Sentences with phrase «elevated tracks»

Maybe some stand for elevated tracks or buildings in shadow.

It's a «linear park» in the form of reclaimed elevated tracks, and it's pretty cool.

The first Shinkansen was built entirely on elevated tracks without road crossings and is separate from conventional rail.

addition along the south elevation which houses an indoor elevated track nestled atop a new full - size gymnasium.

Blush tones, Bermuda shorts, artful earrings, elevated track pants and the mini shopper bag.

Track improvements to eliminate and prevent slow zones along the Milwaukee elevated track (Division to Logan Square) and along the stretch of track running from Rosemont to O'Hare

Metromover features individual motorized cars that run atop a 4.4 - mile elevated track looping around Downtown Miami and to the Brickell and Omni business districts.

New York's taking that route with its plans to turn a stretch of Westside Manhattan elevated track, unused for nearly a quarter of a century, into an «agri - tectural» public open space.

A recreation center building featuring a large gym, an elevated track and activity rooms for aerobics, dance and gymnastics is earmarked for 4.5 acres in an area that is to become a town center.

The new full - size gym will primarily be brick, with glass along the top and windows at the elevated track level.

«For countless years, the No. 7 line was allowed to fall into disrepair and languish as highly - toxic lead - based paint flaked off the elevated track onto the communities below,» said New York City Councilman Francisco Moya (D - East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona).

«The 7 - line is a lifeline for commuters in Queens, but its underlying infrastructure is in need of long overdue repairs and lead paint peeling from the elevated tracks has threatened the health of Queens families for far too long.

I won't be subject to desperation,» fumed Mr. Espaillat, standing outside the Kingsbridge Bus Depot as trains thundered on an elevated track above the scrum.

The maze of elevated tracks at the Broadway Junction station in East New York resembles a roller coaster.

The teams monitored safety levels using OSV for a fixed period at three metro system building sites in the center of Jakarta (two stations in the city center and an elevated track in the south).

But a set piece for the ages comes late in the game, as Popeye commandeers a passing car to chase a hijacked subway train under its elevated track (Friedkin's camera is mounted on both train and automobile).

The Red line will run along the famous Sheikh Zayed Road on an elevated track, adding yet more interest to the urban landscape of Dubai.

At the West 25th Street lot recently acquired by the Pace Gallery, visitors are encouraged to touch and squeeze the outsized inflatable globe that David Byrne has crammed beneath the elevated tracks of the High Line.

Other inspired ideas include the architect Steven Holl's 1980 proposal to place luxury villas and Single Resident Occupancy hotels together on the elevated tracks that are now the High Line; the sculptor Isamu Noguchi's 1960 design, a collaboration with the architect Louis Kahn, for an earthworks playground in Riverside Park (represented by a handsome bronze model Noguchi cast); and even the architect Matthew Nowicki's design for a giant circular shopping center hovering over Columbus Circle.

At least two thieves entered the museum through a third - floor window in the early hours of the morning by propping up a ladder on the elevated tracks of the railway between Hackescher Markt and Friedrichstrasse stations.

Similar conversions of elevated tracks have been made in Paris and are planned for Chicago, Philadelphia, and the Florida Keys.

In Chicago, Illinois, a CTA employee is lucky to be alive after being electrocuted while working as a flagger on the elevated tracks near the Belmont platform.

Turning to Patricia Barber's «A Taste of Honey» and «Too Rich for My Blood» from Cafe Blue, the Wave 5 failed to elevate the tracks to their full potential.

The Powerbeats 2 wireless buds are louder than the Plantronics BackBeat GO2 wireless and the Jabra Sport Pulse wireless, but rely too heavily on bass to elevate tracks and don't give the necessary attention to the highs and mids.