Escuadrilla Azul
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What a wonderfull treasure you have @manta22 !!!!!
I wonder how all those places look nowadays.
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What a wonderfull treasure you have @manta22 !!!!!
I wonder how all those places look nowadays.
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manta22
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Thank you for posting this picture, Shinpachi. The difference is striking! For those who do not know, the earlier picture was taken when I lived in Tokyo in 1947 to 1950.
manta22
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I hope the Imperial Hotel still exists somewhere. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and had been a very exclusive hotel in its day but by 1950 it had become very run down and at the time it was thought that it could not be economically restored. When I was 11 years old, our family attended a magic show in the hotel starring "The Great Blackstone". I went up on stage and helped him with a card trick.Wow, so many fantastic pics, manta!
Thank you very much for taking time for them
I think the old Imperial Hotel building was moved to the Meiji memorial village near Nagoya City many decades ago.
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Source: 博物館明治村 帝国ホテル中央玄関 | レトロな建物を訪ねて
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Source: 帝国ホテルライト館と遠藤新 その2 | 銀座時空散歩
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Thank you very much for introducing your good memories with interesting stories, manta. Nothing exceeds actual experience.
The Imperial Hotel introduces its old building as the Wright Imperial from historical viewpoint with artifacts and witnesses if you like.
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manta22
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I had no idea that the hotel still existed. I appreciate your posting this video. The Imperial Hotel was one of the world's finest hotels.
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Agreed. Almost people gave up the old building, even the entrance section, 50 years ago as the relocation which needed the disassembling/reassembling work had taken 18 years.
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This is a rare historical color picture, manta. This Kinkakuji temple was burnt down by arson on July 2, 1950.
The one that we can see today was rebuilt in 1955.
Rebuilt one
Source: https://pixabay.com/ja/photos/金閣寺-閣-禅-京都-日本-3970248/
The one that we can see today was rebuilt in 1955.
Rebuilt one
Source: https://pixabay.com/ja/photos/金閣寺-閣-禅-京都-日本-3970248/
manta22
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Oh, no! Who would do such a thing!
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A 21 year old student monk who was frustrated with the temple's excessive commercialism.
Source: 金閣寺放火７０年 当時知る元執事長「二度と失ってはならない」 | ニッポンふるさとプレス
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What a shame. I'm glad it was rebuilt.
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Ironically, it was a perfect rebuilt because the government provided detailed drawings in advance for the future repair.
A sheet of them
Source: 金閣寺之図 文化遺産オンライン
A sheet of them
Source: 金閣寺之図 文化遺産オンライン
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