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"The brightly coloured terraced houses in Observatory Street. Belsyre Court, a 1936 Grade II listed apartment block at the eastern end of Observatory Street. The Radcliffe Observatory to the south, after which the street is named. Observatory Street links at the eastern end Woodstock Road (opposite Bevington Road and St Anne's College and nearly opposite St Antony's College) in central North Oxford and at the western end Walton Street and the Jericho area of Oxford, England. The street borders the north side of Green Templeton College, one of the Oxford University colleges, which has some student accommodation in the street.Observatory Street, Green Templeton College, Oxford. The street is named after the Radcliffe Observatory (completed in 1794), which now forms a centrepiece for the College. To the north is St Bernard's Road. Observatory Street, developed from 1834, mainly consists of terraced houses directly on the street, many characterized by brightly painted stuccoed fronts in a variety of colours, especially on the south side of the street, which is very late Georgian.Observatory Street composite, Flickr. Once built as small dwellings for poorer inhabitants of Oxford, often workers on early railway and canal construction, the houses now command high prices because of the central location of the street, within easy walking distance of the city centre and close to the Oxford University Humanities and Mathematics site on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.Observatory Street Oxford OX2, House Prices. Belsyre Court is located on the north side at the east end of Observatory Street, Woodstock Road, and the south side at the east end of St Bernard's Road. It was designed by Ernest R. Barrow and built in 1936. Belsyre Court was the first large block of flats in Oxford. An Inland Revenue office was located here from 1936 until the early 1990s. Adelaide Street branches off Observatory Street partway along and runs parallel to the north at the western end, also connecting with Walton Street. References Category:1834 establishments in England Category:Streets in Oxford Category:Green Templeton College, Oxford "
"Kingston Road. Wyndham House, a retirement home, from Plantation Road. The Gardeners Arms public house in Plantation Road, from Leckford Place. Plantation Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England, connecting Kingston Road to the west with Woodstock Road to the east. To the north is Leckford Road and to the south is St Bernard's Road. Leckford Place crosses it halfway along. The eastern part of the road is very narrow, almost like a village lane despite now being in a city suburb. In the past there was a plantation here, hence the name. The road was laid out with building plots by 1832. The philanthropic Oxford Cottage Improvement Company built a block of seven cottages in 1888 on the south side of the road. The Gardener's Arms public house, at 39 Plantation Road on the corner with Leckford Place, dates from the late 1830s and has a vegetarian restaurant. The 20th-century Wyndham House, officially opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1973, provides sheltered housing with 33 flats, also on a corner with Leckford Place. The Jericho Chiropractic Clinic is at 16 Plantation Road. Towards the end of his life, the diplomat and author Sir Reader Bullard (1885–1976) lived in Plantation Road. References Category:1832 establishments in England Category:Streets in Oxford "
"The Cypress Group is a private equity company focused on leveraged buyout investments in companies across a range of industry sectors. At its peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Cypress was among the largest US private equity firms, although by the end of the decade the firm would find itself in the process of winding down its operations.Cypress Group Faces Vote For Survival. New York Post, August 7, 2009 The firm, based in New York City, was founded in 1994 by the four senior members of Lehman Brothers' merchant banking group, Jim Stern, Jeff Hughes, Jamie Singleton and David Spalding.Lehman, Seeking Higher Profit, Returns to Merchant Banking. New York Times, November 12, 1996 Cypress has raised approximately $3.6 billion since its inception across two funds raised in 1996 and 1999. History The Cypress Group was founded in 1994 by Jim Stern, Jeff Hughes, Jamie Singleton and David Spalding, who had served previously as the senior managing directors of Lehman Brothers' merchant banking group. The four founders were responsible for restarting Lehman's merchant banking efforts after the departure of Pete Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman to found The Blackstone Group, a private equity and investment banking firm. The Cypress Group raised its first institutional private equity fund in 1996 with $1.05 billion of investor commitments.Cypress Closes Funds. New York Times, February 22, 1996 In 1999, the firm completed fundraising for Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II, with $2.5 billion of investor commitments. At the time it was raised, the firm's new fund ranked among the largest raised for leveraged buyout transactions. Ultimately, Cypress II would prove to be the firm's final fund when it announced in 2007 that it would abandon further plans to raise a successor fund.Winding down at Cypress Group. Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2007 Cypress had indicated its intentions to raise $1.5 billion. However, a series of weak investments, particularly in Cypress II, severely impacted the firm's plans to raise a third fund. By 2007, Cypress had lost a significant number of its senior investment professionals. As of 2009, the firm is still managed day-to- day by two of its original founders, Jim Stern and Jeff Hughes. David Spalding assumed a role at his alma mater Dartmouth College and Jamie Singleton still remains on the firm's board. In October 2009, the firm's Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II will reach the end of its original 10-year term. While the firm is seeking to extend the life of the fund, investors in the fund are currently negotiating an orderly wind-down of the investments in the portfolio.Fate of Cypress Group Said to Be in Investors’ Hands. New York Times, August 7, 2009 Investments Since inception in 1994, Cypress has invested more than $4 billion of equity in more than 30 companies through transactions totalling in excess of $22 billion in size. Historically, Cypress employed an industry-based investment strategy and the firm was structured into six industry groups covering large segments of the economy, including: * Packaging, Building Products, Construction Materials & Retail * Automotive & Aerospace/Defense * General Industrial & Services * Healthcare & Financial Services * Media & Entertainment, Lodging & Leisure * Consumer Products Among the firm's notable investments include: *Affinia GroupDANA REDUCES SALE PRICE OF ITS AUTO PARTS UNIT. New York Times, November 3, 2004DANA SELLS REPLACEMENT PARTS BUSINESS TO CYPRESS. New York Times, July 10, 2004 * AmtrolCYPRESS GROUP TO PURCHASE AMTROL. New York Times, August 30, 1996 *Catlin Group *Cinemark Theatres *Cooper StandardCOOPER TIRE SELLS AUTOMOTIVE UNIT FOR $1.2 BILLION. New York Times, September 18, 2004 *Financial Guaranty Insurance CompanyGENERAL ELECTRIC TO SELL BOND INSURANCE UNIT. New York Times, August 5, 2003 *Frank's Nursery & Crafts *Infinity Broadcasting Corporation *Lear Corporation *Loral Aerospace Holdings *McBride plc *Meow MixEQUITY FIRM BUYS CAT FOOD COMPANY FOR $425 MILLION. New York Times, October 15, 2003Del Monte to Buy Meow Mix And Sell Some Food Units. New York Times, March 3, 2006 *R.P. Scherer Corporation *Republic National Cabinet Corporation *Scottish Re Group *WESCO InternationalBUYOUT FIRM JOINS WESCO MANAGERS IN TAKEOVER. New York Times, April 25, 1998 *Williams ScotsmanWILLIAMS SCOTSMAN SALE SET FOR $675 MILLION. New York Times, April 15, 1997 References External links *The Cypress Group (company website) Category:Financial services companies established in 1994 Category:Private equity firms of the United States "