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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9 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame or ND, is a
private Catholic research university in
Notre Dame, Indiana , outside the city of
South Bend . It was founded in 1842 by
Edward Sorin .
The main campus covers 1,261 acres (510 ha) in a suburban setting; it contains a number of recognizable landmarks, such as the
Golden Dome , the
Word of Life mural (commonly known as
Touchdown Jesus ),
Notre Dame Stadium , and the
Basilica .
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30 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Hyde Park is a town in
Dutchess County, New York , bordering the
Hudson River north of
Poughkeepsie . Within the town are the hamlets of
Hyde Park , East Park,
Staatsburg , and
Haviland . The Hudson River defines the west town line, which is the border with
Ulster County . Hyde Park is bordered by the town of
Poughkeepsie to the south,
Rhinebeck to the north, and
Clinton and
Pleasant Valley to the east.
Gilded Age properties can be found throughout the central
Hudson Valley (Mid-Hudson). Here some of the rich and super-rich from the economic heyday of the USA have (summer) residences built to bring sufficient distance between themselves and the mob from
New York City . In parts, it still works today. Hyde Park is known as the hometown of
Franklin D. Roosevelt , the 32nd
president of the United States . His house there, now the
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site , is listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places , as are the homes of
Eleanor Roosevelt ,
Isaac Roosevelt , and
Frederick William Vanderbilt , along with
Haviland Middle School (formerly Franklin D. Roosevelt High School) . Hyde Park is home to the main campus of
the Culinary Institute of America , a four-year college for culinary and baking and pastry arts, and the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum , the first
presidential library in the United States.
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29 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Brown University is a
private Ivy League research university in
Providence, Rhode Island . Founded in 1764 as the
College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Brown is the
seventh-oldest institution of
higher education in the United States and one of the nine
colonial colleges chartered before the
American Revolution . Admission is among the most selective in the United States; in 2021, the university reported an acceptance rate of 5.4%.
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19 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area , Hotels
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The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, originally the Los Angeles Biltmore of the
Bowman-Biltmore Hotels group, is a luxury
hotel located opposite
Pershing Square in
Downtown Los Angeles ,
California . Upon its grand opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Biltmore was the largest hotel west of
Chicago in the
United States . In 1969 the Biltmore Hotel was designated a
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the
City of Los Angeles . In 1951, the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Company sold to Corrigan Properties for more than $12 million. Regal Hotels purchased the Biltmore in 1996, and then sold it in 1999 to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. As of 2009, the Los Angeles Biltmore is operated as part of the
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels chain as the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. The hotel has 70,000 square feet (6,500 m²) of meeting and banquet space. From its original 1500 guestrooms it now has 683, due to room reorganization. Since 2015, four restaurants and bars serve the hotel, including Smeraldi’s Restaurant (American continental cuisine), newly relaunched Bugis Street Brasserie, the Rendezvous Court, and the Gallery Bar.
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12 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Rapid City (Lakota: “Swift Water City”) is the
second most populous city in South Dakota and the
county seat of
Pennington County . Named after
Rapid Creek , where the settlement developed, it is in western South Dakota, on the
Black Hills ‘ eastern slope. As of 2019, the population was estimated at 77,500.
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4 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Independence Day (
colloquially the Fourth of July or
July 4 ) is a
federal holiday in the
United States commemorating the
Declaration of Independence of the United States, on July 4, 1776. The
Continental Congress declared that the
thirteen American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the
monarch of Britain ,
King George III , and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4. Independence Day is commonly associated with
fireworks ,
parades ,
barbecues ,
carnivals ,
fairs ,
picnics ,
concerts ,
baseball games ,
family reunions ,
political speeches , and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the
national day of the United States.
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