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Historic Vanderbilt mansion gets new life on Miami's Fisher Island
MIAMI - There are many Vanderbilt mansions, all of them grander, and certainly larger, than the relatively modest manse on Miami's Fisher Island that bears the famous family name. Ah, but if only you could see it - the beautifully proportioned stone...Tags: Renovation, Arts and Culture, New York City, Miami Beach, The New York Times
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Changes on the horizon for Mercer County High School
kpeek@amnews.comHARRODSBURG — Mercer County students will see changes happening to the high school as soon as July, according to Superintendent Dennis Davis. Following the months-long process of submitting and approving a plan from the school district’s...Tags: Arts and Culture, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Tobin recalled for his vision
While Cal Tobin was an architect by trade, he also became the figurative architect for Highland Park's downtown — helping reinvent and reimagine the city's most crucial business district. Tobin, who spent 15 years on the City Council until 1991,...
Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Northbrook Court, Arts and Culture, Kohl's, Religion and Belief
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Virginia Tech president Steger stepping down
Virginia Tech president Charles Steger announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Steger is scheduled to give the commencement speech at Virginia Tech’s graduation Friday. Steger has been the school’s president since 2000. “When...
Tags: Research, Arts and Culture, Atlantic Coast Conference, Students, Science and Technology
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Fort Lauderdale board backs downtown Marina Lofts project
— Proponents of the Marina Lofts high-rise apartment complex planned for the New River see it as just the architectural shot-in-the-arm the city's vanilla-looking downtown needs. They said the project's 998 units and mix of retail shops and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Rentals, Hybrid Vehicles, New River (Broward, Florida)
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Wright's Unity Temple gets $10 million grant for face lift
Tribune reporterFrank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, a pilgrimage site for architectural buffs, will get a face lift, thanks to a $10 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. Wednesday’s announcement about the striking Oak Park structure comes as...Tags: Politics, Arts and Culture, Bronzeville, Frank Lloyd Wright, Christianity
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Kevin K. Pierce, 1957-2013
Kevin Pierce was an architect whose focus on the best use of resources made him a leader in green design and sustainable development. "From early on, Kevin established himself as a real innovator and leader in green building design, not only in Chicago,...
Tags: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, Arts, Conservation, Arts and Culture, Environmental Politics
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Back Story: Seeking landmark status for valve house at Cross Keys
Passersby on Falls Road may catch a quick glimpse of what looks like a misplaced limestone mausoleum sitting atop a slight grassy berm in front of the Village of Cross Keys. What they're looking at is one of three surviving Greek Revival valve houses...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Roland Park
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Counting down to Lit Fest
(This selection is edited for clarity and length.) Tom Acitelli What do you think of when you think of Chicago? Oddly enough, the 1860 Republican convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. Who is an author you'd like to meet, dead or alive?...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Bulls, Girls (tv program), Meatloaf, Michael Jackson
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READER SUBMITTED: Research Laboratory By Tate Burns Architects LLC Is LEED-CI Platinum Certified
StatewideTate Burns Architects LLC of Essex, Connecticut's design for a 9,600 square foot Laboratory for Comparative Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) Platinum...Tags: Arts and Culture, Industrial Production, Yale University, Essex (Middlesex, Connecticut), Energy
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Classical sounds, unusual spaces
The players lift their bows with the customary this-is-the-end flourish, finishing a movement of a Shostakovich string quartet, and the audience claps. A few "Whoo!" yells escape from the back of the room. Some people whistle. As the quartet launches...
Tags: Disc Jockeys, Arts and Culture, Theater, Chicago Reader, Culture
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Experiment in seclusion
Special to Tribune NewspapersLos Angeles architect John Frane saw plenty of promise in the shoebox house, a 1930s bungalow Spanish-ized with interior doorway arches, a tiled parapet and swirled metalwork on the windows and fence. "Ugly duckling is a good way to describe it,"...Tags: Arts and Culture, Rentals
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