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unusual facts about Blockhouse, Central Park



1996 Bradford Bulls season

This meant that the Bulls had to travel to Central Park to play Wigan in the Premiership Trophy Semi-Final, in what was his last game in a Wigan shirt Shaun Edwards scored 4 tries to end Bradford's hopes of a Premiership final appearance in a hard fought 42-36 Wigan win.

21st Air Division

In addition command of the SAGE DC-03/CC-01 blockhouse was assumed by the 21st AD, as well as CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile squadrons near Otis AFB, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls, New York and McGuire AFB, New Jersey.

Agneta Eckemyr

Her most recent designs are featured at Älskling (Swedish for Darling), on Columbus Avenue, New York City; a block from where she lives in an apartment overlooking Central Park.

Andrea Zittel

In 1999, the Public Art Fund commissioned Zittel to create a site-specific project for New York’s Central Park.

Andy Rolland

After a spell in junior football, he returned to Central Park in 1964 and remained for three seasons, before a £10,000 move to Dundee United in 1967.

Automated airport weather station

Because of this, not every ASOS is located at an airport; for example, one of these units is located at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, New York City; another is located at the Blue Hill Observatory near Boston, Massachusetts.

Battle of Raab

At Malborghetto Valbruna, 400 soldiers held a blockhouse against 15,000 Frenchmen between 15 and 17 May and only 50 men survived.

Berendrecht

Both of these warring parties frequently used the tactic of strategic flooding to attack the fort of Lillo, and the fort De Frederik which in the meantine disappeared, and the reinforced blockhouse Zandvliet to force dispossession.

Blockhouse

It was constructed in 1940–1941 as a bomb-proof operations centre for the Admiralty, with foundations nine metres deep and a concrete roof six metres thick.

Blockhouse, Central Park

Receiving the plaque was scheduled to be Park Commissioner Pallas but due to his unexplained absence, it was accepted by General Frederick D. Grant.

Blockhouse, Nova Scotia

An independent school, it is based on theoretical foundations laid down by Rudolf Steiner and adheres to the principle that any child desiring a Steiner education (referred to as Waldorf education in North America) should receive one.

Boston Camera

The aircraft was seventy-two miles away, and yet we could see people in Central Park.

Central Park Historic District

Central Park, New York, NY, listed as a historic district on the NRHP in New York City

Central Park, Sydney

The first stage of the redevelopment is a new tower called One Central Park designed by Jean Nouvel featuring "vertical gardens" by Patrick Blanc and LED art by Yann Kersalé.

Cleveland and Copeland

They were responsible for Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, and Samuel Colt's Armsmear in Hartford, Connecticut, as well as a design for New York City's Central Park which lost out to Frederick Law Olmsted.

Colin Stewart

After leaving Central Park, Stewart signed for Airdrieonians after a free transfer on 8 June 2013 and signed a one year contract.

Donald Lipski

Some of his most recognizable works include The Yearling, outside the Denver Public Library (originally exhibited by The Public Art Fund at Doris Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, 1997), Sirshasana, hanging in the Grand Central Market, Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and F.I.S.H. at the San Antonio River Walk, in Texas.

Fort Tryon Park

He hired the Olmsted Brothers firm – and in particular Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., son of the designer of Central Park – to plan a park that he would give to the city.

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Housed within the office complex are nearly 1,000,000 original design records detailing work on many of America’s most treasured landscapes including the U. S. Capitol and White House Grounds; Great Smoky Mountains and Acadia National Parks; Yosemite Valley; New York's Central Park; and whole park systems in cities such as Buffalo, Seattle, Boston and Louisville.

George A. Frederick

Druid Hill Park ranks with Central Park in New York City, begun in 1859, and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia as the oldest landscaped public parks in the United States.

Golden Gate

Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape but 174 acres (0.7 km², 0.27 mi²) larger than Central Park in New York, to which it is often compared.

With 13 million visitors annually, Golden Gate is the fifth most visited city park in The United States after Central Park in New York City, Lincoln Park in Chicago, and Balboa Park and Mission Bay Park in San Diego.

Grogol Petamburan

Some of the largest malls in Jakarta — Ciputra, Taman Anggrek, Season City, and Central Park — are located in Grogol Petamburan's Tanjung Duren Selatan Administrative Village.

Henry Scaggs

He is credited with the rescue of the kidnapped pioneer Jenny Wiley from a Native American raiding party at Harman's Station, Kentucky in 1790 by piloting a crude raft made from logs and vines to transport her across the river to the safety of the blockhouse.

Ice Hockey in Harlem

On-Ice Programming takes place three nights per week and Saturdays at Lasker Rink in Northern Central Park.

Lacolle

Lacolle Mills Blockhouse, a blockhouse located in Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Quebec

Lewis Small

Small came through the Academy system of his local senior club Falkirk, making his first team debut against Cowdenbeath at Central Park as a substitute for Andy Haworth in the 68th minute.

Lya Lys

At one time the two were neighbors at the Hotel Navarro near New York’s Central Park.

Mario Elie

Elie played street ball in Central Park and other locations in New York City during the 1980s, trying and failing several times to get into the NBA.

Mersea Island

In the English Civil War, the Parliamentary Army built a blockhouse at East Mersea in 1648, with the aim of blockading the River Colne and the besieged town of Colchester.

Mia Dyson

The following year (2006), Mia toured the USA and Canada, joined Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention on stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and supported Ani Di Franco in New York's Central Park.

Milehouse

The area borders Plymouth's huge Central Park and is a meeting point for supporters and police before and after local soccer games at adjacent Home Park, the ground of Plymouth Argyle football club.

Oahspe: A New Bible

Ward, who claimed to have deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Cleopatra's Needle obelisk in Central Park.

Peverell

Peverell borders Central Park, often known as "the green lung" of Plymouth which is a very popular recreational area for Plymothians.

Philip Banks III

In addition, prior to commanding the Community Affairs Bureau, he was the Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Manhattan North and has also commanded the 79th, 81st and Central Park precincts.

Robert E. Lee Memorial Park

It formed the third largest municipal landscaped park in the country (after Central Park in New York City and Fairmount Park in Philadelphia).

San Mateo Arboretum

The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also has a Japanese garden designed by Nagao Sakurai that was dedicated in 1966.

Steve Renouf

Renouf's Wigan Warriors debut came in round four of the Challenge Cup against Whitehaven at Central Park.

Steven McDonald

McDonald was shot three times in the line of duty by 15-year-old Shavod Jones (1971–1995) whom he was questioning about bicycle thefts in Central Park.

Street magic

New York based artist and magician Jeff Sheridan is regarded as one of the pre-eminent U.S. street magicians to emerge from the surge in street performance artistry which began in the late '60s. He authored the 1977 book, Street Magic and allegedly was one of the performers who inspired and taught the young David Blaine after Blaine saw Sheridan perform in Central Park.

Sudbrook Park

Known most for designing well-known urban projects like Central Park in New York City, Olmsted conceived this "suburban village" with curved roads and open green spaces, traits that set the community apart from its contemporaries.

T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.

The Mothership Reconnection Tour, which began in New York's Central Park, included the landing of a full-scale Mothership on stage, from which Clinton emerged.

Test Stand VII

After Operation Hydra bombed other areas of Peenemünde in 1943, the P-7 blockhouse roof was reinforced, and in a 1944 raid, the blockhouse occupants suffered one injury when a periscope fell.

The Good Rats

During the following years, the Rats performed at venues such as Madison Square Garden, The Philadelphia Spectrum, The Nassau Coliseum, The Hammersmith Odeon in England, and New York’s Central Park, as well as showcase rooms such as The Bottom Line (Manhattan), My Father’s Place (Roslyn, New York), Whiskey a Go Go (Los Angeles) and The Paradise Room (Boston).

Todd Bullard

He is also a descendant of Anne Hupp, who was famous for defending Miller's Blockhouse from a Shawnee Indian attack, in 1782, for over 24 hours after her husband and father were killed.

United for Peace and Justice

In 2004, the organization wanted to hold a rally on the Great Lawn of Central Park in opposition to the continued occupation of Iraq.

Vincent La Selva

Since 1974, he has performed complete operas at no charge to the public in New York City's Central Park.


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