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Library renovation moves forward
The Downers Grove library board of trustees approved architect plans for the building's interior renovation, which would vastly reconfigure both floors of the 67,000-square-foot building. The unanimous vote at its May 22 meeting will allow Chicago-based...
Tags: Golf, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Sports
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Architect To Talk About Development In Canton
A New Haven-based architect will talk about planning and development concepts that can help Canton in a presentation on June 6 at 7 p.m. in the community center. Robert Orr will discuss how design concepts included in the town's next plan of conservation...Tags: Canton (Hartford, Connecticut), Arts and Culture, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Travel Picks: Top 10 golf resorts around the world
ReutersLONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - If your idea of a nature hike involves driving an elusive ball over acres of meticulously manicured greens, then bookmark this list of premier putting destinations created with golf enthusiasts in mind, hand-picked by the...Tags: Pacific Ocean, Aveda Corp., Personal Service, Lifestyle and Leisure, Golf
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Media Industry, Healthy Diet, Princess Cruises, Government, Sales
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Richard Koshalek, Smithsonian Hirshhorn head with L.A. ties, quits
Another bubble has popped for Richard Koshalek. The director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., a branch of the Smithsonian, announced Thursday he will leave his post later this year. The news followed a reported split...
Tags: Museums, Frank Gehry, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Arts
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Amazon enters tech's architecture wars with 'plant-rich' building
Not one to be outdone, Amazon.com has become the latest tech giant to reveal plans for new, outlandish headquarters. The online retailer wants to literally bring the "Amazon" to downtown Seattle with a building that features three glass-dome,...Tags: Sony Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Arts and Culture
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Porches: A summertime oasis
When a friend from Margaret Bareck's Hinsdale circle announced she was moving a couple of years ago, Bareck and her husband, Philip, decided to buy her property. The Barecks, who lived five blocks away at the time, had always coveted one key feature...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Restaurant design awards: AIA announces finalists including Eveleigh, Nobu Malibu
The American Institute of Architects has released this year's nominees for the Restaurant Design People’s Choice Awards and voting is now open online. A jury including architect George Kelley, writer and editor Margot Dougherty and restaurateur...
Tags: Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes
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Open house and walking tours set during Preservation Awareness Week
Contributing WriterThe Boyle Landmark Trust will observe Historic Preservation Awareness Month with events scheduled Thursday through Saturday. An open house and reception will be the main event 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday at the Willis Russell House, 204 Walnut St., when...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Colleges and Universities
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Harris: Digital push builds to rectify 1991 Pritzker Prize omission
Denise Scott Brown has worked side by side with her husband, architect Robert Venturi, since the early 1960s, joining his firm and marrying him in 1967 and becoming the firm's principal in charge of planning in 1969. In 1991, Venturi won their...
Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Media Industry, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Academy Awards, Chicago Hotels
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Closest thing to walking on water
Take a stroll for a rare opportunity to get up close to historic and modern mansions Traversing the famous Geneva Lake Shore Path, never straying more than 20 feet from the water's edge is about as close as you'll ever get to walking on water. Any...
Tags: Chicago Loop, Landforms, Glaciers, State Parks, Lakes and Ponds
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Boeing Galleries Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St.; 312-742-1168, millenniumpark.org The alfresco galleries flanking Cloud Gate ("The Bean") showcase modern and contemporary art, offering visitors a historical, social and cultural context of modern...Tags: Fine Artists, Sculpture, Cloud Gate, Artists, Arts and Culture
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