Occasionally, people walked in the middle of the street for a clearer walkway.
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Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Enter the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge and walk toward Brooklyn, taking in panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline (and snapping a few photos) along the way.
The tiny, bright-red shop off the alley makes its bagels from scratch daily, then tops them with all the good stuff.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
Ditch the gallery guide and let the city's alleys be your curator for some street art, from Central's technicolor to Tsuen Wan's factory facades turned art installations and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's open-air exhibitions.
Videos circulating online and verified by the AP showed dozens cheering and dancing and cars honking their horns in the streets of Karaj, a city near Tehran.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile massive explosions are being reported on Sunday in the Iranian capital of Tehran where on Saturday celebrations for the supreme leader’s death with fireworks and dancing in the streets reportedly took place but there were also protests on the part of Khamenei supporters.
The new focus on the canals was rehabilitation by master plan, with every planter positioned, every café table in conformity with rules of access, every bypath checked for liability, every inspiration — however lovely — thrashed out by committee.
The Creole Nature Trail is a 180-mile scenic byway that cuts through Louisiana’s Cajun Country, also known as Acadiana.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
Guanella Pass, a popular fall destination for leaf peepers, is a 24-mile scenic byway that climbs above the treeline near Georgetown, about 45 miles west of Denver.
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