From the Arena, we enter the “People at Home” section of the exhibition, which in the guide book is illustrated by an image of “The Garden Room” of the “House of the Future”: The Garden Room is a view of what would be happening in the future with the popularity of conservatori...
The long shoreline, only a few minutes’ walk from any part of the peninsula, provided ample space for wharves and shipyards. From the first years of settlement, the shoreline constantly encroached on the harbour as wharves were built and marshy coves were filled. West of the original settlemen...
Many cities grew up along shorelines, which themselves constitute some of the globe's most important cultural boundaries. For above all else, it is water that has separated but also connected different communities, races, religions and nations, down through recorded time. With the rapid adv...
That ends up causing pluvial floods as the infrastructure cannot cover all coastal low-lying areas of shorelines, and this phenomenon is commonly occurred as the compound flood sources with intensive rainstorms plus high tides caused by the surges during the cyclonic events (Chan et al., 2018)...
or maybe it never existed. It would surely have been fairly close to its kin, as they were used to mark the boundaries of the English Village, in the same way that our dragons mark the boundaries of the City of London. If you know the whereabouts of the fourth dragon (a sentence we...
St. Augustine, founded in 1565 on Florida’s northeastern coast, is the oldest European settlement within what were to become the boundaries of the continental United States. The climate and scenery of the “Sunshine State” have long attracted enormous numbers of visitors. Tourism has surpassed ...
Lake Winnebago is the largest inland lake, with over 137,700 acres (557 km2), and 88 miles (142 km) of shoreline. Along the two Great Lakes, Wisconsin has over 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline. Many of the named islands in Wisconsin are located in the Great Lakes; many surround the...
Most of the state has a Mediterranean climate. The cool California Current offshore often creates summer fog near the coast. Farther inland, there are colder winters and hotter summers. The maritime moderation results in the shoreline summertime temperatures of Los Angeles and San Francisco being th...
St. Paul, the state’s second most populous city (behind Minneapolis), lies along a deep S-shaped bend of theMississippiand is built on a series of bluffs rising from the river to the surrounding plains. Eight lakes are located wholly or partially within the municipal boundaries, and the ...
About a mile from the shoreline is one of two Oregon Coast “haystack rocks,” an iconic Pacific City landmark. There are two mainpublic entrancepoints to access the beach. Pacific City parking is limited near the beach, but you can sometimes drive onto the sand in certain places. ...