Westlake
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New Zealand
- Westlake, New ZealandWestlake, New ZealandWestlake is a suburb of North Shore City, one of the four cities comprising New Zealand's Auckland urban area. It lies eight kilometres to the northwest of the Auckland CBD between the major suburbs of Milford and Glenfield...
, a suburb of Auckland- Westlake Girls High School
- Westlake Boys High School
United States
- Westlake, Daly City, CaliforniaDaly City, CaliforniaDaly City is the largest city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with a 2010 population of 101,123. Located immediately south of San Francisco, it is named in honor of businessman and landowner John Daly.-History:...
- Westlake, Los Angeles, CaliforniaWestlake, Los Angeles, CaliforniaWestlake is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It should not be confused with Westlake Village, an independent municipality in Los Angeles County near Thousand Oaks and close to the Ventura County line....
- Westlake, LouisianaWestlake, LouisianaWestlake is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is considered a suburb of Lake Charles. The population was 4,668 at the 2000 census...
- Westlake, OhioWestlake, OhioWestlake is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 32,729 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and is located 12 miles from Cleveland's downtown.-Geography:Westlake is located at...
- Westlake, OregonWestlake, OregonWestlake is an unincorporated community on Siltcoos Lake in Lane County, Oregon, United States, approximately seven miles south of Florence. Its area is included in the city limits of the incorporated city of Dunes City...
- Westlake, TexasWestlake, TexasWestlake is a town in Denton and Tarrant Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population is 702 as of the 2010 United States Census.The area known as Westlake was originally settled in 1847 by Charles and Matilda Medlin with about 20 other families. In the mid-twentieth century, now-Westlake...
- Westlake, Seattle, WashingtonWestlake, Seattle, WashingtonWestlake is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington, named after its location on the western shore of Lake Union. It is a relatively narrow neighborhood, there being only a few blocks between the shoreline and its western limit at Aurora Avenue N., beyond which is Queen...
- also Westlake CenterWestlake CenterWestlake Center is a four-story shopping center and twenty-five story office tower in Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. The southern terminus of the Seattle Center Monorail, it is located across Pine Street from Westlake Park, between 4th and 5th Avenues. It is named for Westlake Avenue, which now...
Seattle, Washington
- also Westlake Center
- Westlake Corner, VirginiaWestlake Corner, VirginiaWestlake Corner is a census-designated place in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The population was 899 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Westlake Corner is located at ....
- Westlake Village, CaliforniaWestlake Village, CaliforniaWestlake Village is a planned community that straddles the Los Angeles and Ventura county line. The eastern portion is the incorporated city Westlake Village, located on the western edge of Los Angeles County, California. The city, located in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half...
- Westlake High School (disambiguation)
- West Lake Hills, TexasWest Lake Hills, TexasWest Lake Hills is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,116 at the 2000 census, and 3,021 in the 2005 census estimate. The city of West lake Hills is a relatively wealthy suburb of Austin, located on the west side of Austin on the edge of the Hill Country...
People
- Clive Westlake, British songwriter (of "I Close My Eyes and Count to TenI Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (song)"I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" is a song recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield written by Clive Westlake. Recorded June 1 1968 at Chappel Studios in London, "I Close My Eyes..." was released that August to reach #4 in the UK where it ranks as one of Springfield's biggest hits: of her...
" and other Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
titles) - David WestlakeDavid WestlakeDavid Westlake is a British singer/songwriter. What few people who know and love Westlake and his tiny catologue of terrific tunes usually come from one of three associations...
, British singer/songwriter - Donald E. WestlakeDonald E. WestlakeDonald Edwin Westlake was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction or other genres...
(12 July 1933 – 31 December 2008), American author - John WestlakeJohn WestlakeJohn Westlake was an English law scholar, born at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the son of a Cornish wool-stapler. He was educated at Lostwithiel and, from 1846, at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1850...
(1828–1913), English writer on international law - Martin WestlakeMartin WestlakeMartin Westlake is the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee, an EU advisory body. Appointed by the EESC's Bureau for a five year renewable term, he took up his current duties on 1 October 2008...
, Secretary General of the European Economic and Social Committee - Nathaniel WestlakeNathaniel WestlakeNathaniel Hubert John Westlake was a 19th-century British artist specializing in stained glass.-Career:Westlake began to design for the firm of Lavers & Barraud, Ecclesiastical Designers, in 1858, and became a partner ten years later, making the firm Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, of which he...
(1833–1921), designer of stained glass, partner in Lavers, Barraud and WestlakeLavers, Barraud and WestlakeLavers, Barraud and Westlake were an English firm that produced stained glass windows from 1855 until 1921. They were part of the Gothic Revival movement that affected English church architecture in the 19th century.-History:...
. - Philip WestlakePhilip WestlakePhilip Westlake was a 19th-century British painter, the brother of Nathaniel Westlake, one of the partners in Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, Ecclesiastical Designers.-Works:* Adoration of the Shepherds, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardiff....
, brother of Nathaniel, painter.
Other
- Westlake EntertainmentWestlake EntertainmentWestlake Entertainment Incorporated is a fully integrated, independent entertainment distribution company. Primarily engaged in licensing and distributing feature films and television programs, Westlake specializes in bringing new release content to retail....
- Westlake Recording StudiosWestlake Recording StudiosWestlake Recording Studios is a well-known music recording studio in West Hollywood, CA.-History:The studio was founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s by Tom Hidley, and is credited as "one of the first big commercial efforts to produce acoustically standardised 'interchangeable' rooms"...
in West Hollywood, California - WestlakeWestlake (album)Westlake is the first album by British singer and songwriter David Westlake. The record was released in 1987 on Creation Records. Luke Haines describes it as "a minor classic".-Context:...
, album on the Creation RecordsCreation RecordsCreation Records was a British independent record label headed by Alan McGee. Along with Dick Green and Joe Foster, McGee founded Creation in 1983. The label lasted until its demise in 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation , whom McGee greatly admired. McGee, Green and Foster were...
label by David WestlakeDavid WestlakeDavid Westlake is a British singer/songwriter. What few people who know and love Westlake and his tiny catologue of terrific tunes usually come from one of three associations...