Search
Search results
Displaying 251 - 260
apartment house
(Encyclopedia) apartment house, building having three or more dwelling units. Numerous early examples of this form of dwelling have been found in remains of Roman and medieval cities and in the 17th-…dredging
(Encyclopedia) dredging, process of excavating materials underwater. It is used to deepen waterways, harbors, and docks and for mining alluvial mineral deposits, including tin, gold, and diamonds.…Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël
(Encyclopedia) Sankara, Thomas 1948–87, president (1983–87) of Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as the African Che Guevara, was an…America's Most Endangered Places 2010
Metropolitan AME Church in Washington D.C. is among American sites most at risk by Dana J. Quigley America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2009America's Most Endangered…America's Most Endangered Places 2014
Shockoe Bottom, Virginia is among American sites most at risk America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2013 America's Most Endangered Places 2012 America's…Merrick
(Encyclopedia) Merrick, uninc. city (1990 pop. 23,042), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. Although chiefly residential, it has some light manufacturing.Castro Valley
(Encyclopedia) Castro Valley, uninc. city (2020 pop. 66,441), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light…Bexley, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bexley, city (2020 pop. 13,650), Franklin co., central Ohio; inc. 1908. It is a residential community completely within the confines of…Willowick
(Encyclopedia) Willowick, city (1990 pop. 15,269), Lake co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie; inc. 1924. It is chiefly residential.Beech Grove
(Encyclopedia) Beech Grove, city (2020 pop. 14,717), Marion co., central Ind.; inc. 1906. Primarily residential, its industries include flour and wheat…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
