was partly reconstructed. Because of this, the town hall kitchen got
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Oudenaarde Town Hall


The Town Hall (Dutch: ) of Oudenaarde, Belgium was built by architect Hendrik van Pede in 1526–1537 to replace the medieval "Schepenhuis" (Aldermen's House) that occupied the same site. Another older structure, the 14th-century Cloth Hall, was retained and now forms a sort of extension at the back of the Town Hall proper. The Oudenaarde Town Hall was a late flowering of secular Brabantine Gothic architecture, carrying on the stylistic tradition of the town halls at Leuven, Brussels, and Middelburg. Above the
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Mackay Town Hall


Mackay Town Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall at 63 Sydney Street, Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the second town hall to be built on this site. It was designed by Arthur Rigby built in 1912 by Charles Porter for the Mackay Town Council. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 29 May 1998. The former Mackay Town Hall, the second constructed in the city, was built in 1912 by local builder, Charles Porter, to the design of Mackay architect Arthur
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Alexandria Town Hall


depot for the City of Sydney and the South Sydney councils. The site of the Town Hall was acquired by the council in Garden Street in 1879 and Ferdinand Reuss Snr was commissioned as the architect. The Town Hall was completed and opened in June 1881 by the Mayor, Charles Brandling Henderson. By 1893 a two storey terrace, serving as a residence for the mayor, was constructed to the north of the Town Hall. Following the amalgamation of the Alexandria municipality into the City of Sydney in 1948, the town hall ceased
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Redfern Post Office


Tenders were called, during which the Council again offered the Redfern Street site which was accepted by the Postmaster General on 9 January 1879. Following the Postmaster General's decision, the Colonial Architect's Office was authorised to proceed with the drawing of plans for the new office at an estimated cost of A₤3,000. The new post office included a telegraph office, parlour, drawing room, three bedrooms, kitchen, servant's room, bathroom, scullery, washhouse, fuel shed and two stall stables. In 1880, A₤3,000 was placed
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Collingwood Town Hall


Collingwood Town Hall is a civic building located on Hoddle Street in Abbotsford, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The hall was built between 1885 and 1890 to the design of local architects George R. Johnson in the Second Empire style, rich in detail and prominent mansard roofs and pyramid domes. It is widely considered one of the finest Town Halls in Australia, and, along with the Sydney Town Hall and South Melbourne Town Hall, one of the best example of the style in Australia. Fire destroyed the interiors in the 1920s
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Nyborg Town Hall


Nyborg Town Hall is the seat of Nyborg Municipality on eastern Funen, Denmark. A town hall was built at the site in 1586. It was demolished in the 1790s to make way for the new town hall which was completed in 1799. Nothing is known of the appearance of the old town hall. The new building was designed in a Neo-classical style by an unknown architects. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1803 and remodelled in a Neo-Gothic style in 1883 by Vilhelm Tvede and again in 1899 by
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Gympie Town Hall


of Public Lands agreed to issue the Deed of Grant only after the erection of a town hall on the site. In August 1888 a proposal that Gympie Town Council borrow for the erection of a Town Hall was defeated by 40 votes. Subsequently, the Municipal Council erected a portion of the Town Hall, namely the left wing and tower, built of brick at a cost of . Its construction was supervised by local architect, Hugo Du Rietz and its builder was Joseph Jew. The town hall was opened by William Smyth MLA
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Gympie Town Hall


principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. The Gympie Town Hall demonstrates the principal characteristics of a regional town hall. Located in a prominent position near the centre of the town, the Gympie Town Hall is a substantial two-storey building with a dominant clock tower. Its interior includes the council chamber, meeting room, staircase, honour roll and original offices. The original design of the Gympie Town Hall was by Clark Brothers and it is specifically the work of noted architect John James Clark. The former Gympie Maternal
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Toowoomba City Hall


translated into impressive commercial and residential structures. The Council decided a new town hall was necessary and the first town hall was demolished and the new brick building, designed by Sydney architect Albert Myers, opened in 1880. The land on which the second town hall was built was later sold to the State Government who built the South Toowoomba Boys' School on the site in 1906. When the second town hall was constructed, the form of Toowoomba as a town had not been firmly established, in particular the town centre was not
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Bolton Town Hall


more than doubled to £167,000, equivalent to £ in 2019. Bolton Corporation held a competition for a new town hall design in the 1860s. It was won by a pupil of Cuthbert Brodrick, architect William Hill from Leeds whose design was very similar to that of the 1858 Leeds Town Hall. It was opened in June 1873 by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Portsmouth Guildhall, also designed by Hill in 1890, is a similar, slightly larger copy of the town hall. In the early 1930s the town hall
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Grodków Town Hall


Grodków Town Hall - a town hall built in the Classical architectural style in 1840, designed by architect Philippi, using the tower of the former town hall. Currently, the building is the seat of the Grodków City Council and other institutions. The first town hall in Grodków was raised at the turning point of the fourteenth and fifteenth-centuries, after which the building was damaged by fires and rebuilt. In 1577 the existent tower was raised, which in 1668 was capped by a tented roof. In the years of 1833
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Ipswich Town Hall


Ipswich Town Hall is a town hall in Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, England. It was constructed in 1878 at a cost of £16,000 and opened by Mr John Patterson Cobbold, the mayor of Ipswich at the time. The Town Hall and the adjoining Corn Exchange was created in a typical, grand Victorian architecture style. It was designed by the Lincoln firm of architects Bellamy and Hardy. The Town Hall and Corn Exchange now consist of 2 art galleries as well as a theatre. The venue has also hosted
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Sandgate Town Hall


Sandgate Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at 5 Brighton Road, Sandgate, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Ramsay Hall and built from 1911 to 1912 by John Gemmell. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 January 1995. The Sandgate Town Hall was constructed in 1911-1912 when the previous chambers were destroyed by fire on 24 May 1910. The architect of the hall, which cost £5000, was Thomas Ramsay Hall, and the contractor John Gemmell.
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Leeds Town Hall


Leeds Town Hall was built between 1853 and 1858 on The Headrow (formerly Park Lane), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a design by architect Cuthbert Brodrick. It was planned to include law courts, a council chamber, a public hall, a suite of ceremonial entertaining rooms and municipal offices. With the building of the Civic Hall in 1933 some of those functions moved away and it became essentially a public hall and law courts. Leeds Town Hall is one of the largest town halls in the United Kingdom and
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George Edwards (architect)


George Edwards (2 November 1854 – 3 March 1946) was a British architect, best known for his 1888–90 Fulham Town Hall, now a Grade II* listed building. He was the "favourite architect" of the publican and developer Alfred Savigear, who employed him in Earl's Court on building houses in Hogarth Place and Kenway Road, and 1879-81 alterations to his pub there, The Prince of Teck, including the balustrading, stone wyverns and busts. Fulham Town Hall, a Grade II* listed building on
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Samuel Farr (architect)


Farr's building opened in 1863 and was sited immediately to the right of the first town hall. Farr's design was in stone and suffered damage in the 1869 Christchurch earthquake, with the architect blamed for these structural problems, which caused the low point of his career. Farr's Town Hall was destroyed in a fire in April 1873. William Armson, Benjamin Mountfort, Alexander Lean and Frederick Strouts formed the Canterbury Association of Architects in the 1870s and denied membership to Farr due to his lack of formal training. Outside of
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Yorkville Town Hall


Yorkville Town Hall was the municipal building for the Town of Yorkville before annexation into Toronto. Built in 1859-1860 by architect William Hay and his apprentice Henry Langley, the three-storey building served as an omnibus stop. The hall was located north of Bloor on Yonge Street on the west side. The hall served as town hall until 1883 when Yorkville was annexed into Toronto. The hall became known as St. Paul's Hall and had a public library, along with various clubs and community uses. The hall survived until
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West Bromwich Town Hall


West Bromwich Town Hall is a Grade II listed town hall in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. It is part of the Walk West Bromwich Heritage Trail. The West Bromwich Town Improvement Commissioners (1854-1882) purchased prime land, previously part of West Bromwich Heath, from the rich Izon family, for the erection of public buildings including the Town Hall. The Town Hall, situated in the centre of High Street, was built between 1874 and 1875 in brick and stone to an Italian Gothic design of the architects
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Charlton Center Historic District


Charlton Center Historic District is an historic district roughly on Main Street from Mugget Hill Road to Masonic Home Road and adjacent roads in Charlton, Massachusetts. The district, which encompasses the historic center of the town, includes the first architect-designed building in the center, the Shingle style Overlook Hotel designed by Worcester architect George H. Clemence, as well as the 1905 Colonial Revival Town Hall designed by Frost, Briggs & Chamberlain. The town hall site is also home to a number of memorials to the town's military. The
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Leeds Town Hall


of Leeds, poet John Betjeman, known for his love of Victorian architecture, praised the town hall. On 29 November 2008, Leeds Town Hall and the town halls of Halifax, Paisley, Burslem, Hornsey, Manchester, Lynton, Dunfermline, Fordwich and Much Wenlock were selected as the "ten town halls to visit" by "Architecture Today". It commented: The epitome of northern civic bombast, Leeds' municipal palace has a grandeur that helps sustain the city's sense of its own importance. Its architect,
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Petersham Town Hall


The Petersham Town Hall is an Australian heritage-listed town hall located at 107 Crystal Street in Petersham, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales. It was built in 1937–38 in the Inter-War Stripped Classical architectural style by architects Rudder & Grout, and replaced the first Petersham Town Hall on the site, which was designed in the Victorian Rennaissance Revival style by Thomas Rowe in 1880–1882. The Town Hall was the seat of Petersham Municipal Council from 1938 to 1948 and from 1948 to 1974 was the
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St Peters Town Hall


The St Peters Town Hall is an Australian heritage-listed town hall located at 39 Unwins Bridge Road in Sydenham, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales. It was built in 1927 in the Inter-War Free Classical architectural style by architects J. Campbell & Son, and replaced the 1878 St Peters Town Hall, which was located on the Princes Highway and was resumed by the state government in 1926 for road-widening. The Town Hall was the seat of St Peters Municipal Council from 1927 to
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Brent Town Hall


by the Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill. The architect was Clifford Strange, who was 33 at the start of the project. Strange had worked for T.S. Tait from 1925–1935. Tait was influenced by the Dutch architect Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974), who had designed Hilversum Town Hall in the Netherlands. Strange followed Tait in imitating Dudok. Dudok was a modern architect but, unlike many Continental Modernists, he used brick (in this case, from Lincolnshire), a traditional material, rather than reinforced concrete. He also
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Town Hall in Cieszyn


was designed by Ignacy Chambrez. The building was inaugurated in 1800. Construction of the hall tower lasted from 10 March to 1 September 1801. The town hall had a storied guard room with a high, garett roof. A part adjacent to the town hall had an arcade passage that joined the market square with Ratuszowa Street. In 1818 an architect Florian Jilg added a theatre hall. The town hall burned down partially in 1836. The interior was rebuilt in 1846 according to the plans of Joseph Kornhäusel, the façade was designed
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Traffic light


traffic-light controlled junctions have a light sequence that stops all vehicular traffic at the junction at the same time, and gives pedestrians exclusive access to the intersection so that they can cross in any direction (including diagonally). This is prominently featured in the Sydney CBD outside Town Hall, and other pedestrian-heavy locations, such as in Redfern near the University of Sydney. This is known as a pedestrian scramble or Barnes Dance in some places. In New Zealand such pedestrian crossings can be found in the central business district
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Town Hall of Wissembourg


The Town hall of Wissembourg is a Baroque city hall in Wissembourg, a small town at the northern edge of the Bas-Rhin department of France, close to the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1932. The new city hall was designed by the architect Joseph Massol in order to replace the medieval town hall (recorded in 1396) that had been burned down on 25 January 1677 by French troops (q. v. History of Alsace). The
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Brighton Town Hall, South Australia


The former Brighton Town Hall is located in Hove, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Its address is 388 Brighton Road, Hove. The Brighton Town Hall was built in 1869 and was just the fourth Town Hall built in the colony of South Australia. The architect and builder was George William Highet who arrived in the colony in 1836. G. W. Highet served as a town clerk and Councillor and died in Brighton aged 80 years. The hall was constructed of stone from Ayliffe's quarry in the Adelaide Hills laid on
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Uxbridge Town Hall


Uxbridge Town Hall is the town hall of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, located at 45 South Main Street. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1879 and added to the historic registry 100 years later. Amos P. Cutting of Worcester was the architect. Ferry & Gardner of Springfield also submitted plans. An old burial ground had to be relocated to build the town hall. It continues to serve as the administrative headquarters for the town government. In the 1930s its auditorium showed movies, and live
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Säynätsalo Town Hall


The Säynätsalo Town Hall () is a multifunction building complex – town hall, shops, library and flats – designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto for the municipality of Säynätsalo (merged with the municipality of Jyväskylä in 1993) in Central Finland. Aalto received the commission after a design contest in 1949, and the building was completed in December 1951. The town hall is considered one of the most important buildings Aalto designed in his career. In 1944 Aalto was commissioned to design and implement a town plan for Säynätsalo, a small
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Leeds Town Hall


civic pride and confidence. Leeds Corporation tendered for designs from architects in 1852, in an open competition. Sir Charles Barry, at the time still occupied rebuilding the Palace of Westminster, was selected to advise the Town Hall Committee in their judging. Premiums of £200, £100, and £50 were awarded to the first, second and third-placed entrants. The contract was won by Cuthbert Brodrick, an young architect from Hull who was unknown outside his home town. He had travelled extensively in Europe in 1844
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Stern


called for "fashioning" the after part of the ship. This frame is designed to support the various beams that make up the stern. In 1817 the British naval architect Sir Robert Seppings first introduced the concept of the round or "circular" stern. The square stern had been an easy target for enemy cannon, and could not support the weight of heavy stern chase guns. But Seppings' design left the rudder head exposed, and was regarded by many as simply ugly—no American warships were designed with such sterns
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Bremen City Hall


and the rear side lost its unique design. From 1820 to 1900, Bremen multiplied its population, and, in the decades around 1900, Wilhelminism preferred abundant representation. Therefore, an enlargement of the town hall was planned. In 1909, the Stadthaus was dismantled in order to build the new town hall on its ground. During that work, much more Gothic relics were discovered, than historians and architects had expected. With the "Neues Rathaus" ("New Town Hall"), the town hall in 1909–1913 received
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Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services


The area now known as Redfern was once defined by sand hills and swamps, which would have provided an abundant supply of food for the Gadigal people before white settlement (the Gadigal are a clan of the Eora Nation). Although colonization was destructive, Gadigal culture survived. As the town of Sydney grew, the Gadigal were joined by other Aboriginal people from around NSW to live and work as an urban Aboriginal community. Redfern was one such place where Aboriginal people sought shelter and connection with family and community and continue to do
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Bob Redfern


Robert Redfern (3 March 1918 – 3 July 2002) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion. Redfern was born in Crook, County Durham, in 1918. He played football for Tow Law Town before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1936 as an 18-year-old. His stay was brief: he was farmed out to Cradley Heath of the Birmingham & District League before signing for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic of the Third Division South in February
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Andover Town Hall


Andover Town Hall is the historic town hall of Andover, Massachusetts. It is located at 20 Main Street, between Park and Barnard Streets. The 2-1/2 story Romanesque Revival red brick building was constructed in 1858, not long after the separation of North Andover. It was designed by Boston architect Theodore Voelkers and built by local builders Abbott & Clement. The building design echoed that of the mills that dotted the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Andover Town Hall is located near
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New Durham Town Hall


The New Durham Town Hall is located at Main Street and Ridge Road in the center of New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1908, it is the town's second town hall, and an architecturally distinctive design of Dover architect Alvah T. Ramsdell. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. New Durham's town hall is prominently located in its village center, at the northwest corner of Main Street and Ridge Road. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a hip roof
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New Town Hall, Ostrava


The New Town Hall of Ostrava is the most architecturally important and largest town hall complex from the Interwar period in the Czech Republic. It also has a prominent Czech Modernist style clock and observation tower, the tallest from the period. It is located just outside the old town, on the left bank of the River Ostravice, on Sokolska Trida. In 1923 architects Kolář & Rubý took part in the competition for the construction of a new town hall. The jury chose Vladimír Fischer (1870-1947) as the best proposal
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Salem Town Hall


Salem Town Hall is a historic town hall located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Willard C. Northup and built in 1912. It is a two-story brick building with stone, cement and wood trim. It features a three-story corner bell tower and has Italianate and local Moravian design elements. The building housed the Salem Town offices until it consolidated with the town of Winston in 1913, then moved to the newly built Winston-Salem City Hall in 1926. The
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Redfern Aboriginal Children's Services


Perry (Mum Shirl), Jenny Monroe, Vilma Ryan and Sylvia Scott. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. 18 George Street is a multi level free standing town house that demonstrates the Victorian Filigree architectural style and exhibits the aspirations of a gentleman solicitor in 1874. There are parts of the interior which relate to its use by the Aboriginal Children's Services such as the double sided mural in the entrance hall. The building has aesthetic value at
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Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney)


, tourism and sports entrepreneur, began a push for a public hospital in South Sydney. At a public meeting at Redfern Town Hall in 1908, Smith was elected provisional president of a future public hospital on the site, which was adjacent to Victoria Park racecourse, which he established and owned. A furious fundraising drive then began. The hospital foundation stone was laid on 21 October 1909, with the hospital opening in August 1913. The royal title was conferred in December 1917. The hospital was entirely used to treat influenza patients
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Eastern Suburbs railway line


The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms at Town Hall, Central and Redfern stations. All of these stations are underground. The Eastern Suburbs railway connects with the Illawarra line at Erskineville, forming the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line. The line features turnbacks at Central, Martin Place and Bondi Junction. There is also a rarely used cross
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City of South Sydney


The South Sydney City Council was a former local government area covering the inner-eastern and Inner-Southern suburbs of Sydney. It was forcibly merged with the Sydney City Council by the New South Wales State Government in 2004. The council chambers were located in the Erskineville Town Hall, with the administrative offices at Joynton Avenue in Zetland. The administrative offices were relocated to the TNT tower building in Redfern in 2001. The forerunner of the City of South Sydney was the Northcott Municipal Council (named after the late Governor Sir John
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Summer Hill, New South Wales


terminated at the station. Low usage and rival buses saw the line closed in 1933, however some remains can be seen. Summer Hill railway station is located on the Inner West & Leppington Line of the Sydney Trains network. The railway station was opened on 15 September 1879, and most of the local shops are clustered close to the station. Travelling towards the city, the railway stops in order are Lewisham, Petersham, Stanmore, Newtown, Macdonaldtown, Redfern, Central, and Town Hall. Travelling west towards Strathfield,
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Fairlee Town Hall


Fairlee Town Hall, at 75 Town Center Road, is the municipal heart of Fairlee, Vermont. It was built in 1913 to a design by a local architect, replacing the old Fairlee Opera House, which was destroyed by fire in 1912. It is a fine example of Colonial Revival architecture, and is a focal point of the village center and the town's civic life. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. Fairlee Town Hall is located on the north side of Town Common Road,
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