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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: Engineering, Students, Financial Aid, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities
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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: Amherst County, Music, Travel, Common, Anglicanism
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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: Ken Salazar, Ice Hockey, U.S. Army, Minority Groups, National Hockey League
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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: Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, 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: Hands, Arthritis, Bunion, Arts and Culture
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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: Middle Schools, Industrial Accidents, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Review: 'Marriage of Figaro' a wedding of many talents
Jean Nouvel, the French architect, is credited with creating "installations" for the Los Angeles Philharmonic production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," although "transformations" would be more accurate. Azzedine Alaïa designed the striking...
Tags: Culture, Paris (France), Hussein Chalayan, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid
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Hands-on help at Home Design and Remodeling Show
Design divas and weekend warriors can see what's hot and get expert advice at Fort Lauderdale's Home Design and Remodeling Show on Memorial Day weekend. The annual show, from Saturday through May 27 at the Broward County Convention Center, will...
Tags: Home Improvement, Broward County, Gulfstream Park, HGTV (tv network), Real Estate Buyers
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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: Environmental Issues, Monuments and Heritage Sites, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Travel, Renovation
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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: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Realty, Real Estate Sellers, Orlando, Frank Lloyd Wright
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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: Minor League Baseball, Mayo Clinic, John Barrow, Automotive Equipment, Interior Policy
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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, Arts and Culture, Real Estate
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