15 October 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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The Venetian Islands are a chain of
artificial islands in
Biscayne Bay in the cities of
Miami and
Miami Beach ,
Florida . The islands are, from west to east:
Biscayne Island (Miami),
San Marco Island (Miami),
San Marino Island (Miami Beach),
Di Lido Island (Miami Beach),
Rivo Alto Island (Miami Beach), and
Belle Isle (Miami Beach).
Flagler Monument Island remains an uninhabited picnic island, originally built in 1920 as a memorial to railroad pioneer
Henry Flagler . The islands are connected by bridges from the Miami mainland to Miami Beach.
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11 October 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern
Orange County, California , United States, approximately 37 miles (60 km)
southeast of
Downtown Los Angeles . It is part of the
Los Angeles metropolitan area , and had a population of 64,234 at the
2010 census . The name Yorba Linda is made up of two parts: Yorba, after Don
Bernardo Yorba , a
Californio ranchero who historically owned the area, and Linda, Spanish for beautiful. The name was created 1908 by the
Janss Investment Company . Yorba Linda is known for its connection to
Richard Nixon , the 37th
president of the United States . His
birthplace is a
National Historic Landmark , and
his presidential library and museum are also located in the city.
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9 October 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Living, Working, Building
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A residential airpark (also spelled air park) is also referred to as a “fly-in
community “. The word can also refer to a community specifically designed around an
airport where the residents each would own their own
airplane which they park in their hangar usually attached to the home or integrated into their home. The residential airpark or fly-in community features one or more
runways with homes adjacent to the runway. Many fly-in communities feature a variety of amenities, such as golf course, equestrian facilities and more. Residential airparks or fly-in communities are usually privately owned and restricted to use by the property owners and their invited guests. Most do not include commercial operations or businesses. The communities have also become a niche real estate market, with some firms dedicated solely to these developments.
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4 October 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Wynwood Art District is a district of the
Wynwood neighborhood of
Miami ,
Florida . It is home to over 70 galleries, museums and collections and is known for its street art. It is roughly bounded by North 36th Street (
US 27 ) (north), North 20th Street (south),
I-95 (west) and Northeast First Avenue (east). It is one of the largest open-air street art installations in the world.
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27 September 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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Homestead is a city within
Miami-Dade County in the
U.S. state of
Florida , between
Biscayne National Park to the east and
Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a
Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. It is a principal city of the
Miami metropolitan area , which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.
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24 September 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Yale University is a
private Ivy League research university in
New Haven, Connecticut . Founded in 1701 as the
Collegiate School , it is the
third-oldest institution of
higher education in the United States and one of the nine
Colonial Colleges chartered before the
American Revolution . The Collegiate School was renamed
Yale College in 1718 to honor the school’s largest private benefactor for the first century of its existence,
Elihu Yale .
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30 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Wilshire Boulevard is a 15.83 miles (25.48 km)
boulevard in the
Los Angeles area of
Southern California , extending from
Ocean Avenue in the city of
Santa Monica east to
Grand Avenue in the
Financial District of
downtown Los Angeles . One of the principal east-west
arterial roads of Los Angeles, it is also one of the major city streets through the city of
Beverly Hills . Wilshire Boulevard runs roughly parallel with
Santa Monica Boulevard from Santa Monica to the west boundary of Beverly Hills. From the east boundary it runs a block south of Sixth Street to its terminus. The boulevard was named after
Henry Gaylord Wilshir e (1861-1927), a
landowner ,
publisher and
socialist (only in America: A boulevard that stands for income inequality between the poor (homeless camps) and the super rich like no other in the world is named after a socialist. You can’t help but grin).
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28 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Rutgers University (RU), formally known as
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is a
public land-grant research university based in
New Brunswick, New Jersey . Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called
Queen’s College . It is the eighth-oldest college in the
United States , the second-oldest in New Jersey (after
Princeton University ), and one of the nine U.S.
colonial colleges that were chartered before the
American Revolution . In 1825, Queen’s College was renamed
Rutgers College in honor of Colonel
Henry Rutgers , whose substantial gift to the school had stabilized its finances during a period of uncertainty. For most of its existence, Rutgers was a
private liberal arts college but it has evolved into a
coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the
New Jersey Legislature via laws enacted in 1945 and 1956.
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16 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Beaver Building and the
Cocoa Exchange ) is a residential building in the
Financial District of
Manhattan in
New York City . The 15-story building, designed by
Clinton and Russell in the
Renaissance Revival style, was completed in 1904 at the intersection of
Wall ,
Pearl , and
Beaver Streets .
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