Sentences with phrase «including chinatown»

WhiteBox offers free and diverse programs for the surrounding communities including Chinatown, the Lower East Side, and international cultural tourism to experience an artist's work in a meaningful manner.

Although the surrounding streets of Fortitude Valley (including Chinatown) are home to a myriad of dining options, guests need go no further than Six by FV.

Match.com's online dating sites and affiliated businesses span six continents and thousands of cities including Chinatown.

The third was Jenifer Rajkumar, who is challenging incumbent Margaret Chin, of the First Council District, covering neighborhoods including Chinatown and Greenwich Village.

The 65th Assembly District covers Lower Manhattan, including Chinatown, the Lower East side and the Financial District.

CM Chin, a member of the Council's Progressive Caucus, represents Lower Manhattan, including Chinatown.

Among the popular locations visited include Chinatown, Greektown, the Du Sable Museum of African American History, the Sear Towers and the Shedd Aquarium with its new Oceanarium, plus many lesser - known ethnic museums.

The 65th also includes Chinatown, Battery Park and the Financial District.

Manhattan Councilman Margaret Chin, whose Lower Manhattan district includes Chinatown, pointed to the impact of the policy on Chinese immigrants as well as on immigrants who are seniors.

Update: A reader points out that a large swath of Silver's district already includes Chinatown.

This district includes Chinatown, a neighborhood that has steadfastly served as the epicenter of growth and opportunity for many Asian immigrants since the 1900s.

Cancel will now face Republican businessman Lester Chang in the heavily Democratic district, which includes Chinatown, the Financial District, the Lower East Side and Battery Park City.

As a result, it uncovers true moments of genius, like this one today about State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose Lower East Side district includes Chinatown:

Five of the candidates — Don Lee, Gigi Li, Yuh - Line Niou, Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar — presented themselves as reformers, poised to bring new ideas and energy in representing southernmost Manhattan, a diverse district that includes Chinatown, the gentrifying Lower East Side, Wall Street and Battery Park City.

They include Chinatown, the Pirates movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and any number of great - to - anonymous Westerns.

China and various Asian countries celebrate, including chinatowns in western cities.

Other sights include Chinatown, the Hawaii State Capitol, royal «Iolani Palace, and the statue of Kamehameha the Great.

Not exact matches

California's fourth - largest metropolis offers a vast collection of neighbourhoods, all boasting their own unique personalities, including North America's oldest Chinatown, the gay and lesbian culture of the Castro, Haight - Ashbury's hippie heritage and the modern hipster - ness of Valencia Street.

The Club, located in Lincoln Heights, not only serves children in the immediate community but also surrounding neighborhoods including Highland Park, Montecito Heights, Boyle Heights, Echo Park, Chinatown, and downtown Los Angeles.

New park facilities planned for 1999 include the completion of a 12 - acre park in Chinatown, to be called Ping Tom Park in honor of the community leader who pushed for turning the stretch of industrial wasteland into a riverfront property for public use.

Floating Hospital for Children is down the street from Chinatown, and near many Boston favorites, including Jacob Wirth and the South Street Diner.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took an unexpected detour from her fundraising - only schedule in San Francisco, CA yesterday to visit a Chinatown teahouse, where she spent an hour with Mayor Ed Lee discussing urban issues including housing and homelessness.

The 26th State Senate district includes the Manhattan neighborhoods of Battery Park City, Chinatown, the East and South Villages, the Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, SoHo, and Tribeca and the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, the Columbia Waterfront, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, the Navy Yard, Vinegar Hill, and Williamsburg.

The district includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, the Columbia Waterfront, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, the Navy Yard, Vinegar Hill, and Williamsburg, and the Manhattan neighborhoods of Battery Park City, Chinatown, the East and South Villages, the Financial District, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, SoHo, and Tribeca.

In addition to numerous business owners based in Flushing, Queens and Chinatown, Liu earned support from several local unions, including $ 4,150 from DC 37's political action committee, $ 1,250 from Local 32BJ, $ 1,500 from TWU Local 100, $ 1,500 from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, and $ 2,000 from the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.

Chinatown Restaurant Week will run through March 18, with other participating restaurants including Delight 28, Grand Bo Ky Restaurant, Emperor Japanese Tapas Shabu Restaurant, HK Wonton Garden, Lobster Boat, Lucky Plaza Restaurant, Mika Japanese Cuisine & Bar, Nha Trang One, Pho Grand, Red Egg, Shanghai Gourmet, New West Malaysian and Xe Lửa Vietnamese Restaurant.

Starting Friday, the neighborhood's first - ever Chinatown Restaurant Week will bring prix fixe specials to more than a dozen eateries, including the popular Golden Unicorn and Nom Wah Tea Parlor.

The District includes the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Soho, Tribeca and Wall Street.

The District includes the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Soho, Wall Street and Tribeca.

Silver has a long history of supporting influential Chinatown organizations, including the Chinese - American Planning Council and Asian Americans for Equality.

Many new members own small businesses, including Wilson Tang, 33, who runs the 90 - year - old Chinatown fixture, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, which has been in his family for decades.

With 97 % of the vote counted, she has 58 % in the 7th Congressional District, which includes sections of the Lower East Side and Chinatown as well as a large swath of Brooklyn.

Advocates pushing for the street's reopening, who discussed the issue with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood at meeting in Chinatown last month, have cited the inconveniences posed by the stretch's closure, including the negative impact on area businesses and the fact that residents have to show identification when traveling to and from their homes.

However, Community Board 3 officials said SantaCon had promised them last year that it would not hold the event in the district, which includes the East Village, Lower East Side and Chinatown.

In previous years, alternate offers for wait - listed Downtown families included seats at P.S. 3 in Greenwich Village and P.S. 130 in Chinatown.

Chin's district covers most of the area below East Houston, including the Lower East Side and Chinatown, as well as Soho, Tribeca and the Financial District.

Downtown families living east of Broadway, including many in Southbridge Towers, have said they would oppose sending their children to Chinatown schools, since there are two other schools that are closer to them: the Spruce Street School, which opened this fall near City Hall, and the new Peck Slip School, which will open in an incubator space in Tweed Courthouse next fall.

There were 328 new applicants, including 24 in Community Board 3, which covers the Lower East Side and Chinatown.

Approximately 20 % of the increase in rental rates was due to Airbnb listings in midtown and lower Manhattan, including neighborhoods such as Chelsea, Clinton, and Midtown Business District; Murray Hill, Gramercy, and Stuyvesant Town; Chinatown and Lower East Side; Battery Park City, Greenwich Village, and Soho.

«But members also have to get up to speed on the entire district, which is extremely diverse and also includes NoHo, Little Italy, Hudson Square and part of Chinatown.»

The district includes Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Sunset Park and part of Park Slope in Brooklyn; Ridgewood, Maspeth and Woodside in Queens; and parts of the Lower East Side and Chinatown in Manhattan (map)

Rounding out the top five recipients of the PAC's largesse were City Council member Margaret Chin, running for re-election to represent Lower Manhattan, including Soho and Chinatown, with $ 121,108; Alan Maisel, running for a seat in South Brooklyn covering Sheepshead Bay and Canarsie, with $ 120,451; and Paul Vallone, an attorney running in a crowded contest for a seat in northeastern Queens, including Bayside and Whitestone, for whom the PAC has spent $ 113,134.

It includes a wonderful charm of the Hollywood Bowel, a camera man, a pagoda, likely representing Chinatown, a laughing buddha, perhaps to represent Little Tokyo, Farmer's Market, a plane, likely to represent the Los Angeles Air Force Base, and a dancing señorita to represent Olvera Street.

Recruited by an old chum (Peter Boyle) to help find an exotic prostitute missing in Chinatown, Hammett enlists his implausibly gorgeous neighbor (Marilu Henner) to play Girl Friday as he matches wits with colorful actors including Jack Nance («Eraserhead» and other David Lynch works), David Patrick Kelly (whose strangled voice is an interesting counterpart to his iconic «Come out to play - yi - yay» taunt from «The Warriors»), Roy Kinnear and a few old - timers from film noir's heyday (the scene with Sylvia Sidney is especially good).

During his embattled five - decade career, Polanski has helmed a long list of acclaimed films, including «Knife in the Water,» «Repulsion,» «Cul - de-Sac,» «Rosemary's Baby,» «Macbeth,» «Chinatown,» and «The Pianist.»

The Oscar - winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz)-- a compelling blend of L.A. history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolor noir films, Chinatown.

(NOTE: Readers, Jerry Goldsmith was nominated 18 times for an Academy Award, not only for the scores mentioned above but others including «Chinatown,» «Poltergeist,» «Hoosiers» and «L.A. Confidential.»

Besides Newman, who, as Ebert noted, was taking an active hand in shaping and developing a fairly consistent character archetype over several years and films, they included co-screenwriter Frank Pierson, who would go on to write Dog Day Afternoon; cinematographer Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fat City, Marathon Man); editor Sam O'Steen (Carnal Knowledge, Chinatown); and sound mixer Larry Jost, who would work with O'Steen on those two films and then go on to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — a movie that is in many ways Cool Hand Luke's spiritual cousin.

Supporting actors included Cliff Potts (who had a subsequent long career as a supporting actor in television), Ron Rifkin (L.A. Confidential, 1997; The Negotiator, 1998; Alias, 2001 - 2006), and Jesse Vint (Chinatown, 1974; Forbidden World, 1982).

Granted, some of the games they showcased were impressive, including Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the DS, Animal Crossing: City Folk bundled a Wii Speak device for chatting online with friends (finally), and Wii Sports Resort, the sequel to the pack - in game with every Wii console sold.