bandstand

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“In Claude Collier,” she rhapsodizes, “I saw my very youth, a fateful green garden, parades on the Avenue, an orchestra on a bandstand, my youth in New Orleans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

A Met Police chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear team was seen near the park's bandstand on Friday and police divers were spotted near the Round Pond ornamental lake.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Of note in the middle image is a Recreation Land, home to a ball field, a mini-golf course and a bandstand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

I just assume he couldn't recollect or revel in discussions about Count Basie and Duke Ellington and sitting on the bandstand and blowing trumpet with many other people, especially in Hollywood.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

The rich people pressed enough cash into someone’s hands to keep it lush and vagrant free, and a new, all-American bandstand stood whitewashed against the greenery at the back of the property.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx