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[nature's message]

ART FESTIVAL THE BIGGEST IN ITS HISTORY


People gather around The Bowl at the Athena Museum of Performing Arts & Poetry during a performance from ACDC.

Today was the day that many people got excited over. That day was the annual Athena Festival of Art. This year's festival attracted the largest amount of people in its history, with over 2.6 million people coming to the event. It pumped $76 million to the local economy, $22 million above the estimates made by economists. This has gotten many city officials excited about the other upcoming festivals & events.
"This is really good news for the city", said Anna Wilder. "It seems like nothing ceases to surprise me in Athena."
Two popular musical icons performed concerts at the Athena Festival of Art, one from ACDC and another one from Madonna. An estimated 26,483 came to the ACDC concert, and 32,536 came to the Madonna concert. Both have stated that they will perform again at the next festival.


Pink Northern Lights on the Athenian Cultural Center.


Pink Northern Lights on the Neron Building.


Forrest animation on the Branson Hall.


Butterfly animation on the Hotel Athena.


Break dancing is a very common site in the event.


ACDC performing at the Bowl near the Athena Museum of Performing Arts & Poetry.


Some people even decided to dress up.


People walk on the Calatrava Bridge for the first time.






People walking into the University of Athena Performing Arts Center for various plays and shows.

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Professional dancers performing Tango.

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The fire ceremony.


People gathering around for a Madonna concert.

Some of the rumors were about certain celebrity appearances became a reality. The likes of Jessica Alba, Paris Hilton, among others were either at the festival or the after party, which was held at the Athena Theatre in Uptown Athena.


Jessica Alba at the after party.


Paris Hilton arriving to see the live remake of the "Wax of House".


Hugh Jackman at the Allman Theatre to see the critically acclaimed play the Lion King.


Victoria's Secret models Selita Ebanks, Izabel Goulart, Alessandra Ambrosio and Karolina Kurkova at the after party.


Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie at the after party.


Kim Kardashian at the after party.

[jtown,man]

City name:Beach City
City population:3,500,000
Metro population:10,000,000
White %:65
African-American %:10
Hispanic %:10
Asian %:15
10 tallest buildings heights in feet:
Buldings >950 feet tall:5
>800 feet tall:10
>650 feet tall:40
>500 feet tall:100

[aaronstlcards]

The cities annual Hip Hop Festival took place in downtown last week and the turnout was record breaking for the yearly concert. Grammy award winning rappers including T.I., Flo Rida, Lil Wayne, Nelly and Dem Franchize Boyz perormed to packed crowds.

The crowd enjoying the music of T.I.


Nelly performing on Friday night to an electric croud.




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[redfella]

City name: CarKilla
City population: 2,000,000
Metro population: 2,500,000
White %: 80
African-American %: 01
Hispanic %: 14
Asian %: 05
10 tallest buildings heights in feet: 20,000 buildings @ 75-100ft
Buldings >950 feet tall: None
>800 feet tall: None
>650 feet tall: None
>500 feet tall: None
Sports teams: Don't know
Yearly weather averages (average high-low, rain, snow): Just nice weather.

[aaronstlcards]

The last census report was skewed , so the city passed out a new census report in June. Here is the 2009 Census Report:
City name: New Emporis
City Area: 233 sq. miles
City Population Density: 15,000 per sq. mile
City population: 3,500,000
City White %: 36
City African-American %: 28
City Hispanic %: 20
City Asian %: 12
Metro Area: 5,000 sq. miles
Metro Population Density: 2,000 per sq. mile
Metro population: 10,000,000
Metro White %: 53
Metro African-American %: 20
Metro Hispanic %: 15
Metro Asian %: 10
10 tallest buildings heights in feet: 1,400-1,100-950-900-850-825-800-780-760-740-720-700
Buldings >1000 feet tall: 2
>900 feet tall: 4
>800 feet tall: 7
>700 feet tall: 13
>600 feet tall: 23
>500 feet tall: 52
Sports teams: NFL(70 years of existence, 3 titles)- MLB(100 years of existence, 9 titles)- NBA(50 years of existence, 1 title)- NHL(60 years of existence, 2 titles)- MLS(10 years of existence, 1 title)

Yearly weather averages (average high-low, rain, snow): 65-45, 30", 20"

• Smoking is illegal in all public places
• Emporis University rated 10th best college in the world, medical department ranked 15th best in the world
• City ranked 25th most dangerous in U.S.
• Metro area ranked 25th most dangerous in U.S.
• Murder rate is 25 per 100,000 residents (Philadelphia is 22.9% and and Chicago is 18%)
• Bipartisan system of government
• Gay marriage is legal
• 75% of city voted for Obama
• 60% of metro area voted for Obama
• Named 4th most desirable city in the U.S. to live in by Forbes
• Named 8th most visited city in the U.S. by Forbes
• Named 12th "smartest" city in the U.S. by Forbes
• Has four season's: summer, fall, winter, spring. January: average of 40-28 degrees with 6 inches of snow, July: average of 85-65 degrees with 2 inches of rain
• Named 20th fittest city in America
• 35% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher (US average is 27% and Boston is 40.3%)
• 30% of residents are foreign born (US average is 12.5% and New York is 36.7%)
• 32% of residents speak a langauge other than English at home (US average is 19.5% and Chicago is 36.5%)
• Median household income is $48,000 (US average is $50,007 and Washington DC is $52,187)
• 20% of individuals are below the poverty level (US average is 13.3% and Philadelphia is 24.5%)
• Median house value is $400,000 (US average is $181,800 and Seattle is $439,500)
• 10% of residents are 65 or older (US average is 12.5% and Baltimore is 12%)

[nature's message]

OTHER AREA NEWS

• Phase I of the Tenderloin Redevelopment Project is now open. This includes a park, the Tenderloin Park, built on a former elevated rail line, with the railroad tracks and rocks incorporated into the design. The whole project costs an estimated $3.8 billion, and the whole project won't be complete until 2019.

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The new Tenderloin Park being seen by many people. It is part of the multi-billion dollar Tenderloin Redevelopment Project.

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Tenderloin has gone through some of the largest amounts of gentrification in Athena. In 1980, only a few thousand people lived in the area. As of 2009, over an estimated 63,000 live in the Tenderloin neighborhood.


• The Sherman Park mixed-use development has been approved for groundbreaking and construction. The vote was 14 to 1, and construction is set for January 2010.

[aaronstlcards]

^
Cool, those first pictures are the High Line in Manhattan. I've studied it a little in an architecture class.

[aaronstlcards]

Here is an updated rubric with actual city averages to help with statistics:
City Name:
City Area:
City Population Density:
City Population:
City White %:
City African-American %:
City Hispanic %:
City Asian %:
Metro Area:
Metro Population Density:
Metro Population:
Metro White %:
Metro African-American %:
Metro Hispanic %:
Metro Asian %:
10 tallest buildings heights in feet:
Buldings >950 feet tall:
>800 Feet tall:
>650 Feet tall:
>500 Feet tall:
Sports Teams:
Yearly Weather Averages (average high-low, rain, snow):
% of Resident's With a Bachelor's Degree or Higher: US average: 27%
Median Household Income: US average: $50,007
Median House Value: US average: $181,800
% of Individuals Below Poverty Level: US average: 13.3%
% of Foreign Born Residents: US average: 12.5%
% of Residents That Speak Language Other Than English at Home: US average: 19.5%
% of Residents 65 Years and Older: US average: 12.5%

[nature's message]

Update on Athena as of July 14.

City Name: Athena
City Area: Greater Athena
City Population Density: 28,836 sq/mi
City Population: 7,203,827
City White %: 25 (17% non-Hispanic white)
City African-American %: 19
City Hispanic %: 18
City Asian %: 20
City other race %: 12
City 2 or more race %: 6
Metro Area: Greater Athena
Metro Population Density: 7,234 sq/mi
Metro Population: 16,628,273
Metro White %: 35 (30% non-Hispanic white)
Metro African-American %: 15
Metro Hispanic %: 12
Metro Asian %: 14
10 tallest buildings heights in feet: 2178, 1856, 1728, 1703, 1629, 1598, 1588, 1503, 1462, 1420
Buldings >950 feet tall: 30
>800 Feet tall: 75
>650 Feet tall: 125
>500 Feet tall: 300
Sports Teams: NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, WNBA
Yearly Weather Averages (average high-low, rain, snow):
% of Resident's With a Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 58.5 (US average: 27%)
Median Household Income: $58,874 (US average: $50,007)
Median House Value: $298,746 (US average: $181,800)
% of Individuals Below Poverty Level: 9.3 (US average: 13.3%)
% of Foreign Born Residents: 41.3 (US average: 12.5%)
% of Residents That Speak Language Other Than English at Home: 25.4 (US average: 19.5%)
% of Residents 65 Years and Older: 5.6 (US average: 12.5%)

[bradly]

Updates from Brandonberg's Newspapers..






NEW UNIVERSITY DOORMS, UNIVERSITY ALREADY OUT OF ROOM...



The New University of Brandonberg dorms were completed last week, the dorms became so popular that the University says they are filled to capacity. The University plans to start construction on another phase next month. (Read More)




PERALTA VISTA COMMUNITY TURNS A VISION INTO REALITY..



After 5 years of debating with city planners and the troubles of funds, the New Peralta Vista community is about 60% complete.. with only 2 months left the community will open. About 15,000 housing units have already been sold. Another 6,000 are still up for grabs and are selling fast. The area will include tons of parks and recreation facilities. (Read More)






RIO ALTO ALAMOS CONDOS SET TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.



Developer and Billionaire Gus Monroe today anounced his 15 condo buildings will open on September 15. The city's main downtown area will also open on the same day. Gus Monroe also spoke about his new development on the city's west side. (Read More)




IMPRESSIVE DOWNTOWN AREA ON TRACK.




It was only 4 1/2 years ago that the city's downtown was a more of a ghost town, most historic buildings were torn down over 10 years ago, Brandonberg's skyline was named one of the worst of its kind in 2000. Thats all about to change.. or it already has in the past 2 years, over 34 new highrises will all openall at once on September 15. The project is known as one of America's biggest downtown revivals in its history. The vision and planning began with Mayor Bradly Salazar, The city council, city billionaires Gus Monroe and Alex Stevens in 1998. Included is over 100 Restaurants, 35 hotels/resorts, 5 new casinos, 19 condo towers, and a new riverwalk, the largest in north america. A new city hall and convention center will also open. The convention center will be the largest in North America as well. (Read More)






POPULATION NUMBERS TO SOAR..

In the 2000 Census the city's population was 580,364.. That is a thing of the past. From 1980 to present day Brandonberg is known as one of the Fastest growing cities in America. Today it is the fastest growing and it has been since 2004. 2008 Census population stands at 855,952 jumping 47.5% in just 8 years. With the new downtown area those numbers could fly past 930,000 in the 2010 Cenus.

Brandonberg's Metro now stands at an Estimated 1.7Million, Loomisville a larger incorporated Suburb has grown to about 345,898 (Read More)