balustrade
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The memorial, including three statues and a tiara-shaped glass balustrade for a bridge, is going to be built in St James's Park in central London, near Buckingham Palace.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
The company was filming the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” on the Wave Hill estate in the Bronx, where lush gardens and a rustic stone balustrade offered a graceful site.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
For Casaus, this often involves stacking visually distinct levels of, say, prickly cactuses and wispy flowering bushes, or branchy ornamental trees and soft grasses, against a balustrade or facade.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
Sarai was between plum trees, her hands trembling, resting on the balustrade.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Many original features have been restored, including the arch around the stage, the balustrades and red bricks.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024
These fancy and fanciful houses are what can happen when you go nutso with a jigsaw: wooden gingerbread and curlicues and scrollwork and turned balustrades galore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Printed on black mesh, the powerful images have been hung from the building’s balustrades and tucked into the loggias that flank the museum entrance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
A comparable warmth and crispness distinguish Milagros Ponce de León’s set, featuring elegant stair balustrades evoking an ocean liner — Henrietta sails on one — with the observatory office nestled beneath.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2020
To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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