Lac du Bourget, also locally known as Lac Gris or Lac d'Aix, is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second largest after Lac de Grand-Lieu depending on season.
From Bad (“spa; a short form of Heilbad”) + Tölz. The first element of the present-day place name was added in 1899, thus replacing the older name Krankenheil Tölz.. First mentioned as Tolnze in 1155.
In the middle of the 19th century, Tölz changed direction with the discovery of natural springs. The town began to focus on the healing properties of these springs and became a cure and spa town. In 1899, it became known as Bad Tölz.
Lower Hutt is unique among New Zealand cities, as the name of the council does not match the name of the city it governs. Special legislation has since 1991 given the council the name "Hutt City Council", while the name of the place itself remains "Lower Hutt City". This name has led to confusion, as Upper Hutt is administered by a separate city council, the Upper Hutt City Council. The entire Hutt Valley includes both Lower and Upper Hutt cities. Lower Hutt is also often simply called "the Hutt".
Olana State Historic Site is a historic house museum and landscape in Greenport, New York, near the city of Hudson. The estate was home to Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. The centerpiece of Olana is an eclectic villa which overlooks parkland and a working farm designed by the artist. The residence has a wide view of the Hudson River Valley, the Catskill Mountains and the Taconic Range.
The New York House of Refuge was the first juvenile reformatory established in the United States. It opened in 1824 on the Bowery in Manhattan, New York City and was destroyed by a fire in 1839, before being relocated first to Twenty-Third Street and then, in 1854, to Randalls Island.
Through its 111-year history, the reformatory was privately funded, receiving only guidance, supervision and additional funding from state agencies.
The Herald Square Theatre was a Broadway theatre in Manhattan, New York City, built in 1883 and closed in 1914. The site is now a highrise designed by H. Craig Severance.
Built in 1889 by Dr. Charles Knox Cole (1852-1920) and William Y. Simonton (1837-1905), the Hotel Helena was a solid five-story brick building in the heart of downtown. It was located on Grand Street, which connected Jackson St. with North Warren. Grand Street and all the formidable Victorian buildings on it were demolished in the 1970s during "Urban Renewal".
Affectionately known as the "Grand Old Lady of the South", the Grosvenor Hotel is very much a part of Timaru's history with ornate styling dating back to the last century. The Grosvenor, with its foundation stone being laid in 1875 has a very long and prolific history. The hotel got off to a rough start, as shortly after the hotel was completed it burnt down. The façade you see today comes after the rebuilding in 1915. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has stayed twice giving the hotel its well-known pedigree.
The Grand Pacific Hotel was one of the first two prominent hotels built in Chicago, Illinois, after the Great Chicago Fire. The hotel, designed by William W. Boyington and managed for more than 20 years by John Drake, was located on the block bounded by Clark Street, LaSalle, Quincy and Jackson. It was a replacement for the Pacific Hotel, which had been built in 1871 (also designed by Boyington), only to burn in the fire later that year.
Governors Island is a 172-acre (70 ha) island in New York Harbor, within the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located approximately 800 yards (730 m) south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from Brooklyn to the east by the 400-yard-wide (370 m) Buttermilk Channel. The National Park Service administers a small portion of the north end of the island as the Governors Island National Monument, including two former military fortifications named Fort Jay and Castle Williams.