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The Crescent (Political Party)
The Crescent may refer to: * ''The Crescent'' (film) (2017) * The Crescent (department store), a former department store chain that was headquartered in Spokane, Washington * The Crescent (English band), an English indie band * The Crescent (Dallas), a landmark office building in Dallas, Texas * The Crescent (Cincinnati, Ohio), listed on the National Register of Historic Places * The Crescent (Valdosta, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia * The Crescent, part of the Downtown Ossining Historic District, New York * The Crescent (Birmingham), a defunct housing development and street in Birmingham, England. * The Crescent (Limerick), a street in Limerick, Ireland * Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland * The Crescent, Selby, North Yorkshire, England * The Crescent, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire. See also *The Fertile Crescent, crescent-shaped region in Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa * The Old Crescent, Bloomington, Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent (film)
''The Crescent'' is a Canadian horror film directed by Seth A. Smith, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The story centres around a painter and her two-year-old son at a remote seaside cottage following a death in the family. Plot After the death of her husband, Beth with her toddler son Lowen escape to a remote family beach house. There, Beth copes with her grief and the new struggles of single parenting by losing herself in her art, the process of paper marbling. Lowen also seems to be affected by the loss and frequently acts out in tantrums which causes Beth to further detach from him. After a series of hazardous mishaps in the new environment, the two begin to rebuild their bond. But a strange neighbor named Joseph seems intent on breaking up the two. And as a result of his meddling, Beth descends further into grief. In a rash act, she abandons Lowen by attempting to drown herself in the sea. Lowen finds himself alone, forced to fend for himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent (Limerick)
The Crescent ( ga, An Corrán) is a street in Limerick, Ireland and is one of the highlights of Georgian Limerick. The area takes its name from the shape of the terraced buildings on both sides. The two sides combined give the street a distinctive crescent oval shape. The Crescent was originally known as Richmond Place (after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond). A monument to Daniel O'Connell; the 19th Century Irish political leader stands at the centre of The Crescent overlooking O'Connell Street. On the west side is the Church of the Sacred Heart, a former Jesuit church that closed in 2006. In 2012 the church was bought by a new religious order known as the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest who hope to restore the church. Adjoining the Church of the Sacred Heart was Crescent College run by the Jesuit Order. It is now located in Dooradoyle suburbs. The site is now occupied by Limerick Tutorial College, a fee paying private school. Crescent College in turn lends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RHPs In IN
__NOTOC__ This is a list of properties and districts in Indiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 39 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Indiana's 92 counties has at least two listings. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". : Current listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Crescent
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Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent ( ar, الهلال الخصيب) is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, State of Palestine, Palestine and Jordan, together with the northern region of Kuwait, southeastern region of Turkey and the western portion of Iran. Some authors also include Cyprus and Northern Egypt. The Fertile Crescent is believed to be the very first region where Agriculture, settled farming emerged as people started the process of clearance and modification of natural vegetation to grow newly domesticated plants as crops. Early human civilizations such as Sumer in Mesopotamia flourished as a result. Technological advances in the region include the development of History of agriculture, agriculture and the use of Irrigation#History, irrigation, of History of writing#Bronze Age writing, writing, the Wheel#History, wheel, and History of glass, glass, most emerging first in Mesopotamia. Terminology The term "Fertile Cresce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent, Wisbech
The Crescent consists of rows of terraced houses and religious buildings laid out as a circus in the town of Wisbech, England. Initiated by the developer Joseph Medworth and built between 1794 and c1815, it is a rare examples of a Georgian circus to be found in the United Kingdom. Most properties have Grade I or Grade II listed building status. Although some changes have been made to the various sites over the years, much of the Georgian facade remains as it was when first built. This development now lies within the Wisbech Conservation Area. Although locally referred to as The Crescent, the development consists of a circus including The Crescent, Union Place, Ely Place surrounding Medworth's former residence, the Georgian period villa known as Wisbech Castle with two squares at either end (Museum Square and Castle Square). The museum was added in 1847 on a plot that had not belonged to Medworth. The two Places are separated by Market Street. This was created after Medwort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent, Selby
The Crescent is a terrace of buildings in Selby, a town in North Yorkshire in England. The terrace was built by John Audus, who was inspired by Lansdown Crescent, Bath. He obtained a 99-year lease on the site from Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre, and demolished the gateway of Selby Abbey and some monastic remains, to clear the site. Audus died in 1809, and his son, of the same name, completed work on the terrace. The crescent consists of fourteen properties, all of which are grade II listed buildings. They are built of brick, and are three storeys high. 1 The Crescent is rendered and was later converted into the Albion Vaults pub. It was purchased by the Old Mill Brewery in 1991, and now operates under its street address. 2 to 5 have shop fronts at ground level; that of 3 The Crescent is late 19th century and has Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Arts Centre
The Crescent Arts Centre (or simply The Crescent) is an arts centre based in Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingd ..., Northern Ireland, founded in 1980. The centre hosts a wide range of arts and entertainment events, as well as classes in dance, music, verbal and visual arts, and community outreach programmes. Its facilities include a dance studio named after its late patron, the choreographer and Holocaust survivor Helen Lewis (choreographer), Helen Lewis. The centre is home to the annual June Belfast Book Festival. The Crescent is housed in the former Victoria College, Belfast, Victoria College on University Road in the Queens Conservation Area. The current patron of the centre is Paul Muldoon. Refurbishment The Victorian-era listed building was extensively re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent (Birmingham)
The Crescent was a part-completed Regency-style terrace in central Birmingham, England. First proposed in 1788, construction started and discontinued in 1795, and the terrace was finally demolished in the mid- to late 1960s. Like other late 18th and early 19th century crescent terraces in Britain and Ireland, it took its inspiration from The Crescent (later Royal Crescent), Bath, designed by John Wood the Younger and built 1767 to 1774. The developer in Birmingham was Charles Norton and the architect was John Rawsthorne. The land was leased from the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI on a 120-year term. The long residential scheme was to have 34 stone-built townhouses; 23 in a central block of , plus more in two wings (each ), and a return to Cambridge Street (). Only twelve of the houses, mostly in the two wings, were built by 1795, when a building depression resulting from the war with France brought construction to a stop. Work never resumed and eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crescent (department Store)
The Crescent was a small chain of department stores founded and based in Spokane, Washington. Once a subsidiary of Marshall Field & Company, the chain was sold to BATUS Retail Group in 1982. BATUS renamed the stores Frederick & Nelson, the company's Seattle, Washington division, in 1988. Frederick and Nelson eventually filed for bankruptcy and liquidated in 1992. At its peak, The Crescent operated seven department stores in Washington and Oregon, including three in Spokane. History Beginnings The Crescent, originally the Spokane Dry Goods Company, was Spokane's leading department store for decades. The original Crescent was located on West Riverside Avenue next to the Spokesman-Review Building and opened for business on August 5, 1889, the day after the Great Fire destroyed most of downtown Spokane. As the town’s only remaining dry goods store, its entire stock sold out on the first day of business. Owners Robert B. Paterson and James M. Comstock supported the post-fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downtown Ossining Historic District
The Downtown Ossining Historic District is located at the central crossroads of Ossining, New York, United States, and the village's traditional business district known as the Crescent. Among its many late 19th- and early 20th-century commercial buildings are many of the village's major landmarks—three bank buildings, four churches, its village hall, former post office and high school. It was recognized as a historic district in 1989 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as one of the few downtowns in Westchester County with its social and historical development intact. One of its contributing properties, the First Baptist Church of Ossining, was previously listed on the Register in 1973. The Old Croton Aqueduct, a portion of which passes through the district, was listed on the Register the following year and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. Among the architects represented in the district are Robert W. Gibson, Isaac G. Perry and James Gamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RHPs In GA
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