6 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: Environment , General , Miami / South Florida , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Virginia Key is an 863-acre (3.49 km²)
barrier island in
Miami ,
Florida ,
United States in
Biscayne Bay , south of
Brickell and north of
Key Biscayne . It is accessible from the mainland via the
Rickenbacker Causeway . The island is mainly occupied by the Virginia Key Beach Park,
Miami Seaquarium , Miami-Dade’s Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant, and the
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science . Other facilities include the former
Miami Marine Stadium , the
National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center, and an office of the
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
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1 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , Hotels , New York City
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InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in
Midtown Manhattan in
New York City .
Caswell-Massey had its flagship store in InterContinental New York Barclay for over 80 years. Caswell-Massey, the oldest chemist and perfumer in America, was the first and oldest tenant of the Barclay.
Bette Davis ,
Gloria Swanson ,
Mary Pickford ,
Marlon Brando ,
Jimmy Durante ,
Debbie Reynolds ,
Ernest Hemingway and
David O. Selznick all called the Barclay home. In 1992, when
Bill Clinton first ran for President, the Barclay was his New York headquarters.
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1 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in
San Mateo County ,
California ,
United States . Its population is at 11,000. Immediately at the north of Half Moon Bay is the
Pillar Point Harbor and the unincorporated community of
Princeton-by-the-Sea . The urban area has a population of 21,000. Half Moon Bay is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of
San Francisco , 10 miles (16 km) west of
San Mateo , and 45 miles (72 km) north of
Santa Cruz . Neighboring towns include
El Granada ,
Princeton-by-the-Sea ,
Moss Beach , and
Montara to the north and
Purissima ,
San Gregorio , and
Pescadero to the south.
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30 December 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Bourbon Street (French:
Rue Bourbon , Spanish:
Calle de Borbón ) is a historic street in the heart of the
French Quarter of
New Orleans . Extending thirteen blocks from
Canal Street to
Esplanade Avenue , Bourbon Street is famous for its many bars and
strip clubs . With 17.74 million visitors in 2017 alone, New Orleans depends on Bourbon Street as a main tourist attraction. Tourist numbers have been growing yearly after the devastation of
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the city has successfully rebuilt its tourist base. For millions of visitors each year, Bourbon Street provides a rich insight into New Orleans’ past.
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23 December 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Rodeo Drive is a two-mile-long (3.2 km) street, primarily in
Beverly Hills, California , with its southern segment in the City of
Los Angeles . Its southern terminus is at Beverwil Drive, and its northern terminus is at its intersection with
Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The name is most commonly used
metonymically to refer to the three-block stretch of the street north of
Wilshire Boulevard and south of
Little Santa Monica Boulevard , which is known for its
luxury goods stores.
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20 December 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: Environment , General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Havasu Creek is a stream in the
U.S. state of
Arizona associated with the
Havasupai people . It is a tributary to the
Colorado River , which it enters in the
Grand Canyon . Frequent flooding changes the appearance of some waterfalls and causes others to appear and disappear. Navajo Falls is one such example. Havasu Creek is the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. The drainage basin for Havasu Creek is about 3,000 square miles (7,800 km²). It includes the town of Williams, Arizona, and Grand Canyon Village.
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18 December 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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Miami Avenue is a 16.8-mile (27.0 km) main north-south street running through
Coconut Grove ,
Brickell ,
Downtown , and
Midtown in
Miami ,
Florida . It is the
meridian road dividing the
street grid of Miami and
Miami-Dade County into east and west avenues. In Brickell, Miami Avenue, is Brickell’s main restaurant and nightlife avenue, with many bars, restaurants, and lounges, including the now-demolished
Tobacco Road .
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2 December 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Bushwick is a
working-class neighborhood in the northern part of the
New York City borough of
Brooklyn . It is bounded by the neighborhood of
Ridgewood, Queens , to the northeast;
Williamsburg to the northwest;
East New York and the cemeteries of
Highland Park to the southeast;
Brownsville to the south; and
Bedford-Stuyvesant to the southwest.
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27 November 2019 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Miami / South Florida , Portrait
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John Stiles Collins was an
American Quaker farmer from
Moorestown Township, New Jersey who moved to
South Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a
barrier island which became
Miami Beach . John S. Collins died in 1928 at the age of 90.
Collins Avenue and the
Collins Canal , both on Miami Beach, are named in his honor.
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