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2 unusual facts about City centre


City centre

The city centre of Amsterdam is Centrum, the historical heart of the city, while the CBD of Amsterdam is the Zuidas in the south.

Because of the bombardment of Rotterdam during World War II, and thus the loss of its historical core, the city centre and the CBD are the same area in that city.


City Hill, Canberra

The park is surrounded by Vernon Circle, at the south end of Northbourne Avenue but the precinct extends to London Circuit and is an integral part of the city centre design.

Culture Factory Polymer

Located in Lilleküla, Kristiine District, on the fringes of the city centre, this former toy factory became in 2003 one of the main strong points for alternative un-institutionalized culture in Tallinn.

Glasgow Central Railway

The Glasgow Central Railway was a railway that ran from Maryhill in the north west of Glasgow through the West End and City Centre to Rutherglen and Newton to the south east of the city.

Glasgow Cross

Glasgow Cross is a major junction in the city centre of Glasgow, which has, at its centre, five streets running from it: the High Street to the north, Gallowgate and London Road heading east, the Saltmarket to the south, and the Trongate running west to the Merchant City.

Historic Centre of Lima

Located principally in the city centre or Cercado de Lima and Rímac areas, the Historic Centre of Lima is among the most important tourist destinations in Peru.

History of Seacroft

From here buses run out through the estate as well as to the city centre, Wetherby and Harrogate.

Radio Television of Vojvodina

After the war, the RTNS was moved to the new building in the city centre.

RopeWalks, Liverpool

Ropewalks is a name given to an area of Liverpool city centre that runs from Lydia Ann Street to Renshaw Street widthways, and from Roscoe Street to Hanover Street lengthwise.

South Wales Echo

The newspaper was founded in 1884 and was based in Thomson House, Cardiff city centre.

Southern Distributor Road

The new road was designed to improve the environment in the city centre, taking traffic away from residential areas, and improving access to industrial areas in the east and south of the city.

St Elmo Courts

St Elmo Courts was a residential high rise building constructed in 1930 in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Trondheim Toll Scheme

But part of the reason for this traffic is that Trondheim Port is located on an artificial island only accessible via the city centre and Trondheim has yet to do like most cities and move its port out of the city centre, like the London Docklands and Fjordbyen in Oslo.

Trondheim Tramway

First steps to building a tramway in Byåsen were taken in 1916 when A/S Graakalbanen was founded to build a tramway from the City Centre via Byåsen to the mountain Gråkallen.

Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted

When a pedestrian bridge connecting Nedre Elvehavn to the city centre of Trondheim was built in 2003, it was named Verftsbrua, meaning "the (ship)yard bridge".

Urban renaissance

In the United States, efforts to revitalise urban areas often involve ideas of downtown/city centre as an art and cultural hub or arts district, somewhat akin to Richard Florida's concept of making the urban core friendly to the Creative Class.

Zmaj Children Games

Every June for a few days, children's plays, concerts, and shows gather children from Novi Sad and its surrounding region in Zmaj Jovina Street (the main street in Novi Sad's city centre).


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Acomb Park

Acomb Park is served by First York route 12 (Pink Line) which departs every 30 minutes and travels to York city centre

Alum Rock

Alum Rock, Birmingham, an area in the United Kingdom, two miles east of Birmingham's city centre

Anderston Centre

The new Anderston would have its population and slums cleared, and then trisected by these roads into three zones, a Residential Zone on the western side of the motorway, consisting of high-rise deck access public housing blocks, an Industrial Zone on the westernmost extreme bordering with Stobcross and Finnieston, and a Commercial Zone on the eastern side bordering the city centre with Blythswood Hill.

Apartheid

The residents were taken to a large tract of land, 13 miles (19 km) from the city centre, known as Meadowlands, which the government had purchased in 1953.

Arthur Louis Aaron

Located on a roundabout on the northern edge of the city centre, close to the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the statue of Aaron was unveiled on 24 March 2001 by Malcolm Mitchem, the last survivor of the aircraft.

Australian International Three Day Event

The event is unique in being held in a city-centre, taking place in the picturesque Adelaide Park Lands.

Autovía BU-11

The Autovía BU-11 is a 4 km (2.5 mile) long autovía in the city of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, running south from the city centre to the junction of the Autovía A-1 and the Autovía BU-30.

Avenham

The Town Centre ward has the River Ribble and Frenchwood at its southern base, moving through in a northerly direction through Avenham, the city centre, and to the borders of the UCLaN campus.

Bilbobus

The Creditrans is also valid on trains, metro and BizkaiBus bus services, which extend wider out of the city centre into all of Biscay.

Bornova Anglican Cemetery

The cemetery is approximately 6 kilometres north of the city centre in a district called Bornova.

Brest Tramway

The Brest tramway located in Brest (Brittany), France consists of a 28 stop, 14.3 km line connecting Porte de Plouzané in the west with Porte de Gouesnou and Porte de Guipavas northeast of the city centre.

Bundesautobahn 100

The A 100 encloses the city centre of the German capital Berlin, running from the Wedding district of the Berlin-Mitte borough in a southwestern bow through Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Tempelhof-Schöneberg to Neukölln.

Cardiff Bus

While horse buses (and later horse trams) had run in the city since 1845, Cardiff Bus can trace its history back to May 1902, when Cardiff Council took over and electrified a tram line between Roath and the city centre.

Cobweb Bridge

The Cobweb Bridge, also known as Spider Bridge, is located in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, near the disused Sheffield Victoria railway station.

Corporation Street tram stop

Corporation Street will be a stop on the city-centre extension of Line 1 of the Midland Metro onto Corporation Street in Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom.

Deira City Centre

Deira City Centre is owned by the Majid Al Futtaim group, and is one of six City Centre malls — the others are located in Ajman, Alexandria, Cairo, Muscat and Sharjah.

East Tamaki

The area is under governance of the Auckland Council, and is located to the south-east of the Auckland city centre.

Economy of Kochi

The Headquarters of the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy is situated at Venduruthy about 5 kilometers south of the city centre.

Ekka

The Ekka is organised by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), and is held at the RNA Showgrounds in the inner-city suburb of Bowen Hills approximately two kilometres north-east of Brisbane's city centre.

Ferrocarril General San Martín

In the metropolitan sector of the City of Buenos Aires there is a diesel commuter branch that operates from the Retiro railway terminus in the city-centre northwest to Palomar, Hurlingham and Pilar.

Geography of Wollongong

The Southern Freeway and Old Princes Highway provide alternative inland routes, descending the escarpment further south at Bulli Pass or at Mount Ousley, entering the coastal plain at Gwynneville, just north of Wollongong's city centre.

George Massey Tunnel

It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) south of the city centre of Vancouver, British Columbia, and approximately 30 km (20 mi) north of the Canada-U.S. Border at Blaine, Washington.

Huế Phật Đản shootings

More than 500 people marched across the Perfume River, carrying signs and placards, congregating at the Từ Đàm pagoda before a 3,000-strong demonstration, calling for religious equality, took place in the city centre as government security officials surrounded the area with armoured personnel carriers and civil guardsmen.

Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos Province Botanical Garden, officially, Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos, also known as Jardín Botónico Soledad, is located 14 kilometers from Cienfuegos city centre.

Jiaocheng District

Both Subdistricts, the Ethnic Township and the towns of Feiwan, Chengnan, Qidu and Badu lie on National Route 104, connecting south to Fengshan and north to Fu'an City centre.

Józsefváros

It is the part of the city centre in the wider sense as one of the 18-19th century older suburbs, close to Belváros.

Kalvebod Brygge

The southern part of the area, south of Bernstoffsgade, is to the west bounded by an extensive railway terrain, a section of which is now under redevelopment into a park band with scattered buildings and a super bikeway, which will provide a greenway between the city centre and the South Harbour.

Kelenföld railway station

Opened in 1861, it is situated south-west of the city centre, in Újbuda or District XI in the suburb Kelenföld.

King George Station

King George Station is located in Surrey City Centre at the corner of King George Boulevard and 100th Ave, just north of the western terminus of the Fraser Highway.

King William Street, Adelaide

The northern section called King William Road (connecting the Adelaide city centre with North Adelaide) passes several of Adelaide's landmarks, including Government House, Elder Park, the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Oval and St Peter's Cathedral.

Ladram Bay

Ladram Bay lies about 11 miles southwest of the city centre of Exeter and just over 1 mile east of the village of Otterton.

Leicester City Centre

Leicester London Road, mentioned above, is now the only train station in the city centre, after the closure of Leicester Belgrave Road and Leicester Central in the 1960s.

Lisbon Half Marathon

Heading eastwards towards the city centre, the course passes the docks and traces a route alongside much of the city's historical architecture, including the Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery.

Mościce

Located to the west of the city centre at the Biała river, it houses one of the largest and the first nitrate factory in Europe.

Mount Smart Stadium

Built within the quarried remnants of the Mount Smart volcanic cone, it is located 10 kilometres south of the city centre, in the suburb of Penrose.

Preston Point

It is located in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle, about 12 km south west of the city centre.

Providence Stadium

Located along the East Bank Highway the stadium is a ten minute drive from Georgetown's city centre and a 30 minute drive from Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Quebec Autoroute 10

The A-10 carries the name Autoroute Bonaventure (Bonaventure Expressway) from its start in Montreal's city centre to the Champlain Bridge.

Reggio Emilia railway station

Reggio Emilia railway station is situated at Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, at the eastern edge of the city centre.

Saint Alkmund's Way Footbridge

In 2007 Derby City Council demolished and rebuilt the footbridge over St Alkmund’s Way to link the city centre with St Mary’s Church.

Sea Mills, Bristol

It is situated some 3.5 miles (6 km) north-west of the city centre, towards the seaward end of the Avon Gorge, lying between the former villages of Shirehampton to the west, Westbury to the north and Stoke Bishop to the east, at the mouth of the River Trym where it joins the River Avon.

St John the Baptist Church, Coventry

The Collegiate and Parish Church of St John the Baptist is located in the City Centre of Coventry in the Medieval area of Spon Street.

Tamaki, New Zealand

It is located in the east of the city, 11 kilometres from the city centre, by the banks of the estuarial Tamaki River, which is a southern arm of the Hauraki Gulf.

Tarraby

It is about two miles away from the city centre of Carlisle and is near the River Eden.

Tranmere, Tasmania

Tranmere is a riverside suburb, with views across the Derwent River to the Hobart city centre.

Trolleybuses in Leeds

Funding was approved for the North Route to Bodington and an extension to Holt Park, the South Route to Stourton and a section of the city centre loop linking these two lines.

Victoria Hall, Sheffield

Today the hall stands in an important position in the city centre, across from Tudor Square and close to the Crucible and Lyceum theatres.

West End, Dundee

Since 1998, the city council has developed a "Cultural Quarter" at the boundary between the city centre and the West End which is now home to the Dundee Repertory Theatre, the Whitehall Theatre, the Sensation Science Centre and Dundee Contemporary Arts building as well as other commercial galleries and studios, and the university's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.

Whistle for the Choir

It was filmed in Glasgow city centre, including Buchanan and Sauchiehall Streets.

Wollongong Hawks

Prior to 1998 the Hawks played out of the Beaton Park Stadium, commonly known as "The Snakepit", located in Gwynneville, a suburb of Wollongong close to the city centre.