LA mayor: Heavy hitter or Hollywood hype? - The Associated Press

February 28, 2009


Seattle Post Intelligencer

LA mayor: Heavy hitter or Hollywood hype?
The Associated Press
Four years ago, the city's first Hispanic mayor in more than a century talked about remaking the city into a metropolis that would rival Renaissance-era Venice, Italy. But in the city's own VeniceVenice Beach — residents say they would settle for ...
Death Threats Alleged in LA Mayor's Race AOL News Newsbloggers
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"Remaking Hong Kong" exhibition opens in HK - Xinhua

February 28, 2009


"Remaking Hong Kong" exhibition opens in HK
Xinhua, China
28 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition featuring Hong Kong's architectural art at last year's International Architecture Exhibition of Venice Biennale was remounted and launched here Saturday. The Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Hong Kong Arts Development ...
HK to become 'creativity city' News.gov.hk
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Rumor Mill: Assassin's Creed 2 Takes Place in Venice - Softpedia

February 28, 2009


Rumor Mill: Assassin's Creed 2 Takes Place in Venice
Softpedia, Romania
But it now seems that thanks to a game tester who took part in a survey for Ubisoft and decided to reveal information about it, we know that the game will take place in the Italian city of Venice, in the XVI century. The tester revealed to Kotaku that ...
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RV issue not prevalent in Santa Monica - Santa Monica Daily Press

February 28, 2009


RV issue not prevalent in Santa Monica
Santa Monica Daily Press, CA
As the RV battle continues in Venice where residents have called for overnight restrictions on the large vehicles, complaining about the loss of parking spaces and unsavory actions by occupants that include urinating in public, such problems don't seem ...

Frugal Venice, Family Style - New York Times

February 28, 2009


New York Times

Frugal Venice, Family Style
New York Times, United States
My wife, Jean, and I had carted Sasha around for hours, from the epic Franciscan Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari to Ca’ Rezzonico, the museum of 18th-century Venice, and the milk that Jean had pumped and bottled had grown cold from the winter ...

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