A downtown Portland renewal effort over the past few decades has reclaimed treasured Victorian-era buildings, refitted the gas lamps along the cobblestoned streets in the Old Port Exchange (known to locals as the Old Port) and sparked civic pride among residents. ...
(north and south) banks of the river, and the city's defensive walls were pushed outward in ever-expanding concentric "circles" to accommodate the growing population; there are places in Paris where you can still see remnants of the first walls commissioned by Philippe Auguste in the 12th ...
For instance, a few years backAmish in a Nebraska settlementran a restaurant in a distant town, requiring them to make a 60-mile one-way trip. Amish sisters in Arthur Illinois operateRoselen’s Coffee Shop, not quite a restaurant, but with its own drive-thru. Many Amish operate small sa...
Senor Fish, South Pasadena. Cindy’s Restaurant, Eagle Rock. Chateau Lemongrass, Eagle Rock. Casa Bianca, Eagle Rock. Philippe The Original, Los Angeles. Millie’s Cafe, Los Angeles. Taix French Restaurant, Los Angeles. In-N-Out Burger, Hollywood and other locations. Irv’s Burgers, West H...
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status as a center of learning and culture. Charlestown and South Boston, which is known locally as "Southie," remain Irish enclaves. A large influx of Italian immigrants settled the area known as the North End, African Americans settled in Roxbury and Chinese established themselves in Chinatown...
To the south of the Romerberg is an old iron footbridge, the Eiserner Steg, which crosses the Main into Sachsenhausen. In Sachsenhausen, you'll find interesting pubs and traditional taverns, as well as the Museumsufer (museums along the southern embankment). ...
New York Botanical Garden and the "other" Little Italy—located along Belmont and Arthur avenues just south of Fordham Road. The Yankees earned their nickname "Bronx Bombers" from the venerable Yankee Stadium, "the house that Ruth built," which was replaced by a stadium right next door in ...
operations they constructed the Rideau Canal system, linking the Ottawa River to the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario many miles/kilometers to the south. The canal was built as an alternate shipping route between Toronto and Montreal, in case a U.S. invasion put the St. Lawrence in ...
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