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    celebrate its history and culture. There is no better place than one of the oldest and most historic site in Toronto the Old City Hall. This article not only prove the importance of the building itself. But, how the building ought to be respected, as an important, historic site in Toronto. Recently there have been extensive repairs done to upkeep the appearance of the Old City Hall. After a 12 year renovation Gargoyle was replaced, The original stone gargoyle was hacked off the tower in the 1930’s

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    be the 1950s. Old time New York. I love everything about the old style, with the retro feel to it. Now we are in the 21st century, 2016 to be exact and we are sadly far away from those years. I mention this because when I think of the 1950s, I imagine the big signs with the huge letters in the “Broadway” font, located in New York City. People traveled to New York to live the American dream, to own a home and be married and have lovely children. People also traveled to New York City to make something

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    British archaeologist, carried out excavations against the north wall of the Old City of Jerusalem almost 70 years ago from the years 1937-1938. Hamilton began several test soundings in order to determine the age of the accumulations at various points and to fix the approximate levels at the time of the last major reconstruction – in the middle of the sixteenth century A.D by Suleiman the Magnificent. The wall of the Old City of Jerusalem was rebuilt in the sixteenth century by the Ottoman Turkish ruler

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    putting it on and reciting the prayers, I re-read the Shema. When both of us finished, we sang in joy of the friend 's accomplishment. The 'event ' was not finished. It continued the following night. A handful of us walked through Jerusalem to the Old City. We stopped at the Chabad Centre before heading to the Wall. I looked out to the beauty of the

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    due to the flood of emotions that you would experience. 18) What language will be spoken? Hebrew is the main language used for all daily conversation. Arabic is the main language used by the Israeli-Arab citizens, in the northern quarter of the city. In some segments English has also been spoken of. 19) Will you need to take language lessons? I would use Rosetta Stone to learn how to speak Hebrew, and Arabic. I would like to have the opportunity to be able to communicate with the citizens of

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    Toronto’s Old City Hall The Old Toronto City Hall play an important role as one of the most important objects in Toronto. It is one of the oldest Site of governance in Ontario and displays the sophistication and sole, at the peak of an Era. This research paper will highlight the importance of the Old City Hall, providing quality points to explain why, it is one of the most important object in Toronto. The first paragraph will focus mainly on the history of the old city hall, Also known as, the Third

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    of Great City The film, Before Sunset, is about a couple who spent a passionate day together and separated get back again in Paris. Paris has so much history and tradition all over the city. These remarkable landmarks and classical architecture are pervading over the city and it represents a history of France. Another unique about the Paris is that unlike any other cities, Paris makes the best use of what they have and maintain its characteristics while they modernize rebuilding the city. It looks

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    back to 1967. The Philadelphia City Planning Commission made a plan to build the I-95 Express Highway in that year. It was a postwar interstate highway happening with the automobile growth, serving the purpose of development out. But it also isolated the riverfront (which was mainly the industrial area at that time) with the center city, putting the future development of the waterfront district into a negative position. Fig 1 1967 Proposed Land Use of Center City Redevelopment Area In the late

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    emperor, has torn down many of the streets of Old Paris to make room for the angular and orderly streets of New Paris as well as the new markets of Les Halles. Throughout the novel, the character’s lives revolve around the various markets in Les Halles and the streets of Paris. Zola uses descriptions of architecture and city planning as well as how people use space within Paris to demonstrate the city’s corruption, signifying that the architecture of a city is a reflection of

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    Space, there is not enough of it in Chelsea, Alabama. Chelsea has many historical and old buildings but some need to be torn down, or destroyed. Chelsea needs to keep some that hold meaning but other buildings that are abandoned and old need to go. The people of Chelsea are at conflict between tearing down the buildings or preserving the buildings. If Chelsea tears down some buildings and make space for things that Chelsea does not have that would be wonderful. It will cost some yes but it is worth

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