18 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Wall Street is a street in the
Financial District of
Lower Manhattan in
New York City . It runs eight
city blocks between
Broadway in the west and
South Street and the
East River in the east. The term “Wall Street” has become a
metonym for the
financial markets of the United States as a whole, the
American financial services industry , New York–based financial interests, or the Financial District. Anchored by Wall Street, New York has been described as the world’s principal
fintech and
financial center .
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3 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture , Miami / South Florida
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The Collins Waterfront Architectural District is a historic district in
Miami Beach ,
Florida , that includes 110 contributing buildings and structures built in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, centering on
Collins Avenue . The predominant styles include
moderne ,
Art Deco and
Mediterranean Revival architecture , as well as the local
Miami Modern style. The chief contributing resources are large resort hotels. The district is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and by 24th Street, Indian Creek Drive, Pine Tree Drive and the Collins Canal. The district is part of
Mid-Beach .
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1 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture
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The Garden District is a
neighborhood of the city of
New Orleans ,
Louisiana ,
United States . A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are:
St. Charles Avenue to the north, 1st Street to the east,
Magazine Street to the south, and Toledano Street to the west. The
National Historic Landmark district extends a little farther.
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26 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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The St. Nicholas Historic District, known colloquially as “Striver’s Row”, is a
historic district located on both sides of
West 138th and
West 139th Streets between
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and
Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), in the
Harlem neighborhood of
Upper Manhattan ,
New York City . It is both a
national and a
New York City historic district, and consists of
row houses and associated buildings designed by three architectural firms and built in 1891–93 by developer
David H. King Jr. These are collectively recognized as gems of New York City architecture, and “an outstanding example of late 19th-century urban design”: There are three sets of buildings:
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21 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Mechanicsville is a small village in
Bucks County ,
Pennsylvania ,
United States . Located at the intersection of Durham Road (
Pennsylvania Route 413 ) and Mechanicsville Road. Mechanicsville is an unincorporated village. The historic portion of the village center was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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9 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Sport
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The Caesars Superdome (originally the Louisiana Superdome and formerly the Mercedes-Benz Superdome), commonly known as the Superdome, is a domed
multi-purpose stadium in
New Orleans , Louisiana, United States. It is the home stadium of the
New Orleans Saints of the
National Football League (NFL).
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8 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The Minnesota State Capitol is the seat of government for the
U.S. state of
Minnesota , in its
capital city of
Saint Paul . It houses the
Minnesota Senate ,
Minnesota House of Representatives , the office of the
Attorney General and the office of the
Governor . The building also includes a chamber for the
Minnesota Supreme Court , although court activities usually take place in the neighboring
Minnesota Judicial Center .
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7 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Alton is a city on the
Mississippi River in
Madison County ,
Illinois ,
United States , about 18 miles (29 km) north of
St. Louis ,
Missouri . The population was 25,676 at the
2020 census . It is a part of the
River Bend area in the
Metro-East region of the
Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
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5 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The National Mall is a
landscaped park near the
downtown area of
Washington, D.C. , the
capital city of the
United States . It contains and borders a number of museums of the
Smithsonian Institution , art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the
National Park Service (NPS) of the
United States Department of the Interior as part of the
National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the
National Park System . The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year. Designed by
Pierre L’Enfant , the “Grand Avenue” or Mall was to be a democratic and egalitarian space—unlike palace gardens, such as those at
Versailles in France, that were paid for by the people but reserved for the use of a privileged few.
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