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Taormina (UK: / ˌ t ɑː ɔːr ˈ m iː n ə / TAH-or-MEE-nə, [2] US: /-n ɑː /-nah, also / t aʊər ˈ-/, [3] [4] Italian: [ta.orˈmiːna]; Sicilian: Taurmina) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.
Commack (/ ˈ k oʊ m æ k / KOH-mak) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. The CDP's population was 36,124 at the 2010 census.
Carll Burr Jr. House is a historic home located at Commack in Suffolk County, New York.It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, shingle and clapboard residence with a sweeping gable roof.It was built about 1895 and features a 3-story, three-bay tower with a tent roof.
Marion Carll was a schoolteacher who moved onto the property in 1885. She also served as Commack's District's Treasurer and Census Taker. [2] When Marion Carll died in 1968, she willed to the Commack School District to be used as a historical museum for educational purposes. [3] However, the property was not maintained and fell into disrepair.
Palazzo Corvaja. Palazzo Corvaja (sometimes spelt Palazzo Corvaia) is a medieval palace in Taormina, Sicily, Italy.It was principally built at the end of the 14th century and is named after one of the oldest and most prominent families of Taormina, which owned it from 1538 to 1945.
In 1896, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visited Taormina, stayed at the Timeo, [1] and returned in 1904 and 1906 when he rented the entire hotel for a month for his family and court. Luxury tourism kept increasing until the First World War and thereafter, from 1920 to 1929, during the time of the Belle Epoque in Europe
Charles W. Chessar was a New York City restaurateur who was nicknamed "Beefsteak Charlie" by Howard Williams, a sports editor for the New York Morning Telegraph. [1] [2] Chessar opened his first restaurant around 1910, and moved to 50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue in 1914, which he operated until 1934. [1]
Long Island Arena (also commonly known as the Commack Arena, Suffolk Forum, and The Island Music Center) was a 4,000-seat indoor arena in Commack, New York from 1959 until 1996. The Long Island Ducks of the Eastern Hockey League , a popular team in the small community, called the Arena home from 1959 until the league folded in 1973, one year ...