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3 unusual facts about Esplanade


Esplanade, Kolkata

The growing influence of the Left, particularly the Communist Party of India in organising urban protest was strongly felt from around 1957.

Bourne & Shepherd, photographic studio was established here in 1867 by British photographers, Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd, and still exist here.

Mosaic Music Festival

Launched by the Esplanade in 2005, the festival has since garnered good reviews in regional newspapers such as Thailand's The Nation, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and Malaysia's The Star.


6th Ward of New Orleans

The Ward continues back along Esplanade Ridge, developed by the city's Creole communities in the 19th century, including elegant old mansions along Esplanade, one of which was the residence of Edgar Degas during the time he stayed with his relatives in the city.

Bellerive, Tasmania

It stretches from Kangaroo Bay where it borders Rosny Park, around the curved shoreline of Bellerive Esplanade to Kangaroo Bluff, then down to Bellerive Beach and east to Second Bluff, where Bellerive borders Howrah.

Bexhill-on-Sea

John Webb, the London building contractor who constructed the Eastern Esplanade also developed the land which he had received in part payment and laid out Western Road and built the Devonshire Hotel.

Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra

Other special engagements include Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's Inauguration Dinner, the Esplanade's Orientation & Trial Concert, the Debutate Ball held at the Ritz Carlton Singapore and the People’s Association’s 40th Anniversary held in 2000.

Bribie Island Seaside Museum

Bribie Island Seaside Museum opened on 14 May 2010 at 1 South Esplanade, Bongaree, on the Pumicestone Passage side of Bribie Island, Moreton Bay Region in Queensland, Australia.

Citibusiness Singapore

Citibank Business Singapore has 11 branches, namely at AMK Hub, Orchard Road, Paragon Citigold Centre, Parkway Parade, Bishan, Capital Square, Cuscaden Road, Esplanade, Vivocity, Great World City and Jurong East.

Congressional Plaza

Facing Congress, Congressional Plaza itself is dominated by the Monument to the Two Congresses, the work of Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae set on a Neoclassical esplanade designed by his fellow countryman, architect Henri d'Huicque, and completed in 1914.

Connaught Drive

Singapore's first pedestrian underpass, was built in 1964, linking the Queen Elizabeth Walk in Esplanade Park under Connaught Drive as it approaches Anderson Bridge.

Erzsébet Földi

In 1989, as a third-year student at New York University, she performed Paul Taylor's Esplanade with the Second Avenue Dance Company at the Tisch School of the Arts theater.

Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans

Esplanade Avenue was an important 19th century portage route of trade between the Bayou which linked to Lake Pontchartrain and the River.

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.

Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial

Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial (also known as: "Man at the Wheel" statue or "Fishermen's Memorial Cenotaph") is an historic memorial cenotaph sculpture on South Stacy Boulevard, near entrance of Stacy Esplanade in Gloucester, Massachusetts, built in 1925.

Julian Gargiulo

He has performed in the United States, Italy, France, Germany, England, Russia, Singapore and Australia in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory Hall, Verona Philharmonic Hall, the Singapore Esplanade and the Seymour Theatre Centre.

Lawrence Tenney Stevens

One of his largest commissions was for the Centennial Fairgrounds and Esplanade for the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas.

Medina House

As part of Kings Esplanade, it now forms part of the Cliftonville Conservation Area within Hove.

Montreal Symphony House

The Montreal Symphony House is located at the corner of de Maisonneuve Boulevard West and Saint Urbain Street, on the northeastern esplanade of Place des Arts in the Quartier des Spectacles.

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.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority

The buses that have been restored to operation have returned to several major thoroughfares, including Elysian Fields Avenue, Esplanade Avenue, Claiborne Avenue, St. Claude Avenue, Judge Perez Drive, General Meyer Avenue, Lapalco Boulevard, Robert E. Lee Boulevard, and the Chef Menteur Highway.

Osadia

Tollwood Festival, Munich / Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia / Trafalgar Square Festival, London, UK / Juste pour rire/Just for laughs, Montreal, Canada / The Esplanade Festival, Singapore / NZ International Festival, Wellington, New Zealand / Kleines Fest im Grossen Garten, Hanover / Daidogei World Cup, Shizuoka, Japan / Hogmanay, Edinburgh, Scotland / Festes de la Mercè, Barcelona

Prostitution in Kolkata

Street prostitutes work in Esplanade Crossing, opposite of cinema ‘Metro’ and in the street between Elite Cinema Hall and Regal Cinema Hall, Jagat Cinema near Sealdah station and under Sealdah flyover, and another place is Ultadanga flyover and railway foot over bridge, kalighat, and Garia.

Storrow Drive

For example, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has proposed covering Storrow Drive near the pedestrian Arthur Fiedler Bridge, replacing the old overpass with a wide, ground-level park space that would better connect the green space of Boston's Public Garden with the Esplanade.

The Esplanade, Weymouth

The Victorian Jubilee Clock is a brightly painted and very visible feature on the Esplanade.

Transport in Kolkata

The line begins at Noapara in the north and continues south through Park Street, Esplanade in the heart of the city till the southern end in New Garia.

Vocaluptuous

2006 also saw the group’s second solo concert, Lush Pop Jazz, lasting eight shows at the Esplanade, with local politician and entertainer, Eunice Olsen.

Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade

Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade is a 2010 book about the Temple Mount edited by Oleg Grabar and Benjamin Z. Kedar and published by the University of Texas Press.

World Pyro Olympics

The event was hosted by the Philippines from January 5 to January 7 and January 12 & January 13, 2007 at The Esplanade at the newly completed SM Mall of Asia.

The first World Pyro Olympics took place in 2005 in The Esplanade at the back of then unfinished SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines from December 26 to December 30.

Zoological Garden of Monaco

The Jardin Animalier de Monaco are located on the Esplanade Rainer III, in Monaco's Fontvieille ward, on the southern side of the Rock of Monaco.


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