Also worth reading is Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post with a colorful view of the floating city that has sprung up to fight the spill, one that promises to grow ever bigger until the spill is stopped.
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The fee includes a menu of services and activities rivaling the Hallmark's, and if the place is a bit more institutional in feel (textured wallpaper, easy-care carpets), it also has its charms, including a gorgeous rooftop solarium with a panoramic view of the city.
As regards new writing about Barcelona I think one of the tendencies is to avoid a kind of picturesque or anthropological view of the city, which is what has happened a little bit in books which have concentrated as Barcelona as a setting.
For a less ambiguous view of the city, hop in a taxi to Namsan cable car station.
While three spheres contain either permanent or temporary exhibitions from around the world, it's the highest, at 92 meters (300 feet), that offers a spectacular panoramic view of the city.
The Istanbul Hilton, on top of a hill in the newest, wealthiest part of the city, surrounded by parkland, offered a view of the Bosporus.
He said the work looked at the theme of the child in the city in a positive light, unlike the Victorian, negative view of children somehow being destroyed by the city.
After taking in the panoramic views of the Cascade Mountain range and downtown Portland, head back down via the Marquam Trail, following the 4T signs to the Portland Aerial tram, where futuristic pods offer a birds-eye view of the city while transporting you 3, 300ft in three minutes, depositing you at Southwest Waterfront Street directly across from the Portland Streetcar, which will take you back downtown.
Sue O'Neill, of the Environment Agency, said the scheme proposed several ways to guard the city centre with a view to protecting the rest of the riverside when "funds become available".
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After 45 minutes or so, I began to find the cumulative effect of all the magnificence rather overwhelming, so it was a relief finally to be able to stroll through the palace gardens to a magical belvedere that commanded a view of the glinting lights of the city below.
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If you're in the middle of a city, with tall buildings blocking your view of the sky, that can be a problem.
These destinations will offer a 180 degree panoramic view of the city and there will be little Easter eggs that pull up additional content.
Roosevelt make the trip to Marrakech to see the view from a tower on the edge of the city.
Perched up high on the hill of Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement, it has a panoramic view of Paris, encompassing the grey roofs of the city skyline as well as the Tour Montparnasse, Les Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, lined up perfectly from left to right along the horizon.
The angular spires and towers of a futuristic city dominated the skyline, even though the view from the window was of queues of Glasgow buses and taxis and the wrought iron exterior of Central Station.
While many people still view the ancient city of Kathmandu as a mystical Shangri-la in the Himalayas, the modern reality of life in Nepal's capital is far from peaceful.
Even the adult-only spaces feature a little bit of Disney magic: the backdrop of the Skyline bar changes daily to reveal a different city view, transporting guests to Hong Kong, Paris, Chicago and New York.
Start with a spin on the London Eye, a colossal Ferris that will take you up 130 meters for an unmatched view of the city.
David Blunkett, veteran Sheffield Labour MP, former cabinet minister and once the leader of the city council himself, had a less charitable view of the deputy prime minister's role in the crushing of the Lib Dems.
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She commended the Minister for his efforts to preserve the city of St Petersburg through the establishment of an open-ended group of experts to address the delineation of the boundary of the historic centre of the city, as well as to enhance the legal protection of the property with a view to respecting its outstanding universal value.
Users can download a plug-in to access a special mode that presents a 3D view for a number of popular cities around the world, including San Francisco, New York City, Rome, Sydney, Berlin, and Barcelona.
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The effect comes partly from the all-glass exterior walls, with their view of Biscayne Bay, downtown Miami, the city's port terminal and a series of small islands.
The regulation's critics also argue that the first-of-its-kind restriction should have gone before the elected City Council instead of being approved by the Bloomberg-appointed Board of Health, a view echoed Wednesday by a lawyer for nine of the 51 council members.
This seems to be further evidence that Google does not just view Kansas City as a sandbox to experiment on the rollout of its 1 gigabit, fiber-to-the-home product, but a potential new area of business.
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Ride a glass elevator to the 160-meter-high observation deck for an incredible view of the city and its surroundings.
They have a magnificent view from the top of the tower - enabling them to see prey all over the city centre.
The light show can be captured from the main location at Old Billingsgate Walk, giving a view of Tower Bridge and City Hall.
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Why not skip the whole jostling-to-the-front process and snag a room in one of the New York City hotels that are best positioned to view the parade as it thrums past?
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The city-facing rooms of this sleek property offer a spectacular bird's-eye view of Barcelona and its active port, including its medieval shipyards.
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