Sentences with phrase «opens as a national park»

It opens as a national park attraction in the fall of 1973.

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But while neighborhood groups sometimes have helped raise money for such amenities as playgrounds and field houses, perhaps the district's most valuable alliance has been with the non-profit Trust for Public Land, a national group that helps local governments acquire land for parks and open space.

Senior House Natural Resources Committee Republicans sent their own letter Wednesday to National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis to ask him to «take steps as necessary to keep and not destroy documents related to the decision this week to restrict public access» to open - air memorials and monuments in the Washington area, including those honoring veterans of multiple wars, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

NYC Parks» Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey and National Trust for Historic Preservation board member Paul Goldberger to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 - 65 World's Fair and announce that Flushing Meadows Corona Park's New York State Pavilion, one of the most iconic remnants of the 1964 World's Fair, has been named as one of the Trust's «National Treasures.»

Former congressman Baird likes the idea of a government - sponsored habitat that would be open to the public, with user fees defraying costs as in national parks.

Of course, out of deference to conservation, it is agreed that the extraordinary assemblage of wildlife that still occupies the open country may be preserved as something of the past in a few national parks.

The new laser will help relieve the overwhelming demand for time on the world's handful of FELs, which includes the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, as well as a FEL in Japan and facilities due to open over the coming year in South Korea and Switzerland.

Rush Holt, AAAS CEO, also commended the partnership: «David Shaw's gift will create an unprecedented partnership that will not only open up new opportunities for science in the national parks,» said Holt, who also serves as executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park made for slow driving but spectacular scenery as vistas opened up on both sides of the road.

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And you can't beat the scenery, as Utah boasts lots of wide - open spaces and national parks.

National Park Service Golden Gate National Recreation Area Media Advisory: COMPLETELY RESTORED WARMING HUT REOPENS FOLLOWING FIRE LAST WINTER WHAT: The Warming Hut Café, Park Store & Visitor Information Center is open WHEN: Reopened, Monday, December 3, 2007; open daily 9 am to 5 pm WHERE: West Bluffs, Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Parks, San Francisco, CA HISTORY: The historic 1909 wood frame two - story structure was originally built as an U.S. Engineer Storehouse.

Professionally as a planner, Ron had served on Pacifica's Open Space Committee and became a liaison to Golden Gate National Recreation Area when Mori Point was transferred to the National Park Service in 2002.

The almost perfectly circular Pilanesberg national park, due to its lying literally in the void of a 1200 million year old volcano crater, lies 150 kilometres north west of Gauteng, virtually on the border of Sun City - one of the biggest draw cards to the area - and, by comparison, receives little of the acclaim it deserves... The 55 000 hectare Pilanesberg park opened in 1979 in one of the largest game resettlement projects in the history of South Africa, and possibly the most expensive as commercial farmers gave over land to be restocked with wildlife.

As lovers of parks and open space, we at the Institute at the Golden Gate (a Parks Conservancy program in partnership with the National Park Service) are doing our part to answer the Surgeon General's parks and open space, we at the Institute at the Golden Gate (a Parks Conservancy program in partnership with the National Park Service) are doing our part to answer the Surgeon General's Parks Conservancy program in partnership with the National Park Service) are doing our part to answer the Surgeon General's call.

Opened in 1846, the property is the oldest hotel in Hawaii, as well as the only hotel located in Hawaii Volcano National Park.

That's because the southern African country — home to Victoria Falls, 20 national parks, and some of the continent's best wildlife — is hitting its stride as a high - end option, thanks to improved access and some impressive lodge openings.

Learn the history of Fort Baker and follow the site's evolution — from its first inhabitants, the Miwoks, and the role as a key U.S. army base (established in 1897), to the transition to the National Park Service (2002) and creation of today's Cavallo Point Lodge (opened in 2008).

As the National Reef Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Reef HQ Aquarium will open your eyes to an amazing world filled with thousands of charismatic marine creatures.

Channel Islands National Park Supt. Tim Setnicka said he hopes to establish an interpretive center at the site as well as open the lighthouse for public tours.

In between getting to know cacao and chocolate making and tasting activities, you'll explore Puerto Viejo de Limon and the surrounding region's exquisite beaches; its winding strip of laid - back beach bars, casual cafes and open - air restaurants; and jaw - dropping natural attractions such as the Manzanillo Gandoca Wildlife Refuge and Cahuita National Park.

In the warmer months, there are many choices for your visit as the beautiful historic properties are open for the season in and around scenic Glacier National Park.

Game drives in open vehicles with qualified game rangers provide guests with thrilling opportunities to view the Big 5 as well as a myriad of other flora and fauna in the Kruger National Park.

Join an open - top Jeep safari for the chance to spot crocodiles, leopards, jackals, sambar deer and some 300 species of bird — as well as the growing population of tigers known to roam the national park.

The Alcatraz Island is operated as a national park where many other cruise companies sail around it and are open for tours.

Set in the Balule Nature Reserve, Sausage Tree Safari Camp promises rich game viewing and spectacular views, as our boundary with Kruger National Park is open and the Northern Drakensberg Mountains form a majestic b...

Just 5 miles (8 km) long and 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, it's known as the best value in the Caribbean!Request your tropical drink of choice from the bartender and take a seat in the shade or enjoy the unique experience of stretching out at the front of the ship across the open netting, the only thing between you and the beautiful Caribbean Sea!Relax and enjoy the views as you cruise along, stopping at a coral reef national park along the way for an hour of snorkeling.

Don't be fooled into thinking Sheffield isn't a city full of wide open spaces, parks, woodland and rural villages, especially as a third of the city lies within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park.

LINCOLN PARK — A new Lincoln Park art gallery is playing host to «Art AIDS America,» a national traveling exhibit on the story of the AIDS epidemic as depicted in art.The exhibit opened on World AIDS Day last week and continues at the Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted St., through ApriPARK — A new Lincoln Park art gallery is playing host to «Art AIDS America,» a national traveling exhibit on the story of the AIDS epidemic as depicted in art.The exhibit opened on World AIDS Day last week and continues at the Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted St., through ApriPark art gallery is playing host to «Art AIDS America,» a national traveling exhibit on the story of the AIDS epidemic as depicted in art.The exhibit opened on World AIDS Day last week and continues at the Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted St., through April 2.

2006 The Downtown Show, The New York Art Scene 1974 - 1984, New York University Grey Art Gallery, New York, US Onestar Shop by Hans Schabus, Art Metropole, Toronto, CA Public Space / Two Audiences, Works and Documents from the Herbert Collection, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ES Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, NO Location Shots, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, BE Pierre Huyghe: Celebration Park, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC, FR Cerealart, Cerealart Lounge Pier 90, The Armory Show, New York, US Artists for Chinati, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, US The Early Show: Video from 1969 - 1979, curated by Constance De Jong, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, US Onestar Press, The First Five Years, The Engholm Engelhorn Gallerie, Vienna, AT Message Personnel, Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR Not Quite Ten Years Without Martin Kippenberger, a project by Chris Hamond, Bar MOT for Kippenberger (MOT), London, UK That Was Then This Is Now, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL Czesław Miłosz / To Allen Ginsberg, Dvir Gallery, Tel - Aviv, IL Mental Image - Wortwerke und Textbilder, Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, CH Conceptual Comics, curated by AA Bronson, Max Schumann, Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta, CA Libri Books Bücher, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Torino), IT The Shape of Sound, Radio Arte Mobile, Sound Art Museum, Rome, IT Wall Works - Sol LeWitt, C.A. Swintak, Lawrence Weiner, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, CA I: An Exhibition in Three Acts, Futura Gallery, Prague, CZ I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, Lithographs, Publications and Ephemera from The Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, US On the Ball, Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, DE Group Exhibition, curated by Peter Kogler, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, AT The Title As The Curator's Art Piece, A Summer Show by Mathieu Copeland (spoken word exhibition), Blow de la Barra, London, UK Into Me / Out Of Me, curated Klaus Bisenbach, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, US; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE A Bit Of Matter And A Little Bit More, screening Turtle, curated by Michael Shamberg, Chelsea Space, London, UK Moving On: Motion, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, DE The Known and the Unknown, Gallerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, DK As If By Magic, Bethlehem Peace Center, West Bank & Art School Palestine, Palestine, IL The Materialization of Sensibility: Art & Alchemy, Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, New York, US The Urban Forest Project, Times Square Information Station, Times Square, New York, US Word, curated by L. Brandon Krall, Deborah Colton Gallery, New York, US Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, curated by Jean - Marc Bustamante, City of Toulouse, FR Contraband, curated by Carolina Grau, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, BR São Paulo Bienale, Escola São Paulo, São Paulo, BR Busy Going Crazy, collection Sylvio Perlstein, La Maison Rouge, Paris, FR The RxArt Ball, New York, US The Title As The Curator's Art Piece (spoken word exhibition) curated by Matthieu Copeland, Blow de la Barra, London, UK Concrete Language, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA Project 2023 - Arteast Collection 2000 +23, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, SL Break Even, Andrew Roth Gallery, New York, US Open, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale - on - Hudson, New York, US Wrestle, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annadale - on - Hudson, New York, US Ideal City - Invisible Cities, curated by Sabrina von der Ley & Markus Richter, Europe Projects, Zamość, PL Into A Journey, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, DE Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery Of Images, designed by John Baldessari, LACMA, Los Angeles, California, US Art Metropole: The Top 100, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA Poster, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, US Pandora's Reisen, Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart, DE Dedica - 20 Anni Della Galleria Alfonso Artiaco, curated by Julia Draganovic, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, IT Good Riddance, curated by Claire Davies & Sam Gathercole, MOT, London, UK Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation, curated by Susan Davidson, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, CN Not For Sale, curated by Alanna Heiss, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, US Il Faut Rendre À Cézanne, The Collection Lambert, Avignon, FR

-- Open and organized plundering, sometimes using firearms, of precious wood from several natural forests, including national parks such as Marojejy and Masoala, which have been declared World Heritage Sites.

With help from his wife, in what he told me was «a fit of lighthearted lunacy,» he's producing a set of «rock» videos (as in geology, not heavy metal) that accompany an open course on the geology of the national parks.

Other examples include the elegant and locally beloved Scott Sunken Garden in Lansing, MI, which will be demolished and replaced with a utility sub-station, and a signature open space in Memphis» historic Overton Park, designed by George Kessler and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, which will be used as a parking lot indefinitely.

During her tenure as executive director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 2000 to 2007, she oversaw important upgrades at Bear Mountain State Park, construction of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, and the opening of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.

The jaw contains several movable joints, such as the intramandibular hinge, which allows the Komodo dragon to open its mouth very wide, and quickly swallow its food (Smithsonian National Zoological Park).

This disconcerting policy is yet another disturbing reminder of the Bush administration's attitude towards national parks — as if opening 3 million acres to logging in Alaska and seeking to approve a 700 percent increase in logging in Oregon old growth forests wasn't enough.

If the kids haven't yet seen every single national park, it's a great time to visit them and show your support — especially as they're working hard to keep the parks open during a budget crisis.

Once rundown, squalid and populated by drug dealers, Union Square Park has been revitalized since the Greenmarket opened in 1976 and the neighborhood now ranks as one of New York's hottest retail areas, even in the midst of the national recession.

Last year, the National Association of REALTORS noted that a desirable public park or other recreational open space boosts the property value of nearby homes by as much as 20 %.