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unusual facts about city square



Kim Il-sung Square

Kim Il-sung Square is a large city square in the center of Pyongyang, DPRK (North Korea), and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il-sung.

Leeds railway station

The building was lambasted in 1967 by poet John Betjeman who said it blocked all the light out of City Square, and was a testament to money with no architectural merit.

It is located on New Station Street to the south of City Square, at the bottom of Park Row, behind the landmark Queens Hotel; it is one of 17 stations managed by Network Rail.

Old Market Square

The Old Market Square is an open, pedestrianised city square in Nottingham, England.

Victory Square, Saint Petersburg

It is located in the very end of Moskovsky Prospekt near Pulkovo Airport – not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central city square.

Walter Hook

A memorial to Hook was built in the Leeds Parish Church, and in 1903 a statue was erected to him in City Square, in the company of a select few other leading fathers of the city.


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Black Star Square

Bordered by the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, it is the second-largest city square in the world after Tiananmen Square in China.

De Brouckère metro station

The station is named after the city square above ground, which itself is named after the former mayor of Brussels Charles de Brouckère.

Guildhall, Derry

Guildhall Square will face increasing competition for the title of metropolitan Derry's main city square following the redevelopment of Ebrington Square which opened on Valentine's Day 2012 and linked to Guildhall Square via Derry's new Peace Bridge.

Harald Langhelle

In a speech held on the city square of Trondheim, Josef Terboven declared an imminent crackdown on "those who pull the strings".

Larry La Trobe

The second Larry was reinstalled in the City Square and officially unveiled on 16 September 1996 by Melbourne Lord Mayor, Councillor Ivan Deveson.