Sentences with phrase «once walled city»

This once walled city is connected to the main island of Puerto Rico by bridges — 1 to the east and 2 in the southeastern corner.

Quietly perched with an ocean view, these ruins offer visitors a look into the history of what was once a walled city in a quite village of Mexico.

In addition to the breathtaking location, one of the things that makes these ruins different from other Mayan sites is the fact that it was once a walled city.

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Too many of the most favored and powerful have abandoned the Puritan ideal of the «city built on a hill» (language to which Ronald Reagan once appealed) and aspire to living in a mansion behind walls, where they can act out the anarchic fantasy of doing what pleases them.

City once again had their backs against the Champions League wall when Yevhen Konoplyanka, long linked with a move to England as the Daily Star reports, made Sevilla's pressure pay after half an hour.

i cant help my anger at this point becos its a result of so much pent up frustration and the managers failure to recognise issues and failure to ever acknowledge our fans and i refuse to stick my head in the ground and come up smiling after beating stoke at home 2 - 0, maybe if the manager had ever once just said «i feel for the fans» or apologise to travelling fans after gutless away displays, but no he does nt feel accountable to any1 despite the thousands of times «theres only one arsene wenger» rings in his ears, hes gotten more love and trust than youd give your wife but wot has he given you in return the last 4 years???? not even acknowledgement, and in between the poor run hes given us more than his fair share of touchline controversy which reflects badly on us and the club in regards to fair play.and he never sees anything!!!! be honest and come out like moyes and bruce, its refreshing!!!! the standards at the club hav plummeted and where chels, utd, pool and even villa / city / spurs hav so many players who fight and uphold club traditions we only hav cesc, gallas, verm, RvP, sagna and arsha who, IMO really care and who fight when our backs are to the wall....

Word from the campaign of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is that the governor and his Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, will debate at least twice: once one - on - one over the radio (in New York City via WNYC and The Wall Street Journal) and once along with Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian Party candidate Michael McDermott on TV from Buffalo.

Now, McMillan, teeing off rants against everything from government subsidies of Wall Street to the price of a can of lima beans, says he once again has City Hall in his sites — and was inspired to run, in part, by Prince's death.

Once they arrive at the city, they find that WCKD has built walls to keep out those infected with the Flare virus.

The demise of the once - stately brick building is indicative of what's happening in cities across the country: enrollment down to 250, walls and infrastructure well past their years, student test scores on the low end in a city where the norm is nothing to cheer about.

To the front is my mother's once beautiful walled garden that leads through a wooden door out on to the bustling city street.

As Morgan Falconer writes in the introduction, «We tour the city's galleries almost as if the walls have melted away and we are able to gather all the art together at once.»

Save a Gato manages cat colonies throughout Old San Juan, including along the Paseo Del Morro — a trail that once serviced as a maintenance road for the massive stone protective walls of the city that date back to the 1630s.

Once a separate town outside the city's (long - gone) medieval walls, Gràcia was eventually absorbed into the fabric of Barcelona.

This 17th - century monastery - turned - wellness - center in Quebec's old walled city once housed 225 nuns.

This clock tower, built into the old city walls was once the main entrance into Cartagena.

A 20 - minute stroll will take you into the Old City where historic churches and mosques are surrounded by ancient Venetian Walls, once built to defend the cCity where historic churches and mosques are surrounded by ancient Venetian Walls, once built to defend the citycity.

The next morning you undertake a guided tour of this historic city, taking in such wondrous sights as the famous Brandenburg Gate, the 19th century Reichstag Building, built to house the Imperial Council of the former German Empire, and the ruins of the Wall which once split this city down the middle.

This picturesque little village is surrounded by city walls that were once built by the Venetians to protect the Bay from invaders.

The old town of Kyrenia is filled with whitewashed buildings and the ruins of walls and towers that once protected this city from attack.

Once inside the walled city, explore its structures such as Diwan - i - am, Diwan - i - Khas, Hawa Mahal, Jodha Bai's Palace, Panch Mahal, and so on.

Vekta City is now a clear analogue for Berlin, divided by a giant wall - although it's best to drop the comparison there, since as genocide survivors, the Helghans now seem to be representing Jews, Soviets and Nazis all at once.

«The Kowloon Walled City was once the densest place on Earth.

Without once invoking politics, the movies, or the glitter of a city at night, Wall makes it difficult not to quote Michel Foucault on the totalitarian eye or Jean Baudrillard on the society of the spectacle.

Its inaugural exhibition, «Declaration,» an exploration of contemporary art's power to respond to pressing social issues through the voices of 34 emerging and established artists from Richmond and around the globe, will «boldly confront pressing social issues in a city that was once the capital of the Confederacy» (The New York Times, Hilarie M. Sheets) and «stir conversations in the Richmond community] that might otherwise remain hush - hush» (The Wall Street Journal, Kelly Crow).

In Berlin itself, the course of the mostly vanished wall that once defaced a continent is to be marked by 8000 lights plotting its path across a city that has emerged as arguably Europe's greatest since that magical democratic moment when crowds surged from east to west, as guards stood by helpless.

Once you reach the main gallery floors, the experience becomes more focused: the rhythm through the rooms is broken only occasionally, when a wall peels back to allow glimpses of the city.

An imported species once favoured in Victorian gardens for its ability to provide privacy screens, Japanese knotweed has jumped the garden wall in B.C. and is now rampant in lanes, roadways, stream banks, along highways and on private property ranging from city lots to rural acreage.