Most American downtowns are surrounded by “parking craters,” asStreetsblog has termed them. Here in DC,downtown’s successful redevelopmenthasalmost eliminated downtown parking craters, withone key exception. This successhasn’t completely eliminated parking craters from DC, though — it’s just ...
The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a new set of 2024 North American headlining tour dates that fall between their shows with Green Day. The rockers previously booked a run of stadium shows with Green Day in celebration of their albums Dookie (1994) and American Idiot (2004). Green Day are...
Greenland was first settled by migrating native Inuit tribes who migrated across the North American Arctic region, from Asia, more than 4,500 years ago. An Inuit whale-bone carving at the Ilulissat Art Museum. The first Norseman to reach Greenland was Erik the Red in A.D. 982! Norsemen...
The company intends to focus more strongly on south-east Asia and the Mediterranean in the future. The remainder of Norway’s output is owned by approximately 20 European and American oil companies, including all the majors. The biggest private producers are Amoco, BP, Norsk Hydro, Phillips, ...
Industry contacts also noted that North American mills will have to move more printing paper capacity away to align with the “new level” of demand and to bring operating rates back to 90%. They cited a few candidates for capacity closures in the near future, including UFS mills own...
On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks wereon the verge of being nationalized: What the authorities did over the weekend was absolutely profound. They guaranteed the deposits, all of them, at Silicon Valley Bank....
National Mall: 1.5km north (along 4th or 7th St.); my favorites are the Air & Space Museum with its giant IMAX cinema, African-American Museum, American History Museum, Botanic Garden, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hirshhorn, Freer, and Sackler Galleries, and National Gallery of Art. ...
There’s some good news: Your bank or credit card company may still help. American Express card members have up to 120 days from the transaction date to dispute the charge. There’s an exception for returned goods or goods and services not received. MasterCard’s service agreement has a ...
regeneration project. “Paul Bedford, Toronto’s chief planner during Mayor Hall’s term, said that Jane kept encouraging him to take risks and to experiment,” writesBarry Wellman. The resulting code was a tremendous departure from how Toronto, and most other North American cities, regulated ...
Historical Site, a moving tribute to an American icon. Browse through the former home of famous author Margaret Mitchell or pop into the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum for details on the life and times of the former president and his family. Whether you choose modern urban endeavors or old...