Sentences with phrase «by city landscapes»

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When complete, The Spiral will be a 65 - story, Class AA office tower featuring one - of - a-kind architecture designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group featuring a cascading series of landscaped terraces and hanging gardens, unobstructed river and city views and column - free floor plates.

The mountainous landscapes around Xi'an, including the renowned Huashan, is truly world - class, and the city itself, encased by a gorgeous ancient wall, is a spectacle in its own right.

A good city clearly is part of an ecological order — it is a means by which humans live over an extended period in the natural landscape.

The goal of nondual understanding is especially attractive right now to Westerners living in a world characterized by fragmentation — of landscapes, cities, families, and social communities.

It's our goal to honor the history of the neighborhood by adding a lasting landmark restaurant to Kansas City's landscape.

Avance Coffee Conference October 11 - 12, 2017 - Guatemala City, Guatemala Michelle Deugd, Rainforest Alliance Director of Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods, will be a speaker on Climate Change: Reconciling Global and Local Actions at this conference hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association.

EXPO's modern interior pays homage to the City of Light (past and present), featuring glass panels reminiscent of Niagara Falls, a green wall celebrating Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect), 8 - watt light bulbs similar to those that illuminated the Pan American Exposition, a mural by local artist Kimberly Halavin, and three 12 - foot high murals by local artist Casey William Milbrand that juxtapose the Buffalo of today with extraordinary moments of its past.

She names statues by heart and talks about the city's most influential landscape architects as if they were old friends.

But because city staff said the direction council members wanted them to take was unclear, the council asked for revisions to the weed control ordinance, which identifies designated natural landscape areas as land owned by the city, the Naperville Park District or forest preserve districts.

There are many crosscurrents facing Republicans: the polarization of the electorate turned off by President Donald Trump, New York City domination of the state's political and economic landscape and an exodus of upstate residents who tended to vote more conservatively.

This demographic shift, augmented by Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union, has transformed much of the Jewish landscape of the city, according to Michael Tobman, a political consultant who has helped advise campaigns and organizations in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.

De Blasio, who is locked in a dispute with the governor over funding for CUNY, spoke at an Albany luncheon hosted by the school and praised it as a vital part of the city's landscape.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Amid debate, the Rockland County Legislature's Planning & Public Works and Budget & Finance committees approved an extension of their agreement with the law firm of Harris Beach, PLLC to continue litigation stemming from a particularly difficult lawsuit filed against the county by West Gate Landscaping, IncBY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Amid debate, the Rockland County Legislature's Planning & Public Works and Budget & Finance committees approved an extension of their agreement with the law firm of Harris Beach, PLLC to continue litigation stemming from a particularly difficult lawsuit filed against the county by West Gate Landscaping, Incby West Gate Landscaping, Inc..

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher is joined by two local public officials who see in this moment the opportunity for a wholesale renewal of the housing and real estate landscape surrounding the old highway, which could lead to a city - wide regeneration.

The investment by the State, which had been previously indicated to go toward these needed projects and to be matched by the City budget, has been redesignated to fund legislators» pet projects such as landscaping and playgrounds... [Adams] will be joined by local elected officials and area tenants.

New City — Amid debate, the Rockland County Legislature's Planning & Public Works and Budget & Finance committees approved an extension of their agreement with the law firm of Harris Beach, PLLC to continue litigation stemming from a particularly difficult lawsuit filed against the county by West Gate Landscaping, Inc..

This method was applied to locations across Hokkaido in Japan, which indicated that landscape demand is higher in national parks followed by areas of farmland and cities.

«Given that 50 percent of the world's population currently lives in cities, and that percentage is projected to increase to 70 percent by year 2050, there is a pressing need to understand how cities and landscapes are affected by heat waves,» said Lei Zhao, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Every year, over one million visitors to the bustling city travel fifteen minutes by train to the tranquil summit of Penang Hill where they take in panoramic views of the landscape's timeless beauty.

Although more Montanans live in cities than on farms and ranches, we think of Montana as an agricultural state, where the non-forested landscape is dominated by livestock and crop production.

PARIS, France — Founded in 1997 by Colette Rousseau and her daughter Sarah Andelman, Parisian store Colette has quickly become part of Paris Fashion Week lore and is now an institution in the city's fashion retail landscape.

We mapped out a bird's eye view of the Chicago dating landscape by compiling statistics from multiple sources on dating both in the city, and the country as a whole.

About Blog New York City photography and writing by Vivienne Gucwa featuring the landscapes, architecture and neighborhoods of New York City.

It's a unique premise that's employed to affable (if entirely forgettable) effect by director Howard, as the filmmaker, working from a script by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, does an effective job of initially establishing the movie's seedy, New York City - landscape and assortment of oddball characters.

This vibrant urban sprawl, inspired by the colorful buildings of the real - life city of Guanajuato, is as marvelously imagined as the cerebral landscape of Inside Out or Monsters Inc.'s bustling Monstropolis, another densely packed world of wonders that's both familiar — there's a scene about skeleton bureaucracy that kills, I swear — and otherworldly.

READINGS The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes by Patrick Keiller, reviewed by Jonathan Romney; Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie by Chris Nashawaty, reviewed by Sarah Mankoff; Musts, Maybes, and Nevers: A Book About the Movies by David V. Picker, reviewed by James Hughes; Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions by Guillermo del Toro, with contributions by Marc Scott Zicree, reviewed by Marc Walkow

Set in a blighted, inner - city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman — the mother of a troubled teen son — who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The final piece appears to show a girl and a goat - like animal overlooking a stunning landscape of a terraced city surrounded by a lake, not dissimilar to the inverse cover art for the first Xenoblade Chronicles.

The struggle of the individual to retain his autonomy in a corporate landscape certainly resonated in 1967, not least for the young New Hollywood auteurs who were handed the keys to the city by studios looking to innovate.

Marked with a black Christian cross tattooed across their forehead, now they walk the urban landscape as outcasts, tied to the city by a sacred vow not to defy the Church.

«By emulating some of the best practices to come out of the charter - school movement, the administration continues to evolve on charters and recognize their important place in the city's educational landscape,» said Jenny Sedlis, executive director of the advocacy group StudentsFirstNY.

It was the last of more than 35 big - city high schools to be closed as part of a profound reorganization of New York City's educational landscape begun in 2002 by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his long - time schools chancellor, Joel Klein, with help from $ 150 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundatcity high schools to be closed as part of a profound reorganization of New York City's educational landscape begun in 2002 by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his long - time schools chancellor, Joel Klein, with help from $ 150 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundatCity's educational landscape begun in 2002 by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his long - time schools chancellor, Joel Klein, with help from $ 150 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

They live in Fairfield, Iowa, a small and vibrant city of many artists, surrounded by expansive landscapes of subtle beauty.

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi Published by Little, Brown; ages 14 & up Paolo Bacigalupi's debut YA novel (and Printz Award winner) Ship Breaker imagined a future America dependent on scavengers for survival after global warming and peak oil have irrevocably altered the landscape.

But as far as amenities, there's a large pool, hot tub, landscaped courtyards and trails by a river, a gym, game room with pool tables, etc., a restaurant and coffee shop in the building (open to the public, not sure if that's relevant), a rooftop deck area that overlooks the city, a theater room with regularly scheduled movies, two parking spaces in a private parking garage...

In the midst of the city's drive towards progress, it was almost too easy to forget that the members of the habitat that we had encroached upon would be adversely affected by this new built - up landscape.

IndyFeral changed the landscape for community cats by working with hundreds of volunteers, and city leadership to create ordinances allowing for trap - neuter - return (TNR) in Indianapolis.

The perfect landscape for breeders — small farms that weren't bought by agri - giants; vast swaths of plains between its two major cities; and a live - and - let - live ethos in flyspeck towns — it has long been the number - one state in the nation for licensed operators.

The most popular destination is Brazil, from the party city of Rio de Janeiro overseen by the iconic Christ the Redeemer, to bustling Brasilia and the superlative Sao Paulo, down south to the rugged landscapes of the Amazon basin.

Surrounded by a vine arbor amid a beautifully landscaped garden, it's the ideal place to while away time with your favorite read under a shaded patio and enjoying the romantic atmosphere far away from big cities.

Located at Plaza Las Nazarenas Inkaterra La Casona is surrounded by stunning Andean landscapes and charming cobbled streets, where guests discover the majestic past of the city..

The city's landscape is characterised by rolling hills, coconut palms, freshwater streams and hard red - clay tiled - roof buildings.

Exploring Portugal by train with Great Rail Journeys offers the chance to relax and discover the wonderful landscapes along the Douro River as well as visiting the cities of Porto and Lisbon.

Striking the perfect balance between lush volcanic landscapes and seaside cities with charming European vibes, you will be pleasantly surprised by Terceira island.

The whole Trails» network that connects the Incan City of Machu Picchu and other archaeological compounds has a construction design in strict harmony with the natural surroundings and landscape, as great stretches of the trails are ledges, at the edge of deep abysses, surrounded by exuberant vegetation, with stairs carved in live rock.

Nestled in «the City of a Hundred Horizons,» Hotel Villa Cipriani is the ideal spot for travelers seeking an enchanting Northeast Italian destination, surrounded by a beautiful landscape with endless views.

Formerly the Multnomah Hotel, Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown has been part of Portland's historic landscape since 1912 and features original architecture with modern comforts located in the heart of the city.

Led by Bangkok - based firms, P & T Architecture, award - winning PIA Interior Designs, and Belt Collins for landscaping, The Langham, Bangkok, at Chao Phraya River is poised to be the leading luxury hotel in the city.

Cosmopolitan coastal cities are contrasted by miles of wild beaches and the rugged landscapes of the outback.

You will experience the Peruvian landscapes by mountain bike on your first day and will then reach the city of Aguas Calientes walking in the Andean highlands and forests.