It once again feels like the gathering place it has been for royalty, world leaders and business titans.
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For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.
Different social media sites gain a reputation for being the gathering place for certain groups Tumblr has fashion, Posterous has actors, Pinterest has food and crafts, Facebook and Twitter have, you know, most things.
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They briefed the Cobra committee (made up on this occasion by on-the-ball, internet-savvy actors playing the prime minister, culture secretary and home secretary) on response strategies to the threat, analysed a simulated Twitter feed to gauge the social media response to the issue, and discussed and debated strategies for managing the attack on a chat site called the Und3rgr0und - the gathering place of choice for Incognito hacktivists.
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On the way to the Holiday Inn, which was the main gathering place for the international press corps during the siege, both sides of the street were crowded with families walking under a warm afternoon sun.
The ancient Hindu gathering takes place in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, attracting tens of millions of people.
For a moment she simply sat on the edge of the bed, gathering together the strange place, the unfamiliar sound, and the drugged fog in which she was trying to operate.
The sporting arenas have been built and tested, and the main Olympic gathering-place, on the site of an old abattoir at Homebush, west of Sydney, is ready for the opening ceremony on September 15th.
It became the global epicenter for scientific knowledge and a gathering place for the most brilliant minds of that era.
The stores act as a gathering place, with an important role in the community.
Mainly established to serve as an advocate service, the union building also became a social gathering place, and eventually the tradition of late-night jam sessions was born.
At the family's main gathering place in East Lost Angeles, a memorial altar still burns brightly in the linoleum-floored living room.
The room is typically utilized by the family as a gathering place before or after meals.
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Either way, I wound up at the city-funded Gathering Place Homeless Drop-In Center.
"In densely populated cities where space is at a such a premium, if you want to build something new and innovative, the only place to go is up, " says Thompson Toronto project architect Rob Cadeau, who turned the hotel's rooftop into a gathering place by designing a bar adjacent to the pool area.
Hundreds of Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Jews convened for the interfaith prayer meeting, held at the north end of Union Square, which has become a popular gathering place for mourners since the attacks.
The bar has served as the unofficial post-festival gathering place for event hosts and emcees.
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But the promise of that glorified gathering place on her glittering new cable network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has fallen short of expectations.
La Jetee, named after the 1962 Chris Marker sci-fi film, is a gathering place for disciples of French cinema and the Nouvelle Vague movement, while at Bar Plastic Model, punters can wear Mario hats and play old Nintendo 64 video games.
The Second Global Private Donor Forum took place at the margins of COP10 in Nagoya, gathering prominent figures from diverse sectors, including business, private foundations and the international political platform.
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (October 6-14): What started in 1972 as a local radio station promotion to round up the most hot air balloons in one place has become the world's largest ballooning gathering and, boast organizers, the most photographed event anywhere.
Police in riot gear charged the youths, pushing them back on to the Place de l'Opera where the crowds were gathering, but the situation remained volatile.
The gathering in Sam's memory takes place at 19:00 GMT near his memorial bench in Chorlton Park.
Accounts of the deadly attacks last fall in Mumbai, India, the May 2008 earthquake in China and last week's plane crash show what used to be just a virtual gathering place to communicate pet peeves or plans for the weekend has evolved into a go-to spot for eyewitness news -- sometimes even before mainstream media has had time to crack the story.
Often these offences, such as egg theft or badger baiting, take place in rural locations, making the gathering of evidence difficult.
The place is less a town than a gathering spot, consisting of a general store, two motels (optimistically called "resorts") and RV parks adjacent to them.
The BBC's Selin Girit in the square says music concerts took place throughout the day, and that the thousands of protesters were calling for the gathering to remain peaceful.
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The Nunday event took place in Listowel on 30 June 2012, and set a new record for the "largest gathering of people dressed as nuns".
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