A half-dozen other stations in the New York area also bid for attention of the city's Negro population, up about 50 per cent in the past decade.

Previous to the war, the city's civilian population was about 300, 000, but before it was over, most of the populace had sought refuge elsewhere in Iran.

Major population growth within Ajaccio occurred between 1945 and 1975, with a doubling of the city's population, caused by a general shift of the population away from rural areas.

The Industrial Revolution transformed Berlin during the 19th century ; the city's economy and population expanded dramatically, and it became the main rail hub and economic center of Germany.

The great plague of 1650 – 1654 halved the city's population.

During Justinian I's reign, the city's population reached about 500, 000 people.

According to the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 105, 162.

After the 1950s, the city's population began to decline slowly, as families tended to be replaced by single people and young couples.

Still, when Napoleon arrived in Cairo in 1798, the city's population was less than 300, 000, forty percent lower than it was at the height of Mamluk — and Cairene — influence in the mid-14th century.

Seeking to accommodate the increasing population, President Gamal Abdel Nasser redeveloped Midan Tahrir and the Nile Corniche, and improved the city's network of bridges and highways.

Germans, Irish, Poles, Swedes and Czechs made up nearly two-thirds of the foreign-born population ( by 1900, whites were 98. 1 % of the city's population ).

As a Polonia center, due to the city's having a very large Polish population, Chicago celebrates every Labor Day weekend at the Taste of Polonia Festival in the Jefferson Park area.

Christianity is predominant among the city's population.

The city had a population of 21, 000 in 1640 before a plague in 1649 – 51 wiped out almost half of the city's inhabitants.

The city's population is expanding rapidly, and it is estimated by the CSO that it will reach 2. 1 million by 2020.

In spite of a gradual decrease during the 1980s, the city's population began to grow once again with the beginning of the Russian immigration in the 1990s.

About a third of the city's population works in industrial workplaces ( chemical plants near the Dead Sea like the Dead Sea Works, high-tech companies and textile shops ), and another third in the area of services.

The city's first population boom came in 1872, with the establishment of an agricultural colony.

Of a population estimated at 94, 000 before the Black Death of 1348, about 25, 000 are said to have been supported by the city's wool industry: in 1345 Florence was the scene of an attempted strike by wool combers ( ciompi ), who in 1378 rose up in a brief revolt against oligarchic rule in the Revolt of the Ciompi.

The city was hurt further, in 1348, by the Black Death, which killed some three-quarters of the city's population, later represented in the Decameron.

The city's population was 155, 271 in the 2006 census.

Each of the national governments based in Berlin — the 1871 German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East Germany, and now the reunified Germany — initiated ambitious ( re -) construction programs, with each adding its own distinctive style to the city's architecture.

The famous 1942 film Casablanca underlined the city's colonial status at the time — depicting it as the scene of a power struggle between competing European powers.

Geographic landmarks include Horsetooth Reservoir and Horsetooth Mountain — so named because of a tooth-shaped granite rock that dominates the city's western skyline.

The city's total area nearly doubled between 2003 and 2005 as a result of five towns — the towns of Kōriyama and Matsumoto, both from Hioki District, the town of Kiire, from Ibusuki District, and the towns of Sakurajima and Yoshida, both from Kagoshima District — merging into Kagoshima on November 1, 2004.

Several important buildings and structures were built during this time, including the Kansas City City Hall and the Jackson County Courthouse — both added new skyscrapers to the city's growing skyline.

Possible opportunity costs of a city's decision to build a hospital on its vacant land are the loss of the land for a sporting center, or the inability to use the land for a parking lot, or the money that could have been made from selling the land, or the loss of any of the various other possible uses — but not all of these in aggregate.

Black and gold — the colours of the Holy Roman Empire — have been the city's official colours since the time of Ludwig the Bavarian.

The Ballroom soon proclaimed itself the " temple of mambo ", for the city's best dancers — the Mambo Aces, " Killer Joe " Piro, Augie and Margo Rodriguez, Paulito and Lilon, Louie Maquina and Pedro " Cuban Pete " Aguilar — gave mambo demonstrations there and made a reputation for their expressive use of arms, legs, head and hands.

This lineup did only one show — in Viña del Mar, Chile — winning the award for best group at the city's annual International Song Festival.

The site of Madison Cottage would remain a critical crossroads throughout the city's history — after its demise the site gave rise to a park, in turn named Madison Square, which remains today.

The first two were based on photographs — the researchers actually photographed every possible movement through the city's street grid in both seasons — and the third was a basic 3-D model of the city.

Pericles (, Periklēs, " surrounded by glory "; c. 495 – 429 BC ) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the city's Golden Age — specifically, the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

The urban renewal process, which includes the reconstruction of the area around the Neumarkt square on which the Frauenkirche is situated, will continue for many decades, but public and government interest remains high, and there are numerous large projects underway — both historic reconstructions and modern plans — that will continue the city's recent architectural renaissance.

Destroyed were more than of roads, of sidewalk, 2, 000 lampposts, 17, 500 buildings, and $ 222 million in property — about a third of the city's valuation.

Services and public administration also play a major role in the city's economy.

The latest of many public battles concerns the plans of the Port Authority of Alicante to construct an industrial estate on reclaimed land in front of the city's coastal strip, in breach of local, national and European regulations.

Traveling in the same social circles, the two men engaged in a 20-year mutual vendetta, as described by the Daily News in 1998: " They crossed paths often, in the midtown watering holes and at National Cartoonists Society banquets, and the city's gossip columns were full of their snarling public donnybrooks.

The Parc de la Ligue Arabe ( formally called Lyautey ) is the city's largest public park.

Erastus, mentioned in, also lived in Corinth being the city's commissioner for public works and city treasurer at various times, again indicating that the letter was written in Corinth.

The city's public bus service ( Milli Bus / " National Bus ") was established in the 1960s to take commuters on daily routes to many destinations.

Fragments of provincial Roman sculptures, as well as coins, jewelry, glass, pottery and other objects from Roman Maastricht are on display in the exhibition space of the city's public library ( Centre Céramique ).

In this franchise, the player is a mayor that may, at their leisure, take a city from a single village to a successful metropolis, laying down zones, taking care of the public services and stimulating the city's economy.

It is estimated that over a 5 year period the city's original investment of $ 5. 5 million on Arts District projects generated over $ 150 million in public and private spending in the downtown area.

The main public transportation means are motorised waterbuses ( vaporetti ), which ply regular routes along the Grand Canal and between the city's islands.

A strong demand for new residential and commercial areas drove to extreme urban expansion and architectural renewal, that has produced some of the major milestones in the city's architectural history, including Gio Ponti's Pirelli Tower ( 1956 – 60 ), Velasca Tower ( 1956 – 58 ), and the creation of brand new residential satellite towns, as well as huge amounts of low quality public housings.

Petty crime, however, is more common, particularly in the form of pickpocketing, which occurs mainly on the city's public transport network.

Some of their early accomplishments include passing the city's first zoning laws, contributing input to the planning of the city ’ s subway line, and commissioning public art throughout the city.

He opened a stock and grain brokerage but soon became involved with the city's public transportation system.

It has now a popular sentimental sing-along at public events such as the city's annual earthquake commemoration, as well as one of two official city songs, along with " I Left My Heart in San Francisco ".

Each of the city's five counties ( coterminous with each borough ) has its own criminal court system and District Attorney, the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote.

* Gallery Hop: a seasonal event where the city's art galleries are open to the public on the third Friday of February, April, June, September and November.

Although the fight did not occur in the Acre, it focused public attention on the city's underworld.

Island Transit, which operates the Galveston Island Trolley manages the city's public transportation services.

Proceeds of the concert went towards arts programming for the city's two public television stations, WNET and WLIW.

" Broadly, the city's natural systems are under three categories namely, the natural ( forest, bush cover, river, and watersheds ), agricultural ( orchards, rice paddies, grazing lands ) and recreational ( public open space, parks, stadium ).

Malta's public transport system, which uses buses, operates mostly on routes to or from Valletta, with their central terminus just outside the city's entrance.

The resulting conflict made at least two points of view available to the public and served as the impetus for some improvements to the city's infrastructure and cultural life.