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Recent Examples of alamedaOr are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later?—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023 But what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
The Oscars red carpet, which has retained its reputable hue for nearly a century (except for instances of champagne to shake things up), is more than just a walkway.
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Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
And under building review is Hillsboro Shores, a 10-story building with 121 homes and a public walkway along the Intracoastal.
Elon Musk, second from the left, walks along the colonnade at the White House on Feb. 19, 2025.
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Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
23 Feb. 2025
Friends of the Parks and Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois had hoped to force the removal of the new steel-and-glass arena rising within the colonnades of the 1924 stadium.
2007: Chief Illiniwek, the controversial mascot of the University of Illinois, performed for the last time.
Across the country, a growing number of malls and shopping centers are getting a dose of international influence.
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Ryan Baker,Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
The program will be in a small Apple Street mall owned by the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, which in September moved into the former site of Bread of Life, a homeless service provider that operated a winter shelter, thrift store and pantry for several years on the property.
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Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
Montevideo, Uruguay: The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla — One of the longest sidewalks in the world — serves as an outdoor living room for locals.
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Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Near the center of town, in the old harbor area, a deserted promenade ran between frosty vistas and imposing museums and cultural buildings.
Also part of the development is new public space offering pedestrian plazas and the High Line — Moynihan Connector, which links Manhattan West to the popular elevated park built on a historic freight line.
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Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
London’s massive, middle-class Barbican Estate, completed in 1982, created a small city within the city, replete with plazas, a waterway and iconic concrete and brick buildings.
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