In his youth Diderot was originally a follower of Voltaire and his deist Anglomanie, but gradually moved away from this line of thought towards materialism and atheism, a move which was finally realised 1747 in the philosophical debate in the second part of his La Promenade du sceptique ( 1747 ).

But if Pacific Overtures is never going to be anyone's favorite Sondheim musical, it is a far more forceful and enjoyable evening at the Promenade than it was eight years ago at the Winter Garden ... Many of the songs are brilliant, self-contained playlets.

The Promenade was first called the Camin dei Anglès ( the English Way ) by the Niçois in their native dialect, Nissart.

After the annexation of Nice by France in 1860 it was rechristened La Promenade des Anglais, replacing the former Nissart name with its French translation.

The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais was named after Henri Negresco ( 1868 – 1920 ) who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912.

Currently located in the center of the Plaza de la Merced, looking towards the church of San Andrés is a bust of the poet Rubén Darío, sculptor Santiago de Santiago, which was donated by the Nicaragua government to the city in 1973. Letters related to the bust are also found in the Promenade Lounge, the famous poet José Rodas was first installed in 1927 in the plaza of the gardens, and moved to its present site in 1960 by the segovian sculptor Aniceto Marinas.

Gilbert was a real estate developer who donated land to the City of Seaside for its one and a half mile long Promenade, or " Prom ," along the Pacific beach.

For the duration of the International Garden Festival, a special ferry service was provided to Otterspool Promenade.

A granite plaque was set in the paving at the end of the Promenade near 84th St. on October 19, 1947.

The current Promenade along the shoreline was once a beach, surrounded by barren hills and vegetation.

The final part of reclaimed land near the shore had been laid waste for almost a decade until Tsing Yi Promenade was built in 2004.

In 2010, construction was completed on the East River Promenade, which now runs from East 12th Street to Grand Street and continues to be expanded south.

The opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on 16 July 1976, in which he was to have conducted his BBC forces in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, became a memorial concert for him following Kempe's death in Zürich aged 65.

) Q-Link, whose service was for Commodore computers only, developed AppleLink, PC-Link ( based on Tandy's DeskMate ), and Promenade ( for IBM ), all of which ( including Q-Link ) were later combined as America OnLine.

Promenade II was intended to be the first of 3 towers of identical design on the block that it occupies.

Promenade II itself was originally planned for ( 57 stories ) but was scaled back before completion due to the market collapse.

The engineering firm that worked on the Promenade II was Thompson Company, Inc. ( TCI ).

Around the headland, public baths were opened on the Promenade in 1887 and the Morrab Gardens with its sub-tropical plants was opened two years later.

In 1905 a new bandstand was built on the Promenade opposite the Queen's Hotel, and the Pavilion Theatre opened nearby in 1911, complete with a roof garden and cafe.

* L ' Enfant Plaza, a complex of office buildings, a hotel, and an underground shopping center centered around an esplanade ( L ' Enfant Promenade ) in southwest Washington, D. C., was dedicated in 1968.

The town's infrastructure was radically altered in order to convenience tourists, and in 1878, the Loch Promenade was constructed.

the memorial " Shoes on the Danube Promenade " created to honor the Jews who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II.

* The Sunken Gardens on Loch Promenade were created as a result of the widening of the promenade at the turn of the twentieth century.

* In 1923 the Promenade des Planches was created and finalized.

Recently, a statue created by John Doubleday has been placed at the end of the Maldon Promenade Walk, facing the battlesite of Northey Island and the Causeway.

The city's proposal also would have implemented the Urban Land Institute's 1998 proposal and created " Banneker Village Center ," a project which would redevelop L ' Enfant Promenade and line it with retail businesses, high-rise residences, and tourist attractions.

An off-Broadway production ran at the Promenade Theatre from October 25, 1984 for 109 performances, transferring from an earlier production at the York Theatre Company.

Another place worth mentioning is the small street parallel to the Promenade des Anglais, leading from Nice's downtown, beginning at Place Masséna and running parallel to the promenade in the direction of the airport for a short distance of about 4 blocks.

The Place Masséna is a two-minute walk from the Promenade des Anglais, old town, town centre, and Albert I Garden ( Jardin Albert Ier ).

He hungrily absorbed all that the capital had to offer, from Beethoven symphonies at the Promenade Concerts, Palestrina masses at Westminster Cathedral to Mozart operas at the Old Vic.

With financial backing from the otolaryngologist Dr George Cathcart, Newman hired Henry Joseph Wood as the conductor for this series of concerts, called " Mr Robert Newman's Promenade Concerts ".

At the front of 30 Rock is the Lower Plaza, in the very center of the complex, which is reached from 5th Avenue through the Channel Gardens and Promenade.

Called the " Promenade Concerts " until 1900, these performances combined light classical music, tunes from the current hits of the musical theater, and an occasional novelty number.

For instance, an " uptown " village denoted as Thornhill Town Centre, is being developed at the corner of Bathurst and Centre Street, forming a continuous line of development north from the Promenade Shopping Centre also near Bathurst and Clark, whose massive parking lot is dotted by an increasing number of condominium buildings and stand-alone retail plazas.

The first part of the Promenade along the sea front dates from 1844.

Regular return riverboat cruises operate daily from February to November from the Promenade, Barry Avenue.

St. Mary's Isle in Douglas Bay as seen from the Loch Promenade.

The show's theme tune is an arrangement by Alan Hawkshaw of part of the Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky.

* Other buildings of interest include Isola restaurant, in John Street, and the Douglas Hotel, on the North Quay, both merchants ' houses from the mid-eighteenth century ; The Castle Mona ( formerly the Quality Hotel ), a magnificent seaside mansion built by John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl in 1804, currently awaiting refurbishment ; and the Loch Promenade, a magnificent curving terrace of former boarding houses dating from the 1870s.

Slightly less well known is the South Cliff Promenade situated above the Spa and South Cliff Gardens, commanding excellent views of the South Bay and old town and from which many iconic postcard views are taken.

In addition to the above, the Metro Promenade, which is an underground mall owned by Tokyo Metro, extends eastwards from the station beneath Shinjuku-dori avenue, all the way to the adjacent Shinjuku-sanchōme station with 60 exits along the way.

The Circle Line Extension from Promenade station to Marina Bay station, opened on 14 January 2012.

Sandymount Promenade runs along the coast road ( Strand Road ) from Sandymount Strand down to Merrion Gates.

* Beneath the convent is a cliff path which stretches along the coast from the Promenade to Portstewart Strand.

Despite substantial evidence to suggest that he was an operative of the Obsidian Order, Garak on several occasions denies having ever been involved with the group, claiming he is just " plain, simple Garak, a tailor on the Promenade " and that his difficulties with the Cardassian government stem from tax evasion.