Sentences with phrase «cities after the second world war»

The castle which gave its name to the city after the Second World War is 17th century (built on the site of a 14th century one) and is surrounded by classic wood - beamed, white - painted German houses.

It takes place in underground hideouts and forest clearings, and in the ruins of German cities after the Second World War.

Not exact matches

After Rotterdam was bombed during the second world war, the city made an active effort to address social division.

Right down until after the Second World War, even city - dwelling cats had to make a living on mice.

Born in January, 1948 in the Polish city of Wroclaw, Tomaszewski would not have even played in the match that defined his career had his parents not been expelled from Vilnius, which was then part of the Soviet Union, after the Second World War.

Thus, these paintings illustrate the optimistic fresh start made after the Second World War and can be understood as a counterpoint to the townscapes that are reminiscent of bombed - out cities.

Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition is the second stop on a three city tour.More than one hundred pieces, from paintings to sculptures are included in this exhibition of the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859 - 1937)- including Tanner's upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War, the artist's success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the International art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner's role as a leader of an artist's colony in the rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in WWI France and his modernist invigoration of religious painting deeply rooted in his own faith.

New York's streets are narrow and have been one - way for almost a hundred years, but the avenues are wide and according to the New York Times, they were not converted to one - way until after the Second World War, between 1951 and 1956, the era when cars really took over our cities.

Perhaps because the city was rebuilt with a «modern» (car - centric) grid after Second World War destruction (unlike some other wrecked cities such as Cologne, that rebuilt much of the old street plan.

«I'm pretty convinced we're in the midst of a transformation which is probably as profound as what happened immediately after the Second World War, when we got all excited about automobiles and in a sense turned our backs on cities.»