Tagged With "Five Boroughs"
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Re: Looking for Historical Landmarks !
Yet another reminder that history doesn't happen only in black-and-white in a distant past! When I was a history teacher, one of the favorite lessons each year discussed the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, one of the largest-scale engagements of armies up to that time. I used a handout map of the battle areas and the routes of the British and American armies across the borough, and the class plotted their homes along the map. We were then able to describe how the main British force went up King's...
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Visiting historic Skagway, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska owes its existence to the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1800s. There were three main routes to the Klondike. One route was across Alaska. A second was the all-Canadian route starting at Edmonton and...
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NYC&Co: We bring you tourists, we'll show you how to serve them
Taking a step beyond just beefing up the number of tourists arriving, New York City's tourism promotion agency, NYC&Co. has developed a program to help businesses and attractions in all five boroughs be ready for the numbers. And they are impressive numbers. Last year 56.4 million visitors came to New York; the city is pushing to hit 67 million by 2021. The new program, called "Tourism Ready" builds on Brooklyn's success in branding and marketing itself; experts including former...
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Churches of Park Slope, Brooklyn
PHeymont explores the varied and mostly 19th-century churches in one of Brooklyn's premier neighborhoods, and explores the area's history.
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Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY
Jonathan L takes us to Gumbo's destination of Flushing Meadows Park in Queens NY
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Huntingdon, Pennsylvania: Peaceful Holiday Getaway
Stephanie explores the historic treasures of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, including fantastic car and antique collections.
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Ephrata Cloister: One of America's Earliest Religious Communities
Stephanie visits an interesting and historic cloister in Pennsylvania founded in 1732 by German settlers.
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Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway: A World First
Join PHeymont in a look at the world's first parkway, and one whose grand scheme has survived its hodge-podge of buildings and styles.
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Brooklyn Museum: Depth, Variety, Whimsy
PHeymont visits a giant of a museum that only seems small by comparison with other New York museums.
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Sept. 2, 2016: Unlock Sculpture, Greenheart Regional Park
Ian Cook shares the Unlock sculpture, a large wooden piece of public art which is next to the canal towpath in an area that forms part of Greenheart Regional Park in the borough of Wigan.
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Walking through Brooklyn Heights
Jonathan L walks us through New York's 'first commuter suburb' and now one of the city's most historic and interesting neighborhoods.
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Rome's new broom aims to sweep clean
Rome's new administration takes a leaf from the old administrator and promises to have the city cleaned up within a month.
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Edinburgh tells its 'People's Story'
Museums that tell the story of ordinary people against a background of world events are among PHeymont's favorites, including this one in Edinburgh.
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London grows a new park
London's big new park is a former public golf course that was once a gentleman's estate.
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A View from the Bridge
PHeymont shares a favorite walk, across the Brooklyn Bridge, with its views of both Manhattan and Brooklyn
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Your Guide to NYC Pizza Along the 6 Train
BrianMayRoam gives you many excellent choices of pizza joints in his home city.
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Apr. 29, 2016: Manhattan Municipal Building
Built to bring New York's city government under one roof, this wedding cake of a building is a familiar icon—but despite its size, no longer big enough.
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Varied and Tasty: London's Borough Market
PHeymont visits one of London's busiest and most varied markets. It's also one of the oldest, and has separate sessions for wholesale and retail.
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Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Kew Gardens is chock-full of history, ornamental buildings and superlatives, but the best part is that it's a beautiful place to spend a day.
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February 8, 2019: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
Professor Abe shares a visit to the lovely 17th century palace and gardens of Charlottenburg, near Berlin.
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Beauty spot is England's most polluted
The village of Chideock in Dorset hardly fits the stereotype of polluted air, but the monitoring instruments say otherwise.
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London: Always more to see
PHeymont loves wandering cities, and catching glimpses of the ordinary as well as the extraordinary and the sometimes unseen extraordinary.
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Staten Island Ferry, New York, New York
Samantha shares some information about the free Staten Island Ferry which leaves from Whitehall Terminal.
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Brooklyn's Lost City Hall
PHeymont explores the ups-and-downs of Brooklyn's iconic Borough Hall, built when Brooklyn was an independent city.
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Coney Island: New York's Beach Getaway
Jonathan L takes the subway out to the attractions of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
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A Million Lights of Delight in Bernville, Pennsylvania
Stephanie visits a wonderful family-friendly holiday attraction in Pennsylvania
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A Historical Walking Tour of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Stephanie visits some of the historic landmarks in her Pennsylvania hometown.
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Behold the Beauty of Bryn Athyn's Glencairn Museum
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger shares a stop at a little visited but fascinating home turned museum in Pennsylvania.
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London's Southwark Cathedral
London's Southwark Cathedral has a long and colorful history as a church, but only a century or so as a cathedral.
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Mount Gretna's Wooded Wonderland
Mount Gretna is a charming small town in Pennsylvania that Stephanie visited often before Covid, and is hoping for a return to normal this summer.
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Clyne Gardens, Swansea, Wales
Professor Abe visits a beautiful garden in Wales, timing his visit to the blooming season of the extensive assortment of rhododendrons in the garden.
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Something for Everyone
Join Stephanie for a two-day visit to a town with a dramatic past and a lot to offer today
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New London sight called 'unsightly'
A huge, and supposedly temporary, pile near London's Marble Arch, draws stinging criticism and an apology from local officials.
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Brooklyn's Two Cathedrals
Brooklyn, New York, with one of the largest Catholic populations in the U.S., has one of the smallest Cathedrals... and a spare!
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Another 'island fantasy' job is open
A unique job that includes unusual ceremonies may not be the ideal job some think it is...
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The Shoe House, Hellam, Pennsylvania
There was an old lady who lived in a shoe...but not this one, the brainchild of an ambitious 'shoe wizard.'
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A Glimpse of Maritime Greenwich
London's Borough of Greenwich has a full slate of attractions that have put it high on PHeymont's next-trip bucket list.
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Signs of London
PHeymont spent a week wandering London, collecting signs of interest as he went.
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January 25, 2020: Victoria in Leith
A monumental tribute to a queen stands in a distinctly non-monumental location in Edinburgh's borough of Leith.
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Hard Rock Miners, Juneau, Alaska
Samantha shares pictures of the Hard Rock Miners Statue she saw while walking along the water in Juneau, Alaska.
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NDSM: The Artsy Side of Amsterdam
Jonathan L visits one of Amsterdam's arty neighborhoods to explore street art.
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Long Island City—How New York is Growing
Jonathan L takes a walk through the fast changing neighborhood of Long Island City, in New York.
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Jensen-Olsen Arboretum, Juneau, Alaska
Beautiful Jensen-Olsen Arboretum was a gift to Juneau from Caroline Jensen, a long-time resident and master gardener. Samantha shares some pictures from her visit.
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Exploring Delaware Water Gap and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Stephanie shares highlights of her visit to Delaware Water Gap and Stroudsburg.