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Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built. As of 2013, there were 409 extant structures designed by Wright.
Bradford Lee Gilbert (March 24, 1853 – September 1, 1911) was a nationally active American architect based in New York City. [1] [2] [3] He is known for designing the Tower Building in 1889, the first steel-framed building anywhere and the first skyscraper in New York City.
Veda Lake — lake in the Oregon Cascades, first stocked by Vern Rogers and Dave Donaldson, who the lake was named after [14] Vidora, Saskatchewan — Vivian and Dorothy, wife and daughter of J. M. MacArthur, CPR railway official [3] WaKeeney, Kansas — Albert Warren and James F. Keeney, real estate developers [37]
Attractions include the Long Meadow, a 90-acre (36 ha) meadow, the Picnic House, which houses offices and a hall that can accommodate parties with up to 175 guests; Litchfield Villa, Prospect Park Zoo, the Boathouse, housing a visitors center and the first urban Audubon Center; [129] Brooklyn's only lake, covering 60 acres (24 ha); the Prospect ...
The Salt Lake Organizing Committee forced Joklik and committee vice president Dave Johnson to resign. [144] Utah power brokers, including Governor Mike Leavitt, searched for someone with a scandal-free reputation to take charge of the Olympics. They chose Romney based on his business and legal expertise as well as his connections to both the ...
The greatest Jewish population on a per-capita basis for incorporated areas in the US are Kiryas Joel Village, New York (greater than 93% based on language spoken in home), [86] City of Beverly Hills, California (61%), [87] and Lakewood Township, New Jersey (59%), [88] with two of the incorporated areas, Kiryas Joel and Lakewood, having a high ...
San Francisco, [23] officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center within Northern California.With a population of 808,988 residents as of 2023, [14] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th most populous in the U.S.