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Park Avenue is a wide New York City boulevard[4] which carries north and southbound traffic in the borough of Manhattan, and is also a wide one-way pair in the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies below 14th Street.[5] Meanwhile, the section between 14th and 17th Street is called Union Square East, and between 17th and 32nd Streets, the name Park Avenue South is used. In the Bronx, Park Avenue runs in several segments between the Major Deegan Expressway and Fordham Road.[6]
Route
The road that becomes Park Avenue originates as the Bowery. From Cooper Square at 8th Street to Union Square at 14th Street, it is known as Fourth Avenue, a 70-foot-wide (21 m) road carrying northbound traffic. At 14th Street, it turns slightly northeast to align with other avenues drawn up in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. From 14th Street to 17th Street, it forms the eastern boundary of Union Square and is known as Union Square East; its southbound lanes merge with Broadway south of 15th Street, and the thoroughfare divides into two distinct portions in the one-block section between 14th and 15th Streets. From 17th Street to 32nd Street, it is known as Park Avenue South. Above 32nd Street, for the remainder of its distance, it is known as Park Avenue, a 140-foot-wide boulevard.
In popular culture
Will Smith, as a policeman, pursues a criminal by jumping off the Park Avenue Viaduct in the 1997 film Men in Black.
In the 2007 film I Am Legend, Will Smith again appears on the Park Avenue Viaduct, where his character is captured by a vampire's snare.
In the 2012 film The Avengers, the climax takes place on the Park Avenue Viaduct.
On the TV series The Odd Couple, Felix Unger and Oscar Madison live at 1049 Park Avenue.
On the TV series Diff'rent Strokes, Phillip Drummond, with his daughter, Kimberly and adopted sons, Willis and Arnold Jackson live at 697 Park Avenue.
The PBS documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream sheds light on gap between the impoverished people living on Park Avenue in the South Bronx and the extremely wealthy living at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
In the song Youth Gone Wild by American band Skid Row, Park Avenue is mentioned in the lyrics: I said 'Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. / I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row.'
The stage and film musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying takes place in the fictional Park Avenue office building of World Wide Wicket Company, Inc.
The street lent its name to the Buick Park Avenue, a large luxury sedan that was produced from 1977 to 2005.[citation needed]
In the intro to the late 1960s - early 1970s TV show Green Acres, Zsa Zsa Gabor's character sings Darling I love but give me Park Avenue!, where she lived before moving to rural Hooterville with her husband, the lawyer-turned-farmer.[18]
The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.[9] Located at the southern tip of the State of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.[10][11] A global power city,[12] New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace[13] defining the term New York minute.[14] Home to the headquarters of the United Nations,[15] New York is an important center for international diplomacy[16] and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.
TOP 8 WORST PLACES TO MOVE IN CANADA (2013)
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We’ve told you about some of the underrated immigration destinations in Canada, now check out our list of places prospective Canadians should avoid: the poor places, the racist places, the isolated places, the depressing places, the worst of the worst! Naturally, the tiny towns in the woods of Northern Ontario or the southern shore of Newfoundland would be the worst of the worst, but let’s be reasonable. Here are list of towns and cities with a substantial population (at least 5000 residents) that might seem like a decent idea to a prospective immigrant interested in a slower pace of living.
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1. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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High crime rate? Check.
High unemployment? Check.
High cost of living? Check.
Limited access to services? Check.
High property taxes? Check.
Bad weather? Check.
Despite being a small, quaint city just a few hours from Halifax, New Glasgow tops polls of the worst places to live in Canada. How could those 10,000 people stand it? They must have all been born there.
In 2009 New Glasgow ranked 36th out of 208 in StatsCan's crime severity index. The crime rate increased from 2011 to 2012, and was significantly higher than the provincial average.
In 2006, New Glasgow had an unemployment rate of 7.7%. It has decreased since then and, as of the 2011 census, it was 5.7%, or slightly lower than the provincial average.
The cost of living in New Glasgow was estimated by one website to be 4% higher than the cost of living in New York City, but only 30.3% of those reporting say their households earn more than $60,000 Canadian per year (after taxes).
Property tax in New Glasgow was higher than the average in Nova Scotia and significantly higher than Halifax up to and including 2013.
Climate
New Glasgow receives 1212 cm of precipitation per year (that's more than Vancouver).
2. Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario
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Congratulations, Kitchener / Waterloo, you are the hate crime capital of Canada! Despite hosting two universities and a massive tech company campus, the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge tri-city area experiences a high per capita rate of verbal and physical assaults on ethnic, religious and gay minorities. Despite its location in the highly diverse Southern Ontario region, Kitchener has inherited the mantle from the previous main offender, Calgary.
In 2011 Kitchener-Waterloo was surpassed by Peterborough, Hamilton and Ottawa in police-reported hate crimes, however the rate remained at nearly double the national average.
3. Thetford Mines, Quebec
The third of the three rogues’ gallery dwellers is poor Thetford Mines, the heart of Quebec’s asbestos mining region and the winner of the title Most Polluted City in Canada. Despite the overwhelming evidence of the dangerous health effects of asbestos, Canada still mines the dangerous mineral, and the biggest mine in a populated area is in Thetford Mines.
4. Bay Roberts, Newfoundland
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Many, many other rural communities on the east coast could make this list, but Bay Roberts appears because it has the highest unemployment rate in Canada, at 17%. Despite the oil, gas, mining and hydro-power booms in Newfoundland, Bay Roberts has somehow managed to avoid the job benefits. This wouldn’t seem so peculiar if Bay Roberts wasn’t just an hour’s drive from money-drunk St. John’s and other rapidly expanding bedroom communities like Conception Bay South.
The unemployment rate has improved as it was 20.7% in 2006
5. Sarnia, Ontario
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Sarnia itself may not be so bad, but its view of and proximity to American heavy industry helps to reinforce the fact that this border town is polluted. It also has an empty downtown and a shrinking population.
6. Saint John, New Brunswick
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Long known as the unglamourous milltown cousin to its apostrophic neighbour to the east, St. John’s, Saint John is a dirty, stinky pulp and paper port on the Bay of Fundy. Despite the natural beauty nearby, the city has a declining population and few economic opportunities outside of the paper mills, nuclear power plant, and small university satellite campus. Don’t end up in Saint John when you want to live in St. John’s!
7. Nanaimo, BC
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8. Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Oldest Funhouse in USA | Abandoned Amusement Park - PA
This is the Bushkill Amusement Park and Rolling Rink located in Pennsylvania. It is over 100 years old and has suffered much damage of the years from Hurricanes, causing it to close and preventing it from re-opening. There are currently plans to re-open the park, but many people are not optimistic this will happen.
It operated continuously from 1902-2004, and during the Summer of 2006, and has been closed since then. In 1933, Thomas Long (1885-1965) leased Bushkill Park, furnishing it with the carousel that he and his father had hand-carved in Philadelphia in 1903. Long bought the park in 1939 and operated it for the rest of his life with his wife, Mabel Mom Long, who operated it until her death in 1989.
Bushkill Park is famous for its antique rides such as bumper cars, The Whip, The Haunted Pretzel, and The Bar'l of Fun. It is home to one of the nation's oldest funhouses, the Bar'l of Fun. Inside the funhouse, aside from the rotating barrel (from which the attraction gets its name), is a maze-like layout in a dark room with mirrors. In the past, there has been a flashing strobe light in the corner of this room. Beyond the maze is the famous barrel, a multi-person 'sit-and-spin' style ride, and a wobbly staircase. Upstairs is the Hall of Mirrors, and a rolling walkway that looks out onto the park. Finally, there is an original antique wooden slide that goes from the second floor to the first. This slide has been featured on the Discovery Channel.
In 2004, Hurricane Ivan struck, and the park suffered a devastating 100-year flood. This flood completely destroyed the Haunted Pretzel and a miniature golf course, while inflicting major damage on the park's bumper cars, and its Whip ride. The park has been hit by three consecutive floods since, and did not open at all in 2005. The park remains in a flood zone, being nearly surrounded by the Bushkill Creek.
In June 2010, the owners reported that they had hired crews to begin cleaning up the park. No opening date was projected, and progress has been slower than anticipated as the partners wait for additional funds to pay workers.
In the summer of 2010, the park was visited by Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of Antique Archaeology. This visit was featured on their reality TV show, American Pickers, in the third-season premiere episode, A Banner Pick, which premiered December 6, 2010. A pair of vintage sideshow banners by Fred G. Johnson were bought from the park for US$700, and sold for US$10,000. Wolfe and Fritz returned to the park after a visit to New York City and paid an extra $5,000 for the banners because of the unexpected outcome of the Internet auctions for the two banners, and because Wolfe and Fritz were impressed with the attempts to revive the park.
The park saw a small number of visitors in 2006, but not enough to keep it running. It hasn’t been open ever since. Extensive vandalism by scrap metal thieves to the electrical infrastructure prevented the park from reopening. In June 2010, the owners had hired crews to begin cleaning up the park. No opening date has been projected.
Most recent plans to restore:
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Abandoned Historic Bushkill Amusement Park with the Oldest Funhouse in the US the Bar'l of Fun built in 1902.
Port Jefferson Ferry to the Barnum Festival in Bridgeport Connecticut
Port Jefferson Ferry to the Barnum Festival in Bridgeport Connecticut USA
The Barnum Festival was founded in 1948 as a way to build community spirit as well as to honor Bridgeport’s most famous resident, Phineas Taylor Barnum – world-renowned showman, businessman and community leader. P.T. Barnum was above all an entertainer; he celebrated hoaxes and founded the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
P. T. Barnum Born Phineas Taylor Barnum July 5, 1810 in Bethel, Connecticut founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus
Barnum Festival schedule:
11a.m. – 9:30 p.m Barnumpalooza at Seaside Park
All day: Black Rock Harbor Lighthouse (Fayerweather Island Light)
All day: Captain's Cove Seaport
6:15pm Steve D’Agostino Band
Back by popular demand – the Steve D’Agostino Band will be our pre-concert entertainment
7:30pm Barnum Festival Pops Concert
The Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra returns to Seaside Park for a fabulous Pops concert under the stars, the prelude to the exciting Skyblast Fireworks show. Bring your lawn chair or blanket, snacks and friends for a memorable evening under the stars.
VIP seating includes an upfront seat to the Pops Concert and access to the beer garden.
8:30pm Sunset
9:00pm Barnum’s Skyblast Fireworks
sponsored by PSEG Power CT – the skies over Long Island Sound will light up with a fantastic fireworks display. Come watch the magic in the skies and listen to the music. FREE!
10:00pm Last ferry back to Long Island
Travel on The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company ferry from Port Jefferson Long Island New York
Depart Port Jefferson Long Island, New York Sat June 25th 2016 at 3:00pm arrive in Bridgeport Connecticut 4:15 pm
Depart Bridgeport Connecticut Sat June 25th 2016 10:00pm arrive Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York 11:15pm
Ferry is $13.50 each way ($27.00 round trip ticket) (Summer 2016 rate)
Barnum Festival office:
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1 Ferry Access Rd,
Bridgeport, CT 06604
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This beach is covered in sea glass instead of sand
Glass Beach is in Fort Bragg, California.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Petersburg-Fort Lee Petersburg, Virginia
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Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel and Suites in Petersburg, Virginia, conveniently located off I-95 at Exit 45, just south of Colonial Heights and Fort Lee.
Business travelers never have to worry about making it to a meeting on time, as we are just minutes from the Chudoba Parkway Business District, downtown Petersburg and companies such as Honeywell, Northrup Grumman, Rolls Royce, IBM, and Virginia State University. The 24-hour business center in our Fort Lee hotel features computer, print, fax and copy services to help you prepare for a day's work.
Our hotel offers gives you easy access to the area's top attractions, including historic sites such as Pamplin Park and Petersburg National Battlefield, prime shopping and dining at Southpark Mall, and recreation at the Petersburg Sports Complex and the Virginia Motorsports Park.
To ensure the best possible stay, our Petersburg, Virginia hotel's proud to offer some of the finest amenities around. You can take advantage of the hotel-wide free high-speed Internet access, maintain your workout routine at our 24-hour fitness center and unwind at our heated indoor pool, whirlpool and Jacuzzi. Add to these our complimentary Express Start hot breakfast bar featuring our delicious signature cinnamon rolls and, and you'll be sure to want to call the Holiday Inn Express® Petersburg, VA hotel your home away from home!
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel CBBT, Virginia VA
Follows the CBBT, US-13 South from Cape Charles to Norfolk on a hazy summer morning.
Comfort Inn Chandler AZ
Conveniently located off of Interstate 10 in the charming Phoenix suburb of Chandler, the Comfort Inn® hotel is located within minutes of several popular attractions including Chandler Fashion Square Mall and Firebird International Raceway. This Chandler, AZ hotel offers easy access to Rawhide Rodeo Arena and Chandler Pavilions.
Positioned within walking distance of several restaurants, other nearby attractions include:
Arizona Mills Outlets
Wild Horse Pass Casino
Arizona State University
Polar Ice Chandler
Guests of the Comfort Inn hotel will want to take advantage of a variety of amenities including the outdoor heated pool, fitness center and business center, offering access to copy and fax services and a computer with Internet. There is one meeting room, with the hotel able to accommodate 40 people for banquets and conferences.
Other amenities at this Chandler, AZ hotel include:
Free high-speed Internet access
Free daily newspaper
Free coffee
Your Morning Breakfast is full of hot and delicious options, making breakfast at the Comfort Inn the perfect way to start your day. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors!
All well-appointed rooms at this non-smoking hotel offer a flat-screen television with cable, desk, coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave, hair dryer, alarm clock, iron and ironing board. Some rooms feature a wet bar.
This is a pet-friendly hotel, with four-legged friends allowed to stay for a fee.
Its perfect location and convenient access to area attractions make the Comfort Inn a great place for business and leisure travelers in the Chandler, AZ area. Book a room with us today; we look forward to your stay.
Heidi's Inn in Brewster NY
Reservations: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. .. .. Heidi's Inn 1270 Route 22 Brewster NY 10509 Situated on several acres of landscaped countryside, Heidi’s Inn is located in Brewster, New York, just 5 minutes’ drive from the Brewster Train Station. WiFi access is provided free of charge. A flat-screen satellite TV and a seating area are provided in each room in the hotel. A refrigerator and an outdoor dining area with barbeque facilities are also included. The en suite bathroom comes with free toiletries. A 24-hour front desk welcomes guests to Heidi’s Inn, which offers a shared lounge and vending machines. An array of activities can be enjoyed on site or in the surroundings, including cycling, horse riding and fishing. Morefar Golf Course is just 2.9 miles from the hotel. New York City is 45 minutes’ drive away.
Balaji Temple Bridgewater New jersey
Last month we have visited this Balaji temple located at BridgeWater, New Jersey. Nice and Peaceful temple. To know more our experience please visit above link.