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Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago, United States
Chicago's architecture is unparalleled. As the grand avenues of Paris are exemplary of the nineteenth century, and the canals of Venice of the Renaissance, so do the skyscrapers and neoclassical monuments represent modernity. The Chicago Architecture Foundation works to advance knowledge and public interest in architecture and design. A small museum is located in the Santa Fe Buil...
Flame of Liberty
Paris, France
The Flame of Liberty is a full size gold covered replica of the flame held by the Statue of Liberty in New York City. It is located near the Pont de l'Alma, where Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997, and is considered by many an unofficial memorial to the beloved Princess. People the world over flock here to lay flowers and messages. The flame was donated to the city by the Int...
Rajai Park
Isfahan, Iran
Address: located within Hasht Behisht complex. A small public park that is full of avid chess players, leisure walkers, and chatty locals on evenings, providing an ideal space for intermingling with the locals, or just watching casual life in Isfahan roll along. The park contains colorful verities of local flowering shrubs and soothing bodies of water, and is a very relaxing experience after a ...
Central Park
New York, United States
As New York City’s population expanded in the 1800s, it became clear that something needed to be done to address the lack of green space. Consequently, a 770 acre (it was later expanded) chunk of land between 59th St. and 110th St. was set aside for development as a park in the 1850s. Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscaper, was commissioned to design and build the park. I...