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Examples supplied by others Empire State Building USA New York New York 350 Fifth Avenue US 10118-0110 40.7484 -73.9858

The Empire State Building rises to 1,250 feet (381 m) at the 102nd floor, and its full structural height (including broadcast antenna) reaches 1,453 feet, 8 9/16th inches (443 m)

The building is typically described as being 102 stories tall, although it has only 85 stories of commercial and office space, with an observation deck on the 86th floor. The remaining 16 stories represent the spire, which supports the antenna on top.

The Empire State Building has a total floor area of 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 square metres).

The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building for a record 41 years. It was surpassed by the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1972, and the Sears Tower shortly afterwards. With the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City, and the second-tallest building in the United States.

Construction The Empire State Building was designed by William Lamb of the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. His design was influenced by the perpendicular style of another architect, Eliel Saarinen. He happened to base most of his design on a simple pencil. The clean, soaring lines inspired him, and he modeled the building after it.

The general contractors were Starrett Brothers and Eken, and the project was financed by John J. Raskob and Pierre S. DuPont. The construction company was chaired by Alfred E. Smith, a former Governor of New York. Excavation of the site began on January 22, 1930, and construction on the building itself started on March 17. The project involved 3400 workers, mostly immigrants from Europe, along with hundreds of Mohawk nation iron workers. According to official accounts, five workers died during the construction.

The building was officially opened on May 1, 1931 in dramatic fashion, when President Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a button from Washington, D.C.

Kenneth T. Jackson The Encyclopedia of New York City Yale University Press New Haven, CT 1995 375-376

Accident At 9:49 a.m. on Saturday July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber piloted by Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith Jr. accidentally crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors, where the offices of the Catholic War Relief Office were located. One engine shot through the side opposite the impact and another plummeted down an elevator shaft. The fire was extinguished in 40 minutes. Fourteen people were killed in the incident. Despite the damage and loss of life, the building was open for business on many floors on the following Monday.

Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a plunge of 75 stories inside an elevator, which still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall recorded.

Perhaps the most famous popular culture representation of the building is in the 1933 film King Kong, in which the title character, a giant ape, climbs to the top to escape his captors.

Waterloo County Regional Municipality of Waterloo Canada Ontario 1,382 km²

Area is created as Waterloo County

Regional Municipality

Reorganisation from County to Regional Municipality

Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W) is an unofficial but ubiquitous name for the area in Ontario, Canada consisting of the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, approximately 100 kilometres west of Toronto. The two cities grew into each other decades ago and their shared boundary cuts through streets, backyards and houses. While the term is used by local residents, Kitchener and Waterloo are separate cities and not a single municipal entity. Kitchener-Waterloo K-W KW Twin Cities Berlin Kitchener 136.89 km²

Recognised as a Hamlet

Incorporation as a City

Change of Name

In 1916 as a result of the first world war, and given the large percentage of people of German background living in Canada's German capital, it was decided by ballot to change the name from Berlin to Kitchener after Lord Kitchener. Although Berlin's population ridiculed the proposed name change and refused to vote. Although it had a populate of well over 15,000 only 892 people voted. The name Kitchener with 346 votes won by 81 votes. Many Berliners supported maintaining the name of the city, as it reflected a proud tradition of growth and prosperity for German, and non-German, Canadians alike. Those citizens who supported the status quo were immediately perceived, by those who wanted change, as being unpatriotic and sympathizers with the enemy. Violence, riots and intimidation, often instigated by imperialistic members of the 118th Battalion, were not uncommon in the months leading up to the May 1916 referendum on the issue. See What’s In a Name? Berlin to Kitchener

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_to_Kitchener_name_change Waterloo 64.1 km²

Recognised as a village

Officially a town

Incorporated as a city

Zion צִיּוֹן tziyyon near

There is no way to give a general prose description about the place as such. I solved it someway here, but I think we talked about a p or note element as one direct child of place. Or is this the locale element?

Jerusalem ZionUsed in this meaning by some groups only.

Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן, tziyyon; Tiberian vocalization: tsiyyôn; transliterated Zion or Sion) is a term that most often designates the land of Israel and its capital Jerusalem. The word is found in texts dating back almost three millennia. It originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and renamed the City of David.

Montenegrin examples by MJD Crna Gora Црна Гора Montenegro

Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland.

Highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaux.

Independence

On 21 May 2006 a referendum was held in Montenegro on whether the state union with Serbia should be dissolved. A total of 419,240 votes were cast, of which 230,661 were for independence.

Montenegro's referendum commission officially confirmed the results of the referendum on 31 May, verifying that 55.5% of the population had voted in favour of independence, narrowly surpassing the threshold requirement of 55% set by the European Union. The Montenegrin Parliament made a formal declaration of independence on Saturday, 3 June.

The first state to officially recognise Montenegro's independence was Iceland, on 8 June 2006.

Podgorica Подгорица Titograd Титоград Cetinje 18,482 Cetinje 15,137 Rijeka Crnojevica 216 Skadarsko jezero Скадарско језеро Liqeni i Shkodrës Skadar Lake 42.166389 -19.325833 The lake is on the border between Montenegro with Albania, with about two-thirds of it lying in the territory of the former, one-third in the latter.

Sub-Mediterranean with mild and rainy winters (average monthly water temperature in January is 7.3 degrees C. Summers are dry and hot with maximum temperatures exceeding 40 C and water temperatures of more than 27 C. The average air temperature is 14.9 C.

Size 48 x 14 km Surface area 370 km² - 530 km² Surface elevation 6 m Depth Minimum 5-9 m; maximum more than 60 m

The Montenegrin part of the lake and its surrounding area were declared a national park in 1983. The park is one of the largest bird reserves in Europe, having 270 bird species, among which are some of the last pelicans in Europe.

Ustavotvorna Skupština Republike Crne Gore Уставотворна скупштина републике Црне Горе Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro