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Paolo Soleri dies at 93; architect of innovative city Arcosanti
Paolo Soleri, an Italian-born architect who created a visionary prototype for a new kind of ecologically sensitive city in the remote Arizona desert four decades ago, only to watch the suburban sprawl he detested begin to creep near it in recent years,...
Tags: Arts, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Norman Foster, Italy
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Southern California architecture: the missing early years from PSTP
Two years ago, when the Getty Trust helped organize and fund more than five dozen exhibits on 20th century art in Los Angeles, a massive enterprise it labeled "Pacific Standard Time," it wasn't difficult to guess which era the museum would focus on. It...
Tags: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CBS Corp., Standards, SCI-Arc, Artists
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Review: Kaluz in Fort Lauderdale
I'm not sure I know of a more-showstopping restaurant than Kaluz. It sits under the bridge that crosses the Intracoastal at Commercial Boulevard. The lot once housed Roadhouse Grill, but the walls are all that remains of the old building. Designed by ID...
Tags: Caesar Salads, Potatoes, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Steaks
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Katy Perry's Hollywood Hills West home for sale at $6.925 million
Singer Katy Perry's fortress-like compound in Hollywood Hills West is for sale at $6.925 million. The double-gated Mediterranean-style house, built in 1925, sits on nearly 3 acres with a caretaker's apartment/carriage house and a guesthouse. Called...
Tags: Real Estate Agents, Katy Perry, Dallas 2011 (tv program), Services and Shopping, Neal McDonough
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Thomas Demand: A journey in great demand
Special to the TribuneJohn Lautner believed that "architecture should be really odd." To this end the midcentury American architect dotted Southern California with a concrete, glass and copper volcano for Bob Hope's second home, a dwelling that looks like a UFO perched on a...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Arts, Arts and Culture, Jackson Pollock, Frank Gehry
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Wales of a good time planned in Elmhurst
Wales would be the ideal place to learn the Welsh language, but Elmhurst is a lot closer, especially for a group — mostly Americans, who will be in the city this summer to learn the Celtic language and delve into the country's culture, music and...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Entertainment
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Elizabeth Berg on 'Tapestry of Fortunes'
Since her first novel, "Durable Goods" (1993), Chicago author Elizabeth Berg has carved out a place as one of America's most beloved chroniclers of female friendship. Best known for the best-selling "Open House," an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2000,...
Tags: Music, Newspaper and Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, Human Interest
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Part 2: History, grown locally
Historical societies perform a balancing act between preserving a community's past while connecting the threads to the current social fabric. This is the second in our two-part series on historical societies in Chicago and the suburbs. Ridge...
Tags: Human Interest, Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), Norwood Park, Tourism and Leisure, Morgan Park
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Back-door school subsidies
Oak Park's pricey homes, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and array of shops and restaurants generate billions in property wealth, funneling a bounty of tax dollars to its elementary school district. That kind of local affluence usually means fewer...
Tags: Oak Park, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Pat Quinn
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A woman's fantasies and fears take wing in 'Amelia'
It's heartening to see area college and university music programs taking up the slack with respect to significant recent American operas Chicago's professional opera companies have ignored. A little more than a week ago, student singers and orchestra...Tags: The Grapes of Wrath (movie), Human Interest, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Amelia (movie), Teaching and Learning
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MOD Weekend's modern marvels
Architectural treasures don't generally come to mind when you think of Fort Lauderdale. MOD Weekend 2013 aims to change that. Exquisite examples of the city's midcentury modern design come into sharp focus at events in North Beach Village on...
Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Andy Warhol, Festive Events, Photography
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10 things you might not know about razed Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersEver since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...Tags: Al Capone, Civic Opera House, Gold Coast, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Tribune
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