Sentence examples for distinctive cities from inspiring English sources

New Orleans, city, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Unquestionably one of the most distinctive cities of the New World, New Orleans was established at great cost in an environment of conflict.

By the time Buda and Pest united across the Danube in 1873, Minneapolis and St Paul were already separate and distinctive cities. St Paul had a strong Irish Catholic tradition (its name was bestowed by a priest).

New Orleans is one of the nation's most distinctive cities. Tourists flock to the French Quarter and the Garden District, and to landmarks like Preservation Hall and Jackson Square.

"JK's" city, inaugurated in 1960, was planned by the Brazilian architect Lucio Costa, who offered his protege Niemeyer the architectural gift of a lifetime: the design of all the set-piece buildings of one of the most improbable and distinctive cities in the world.

We already have a distinctive city".

PAGE A14 A CITY'S SOUL -- People who love what is perhaps America's most distinctive city are wondering what will remain of New Orleans, physically and psychologically.

Let's develop a distinctive city health service, apart from the privatised vision espoused by the Tories and Labour in England.

Gentleman went to Hull, a very distinctive city on the mouth of the Humber where she interviewed and observed those involved in the government's latest version of the welfare-to-work programmes.

It's a scheme that has made this once hugely distinctive city look much like anywhere else; the fact that it opened in the city's year as European Capital of Culture was as close to satire as architecture gets.

Producer Kevin Loader said Norwich had a "very distinctive city centre" and the crew "were very pleased" to be in the home of Partridge.

"Norwich itself is a very distinctive city centre - obviously ancient and beautiful, but a very interesting mix now between new developments and the medieval lanes.