Sentences with phrase «transforms center city»

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's (PHS) Farm for the City transforms center city Philadelphia's Thomas Paine Plaza into a temporary, 2,000 - square - foot «farm - as - art installation» to encourage public conversations about the role of urban agriculture in strengthening communities.

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But now, Stamford hopes to foster homegrown talent, and in a bold move to reinvent itself as a tech hub, it has transformed its old city hall into the Stamford Innovation Center.

As the Prophet receives the divine message, he has the archangel Gibreel, transformed into a character, first lurking in the shadows and then occupying the center stage with his elaborate dream concerning the city of Jahilia (jahiliyya = the pre-Islamic era of darkness and ignorance).

On its 20th anniversary ProWein, International Trade Fair Wines and Spirits, not only transformed the exhibition center but also the entire city of Düsseldorf (Germany) into the international wine and spirits capital of the world.

One of the key issues in the district that has drawn the ire of many residents it the Bedford - Union Armory project, a city proposal to transform the vacant armory into a large development holding rental units and condos, as well as a recreation center with a swimming pool, basketball courts, and an indoor soccer field.

Thanks to the grant, the Durkee Street lot will be transformed into a new city center to contain, possibly, an active event law, art trail, year - round farmer's market, three - story parking garage and a mixed - use building for retail, housing and offices.

HELL»S KITCHEN — After the city moved forward with a plan to transform a park in Hell's Kitchen into a kid - centric «stroller center,» locals at another nearby green space hope to bring in every segment of the community to crowdsource its $ 1.8 million redesign.

UPDATED, 5:01 p.m., April 9: The City Council today unanimously approved Young Woo & Associates» plan to transform Pier 57, a historic pier located at 14th Street and the Hudson River, into a cultural hub and creative center.

Over the past half century, the nation's capital, Ankara, has transformed from a sleepy provincial town into a cosmopolitan city, while Istanbul, long a sophisticated tourist mecca and industrial center, has grown into a megacity of 20 million situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.

The WaterFire Arts Center was transformed to capture the festive ambience of one of the world's most romantic cities when The Miriam Hospital hosted its annual gala and auction, Magic of Venice, at Providence's newest event venue on Saturday, May 13.

The establishment of the citys railroad in 1880 transformed Asheville and Buncombe County into a therapeutic health center.

Founded in 2013 by former classroom teachers and technologists, the Digital Harbor Foundation transformed a closed - down rec center in Baltimore City into a vibrant Tech Center for center in Baltimore City into a vibrant Tech Center for Center for youth.

Center City PCS transformed seven inner city parochial schools into public charter schools, and thus extended access to high quality programs in some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the cCity PCS transformed seven inner city parochial schools into public charter schools, and thus extended access to high quality programs in some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the ccity parochial schools into public charter schools, and thus extended access to high quality programs in some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the citycity.

In 2015, the city began a redevelopment project, named The Cairns, to transform the downtown area into a resort - style city center over the next 25 years.

RCHS was founded in 1985 and in May 2015 took over management and operations of the animal shelter from the City of Steamboat Springs, transforming it into a full - service adoption center.

The redevelopment of the Property will transform nearly an entire city block into a vibrant neighborhood center with beautiful places to live, work, play, and learn.

With her new exhibit «Pry the Lid Off,» the Oklahoma City native transformed Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center into an alternate world for Vermeer's «Milkmaid,» depicting four rooms of the woman's personal chambers, which store belongings ranging from dishes and tapestries to boots and hair bows.»

He paid $ 1 for the abandoned city landmark and transformed the 17,000 square foot building into a cultural arts center.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced Wednesday that a thoroughly transformed SFMOMA will open to the public on Saturday, May 14, 2016, offering nearly three times the previous exhibition space, featuring 260 works from the Fisher Collection, a first showing of more than 600 artworks promised to the museum, the debut of the new Pritzker Center for Photography and an outward - looking architectural design that weaves the museum into the city as never before.

GLENN LONEY»S JANUARY, 2015 RAMBLES At The Asia Society: TAKAHIRO IWASKAI: In Focus, BUDDHIST ART OF MYANMAR, At The Brooklyn Museum of Art: KEHIND WILEY: A New Republic, At The CUNY Grad Center's James Gallery: SPECTERS OF COMMUNISM: Contemporary Russian Art, At The Frick Collection: COYPEL»S DON QUIXOTE TAPESTRIES: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth Century France, At The Galerie St Etienne: ALTERNATE HISTORIES: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Galerie St Etienne, At The Grolier Club: ALDUS MANUTIUS: A Legacy More Lasting Than Bronze, LITERATURE OF THE LIBERATION: The French Experience in Print — 1944 46, At LCLPA — The Lincoln Center Library for The Performing Arts» Vincent Astor Gallery: BROADWAY REVEALED: Behind the Theatre Curtain, At MMA — The Metropolitan Museum of Art: CAPTAIN LINNAEUS TRIPE: Photographer of India & Burma — 1832 1860, At The MLM — The Morgan Library & Museum: The World Monuments Fund 2015 Paul Mellon Lecture, RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE ROME: The Art of Urban Form, LINCOLN SPEAKS: Words That Transformed a Nation, PIRANESI & THE TEMPLES OF PAESTUM: Drawings from Sir John Soane's Museum, HEBREW ILLUMINATION FOR OUR TIME: The Art of Barbara Wolff, EMBRACING MODERNISM: Ten Years of Drawing Acquisitions, At MCNY — The Museum of the City of New York: EVERYTHING IS DESIGN: The Work of Paul Rand, SAVING PLACE: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks, At The Park Avenue Armory: WAS — The Annual Winter Antiques Show: A Benefit for the East Side House Settlement.

Their groundbreaking printing house played a formative role in shaping the Los Angeles art scene and helped transform the city into a global center for printmaking and Pop Art.

THEASTER GATES Chicago Reader, Oct. 1 - 7, 2015 After purchasing an abandoned bank from the city of Chicago for $ 1, artist Theaster Gates has transformed the 17,000 square foot building into the Stony Island Arts Bank, a cultural arts center.

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Our in - house experts and a dedicated network of volunteers are helping to transform the built environment in New York City with models that can be replicated in urban centers nationwide.

Starting today — April 22 — until July 13, the worldwide display hits New York City, transforming 12,000 of the city's square - feet (including the South Street Seaport, World Financial Center, and Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian) into a virtual Brazilian Amazon jungle — and if Eugenio's master plan works out — it'll transform both the children's and the general public's distant and indifferent attitude towards the forest, into consciousness and concCity, transforming 12,000 of the city's square - feet (including the South Street Seaport, World Financial Center, and Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian) into a virtual Brazilian Amazon jungle — and if Eugenio's master plan works out — it'll transform both the children's and the general public's distant and indifferent attitude towards the forest, into consciousness and conccity's square - feet (including the South Street Seaport, World Financial Center, and Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian) into a virtual Brazilian Amazon jungle — and if Eugenio's master plan works out — it'll transform both the children's and the general public's distant and indifferent attitude towards the forest, into consciousness and concern.

In his lush and fantastical renderings of what he calls «vegetal cities,» urban centers are transformed into living, responsive architectures that merge nature with the man - made.

We are well known for hosting arbitration hearings in our fully supported 5,000 square foot arbitration center located in New York City's Financial District as well as for our Mobile Arbitration Kit (MAK), a fully integrated audio / visual tech system which transforms an empty room into a turnkey hearing / court room setting.

Hello Friends, On June 4th at the Open Center in New York City, I will teach the first in a series of four workshops called From Anger to Equanimity: How to Transform Anger Into a Positive Force for Personal Growth.

They include redesigning a suburban hospital campus to become a mixed - use town center; transforming the area around a mall into an urbane downtown; re-imagining a typical commercial highway corridor as a string of walkable neighborhoods connected by streetcar; and, finally, a plan to remake a large, sprawling city into one of the most walkable, age - friendly cities in the country.

30 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: population 600,000: This once workaday city has transformed 7.5 miles of dry riverbed into an urban park (Oklahoma River Trails) and Olympic - caliber rowing cenCity, Oklahoma: population 600,000: This once workaday city has transformed 7.5 miles of dry riverbed into an urban park (Oklahoma River Trails) and Olympic - caliber rowing cencity has transformed 7.5 miles of dry riverbed into an urban park (Oklahoma River Trails) and Olympic - caliber rowing center.