The home has views of the sunset over the mountains in the west, all the way south to Long Beach and Catalina Island as well as of the city lights of downtown Los Angeles and easterly views of the sunrise over the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Take away a pie and a plastic spoon for a sunset picnic at the waterfront Louis Valentino Jr Park, once home to Fort Defiance, which protected Manhattan from British ships in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.

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As peers debated the bill for a second day in committee on 1 November 2011, shadow home affairs spokesman Lord Rosser called for an annual review or "sunset clause" to be added to the bill.

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"Everyone wanted the eastern side, but I love the sunset, " says Tsakonas, admiring the panoramic view from Ring House, a sprawling hilltop home by Japanese architects Atelier Bow-Wow.

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