About Gainesville
The beautiful city of Gainesville is enthusiastically known by Gator fans for being home to the University of Florida. However, beyond the lights of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, the city is a place of historic Florida homes, scenic pools of clear water, and lush semi-tropical vegetation. The character of the graceful and tropical Florida city masterfully balances the area's stunning natural resources and rich wildlife with an impressive historic cultural environment, and perfectly blends a rich verdant beauty with city features, such as excellent dining, great nightlife, and abundant cultural offerings. The lively historic downtown area is home to intriguing museums, unique shops, delightful dining and countless events throughout
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Lovely and historic Gainesville is home to several historic districts, including neighborhoods like Duckpond and Pleasant Street. The unique residential character of Gainesville's many communities feature lovely historic architecture, mature landscape, and quiet residential streets.
Additionally, the city of Gainesville works to maintain the characteristic charm that defines its reputation. The city's verdant landscape is punctuated by interesting and historic locales such as the city's Hippodrome, the Thomas Center, and the Seagle and the American Legion buildings. Lovely additions, such as Gainesville's beautiful new courthouse, outdoor plaza, and Union Street Station add to the city's vibrant culture and further enhance the city's character.
Natural attractions are abound in the Gainesville area. Residents enjoy access to treasures, such as the Morningside Nature Center, the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. additionally the cultural center of Gainesville is home to thirteen museums and galleries, including the Harn Museum of Art and the Florida Museum of Natural History. Throughout the year, the lovely and historic city of Gainesville is home to a bustling and dynamic community with a vibrant and distinctive arts
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The historic treasure functions as an outdoor museum, and offers stories of Gainesville history and development throughout the grounds. Strolling through the centuries-old cemetery is like taking a touring the history of Gainesville.
Arts And Culture
The city of Gainesville is North-central Florida's cultural center. The city's vibrant music, dance, theatre, and visual arts community forms a dynamic and strong landscape of cultural arts. The University of Florida acts as a cultural anchor to the city of Gainesville. The university's culture enriches the local community and cultural scene through its many exhibits, performances, and its educational community.
The city is the proud home to North-central Florida's only professional theatre, a nationally acclaimed dance company, and a professional orchestra. The many wonderful museums, galleries and theatres in Gainesville add to the city's wealth of culture. Throughout the year events, such as the city's "Free Fridays" Concert Series, the Union Street Farmers Market, the Downtown Festival And Art Show, and the Holiday Tree Lighting event enhance the quality of life for the more than 100,000 residents who call Gainesville
Today the 50-acre property overlooking Biscayne Bay, is owned by Miami-Dade County, and has been marked as a National Historic Landmark. With its beautiful architecture, lush hammock forests, and elegant gardens, the property attracts over a quarter of a million visitors each year.
The Tampa Museum of Art was not always the same museum that we see today. It went through multiple stages throughout the years. The works vary, creating a large spectrum from the old to the new. The social angles change with the exhibits in the museum, combining to create the diversity we see today. Visiting this museum in person helped me to appreciate it even more than I would have thought possible. Observing and analyzing the other visitors helped me to understand the museum’s impact on the community more than I would have been able to just by reading about it. This museum is much different from others than I have visited.
In understanding how my worldview was subconsciously constructed by my life experiences from the past nineteen years, I had to first think about my roots. I was born in Tampa, Florida to a Puerto Rican mother and white father. They divorced when I was too young to remember, and while I did have a relationship with my dad, I lived with my mother and was raised in a tight-knit Puerto Rican family, often times being cared for by my grandmother. I was an only child for ten years which I’m sure has impacted my personality, and at ten I got a baby sister whom I am very close to. Growing up in Florida was interesting because I was half white and half Hispanic, which mirror the main demographics of Florida well, but I never quite fit in with either group because while I look very white and this is what people perceive me as, I was not raised by the white side of my family but rather the Puerto Rican side. Still, I don’t quite fit into this group either because I don’t speak perfect Spanish at home and most Hispanic people treat me as an “outgroup” and not one of them.
From that point on there’s a digital interactive guide that displays the layout of the museum and location of the exhibits. The museum is divided into quadrants with an elliptical rotunda in the middle. The rotunda is illuminated by natural light from the glass dome with skylights above you. Also when you look up you can see extraordinary symbolic painting on the ceiling. From the center of the rotunda you can go left or right to see the exhibits of Native Americans. For some reason I felt like going in through the left, aside from the fact that the right side was closed for renovations. I headed left into the “Time Exposure” exhibit by the Haudenosaunee Discovery Room. When entering the exhibit it can seem a bit disoriented, but you just have...
Beautiful Colonial Williamsburg has many roots within the history of Virginia. From colonial times to present day, Williamsburg has kept the charm of a time long ago. Colonial Williamsburg through the centuries has given people a place to learn about the rich history Virginia has to offer. The significance of Colonial Williamsburg can be found within the battles that were fought during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the political figures that helped shape this great nation, and restoration efforts within the city of Williamsburg to maintain a time that should never be forgotten.
The national park also employs hundreds of Floridians. Because Florida relies so heavily on the tourism industry, there are also many different activities offered around the Everglades area. Many tourists can enjoy airboat rides into the wetlands or alligator and crocodile sight-seeing boat tours. Within the last five years, tourists have collectively spent over $500,000,000 in the areas surrounding the Everglades National Park. The money spent contributes to local businesses in the counties surrounding the Everglades. Just a few of the counties are Collier, Broward, and
The Florida Everglades is one of the most diverse wetland ecosystems in the United States. These tropical wetlands span an area of more than seven hundred square miles in southern Florida. The term Everglade means river of grass. The system starts in central Florida near Orlando and travels southwest to the tip of Florida. The Everglades has a wet season and a dry season which causes a great change in hydrology. During the wet season the system is a slow moving river that is sixty miles wide and over a hundred miles long. During the dry season water levels drop and some areas will completely dry up. The Everglades has many different aquatic environments all having interdependent ecosystems. The most important factor for all these environments is water. It helps shape the land, vegetation, and all the organism that live in each area. Each environment has particular needs for the organisms living in that area. Throughout the years humans have diverted the water to fit their varying needs. The state has built dikes and levees, dug canals, and have built locks to divert the water. This has all been done to keep areas completely dry for developing and agricultural needs. Today, The Everglades is half the size of its original size. Throughout the years many restoration acts have been created and updated. The Everglades restoration projects have been the most expensive environmental repairs in The United States. This is because The Everglades is one of the three most important wetland areas in the world. The Everglades National Park is the home of thirty six protected species including the West Indian Manatee, the American Crocodile, and the Florida Panther. The Everglades also homes hundreds of species of birds, fish, mammals, and repti...
Gator Ubiquity or "the gator on top of the world" as students call it, has become a famous UF landmark as it represents the culture of the gator nation, it is in a public space for students and visitors to enjoy it, and most importantly it triggers inspiration in those who view it.
Is it possible to need reasons to move to Florida? After all, the Sunshine State is hardly a backwater nor does it battle with nasty winter conditions. Still, if your boss comes to you and says he wants you to establish a new base in Fort Meyer or Kissimmee, you should seriously consider Florida and for the following 12 reasons.
Vacation is the one thing that people look forward to throughout the year. People usually think of it as a time to relax, unwind, and enjoy an amazing tropical getaway. Maybe it’s chilling at the beach or taking the night out, vacation is always something fun for anyone. Imagine yourself soaking in the sun, laying by the shore, breathing in the salty air, and laying under a palm tree. People can experience this all right along the island of Key West. Key West is an exciting vacation for the whole family to enjoy that includes snorkeling to amazing seafood.
There’s town, farmland, plains, woods and waterways. All of these features serve a good amount of benefits as well. For example, the wooded area is ideal for hunting, as well as gathering firewood. Because most people that live in North Annville have fireplaces, the wooded areas serve a great purpose The towns are good for being able to visit friends easily by just walking over. The developments are putting up houses quickly, and more parents and children are filling them up. Lastly, the farmlands help the environment in our town, and gives us local-grown fruits and vegetables. The different landforms and features really help make Annville a great place to
On a positive note, there are designers who have accomplished what seems like the impossible and created spaces that stand timeless in their place. The Eiffel Tower, Grand Central Station, Sydney Opera House are just a few examples of spaces that provide a unique experience for the people and contribute to the identity of the city.
There are various influences on everyone’s lives while growing up. I believe the greatest of these influences is the neighborhood you grew up in. I grew up in a quite large, welcoming neighborhood. While living in this neighborhood, I was outgoing and remarkably talkative. Making friends became second nature to me. Playing outdoors from sunrise to sundown playing sports or exploring the outdoors with my friends became a daily routine for me. I was outgoing, talkative, and active. I believe this is the result of the neighborhood I grew up in.
Pikeville is a polluted town because of the coal industry. People live in apartment or condominium buildings because of its little space available. I grew up in one of the many buildings in Pikeville admiring from my bedroom window the beauty of the mountains, always exploring with my eyes the forest or the meadows, looking for a clean and quiet place. And, I found one on a hill in the back of the town. It is about 100 feet square, it has seven old trees, wild flowers and a lot of bugs and ants during summer time.
The inside of the museum was intense because you walk into see two huge dinosaur structures in the front. There were also many entrances to different exhibits on top the entrances were enormous murals depicting various things. The murals showed all of the cultures around the world. All of the cultures are able to mix in with each other. For instance, the mural on top of the Asian Peoples exhibit was showing the many different Asian cultures such as Japanese, Korean, and Chinese mixing into one huge mural. There was the mural on top of the African Peoples exhibit that included prominent animals such as, lions and elephants. And lastly for the South American Peoples exhibit that included Theodore Roosevelt in the mural signifying the creation of the Panama Canal. I like how the murals all had the same color schemes. These murals showed the impact of various historical events having an im...