24 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Mercer Island is a city in
King County ,
Washington ,
United States , located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of
Lake Washington . Mercer Island is in the
Seattle metropolitan area , with
Seattle to its west and
Bellevue to its east. The population was 22,699 at the
2010 census and an estimated 25,894 in 2019. Mercer Island is the most populated island in a lake within the United States. The
ZIP code 98040 is unique to Mercer Island. Mercer Island has the
fifth highest per-capita income in the state of Washington and is one of the 100 richest ZIP codes in the USA according to the
IRS figures for
Adjusted Gross Income .
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14 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida , Sport
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The FTX Arena (formerly known as
American Airlines Arena ) is a sports and entertainment
multi-purpose arena located in
Miami ,
Florida , along
Biscayne Bay . It was constructed beginning in 1998 as a replacement for the
Miami Arena and designed by the architecture firms
Arquitectonica and
360 Architecture . The arena is home to the
Miami Heat of the
National Basketball Association .
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11 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Brownsville is a residential
neighborhood located in eastern
Brooklyn in
New York City . The neighborhood is generally bordered by
Crown Heights to the northwest;
Bedford–Stuyvesant and
Cypress Hills to the north;
East New York to the east;
Canarsie to the south; and
East Flatbush to the west. The 1.163-square-mile (3.01 km²) area that comprises Brownsville has 58,300 residents as of the
2010 United States Census . Founded in its current incarnation in 1858, Brownsville was initially a settlement composed of Jewish factory workers. The neighborhood underwent a major demographic change in the 1950s that saw an influx of African-American and Latino residents. Since the late 20th century, Brownsville has consistently held one of the highest poverty and crime rates of any neighborhood in New York City.
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7 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Capitol Hill, in addition to being a
metonym for the
United States Congress , is the largest historic residential
neighborhood in Washington, D.C. , stretching easterly in front of the
United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential
neighborhoods in
Washington, D.C. , and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under 2 square miles (5 km²), it is also one of the most densely populated.
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31 May 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) is a national memorial located in
Arlington County ,
Virginia , in the United States. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all
Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 1775. It is located in
Arlington Ridge Park within the
George Washington Memorial Parkway , near the Ord-Weitzel Gate to
Arlington National Cemetery and the
Netherlands Carillon . The memorial was turned over to the
National Park Service in 1955.
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17 May 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Lombard Street is an east–west street in
San Francisco ,
California that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight
hairpin turns . Stretching from
The Presidio east to
The Embarcadero (with a gap on
Telegraph Hill ), most of the street’s western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of
U.S. Route 101 . The famous one-block section, claimed to be “the crookedest street in the world”, is located along the eastern segment in the
Russian Hill neighborhood. It is a major tourist attraction, receiving around two million visitors per year and up to 17,000 per day on busy summer weekends, as of 2015. San Francisco surveyor
Jasper O’Farrell named the road after
Lombard Street in
Philadelphia .
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1 May 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , New York City
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The Bank of America Tower is a 1,200 ft (365.8 m)
skyscraper in the
Midtown neighborhood of
Manhattan in
New York City . It is located at One Bryant Park, on
Sixth Avenue between
42nd and 43rd Streets diagonally opposite
Bryant Park . The $1 billion project was designed by
COOKFOX Architects . Work on the building started in 2004 and it was completed in 2009. The building was
appraised in July 2019 at over $3.5 billion, ranking it among the most valuable office buildings in the city. The Bank of America Tower is advertised to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. It is the
eighth tallest building in New York City , after
One World Trade Center ,
432 Park Avenue ,
30 Hudson Yards , and the
Empire State Building , and the
seventh tallest building in the United States .
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24 April 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Mulholland Drive is a street and road in the eastern
Santa Monica Mountains of
Southern California . It is named after pioneering
Los Angeles civil engineer William Mulholland . The western rural portion in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties is named
Mulholland Highway . The road is featured in a significant number of movies, songs, and novels.
David Lynch , who wrote and directed a
film named after Mulholland Drive, has said that one can feel “the history of Hollywood” on it.
Academy Award –winning actor
Jack Nicholson has resided at Mulholland Drive for many years and still lives there today.
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23 April 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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The San Fernando Valley, known locally as The Valley, is an urbanized
valley in
Los Angeles County, California . Located just north of the
Los Angeles Basin , the valley incorporates part of the
City of Los Angeles , as well as the
incorporated cities of
Burbank and
San Fernando . The valley is well known for its iconic
film studios such as
Warner Bros. Studio and
Walt Disney Studios . In addition, it is home to the
Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
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