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4 unusual facts about The Crescent


Batus Inc.

The Crescent of Spokane, Washington (became Frederick & Nelson 1988) In 1982, BATUS purchased Marshall Field's, owners of The Crescent.

Lloyd Center

The Lipmans name was apparently reinstated at a new location in the north end of the mall in 1987, only to be replaced by that of Spokane-based The Crescent later in the same year.

The Crescent, Limerick

A monument to Daniel O'Connell; the 19th Century Irish Political leader stands at the centre of The Crescent overlooking O'Connell Street.

In 2012 the church was bought by a new religious order known as the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest who hope to restore the church.



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Alverstoke

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal, estranged wife of the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne, died in the rectory in 1834 whilst awaiting for her property in the Crescent to be completed.

Crescent

But other than Shiva, the major Indian Goddesses like Durga and Kali (the latter more often), is depicted with the crescent.

Anna Notaras, daughter of the last Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire Loukas Notaras, after the fall of Constantinople and her emigration to Italy, made a seal with her coat of arms which included Two Lions holding above the crescent a cross or a sword.

Dallas Children's Theater

In 1987, with the support of The Rosewood Corporation and the Meadows Foundation, they moved their administrative offices and some performances to the Crescent Theater in Dallas.

Edgefield Hussars

The Edgefield Advertiser described it as a Confederate flag with the following additions, where one side is a Palmetto tree overtopped with the Crescent, with the name ‘Edgefield Hussars’ gilded on a white bar.

Flag of Singapore

Merchant vessels and pleasure craft fly a civil ensign of red charged in white with a variant of the crescent and stars emblem in the centre.

François Coppée

For the Crown was performed at Covent Garden as a prize-winning opera The Cross and the Crescent with music by Colin McAlpin in 1903.

Frank Freeman

Freeman once headed the Clubhouse Committee of the Crescent Athletic Club (whose headquarters he designed in 1906), and he was a parishioner of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn Heights.

James K. Hackett

He was responsible for the construction of a number of significant Revolutionary War-era warship for the fledgling country, including the USS Raleigh (1776), USS Ranger (1777), USS America (1782), USS Congress (1799), USS Portsmouth (1798), two cutters for the United States Revenue Cutter Service, as well as the Crescent, built for Algiers as tribute.

Kempinski Residences Palm Jumeirah

The Kempinski Residences, Palm Jumeirah are the first residences to open on the crescent of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

La Barré

Translation: The crescent is associated with Faith and Hope.

Najaceras

Najaceras comes from "naja", the word for the crescent at the bottom of the Navajo squash blossom or wedding necklace.

Order of the Crescent

Recipients (usually naval or army officers or representatives of Britain or France, highly present in the region during the Napoleonic Wars) were awarded a lozenge-shaped silver radiant star, embroidered in silver thread on an azure background with a star and crescent in the centre, and a red ribbon, to be worn with the crescent to the star's left.

Patrick Gwynne

His entry in the restaurant competition at the Festival of Britain led to a commission for the Crescent Restaurant at Battersea Park.

Queen and Crescent Limited

It was operated over a historic route that had been established in the late 1800s called the Queen and Crescent Route, which referred to Cincinnati as the "Queen City" and New Orleans as the "Crescent City".

Scoring A Century

On March 4, 2010 the Opera received its World Premiere at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, by students from the Birmingham Conservatoire Vocal Department.

The King's Way

The song was written on 27 December 1909 to celebrate the opening of London's Kingsway, a wide street in central London connecting High Holborn to the centre of the crescent south of it called Aldwych.

The Owl Dives Through the Crescent Moon

The Owl Dives Through The Crescent Moon is the second studio album of keyboardist Travis Dickerson.

The Runner Stumbles

On 21 October 2009, the play The Runner Stumbles made its UK Premiere at The Crescent Theatre in Birmingham.