It seems that for Persia, and especially for this city, there are only two times: the glorious past and the corrupt, depressing, sterile present.

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.

I think that we are here also talking of the kind of fear that a young boy has for a group of boys who are approaching at night along the streets of a large city.

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.

The very rules and regulations in every city are the primary case of slum conditions.

Assessors in Rhode Island are charged not only with placing a valuation upon real and personal property, but they also have the responsibility to raise by a tax `` a sum not less than nor more than '' a specified amount as ordered by a city council or financial town meeting.

A blow to this phase of the Central's operations would have serious economic consequences not only to the railroad itself, but to the 40,000 people per day who are provided with efficient, reasonably priced transportation in and out of the city.

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.

For those who plan to travel to Europe by one route and return by another some agencies offer a service whereby you can pick up a car in one city on arrival and leave it in another city, or even another country, when you are ready to return home.

No matter if your children are at the movies, in school, visiting their grandmother, or on a field trip in some distant city, they will be upon you magically within seconds after you pick up the phone.

The big factories which are relatively near the centers of our cities -- the rubber factories in Akron, Chrysler's Detroit plants, U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh works -- often began on these sites at a time when that was the edge of the city, yet close to transport ( river ), storage ( piers ) and power ( river ).

Telephone orders distort the picture: the suburbanite naturally calls a local rather than a central-city number if both are listed in an advertisement, especially if the local call eliminates city sales tax.

Where schools, fire and police protection, and similar municipal services are of equal quality in city and country, real estate taxes are usually about the same.

There are slums in the country as well as in the city.

With few exceptions, the major denominations are rapidly losing their hold on the central city.

You're conscious of the fact that your feet hurt, that the city pavements are hard.

Mr. Hawksley said he believed there are a number of qualified city residents who would be willing to take the full-time CD job.

As soon as the fox has taken hold on most of the populace he imports more wharf rats, who, of course, say they are the aggrieved victims of an extermination campaign in the city.

Rambert informs Tarrou of his escape plan, but when Tarrou tells him that others in the city, including Dr. Rieux, also have loved ones outside the city whom they are not allowed to see, Rambert becomes sympathetic and changes his mind.

The scenes at the end of the novel, when Oran's gates are reopened, recall the jubilant scenes in Paris when the city was liberated in 1944.

Most of these are concentrated in the city centre along the cultural boulevard of North Terrace, King William Street and in various districts of the metropolitan area.

After two previous failures, voters in the city passed a ballot measure in 2000 authorizing a bond measure for construction of a new library to replace the city's Carnegie library, damaged during the Loma Prieta earthquake.

There are six markers within the city limits: ' Cadillac Carnegie Library ,' ' Charles T. Mitchell House ,' ' Clam Lake Canal ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell Building ,' ' Cobbs & Mitchell No. 1 ' and the ' Shay Locomotive ,' which is pictured at the right.

" In addition to the downtown Golden Triangle, the city extends northeast to include the Oakland and Shadyside sections, which are home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museum and Library, and many other educational, medical, and cultural institutions.

Within city limits both Carlow University and Chatham University have residential gender segregation above 90 %, as Duquesne University and Point Park University both have female populations at 60 % or greater as Carnegie Mellon University has a 60 % male population.

The Carnegie library, the former public library built with money donated by Andrew Carnegie to the city of Reims after World War I, is a remarkable example of Art Deco in France.

Built in the 1910s, the Paulding County Carnegie Library was the first Carnegie library to serve an entire county instead of a single city.

Nearby college campuses include those of Atlantic Cape Community College and Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, the latter of which offers classes and resources in the city such as the Carnegie Library Center.

The city ’ s main public library, the Hartford City Public Library, is a Carnegie library that began with funding from Andrew Carnegie in 1903.

The city is also home to the historic Carnegie Library, built in 1905.

In 1902 the city of Port Huron secured money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to erect a municipal library.

Circa 1980 it was found that the Superfund Landfill which was located at the corner of what is now Spotswood Gravel Hill Road and Carnegie Street, contaminated the ground water which forced Outcalt residents to get city water.

Built in the 1910s, the Paulding County Carnegie Library was the first Carnegie library to serve an entire county instead of a single city.

The city is a tourism center, with popular attractions including: Jay Gould's Railroad car, the Sterne Fountain, Jefferson Carnegie Library, Excelsior House, the House of the Four Seasons, and the bayous formed by Big Cypress Bayou located in and around the city.

The city received a Carnegie Library in 1907, the only one in Adams County.

Although the tour was considered an artistic success, it failed to make a profit due to the expense of providing extraordinary musicians and orchestras in every city to replicate the Carnegie Hall event.

The site was first documented in the archaeological literature in 1934 by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison on an expedition to the region sponsored by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who named it " Becan " after the conspicuous ditch surrounding the center of the city ; the ancient name of the site is not known.

In 1947, the Carnegie Endowment ’ s headquarters were moved closer to the United Nations in New York city, while the Washington office became a subsidiary branch.

* Mr. Yuk has taken on a cult status throughout the city of Pittsburgh among older residents, the best example being the Ultimate Frisbee team at Carnegie Mellon University, which affectionately goes by " Mr. Yuk " and uses a variety of discs adorned with the classic logo.

It never registered with them that I had time to read all of Balzac, Dickens, and Stendhal while Papa was dying, not to mention everything in the city library after Mother's operation.

The city also received state funds for the new library and opened the doors to the new facility in November 2006.

The Belfast Education and Library Board was established in 1973 as the local authority responsible for education, youth and library services within the city.

On his deathbed, Origen had made a bequest of his private library to the Christian community in the city.

After its destruction, scholars used a " daughter library " in a temple known as the Serapeum, located in another part of the city.

Another ancient library from this period which is still operational and expanding is the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi in the Iranian city of Mashhad, which has been operating for more than six centuries.

This new city-center was planned to include a public museum, library, sports stadium, and city hall.

With the help of the Mayor, Vicki Buck, the city of Christchurch hosted a Wizard's Conclave in 1995 when visiting colleagues gathered to help build a wizard's nest on top of the university library tower, to witness the New Zealand Wizard hatching from a giant egg in the city art gallery, sky diving whilst chanting a spell for a major rugby match and performing various rituals round the city.

The most widely recognized building of the university library is Carolina Rediviva, the " revived Carolina ", thus named in reference to Academia Carolina ( see illustration ), which held the university library from the earliest times until 1691, when it was moved to the upper floor of Gustavianum, where it miraculously survived the great city fire of 1702.

Guthrie, then 18, was reluctant to attend high school classes in Pampa and spent much time learning songs by busking on the streets and reading in the library at Pampa's city hall.

He founds a library and makes the city a renowned centre of learning.

The Buwayhid empire ( 945 – 1055 ) made it their capital, building mosques, palaces, a library and an extended city wall.

He also studied examples of calligraphy in the Nuremberg city library.

The city also has a university, several business districts and some major cultural facilities, such as museums, a national theatre, an opera house with a regional library and several concert halls and casinos.

The Vern Miller Civic Center which houses the city offices and library has a public space dedicated as the Peace Plaza in recognition of the names by which the city has been known.

* Among the public institutions of the city are the public library, picture gallery, botanical garden, and the institute for the making of stained glass.