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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". | WIKI |
| The Grantley Adams International Airport for Barbados, is located 16 kilometres (10xc2xa0mi) southeast of Bridgetown city centre, and has daily flights to major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and the Caribbean. | WIKI |
| The present-day location of the city was established by English settlers in 1628; a previous settlement under the authority of Sir William Courten was at St. James Town. | WIKI |
| Bridgetown is a major West Indies tourist destination, and the city acts as an important financial, informatics, convention centre, and cruise ship port of call in the Caribbean region. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Early settlement 1.2 From town to city 2 Geography and climate 2.1 Geography 2.2 Boundaries 2.3 Careenage 2.4 Climate 3 The city 3.1 Neighbourhoods 3.2 Landmarks/points of interest 3.3 Harbour 4 Society and culture 4.1 Utilities and local services 5 Economy 5.1 Stock exchange 5.2 Business/specifics 6 Transportation 6.1 Public buses 6.2 Route taxis 7 Diplomatic missions in Barbados 7.1 Twin and Sister cities 8 Notable people 9 See also 10 References 11 External links | WIKI |
| Bridgetown is the only city outside the present United States that George Washington visited. | WIKI |
| From town to city[edit] | WIKI |
| The St Michael's Parish Church became a cathedral, so that Bridgetown became a city. | WIKI |
| In December 1925, a committee sought to petition the King for a Royal Charter of Incorporation to provide local government in the city, proposed to consist of a mayor, 8 aldermen, 12 common councillors, a town clerk, a head-borough or chief constable, and such other officers as would be deemed necessary. | WIKI |
| It was proposed that the island's House of Assembly should seek to incorporate the city instead of using a Royal Charter. | WIKI |
| This provided a separate administration for the city, with a mayor; 6 city aldermen; and 12 city councillors, four for each of the three wards in the city. | WIKI |
| 6: The Boundaries of Bridgetown, Speightstown, Holetown and Oistin are cited as follows: 1) "City of Bridgetown" - "Bridgetown" - "The City":[15] | WIKI |
| The city[edit] | WIKI |
| In the centre lies the main street of Bridgetown which is Broad Street which runs directly through the centre of the city. | WIKI |
| Broad Street passes the Parliament Buildings and serves as the centre of city's shopping area. | WIKI |
| Another major traffic artery into the city is Bay Street (which turns into Highway 7) and leads toward the South Coast of Barbados and the Parish of Christ Church. | WIKI |
| The Spring Garden Highway, which lies to the west of the city, plays host to over 85,000 bystanders and participants in the annual Grand Kadooment Carnival Parade. | WIKI |
| Found along the Princess Alice Highway, and west of the city's centre around Fontabelle. | WIKI |
| The dredging project was completed in 2002 and the city can now host many of the largest cruise ships in the world. | WIKI |
| Bridgetown also has a smaller canal in the centre of the city, named the Careenage, a.k.a. | WIKI |
| The Careenage is just large enough for pleasure craft or fishing boats and has two main bridges near the city center which span the shallow Careenage. | WIKI |
| The Public Buildings or parliament, which stand at the heart of the city directly north of Heroes Square, house the third oldest continuous parliament in the British Commonwealth. | WIKI |
| Indeed, at one point in the city's early history, Bridgetown was the most important city of all British possessions in the New World due to the city's easterly location in the Caribbean region. | WIKI |
| The city serves as the seat of one of the three campuses of the University of the West Indies in the northern suburb of Cave Hill. | WIKI |
| The Barbados Community College is located three miles (5xc2xa0km) east of the Central Business District in a suburb known as "The Ivy", while the sprawling campus of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic is located just beyond the eastern limits of the city in a suburb known as "The Pine". | WIKI |
| In addition, the city houses such distinguished secondary schools as Harrison College, Combermere and The St. Michael School. | WIKI |
| The city underwent considerable redevelopment in preparation for the 2007 World Cricket Cup Finals held at the historic Kensington Oval. | WIKI |
| Today, Bridgetown is a fully modern and thriving city, with access to many modern services including a piped water supply (said to be naturally among the purest in the world), electricity, natural gas supply, cutting-edge telecommunications, wireless services, internet cafes, and a good overall infrastructure. | WIKI |
| The city is also served by an impressive conference facility known as the Sherbourne Conference Centre. | WIKI |
| The city has access to daily flights via the island's Airport the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) located on the ABC Highway/Highway 7 in Seawell, Christ Church. | WIKI |
| Public buses that head northward to destinations such as Holetown and Speightstown, and to some locations in St. Michael including the University of the West Indies xe2x80x93 (Cave Hill Campus), leave from the Princess Alice Bus Terminal which lies to the west of the city centre. | WIKI |
| Buses for points east and south leave from the Fairchild Street Bus Terminal, which is on the eastern edge of the city centre, near to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). | WIKI |
| These two elements are linked by a narrow strip along Bay Street, which creates the urban relation between the garrison, the city and the port. | UNESCO |
| Both layouts continue in spite of the townxe2x80x99s transformation from a maritime-mercantile fortified port town to a contemporary cosmopolitan tropical city which has remained the islandxe2x80x99s capital and national centre. | UNESCO |
| Although several historic houses in Bridgetown have been replaced or restored, a significant number of remaining historic houses, some rapidly decaying, significantly contribute to the atmosphere of a historic city and should be conserved. | UNESCO |