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2 unusual facts about City Hall


City Hall, Cardiff

Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (Llywelyn II, the last ruling Prince of Wales) by Henry Albert Pegram

City Hall, Singapore

On 12 September 1945, the Japanese General Itagaki surrendered to Lord Mountbatten in 1945 to end World War II in Singapore.


Alfred Gelder

This followed the visit to Hull during May 1903, when Gelder was Mayor of the city, by the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Princess of Wales to unveil a memorial statue of Queen Victoria, a commemoration tablet at the Royal Infirmary and to lay the foundation stone of the new City Hall.

Alicante CF

Previously owned by the club, it was then purchased by the City Hall, and the team held their official matches there since 1979.

Amy Atkins

Amy Atkins has appeared in several films, portraying reporters, including “It Could Happen to You”, “The Opposite of Sex”, and “City Hall.”

Bob Baker Marionette Theater

The puppets danced and pranced around the City Council’s ornate horseshoe-shaped desk in the City Hall chambers before officials voted 14-0 to place the Bob Baker Marionette Theater on the city’s landmark list.

Culture of medieval Poland

Gothic secular buildings such as city halls also became numerous, for example in the new towns of Kazimierz and Wiślica.

Elevator operator

The Young–Quinlan Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota and City Hall in Buffalo, New York are two of the few in the United States to employ elevator operators.

Esplanade MRT Station

There is a link from Circle Line's Esplanade station to City Hall via the underground shopping centre CityLink Mall or the basement of Raffles City shopping mall.

Game Day

He follows his own advice and gets records of campaign contributions from City Hall, turning up massive contributions from the Barksdales to various politicians.

German Renaissance

A particular form of Renaissance architecture in Germany is the Weser Renaissance, with prominent examples such as the City Hall of Bremen and the Juleum in Helmstedt.

Hardwick, Vermont

Buildings around the country made with Hardwick granite include the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Chicago City Hall, and the Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C., as well as numerous city halls and custom houses.

João Morais

Morais setlled in Vila do Conde – the city of his last club – after retiring, going on to work as a city hall employee.

Juan Manuel Benítez

In September 2011, he was named one of City Halls "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics.

Julio Alak

When Estudiantes obtained the 2006 Apertura title, Alak invited the team to an official ceremony but the players declined to attend, claiming that the pressure from the crowd would not allow them to reach his office; actually, the players were at the Cathedral, 200 m (650 ft) from City Hall, and so the refusal to attend was perceived as a rebuke of Alak.

Kenneth Lipper

His experience in government was the inspiration for another film, 1996's City Hall, starring Al Pacino, for which he served as producer and wrote the screenplay and novel.

M.V. Hartranft

He donated a parcel of land for the construction of Bolton Hall, which was used as a community center, a city hall and, finally, a historical museum.

Mays Island

Functioning as a civic center rather much like the Île de la Cité, it is the site of the city hall, the Linn County Courthouse, and the county jail.

National Day Parade, 2009

The marching contingents took a route around the Esplanade and passed by landmarks like the Merlion, the Old Supreme Court and the City Hall.

St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey

Its parish extends as far as the Thames (including the south tower of Tower Bridge, City Hall and part of London Bridge Station).

Yitzhak Kariv

As a member of the Mizrachi political party, he was appointed as a compromise between the parties of the city hall, after Jerusalem’s first elected mayor, Zalman Shragai, had resigned.


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1956 Georgian demonstrations

The demonstrators went down the main Tbilisi thoroughfare, Rustaveli Avenue, to Lenin Square, stopping at the House of Government and then at the City Hall, chanting the slogan "Long Live Great Stalin! Long Live the Party of Lenin and Stalin! Long Live Soviet Georgia!", accompanied by the cacophony of car sirens and horns.

Aachen Rathaus

Since the end of the Imperial City era and the Napoleonic occupation of the area, the structural condition of the City Hall was greatly neglected, so that the building was seen to be falling apart by 1840.

Balazs Szabo

He was selected for a solo exhibition in Honolulu’s city hall by Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi for the national Bicentennial in 1976.

Barbera d'Asti

The first written proof of vinification is stored in the city hall of Nizza Monferrato and dates back to the seventeenth century.

Bayamón City Hall

Bayamón City Hall was inaugurated in 1980 by Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera.

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Bosnian national final was held on 6 March 1999 at the Skenderija City Hall in Sarajevo, hosted by Segmedina Srna and Lejla Babović.

Boston Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps

The first home for the “Saders” (now officially renamed the Crusaders Senior Drum and Bugle Corps of Boston) was at the City Hall in Waltham, Massachusetts, though, over the years, the corps has had numerous practice facilities in the greater Boston area.

Busan Metro Line 2

Part of phase 3, started in 1998, extended Line 2 north from Hopo to the Yangsan city hall.

Carol Alvarado

Her political activism began at the age of 12, when she assisted her godfather's campaign for the Houston City Council District I. Prior to formally entering public life, Alvarado worked in City Hall as a Senior Executive Assistant to Houston Mayor Lee P. Brown.

Claes Jacobsz van der Heck

According to Houbraken who mentions that he was listed on the last page of the Schilder-boeck, his works hung in the Alkmaar city hall when he was writing, and he mentions landscape views of Egmond Abbey, a Judgment of Solomon, portraits, and other historical allegories.

Clothespin

It is in Philadelphia across the street from the City Hall, and can be seen in the movie Trading Places.

County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union

The Pittsburgh City-County Building (serving as City Hall) is separate from the courthouse, and is jointly owned by the city and county.

D-Date

During D-Date's last performance of their 1st live tour in Tokyo Dome City Hall on June 29, 2012, it was announced that Tomo Yanagishita had joined the group as their newest member.

David Pietersz. de Vries

On top of the The Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes, Delaware, designed after the City Hall of Hoorn, stands a statue of De Vries.

Donegall Square

In the centre is Belfast City Hall, the headquarters of Belfast City Council.

Downtown Guelph

Historical sites and landmarks include the Church of Our Lady, Guelph City Hall, The Armoury, Guelph train station, and Douglas Street.

Downtown Lansing

The offices of the city's government are located in Lansing City Hall at the corner of West Michigan Avenue and Capitol Avenue across the street from the Michigan State Capitol, which is the seat of the state government.

Edinburgh Place

The Edinburgh Place complex, which included the City Hall and the Memorial gardens were designed by British architects Ron Phillips and Alan Fitch in 1956 for the most important civic functions of the city.

Fall River Government Center

The city's historic 19th century city hall was demolished in the early 1960s for construction of Interstate 195, which cut through the heart of downtown Fall River.

Francis, Duke of Cádiz

In 1881 Francis took up residence at the château of Épinay-sur-Seine (currently the city hall).

George T. Delacorte, Jr.

He also donated money for the George Delacorte Musical Clock in the park, a sculpture of Alice in Wonderland, sculptures of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, and a fountain in City Hall Plaza.

Great Salem Fire of 1914

Chestnut Street designed by Samuel McIntire survived the great Salem fire as did what is now the Salem City Hall, the oldest continually run city hall in America, opened in 1837.

Haven Brothers Diner

Hosts Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer (both of whom had worked at the NBC10 studios in Providence two blocks from Havens Brothers time-honored location beside Providence City Hall) had each -- independently -- chosen it as their favorite "old-time" diner.

History of the SkyTrain

The owner appealed to city hall and the Millennium Line Rapid Transit Project Office for compensation, and complained to then-Premier Ujjal Dosanjh and deputy premier Joy MacPhail.

Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery

To make way for the refurbishment and expansion works at the City Hall Annex, the temporary Gallery has been relocated to the ground floor of the Murray Road Multi-storey car park Building in mid-2009 to maintain continuous services to the public.

Ipoh railway station

The other buildings designed by him include the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station (completed 1910), the Jamek Mosque (completed 1909) and the old KL city hall building (completed 1904).

James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth

The City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, which sits on the waterfront facing Staten Island, New York, and which was once a port city in its own right, is named in his honor — a statue of Lord Perth stands in front of City Hall (the "Amboy" comes from an Algonquian word meaning "valley").

Johnny Kelley

In 1993, a statue of Kelley to commemorate him was erected near the City Hall of Newton, Massachusetts, on the Boston Marathon course, one hill and about one mile prior to the foot of Heartbreak Hill.

June Rowlands

Rowlands is perhaps best remembered (and blamed) for banning the Toronto pop group Barenaked Ladies from performing at a City Hall function, claiming that the group's name objectified women.

La Plata City Hall

Moreno Plaza is overlooked from the south by the Neogothic Cathedral, designed by Benoit and Ernesto Meyer, and from the north by City Hall, designed by Meyer and German architect Hubert Stier (who created the Hannover and Bremen Railway terminals, among other important works).

Leroy Petry

On 24 June 2013 a 9 foot tall bronze and stainless steel statue of Petry by George Rivera was unveiled at Santa Fe City Hall.

Ludendorf

The city hall of the municipality Swisttal is located between Ludendorf and the neighboring village Swisttal-Essig.

Mashtots Park Movement

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Meike Hoffmann

In 2010 she was involved in the identification of the missing sculptures found in the archaeological excavations at the Rotes Rathaus City Hall of Berlin.

Metropolitan Toronto

Eventually this space proved inadequate and committee facilities and councillors' offices were relocated to an office tower at the southwest corner of Bay and Richmond Street (390 Bay Street), across from City Hall; Metro Council continued to meet in the City Hall council chamber.

Mississauga Civic Centre

Mississauga resident Don Cherry who is most notable for being on Hockey Night In Canada and a Canadian icon added fuel to the fire when he stated that the new City Hall reminded him of his home town Kingston, Ontario because it looked more like a penitentiary than a City Hall.

Newcastle City Hall

In 1981, Motörhead recorded the majority of the tracks for their live album, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, at the city hall.

Norma Wurmlinger

On the same day, Southgate's City Hall was named after Wurmlinger for all of her years of service and commitment to the City of Southgate.

Paul Löbe

At the time of Löbe's state funeral at the Rathaus Schöneberg on 9 August 1967, Andreas Baader (the later Red Army Faction militant), the author Hans Magnus Enzensberger, and others in a satirical rally carried a coffin bearing the words “SENAT” to the front of the city hall.

Paula Guilló

Paula Guilló Sempere (born 6 July 1989) is a Spanish beauty queen who was crowned Miss España 2010, the official representative to Miss Universe 2011, on 25 September at a gala event in the city hall square of Toledo, Spain.

Phil Tagami

Tagami rose to prominence in 1998 as a real estate developer when, utilizing a combination of his tireless pursuit and political support, he and his partners secured the right to renovate the historic Liberty House department store situated across the street from Oakland's City Hall.

Philip Schuyler

A statue of Schuyler, created by sculptor J. Massey Rhind in 1925 stands on the grounds of Albany's city hall.

Phoenix City Hall

"Old City Hall" is a duplex style structure with the original Maricopa County Courthouse, designed in 1928 by Lescher & Mahoney and Edward Nield, whose main entrance faces Washington Street.

Poème symphonique

The controversy over the first performance was sufficient to cause Dutch Television to cancel a planned broadcast recorded two days earlier at an official reception at Hilversum's City Hall on 13 September 1963 (Ligeti 1997, 7, 11; Morrison 2012).

Prague 2

Important sights:Charles Square- the biggest square in Prague and also among the biggest squares in Europe - with the New City Hall / Gothic town hall, Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Botanical Gardens and several Charles University buildingsin Albertov, as well as the Baroque Villa America.

Richard Titlebaum

His paintings are in the Fogg Art Museum, the Permanent Collection of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in New York City, Liberty University, and the Miami City Hall.

Riddarhustorget

It was originally created as the private residence of Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667) in the 1660s to the design by Jean de la Vallée and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, however overtaken by the city in the early 18th century to serve as a city hall until the early 20th century and since WW2 accommodating the Supreme Court.

Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

The program has grown to include exhibition spaces, featuring ongoing installations of regional artists at Sacramento City Hall and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).

Toronto City Hall

In the 1980 film The Kidnapping of the President starring William Shatner and Hal Holbrook the city hall and Nathan Phillips Square provided the location for a protracted hostage scene.