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For the first century and a half of its existence, Danbury and Main Street were one and the same. The arrival of the railroads in the mid-19th century and the growth of the city's hatmaking industry began to expand it beyond Main's immediate neighborhood, and by the end of the century what had been a small village was a city with Main Street as its civic and commercial core.
These classes are open to people of all religious traditions and to people with no particular religious affiliation. Students take part in short and long-term group retreats, and many conduct their own solitary meditative retreats on the grounds. DNKL also hosts public talks, spiritual festivals, and other community events.
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society was formed in 1947 as the result of a merger between the Scott Fanton Museum and the Danbury Historical and Arts Center. [1] During the late 19th and 20th centuries, John Fanton , a Danbury industrialist and prominent citizen, and his second wife, Laura Scott, traveled extensively through Europe , Asia ...
The Hall of Shanmen at Jietai Temple, in Beijing, capital of China. The shanmen (Gate of Three Liberations) at White Horse Temple , in Luoyang , Henan Province The Gate of Shanmen or Hall of the Shanmen or simply Shanmen ( simplified Chinese : 山门殿 ; traditional Chinese : 山門殿 ; pinyin : Shānméndiàn ) [ a ] , is the entrance gate ...
The Yonghe Temple is located in Beijing's Dongcheng District, near the northeastern corner of the Second Ring Road. The postal address is: 12 Yonghegong Dajie, Beixinqiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing. The Yonghe Temple and the Forbidden City are about five kilometers apart, about an hour's walk away.
The Tianning Pagoda in Beijing, built around 1120. Badachu; Bailin Temple (Beijing) Big Bell Temple (or Juesheng Temple) Cheng'en Temple; Cloud Platform at Juyongguan; Dahui Temple; Dajue Temple; Dule Temple; Fahai Temple; Fayuan Temple; Guanghua Temple (Beijing) Guangji Temple (Beijing) Hongluo Temple; Jietai Temple; Lingguang Temple (Beijing ...
The Miaoying Temple (simplified Chinese: 妙应寺; traditional Chinese: 妙應寺; pinyin: Miàoyìng Sì), also known as the "White Stupa Temple" (Chinese: 白塔寺; pinyin: Báitǎ Sì), is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The temple was a monastery of the Sakya school ...
In 1956, brothers and diner owners Jack and Harold Berkowitz bought a restaurant named Maraczi's that sold hotdogs and hamburgers in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The brothers needed to put a name on the paperwork and they decided to name the restaurant after Dutchess County, New York, without the "T". After the renaming, the Duchess fast food chain ...