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  2. Freedom of Speech (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of Speech was the first of a series of four oil paintings, entitled Four Freedoms, by Norman Rockwell.The works were inspired by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a State of the Union Address, known as Four Freedoms, delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941. [4]

  3. Greenock Municipal Buildings - Wikipedia

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    The first municipal building on the site was an 18th-century town house which was built on land acquired from Lord Cathcart. [2] The works were carried out by a local builder, James Wallace, for £240 and the building was completed in 1765. [3] Lord Cathcart insisted that the local masonic lodge should be allowed to hold meetings in the ...

  4. Philadelphia City Hall - Wikipedia

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    There are four bronze eagles, each weighing three tons with 12 ft (3.7 m) wingspans, perched above the tower's four clocks. [17] City Hall's observation deck is located directly below the base of the statue, about 500 ft (150 m) above street level. [24] Once enclosed with chain-link fencing, the observation deck is now enclosed by glass.

  5. Los Angeles City Hall - Wikipedia

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    James K. Hahn City Hall East, 200 N. Main St., is located in the South Plaza of the Los Angeles Mall, a sunken, multi-level series of open spaces and retail space on the east side of Main Street straddling Temple Street. It is an 18-story, Brutalist, 1972 building by Stanton & Stockwell, [24] featuring a mural by Millard Sheets, The Family of Man.

  6. Tamworth Town Hall - Wikipedia

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    A bronze statue by Matthew Noble depicting Peel standing on an ashlar pedestal was unveiled outside the town hall in 1853. [8] A horse-drawn fire engine was installed in the arcaded area on the ground floor in 1880 [ 3 ] and further works were carried out to create a town clerk's office in the late 18th century and a mayor's parlour in the ...

  7. Town hall meeting - Wikipedia

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    Town hall meetings can be traced back to the colonial era of the United States and to the 19th century in Australia. [6] The introduction of television and other new media technologies in the 20th century led to a fresh flourishing of town hall meetings in the United States as well as experimentation with different formats in the United States and other countries, both of which continue to the ...

  8. Portsmouth Guildhall - Wikipedia

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    Internally, the principal rooms were the main concert hall, the council chamber and a room now known as the "star chamber": the latter room now displays a huge mural known as "Heaven's Light Our Guide" which depicts local scenes. [5] The design is a slightly more elaborate version of his 1873-completed commission for Bolton Town Hall. [6]

  9. Town hall - Wikipedia

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    A consolidated town hall, police, and fire station in South Palm Beach, Florida [7]. In Commonwealth countries, the term "town hall" may be used even in a city. [8] This is often the case in the United Kingdom (examples being Manchester Town Hall and Liverpool Town Hall), Australia (Sydney Town Hall), New Zealand, and elsewhere.