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	Cambridge, Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		City Hall - Cambridge MA Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States.
		Cambridge is bordered by the city of Boston on its south and east (across the Charles River), by the city of Somerville and the town of Arlington to its north, and by the city of Watertown and town of Belmont to its west.
		In the city the population is spread out with 13.3% under the age of 18, 21.2% from 18 to 24, 38.6% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who are 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts (1787 words)

	Dictionary of the History of Ideas
		of a city with a celestial prototype is Jerusalem.
		the notions of the celestial and the terrestrial city.
		tories (“monuments of the city of the future”), Sant'
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv1-52 (4447 words)

	Internet Book List :: Book Information: Squares of the City, the
		Ciudad de Vados is a "perfect" city, but its brilliant white plazas are running red with the blood of brutally murdered people.
		At the center of the trouble is a power struggle in which the Minister of Information is using mind-control and mass-hypnosis to manipulate and control major players in the battle.
		For he is yet another pawn in the deadly chess game of power that threatens to destroy the very city in whose squares this game is being played out.
	www.iblist.com /book938.htm (132 words)

	Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - Historical places of Khabarovsk city - The central squares ...
		In October 25, 1956 at the center of the square, a 22 meters granite monument "to the Heroes of the civil war on the Far East 1918-1922" was opened.
		The youngest city square - the Glory Square is located on the high coast of the Amur river.
		The Railway square is the Railway Gates of Khabarovsk City.
	www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/Tourism/HistoryEng/cent_pl.htm (627 words)

	New York City Parks/Parks and Recreation: Things to Do
		Ranging in size from a mere one-thousandth of an acre to a maximum of 20 acres, these squares are essential to the life of the city, serving as stages for street theater and as sanctuaries in the heart of the metropolis.
		Samuel Parsons, the superintendent of parks at the time, wrote an essay, "The Evolution of a City Square," arguing that high standards of landscape art and horticulture should be applied to even the smallest squares, to the benefit of many.
		And throughout the city, business improvement districts, conservancies, and volunteer grassroots organizations are working to bring about a renaissance of Manhattan's squares, so that they may continue to flourish and remain central to the city.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_things_to_do/attractions/public_art/arsenal_gallery/2003_pages/man/manhattan_squares.html (650 words)

	Biennial of Chaco - Resistencia, the City of the Sculptures
		The city of Resistance was funded in 1878, since then, the change and mobility have been permanent signs in their life.
		Stone and marble, cement and iron, wood and assamblages, may be seen in avenues and squares, in parks and buildings, representing a grate variety of artistic conceptions.
		This course of action, that occurs almost naturally, allows that in this city and in the heart of each one of its inhabitants, the art is to be considered as another expression of the coexistence: the art as a mechanism of improvement and simultaneously as a means of spiritual elevation and joy.
	www.bienaldelchaco.com /english/41.html (500 words)

	Briondahlus Vi'yar
		The city is called Starbridge (the character of which is a combination of New Orleans, LA, Savannah, GA, and Key West, FL., for those of you familiar with the Sol Crystal Sphere).
		Starbridge is constructed mostly of stone and wood, white marble, and granite, with hardwoods harvested from the island and imported from the mainland.
		She is advised by a Conclave of Lords drawn from the noble houses of the city and by the "City Circle" a group of 25 commoners chosen from various guilds and neighborhoods.
	members.aol.com /Jimbo3DC/Sytra/Brion.html (1275 words)

	Carfree Cities: City Design: Small Squares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of the large squares we saw in the previous chapter are beautiful and impressive, as they are meant to be.
		Christopher Alexander has stated that squares should be no longer than 70 feet in the short dimension (about 20 meters), but that the longer dimension can be considerably greater.
		This is a vibrant square most evenings and absolutely throngs during festivities, to the point where you can't even get into it.
	www.carfree.com /design/sqsm000.html (220 words)

	Carfree Cities: City Design: Small Squares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This is one of the bigger "small" squares - there is a good deal more of it behind the photographer.
		It is a lovely bit of city design - good buildings have been built around it, and the pretty church is a nice focal point.
		The mountains looming above the building are an impressive sight, and one that affects city design throughout Switzerland.
	www.carfree.com /design/sqsm100.html (63 words)

	Gem City Square Dance Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We square dance at the plus level and round dance at phase II / III.
		Square dance attire is suggested from September through May, but NOT required.
		Square Dancing is from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM.
	www.eshop.wright.edu /gemcity (71 words)

	Welcome to Fairmount Park \| Philadelphia Squares (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But with the exception of Center Square, which became the site of City Hall, they have kept their basic identity through two centuries of urban development - refreshing bits of Penn's Woods in the heart of the city.
		Enjoy the Five Squares in the City that represents a piece of what was once Penn's Woods by clicking any of the titles along the left.
		The mission of the Fairmount Park Commission is to preserve and protect the park's open spaces, to provide opportunities for recreation, to maintain the landscapes, structures, streams and woodlands that exist within the boundaries of the park for the health and enjoyment of the citizens.
	www.phila.gov /fairpark/squares (284 words)

	THE HISTORY OF CHESS - Literature :Brunner - "Squares of the City", by L. Olivotto
		THE HISTORY OF CHESS - Literature :Brunner - "Squares of the City", by L. Olivotto
		There the City, a planned town designed on paper and built from scratch on a empty piece of land, is going off track.
		Other important works included, The Squares of the City, 1969; The Crucible of Time, 1983; and, A Maze of Stars, 1991.
	freeweb.supereva.com /carmelo111/brunner1.htm (570 words)

	DC City Pages: The City of Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		DC City Pages: The City of Washington, D.C. DC Pages / History of DC / Washington, D.C. Conflicting reports place the birth and founding of the nation's capital in both 1790 and 1791.
		The blocks of 10 square miles which both Maryland and Virginia ceded in 1791 were melded into the tiled square which sits astride the Potomac River.
		The city was to be founded as a replacement for the eight cities which hosted sessions of the Continental Congress.
	dcpages.com /Hwdc/wdc.html (406 words)

	Manchester Squares & City Centre Public Gardens in Manchester
		A major large Manchester city centre square, around which most of the civic buildings and some of our finest architecture is situated, including the imposing Town Hall by Alfred Waterhouse, the Town Hall Extension and nearby the Central Library.
		The square is a traditional congregation space for announcements of election results, hosts numerous fairs and markets, is the location of Thomas Worthington's Canopy for the Albert Memorial of 1862, containing Matthew Noble's statue, a decorative water fountain and several statues and monuments to some of Manchester's city fathers, politicians and philanthropists of bygone days.
		Much of the square itself has permanent curved arena-type stone seating blocks, somewhat reminiscent of ancient Greek theatres, from where the public can watch some of the many visual events (pop concerts, fashion shows, New Year's Eve celebrations, sports, etc) that are presented on the large screen on the walls of the Triangle building opposite.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /buildings/squares/manchester-squares.html (2711 words)

	Mermaid City Squares
		Mermaid City Squares in Copenhagen is a square dance club for gays and lesbians.
		It is our purpose to promote interest in square dancing in the gay and lesbian community, as well as to give our members an opportunity to train in modern western square dance.
		Mermaid City Squares is the first European member of the IAGSDC (International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs), an umbrella organization for gay and lesbian square dance clubs.
	www.geocities.com /sfdan.geo/mermaidcity/front_page_eng.htm (391 words)

	Urban Squares: Recent European Promenades, Squares, and City Centres, Birkhauser, Topos - European Landscape Magazine
		Squares provide a breathing space within the structure of the city, separating and connecting.
		They are the stage for urban actors, a centre of interaction, the heart of the political and social life of an urban community and frequently the subject of passionate public debate.
		As such, designing new squares or redesigning existing ones is a fascinating challenge for architects, urban planners and landscape architects.
	allentech.net /bookstore/item_3764366702.html (233 words)

	Urban squares. Recent European promenades, squares, and city centres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Squares provide a breathing space within the structure of the city, separating and joining.
		They are the stage for urban actors, the heart of the political and social life of an urban community, and as such designing new squares or redesigning existing ones is one of the most delightful tasks for architects, urban planners and landscape architects.
		Open-air and multi- functional, squares are always unique and more strongly defined by their surroundings than buildings.
	www.booklounge.com /content/view/full/1790 (230 words)

	DPW Street Cleaning Division - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
		The City squares are cleaned very early in the morning (between 4:00 AM and 8:00 AM).
		The City squares are cleaned seven days per week from 7:00 a.m.
		The City of Cambridge street sweeping program is frequently reviewed by other cities and towns as a model for their own needs.
	www.ci.cambridge.ma.us /TheWorks/departments/strclng (286 words)

	The SQUARES OF THE CITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The SQUARES OF THE CITY Review: Let's strip away the conceit of basing a book on a chess game, and let's strip away the idea of subliminally manipulating people to do what you wish.
		The SQUARES OF THE CITY Review: In the new South American capital city of Vados (think Brasilia or Curitiba) the perfect clarity of its plan is being smirched by peasants trying to get a piece of the good life from which they were designed out.
		The SQUARES OF THE CITY Review: it also bears mention that the book is based around a famous chess game, with each character being a piece on a board and the interactions between the characters being based on the moves of the game...quite in depth, and an interesting idea behind writing a novel.
	www.textkit.com /0_0020175116.html (671 words)

	Amsterdam, Volendam, Arnheim, Emmerich
		The city of Amsterdam enjoys great fame for being the proud owner of one of the most important intact historical city centers in the world.
		In the course of the 17th century the famous crescent shape of the Amsterdam city centre was designed and realized resulting in the unique ring of canals.
		On the outskirts of the city centre, the canals ended in squares, where the city gates were located.
	creative-dream.com /Rhine/amsterdam.htm (536 words)

	ipedia.com: Town square Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A town square is an area in the middle of a traditional town consisting of a park or plaza and surrounded by small shops.
		The town square often also has or had the historic original county or city courthouse.
		In urban planning, a city square is a planned open area in a city, usually or originally square in shape.
	www.ipedia.com /town_square.html (166 words)

	Dangling Conversations : The Squares of the City
		Dangling Conversations : The Squares of the City
		Squares deals with mind control: not in the sense of direct thought control or zombification or anything like that, but through more subtle vectors.
		The protagonist's craft is that of "traffic engineer", and he's brought to a Latin American utopia of a city in order to eliminate certain unplanned, undesirable features of the city.
	www.goldenempires.com /dc/blosxom.pl/Books/matt.brunner.html (731 words)

	Top Story - City Plan Squares Preservation, Innovation - The St. Petersburg Times. General news from St.Petersburg and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Vladimir Lisovsky, a professor at St. Petersburg's Repin State Institute for Art, Sculpture and Architecture and head of the local branch of the Society for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments, suggested that the whole city be divided into zones.
		A string of aspects related to construction in the city center were canvassed at the roundtable, with the key issue being whether a compromise could be found between the traditionalists and admirers of radical architectural solutions.
		The city administration representatives agree that a more coherent policy is needed for St. Petersburg to develop naturally, rather than in a contrived, artificial way.
	www.sptimes.ru /archive/times/989/top/t_13149.htm (871 words)

	The Squares of the City
		In the new South American capital city of Vados (think Brasilia or Curitiba) the perfect clarity of its plan is being smirched by peasants trying to get a piece of the good life from which they were designed out.
		He becomes a center of conflict between the founders of the sparkling city and those who would accomodate the countrymen.
		Squares of the City portrays a frightening picture of puppet mastery in a modern country.
	www.literacyconnections.com /0_0345277392.html (357 words)

	City Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Buses and trolley buses travel to all parts of the city, but are comparable to traveling in a sardine tin and are difficult to fathom unless you speak (and read) Greek.
		They are sold at newspaper kiosks or special booths found in the main squares of the city.
		The MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF ATHENS (Papparrighopoulou Street 71 tel 323 0168) houses paintings and engravings relating to the city's history, mainly from the beginning of the 18th and 20th centuries.
	www.businesstravelerusa.com /cityGuides.php?cityID=63 (1529 words)

	Paris, Paris information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city was saved, however, by a desperate French effort to reinforce their lines and by a German failure to press home the attack.
		The city's status was reflected in the construction of grandiose new monuments, such as the Arc de Triomphe and the Eglise du Dome in which Napoleon's body was interred.
		Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Ãle-de-France rÃ©gion, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs.
	www.parisz.co.uk (1666 words)

	The Gastonian - City of Savannah Georgia
		In the beautiful city of Savannah, there is something for everyone.
		For garden-lovers, there are the intimate and private gardens and beautiful squares for which the city is famous.
		The city's rich heritage includes the progressive urban planning of the city's founder, General Oglethorpe, the role Native American Chief Tomachichi played, and the childhood home of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts.
	www.gastonian.com /city.html (195 words)

	Venice : Planning a Trip : City Layout \| Frommers.com
		The "Lagoon" comprises everything, from the city to the mud flats to the fish farms to the dozens of abandoned or uninhabited islets.
		Keep in mind as you wander seemingly hopelessly among the calli (streets) and campi (squares) that the city wasn't built to make sense to those on foot but rather to those plying its canals.
		The Lido di Venezia is the city's sandy beach; it's a popular summer destination and holds a concentration of seasonal hotels.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/venice/0067024195.html (712 words)

	New York City Parks/Parks and Recreation: Things to Do
		The exhibition documents the activities of the dwindling but vibrant tradition of urban pigeon keepers, focusing on Mike’s handling of the birds, changes of light in the city sky, and the surprising beauty of pigeons, both individually and as a flock.
		"Our grand civic monuments are meant to speak for the life of the city and the nation, or to evoke as the doughboys and angels do the spirit of their time and place," he says.
		In recent years the City of New York Parks Department has greatly expanded the parks, coastal areas, open air and green spaces available to New Yorkers.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_things_to_do/attractions/public_art/arsenal_gallery/pa_arsenal_gallery.html (905 words)

	Arts: Playing the City of Austin's Cultural Contracts Game: Part One
		To land on the right squares of the city funding game board is to learn fiscal responsibility and the economics of art.
		No, this isn't a performance installation or guerrilla theatre presented by one of the city's many arts companies; this is guerrilla arts administration and the final 30 minutes before the annual City of Austin Cultural Contracts applications are due.
		The City Council approves the budget at the end of the summer, and it is a group of council staffers who sit in an informal panel to hear from artists and arts groups who feel they deserve more than the panels or Arts Commission gave them.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol18/issue30/arts.funding.html (3885 words)

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