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Warren, Whitney

(Encyclopedia) Warren, Whitney, 1864–1943, American architect, b. New York City, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. He began practice in New York City in 1894. Later he joined with Charles D.…

Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Yankee Hotel FoxtrotNonesuch Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was originally slated to be issued in 2001, but the band's label, Reprise, was reportedly less than enthusiastic about its contents. When…

Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, city (2020 pop. 17,355), seat of St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1919. Developed in the 1960s, it has…

Strand

(Encyclopedia) Strand, street in London, England, roughly parallel with the Thames River, running from the Temple to Trafalgar Square. It is a street of law courts, hotels, theaters, and office…

Uniondale

(Encyclopedia) Uniondale, uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 20,328), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. Downtown suburban growth since the 1970s has included construction of the Nassau Coliseum,…

Kitzbühel

(Encyclopedia) KitzbühelKitzbühelkĭtsˈbüˌhəl [key], town (1991 pop. 6,238), in Tyrol prov., W Austria, in the Kitzbühel Alps. It is a famous winter sports and resort center and a summer health spa.…

Top Ten Remote Hotels, 2014

The following table lists the top ten best remote hotels of 2014—sense of adventure required. Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS Related Links…

Piccadilly

(Encyclopedia) PiccadillyPiccadillypĭkˌədĭlˈē [key], street of the City of Westminster borough, London, England. Starting at Piccadilly Circus (London's center of traffic and amusement), it runs to…

Ixtapa

(Encyclopedia) IxtapaIxtapaēshtäˈpä [key], resort town, Guerrero, SW Mexico, on the Pacific. Its broad bay was largely untouched until the late 1960s. In 1972 the Mexican government began developing…

Oranjestad

(Encyclopedia) OranjestadOranjestadôränˈjəstätˌ [key], town and port (1991 pop. 20,045), capital and administrative center of Aruba, in the Lesser Antilles. Oranjestad is a tourist destination with…