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Brompton was established in June 1849 and quickly grew. By October of that year, two-thirds of the formerly "bare common ground [was] covered with substantial and genteel cottages, thriving shops and wells of excellent water." [2] Ovingham Post Office opened on 1 November 1879, was renamed Bowden in 1970 and Brompton in 1991. [8]
Excelsior (restaurant), a former restaurant located in Hotel de l'Europe, Amsterdam; Excelsior, a common hotel name Hotel Excelsior, Berlin (1908–1945) Hôtel Excelsior, Casablanca (est. 1916) Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne (est. 1863) The Excelsior (Hong Kong), a former hotel in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
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The building is a reconstruction of the original Excelsior Hotel which burned down in 1995. As well as the Charters Towers Regional library, the building houses the City of Charters Towers and Dalrymple Shire Archives. The Excelsior Hotel was built in 1887 by William Gough and was located on the corner of Gill and Church Streets. [1]
The following year, they purchased the Hotel Excelsior, which was followed by the addition of the Hotel Königshof. [2] In 1943, both Hotel Rheinhof and Hotel Königshof were largely destroyed by bombing raids. In 1945, Hotel Excelsior had been confiscated and used as command headquarters by the Allied Forces. It was returned to the Geisel's in ...
Barrett engaged William Armson, then one of the foremost architects, to design a new hotel. He had employed Armson before for the Durham Arms, a building at 328 Durham Street demolished sometime after 2000. [2] [7] The new hotel was built in 1881 or 1882, and in 1906, the name changed to Excelsior Hotel. [2]
The Excelsior (Chinese: 怡東酒店) was a four-star hotel located at 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It was owned and operated by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, and served as the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group's headquarters. The Noon-day Gun is located opposite the hotel.
On 9 March, four mortar bombs fired from a car parked at the Excelsior Hotel landed on or near the northern runway. On 11 March, four mortar bombs fired from waste ground landed on an aircraft parking area near Terminal 4. On 13 March, five mortar bombs launched from waste ground landed in the vicinity of Terminal Four.