Sentences with phrase «more historic places»

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is «a better place today» than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as «one indicator of how attitudes have changed.»

Over the course of four decades, Starbucks grew from one small shop in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market to more than 6,000 locations in more than 30 countries across the world.

For this reason, it is more appropriate to speak of prima scriptura» which more adequately represents historic Christian orthodoxy while preserving Scripture's normative place in doing moral theology.

In just about all my career, the historic churches have been in decline, their place being taken by «evangelical» churches which seem like nothing more than Tea Partiers at prayer.

Once more, differences in historic definitions of the ministry are less due to exclusive insistence on some one interpretation of what constitutes a call than to variations in the emphasis placed on the various elements present in every call.

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.

Just a little more than an hour from Austin's city limits, San Antonio is the perfect place to shop for cute, handmade gifts — particularly if you head to the historic Pearl Brewery district for the much - loved Holiday Gift Market at Pearl!

In 293 communities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain, more than 160,000 Junior League members have been the driving force behind the kinds of initiatives and institutions that make communities healthier, more vital places to live: childhood immunization, family literacy, women's shelters, children's museums, historic preservation, leadership development, and more.

Three buildings that have stood in the Queen City for more than a century are being recommended for addition to the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

We have more than 70 different sites in the National Register of Historic Places.

«You look at things that were successful, whether it be the waterfront, which has more to do with the re-licensing of the New York Power Authority and things Congressman (Brian) Higgins has done; you look at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, investments started to take place 20 years ago to make that a reality; look at historic tax credits, things that preceded this governor,» Walter said.

Since that time, Mars 3 has been little more than an historic interplanetary paperweight, its exact resting place unknown.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this downtown is the backdrop for year - round festivals, and street markets, and it boasts more than two - dozen murals.

Inside is Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke), a middle - aged ex-military chaplain, a longtime servant of God, now in charge of the historic and antiquated First Reformed, which is more tourist attraction than functioning place of worship.

More than 4,200 people RSVP'd to the march, held on the busy third day of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in solidarity with the historic women's marches taking place simultaneously across the globe.

The 2007 TIFF program boasts more than 350 films from 55 countries, including over 70 feature directorial debuts, with screenings taking place at historic locations, modest venues, and modern multiplexes across Toronto.

His protagonist is Toller (Ethan Hawke), an emotionally bereft, alcoholic pastor who preaches at First Reformed, a historic upstate New York church (established in 1767, it was once a stop on the Underground Railroad) more popular as a tourist destination than a place of worship.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month The National Register of Historic Places presents lesson plans and much more.

You will consider a range of audiences, and how one site can serve a range of needs, e.g. a site dedicated to a historic town may contain a list of places of interest for the casual tourist, while also offering detailed primary source material for the more serious historian.

In his more than a decade of racing in the IndyCar series, Brazilian Tony Kanaan has had multiple second and third - place finishes in the historic Memorial Day weekend race, but has never taken the checkered flag.

One of few events to celebrate historic car and motorcycle racing simultaneously, the Spring Classic has expanded on the Historic Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddohistoric car and motorcycle racing simultaneously, the Spring Classic has expanded on the Historic Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddoHistoric Motorcycle Exhibitions that took place in 2017 by adding even more bikes for the on - track exhibitions and paddock show.

Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages.

Today, the city has more than 36,000 residents and a long list of Nationally Registered historic places.

Svarta Manor is a great place to visit and witness the historic establishments capturing more than two hundred years of Finnish history.

The Residence currently offers lovely apartments - very cozy and completely reconstructed and furnished with Italian elegance, while also considering... Read more the historic style of the place.

It also provides protection to more than 150 historic shipwrecks and is a place of important cultural significance for the Chumash people.

Established in 1892, the historic Reading Terminal Market remains the go - to place for professional and home cooks looking for farm - fresh produce, meats, cheeses, herbs and more.

... Read more In the heart of the historic city centre, 20 meters away from the world famous «Grand Place» (the big market square).

Don Chan Palace & Convention Vientiane is a five - star property located downtown Vientiane adjacent to the King Anouvong monument in the historic Si Muang area.Conveniently placed, the hotel is only minutes from the International Wattay Airport and shopping areas, embassies, restaurants, and nightlife.Hotel facilities count an air - conditioned and state - of - the - art fitness room with all the latest equipment and on the same floor guests will find a covered swimming pool and a conference centre that is fully equipped and ready to take on delegates of every walk of life.Onsite Healing Hands Massage and Spa is also a great place to head to for traditional Laos massage, herbal compress treatments, hot stone massages, and more healthy options.

Vintage clothing shops, used furniture stores, multiple places to eat, art galleries and other bohemian passions comprise this multi-cultural community, which... MORE became a National Historic Site in 2006.

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The Chelsea International Hostel is ideally located in the historic Chelsea District of Manhattan, just north of Greenwich Village and south... Read more of Midtown Manhattan, between 7th & 8th Avenues, making it a great place to stay when visiting New York.

Plan your private Iceland adventure tour or simply walk the city by foot and you'll definitely have a splendid time amidst natural sceneries, historic places, cultural hubs, cafes and many more!

The other main town to see is Szekesfehervar, in the Middle Agesit functioned as royal residence, coronation and burial place of Hungarian Kings for more than 500 years so there are planty of historic sights in the downtown such as cathedral, churches and chapels, ruins, museums all help you to capture the atmosphere of old times.

The National Trust in Cornwall has more than 25 historic places and gardens.

The Best Western Plus Savannah Historic District will cost you a little more, but it'll place you right in the heart of the city.

«Parcours», curated by Samuel Leuenberger, places sculptures, interventions, and performances in neighbourhoods around Basel's historic old town, and serves to situate the fair more firmly in the city.

More than twenty years after it was first imagined, the Pulitzer remains a place where ideas are freely explored, new art is exhibited, and historic work reexamined.

I tend to romanticize the margins, to prefer grainy video art to pristine footage or to assume that something like the Watts Towers, built in obscurity on a laborer's budget, deserves its place on the historic registry more costly venture like the Bradbury Building.

«The museum has jump - started an upscale development trend, and we'll see historic Katy transform into a place with more great shops, better restaurants and things to do.»

As far as this historic period is concerned, the reconstruction of past temperatures based on deep boreholes in deep permafrost is one of the best past temperature proxies we have (for the global regions with permafrost — polar regions and mountainous regions)-- as a signal of average temperatures it's even more accurate than historic direct measurements of the air temperature, since the earth's upper crust acts as a near perfect conservator of past temperatures — given that no water circulation takes place, which is precisely the case in permafrost where by definition the water is frozen.

Jones and Mann provide several examples of historic documentary evidence that they believe has too much emphasis placed on them, including vineyards in medieval England - pointing out there are far more today than there were then - and commenting on the frequency of Frost fairs.

Radiative Forcing Takes Into Account More Than a Single Flight It's important to note that when talking about radiative forcing, the impact does not take into account the influence of a particular flight from one place to another; instead, it figures in the historic impact over time.

A second hearing took place in July on the same issues regarding the more important historic, ie pre-18 January 2008 terms, and judgment on this aspect is awaited.

Many countries are more conservative than our own, so your clothing style should be more conservative as well — especially when visiting churches, cathedrals, and other historic or holy places.

Since then, the population has grown to more than 4,200 residents and the Grafton State School, a home for the developmentally disabled, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It has more than 500 buildings registered on the National Register of Historic Places, and one example is the Natchez Trace.

A small town with big charm, Summerville, South Carolina, is well known for having more than 700 homes and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

The city is a quaint, popular tourist destination with more than 200 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

Baltimore has more public monuments per capita than any other city in the country and is home to some of the earliest National Register historic districts in the nation, including Fell's Point (1969), Federal Hill (1970) and Mount Vernon Place (1971).