Meanwhile, the streets are patrolled day and night by the City Watch.
But last year they made the decision to head to Salt Lake City to watch the Winter Olympics at first hand.
Word that the duck, still deflated, had landed in Hong Kong spread on social media and crowds gathered in an industrial section of the city to watch it get pumped up.
After more than 24 straight hours of negotiations, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr announced the agreement shortly before dawn to a scrum of bleary-eyed reporters in New York City ( Watch the video).
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In Toronto 130 cameras on bridges and skyscrapers watch city streets, providing video of traffic snarls and accidents.
Cinema appreciation in Ireland can be traced back to the final years of the 19th Century, when eager Dubliners would gather in the city centre to watch silent films incorporated into variety shows.
More than 1.5 million people gathered around Sydney harbour to watch the city's famous firework display.
Last year, Pervez Musharraf paid a brief visit to the northern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi to watch part of a cricket match between his country and the visiting Indian team.
Bennett has been a good landlord and friend to the club and is a product of more innocent times, when many Dundonians regularly crossed the street on a weekly basis to watch both city teams.
The problems in Manchester came after more than 100, 000 Glasgow Rangers fans were in the city centre on Wednesday night to watch the Uefa Cup final with Zenit St Petersburg, held at Manchester City's stadium at Eastlands.
You can watch the surrounding city from indoors and see a landscaped, energy-saving, water-collecting, "living" roof from one level above.
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On his watch, the city has compelled chain restaurants to post calorie counts, barred artificial trans fats in restaurant food and prodded food manufacturers to use less salt.
Last week, Mr. Lhota called for an inspector general to watch over the City Council in response to Ms. Quinn's decision to back legislation creating an inspector general for the New York Police Department.
Charlotte, which welcomes the Democratic National Convention next week, has linked up 500 cameras to keep watch on the city and built a special new surveillance command center to do the watching.
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After Miami beat the Raptors that afternoon, they stayed in the city several more hours to watch the Super Bowl together, an event highlighted by an impromptu Shane Battier speech about appreciating little moments as a team.
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Miami beat the Raptors that afternoon, then stayed in the city several more hours to watch the Super Bowl together, an event highlighted by Shane Battier giving an unplanned speech about appreciating little moments as a team.
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Royal Fusiliers and the Black Watch pushed into the city.
Public Defender Kathleen DeMetz said it was her understanding that Castro was on suicide watch at the Cleveland city jail before being transferred to the Cuyahoga County detention center.
The entire city seemed to have come out to watch and cheer them.
Obama will watch her speech from Kansas City, Missouri, where he's scheduled to campaign the following day, according to an e-mail Sunday to the campaign's traveling press corps from spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
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"Don't be afraid about what people expect you to wear, but instead buy something that you like and want to wear on an everyday basis, " says Edward Faber, owner of Aaron Faber Gallery, a vintage watch store in New York City.
Evening cocktail cruises aboard the Zoe Yacht are a particularly sophisticated way to watch dusk fall over the city, with a bartender creating perfectly blended mojitos while you and your friends enjoy 360-degree views of Istanbul's skyline from the yacht's raised flybridge.
On the minus side, the city's debt increased by half on his watch.
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He walked there in the afternoons, reciting to himself and memorising, until he could watch the sinking sun igniting the windows of the city.
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This year, the two-day free music event is set to draw more than 300, 000 people to watch live bands perform on five stages across the city centre.
There are 16 animal cops in New York City, and you might be familiar with them if you watch Animal Planet's Animal Precinct, the reality show chronicling their exploits.
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans gathered along that route Friday to watch the late president's body cross the city in yet another choreographed show designed to keep Chavez supporters in thrall, at least until an April 14 election to replace him.
We also heard from City Councilman Andy DeValpine, talking about the 80 surveillance cameras that watch over Dillingham, Alaska.
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