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Boston City Guide
Population and Landmark… Boston is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The city was the site of several firsts for the US, including America’s first public school, Boston Latin School and first college, Harvard College. Boston was also home to the first subway in the United States. In 2006, the population of Boston [...]
Continue reading...City Guide of Los Angeles
8. March 2010
Population & Landmark… Founded in 1781 by Mexican settlers, Los Angeles is actually just the largest of 88 different incorporated cities that make up the greater metropolitan area that we think of as Los Angeles. Over the decades, the city grew from a cowtown to a Gold Rush boomtown to an Oil town. Today, the city records [...]
Continue reading...City Guide Chicago
8. March 2010
Population & Landmark… he city was long the second city, in population to New York, and is currently the third-most populous city in the United States, with nearly 3 million people. Because of its strategic location, Chicago became famous as a hub for roads, canals, railways and aeroplanes. In the 1920s, during Prohibition, gangsters like Al Capone [...]
Continue reading...City Guide of Miami
8. March 2010
Population & Landmark… Miami is a major city in the southeast corner of Florida. The city was founded 100 years ago, when a tycoon called Henry Flagler extended his railroad to carry citrus fruits from the frost-free south. The city’s population growth in recent years has been driven by internal migration from other parts of the country [...]
Continue reading...City Guide of NYC
8. March 2010
Population & Landmark… The first European settlement on Manhattan was by the Dutch, and named the city New Amsterdam. In 1664, the British took over and renamed it New York. The settlement rapidly flourished, expanding from south to north along the island. Mass immigration in the 19th and early 20th century saw the emergence of [...]
Continue reading...Houston City Guide
5. March 2010
Population & Landmark… Within a year of its foundation, Houston became the capital of the Republic of Texas, until 1840, when that honour was transferred to Austin. However, that Republic was short lived as Texas joined the Union in 1845. Houston is a diverse and international city, in part because of its many academic institutions and strong [...]
Continue reading...San Francisco City Guide
5. March 2010
Culture & History… San Francisco used to be a simple Spanish fishing village with a population of 400. About 75 years later, when the West Coast became US Territory, it was renamed San Francisco, after the old Franciscan mission nearby. Nowadays, the city is “the capital of the West Coast” and the 4th most populous city [...]
Continue reading...Washington DC City Guide
4. March 2010
Population & Landmark… Washington DC is the capital of the United States. The city is situated in the District of Columbia. George Washington created this special district as a federal power hub to avoid the problem of establishing the capital city in any one state. Article one of the United States Constitution provides for a federal district, [...]
Continue reading...Mayfair City Guide
19. January 2010
Landmark Mayfair in the West End of London, UK, is London’s most exclusive district and in many ways an amazing place to live, work and visit. Named after the fortnight long May Fair that took place there, Mayfair is a fashionable district that includes the most important retail shopping activity in the United Kingdom. Bordered by [...]
Continue reading...Glasgow City Guide
20. November 2008
Population & Landmark… Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the UK. The population of the city was 580000 in 2007 and 2.3m for Glasgow and surrounding towns of the conurbation, 41% of Scotland’s population. Glasgow has seen more changes in the past 2 decades than almost any other British city. From [...]
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17. March 2010
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