New York City's Central Park West?

Central Park West, New York City, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

Central Park West (CPW) is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

As its name indicates, CPW forms the western edge of Central Park. It also forms the eastern boundary of the Upper West Side. It runs 51 blocks from Columbus Circle (at 59th Street, or Central Park South) to Frederick Douglass Circle (at 110th Street, or Cathedral Parkway).

The gates into Central Park along its western edge are: Merchants Gate at 59th Street, Womens Gate at 72nd, Naturalists Gate at 77th, Hunters Gate at 81st, Mariners Gate at 86th, Gate of all Saints at 96th, Boys Gate at 100th, and Strangers Gate at 106th. Central Park West's expensive housing rivals that of Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side.

Central Park's Strawberry Fields?

Strawberry Fields, Central Park, New York City, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre landscaped section in New York City's Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of musician John Lennon. It is named after the Lennon/McCartney song "Strawberry Fields Forever".

The Central Park memorial was designed by Bruce Kelly, the chief landscape architect for the Central Park Conservancy. Strawberry Fields was inaugurated on what would have been Lennon's 45th birthday, 9 October 1985, by his widow Yoko Ono, who had underwritten the project.

The entrance to the memorial is located on Central Park West at West 72nd Street, directly across from the Dakota Apartments, where Lennon lived for the later part of his life and where he was murdered.

The memorial is a triangular piece of land falling away on the two sides of the park, and its focal point is a circular pathway mosaic of inlaid stones, a reproduction of a mosaic from Pompeii, made by Italian craftsmen as a gift from the city of Naples. In the center of the mosaic is a single word, the title of Lennon's most famous song, "Imagine".

Central Park's Marionette Theatre?

The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Central Park, New York City, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre in New York's Central Park was originally built as a traditionally-constructed model schoolhouse of Baltic fir for Sweden's exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

Frederick Law Olmsted arranged for the Cottage to be moved to its permanent home near the West Drive in Central Park. At first simply a tool shed, then adapted as a restroom, it now hosts one of the few public marionette theatre companies in the country, founded in 1939 as a touring marionette theater. In 1973 the interior was remodeled to include a permanent stage. The Swedish Cottage is listed on the Historic House registry of New York City.

The Swedish Cottage and its performances are managed and presented by City Parks Foundation. Master puppet makers and puppeteers create and present the marionette productions, which have included Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel and original productions like Three and Cinderella Samba.

Düsseldorf's MedienHafen?

Düsseldorf Docks, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

There's more than cranes and seamen alone in the Düsseldorf harbour. Landlovers took over the area long ago, entrusted ingenius architects like Frank Gehry with designing buildings, located media companies and housed restaurants and cafes in the best locations.

The former Rhine harbour has undergone a drastic transformation in the last two decades: where silos and warehouses used to form the skyline of the harbour district, today, there are building complexes designed by nationally and internationally renowned architects.

The MedienHafen is home to about 300 companies, especially from the media and communications segments, fashion and architecture as well as art and culture. The harbour owes its special charm to the mix of new and old: the old quay walls, the steps and rail tracks of the old loading line have still been preserved and are today protected monuments.

The two towers overlooking Central Park West?

Towers, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

The San Remo, 145 and 146 Central Park West, is a luxury co-operative apartment building in New York City located between 74th and 75th streets.

As a housing cooperative, its board has a "reputation for lenient admissions standards" compared to the conservative, old-money boards on the other side of the park.

Past and present residents of the building include such famous personalities as Tiger Woods, Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Steve Jobs, Demi Moore, Glenn Close, Dustin Hoffman, U2 frontman Bono, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, Eddie Cantor, Robert Stigwood, Marshall Brickman, Jackie Leo, Don Hewitt, Billy Squier, Dodi Al Fayed, Liz McCowell, Luke Knightly, Aaron Spelling, Jack Sherwall, Hedy Lamarr. Rita Hayworth spent her last years there.

In 2007 same floor residents Bono and Billy Squier went to court over a fireplace.

Istanbul's Ortaköy Mosque?

Mosque, Istanbul, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

The Ortaköy Mosque in İstanbul, is situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus.

The original Ortaköy Mosque was built in the 18th century. The current mosque, which was erected in its place, was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid and built between 1854 and 1856.

Its architects were Armenian father and son Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan, who designed it in Neo-Baroque style. The wide, high windows let the ever-changing light reflections of the Bosphorus shine in the mosque.

Inside the mosque hang several examples of Islamic calligraphy executed by the Sultan Abdülmecid himself, who was also a hattat, or master calligrapher.

Urban art on Rivington Street?

Street art, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

WK Interact is a French urban artist living in New York City. He’s famous for black and white painted murals of skaters, kung-fu masters boxers and mountain climbers, incorporating a unique and often palpable sense of motion.

The epitome of Byzantine architecture?

Shadow, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture.

It was the largest cathedral ever built in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520.

The current building was originally constructed as a church between A.D. 532 and 537 on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site; the previous two had both been destroyed by riots.

It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles.

Bursa and the silk road?

Silk scarves, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

Bursa stands on the lower slopes of Uludag in the Marmara region of Anatolia, Turkey. “Green” Bursa is a center of the silk trade, since first silk cocoons were brought there on the caravans of the Silk Road.

The Big Brown Machine?

UPS, originally uploaded by Gordon Gerard McLean.

United Parcel Service, Inc., commonly referred to as UPS, is one of the world's largest package delivery companies. UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.

UPS is perhaps best known for its brown trucks, internally known as package cars, hence the company nickname "The Big Brown Machine."

In 2006 some 83,000 UPS package car drivers logged more than 1 billion miles on the road.