The Phipps Conservatory is by far one of the most beautiful places I have ever laid my eyes on. The Philips Conservatory is located in Schenley Park and it is labeled as a Historical Landmark in Pittsburgh. It was founded in 1893 by an industrialist named Henry Phipps and he had chosen to give conservatory to the city as a gift. The conservatory is comprised of 14 different rooms featuring various species of exotic and domestic plants‚ and it is also known as one of the greenest facilities in Pennsylvania
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Prof. J.W. Zuggi The Urban Experience LOVE Park In the heart of Center City‚ Philadelphia is the JFK Plaza‚ which is known to many Philadelphians as LOVE Park. The plaza is the home of The Fairmount Park Welcome Center‚ a single-spout fountain‚ and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. The plaza serves as a terminal point for The Ben Franklin Parkway and merges it to City Hall. The plaza itself was designed in 1965 by city planners Vincent King and Edmund Bacon as a visitor’s center. The addition
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Brinkley’s essay The Mall he explores the history of shopping complexes in the United States and gives us insight on the different kinds of complexes. The mall started off as a shopping center. The first shopping center was the Country Club Plaza‚ opened in Kansas City in 1924. The shopping center soon increased in size and became small “strips.” In 1956‚ the first enclosed‚ climate controlled shopping opened in Minneapolis and was called South Dale Shopping Center many cities. The malls spread and began
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Management Plaza December 1‚ 2011 Presented by: Ahsan Khawar 12020378 Fahd Iqtidar Mir 12020367 Nabeel Siraj 12020325 Umair Babar Chishti 12020157 Question 1: All the relevant costs are calculated in the attached excel sheet‚ given in Appendix 1. As shown in the cost summary sheet‚ the overall costs for Zaragoza come out to be slightly higher than those of Rotterdam. The major difference is caused due to the transportation costs from port to PLAZA. For Rotterdam
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Mamie Phipps Clark Mamie Phipps Clark started her college career in 1934. She began going to college at Howard University as a math major which she graduated magna cum laude in 1938 but when she went back she changed her major to psychology after her husband Kenneth Clark persuaded her to do so. He told her that there would not be that many job opportunities for her and thought it would be better if she got a degree in psychology. When she entered the master’s program‚ she started on her thesis
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INTEGRATIVE CASE 7.0 The Plaza Inn OVERVIEW David Bart‚ General Manager of the Plaza Inn‚ received a letter from the hotel association of which the Plaza Inn was a member. The letter stated that the hotel’s service levels did not measure up and that the front desk and reservations‚ two critical departments‚ received the worst ratings among all of the association’s properties. Unless the management of the Plaza Inn could submit a plan for guest service improvement and pass the next inspection
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In “The ‘Magic of the Mall’: An Analysis of Form‚ Function‚ and Meaning in the Contemporary Retail Built Environment”‚ Jon Goss explains the motives of the modern mall. With shopping being America’s second most loved activity‚ developers have found that there are large amounts of profit to be made from shopping malls. Developers build malls in hopes that a good mix of tenants will arrive‚ that they will keep a certain middle to upper class demographic in the mall‚ and that they will keep high-quality
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Assessment Submission Form Student Name Student Number Assessment Title Assignment 2 Module Code MIS2002L Module Title Project Management Tutor Dr. Paul Humphreys Date Submitted 28/05/2013 Office use only Date Received Office use only Grade/Mark A SIGNED COPY OF THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR ASSESSMENT. STUDENTS SHOULD KEEP A COPY OF ALL WORK SUBMITTED. Procedures for Submission and Late Submission Ensure that you have checked
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During my visit to Plaza Olvera‚ I discovered much information that before‚ I never really bothered to pay attention to. La Placita Olvera a colorful Mexican marketplace who attracts millions of visitors. Besides its restaurants and crafts shops‚ Plaza Olvera also is famous for hosting traditional events like the blessing of the Animals‚ Cinco de Mayo‚ Fiestas Patrias‚ Dia de Los Muertos‚ and Las Posadas. On my visit to the Placita Olvera I also discovered Avila Adobe‚ this house was built in 1818
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