This footage showing everyday life in New York City in 1911 was produced by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern and released public by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). It was colorized using DeOldify (https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify).
"Produced only three years before the outbreak of World War I, the everyday life of the city recorded here — street traffic, people going about their business — has a casual, almost pastoral quality."
Some landmarks you can recognize from the video:
- The Flatiron building (built in 1902)
- The Statue of Liberty
- The New York Herald Building (which doesn't exist anymore)
- The New York Harbor
- Brooklyn Bridge
"The early 1900s were a period of rapid change for New York City. The city's population was ballooning as an influx of immigrants passed through Ellis Island. Massive skyscrapers began popping up seemingly overnight, many of them among the tallest in the world at the time. And new technology such as automobiles and elevated trains made the city more accessible than ever."
Valencia lies on Spain’s southeastern coast. As a port city at the Mediterranean Sea, Valencia is known for its City of Arts and Sciences.
On this evening walking tour we are seeing the centre of Valencia with the cathedral. We start our walk Plaza de la Virgen and first go to the Saint Mary's Cathedral (or Valencia Cathedral).
From the Plaça de la Reina we head west to pass the Santa Catalina church. There are impressive buildings like the Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas. We continue to see the area and even the Estación del Norte train station.
From there we return to our starting point and end this evening tour at the Plaça de la Reina in front of the cathedral.
Between late May and mid-July, the Castelluccio plateau witnesses an event of particular importance, the Fioritura.
For several weeks the chromatic monotony of the pasture is broken by a mosaic of colors, with variations in tones ranging from ocher yellow to red.
Although the Blooming festival usually falls on the third and last Sunday of June, there is no precise day to admire this enchanting spectacle. Every year everything is entrusted to the climatic trend of the season.
The floral species that tint Pian Grande and Pian Perduto in this period are innumerable, walking along the paths we can meet: gentians, daffodils, violets, poppies, buttercups, asphodels, violet Eugeniae, clovers, shamrocks and much more.
Is flowering early? …is delayed? ... when will it be?
No prediction can be made on the timing of the flowering of Piani di Castelluccio
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the largest city of the country. There are 14 islands and more than 50 bridges connecting several parts of this archipelago.
We start our walk on the central Sergels square and one of the central points in Stockholm. From there we stroll along the Drottninggatan towards the Gamla stan island.
There in the Gamla stan old town we enjoy the atmosphere, that fall brings to Stockholm. We visit the Stockholm Cathedral and after a few more streets in the old town we head back to the commercial area - Norrmalm.
Passing the Almarna park we walk all around. It is quickly getting darker so we head to the train station and end the walk at the Stadshuset, the Stockholm City hall.