Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
CB Restaurants Inc. took over 20 Charlie Brown's restaurants, including 17 locations in New Jersey and The Office Beer Bar & Grill chain was sold to Villa Restaurant Group for $4.7 million. [1] [4] Multiple locations closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of its final restaurants is located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. [5]
Leo and Ed Levine bought the restaurant in 1976, and opened a second location in Belmar, New Jersey, three years later. [1] George James in The New York Times writes, "Aside from Sabrett, the family-owned hot dog manufacturer based in New Jersey that makes the Windmill hot dog, the Levines, probably constitute the largest wiener dynasty in the ...
Old Bridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located in the Raritan Valley region and within the New York metropolitan area.As of the 2020 United States census, the township was the state's 21st-most-populous municipality, [21] with a population of 66,876, [9] [10] an increase of 1,501 (+2.3%) from the 2010 census count of 65,375, [22] [23] which in ...
Photograph of Ponte alle Grazie in 1860s, with Ponte Vecchio in background. On the city side was a small oratory with an icon of the Madonna Alle Grazie , which also gave the bridge its name. Structures were erected at each of the pylons, and remained there till a widening of the road, to make way for railway track.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The 14th-century Palazzo Vecchio is still preeminent with its crenellated tower. The square is also shared with the Loggia della Signoria, the Uffizi Gallery, the Palace of the Tribunale della Mercanzia (1359) (now the Bureau of Agriculture), and the Palazzo Uguccioni (1550, with a facade attributed to Raphael, who however died thirty years before its construction).
The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the river Ticino in Pavia, Italy. The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily damaged by Allied action in 1945. A debate on whether to fix or replace the bridge ended when the ...