The hole in the ground was almost a symbol of the decline of a once proud and successful city.

It would be a horrendous disgrace in that proud and independent city.

A once proud city, Berlin was daily being reduced to smoking rubble.

As if this proud commercial city didn't have enough problems, word got out recently that Godzilla would be rampaging through town.

Soon an evil tyrant threatens the peace and harmony of once such a proud city.

This was not the robust and proud city of his ancestors, Torgar had decided.

Unmanaged decline is the story in a once proud city.

A neat street drowsing in the sun and a great, proud city that had lost its purpose.

Yet it is a proud city, and a strong fierce life.

People arriving from all over the world should know that they are landing in Newark, a proud and thriving city.