Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
A closer look at the restored and reimagined former Texaco station in the block of W. Main St. The year-old station was saved from the wrecking ball in by Bruce Nimms, a vintage Texaco gas station memorabilia collector and founder of an information technology consulting company.
The restoration took five years to complete, and the building is now used by Nimms as an office. The architectural embellishment of the station is suggestive of Tudor Revival or Craftsman stylistic influences. Important elements of the structure include the:. In addition to using the station as an office, Nims offers it to local organizations for events such as fund-raisers. In Nims received a preservation award from Landmarks Illinois for his five year project of restoring the Texaco station.
Decatur is the seat of Macon County. The city was founded in and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in central Illinois.
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Decatur has an economy based on industrial and agricultural commodity processing and production. Decatur's estimated population for was 70,, making Decatur the thirteenth-most populous city in Illinois, and the state's sixth-most populous city outside the Chicago metropolitan area. This picture was taken last weekend outside a building which is called Titanic II. The impressive building was built in a tub of groundwater and looks like a ship. The Office recently moved to a new location called Black Pearl.
