Philadelphia has done everything it could think of for the 45,000 visitors expected at the Republican National Convention: its landmark architecture is polished, its streetscapes groomed, its hotels gleaming with restored marble and brass and stocked with concierges.
While the Opera House succeeded in repositioning Australia as a modern country in the mind of people across the world, it wasn't until the Bilbao Guggenheim opened in 1997 that the present era of landmark architecture really got under way.
And it is in this context that winning the World Cup should be viewed: against a backdrop of film festivals and new museums, of landmark architecture and its aim to be a global hub of the art market.
"Are there going to be anarchists throwing Molotov cocktails, or will it be a peace festival with everyone holding hands and singing?" asked Mark McDonald, director of the Historic Savannah Foundation and unofficial guardian of the largest collection of landmark architecture in the country.
Before legislation to preserve this landmark architecture, many of the old buildings were demolished.
Sunday at 2 p.m., "Midtown Architectural Walking Tour" looks at landmarks, architecture and history of the neighborhood, meeting at 300 Park Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets.
Sunday at 2 p.m., "TriBeCa Historic Districts Walking Tour" looks at landmarks, architecture and history of the neighborhood, meeting at the northeast corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway.
Tomorrow at 2 p.m., "TriBeCa Historic Districts Walking Tour" looks at landmarks, architecture and history of the neighborhood, meeting at the northeast corner of Chambers Street and West Broadway.
Fashion design is as important a cultural landmark as architecture.
Cleveland's landmark ecclesiastical architecture includes the historic Old Stone Church in downtown Cleveland and the onion domed St . Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedralin Tremont, along with myriad ethnically inspired Roman Catholic churches.
