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In the Park at LeDroit, " This is How We Live " was commissioned by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities to be painted by artist Garin Baker.
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-- Rep. Frelinghuysen, R-5th Dist., had a special reason for attending the reception at the Korean Embassy for Gen. Chung Hee Park, the new leader of South Korea.
Along the 127-mile route through Great Smoky Mountains National Park you can photograph the breath-taking peaks, gorges and valleys which come into view at every turn.
The National Park Service hopes by 1966 to have 30,000 campsites available for 100,000 campers a day -- almost twice what there are at present.
Mitchell was for using it, Jones against, and Sen. Wayne Dumont Jr. R-Warren did not mention it when the three Republican gubernatorial candidates spoke at staggered intervals before 100 persons at the Park Hotel.
A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing Meadow Park is in the works, and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner Ford C. Frick.
Because of the recent death of the bride's father, Frederick B. Hamm, the marriage of Miss Terry Hamm to John Bruce Parichy will be a small one at noon tomorrow in St. Bernadine's church, Forest Park.
Buaford Robinson, 23, of 7026 Stewart Av., a CTA bus driver, was slugged and robbed last night by a group of youths at 51st Street and South Park Way.
Persons who find it convenient may send their contributions to the Journal-Bulletin's Cranston office at 823 Park Avenue.
The season will open at the new Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park on November 20 at 8:30 p.m. with a concert by the Mills Chamber Players.
He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.
Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the Chacoan Great Houses, stands at the foot of Chaco Culture National Historical Park | Chaco Canyon's northern rim.
During World War II, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School ( GCCS ) at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre.
It can be reached by underground railway ( although the stations are at a distance from the Park and at a much lower level below the hill ), by city buses, or by commercial tourist buses.
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It is the largest of the four quadrants of the city ( NW, NE, SW and SE ), and it includes the central business district, the Federal Triangle, and the museums along the northern side of the National Mall, as well as such neighborhoods as Petworth, Dupont Circle, LeDroit Park, Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Embassy Row, Glover Park, Tenleytown, Foggy Bottom, Cleveland Park, Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, the Palisades, Shepherd Park, Crestwood, Bloomingdale, Takoma and Friendship Heights.
Florida Avenue marks the northern boundary with the adjacent neighborhoods of Columbia Heights and LeDroit Park.
Howard Theological Seminary received its first matriculates in 1866 ; by 1925, Professor Alain LeRoy Locke was advancing the idea of " The New Negro ", and Langston Hughes was descending from LeDroit Park to hear the " sad songs " of 7th Street.
LeDroit Park is a neighborhood in Washington, D. C. located immediately southeast of Howard University.
As one of the first suburbs of Washington, LeDroit Park was developed and marketed as a " romantic " neighborhood with narrow tree-lined streets that bore the same names as the trees that shaded them, differing from the street names used in the rest of the city.
Originally a whites-only neighborhood, LeDroit Park was even gated with guards to promote security for its residents.
By the 1940s LeDroit Park became a major focal point for the African-American elite as many prominent figures resided there.
None of the original 64 homes McGill designed in LeDroit Park were identical and most were built between 1873 and 1877.
McGill was also a member of the LeDroit Park Property Owners Association, a precursor to the LeDroit Park Civic Association, which is active today.
When the Gage-Eckington School Elementary School closed, residents successfully lobbied the city to tear it down and convert it into a park, which opened in 2011 as the Park at LeDroit.
At the dedication on December 13, 2008, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is quoted as describing the mural as serving to ... visually engage residents through a beautiful neighborhood mural that depicts the unique landscapes, people and images of the historic LeDroit Park community.
* Dr. Ralph J. Bunche – The first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace prize, for his mediation in Palestine ; resided in LeDroit Park during his professorship at Howard University.
* Octavius Augustus Williams – U. S. Capitol Barber and first Black to move into LeDroit Park in 1893 ( 338 U Street )
* 1975-The Mary Church Terrell house in the LeDroit Park neighborhood of Washington was named a National Historic Landmark.
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The Fairmount Park Commission will no doubt approve my two proposals, because it is responsible for the change of ideological atmosphere in the Square.
Itasca State Park, where the Mississippi River begins, is one of the outstanding tourist spots in Minnesota.
West of Rock Creek Park is still monolithically white and is in fact increasingly white as a result of Georgetown's conversion-by-renovation housing program.
`` The Groth Institute '', which was established in 1958, is a group activity affiliated with the Physics Department of The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa..
On the 2007 deluxe edition release, it is revealed that parts of this tape were used for the 1976 Griffith Park Planetarium launch of the original album, the 1987 remix, and various radio spots, all of which were included as bonus material.
Park Güell ( ) is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
It was inspired by the English garden city movement ; hence the original English name Park ( in the Catalan language spoken in Catalonia where Barcelona is located, the word for " Park " is " Parc ", and the name of the place is " Parc Güell " in its original language ).
While entrance to the Park is free, Gaudí's house, " la Torre Rosa ," — containing furniture that he designed — can be only visited for an entrance fee.
Park Güell is skillfully designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one would expect from a park.
* 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
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