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Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D
Massachusetts Avenue may refer to: * Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston), Massachusetts ** Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station), a subway station on the MBTA Orange Line ** Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station), a station on the MBTA Silver Line Washington Street route ** "Massachusetts Avenue", a song by Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra from the 2012 album '' Theatre Is Evil'' * Massachusetts Avenue (Halifax, NS) * Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana * Massachusetts Avenue (San Diego Trolley station), a station on the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System * Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.), the longest of the state named streets in Washington, D.C. ** Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Washington, D.C.) ** Embassy Row * Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Worcester, Massachusetts) * Massachusetts Avenue, a street in the game ''Monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)
Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to ''Boston'' magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips." Route The street begins in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester and runs southeast-northwest through Boston, paralleling Interstate 93 for a short distance. Massachusetts Avenue passes below part of the Boston Medical Center complex near Harrison Street, before passing above routes 9, 2, and the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). It crosses the Charles River from the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston into the city of Cambridge via the Harvard Bridge, where passes both U.S. Route 3 and MA-Route 3, it then bisects the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, passes through Central Square, and curves around two ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line Station)
Massachusetts Avenue station is a rapid transit station in the South End and Symphony neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Orange Line, and is located at 380 Massachusetts Avenue. The station opened in 1987 as part of the renovation and relocation of the southern Orange Line into the Southwest Corridor. The Orange line runs parallel to the Northeast Corridor, which carries Amtrak trains and several MBTA commuter rail lines. Station layout Like all stations on the Orange Line, Massachusetts Avenue is accessible. The station has a single island platform serving the two tracks of the Orange Line. The main headhouse is located on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue; a pedestrian tunnel leads to a secondary entrance on the north side. An exit-only staircase at the south end of the platform leads to a footbridge connecting Gainsborough Street and Camden Street. The MBTA plans to add a fare lobby and elevator at the footbridge, and to replace the exist ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line Station)
Northampton station was an elevated rapid transit station located above Washington Street at Massachusetts Avenue in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It served the Washington Street Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line, from 1901 until 1987. Massachusetts Avenue station, a street-level bus station on the Washington Street branch of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service, opened on the site in 2002. It is served by the SL4 and SL5 Silver Line routes as well as several local MBTA bus routes. Like all Silver Line stops, Massachusetts Avenue is accessible. History The Washington Street Elevated, including Northampton station, opened as part of the Main Line Elevated on June 10, 1901. It was originally built with a short center island platform, similar to Dover station to the north. Like most of the other Elevated stations, both were designed in a Beaux Arts style by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. Mere months after opening, both station ...
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Theatre Is Evil
''Theatre Is Evil'' is the second studio album by Amanda Palmer, and first with her band The Grand Theft Orchestra. It was released on September 7, 2012 in Australia, on September 10, 2012 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and September 11, 2012 in the United States and Canada. The album has been released by Palmer's own record label, 8 Ft. Records, with distribution handled by Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Europe, and Alliance Entertainment in the US. The album debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart with 24,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan, much of which can be attributed to her Kickstarter campaign. The album was written over the four years since her solo debut album, ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer'', in 2008. The recording and release process was funded by a Kickstarter project that raised a total of over $1.2 million. An art book, filled with images inspired by the content of this album commissioned to artists Amanda knows, has been released. About the Gr ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (Halifax, NS)
Robie Street is a north-south artery that runs for 7 km in the Halifax Peninsula area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from Memorial Drive in the North End Halifax, to Gorsebrook Avenue in the South End. The street and provincial road has in most places four lanes, with a centre median from Gorsebrook Avenue to Cunard Street. From Cunard to Almon Streets, it has two lanes. From Livingstone Street to Memorial Drive, it has two lanes. From Almon Street to the MacKay Bridge ramps, it has four lanes and is undivided. Massachusetts Avenue (until May 21, 2007, it was, and commonly still is, referred to as Robie Street Extension) connects Robie Street from Livingstone Street to the MacKay Bridge. On the Halifax Peninsula street grid system, civic numbers range from 820 to 3899. The street was named after Simon Bradstreet Robie (1770–1858), a prominent Nova Scotia judge and politician. There are also streets named after Judge Robie in Truro and Amherst, Nova Scotia. Prior to ...
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Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis
The Mass Ave Cultural Arts District, colloquially known as Mass Ave, is one of seven designated cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The district centers on of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus at New York and Delaware streets to its northern terminus at Bellefontaine Street. The avenue is one of the four original diagonal streets included in Alexander Ralston's plan of 1821. Mass Ave also contains the Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District, a historic district included on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. Today it lies at the heart of the city's arts district. It offers some of the city's most visible theaters and art galleries as well as a number of shops and eateries. Gentrification in the 1990s propelled the area from squalor to one of the city's more fashionable addresses. Currently, redevelopment of Mass Ave focuses on fostering locally owned shops, theaters, and restaurants. Massachusetts Avenue C ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (San Diego Trolley Station)
Massachusetts Avenue station is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley in Lemon Grove, California, a suburb of San Diego. The station serves as a commuter center and park and ride lot for the surrounding residential community. History Massachusetts Avenue opened as part of the second segment of the Euclid Line on May 12, 1989. Also later known as the East Line, the line operated from to before being extended further east one month later. This station was renovated from October 17, 2011 through fall 2012 as part of the Trolley Renewal Project, although the station remained open during construction. Station layout There are two tracks, each served by a side platform. See also * List of San Diego Trolley stations The San Diego Trolley is the light rail system that serves the metropolitan area of San Diego. The operator of the Trolley, San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI), is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The San Diego Trolle .. ...
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Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D
Massachusetts Avenue may refer to: * Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston), Massachusetts ** Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station), a subway station on the MBTA Orange Line ** Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station), a station on the MBTA Silver Line Washington Street route ** "Massachusetts Avenue", a song by Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra from the 2012 album '' Theatre Is Evil'' * Massachusetts Avenue (Halifax, NS) * Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana * Massachusetts Avenue (San Diego Trolley station), a station on the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System * Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.), the longest of the state named streets in Washington, D.C. ** Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Washington, D.C.) ** Embassy Row * Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Worcester, Massachusetts) * Massachusetts Avenue, a street in the game ''Monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, ...
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Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Washington, D
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District may refer to: * Massachusetts Avenue Commercial District, listed on the NRHP in Indianapolis, Indiana * Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Worcester, Massachusetts), listed on the NRHP in Worcester, Massachusetts * Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Washington, D.C.), listed on the NRHP in Washington, D.C. {{disambig ...
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Embassy Row
Embassy Row is the informal name for a section of Northwest Washington, D.C. with a high concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions, and diplomatic residences. It spans Massachusetts Avenue N.W. between 18th and 35th street, bounded by Scott Circle to the south and the United States Naval Observatory to the north; the term is often applied to nearby streets and neighborhoods that also host diplomatic buildings, such as Kalorama. Of the roughly 175 diplomatic missions in the city, the majority are located on or near Embassy Row, including those of Italy, Australia, India, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Due to the large number of well-preserved Gilded Age estates and townhouses, many of which house diplomatic missions or dignitaries, Embassy Row has been protected as part of the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. Its historic and multicultural character has also made the area a center of tourism and local cultural life. History Considered ...
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Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (Worcester, Massachusetts)
The Massachusetts Avenue Historic District in Worcester, Massachusetts is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. At that time, it included 11 contributing buildings and one other contributing site. This district, the Montvale Historic District, and the Hammond Heights Historic District, are northwest of the Worcester core area and are elaborate Victorian districts. They were created for upper class housing through the subdivision of many farms and estates, when southern and eastern sections of Worcester were filling up with three-decker working class housing. It includes a Federal style former courthouse that was converted, during 1801–03, into a Federal style house. It includes houses of the Arts and Crafts movement, Prairie style and Bungalow style. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts *National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Ma ...
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The Mega Edition
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ...
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