Mayfair Club Annabel’s Rainforest Facade

Link: https://annabels.co.uk/

Source: https://secretldn.com/annabels-rainforest-makeover/

Mississippi River Tales Mural

Mississippi River Tales

The Mississippi River Tales is a mural containing 24 panels covering nearly 18,000 square feet (1,700 m²) of the 15-foot (4.6 m)-high downtown Floodwall in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It illustrates the history of the area beginning with the Native Americans who inhabited the area between 900 and 1200. Each panel tells a story.
The mural was painted by Chicago artist Thomas Melvin, in collaboration with several local artists, and was dedicated at a public ceremony on July 7, 2005.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River_Tales_Mural

"Nature's River"

Before humans lived in this area, the Mississippi River Valley was a great wide wetland teaming with plant and animal life. The hawthorne plant, with its brilliant blossoms and bright red berries, became the Missouri state flower. The Carolina parakeet, once prevalent in the river valley, had generally vanished by 1900. The last known member of the species died on February 21, 1918, in the Cincinnati Zoo.

Source:  www.thomasmelvin.com/cape_girardeau_rivertales.html

Cockatoo in the Mercado Central in Valencia

This grand Modernist building was designed in 1914, although not inaugurated until 1928.

The Central Market in Valencia covers more than 8,000 square metres, over two floors, with a predominantly eclectic pre-Modernist style. Its unusual roof comprises original domes and sloping sections at different heights, while the interior seems to be lined in a range of materials such as iron, wood, ceramics and polychromed tiles. The beauty of the building stands out especially on account of the light that enters through the roof at various points, and through coloured window panels.

Perched high above the ornate iron and glass dome, its feet resting on a golden ball, is the Cotorra del Mercat, the big green parrot that is the symbol of the Central Market in Valencia. "Cotarro" means parrot in Spanish, but it also means chatterbox, and the weather vane is meant to represent the chatter and bustle of the business taking place fifty metres below its feet – although some local wags suggest that it’s more representative of the gossiping women stall-holders.

Source: http://derekworkman.wordpress.com/valencia/city-living/mercado-central/

Source: http://www.mercadocentralvalencia.es/

Source: http://www.fotovalencia.com/secciones/lavella/index.html

Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mercat_cotorra.jpg

New logo of the Central Market