Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris Avenue de Paris is a seaside, palm-lined street in Beirut, Lebanon. The avenue, which forms with Avenue General de Gaulle the Corniche Beirut promenade, is popular with rollerbladers, cyclists and joggers. The municipality of Beirut initiated in 2001 an embellishment of the Avenue de Paris section of the Corniche Beirut, a project that was conceived and designed by Lebanese artist, Lena Kelekian. The project included the replacement of the 76 cement benches with new ones covered with colorful cut ceramics as well as a Mega Chessboard on the widest section of the sidewalk. The U.S. embassy, which
Pleasant Avenue dancing of the Giglio is an Italian tradition which began over 100 years ago. Notes Pleasant Avenue Pleasant Avenue is a north-south street in the East Harlem neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It begins at E. 114th Street and ends at E. 120th Street. The street was the northernmost section of Avenue A, which stretched from Alphabet City northward, and was added to the grid wherever space allowed between First Avenue and the East River. This stretch was renamed "Pleasant Avenue" in 1879. Unlike York Avenue, however, the addresses on Pleasant Avenue are not continuous with