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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Bucharest
ReutersBUCHAREST (Reuters) - Got 48 hours to explore Romania's capital and its eclectic mix of western architectural ideas, eastern imagery, 20th century totalitarian megalomania and buzzing nightlife? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors...Tags: Arts, Bram Stoker, Bucharest (Romania), Customs and Tradition, Music
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Tyre House: Cool elegance and the art of A. Quincy Jones
The Tyre House, designed by A. Quincy Jones in the 1950s and recently restored by the Silver Lake architecture firm Escher GuneWardena, is a dreamy testament to Los Angeles' age of cool. Step inside the house's expansive, all-white living area and an 11-...Tags: Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Arts and Culture
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Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park
Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to cost constraints, the initial $176 million remake does not...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Tour Operations Industry, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Restaurants, DePaul Blue Demons
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A. Quincy Jones, overlooked genius? Hammer Museum makes the case
The Hammer Museum exhibition opening May 25, "A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living," redresses what curators consider a major omission in the history of Los Angeles Modernism. Jones, they argue, had as much, if not more, influence on Southern...
Tags: Arts, Museums, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Museum of Modern Art
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Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House
Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model of affordable modern living. Most of the objects they lived with remain in place at the two-part,...
Tags: Arts, Building Material, Museums, The Getty, Environmental Issues
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Condo, apartment developers using design psychology
The eclectic collection of framed art hanging in a condo hallway was carefully chosen and included a mix of sketches, pictures of insects and a poster that simply said "cinema." "This is the couple that go to flea markets," said Lisa Simeone,...
Tags: Psychology, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Medical Specialization, Arts and Culture
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: Healthy Diet, Pet Services, Santa Claus (fictional character), Prices, Music
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Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantFor set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...Tags: Westport Country Playhouse, Frank Lloyd Wright, Long Wharf Theatre, Kate Burton, Other Desert Cities (play)
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L.A. Philharmonic concerned about potential subway noise
Nothing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's repertoire calls for 135-ton trains. The orchestra aims to keep it that way when Metro light rail cars start rumbling through a subway tunnel near Walt Disney Concert Hall. Experts who know the hall's...
Tags: Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Travel, Zev Yaroslavsky, Music
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'The Marriage of Figaro,' right in time with the 21st century
Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...
Tags: Frank Gehry, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), France, Customs and Tradition, Zaha Hadid
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Navy Pier remake would add urban park elements
Tribune staff reporterNavy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans to be formally announced Friday morning. The initial remake does not include some of the...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Tour Operations Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Chicago Restaurants, DePaul Blue Demons
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New-home trends that can work for your remodel
Builders are back in business, and new-home construction is up in areas across the country. So is remodeling, as plenty of Americans choose to stay put and upgrade their current homes rather than tackle the challenge of buying and moving into something...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, House Building, Renovation, Arts and Culture
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