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The airport and surrounding area in 1940. In 1929, the City of Vancouver purchased land located on Sea Island to be used for aviation purposes, replacing the original grass airstrip at Minoru Park on Lulu Island.
The Kennedy Center as seen from the air on January 8, 2006 (before construction of the REACH expansion). A portion of the Watergate complex can be seen at the left. The idea for a national cultural center dates to 1933 when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt discussed ideas for the Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administration to create employment for unemployed actors during the Great Depression. [3]
National Centre for the Performing Arts may refer to National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), in Beijing, China; National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), in Mumbai, India; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formerly National Center for the Performing Arts), in Washington D.C., United States
VSA is an international organization on arts, education and disability, which was founded in 1974 by former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith, and is headquartered in Washington, DC. [1] [2] [3] In 2011, VSA became the Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The building has featured in several television shows. It was used as "The 4400 Center" in several episodes of The 4400, and as the location for the "World Tolerance Initiative Annual Conference 2010" in season 2 episode 14 of Fringe. As well in the series of Stargate Atlantis, season 2 episode 5.
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Jarold A. Kieffer (May 5, 1923 – March 22, 2017) was the first executive director of the National Cultural Center, later renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C.
Several hotels are adjacent to JFK Airport, including the Courtyard by Marriott and the Crowne Plaza. The former Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel is Building 144, [210] [211] and it was formerly the only on-site hotel at JFK Airport. [212] It was previously a part of Forte Hotels and previously the Travelodge New York JFK. [213]