On Fridays, the day when many Persians relax with poetry, talk, and a samovar, people do not, it is true, stream into Chehel Sotun -- a pavilion and garden built by Shah Abbas 2, in the seventeenth century -- but they do retire into hundreds of pavilions throughout the city and up the river valley, which are smaller, more humble copies of the former.

It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.

The thousands of city migrants who desert the farms yearly must readjust with even greater stress and tension: the sacred wilderness is gradually surrendering to suburbs and research parks and industrial areas.

Around that statue in the green park where children play and lovers walk in twos and there is a glowing view of the whole city, in that park are the rows of marble busts of Garibaldi's fallen men, the ones who one day rushed out of the Porta San Pancrazio and, under fire all the way, up the long, straight narrow lane to take, then lose the high ground of the Villa Doria Pamphili.

It is remembered and has been commemorated by a bust in a park and a square in the city which was renamed Piazzo Lauro Di Bosis after the war.

Falling somewhere in a category between Einstein's theory and sand fleas -- difficult to see but undeniably there, nevertheless -- is the tropical green `` city '' of Islandia, a string of offshore islands that has almost no residents, limited access and an unlimited future.

But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency and economy.

A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected.

`` It's a whole lot easier '', he said, `` to increase the population of Nevada, than it is to increase the population of New York city ''.

This is our duty -- not as nurses or city employes -- but as citizens of the United States.

It is visible throughout the city, and men from Madison Ave. would jump at the chance.

If an atom bomb in 1945 could destroy an entire city surely the atomic arsenal we now have is more than adequate to fulfill any military objective required of it.

Or the city can be a graveyard monument to Western intransigence, if that is what the West wants.

The Lenin tomb is obviously adequate for double occupancy, Moscow is a crowded city, and the creed of Communism deplores waste.

Even apart from the fact that now at the age of 31 my personal life is being totally disrupted for the second time for no very compelling reason -- I cannot help looking around at the black leather jacket brigades standing idly on the street corners and in the taverns of every American city and asking myself if our society has gone mad.

Warsaw is my city, not Tel Aviv ''.

It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.

The problem for the city apartment dweller is primarily to plan the use of existing space.

One of the most delightful spots in a southern tour is the city of New Orleans.

Just after sunset is a good time to record the city lights in color since you get a `` fill-in '' light from the sky.

Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.

In January 894 Bergamo fell, and Count Ambrose, Guy ’ s representative in the city, was hung from a tree by the city ’ s gate.

The city ’ s main street is named after a tree, and beyond the Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead business districts, the skyline gives way to a dense canopy of woods that spreads into the suburbs.

However, the nickname is also factually accurate, as the city ’ s tree coverage percentage is at 36 %, the highest out of all major American cities, and above the national average of 27 %.

The city ’ s lush tree canopy, which filters out pollutants and cools sidewalks and buildings, has increasingly been under assault from man and nature due to heavy rains, drought, aged forests, new pests, and urban construction.

The last time we saw the tree of life was in the Garden of Eden. 2: 9 God drove Adam and Eve away from it because it bestowed eternal life and he did not want them to have it in their degraded state. 3: 22 In the New Jerusalem, the tree of life reappears, and everyone in the city has access to it.

Another legend held that Apollo walked to Delphi from the north and stopped at Tempe, a city in Thessaly, to pick laurel ( also known as bay tree ) which he considered to be a sacred plant.

In addition to the Hebrew Bible verses, the tree of life is symbolically described in the Book of Revelation as having curing properties: " the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.

* In the 2009 video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, the Tree of Life grows within the city of Shambala, and the sap or fossilized resin from the tree is seen to be consumed by the inhabitants of the city.

She found the box in a tree in Byblos, a city along the Phoenician coast, and brought it back to Egypt, hiding it in a swamp.

Urban development in the Middle Ages, characteristically focused on a fortress, a fortified abbey, or a ( sometimes abandoned ) Roman nucleus, occurred " like the annular rings of a tree ", whether in an extended village or the center of a larger city.

With Osiris ' corpse inside, the chest floats out into the sea, arriving at the city of Byblos, where a tree grows around it.

* A tree cut down in 1902 at Lynn Valley on the north shore of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia was reported to have measured in height, and 14 feet 3 in.

The city was noted for its tree lined streets, numerous fountains, and pleasant parks, at least until the recent tree-cutting campaigns initiated by local government.

A Norway Spruce is given by the city of Oslo and presented to London as a Christmas tree for display in Trafalgar Square as a token of gratitude for the UK's support during World War II.

Every December, the city holds a Festival of Trees in the ice skating rink and the Tree Lighting Ceremony in which residents of Vacaville gather in downtown to see a tree illuminate and enjoy festive music played by the amazing Jepson Band, hot chocolate, and horse-drawn carriage rides.

Ceiba Tree Park located in San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico ; its centerpiece is the historic Ceiba de Ponce, a 500 year old " Ceiba pentandra " tree associated with the founding of the city.

The Honduran city of La Ceiba founded in 1877 was named after a particular Ceiba tree that grew down by the old docks.

In Caracas, Venezuela there is a 100 year old ceiba tree in front of the San Francisco Church knownas La Ceiba de San Francisco and is an important element in the history of the city.

* In the Swedish city of Umeå, the silver birch tree has a special place.

As Pinocchio heads home to give the coins to his father, he meets a fox and a cat who convince him that if he plants his coins in the Field of Miracles, outside the city of Catchfools, then they will grow into a tree with a thousand gold coins, or perhaps two thousand.

Often it denoted a geographical trait of the area where that branch of the family lived: Verville lived towards the city, Beauchesne lived near an oak tree, Larivière near a river, etc.