Sentences with phrase «in city landscapes»

A slightly different form of classicism is evident in the city landscapes of Stephen McKenna which also hint at larger narrative themes.

Always half showman, half recluse, Byars» announcement for a show in Amsterdam in 1975 invited the public to watch for «flash showings» of his paintings in «quiet places out in the city landscape» — situations consisting not of canvases (of which Byars only ever made one) but of actions where the artist dressed in a golden suit and held up a long gilt pole.

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Dozens of new country houses had popped up in the fields outside the city, which, at a distance, resembled castles transforming the landscape into a kind of distant fantasy land.

Shunning the usual practice of sacrificing nature for the sake of gigantic sporting arenas, the Norwegian city urged companies to use natural materials whenever possible, launched a regional recycling program, and stipulated that all built projects had to blend in with the natural landscape.

We specialize in commercial landscape services that allow you to reduce in - house maintenance costs and comply with the city's new environmental regulations.

From a mix of culture, landscape and history on the one hand, to a money trap on the other, being a tourist in Europe's most popular cities proves...

We have assessed 106 markets and identified the cities to watch in the new and evolving landscape of the global hotel industry.

In our latest Investment Intensity Index we reveal how New World Cities» are reshaping the global investment landscape.

From a store paying tribute to the historic landscape in Kyoto, Japan, to a bustling New York City café designed to provide coffee on pace with its customers, here are 11 stunning Starbucks locations around the world.

Symptomatic of a broader shift internationally, the crypto landscape in Dublin has changed rapidly, and with an enthusiasm perhaps disproportionate to the city's scale.

Twenty - one years ago, in a federal election that reshaped the Canadian political landscape, the Liberals swept Edmonton, electing Members of Parliament in four of the city's six federal ridings.

In addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounIn addition to having some of the best seafood and colleges in the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes arounin the country, the state is close to many of the nation's biggest cities and has some of the most beautiful landscapes around.

It's residents have stated that there's no where else in the world they'd rather live, and, with access to some of the world's biggest cities a short drive away and the calm, peaceful landscape the state is famous for, who can blame them?

Offering a range of natural landscapes to enjoy and explore and some of the most exciting and diverse cities in the country, it's no surprise that California residents say they'd rather be here than anywhere else.

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 incident should have been a warning sign that our city was in trouble, but there was little reaction, and the abandoned construction site has become an unnoticed part of the city's landscape.

«We used to simply haul everybody over to Playa del Ray or El Segundo and do it in the ocean, but the city fathers squawked about extra lifeguards and whatnot, plus 10,000 to 20,000 people in white robes invading the beach area freaked out the surfers, so we decided to keep to our 100 - meter, fully landscaped reflecting pool behind the altar.»

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.

With an Irving Plaza, Times Square and Montclair, New Jersey «campus,» Hillsong NYC has become Exhibit A for many looking to examine evidence of the changing church landscape in the New York City area.

Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted - out factories, scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge; and the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

Out of these shared convictions and the culture of building they nourished, the architects and patrons of these cities created urban environments and landscapes that were not only extraordinarily beautiful but that also acted as theaters of memory and hope, places that simultaneously referred to and grounded citizens in their origins, the common destiny for which they longed, and the virtues necessary for success in their individual and collective journeys through life.

For that one week a year, it is the eighth largest city in Nevada, swelling to 70,000 strong, and situated just a two - hour ride north of Reno in a barren, dry and dusty landscape.

Perhaps you've already noticed, what with the billboards and signs dotting the landscape, the pamphlets blowing in the wind and the RVs plastered with Judgment Day warnings weaving through cities.

Whether situated in the heart of a major city like Paris, London, New York, Shanghai or Beijing, or nestled away in a country landscape in Morocco, Egypt, French Polynesia or Thailand, each Sofitel property offers a genuine experience of the French «art de vivre.»

But then days like yesterday happen and my trust in humankind surges; I find hope and faith in our place here as part of the multicultural American landscape; and I find solace in this city's diversity, which I hold so dear.

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As a river community where cultures have always intermingled, restaurants in Natchez, Mississippi offer a diverse dining landscape but one of the city's proudest recognitions relates to a staple Southern dish.

The brand's hotels are located in large cities like Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai, or set against wonderful landscapes in destinations like Morocco, Egypt, Thailand and even French Polynesia.

On - site amenities include more than 125 tiered private balconies providing stunning city views of the Hollywood Hills, recently renovated central plazas, a 16,000 - square - foot fitness center, a landscaped park with jogging trail and 2,560 parking spaces in two three - level subterranean parking garages.

I thought about all of the vegan friendly restaurants I had read about, the history of the city itself, the architecture from neighborhood to neighborhood, the abundance of parks and murals that weave throughout the urban landscape, and of course, my favorite peoples who lived in Philadelphia that we were headed to see.

Past olive groves forming an animal print of the landscape, eventually giving way to gleaming wheat fields and haystacks seemingly still wet from van Gogh's brush and assembled with Cezanne's eye, it is hard to imagine any city in the world ensnaring your heart with more force of raw beauty.

But in the current landscape of league - sanctioned player activism, where similar forums have appeared in NBA cities from Los Angeles, to Memphis, to here, branded with USA basketball and league materials, it fits in with the expected response.

The Spanish tactician has signed a three - year contract and his arrival is a massive coup for City that could signal a massive shift in the footballing landscape in England.

The Chicago Park District has lined up some major Chicago landscape design firms for its new «Garden in a City» show, to take place in Grant Park May 13 to 21.

The Chicago Park District is planning to dig up its front yard for an open - air garden show in Grant Park in May where area landscape architects, nurseries and institutions can demonstrate techniques for urban gardeners and spread Chicago's reputation as a green city.

The Quest offers a very smooth and relaxing ride in the city as well as rural landscapes.

The Heritage Quest stroller offers relaxing rides for children whilst parents love its one - hand fold and easy maneuvering capabilities in both city and rural landscapes.

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.

Throughout her 30 year career, she has built an incredible track record of creating and protecting parks, from vest - pocket parks in cities to landscape parks like Sterling Forest.

«Given the intensity of the leadership race over the last few weeks, I haven't had the opportunity to think much about the political landscape at home in New York City.

The veteran public servant explained that the political landscape in Northern Manhattan is changing, as residents are becoming more diverse and active in city government.

CITY HALL — The sweeping transformation of nearly 6 percent of Staten Island's landscape into the largest city park to be built in more than a century is facing funding and planning uncertainty under Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Miner said she wanted to be part of any discussion about a new stadium that would create a new city landscape and could tap more city police, fire and snowplow resources with no revenue in return.

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.

NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers took to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a handful of hotly contested Congressional primaries that could redefine the city's political landscape.

Bandshell at Forest Park in Woodhaven • $ 300,000 to improve lighting along the shorefront facing Queens in Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island • $ 1.5 million to renovate the baseball fields at Glen Oaks Playground in Glen Oaks • $ 1 million to renovate Hallets Cove Playground in Astoria • $ 975,000 to improve the asphalt field at Hoffman Park in Elmhurst • $ 1.3 million to construct a meditation garden and upgrade Rachel Carson Playground in Kissena Corridor Park in Flushing • $ 322,000 to construct a skate park at Laurelton Playground in Laurelton • $ 850,000 to upgrade Lannett Playground in Far Rockaway • $ 600,000 to renovate Maple Playground in Flushing • $ 1.5 million to install new play equipment and to upgrade the sprinklers and surface at Mauro Playground in Kew Gardens Hills • $ 350,000 for landscape improvements along the Merrick Boulevard Mall in Springfield Gardens • $ 700,000 to enhance the lawn area, install new walkways, decorate pavers, install new benches and plantings, create a new entry and repair the retaining wall at Newtown Playground in Elmhurst • $ 2 million to upgrade to existing benches and equipment in Norelli Hargreaves Park in Jamaica • $ 300,000 for a mall enhancement and tree plantings along the Northern Boulevard Mall between 62nd Street and 102nd Street in Woodside / Jackson Heights • $ 400,000 to renovate Kingsland Homestead in Flushing • $ 3 million for the preservation of the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 480,000 to replace the aviary mesh and marsh bridge at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 2 million to renovate the asphalt field at the World's Fair Playground in Flushing Meadows — Corona Park • $ 800,000 to formalize the picnic grove, add gravel pads and grills, install new fences and benches and upgrade the basketball courts in Rainey Park in Astoria • $ 1.5 million for turf and track upgrades at Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica • $ 1.4 million to renovate Sandpiper Playground in Rockaway Beach • $ 600,000 to renovate the museum building at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City • $ 500,000 construct a dog run at Triborough Bridge Playground B in Astoria • $ 375,000 for pavers and accent lighting at Tribute Park in the Rockaways • $ 250,000 for site acquisition to add to Udalls Cove in Little Neck • $ 175,000 to improve sidewalk and perimeter of Veterans Grove in Elmhurst • $ 1.6 million to resurface the baseball field and upgrade the play equipment at Vleigh Playground in Flushing • $ 300,000 to support the borough's Tree Stump Removal Program.

Officials have planned landscaping improvements in city street rights - of - way, records show.

In his more than three decades leading the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Philip Rumore has become one of the most influential and controversial figures in the city's education landscapIn his more than three decades leading the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Philip Rumore has become one of the most influential and controversial figures in the city's education landscapin the city's education landscape.