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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: Chicago Restaurants, Rahm Emanuel, Tour Operations Industry, DePaul Blue Demons , Navy Pier
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A. Quincy Jones, overlooked genius? Hammer Museum makes the case
The Hammer Museum exhibition opening May 25, "A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living," redresses what curators consider a major omission in the history of Los Angeles Modernism. Jones, they argue, had as much, if not more, influence on Southern...
Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Museums, Religion and Belief
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Case study conservation on the Eames' Case Study House
Surprisingly, little has changed at the Eames House since 1949, when Charles and Ray Eames designed their Pacific Palisades home and studio as a model of affordable modern living. Most of the objects they lived with remain in place at the two-part,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Research
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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...... -
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: Services and Shopping, Memorial Day, General Contracting, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County
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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), Zaha Hadid, Marriage, Jean Nouvel
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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: Tennis, Arts and Culture
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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: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bronzeville, Government
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'College town' results presented
SOUTH BEND -- Some University of Notre Dame architecture students will give a public presentation titled "To Be or Not to Be a College Town: That is the Question," from 5 to 7 p.m. today in the auditorium at the Center for History, 808 W. Washington St....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Arts and Culture
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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, Entertainment Events, Human Interest, Ravinia Festival, Kohl's
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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: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Research, Graduation, Medical Research
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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: Rentals, Arts and Culture
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