It was built in the 1920s as a modest holiday destination for blue-collar workers arriving by train from New York, but by the time of the jet age, the city had fallen into complete disrepair.
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About 8 inches of new snow had fallen on parts of the Kansas City metro area as the sun rose Tuesday.
In the city of York youth crime figures had fallen by 67% after truancy watch schemes were introduced, claimed the Schools Minister Jacqui Smith.
Roads throughout Nova Scotia, including in the main city of Halifax, were littered with fallen trees.
Over 30km of coastal marsh has fallen to the Gulf of Mexico, mostly because of efforts to protect the city by building dams and levees.
Residents of the city awakened to crumbling walls, crushed cars, fallen trees and scattered branches after heavy rain, wind and hail hit Wednesday night, the state-run Telam agency said.
He went down the tramway, up and over the fallen trolleys in his path, beneath the lines of electric cable that ran through the city and now hung broken and black as jungle creeper.
The official Xinhua news agency said a 16-year-old boy, who had fallen ill on January 8, died in the city of Huaihua in central Hunan province.
Karen Hancox has discovered her family is connected to one of the first policemen to be killed while on duty in the city after a memorial to fallen officers was unveiled.
"It's really hard to think of another place in New York City that has fallen so short of its potential for economic development, " said Jonathan Bowles, the center's director.
Though many kinds of crime have fallen in recent years, there were still nearly 450 murders in the city in 2005, and gang-related crime is rife.
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Trade in the city centre fell by 30%, and might have fallen further if a branch of John Lewis had moved out as it originally threatened to do.
David Bartram head of highways and engineering at Derby City Council said the work had been vital after lumps of concrete up to 9in (22cm) in size had fallen from the Derwent Underpass in December.
Employment in the securities industry has fallen from a high of 200, 000 in New York and 330, 000 in the City, to 162, 000 and perhaps 280, 000 respectively (for London, there are no official figures yet).
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