Sentences with phrase «taking over the city block»

She was a featured artist at the Conflux festival In New York where she mounted a Public Art installation taking over a city block.

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In contrast, my own Chicago parish church and elementary school are located on two city blocks that together take up ten acres, but those blocks include — in addition to the church and school — over 100 dwelling units in a variety of buildings two - to - three stories tall, more than 15 businesses, and nearly 200 on - and off - street parking spaces for the public.

We walked one block over to take the bus up to Lincoln Park for the Green City Market.

For our 20th, since we didn't get to take a big trip or anything (he taught for the summer session of school), he surprised me with a bunch of my favorite concerts over the last month, including New Kids On The Block / Paula Abdul, David Archuleta, the Utah Symphony and GENTRI and we got to spend some time together in Salt Lake City.

Sen. Cathy Young explained why she backed Flanagan over DeFrancisco, saying she had done so in the name of «stability,» adding: «We blocked New York City from taking control of New York state government.

Kingston's Democratic party elite — incumbent aldermen and the committee chairman, along with assorted business and community leaders — were holed up a few blocks away at Clement's HQ, guardedly optimistic that the slim lead would hold and the candidate they had endorsed would roll over divided Republican opposition to take City Hall.

Her rivals were aggressive during the forum in taking her on over the issue, with Bill Thompson, the former city comptroller, saying, «Speaker Quinn, you need to stop blocking this bill right now.»

When that was blocked, he formed the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit that took over some of the city's most struggling schools.

Bark and Meow Around the Block, which will take over two city blocks in West Berkeley, is also the location for NBC Bay Area's «Clear The Shelters» nationwide campaign which encourages individuals throughout the country to adopt a shelter animal and help clear the shelters.

The racing action takes place over two «cities» in which the tracks are created by blocking off road junctions to create a route.

You and your crew must race in an all - out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals» neighborhoods one block at a time.

Walking on the Wall involved dancers in harnesses moving along a wall, while Roof Piece took place on 12 different rooftops over a ten - block area in New York City's SoHo, with each dancer transmitting the movements to a dancer on the nearest roof.

The city announced that it will also now block munitions, tobacco, gambling and pornography industries from its investment portfolio, with divestments taking place over the next two years.

Okay, I'll come off my soapbox now and say this: Thank heavens for the health food stores that are taking over entire city blocks and popping up on corners everywhere!