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7 unusual facts about Central City


Brown's Velvet Dairy

Brown's Velvet Dairy, now Brown's Dairy, is a historic business in the Central City section of New Orleans.

Central City, Louisiana

On January 9, 2007, Governor Kathleen Blanco appointed the interim members of the new Central Community School Board.

Central City, Nebraska

The inhabitants just prior to the establishment of Lone Tree (Central City) were the Pawnee.

Central City, Phoenix

Also located in this village are the larger commercial and government buildings common of a downtown area, as well as sports venues such as US Airways Center and Chase Field.

Fire engine red

Most traditional older fire departments in larger U.S. central cities of major metropolitan areas use this color for their fire engines, but many suburbs and smaller cities now use the color lime or bright yellow for their fire engines because of its greater visibility at night.

Southern Food and Beverage Museum

On September 1, 2011, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum announced it will be relocating to a larger space on O. C. Haley Boulevard in historic Central City, New Orleans.

United Saints Recovery Project

United Saints Recovery Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit located in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans.


James Bullough Lansing

James Martini was born on January 14, 1902, in Greenridge, Nilwood Township, Macoupin County, Illinois to parents Henry Martini of St. Louis, Missouri, and Grace Erbs Martini of Central City, Illinois.

Lianne Dalziel

There are others who are worried about Dalziel's Labour Party background, including central city property developer Antony Gough, who talked of her "red apron strings" getting in the way of working with local business owners.


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2013 Lake Grassmere earthquake

Many central city office workers left work early, and with all suburban train services cancelled for urgent track inspections, bus services overloaded and traffic gridlock occurred on major roads out of the city for a couple of hours.

ACG Senior College

Students enjoy access to all that the central city has to offer, from The Auckland City Library opposite the school to the open spaces that are Aotea Square and Albert Park.

Action of 27 June 1798

The knights put up no resistance, although fighting against native Maltese troops lasted for 24 hours until the central city of Mdina fell.

Barrack Street

Together with St Georges Terrace, Wellington Street and William Street it defines the boundary of the main shopping precinct of the central city.

Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Since the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the core of the central city has been closed to the public.

Central City May Rise Again

Central City May Rise Again is the debut album by The Cape May released by Flemish Eye in 2005.

Central City Opera House

The Central City Opera House is the performance venue for the Central City Opera company which celebrated its 75th year of activity in 2007.

Dianne Watts

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia will also have their new 76,000 square metre LEED gold certified headquarters in Surrey Green Timbers Park, near Surrey Central City, by early 2013—with all the extra employment that this might entail.

East Riverside, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Magazine Street to the north, Toledano Street to the east, Tchoupitoulas Street to the south and Napoleon Avenue to the west.

Edward D. White, Jr

White made major contributions while serving on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Historical Foundation, Historic Denver, Inc., Four Mile Historic Park, Little Kingdom Foundation (preservation planners for Colorado’s oldest, best preserved mining district), Central City Opera Association (owner of Central City’s most important landmark structures), and other prominent civic groups.

Louis-Jodel Chamblain

Shortly after his return, he captured the central city of Hinche from the Haitian police with a force of 50 men.

Lower Garden District, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue, Felicity, Prytania, Thalia, Magazine and Julia Streets to the north, the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Crescent City Connection and Mississippi River to the east, Felicity, Magazine and Constance Streets, Jackson Avenue, Chippewa, Soraparu, and St. Thomas Streets to the south and 1st Street to the west.

Milan, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue to the north, Toledano Street and Louisiana Avenue to the east, St. Charles Avenue to the south and Napoleon Avenue to the west.

Not Many

In August 2011, following the Christchurch earthquake, the video was remade with Scribe travelling around the central city red zone and featuring host of residents' faces, including Mayor Bob Parker.

Operation Before the Dawn

One armoured division proceeded to Sumar in the central zone as a diversion to mask seven reserve infantry divisions that went from the southern sector to the central city of Dezful.

St. Gumbertus, Ansbach

Gumbertus is one of the central city churches of Ansbach, Bavaria, together with the neighboring St. Johannis.

Sydenham, New Zealand

Sydenham is separated from the central city by the South Island Main Trunk Railway and Moorhouse Avenue.

The Octagon

The Octagon, Christchurch, a former church in the central city of Christchurch

Touro, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue to the north, Toledano Street to the east, Magazine Street to the south and Napoleon Avenue to the west.

Ubon Ratchathani

Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, an upgraded technical college just north of the central city.

Walt Leger III

Walter “Walt” J. Leger III (surname pronounced leh-ZHAY) is Speaker Pro Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the representative for New Orleans’ District 91, which includes Central City, Uptown, the Lower Garden District, the Irish Channel, parts of Broadmoor, Gert Town, and Hollygrove.

Zinder

The large fortress of the southeast central city (Birini) was built shortly thereafter, and became a major hub for trade south through Kano and east to Bornu.