Sentences with phrase «oldest neighborhoods of the city»

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In the city's gracious historic neighborhoods, Khalidi, 63, protects the ornate balconies, stately columns, and sinuous staircases of 150 - year - old homes.

A driver with the San Francisco ridesharing service Uber was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter for striking and killing a 6 - year - old girl in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood on New Year's Eve, police and company officials said Thursday.

In Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, where the debate over guns is old and fraught, protesting the shooting death of a student proved far more challenging than his classmates expected.

One of the oldest cities in the county, Escondido boasts similar amenities to many of the other San Diego neighborhoods — good weather, proximity to the ocean, restaurants, bars, art galleries, etc. — but with considerably lower home prices.

The Talpiot Tomb (or Talpiyot Tomb) is a rock - cut tomb discovered in 1980 in the East Talpiot neighborhood, five kilometers south of the Old City in East Jerusalem.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Working with the Philadelphia architect George Yu, the congregation chose to salvage what it could of its old building, which was important to its inner - city neighborhood.

It's based in a sprawling old house with creaky hardwood floors in a largely black section of the city called Walltown; drug problems and civic neglect give the neighborhood a reputation as a dangerous place.

Not in the form of some «how to» guide or some «five step» program, but, first and foremost, by way of metaphor: «If the state of contemporary Catholic literary culture can best be conveyed by the image of a crumbling, old, immigrant neighborhood, then let me suggest that it is time for Catholic writers and intellectuals to leave the homogeneous, characterless suburbs of the imagination, and move back to the big city — where we can renovate these remarkable districts which have such grace and personality, such strength and tradition.»

My neighborhood, Old Mill Basin, was one of the city's white ethnic redoubts.

Hyatt French Quarter will remain a cornerstone property in the city's most popular neighborhood, capturing the old world charm of New Orleans in a modern setting.

Development is limited to single - family homes with lots of at least 3 / 4 - acre under a 20 - year annexation agreement between the city and the Old Plum Grove Woodlands neighborhood.

In the neighborhood: As a member of the oldest chamber of commerce in the city, W&CF is an active participant in community events such as the Mid-Summer Festival and the Arts Festival.

Meanwhile, group's list of seven included religious structures throughout the city, such as St. Gelasius; the South Side Masonic Temple, 6400 S. Green St.; the East Village neighborhood; the old Cook County Hospital, 1825 W. Harrison St.; the West Loop Mercantile District; the Isabella Building, 21 E. Van Buren St., and Prentice Hospital, 333 E. Superior St.

A 22 - year - old man was ordered held on $ 2 million bail this morning in connection with the 2013 fatal shooting of a man steps away from the victim's home in the city's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

It's another of the milestone achievements for one of the city's oldest neighborhoods.

The 66 - year - old former city councilman is running against incumbent Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D - Middle Village) in the hopes of preventing a redistricting two years from now that could eliminate the relatively conservative population in the neighborhoods as a voting bloc.

Next school year will be the first to offer full - day pre-K to every city 3 - year - old, and Mr. Buery will be tasked with the execution of it — no easy task considering the difficulty of securing enough space, in the right neighborhoods, to attract parents.

In the North, African - American populations are largely confined to large urban areas and their less affluent first ring suburbs, and segregated neighborhoods that are a legacy of pre-Civil Rights era patterns of housing discrimination remain the norm in older parts of non-Southern cities, (although newer suburbs tend to be considerably more integrated than older neighborhoods outside the South).

A White Plains neighborhood association is suing the city to stop a planned French - American School of New York campus at the old Ridgeway Country Club, calling the proposal «an absurdity.»

«Old - time West Siders as well as young professionals have written and e-mailed, and stopped me on the street, to say how badly the neighborhood needs the protections contained in the creation of the Upper West Side Special Enhanced Commercial District,» said City Councilwoman Gale Brewer.

While the Mission is probably the most famous part of this city, there is a lot more to explore, like Los Rios - the oldest residential neighborhood in California, and home to historic buildings like El Adobe de Capistrano, a restaurant that started life as a private home in 1797.

Motown Mafia is the story of 2 families and how they rose from Detroit's old Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods to the top of the city's narcotics pyramid.

A number of mothers took advantage of MTO vouchers to move out of their old city neighborhoods as part of a plan to stay «clean» and protect their children.

The story of Syracuse is familiar: misguided attempts at urban renewal in the 1960s, destruction of old neighborhoods by interstate highways penetrating the city center, expansion of suburbs facilitated by federally funded highways and tax benefits for new housing; movement of many industrial facilities to the South; and redlining of old city neighborhoods so they could not get necessary mortgages and insurance for home purchase, rehabilitation, and maintenance.

In rural Claremont, New Hampshire, a city of 13,000 people, the school board faced the question of what to do with three almost 100 - year - old elementary schools nestled deep inside neighborhoods.

And the most dramatic of the moves will take place in the city's Lanning Square neighborhood next fall, when the KIPP charter network will move out of the trailers and into a gleaming brick - and - glass school, absorbing the one district school — the century - old Whittier School that is closing outright under Rouhanifard's plan.

In scenes alive with emotional truth, River, Cross My Heart weighs the effect of Clara's absence on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city, to which they have moved in search of a better life for themselves and their children; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, twelve - year - old Johnnie Mae, who must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death as she struggles to decide and discover the kind of woman she will become.

The hospital sat in the middle of a decayed neighborhood in the southwestern quadrant of the city, surrounded to the north and west by housing projects and to the south and east by a mix of old factories and abandoned row homes.

New York City's Lower East Side is rich in history, the proud home of many ethnicities and cultures, a neighborhood simultaneously old and new, rich and poor, more and more middle - class, drawing streams of tourists every year seeking bold clothing designers, authentic cuisine, and outsider art.

From the modern architecture of the Confluence neighborhood to Old Lyons with its narrow cobbled streets, you can easily see the city on foot.

In the historic Sullivan's Cove neighborhood of Hobart, Australia's second - oldest city, four 19th - century sandstone warehouses have been transformed... Read More

The scene was festive and chaotic: the locals packed the streets of an old, weathered neighborhood outside the city proper, sipping from small bottles of aguardiente, Colombia's national paint remover, and squirting the gringos (us) with aerosol cans of foam and bags of water.

The neighborhood, a tangle of narrow streets, centuries - old houses and neo-colonial government buildings, was designated a UnescoWorld Heritage site in 1997 and is now a trendy arts district with galleries, coffeehouses, street musicians and some of the city's most stylish restaurants and boutique hotels.

The neighborhood has preserved the layout of the old city, including buildings dating back to the middle ages and the narrow, cobblestone roads that wind their way between the shops and homes.

Just north of Old City, the burgeoning Northern Liberties neighborhood mixes art pioneers with modern apartment - dwelling professionals.

Then drive through the waterfront district of Puerto Madero on your way to the neighborhood of San Telmo, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, known for its well - preserved colonial architecture.

Set on the edge of the cobbled Old Port neighborhood, this opened - in - 2003 hotel offers upscale (if somewhat corporate) accommodations just steps from some of the city's best bars, restaurants, and shopping.

Part of the L'Eixample neighborhood, the old market of the same name is the most popular in the city.

Dubai is grounded to its roots even today when it is one of the most developed cities of the world and still unstoppable, it has preserved its oldest neighborhood of Bastakiya quarters to showcase the astounding history to the world.

Within short walking distance to this Marriott property are the city's most popular sites including Independence Mall — comprising the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, Independence Hall and Franklin Court — as well as all the shops, restaurants and vibrant energy of Old City, one of Center City Philadelphia's most fashionable and lively neighborhocity's most popular sites including Independence Mall — comprising the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, Independence Hall and Franklin Court — as well as all the shops, restaurants and vibrant energy of Old City, one of Center City Philadelphia's most fashionable and lively neighborhoCity, one of Center City Philadelphia's most fashionable and lively neighborhoCity Philadelphia's most fashionable and lively neighborhoods.

Spend time in Las Peñas, the old neighborhood where the city was born, located at the foot of Santa Ana Hill.

I also recommend going to Santa Teresa... it's an older neighborhood, with trams passing by and great live music in bars, just be careful in this part of the city, do nt hang out alone there.

In all, the resort will offer over 400 restaurant seats and the most overall event space of any hotel property in the Old City, all within close proximity to the city's world - class convention center and beautifully colorful Getsemaní neighborhood — replete with drinking dens, salsa clubs, and tapas bars carved out of 17 century facaCity, all within close proximity to the city's world - class convention center and beautifully colorful Getsemaní neighborhood — replete with drinking dens, salsa clubs, and tapas bars carved out of 17 century facacity's world - class convention center and beautifully colorful Getsemaní neighborhood — replete with drinking dens, salsa clubs, and tapas bars carved out of 17 century facades.

Indeed, tourism plays a vital role in this culturally vibrant city with miles of beautifully kept white - sand beaches, a small but energetic gay club scene, a wealth of both informal and sophisticated first - rate restaurants, and one of the greatest Colonial - era neighborhoods in the Western Hemisphere, Old San Juan, which is also home to one of the most popular cruise - ship ports in the Caribbean.

This happens to be one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city.

With our location on the oldest thoroughfare in Manhattan, you have easy access to explore some of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods.

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One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Deira represents the traditional heart of Dubai, and the 2 - hour cruise takes in sights of many of its lively souqs and bustling side streets.

Few cities can rival Alexandria's reputation as a center for handcrafted good and services found in shops and galleries located throughout the Old Town and Del Ray neighborhoods of Alexandria, Virginia.