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Centennial Park (Dundas, Hamilton, Ontario)
Centennial Park may refer to: Argentina *Parque Centenario, a public park in Buenos Aires Australia * Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena and Adelaide, South Australia *Centennial Park (Sydney) *Centennial Park, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney named for the park *Centennial Park, Western Australia, a suburb of the city of Albany Canada *Centennial Park (Moncton), New Brunswick *Centennial Park (Thunder Bay), Ontario *Centennial Park (Toronto), either of two parks in Ontario, Canada New Zealand *Centennial Park, Christchurch, a sports park *Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia, a sports venue *Centennial Park, Oamaru, a sports venue United States * Centennial Park, Arizona, a hamlet in Mohave County; home to fundamentalist Mormon polygamists *Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia *Centennial Park (Champaign, Illinois) * Centennial Park (Davenport, Iowa) * Centennial Park (Ellicott City), Maryland *Centennial Grounds, home park for the 1875 Philadelphia Centennials baseball team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque Centenario
Parque Centenario is an extensive public park in the Caballito district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Overview Presiding over a rapidly expanding city, the Buenos Aires City Council in 1908 approved the purchase of a 10 hectare (25 acre) plot belonging to Parmenio Piñero, a local brickmaker, for the purpose of a creating a "Westside Park" (the area was near Buenos Aires' western limits at the time). The project was entrusted to the City Parks Administrator, the renowned French Argentine urbanist Charles Thays, who completed the project in time for the 1910 centennial of the May Revolution (hence the park's name, ''Centenario''). Rerouting two streets, Thays created a circular green space anchored by fountain in the middle. The outer sections of the park were planned for residential development, though these plans were later rescinded. The outermost lots were made available to a number of cultural and scientific institutions, notably the Louis Pasteur Institute (founded in 1927), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
