Light, too, is a defining spirit here, drawing generations of painters to its illuminated colors.
Scrapping on this enchanted level is a members-only club, drawing generations of socialites (Santo Domingo, Coco Brandolini D'Adda, Deeda Blair, Amanda Hearst), photographers (Cecil Beaton, Ben Watts), decorators (Albert Hadley, John Danzer, Steven Gambrel) and even the odd former ambassador (William McCormick Blair Jr).
Activities Llangennith has drawn generations of surfers, canoeists and now kite-surfers (check out the live surfcam at llangennithsurf.com).
Within artificial borders drawn generations earlier in Europe, traditionally hostile tribes don't accommodate without disinterested outside help.
Opening just after the Civil War, it drew generations of Atlantans with its coconut cake and the Pink Pig, a Christmastime children's train.
At risk, many say, are the very qualities that have drawn generations of outsiders here, like the city's diversity and creativity.
Mr. Opperman began his professional career playing for ballet and Broadway, but it was his relentless pursuit of musical perfection and highly personal teaching methods that drew generations of students to his studio.
The Plaza Food Hall has its own small, blank entrance on Central Park South, lacking the dark intrigue of the Trader Vic's that once drew generations of mai tai seekers beneath the Plaza.
Dr. Blanco passed his storefront clinic as he drove across downtown to the east side of the city, where vacant lots have replaced many of the factories that once drew generations of immigrants, and others sit half-used or idle.
Indeed, Avalon's neighborly small-town atmosphere -- like a Mayberry by the sea -- is what has drawn generations of families to this century-old resort on the southern Jersey Shore.
