Sentences with phrase «a024 urban park»

Several of these reform movements — such as the 19th - century urban parks movement, without which contemporary big - city life would be almost unlivable — have made permanent contributions to our experience and understanding of good city life.

The Parthenon at Centennial Park is a great day trip as you can enjoy Nashville's urban park and the beautiful ode to Greece all within a few miles of Downtown Nashville.

Kreilich: According to USA Today Readers» Choice polls, we have the Best U.S. Zoo and Best Urban Park — which is Forest Park.

Established in 2003, the foundation's primary focus has been the San Antonio River Improvements Project, one of the country's most exciting public works projects creating the longest linear urban park in the nation.

Imagine being able to learn to ride a bike for almost three miles without having to watch for vehicular traffic,» Jamie R. Simone, program director, Urban Parks Program at the Trust for Public Land in Chicago.

-- Window shop along Congress and Market Streets then take a load off at Prescott Park, an urban park along the water.

Planners envision a linear urban park that runs from North Ashland Avenue west to three blocks past Central Park Avenue, connecting the trendy Bucktown and Wicker Park neighborhoods with the more working - class residential areas of Logan Square and Humboldt Park.

Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which oversees all state land conservation, said, «Since taking office, Governor (Deval) Patrick has made a historic $ 230 million investment in land conservation focused on three goals: investing in urban parks, preserving working farms and forests, and protecting large natural landscapes for habitat.

Join the NYC Urban Park Rangers and fellow hiking enthusiasts for a Nature Exploration Adventure through Inwood Hill Park on Wed., Apr. 27th.

There have also been large donations, including $ 1,000 from AFSCME Local 983, the union that represents employees including urban park rangers and parks enforcement police officers.

The meeting, organized by Community Board 12, will include 33rd Precinct Deputy Inspector Wilson Aramboles, 34th Precinct Deputy Inspector Reymundo Mundo, Parks Department Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro, Urban Park Service Assistant Commissioner Michael Dockett, Manhattan District Attorney Community Affairs rep Jennifer Araujo, Uptown Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, and a representative from the FDNY.

Tickets are $ 10 and include a haunted walk and music from 7 to 10 p.m. Safe and secure Halloween fun for the entire family Join the Urban Park Rangers to Celebrate Samhain this Saturday (Oct. 31) with a nature walk through the woods at Van Cortlandt Park.

Contains Sutton Park, at 2,500 acres the largest urban park in Britain.

«Collecting almost 50 mosquito species in an urban park is impressive,» Medeiros - Souza said.

Other vector species — C. declarator, A. aegypti, C. chidesteri, Limatus durhami and C. lygrus — were also found more frequently in the urban parks.

«One theory that resonated with a lot of the things we found points to the importance of busy streets in promoting outdoor activity, interaction and cohesion in communities, which could potentially deter street violence,» said Branas, who has led several previous studies suggesting that urban parks and greening vacant lots encourage people to become invested in maintaining their neighborhoods and may reduce violent crime.

New Yorks Urban Park Rangers also released 24 eastern screech owls (Otus asio) in Central Park between 1998 and 2002, and two fledglings hatched this spring, offspring of the reintroduced birds.

Urban park inventory and diversity assessments are essential to understand tree population structures and the plant diversity status of the park and provide information for biodiversity recovery planning.

On Monday I ventured a mile north to Buffalo Bayou, a bucolic urban park remade thanks to $ 25 million from a leading local philanthropist who once worked for Enron.

We are inadvertently enriching this water with bacteria that carry resistance genes and then exposing people to these bacteria because the water is used to irrigate urban parks.»

That's the cautionary tale from a new study in the journal Parasites & Vectors, which found that ticks in urban parks in Delaware dominated by an invasive rose bush were nearly twice as likely to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, as compared to ticks from uninvaded forest fragments.

Stay at Pullman Sao Paulo Ibirapuera Hotel in São Paulo for access to the main urban park next door, a full fitness facility and in - room workout programs, designed by ambassador and instructor Sarah Hoey.

Did you know that Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, over 700 acres, and one...

It's a great combo for any summer day, and certainly urban park stroll.

Washington, DC About Blog City Parks Blog is a joint effort of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance to chronicle the news and issues of the urban park movement.

Environment, Outdoor Learning, Play, Green Spaces A handy guide on getting the most from your local green spaces based on experience of the WAP teams work in Merseyside delivering outdoor learning in local urban parks.

Three years later, they opened a sleek, eco-friendly, technologically advanced $ 62 million building in west Philadelphia bounded by a vast urban park, the city's historic zoo, and some of the most blighted streets in the city.

It was BALI members who built the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — the largest urban park in Europe and the largest to be built in the UK for over a century — and our members who now maintain it into legacy.

The Urban Parks initiative sought to improve the quantity and quality of city parks for public use, particularly in low - income neighborhoods, and to broaden urban leaders» understanding of the importance of parks to the health and vitality of cities.

PACK emerged from the lessons learned from the foundation's long - standing support of family literacy, urban parks, libraries, museums, youth development and afterschool programs.

«We are developing new technologies including the Transparent Hood to give drivers an augmented view of reality to help them tackle anything from the toughest off - road route to the tight confines of urban parking,» said Jaguar Land Rover's research and technology director Dr. Wolfgang Epple in a statement.

The three - row XT7 will come with Escalade - like levels of luxury and bling on a more comfortable unibody platform and in a size more manageable for urban parking garages.

Park Assist — Applied for the first time in a Range Rover, this automated technology helps drivers parallel park their car in tight urban parking spots.

The current model has a side - hinged tailgate, which can be a challenge in tight urban parking spots; it's not clear if that will continue on the USA model.

I really missed the rearview camera and surround - view camera options (both available for the X5 but not included on this example), as the sonar park distance sensors were barely adequate for urban parking.

This Honda fits (so to speak) nicely in tight urban parking spaces, at just 162 inches (4105 mm) long and 2,600 pounds (1180 kg).

Despite being slightly shorter than its predecessor (a good thing for urban parking) at 4439 mm -LRB--15 mm) the X1 feels bigger inside.

Shelby Farms Park: Elevating a City: The Improbable Journey of America's Great 21st Century Urban Park

Urban parks act as simple but socially vital safety valves for ordinary men and women to release some of the pressures of daily life in the city - especially for those who find themselves living in treeless informal settlements or featureless tower blocks.

This is the largest expanse of urban park in North America.

Washington, DC About Blog City Parks Blog is a joint effort of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance to chronicle the news and issues of the urban park movement.

They utilize a wide range of habitat from grasslands to deserts to forests and more recently, urban parks and neighborhoods.

Until the mid-1800's, squirrels were nowhere to be found in urban parks, and the only squirrels you would see in the cities were pets.

Urban Park Apartment is a self - catering apartment located in a secure building, situated in Umhlanga Ridge.

The hotel is located in a residential area in the middle of the 19th district, not far from Parc de la Villette (a sprawling urban park) and is steps from the Crimée metro station.

With lively neighborhoods, an internationally renowned craft beer scene, and one of the world's most beautiful urban parks, there's a whole lot of San Diego to explore beyond its famous beaches.

With lively neighborhoods, a happening craft beer scene, and one of the world's most beautiful urban parks, there's a whole lot of San Diego to explore beyond its famous beaches.

For people watchers, Seawall Urban Park is the 10 - mile stretch of coast along Seawall Blvd., and the longest continuous sidewalk in America.

Foundation through its Urban Parks Program will help complete the final segment of SF Bay Area Trail improvements in the Presidio,» said Greg Moore, President and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

Frank Dean, General Superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, is the head man at the biggest urban park in the country.