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Letters: Making the most of LACMA
Re "LACMA's future unfurls," June 2 The preliminary design by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor for a new Los Angeles County Museum of Art is visionary. However, the current plan has a big flaw: It wouldn't fit on the site of the buildings it would...Tags: Arts and Culture, Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Frank Gehry
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Glendale Historial Society wants building saved
This story has been corrected, see below for details. The Glendale Historical Society is hoping that a mixed-use development that recently won preliminary city approval for a plan to build apartments and commercial space in south Glendale won't...
Tags: Conservation, Google Inc., Arts and Culture, Environmental Issues, Human Interest
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'Green' Garden With Roosevelt Ties Part Of Farmington Tour
The Hartford CourantWhen Evan Cowles and his wife, Brie Quinby, moved from New York to their home in Farmington in 1986, they already had spent a lot of time gardening there. The house at 148 Main St. belonged to Evan's grandparents and had been in the Cowles family for...Tags: White House, Roosevelt, Tour Operations Industry, Long Island, Simsbury
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Board signs off on new Glendale High School pool
Glendale Unified has given final approval to the design of a new aquatic center at Glendale High School that features a pool three times the size of the current facility and that will accommodate hundreds of visitors. The Glendale Unified school board...
Tags: Polo, Water Polo, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Arts and Culture, Sports
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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: Transportation, Zev Yaroslavsky, Maryland Transit Administration, Arts and Culture, Subway Transportation Industry
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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...... -
Baltimore County hires consultant to assess facilities needs
The Baltimore County school system has hired a local architecture firm to help document its long-term school facilities needs, following a similar strategy the city school system used to generate a $2.4 billion plan and secure some of that funding from...
Tags: Arts and Culture
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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: Marriage, Jean Nouvel, Hussein Chalayan, Arts and Culture, Zaha Hadid
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Is it curtains for Central Park Theatre?
In a sea of empty lots in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood sits a faded relic that is one of the most historically significant American movie theaters still standing. When it opened in 1917, the red-brick, three-story Central Park Theatre was...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Maxwell Street, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Martin Luther King Jr., Arts and Culture
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Park Ridge Youth Campus transformation moves ahead
The plan to transform what used to be the Park Ridge Youth Campus into a park is forging ahead after voters gave the Park District the green light last month. Permission for the district to issue $13.2 million in bonds for the project was granted in the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Tennis
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District 25 begins superintendent search, and more
News briefs from Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove Arlington Heights District 25 begins superintendent search In the search for a new superintendent, the Arlington Heights School District 25 Board of Education approved a $14,500 contract with...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Sports, Basketball, Arts and Culture
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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: Vlad the Impaler, Museums, Arts and Culture, Political Systems, Music
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