The John Harvey arrived in Bari, a port on the Adriatic, on November 28th, making for Porto Nuovo, which, as the name indicates, was the ancient city's new and modern harbor.

Adams convinced Gerry to reenter politics after the Boston Port Act closed that city's port, and Marblehead became a port to which relief supplies could be delivered.

Hamburg experienced its fastest growth during the second half of the 19th century, when its population more than quadrupled to 800, 000 as the growth of the city's Atlantic trade helped make it Europe's third largest port.

The city's significance as a shipping port made it a desirable prize as a means of controlling important river and railroad transportation routes.

The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central business district and port ( Fremantle ) both still located on the river.

Goods continued to be traded, albeit in reduced quantity, but the end came when the River Arno started to change course, preventing the galleys from reaching the city's port up the river.

The transfer was made partly for defensive purposes: Ravenna was surrounded by swamps and marshes, and was perceived to be easily defensible ( although in fact the city fell to opposing forces numerous times in its history ); it is also likely that the move to Ravenna was due to the city's port and good sea-borne connections to the Eastern Roman Empire.

The city's inhabitants did not follow Penn's plans, as they crowded by the Delaware River, the port, and subdivided and resold their lots.

The city's role as main Austrian trading port and shipbuilding centre was later emphasized with the foundation of the merchant shipping line Austrian Lloyd in 1836, whose headquarters stood at the corner of the Piazza Grande and Sanità.

Belmopan was constructed just to the east of the Belize River, inland from the former capital, the port of Belize City, after that city's near destruction by Hurricane Hattie in 1961.

The city's economy revolves largely around the port, which has modern facilities for handling and storing cargo, through which alumina and bananas are shipped.

The city exports raw materials such as wood, rubber and cocoa from the city's main port, and the deepwater port at Owendo.

It is thought that mayonnaise was brought back to France from Mahon, Minorca, after Louis-François-Armand du Plessis de Richelieu's victory over the British at the city's port in 1756.

Economically, the city's port supported overseas trade, including tea trade with India and timber trade with the Baltic.

The most likely origin of mayonnaise is the town of Mahon in Menorca ( Spain ), after Armand de Vignerot du Plessis's victory over the British at the city's port in 1756.

Mishima describes the city's port and its houses, and the Western influences that shaped them.

The city's proximity to England has made it a major port for centuries.

In 1991, the Basque government suggested to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation that it would fund a Guggenheim museum to be built in Bilbao's decrepit port area, once the city's main source of income.

The establishment of the Port Committee in 1911, which controlled the works of construction and maintenance of the port, and the Piraeus Port Authority in 1930, which made a more efficient job of managing a port slowly increasing in traffic, played a catalytic role in the city's development.

In December 1864, Pooler was a meeting place for Union officers led by William Tecumseh Sherman, who negotiated with Savannah authorities for the strategic port city's peaceful surrender.

It is also said that he was baptised at Porthclais, now the city's port and was brought up by his mother at Llanon.

Following the war, Italians, mostly stemming from the Adriatic port city of Molfetta, became the city's major ethnic group, with the Irish also having a strong presence.

As it affects the city's fiscal situation, such an interchange is ruinous ; ;

The Thrift Shop, with Mrs. Bernhard S. Blumenthal as president, is one of the city's most successful fund-raisers for the Federation of Jewish Agencies.

Herr Wangenheim has only recently become the city's music director, and is a young man with a clear flair for the podium.

The city's status as the capital of the nation is governed by the constitution.

Johannes Aventinus ( 1477 – 1534 ) is the city's most famous son, the founder of the study of history in Bavaria.

Tlacopanocha, or Tlaco de Panocha, is one of the city's main beaches

Traces of this hidden agenda of the city's history is found in the 18th century guidebooks to Aachen as well as to the other spas ; the main indication for visiting patients, ironically, was syphilis ; only by the end of the 19th century had rheuma become the most important object of cures at Aachen and Burtscheid.

It is a neo-classical hall covering one of the city's famous fountains.

Chop suey is not widely available in San Francisco, and the city's chow mein is different from Midwestern chow mein.

Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, with one theory stating that it is named after the spouses of the city's founders and for the stands of trees in the area.

The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development money, and by its graduates.

The flow from that river is nearly entirely consumed as the city's water supply.

In addition, the Harlem River is reemerging as " Scullers ' Row " due in large part to the efforts of the Bronx River Restoration Project, a joint public-private endeavor of the city's parks department.

Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

The city's appearance today is predominantly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century.

It is the largest remaining evidence of the city's historical division.

The section of lower Broadway from its origin at Bowling Green to City Hall Park is the historical location for the city's ticker-tape parades, and is sometimes called the " Canyon of Heroes " during such events.

Canyon of Heroes is occasionally used to refer to the section of lower Broadway in the Financial District that is the location of the city's ticker-tape parades.

Aviron Bayonnais is the city's rugby union club, founded in 1904 and French champions three times, in 1913, 1934 and 1943.

It is said by some that Bayonne is the birthplace of mayonnaise, supposedly a corruption of Bayonnaise, the French adjective describing the city's people and produce.

To the east of the Merrimack, atop a bluff, is a flat, sandy plain known as Concord Heights, which has seen most of the city's commercial development since 1960.