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Spreckles Mansion restoration under way
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterCORONADO, Calif. -- Developers are proposing major changes for a landmark Coronado home linked to tragedy. The investment group that owns the Spreckles Mansion has proposed a restoration project on its original 1907 design. The oceanfront mansion made...Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Arts and Culture, Jonah Shacknai
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Million-dollar home built from Lego-like modules
Fox 5 ReporterCARLSBAD, Calif. -- A construction crew is using a giant crane to put together a million-dollar modular home in less than half the time it would take to build it using traditional techniques. Architect Heather Johnston is watching the construction...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, LEGO Group
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Design selected for expanded Convention Center
Fox 5 San Diego StaffA Denver-based architectural firm was selected Tuesday to design the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. "The team design which we are unveiling for the first, builds on the success of our iconic facility by embracing a waterfront...Tags: Jerry Sanders, Arts and Culture, Business Enterprises
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Easton reveals heritage in 202 signs
Easton is knee-deep in history, from the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Centre Square in July 1776 to the founding of Crayola along the Bushkill Creek. The city's heritage is now on display on 202 signs along the city's Karl Stirner Arts...Tags: Arts and Culture, Binney and Smith, Larry Holmes, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Academy picks Renzo Piano, L.A.'s Zoltan Pali for movie museum
Architecture CriticLast year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it was abandoning a pricey plan to build a movie museum in central Hollywood designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc. Instead the academy struck a deal with the Los Angeles...Tags: Arts, Artists, Anne Hathaway, Movies, Les Misérables (musical)
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Museums
Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org America's first planetarium has one of the world's greatest collections of antique astronomical instruments. One of those is the fully restored Gemini 12 spacecraft flown...Tags: Massacres, World War II (1939-1945), Great Chicago Fire (1871), Engineering, Forests
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Your invite into Frank Lloyd Wright
Special to the TribuneLet's face it: If you were planning to have 2,500 of your most intimate friends over to the house, you'd have some serious fixing up to do. There's that missing chunk of floor molding in the dining room. That spot on the wall beneath the breakfast bar...Tags: Metra, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Transit Authority, Arts and Culture, Foursquare
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Eisenhower family still not pleased with Frank Gehry design
The design of the proposed Eisenhower Memorial in Washington has been a long, contentious process, and it doesn't appear to be ending any time soon. On Wednesday, the Eisenhower family issued a statement saying they cannot support architect Frank Gehry's...
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First glimpse of plan for Wolf Point along Chicago River
Tribune Architecture CriticTouting what would be downtown Chicago’s largest new real estate development since the 2008 financial crisis, representatives of the Kennedy family and three financial partners are providing the first glimpse of a proposed three-tower office and...Tags: West Loop, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts and Culture, Brendan Reilly
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$1 billion high-rise project proposed downtown at Wolf Point
Touting what would be downtown Chicago's largest new real estate development since the 2008 financial crisis, representatives of the Kennedy family and three financial partners on Tuesday provided the first glimpse of a proposed three-tower office and...
Tags: West Loop, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, Brendan Reilly, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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From the archives: Paying last respects to an American beauty
Daily Press(This story originally appeared in the Daily Press on Feb. 9, 1992.) She was a greyhound of the seas, sleek and swift, the fastest passenger liner ever built. She was a marvel of marine engineering and the shipbuilder's arts: safe, comfortable, reliable,...Tags: France, Lifestyle and Leisure, World War II (1939-1945), The New York Times, Engineering
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A house that fits
As years go by, our lifestyles evolve with the changes in our families and our living arrangements. Sometimes our living quarters don’t evolve along, though – and the result can be a house that doesn’t quite fit. Thinking about the...
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