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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: Atlantic Coast Conference, Science, Virginia Tech, Students, Research
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Thirteen new sites added to the Virginia Landmarks Register
The Department of Historic Resources announced the addition of 13 new historic sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register on Thursday. New listings among the 13 include sites in the counties of Amherst, Bath, Giles, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Pittsylvania County, Common, Conservation, Transportation
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UPDATE: Humpback Bridge in Alleghany County designated as National Historic Landmark
It's been on the National Register of Historic Places for more than 40 years, but now the Humpback Bridge near Covington is a National Historic Landmark. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made the announcement Wednesday. For many in Alleghany County, it's a...
Tags: City University of New York, Minority Groups, U.S. Army, Transportation, U.S. Postal Service
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Virginia Tech students design & build Clifton Forge amphitheatre
reporterA place for music, plays and more has landed in Clifton Forge. The Masonic Amphitheatre is beginning to take shape. Virginia Tech architecture students designed and built the facility. Most of the existing facility was assembled in Blacksburg before...Tags: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Arts and Culture
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Step into a suit that let's you experience what it feels like to be elderly
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterWhat if you could step into the body of a person 20, 30 or 40 years older than you? What would it feel like? Architects at one Roanoke firm found out. You see they tried on what's called the Third Age Suit. It was designed in Europe and it's meant...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arthritis, Bunion, Hands
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Montgomery Co. schools considers ways to pay for new schools/renovations
ReporterThe collapse of Blacksburg High School's gym last year forced the Montgomery County school board to get creative in how it finances two new high schools and renovates a third school all at once. Public meetings Monday afternoon and night explained the...Tags: Schools, Economy, Business and Finance, Industrial Accidents, Arts and Culture, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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READER SUBMITTED: Pirie Associates Architects' Renovation Of CT Landmarks' Nathan Hale Homestead Ell Receives Award
CoventryA five-year renovation and addition project of the Nathan Hale Homestead Ell Visitor's Services, designed and orchestrated by Pirie Associates Architects of New Haven, has received the 2013 Connecticut Real Estate Exchange's CREW CT Blue Ribbon Award in...Tags: Renovation, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Annual calendar contest shines spotlight on cozy Rosemere
Photographers, it's time to take your best shots for Orlando's annual Historic Preservation Board calendar. The board has produced this generously sized, black-and-white beauty since 1991 to raise awareness about Orlando's historic resources — our...
Tags: Photography and Video, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank Lloyd Wright, Realty, Arts and Culture
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DAKOTAS GAS PRICES Gas prices on pace for all-time highs in ND, SD FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Gas prices in the Dakotas are poised to reach all-time highs. Triple A North Dakota spokesman Gene LaDoucer says he expects the state to break the statewide...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Arts and Culture, Minor League Baseball, Prosecution
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Funds for Mag Mile median gardens not blooming
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds The tulips on Michigan Avenue are a staple of spring in Chicago, but a decline in contributions to the project's sponsoring organization may force future plantings to be scaled back. John Chikow, president of the Greater North...... -
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: Real Estate, Arts and Culture, Services and Shopping
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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: Manhattan (New York City), Tour Operations Industry, Chicago Hotels, McCormick Place, Arts and Culture
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