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Recent Examples of alameda
Or are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later?
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alameda
Noun
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Following years of planning and discussion, the Austin City Council on Thursday took its first major vote on a plan to cover sections of Interstate 35 in Central Austin with acres of parkland and walkways.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The tour is about a third of a mile long walk on lighted, paved walkways and steel bridges.—
Brooke Eberle,
IndyStar,
27 July 2025
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With tiered masonry facades, arcades, balconies, and shaded walkways, the towers recall the stately glamour of Honolulu’s grand estate homes but showcase materials and finishes at the bleeding edge of design.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 July 2025
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Things to do: Number of sports teams, number of amusement places and arcades per capita, number of Traveler's Choice attractions per capita.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
Noun
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In contrast to Pei’s modernist pyramid, officials want the new entrance to blend into the 17th-century colonnade.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Many people walked with care around the colonnades flanking this historic piazza.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Part and parcel of reviving downtown Denver, which was beaten down during the COVID-19 pandemic and then had to endure a multiyear 16th Street mall reconstruction project, is revamping the city’s permitting system, Johnston said.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
22 July 2025
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The 63-year-old mall at Route 83 and 22nd Street in Oak Brook finished No. 4 in USA TODAY’s recently released 10BEST rankings.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Location: The market is located near City Park, at City Park Esplanade, the quarter-mile promenade beginning at 2551 East Colfax Ave., running between Columbine Street and East 17th Avenue; cityparkfarmersmarket.com.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
23 July 2025
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Other public art initiatives include sculptor Damien Hirst’s site specific work ‘Verity’ that stands at Ilfracombe, North Devon, and The Great Promenade Show; a series of public art installations along the Blackpool promenade that has run since 2001.—
Suyin Haynes,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The Monon Trailhead is a beautiful, small plaza featuring a glorious large park fountain, a few benches and maps which recall the days of the vital Monon Railway system which linked Chicago to southern Indiana and beyond.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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Long before the shops and restaurants or the plaza and the iconic pier were built, before Huntington Beach rose to fame as Surf City, Native American tribes called this region home.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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“Alameda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alameda. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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