Portland, city, seat (1760) of Cumberland county, southwestern Maine, U.S. The state’s largest city, it is the hub of a metropolitan statistical area that includes the cities of South Portland and Westbrook and the towns of Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Cum
A bit of warmth, plenty of sunshine, long evenings, however London looks good at almost any time of year, and to demonstrate, I took a walk from Liverpool Street down to the Bank, taking a series of photos as I went, with light rain to start, and heavy rain at the Bank preventing ...
Portland has its sophisticated culture, with the Oregon Symphony, the Oregon Ballet, the Portland Opera, and several thriving theater companies. But there's also the fun and funky side of the city, with such oddball attractions as the open-all-night Voodoo Doughnut and Velveteria, the museum o...
1c Portland Place, London, W1B 1JA, England Hotel Introduction The Langham is a favourite London destination for visitors from all over the world. A five star hotel in the heart of the West End, on Regent Street, a stone's throw from Oxford Circus and Bond Street. First operated over...
This past October the Portland City Council adopted a newClimate Action Plan,coauthored by the City and Multnomah County. The Plan includes a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, similar to thereportrecentlypublishedby the City of Seattle, but that’s where the similarity ends. Because apparently unli...
In fact, there are so many highly anticipated films on this year's schedule that it's taken me days on end to figure out how to fit most of them into the five days I'll be at the festival. (Enviable problem, I know.) Variety will also be in Toronto to fete our cover subject, ...
Los Angeles County has a population of 10 million. Theentire stateof Wisconsin has less than 6 million. However, we didn’t do the obvious thing and move to one of the adorable two towns (Madison, Milwaukee) that people call cities here. No, we moved to a rural area where the nearest...
December 11, 2023 by Ana de Guzman Updated on March 20th, 2024Reading Time: 2 minutes Discover beyond the label of a mere Portland suburb – Aloha, Oregon embodies a tapestry of diversity, natural allure, and an embracing, hospitable ambiance. Whether you’re seeking a new home in Aloha ...
Although the total population of the United States is large by world standards, its overall population density is relatively low. The country embraces some of the world’s largest urban concentrations as well as some of the most extensive areas that are almost devoid of habitation. Recent News ...
expected to take some 4 to 5 years, which is an eternity and way too long. Butat leastwe seem to be moving forward. This rail link is a no brainer. It will compress the geography of an importantly bilingual corridor with nearly 20 million people — about half the population of Canada!