Sentences with phrase «of urban places»

In the study of urban places there is often a focus on why certain locations have been chosen for a settlement.

In Indianapolis, my own church, Englewood Christian Church, is working with a wide range of neighborhood organizations toward the well - being of our urban place.

CITYterm is an example of an urban place - based experience for high school students.

example of an urban place - based experience for high school students.

Themes of urban place and space narrow down to a particular focus on urban land use and the post-industrial human living condition, alongside ideas of absence and presence and longing and belonging in the contemporary city.

Not exact matches

It was probably too urban for a lot of the places where Kelsey's is known and for the Kelsey's consumer base.

Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»

Usually, recreational real estate follows the trend of urban markets, as homeowners take advantage of their growing equity to buy a second place — «the ripples spread out,» says Jurock.

Breakthrough: A Toronto neighborhood aims to be the first place to successfully integrate cutting - edge urban design with state - of - the - art digital technology.

So this year as we went in search of the best places to retire, we identified four archetypes of next - generation retirees and found a place for each of them: a college town for the academically minded, a city for the urban - inclined, a mountain town for lovers of the outdoors, and an overseas destination for explorers.

Sutton Place became a harbinger of modern urban gentrification and is still one of the handsomest and most exclusive neighborhoods in New York City.

From deserted Olympic venues to silent amusement parks to hotels that haven't had guests in centuries, abandoned places continue to capture the imagination of urban explorers and curious people around the world.

LA NY: Aerial Photographs of Los Angeles and New York (Thames & Hudson, November 7, 2017) is a dazzling visual tale of two cities, Los Angeles and New York, photographed from the air, shooting straight down to emphasize the particular patterns of place and how the urban grid adapts to local topography — and, indeed, how the topography is itself adapted to human purposes.

These properties are often areas of urban blight, rural abandonment, or places that others are reluctant to live in.

One of the things that we have been seeing is that with more urban development, which leaves less space for water to go, and when water falls on concrete and streets it has [fewer] places to go rather than it falling on a wetland.

Today, he says, that same place is a glitzy urban center, populated by skyscrapers that can rival, if not surpass, any of those that tower above the ground in the world's largest metropolises.

One of the world's largest urban innovation hubs, MaRS supports a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

«Most rural places are culturally distinct from urban and suburban markets, where local competition is higher and where pressure from customers makes local businesses more likely to adopt new business activities to stay ahead of the curve,» says Fortunato.

The Anacostia Community Museum offers visitors a chance to explore the history and culture of urban neighborhoods from Washington, D.C. to South America and other places across the globe.

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

At the same time, in Alberta's urban areas much development has taken place absolutely heedless of its impact on flooding.

About MaRS Discovery District MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

It was widely hailed by the professional urban planners and architects when completed, but as Corbin points out, it's a part of Boston, perhaps the part, that residents love to hate, a place that made the old elevated freeway that cut across Boston seem positively organic by comparison.

Unless we make our large, complex urban centers into something more than grab bags of opportunities, nothing — not enterprise zones, new housing projects or more police officers — will make them good places to live.

It is strongest in precisely the sorts of places one might expect — rural locations more than urban; southern and midwestern regions more than in the rest of the country; and among Catholics and very sectarian groups (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) more than in any sector of Protestantism.

Cox pointed to the significant work of hermeneutics which needed to take place in order to translate the gospel message from the biblical rural environment to an urban one.

Ampontan has some nice juxtapositions, jumping off Victor Davis Hanson among others, highlighting the culture - and - mores - rooted FACT that Greece, Southern Italy, Detroit, and urban Britain are simply more difficult and troublesome places to live than Germany, Northern Italy, Switzerland, and of....

In the first place, his interest in history as the history of suffering and his commitment to solidarity with the oppressed have always run counter to the ignoring of peasants15 and women and the concentration of attention upon urban — industrial development which have characterized most of those who share his focus upon «history».

Though I have spent most of my life in the urban locations of Seattle and the San Francisco Bay area, I am now here, in the heart of the Rocky Mountain range, partly because Missoula seemed like a good place for us to start our family.

Instead of teaching their own positive convictions, which can help overcome a dehumanizing orthodoxy and so transform the life of the church, these schools seem to think that they will transform society and church by offering this or that course in urban studies, by relocating the setting of education to the places «where people live,» and by increased field experiences.

The group has a strong sense of being in a particular place, urban America, and at a particular time; born in the twenties, just old enough [usually] to get into World War II, products of the affluent society, very conscious of being white.

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.

Apparently with no thought of inconsistency, in a powerful sermon Urban II urged the great company of warriors who were present to turn their swords from fighting their brethren to fighting the Moslems, at that time in possession of the places held sacred by Christians and oppressing the pilgrims who thronged them.

This is not the place to trace in depth the history of Industrial Areas Foundation — its beginnings under «radical community organizer» Saul Alinsky in the Chicago of the 1940s, its entry into national prominence (and a certain notoriety) in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of its organizing role in The Woodlawn Organization (Chicago), the Kodak FIGHT controversy in Rochester, and similar community - industry and community - urban government struggles elsewhere.

Pope Urban II declared the objective of the Crusades to be the rescue of the holy places in Palestine, the defense of the Christians of the East against the Muslims, and the rolling back of the tide of Muhammedan conquest.

The Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse is another place Jim Beam fans can call home as an extension of our Jim Beam American Stillhouse experience in Clermont, Ky..»

Today, Latin America is more urbanized than any other part of the world — 85 percent of its population will live in cities by 2025 — placing the region at the forefront of the fight to reduce food waste in the urban environment.

This national Chenin love fest was the inspiration of sommelier Pascaline Lepeltier, the beverage director of Rouge Tomate restaurant, and Tom and Kate Monroe of the SE Wine Collective, a wine bar and urban winery group in Portland, Ore. — one of the places, by the way, that is marking #DrinkCheninDay.

«What better place than the New York Produce Show to showcase our expanded line of Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits,» says Michael Muzyk, President of Baldor Specialty Foods.

Being a mom - to - be in the city is certainly not without its challenges — not the least of which is finding a place to put all that cool urban baby gear that is slowly accumulating in my NY - sized apartment.

While the company does not have its own online store, you can purchase Brooklyn Hat Company hats at a number of retailers throughout the company; places like Free People, Anthropology, Fred Segal, Rue La La, Urban Outfitters and online at Head Change.

Brooklyn Hat Company's products are sold in a variety of places, from small boutiques to larger retailers like, Free People, Anthropology, Fred Segal and Urban Outfitters.

It has a more condensed, urban feel than the rest of town and it's a great place to spend your vacation.

But mothers in urban, poor and minority areas often face unique challenges as well: the sheer logistics of finding time to breastfeed, perhaps while juggling single motherhood and working a service job where it's difficult to find a private, clean place to use a breastpump, for example.

Instead of having to use your feet to lock the wheels in place, which can be difficult, the Thule Urban Glide Double Jogging Stroller has a hand - activated brake.

@Ashwini, As I mentioned I tried all the places that I could think of: friends, my preschool, Berkeley Parents Network, Facebook, Bananas, Care.com, and Urban Sitter before finding her on Urban Sitter.

The swivel wheel allows us to bring this comfy off - road powerhouse of a stroller to urban life and crowded places.

With the holiday season upon us, many families will be traveling to see loved ones; our urban mama, Megan, is back today sharing tips on breastfeeding while on - the - go, and in random places — read on to hear her helpful travel tips and learn all of the interesting places she's breastfed!

As it is independent of the back seat, it can be placed in different locations to block sunlight compared to the Jeep Liberty Limited Urban Terrain Stroller.

This localisation (or, urbanisation) of citizenship may be expected to correlate more closely with the increasingly more place - specific nature of civil society in urban areas, offering better scope for «getting involved» in governance than at the more distant, «homogenised» notion of national level.