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Village Green (play)
A village green is an area of common land in a village. Village Green may also refer to: * Village Green, New York, USA * Village Green, Los Angeles, USA, a neighborhood * Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania, USA, a census-designated place * Village Green, Christchurch, New Zealand, a cricket ground * "Village Green" (song), by The Kinks See also * The Village Green (band) The Village Green is a Portland, Oregon indie rock band, composed of lead vocalist/guitarist/composer J. Nicholas Allard and drummer/producer/back-up vocalist Jeremy Sherrer, bassist/back-up vocalist Dave Depper, and lead guitarist/back-up vocali ..., a duo ** ''The Village Green'' (EP), self-titled debut EP * ''The Village Green'' (news site), news site for South Orange and Maplewood, New Jersey. {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green
A village green is a commons, common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common pasture, grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle to bring them later on to a common land for grazing. Later, planned greens were built into the centres of villages. The village green also provided, and may still provide, an open-air meeting place for the local people, which may be used for public celebrations such as May Day festivities. The term is used more broadly to encompass woodland, moorland, sports grounds, buildings, roads and urban parks. History Most village greens in England originated in the Middle Ages. Individual greens may have been created for various reasons, including protecting livestock from wild animals or human raiders during the night, or providing a space for market trading. In most cases where a village green is planned, it is placed in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green, New York
Village Green is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,891 at the 2010 census. Village Green is in the eastern part of the town of Van Buren. Geography Village Green is located at (43.131717, -76.308592). According to the United States Census Bureau, the region has a total area of , all land. The village is south of the Seneca River and southeast of Baldwinsville. Most of the community is between Interstate 690 and New York State Route 48. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,945 people, 1,896 households, and 1,033 families residing in the community. The population density was 3,227.6 per square mile (1,248.5/km2). There were 2,053 housing units at an average density of 1,679.7/sq mi (649.7/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.76% White, 1.04% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.74% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green, Los Angeles
Village Green, originally named Baldwin Hills Village, is a neighborhood at the foot of Baldwin Hills, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Village Green consists of a large condominium complex that is both a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and a National Historic Landmark. Designed in the late 1930s and built out by 1942, it is one of the oldest planned communities of its type in the nation. Village Green was named by The American Institute of Architects as one of the 100 most important architectural achievements in U.S. history. Geography Village Green is located between Obama Boulevard and Coliseum Street, and between Hauser Blvd. and slightly west of La Brea Avenue, in the northwestern South Los Angeles region. The Baldwin Village neighborhood is just east of Village Green and La Brea Avenue. The site design consists of outer vehicular circulation roads, with spur roadways between some of the buildings of the complex. At its center is an elongated oval gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green-Green Ridge, Pennsylvania
Village Green-Green Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,822 at the 2010 census, down from 8,279 at the 2000 census. Geography Village Green-Green Ridge is located in southern Delaware County at (39.864011, -75.424499), in the southern part of Aston Township. Pennsylvania Route 452 (Pennell Road) passes through the center of the CDP, leading north to Lima and south to Marcus Hook. Chester is to the southeast via Concord Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 8,279 people, 3,165 households, and 2,294 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,527.7 people per square mile (1,746.7/km). There were 3,218 housing units at an average density of 1,759.9/sq mi (678.9/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.61% White, 0.60% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.76% Asian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green, Christchurch
Village Green was a cricket venue in Christchurch. It is a back-up first-class cricket ground in New Zealand. It was the home of the District's first class cricket team, the State Canterbury Wizards. Village Green is part of the main stadium of Queen Elizabeth II Park, and was often used for inter-provincial competition when the AMI Stadium was unavailable for use. The stadium had been damaged after the 2010 Canterbury earthquake but was able to reopen; it was severely damaged beyond repair after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ... which has damaged the running track and recreation complex. The stadium and pool complex was demolished in 2012 after engineering reports found it beyond repair. References External links Wiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green (song)
"Village Green" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their 1968 album '' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society''. Written and sung by the band's principal songwriter, Ray Davies, the song was first recorded in November1966 during the sessions for '' Something Else by the Kinks'' (1967) but was re-recorded in . Both the composition and instrumentation of "Village Green" evoke Baroque music, especially its prominently featured harpsichord played by session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. Unlike most of the band's recordings, it employs real orchestral instruments, including oboe, cello, viola and piccolo, as arranged by English composer David Whitaker. Davies composed "Village Green" in after an experience at a pub in Devon, a rural part of England. The song laments the decline of a fictional English community's traditional village green. Retrospective commentators have placed the song in the tradition of English pastoral poetry, particularly in its them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Green (band)
The Village Green is a Portland, Oregon indie rock band, composed of lead vocalist/guitarist/composer J. Nicholas Allard and drummer/producer/back-up vocalist Jeremy Sherrer, bassist/back-up vocalist Dave Depper, and lead guitarist/back-up vocalist Nathan Junior. The band reformed in 2012. Discography *''The Village Green'' (2005) Hidden Peak Records *''Feeling the Fall'' (2006) spinART Records SpinART Records was a New York City-based independent record label that released recordings by The Apples in Stereo, Clem Snide, Frank Black, and Michael Penn. The label was started by Joel Morowitz and Jeff Price in 1991. SpinART filed for bankr ... *''When the Creepers Creep In'' (EP/ Single) (2006) *''Live on KEXP.org EP'' (2006) *"TVG (Untitled)" (2012) References External links The Village Greenon MySpace American rock music duos Musical groups from Portland, Oregon Alternative rock groups from Oregon Indie rock musical groups from Oregon 2004 establishments in Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Green (EP)
The Village Green is a Portland, Oregon indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ... band, composed of lead vocalist/guitarist/composer J. Nicholas Allard and drummer/producer/back-up vocalist Jeremy Sherrer, bassist/back-up vocalist Dave Depper, and lead guitarist/back-up vocalist Nathan Junior. The band reformed in 2012. Discography *''The Village Green'' (2005) Hidden Peak Records *''Feeling the Fall'' (2006) spinART Records *''When the Creepers Creep In'' (EP/ Single) (2006) *''Live on KEXP.org EP'' (2006) *"TVG (Untitled)" (2012) References External links The Village Greenon MySpace American rock music duos Musical groups from Portland, Oregon Alternative rock groups from Oregon Indie rock musical groups from Oregon 2004 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
