Razing the building, Mr. Walentas said, would open an extraordinary vista from Old Fulton Street to the Williamsburg Bridge in the distance.

An Israeli artillery shell had slammed into the Abu Odeh house, which sits on the edge of Beit Hanun, in northern Gaza, overlooking an extraordinary vista of empty fields that once were orchards.

It was an extraordinary vista.

Anchoring it is a large cubelike space cantilevered over the water, affording visitors an extraordinary vista.

Floating over the jungle, the airship affords an extraordinary vista, and "The White Diamond" is filled with breathtaking images.

"It's an extraordinary vista," he said.

It is only the view straight ahead through the house to the extraordinary vista of the Hudson beyond that reminds you where you are.

An extraordinary vista opened before them.

He looked around and, for the first time, took in the extraordinary vista presented by the Grand Axial Canal, First Class.