Sentences with phrase «cultural landmark for»

«We look forward to constructing a building that provides unprecedented resources for our work and creates a superb new cultural landmark for Harlem and the entire City of New York,» Thelma Golden said the release issued by the museum shortly after the announcement.

Adobe Books is a cultural landmark for the city of San Francisco and has been providing the local art scene with some of the most incredible programming through their backroom gallery.

A true Bushwick cultural landmark for over a decade, it's sort of the landing spot for artists and musicians.

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Landmarking a building for its historic or cultural value stretches the police power beyond its traditional limits of protecting public health and safety, and then stretches it still further.

Other writers have suggested landmark events for the transition in cultural and religious practices for our nation.

The message echoed that of Francis's landmark 2015 encyclical Laudato Sii (Praise Be), where Latin America's first pope called for a cultural revolution to correct a «structurally perverse» economic system in which the rich exploit the poor, turning Earth into an «immense pile of filth».

Environmental and cultural benefits for wetlands surrounding the Coorong and Lower Lakes in South Australia, are to be met under a landmark Partnership Agreement between the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder and the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, launched today.

Responsibility for helming the Wakandan king's first solo headline gig fell to Ryan Coogler, but as the hype builds and pre-sale ticket records are smashed ahead of the film's release, it's important to consider the wider cultural impact of this landmark event in the history of black cinema.

Spend the weekend in Boston exploring cultural and historical landmarks like the Museum of Fine Arts and The Freedom Trail, then head back into the city for internships and job interviews.

An Empatico lesson called «Community Cartographers,» for example, guides students to create maps of the cultural features and landmarks of their home region.

To date, Swift's application for landmark status has been given an enthusiastic thumbs up by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission and is awaiting the vote of the Beverly Hills City Council.

Though it's famous for fancy chocolates, high - end watches, and its corporate industry, Zurich has plenty of affordable and cool offerings, too, from its blossoming boutique hotel scene, glut of free cultural landmarks, and versatile shopping options.

One proposed project would document traditional Alaska Native place names for bodies of water, bays, mountains, valleys, promontories or other geographic landmarks in these units, thus also greatly enhancing our knowledge of how the parklands facilitated subsistence and functioned as a cultural crossroads for at least 9,000 years.

Newcastle's Theatre Royal is a stunning Grade I listed building and cultural landmark which, since its opening in 1837, has been an epicentre for famous artists to showcase their performing talents.

We offer unique Hawaiian cultural learning experiences and fishpond revitalization opportunities for the community to engage with this important cultural and historical landmark in North Kīhei, Maui.

Known for its vast green parks, lush forests and serene lakes, Oslo is also where you'll discover many cultural and historical museums, plus inspiring landmarks that define the Viking city, both past and present.

Along the way you'll pass skyscrapers, beaches, bustling malls, cultural landmarks and an overriding theme of wealth and prosperity — providing one of the most comprehensive insights into the emirate that you could hope for during your holidays to Sheikh Zayed Road.

From cultural spots and historical landmarks «Jogja» town is best known for, to among its great shopping streets and Read More»

«With a prime location, just five minutes from Tunis - Carthage airport, ten minutes from downtown Tunis and close to major shopping malls, golf courses and cultural landmarks such as Tunis Medina (Old City), the hotel is well positioned to attract business and leisure travellers looking for a convenient and contemporary five - star property when visiting this thriving Mediterranean city.»

The Parks Conservancy is one of three finalists — along with the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum and the Bridge / Sustainability Institute — selected by the Presidio Trust to submit proposals for this landmark park - making opportunity.

I highly recommend Ubud for solo travelers because it's in a very central location and there are a lot of cultural events and landmarks to experience.

In essence, the Ubud Monkey Forest is more than a cultural and spiritual landmark for the people or a tourist destination.

Add - on Cataclysm totally revamped the gameworld of Aseroth (itself a cultural landmark name - checked in all kinds of geek - level material) giving it new horizons both figuratively for player behaviours and literally for the terrain.

For Fischer, the hashtags that he found most interesting weren't ones labeling food or cultural landmarks but something completely different altogether.

He paid $ 1 for the abandoned city landmark and transformed the 17,000 square foot building into a cultural arts center.

The officially landmarked building is recognized as an American cultural icon and renowned for those who have lived and created there, including Sir Arthur Clarke, Bob Dylan, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur Miller, Joni Mitchell, Dee Dee Ramone, Larry Rivers, Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams, Milos Forman, Janis Joplin, Donald Sutherland, Patti Smith, Philip Taaffe, Dennis Hopper, Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, Eugene O'Neill, Jane Fonda, Larry Rivers, Leonard Cohen, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tom Waits, Courtney Love, Sam Shepard, Charles Bukowski, Julian Schnabel, Jasper Johns, Viva, Quentin Crisp, Jimi Hendrix and many others (some of whom will appear in this film).

The Serpentine's new space, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, located nearby in Kensington Gardens, will bring a unique, listed building into public use for the first time in its 206 - year history, providing a new cultural destination and landmark for London.

Gaba is also well known for his architectonic wigs that reconstruct famous landmarks out of woven hair, looking at the way in which architectural forms are imbued with cultural meaning.

Artes Mundi is Latin for «Arts of the world», reflecting the international focus of this Wales - based arts charity whose mission is: To present a landmark programme of international, contemporary visual art that will enrich the cultural and educational life of Wales and its people, develop and inspire new audiences and build cultural bridges between Wales and the wider world.

The Museum is an amazing landmark for cultural production through its rotating historical and contemporary exhibitions, scholarly contributions, community outreach and public programming designed for diverse audiences.

The author also discusses the blood quantum rule, cultural appropriation, Indigenous use of intellectual property laws, Two - Spirit identities (Indigenous transgender individuals), the landmark Delgamuukw and Tsilhqot» in cases (recognition of Aboriginal title), non-benign myths about Indigenous peoples, the six - volume Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) final report on the residential school system where at least 6,000 Indigenous children died, Canada's Stolen Generations (between 1960 and 1990, 70 - 90 % of Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their homes and placed into non-Indigenous homes), Inuit relocations, the issue of access to safe drinking water for First Nations communities, the five - volume report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Indigenous lands, education, treaties, and treaty - making.

When it's time to prepare training material for the 2007 students, a trip through current cultural landmarks (TV, movie, music, even youtube I suppose) may be even more fun for the teacher!

Does the social and cultural desirability of preserving historical landmarks through government regulation derogate from the constitutional requirement that just compensation be paid for private property taken for public use?

It is the commercial, cultural and financial center of the north half of the state, and it is known for its cool summers, steep rolling hills, landmarks and more.

Cardiff is well known for its cultural and sporting landmarks and is home to the National Assembly for Wales as well as numerous other major employers.

No - fault divorce laws were adopted beginning with California in 1969 and then spread to all 50 states.5 During the 1960s and 1970s, legal access to birth control including oral contraceptives became increasingly available, and in 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.6 These cultural changes created new opportunities for women and led to an increased presence in the labor market, doubling from 30.3 million in the 1970s to 72.7 million in the mid - 2000s.7

In the article below, she reports that landmark Canadian research, showing the protective effects of cultural continuity, offers signposts for a way forward.

To date, Swift's application for landmark status has been given an enthusiastic thumbs up by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission and is awaiting the vote of the Beverly Hills City Council.