STANDING on a roof in central Saint Petersburg, Marta Granadeiro gasped as she watched the statues on the Hermitage Museum’s facade gleam in the sunset.
Nearby, up Constitution Steps, is Moroccan-inspired hotel and restaurant Ziggurat. Cocktail in hand, we catch our breath in a cosy beach hut on the roof terrace. Below, slate roofs sweep down to the harbour, and beyond lie the islands of Herm, Jethou and Sark, in…
The Wave Pool features re-designed slide towers with enhancements, new pool side lockers, an improved area for birthday parties, new lighting, a new “interactive water feature,” washroom upgrades, new paint, new pool signage, head guardroom and first aid room improvements, and the pool roof has…
The city council needs to guard against the ‘dire prospect’ of the new rooftop restaurant and bar on the top of the old Central Bank becoming another loud pub and nightclub.
Built in 1927, the theatre at 10th and Dearborn streets started out by showing silent films, then became the first in Indiana to show movies with sound. In the 1960s and 1970s, it hosted rock concerts. After that, the building fell on harder times, and the…