Image ConstitutionPlace.JPG thumb 322px right Constitution Place, Canberra. Constitution Place is a park in Canberra , the capital of Australia . The area was named in February 1998 by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard during the course of the Constitutional Convention Australia Fourth Constitutional Convention on the options for an Australian republic. The park is located to the south east of Old Parliament House, Canberra Old Parliament House and adjoining the Old Parliament House Gardens and nearby to the National Archives of Australia . It is semicircular in shape, with curved road frontages on King George Terrace, Walpole Crescent and Queen Victoria Terrace. There is also a windbreak of trees, which were planted by Charles Weston as superintendent of parks and gardens in Canberra. The focal point of the park is an information board, seat and unveiling plaque adjacent to an electricity supply box and a garden bed containing no plants. coord 35.304 S 149.132 E type landmark region AU ACT display title Category Parks in Canberra Unreferenced date January 2008 ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Frontage is the full length of a plot of land or a building measured alongside the road on to which the plot or building fronts. This is considered especially important for certain types of commercial and retail real estate, in applying zoning bylaws and property tax. In the case of contiguous buildings individual frontages are usually measured to the middle of any party wall. In the United States, a frontage road is one which runs parallel to a major road or highway, and is intended primarily for local access to and egress from those properties which line it. In military parlance, a military unit unit s frontage is the width of land which it is responsible for attacking across or defending. See front line and FEBA . River frontage and ocean frontage is the length of a plot of land that faces directly onto a river or ocean respectively. The amount of such frontage may affect the value of the plot. See also Fa ade Category Real estate Mil stub Arch stub ms Buka depan pl Pierzeja ... more details
Peachtree Norwood is a Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke , Virginia neighborhood located in far northwest Roanoke. It borders the neighborhoods of Edgewood Summit Hills, Roanoke, Virginia Edgewood Summit Hills on the south, Washington Heights, Roanoke, Virginia Washington Heights and Westview Terrace, Roanoke, Virginia Westview Terrace on the east, Roanoke County, Virginia Roanoke County on the north and the Salem, Virginia City of Salem on the west. ref name Peachtree Norwood cite web url http www.roanokeva.gov 85256A8D0062AF37 vwContentByKey N279UQYL990FGUREN title Neighborhood Plans Map publisher City of Roanoke Planning Division accessdate 2008 08 03 ref The neighborhood is predominantly residential in character throughout its central area with commercial development along both its U.S. Route 460 in Virginia U.S. 460 Melrose Avenue and Virginia State Route 117 Peters Creek Road frontages. Its development patterns typical of those experienced for an American city during the mid 20th century with low density housing. ref name Peachtree Norwood2 cite web url http www.roanokeva.gov 85256A8D0062AF37 CurrentBaseLink AEE41D97A27DB2998525740A0046CFFA File peters 20creek comm design 2.pdf title Peters Creek North Neighborhood Plan Community Design publisher City of Roanoke Planning Division accessdate 2008 08 03 ref References Reflist External links http www.roanokeva.gov 85256A8D0062AF37 CurrentBaseLink N25ZDJHN333FGUREN Peters Creek North Neighborhood Plan Roanoke neighborhoods coord missing Virginia Category Neighborhoods in Roanoke, Virginia ... more details
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coord 26 10 47 S 28 6 59 E type landmark display title Refimprove date December 2008 Eastgate was Johannesburg s first super regional shopping centre . When it opened in 1979, it was the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere . It remains one of the largest centres in the country, and is the second largest shopping centre in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area , after Sandton City The centre lies next to the R240 airport freeway, between the Johannesburg CBD and Johannesburg International Airport . Stores include Woolworths South Africa Woolworths , Edgars South Africa Edgars , Checkers supermarket chain Checkers Hyper, Ster Kinekor cinemas, Dion South Africa Game and Stuttafords . A R3000 Million expansion was completed in 2090, which brings Eastgate to 1 220 000m . It is owned and developed by Liberty Life. It is managed by Liberty Properties, on behalf of the parent company Liberty Life. Eastgate Shopping Centre is frequented by over 800 000 shoppers on Saturdays, over 20 million shoppers a month. Eastgate Shopping Centre offers Bureau de change facilities. Major retailers include one of the most successful Woolworths in South Africa. The centre s 2500 stores include over 600 fashion boutiques and 130 jewellers. While shopping is the core focus of Eastgate Shopping Centre, there are movies, fast food outlets, restaurants and coffee shops which serve everything from honey and nuts to giant T bone steaks. Wide malls, glass balustrades, enormous skylights, sophisticated finishes and unique store frontages, all add to the Eastgate Shopping Centre experience. Fact date December 2007 Since its inception, Eastgate Shopping Centre say they have also become a valued member of the community and have supported numerous charities and welfares as well as giving community organisations a platform to fundraise and gain exposure for their causes. Fact date December 2007 Eastgate Shopping Centre also say they are more unique . External links http www.eastgatesh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Edenburg is a tiny hamlet or village located 4 miles northwest of the town of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan in Canada. Edenburg has a population of approximately 30 and is a mixed use residential agricultural area. Edenburg is a living example of the settlement preferences of the Mennonites, originally from northern Germany Prussia who emigrated to Canada via Russia. Although governmental policy of the day required the farmers to take up residence on their own homestead quarter a portion of land 1 2 mile square , the Mennonites preferred and sometimes were given governmental exemption to live in villages similar to those they had left in Europe. Thus, Edenburg and many other such villages sprang up with narrow frontages on the roadway, yet had their back boundaries set rather far from the edge of the road. The effect is similar to the river lots favoured in Quebec, and by the Saskatchewan M tis people. In 1902, just as the CNR was constructed past Aberdeen, came Jacob Unrau and family from Manitoba. He homesteaded the north west quarter of section 14, township 39, range 3, west of the third meridian but bought 15 39 3 3 of what the Dominion had given the CNR. On this section he founded the village of Edenburg, giving each of his children, as they married, a strip of land and built a church and graveyard. In 1904, daughter Anna married Cornelius A. Ens and was given one such lot. Ironically, an early entry into the graveyard was Anna, who died in childbirth with her child Isaac in 1913. Ens established the village store in 1918. Edenburg was situated on an east west road, and gradually people settled across the road from this community and completed the village. Until 1921 the village had its own school, taught in German, for its students and those Mennonites on neighbouring farms. As of 2005, neither schooling nor business are carried on any more in Edenburg though some farm the surrounding land, with residents travelling to Ab ... more details
Cleanup date September 2008 image Wokefield Park, Manor House geograph.org.uk 23954.jpg thumb right 250px Wokefield Park Wokefield Park is an 18th century country house , now a training centre surrounded by a golf course, in the civil parish of Wokefield , near Mortimer Common Mortimer , in the England English county of Berkshire . Wokefield Park seems to have been built for the Brocas family sometime before 1777 when they acquired the property. Sir John Soane made alterations in the early 19th century onwards. However, the cellars have vaulting which may date from the time of the Treasurer of the Middle Temple, Edmund Plowden , who bought the house in 1569. In 1936 the house became St. Benedict s Approved School. Extensive additional building work took place to add staff housing, workshops and a chapel in the house. The house is large and symmetrical, with a three storey central block, linked to side wings by two storey sections. Both frontages total thirteen bays. It has facade of Roman cement with raised quoins and cornice, all topped by balustrading and a slate roof. On the northern entrance front is a single storey Doric portico of stone and, on the southern front, a smaller version. The interior has contemporary fireplaces, moulded plaster ceilings, wood panelling and early 18th century twisted baluster stairs. Wokefield Park House and Golf Club are currently owned by De Vere Venues. The house is used as a conference centre as well as by KPMG , BMW MINI and the Xerox Corporation as their European Training and Digital Document Centre. References http www.berkshirehistory.com castles wokefield park.html Royal Berkshire History Wokefield Park http www.devere.co.uk our locations wokefield park.html De Vere Venues Wokefield Park coord 51 23 10 N 1 2 0 W type landmark scale 3000 region GB display title Category Golf clubs and courses in England Category Houses in Berkshire Category West Berkshire Category John Soane buildings Berkshire struct stub England golfcourse ... more details
unreferenced date October 2009 Infobox shopping mall shopping mall name Haymarket Centre image image width 300 caption location Leicester address coordinates opening date 1974 closing date developer manager owner architect number of stores 58 number of anchors Primark , H&M , Tkmaxx floor area floors 2 parking 500 spaces website http www.haymarketshopping.co.uk footnotes coord 52 38 12.00 N 1 7 55.00 W type landmark display title The Haymarket is a shopping centre in the Leicester City Centre city centre of Leicester , England . It opened in 1974, and is located immediately to the east of the Clock Tower Leicester Clock Tower The Haymarket is bounded by Haymarket and Belgrave Gate to the north, Charles Street to the east, and Humberstone Gate to the south. To the west it fronts onto the Clock Tower area. Most of the frontage is red brick . However, at the Clock Tower end, and on the corner of Humberstone Gate and Charles Street, other frontages are retained the former being Littlewoods , and the latter being the old site of C&A , latterly Allders and now a Primark store . In May 2006 it was announced that Woolworths Group Woolworths were to vacate their unit in the centre in 2007 after being made an offer they could not refuse by the landlords. Peacocks have since opened a new fashion store on the former Woolworths site facing Marks and Spencers. The store opened in October 2007. The shopping is on two levels, with a car park on top. The Haymarket Theatre Leicester Haymarket Theatre was also part of the building, occupying part of the first floor. This has since closed down and been succeeded by the new Curve Theatre, Leicester on Halford Street. Tesco opened a metro store in the centre in October 2009. Citation needed date October 2009 External links http www.haymarketshopping.co.uk Haymarket Shopping Centre Category Shopping centres in Leicestershire Category Buildings and structures in Leicester Category Shopping malls established in 1974 ... more details
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cleanup date April 2010 FitzGerald s Department Stores was Tasmania s largest chain of department stores. The chain was rebadged and relaunched as Harris Scarfe in 1995, and the renamed stores continue to trade today. History FitzGerald s was a Tasmanian majority family owned department store business until it was acquired by Charles Davis Limited in 1981. It was by far the largest Tasmanian department store retailer, with a substantial flagship store in Hobart with frontages to Collins Street, Murray Street and Elizabeth Street. FitzGerald s also had substantial stores in Launceston, Tasmania Launceston and Burnie occupying the site of a former theatre , as well as stores in suburban Hobart Eastlands Shopping Centre Eastlands and Moonah and a small 600 square metre store in New Norfolk occupying a general store built in 1914 . When the Venture chain of department stores collapsed in 1994, FitzGerald s acquired and rebadged the Venture stores at Devonport, Tasmania Devonport and Ulverstone . Briefly, between 1993 1995, FitzGerald s operated a store at Forest Hill, Victoria Forest Hill in suburban Melbourne . This became Harris Scarfe, and is now a Myer. In 1995, after incurring annual trading losses exceeding 2 million, the FitzGerald s chain was merged with Charles Davis Harris Scarfe department store chain, with all of the stores being brought under Harris Scarfe management and rebadged as Harris Scarfe . The stores continue to operate under the Harris Scarfe banner, with the exception of the New Norfolk branch which closed in 2000 and Eastlands circa 2002 , while the Hobart store has been substantially reduced back to its original Collins St frontage only. References Charles Davis Limited 1995 Annual Report Category Companies based in Tasmania Category Defunct department stores of Australia ... more details
Image BuckAit01.JPG right thumb Buck Ait at the upstream end as it comes in to the bank Image BuckAit02.JPG right thumb Buck Ait at the downstream end broken into islets Buck Ait is an island in the River Thames in England. It is on the reach above Shiplake Lock near Sonning . The island is uninhabited and tree covered but sits opposite houses with extensive river frontages. The island shows the effect of soil movement, with the upstream end almost joined to the bank, and the downstream end broken into smaller islets. The island derives its name from the eel buck s or traps that used to be placed here. There were reports in the late 19th century that they caused comsiderable hindrance to navigation. There were also eel bucks in St Patrick s Stream on the bank opposite upstream. This stream is believed to have been a tributary stream of the River Loddon which became an outfall when the water level was raised by the building of Shiplake Lock. ref Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 republished 1968 David & Charles ref See also Islands in the River Thames References Reflist Start box River island start River River Thames River item line upstream Sonning Eye downstream Hallsmead Ait End box Berkshire geo stub coord 51.4890 0.8972 type isle region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Buck Ait Category Geography of Berkshire Category Islands of the River Thames ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Public Works Department logo logo width logo caption seal seal width seal caption formed 1855 preceding1 dissolved 1987 superseding Ministry of Housing and Construction Victoria jurisdiction Government of Victoria employees budget chief1 name chief1 position parent agency child1 agency website footnotes The Public Works Department was a government agency which operated in Victoria Australia Victoria between 1855 and 1987. ref name PROV cite web title Agency VA 669 Public Works Department previously the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works publisher Public Records Office Victoria url http www.access.prov.vic.gov.au public component daPublicBaseContainer?component daViewAgency&breadcrumbPath Home Access 20the 20Collection PROVguide AgencyDetails&entityId 669 accessdate 2008 10 30 ref Over its long history, the department had various responsibilities, many of which were later devolved to other departments or authorities. These included ref name PROV Building and government accommodation services and supply of stores, furniture and equipment until 1987 Cemeteries until 1873 Furniture and equipment up to 1987 Licences for the occupation of unused roads and water frontages Local government between 1855 and 1958 Main roads and bridges between 1877 and 1913 Marina permits until 1987 Metropolitan foreshores until 1956 and between 1974 and 1983 Ports and harbours between 1900 and 1983 which, for periods of time, included fisheries and aspects of immigration and the Alfred Graving Dock Preservation of historic buildings until 1973, with preservation of historic government buildings continuing until 1983 Property and accommodation management until 1985 Tourist resorts and facilities between about 1922 and 1958 Water supply metropolitan and sewerage between 1855 and 1891 Water supply rural from 1860 and 1867 Wire netting advances until 1928 The department was abolished in 1987, with all major functions taken up by the newly created ... more details
Mong Kok Ferry Pier 1924 1972 Chinese language Chinese was a ferry pier at the west of Shantung Street , Mong Kok , Kowloon , Hong Kong , located inside old Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter . ref http www.legco.gov.hk 1963 h630821.pdf FERRY PIERS AND FRONTAGES ref It started operation in 1924 when the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company took over the government granted monopoly franchise for the ferry services from Sham Shui Po , Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei to Central, Hong Kong Central at that year. ref https www.clpgroup.com Abt Res Pub Documents Centry e aboutClppubCentlgtSection12e2.pdf CLP Group Growing up in Kowloon 1918 1930 ref ref http lib.hku.hk general research guides transportposters.pdf Public Transport in Hong Kong, Ferries 1873 ref In 1960s , the pier had its bus terminus , with Kowloon Motor Bus KMB routes 2B, 11C, 12B and 13D parked in there. ref http historyofhongkong.blogspot.com 2007 01 blog post 23.html Chinese Version ref The pier was demolished and replaced by nearby Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier Chinese language Chinese in 1972 . ref http www.flickr.com photos 22990452 N03 2402661803 Tai Kok Tsui Pier ref References reflist Victoria Harbour coord missing Hong Kong Category Demolished Piers in Hong Kong Category 1924 establishments Category 1972 disestablishments Category Mong Kok Category Victoria Harbour zh ... more details
Infobox building name ANZ Bank Centre caption Chifley Tower eastern side location Sydney , Australia latd 33 latm 51 lats 57.4 latNS S longd 151 longm 12 longs 41.9 longEW E iso region AU coordinates display title status Under Construction start date 2010 est completion 2013 completion date building type Office roof m to ft 195 abbr yes precision 0 floor count 46 cost Australian dollar A 800 million floor area convert 55000 m2 sqft 2 abbr on architect http www.fjmt.com.au Francis Jones Morehen Thorp FJMT structural engineer main contractor Grocon developer Grocon ANZ Bank Centre is a skyscraper in Sydney , Australia currently under construction. Upon completion, when measured to the top of its roof the ANZ Bank Centre will be 195m tall, making it the sixth tallest building in Sydney to top of roof . ref http www.skyscrapercity.com showthread.php?p 62612957 Skyscraper City ref The building was designed by http www.fjmt.com.au Francis Jones Morehen Thorp FJMT , a Sydney based architectural firm and construction is being carried out by Grocon , a Melbourne based developer. ref name ANZ Bank Centre cite web url http www.161castlereagh.com.au title ANZ Bank Centre ref . Located at 161 Castlereagh Street , a large pedestrian plaza will link Castlereagh Street with Pitt Street . ref name ANZ Bank Centre The tower will mostly feature commercial use, with the ANZ Bank signing up for a large amount of floor space. Retail space will be available at ground level with frontages to both Castlereagh and Pitt Streets. See also List of tallest buildings in Sydney List of tallest buildings in Australia http www.fjmt.com.au projects projects cs1.html Architectural renders and drawings of 161 Castlereagh Street References reflist External links http www.161castlereagh.com.au Sydney landmarks Category Skyscrapers in Sydney Category Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters ... more details
250px thumb left A Bhutanese house in Paro with multi colored wood frontages, small arched windows, and a sloping ... be constructed with multi coloured wood frontages, small arched windows, and sloping roofs. ref ... more details
The Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act 1885 was a law passed by the Parliament of Queensland in that year to prevent overcrowding and urban degradation in cities and towns in Queensland , especially in Brisbane . The law is a noteworthy example of early efforts by Australia n legislators to control urban development and avoid the appearance of slum s. The Act prevented the subdivision of land by speculators and developers into lots less than sixteen rod unit perches one tenth of an acre , approximately 400 square metres. As a result, most residential development in the older parts of cities such as Brisbane and Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton consists of detached homes on rectangular lots, usually with a frontage of half a chain unit chain approximately 10 metres and a depth of two chains approximately 40 metres . Frontages of 10 metres necessarily prevent the development of terrace house s, which was the predominant form of mass housing in other Australian cities such as Sydney , Melbourne and Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle . Many middle class and wealthier land owners preferred to buy two adjoining 16 perch allotments and build a larger house straddling the two lots. One Member of the Legislative Council reportedly argued for a minimum lot size of 32 perches approximately 800 square metres during debate. While the Act made Brisbane and other Queensland cities a more attractive and less overcrowded place to live and raise families and allowed each household to grow a garden, it did have its disadvantages, the main one being that the resulting low population density made it more expensive to provide urban services such as sanitary sewer sewerage , paving and street lighting. As a result, Brisbane was the last major city in Australia to be comprehensively sewered, and unpaved laneways were common in the inner city until the 1960s. Nor was Brisbane spared the horror of slum development suburbs such as West End, Queensland West End and Red Hill, Queensl ... more details
one source date August 2009 Infobox Australian Place type suburb name Clareville city Sydney state NSW image Clareville Beach.JPG caption Clareville Beach lga Pittwater Council postcode 2107 est pop area propval stategov Electoral district of Pittwater Pittwater fedgov Division of Mackellar Mackellar near nw near n Avalon, New South Wales Avalon near ne Avalon, New South Wales Avalon near w Scotland Island, New South Wales Scotland Island near e Bilgola, New South Wales Bilgola near sw near s Newport, New South Wales Newport near se Newport, New South Wales Newport dist1 36 dir1 north east location1 Sydney CBD Clareville is a suburb in northern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Clareville is located 36 kilometres north east of the Sydney central business district , in the Local Government Areas in Australia local government area of Pittwater Council . Clareville is part of the Northern Beaches region. Clareville is bordered by Avalon, New South Wales Avalon , Bilgola, New South Wales Bilgola and Newport, New South Wales Newport . Clareville Beach and Taylors Point, New South Wales Taylors Point are localities within the suburb. Bilgola Plateau is an adjoining locality in the suburb of Bilgola, New South Wales Bilgola . History In the 1830s, two large land grants were made to a priest, Father John Joseph Therry, part of which was what is now known as Clareville. It is thought that the suburb has historically been accessed by the water. In the early 1920s, the area was subdivided and Sydneysider Sydney residents purchased holiday homes. In the 1950s, with the increase in motor car use, the area became a residential zone. ref http www.pittlink.net ls Clareville.html pittlink.net ref Houses in the area are now expensive, with many having water frontages and views. References Reflist added under references heading by script assisted edit http www.pittlink.net ls Clareville.html Pittwater Library Studies group information page External links Mapit AUS ... more details
Image St James s Street London ca.1890.JPG thumb St James s Street, about 1890 St James s Street and St James s Palace , chromolithograph , about 1890 Image ClarendonHouseSKILLMAN, W. after SPILBURGH J.jpg thumb View of Clarendon House, now demolished, which used to face south down St James s Street St James s Street is one of the principal streets in the central London district of St James s . It runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James s Palace and Pall Mall, London Pall Mall . The main gatehouse of the palace is at the southern end of the road, and in the 17th century Clarendon House faced down the street across Piccadilly, located where Albemarle Street is now situated. St James s Street was built up without an over all plan ref In scattered fashion , Nikolaus Pevsner remarked, London vol. I Buildings of England , 2nd ed. 1962 590. ref but received a boost with Lord St Albans planned construction of St James s Square . Today St James s Street contains several of London s best known gentlemen s club traditional gentlemen s clubs , such as Brooks s , ref In premises by Henry Holland , 1777 78 Pevsner 1962 . ref the Carlton Club and White s , some exclusive shops and various offices. A series of small side streets on its western side lead to some extremely expensive properties overlooking Green Park , including Spencer House and the Royal Over Seas League at the end of Park Place. Two 18th century yards survive behind the noble frontages and giant orders of columns or pilasters of the street. One is Blue Ball Yard, with stables built in 1742. The other is Pickering Place, with four informal Georgian brick houses of 1731. ref Pevsner 1962. ref Jermyn Street leads off St James s Street to the east. The nearest tube station is Green Park tube station to the west on Piccadilly. See also St James s Church, Piccadilly to the east St James s Park to the south St James s Square to the east Notes reflist External links http www.british history.ac.uk image.aspx?compid 40539 ... more details
Infobox skyscraper building name Westpac House image WestpacHouseAdelaide.jpg caption Westpac House in 2008 location Adelaide, South Australia coordinates coord 34 55 29 S 138 35 54 E groundbreaking constructed 1988 use Commercial antenna spire roof 132 m floor count 31 contractor Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd, KONE Elevators Pty Ltd, Woods Bagot Adelaide, Santos Limited architect Rod Roach Architecture in association with Woods Bagot Adelaide Unsourced image removed Image State bank building under construction.jpg Towards the end of construction thumb 200px left Westpac House formerly Santos House and State Bank Building is the tallest building in the South Australia n capital of Adelaide . It is a 31 storey office tower, reaching 132 metres at its roof, with each level approximately 4 metres in height. It is set back from Currie Street, Adelaide Currie Street near the intersection with King William Street, Adelaide King William Street , and is connected to two adjacent office buildings on Currie Street. It has four street frontages, and various pedestrian thoroughfares. History Opened in 1988 as the State Bank of South Australia State Bank Building, it became Santos House after the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia State Bank in the early 1990s. In 2006, its major tenants included Santos Ltd. Santos , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Kelly & Co , Ernst & Young , and the Australian Stock Exchange . In 2007, Santos moved their headquarters into a new building on Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street , and Westpac acquired the naming rights to the building. For the last 20 years, in the lead up to and during major holidays, the windows are selectively lit up in formation. These include a white cross for Easter and ANZAC Day, and a tree in fluorescent green for Christmas. Abacus Property Group acquired a 50 interest in Santos House in October 2004. Being the tallest building in Adelaide, it was chosen as the venue for the stair race events at the 2007 World ... more details
Advert date January 2011 Wintergarden is the name of a popular Whom? date January 2011 shopping centre located in the city of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . It was opened by the Premier of Queensland the Honourable Joh Bjelke Petersen in 1982. The shopping centre can be accessed directly from the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Queen Street Mall , Edward Street, Brisbane Edward Street and Elizabeth Street, Brisbane Elizabeth Street . It offers over 70 specialty stores including Georg Jensen , lululemon athletica and Australian designers Lisa Ho , Wayne Cooper and R. M. Williams . ref http www.wgarden.com.au ref The three level centre is also home to a top floor gymnasium and ten pin bowling alley. Wintergarden is open to the public seven days a week. In November 2009, it was announced that a multi million dollar refurbishment of the Wintergarden will take place in two 12 month stages. ref http www.smh.com.au business property wintergarden to get 100m facelift 20091119 io0g.html ref Totalling A100 million, the refurbishment will re establish the Wintergarden as one of the Brisbane central business district s premier shopping destinations Whom? date January 2011 . Articles in local newspapers have suggested that management are keen to lure a number of prominent international designer labels with Donna Karan New York floated as a possible new store. ref http city news.whereilive.com.au news story wintergarden targets top end fashion stores ref The Wintergarden s facade will be greatly enhanced on all three street frontages. As part of the exterior works, the old skybridge linking the Wintergarden to the David Jones Limited David Jones department store will be removed. In addition, symoblic screens will be placed above each entrance. These screens will feature programmed LED lighting and will be unique to the Brisbane CBD. ref http www.smh.com.au business property wintergarden to get 100m facelift 20091119 io0g.html ref Photos of Wintergarden, Brisbane gallery Image Wi ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2009 Crystal date June 2009 Nano City is an ambitious project of the Haryana government and Sabeer Bhatia co founder of Hotmail group in northern India to build a city that will be similar to Silicon Valley in the USA. The city is planned for an area near Chandigarh . The city will be the next planned city in India after Navi Mumbai . It is designed to be greener through more efficient use of resources such as rain water harvesting and wind mills. Nanocity spans convert 11138 acre km2 of flatland located just beyond the foothills of the Himalayas. It is less than 25 km east of Chandigarh and just over 200 km north of Delhi. Two seasonal rivers form the eastern and western borders of the city and two streams trickle within its boundaries. It is well connected by National Highway India National highway 73 NH 73 and State highway 1 SW 1 . Greencity Uses context as opportunity, promotes a lush and shaded climate sensitive environment, encourages the expansion of local natural systems, and advances ecologically intelligent and sustainable design. Half of the land will thrive as a green open space. Grassy frontages, green belts, courtyards, walking trails and public parks will contribute to the all natural vibrancy of the city. Tree lined boulevards will offer shaded, climate sensitive environments. The urban infrastructure will be ecologically intelligent and sustainable by outfitting the buildings with energy efficient systems and renewable energy sources. Flexcity Creates an adaptable and evolving framework that is flexible over time, responds to changing needs, and adjusts to future uses and patterns of growth. A city will not reach its full potential overnight and for this reason, Nanocity has been planned to emerge in incremental phases. This will ensure the completion of high quality, dependable infrastructure. This gradual method of build out will also allow the city to be flexible and responsive to new conditions and changing need ... more details
Coord 50.20839 5.07214 display title File Penpoll Creek geograph.org.uk 148662.jpg thumb Penpol Creek, an inlet on the north bank of Restronguet Creek File Waterside Cottages on Restronguet Creek geograph.org.uk 148652.jpg thumb Houses on the shore at Point near Chycoose Chycoose , Point and Penpol form a coastal settlement around Penpol Creek in Cornwall , United Kingdom . The creek is a ria , a tidal inlet on the north side of Restronguet Creek . It is situated approximately three quarters of a mile 1 km west of Feock, Cornwall Feock village which is four miles 6.5 km south of Truro . ref Ordnance Survey Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978 0 319 23149 4 ref Chycoose is on the west bank of Penpol Creek and Penpol hamlet is at the north end of the creek. Point is on a small promontory where Penpol Creek joins Restronguet Creek. Trolver , a small coastal settlement, extends along the east side of the Penpol Creek south from Penpol. Today, all four settlements are residential in character with many of the houses having river frontages and all four are in the civil parish of Feock. ref http mapping.cornwall.gov.uk website ccmap Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010 ref However, until the beginning of the 20th century, Restronguet Creek was a busy commercial waterway with extensive wharves on the north bank. Penpol was a small port engaged in the export of tin and copper from the Mining in Cornwall mining areas a few miles to the north and there were wharves at Point Quay served by an extension of the Redruth and Chasewater Railway trains on this section of line were hauled by horses from Devoran , a mile 1.6 km upstream. Restronguet Creek and Carrick Roads the tidal estuary of the River Fal are a popular centre for Yacht Sailing yachts yachting and dinghy racing and the quay at Penpol is now used for leisure boating. The Restronguet Creek Society is a voluntary organisation formed in 1972 to protect and preserve the creek and ... more details
refimprove date July 2008 QueensPlaza is an upmarket shopping centre located in Central Business District of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia , with frontages on Adelaide Street, Brisbane Adelaide Street , Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Queen Street Mall , and Edward Street, Brisbane Edward Street . QueensPlaza has three main shopping levels, plus an extra two levels exclusively for David Jones Limited David Jones department store. The shopping centre also has many national and international retail brands, some exclusive to Brisbane, as well as a number of high fashion stores including Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co . Stage 1 of QueensPlaza was completed in 2005, with stage 2 being completed in late 2007 or early 2008. Stage 2 included an expansion of David Jones, giving the building more footage on the Adelaide Street side for more stores as well as allowing David Jones to double its size, and with the old children s section being replaced by a brand new shoes section for women. Other stores in QueensPlaza include fashion brands such as Bally Shoe Bally Citation needed date February 2008 , Espirit, French Connection clothing French Connection , G Star Raw , Max Mara , Max & Co, Saba , accessories Montblanc pens Montblanc , Guess Accessories , cosmetics Aesop , entertainment stores Australian Geographic and a Coles Supermarkets Coles Supermarket which replaces the old Coles that used to be in the former building . Food is available at a food court located at the basement level, that has many fast food outlets. There are also coffee outlets, ice cream and chocolate stores such as Australian Homemade Ice Cream . There is a Starbucks cafe near the Adelaide Street, Brisbane Adelaide Street entrance as well as Bay Swiss on the second floor. Car parking is available at five basement levels. Fashion shows are held annually in the QueensPlaza as part of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane . ref name xx cite news title work publisher Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival date ... more details
Infobox Skyscraper status Built building name Tower 49 image Image Tower 49 01.jpg 200px caption Tower 49 Looking southwesterly from Madison Avenue & 49th Street floor count 45 above ground opening 1985 antenna spire 187 m 614 ft coordinates coord 40 45 26 N 73 58 37 W type landmark region US display inline,title Tower 49 is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City . While nowhere near as illustrious as its neighbours at Rockefeller Center it is of principal architectural note because it provides an elegant solution to the problem of an irregular building lot. In this case the lot is fronted on both 48th Street and 49th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue . The street frontages were offset by about the width of an NYC brownstone lot on both sides. To answer this design challenge, the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill came up with a simple crystalline form of two chamfer cornered masses joined by the central service core and wrapped in blue tinted mirror glass. There are several buildings in the city with similarly irregular lots but this one shines because it looks like a design that didn t made compromises to the lot. A typical example of the offset lot design problem in New York City is the http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 115177 Squibb Building which occupies a midblock site between 5th & 6th Avenues and 56th & 57th Streets. As seen Image Squibb bldg.jpg in this image the 56th Street side was only able to obtain half the frontage of the 57th Street side and even at that, was offset by several metres. Additional Items of Note Tenants include the Major League Baseball Players Association . Tower 49 is one of the few buildings to have a registered trademark symbol as part of its official name. See also Tower 42 , London List of tallest buildings in New York City External links http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 115430 Emporis entry on Tower 49 http www.in arch.net NYC Images tower49.html Online image of Tower 49 http cityno ... more details
Infobox street name Bennetts Hill image Bennettshill.jpg caption View of Bennetts Hill from New Street, Birmingham New Street postal code B postcode area B2 length mi 0.1 length round 1 location Birmingham , England coordinates coord 52 28 47.93 N 1 54 1.30 W display inline,title Bennetts Hill is a street in the City Centre Core Core area of Birmingham City Centre , United Kingdom . It runs from New Street, Birmingham New Street , uphill to Colmore Row , crossing Waterloo Street in the process. History Image Blue plaque Edward Burne Jones.jpg right thumb Blue plaque on Bennetts Hill. Bennetts Hill was created as part of the 19th century Inge estate development. ref name foster No. 11 Bennetts Hill is notable for being the birthplace of artist Edward Burne Jones in 1855. There is a blue plaque commemorating his birth. David Barnett and Samuel Neustadt shared the neighbouring house, No. 10 Bennetts Hill. They were both Judaism Jewish jewellery merchants. As a child young Edward Burne Jones played with the children next door. Young Edward shared entertainments with the neighbouring family and even took part in Jewish festivals . For the Purim festival, Edward arrived early and wore disguises as the other children did. Another person who lived on Bennetts Hill was John Pemberton, the developer of the Priory Estate which included Old Square in Birmingham. He lived on Bennetts Hill prior to its development in the 19th century. Architecture Bennetts Hill has buildings in a mix of architectural styes, many of which were constructed in the 20th century, although some 19th century structures do remain. Nos. 6 and 7 10 feature windows in recessed panels, typical of Charles Edge architect Charles Edge , although it is unknown if he was the architect. The shop frontages survived the Waterloo Court development in 1976, although the structures behind them were demolished. Bennetts Hill House on the east side of Bennetts Hill was demolished to make way for two office buildings of a ... more details
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