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• NYT > World: G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 173
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . The United States Army hopes to restore St. Elijah’s Monastery, an ancient site of Christian worship stuck in the middle of a base in northern Iraq.
  6 hours ago

• G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 152
  Maj. Jeffrey Whorton, a Roman Catholic chaplain, celebrating Mass at St. Elijah’s Monastery near Mosul in northern Iraq.
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• Uneasy Engagement: Chinese Team Searches Museums for Art Treasures

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 166
  A delegation scoured the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.
  2 days ago

• NYT > World: Uneasy Engagement: Chinese Team Searches Museums for Art Treasures

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 173
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . A delegation scoured the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.
  2 days ago

• BAR to demolisher: “put back what you took out”

  
  The Hook News Blog — Authority: 507
  Downtown Mall property owner Joe Gieck , who demolished the historic store front of the former Victory Shoe Stor e at 219 West Main Street without a permit or BAR review, appeared before BAR members tonight to propose a new design for the storefront. But BAR member Syd Knight called it a “fishing expedition ...
  3 days ago

• Architecture: In Washington, a Different Kind of Bubble

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A plan for the Hirshhorn calls for an inflatable structure that pokes through the buildings top and side, on the National Mall.
  4 days ago

• Alderwood Mall 197x

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 413
  Maybe you’ve seen enough of the subject of today’s image while shopping for gifts. Opened in 1979 by developer Edward J. DeBartolo Sr, Alderwood Mall has in recent years reversed the “enclose it” trend and embraced open air shopping. Below find the 1978-79 architectural drawing from artist Earle Duff. Ok, ok, ...
  5 days ago

• The Enormous Milk Bar

  
  The Virtual Dime Museum — Authority: 457
  This enormous milk bar was located, in the late 1930s, at 24 East 42nd Street. I love the cart parked outside complete with cow and the enormous sign which is both simple and (because of its outrageous size) really rather tacky, too. Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) the historian and cultural critic, simply hated it. He ...
  6 days ago

• A Window To Smith Tower

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 413
  While we just had a view of it on Monday , I just seem to always come back to Smith Tower. A co-worker friend and I were agreeing tonight at dinner that it’s probably our favorite building in Seattle. From my West Seattle home I’m lucky enough to have a view of it from the window. Check out the Max R. Jensen ...
  1 week ago

• Neighbors: Nightmares Next Door

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Hardly a week goes by without another report encouraging us to live in more densely populated neighborhoods. But close-quarter living comes at a price: neighbors.
  1 week ago

• More pics of the City

  
  thequacksoflife — Authority: 128
  Not many shops around here sorry will this do? The Bank of England The Duke of Wellington Nicholas Hawksmoors St Mary Woolnorth A sculpture above a building. St Edmund King and Marytr. Now used as the London centre of Spirituality.
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• Alki Point Lighthouse 1959

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 413
  Here it is, folks, the Alki Point Lighthouse. She was built in 1913, upgraded to more modern optics in the 1960’s, and still operates today. This meg+ high res shot was taken by Werner Lenggenhager in 1959. Click to up-res. Photo of Alki lighthouse in West Seattle with flag, water, mountains, taken by ...
  1 week ago

• Lions and Tigers and Debt: Auctioning Off Tavern on the Green

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Some of the elements of Tavern on the Green’s decor that are to be sold at auction next month.
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• A Second Act Is Proposed for Chicago Hospital Campus

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  A panel recommended that a site, designed by Walter Gropius and once slated to be part of the city’s failed bid for the 2016 Olympics, be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  2 weeks ago

• Taishan Journal: Fortresses Inspired by West Crumble in a New China

  
  NewsHunter.org — Authority: 166
  Towers and mansions built in the early 20th century by wealthy overseas Chinese are being left to rot as relics of a bygone age.
  2 weeks ago

• Nalley’s Fine Food Pavillion 1961

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 413
  Even the food pavillions at the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle were electrifying. Nalley’s Fine Food Pavillion went up without a sharp edge to be found. Check out the 1961 sketch from architect Paul Thiry. Does anyone have any photos of the pavillion as built? Click for the high res copy. Nalley’s Fine ...
  2 weeks ago

• Taishan Journal: Fortresses Inspired by West Crumble in a New China

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  In the village of Zili, the towers have been turned into mini-museums.
  2 weeks ago

• Vine and Sixth OMI to Terrace Plaza

  
  CityKin — Authority: 424
  I had to visit the old Edgecliff College in Walnut Hills for business last month. It is currently the home of UCs College of Applied Sciences (OCAS). But since OCAS has merged with the College of Engineering, OCAS may move to UCs main campus sometime in the next few years, (at least that is the scuttlebut). The site, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shipley On The Pergola

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 413
  Hello everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday and we able to cram as much food as I did. Today we’re back from vacation and I’m very happy once again to be able to feature the writing of Jonathan Shipley . If you missed his last piece on Fox Theater, click here . Today Jonathan writes on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Living Along | Museum Mile: At the Intersection of Art and Nature

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  ON THE AVENUE Looking north up Fifth Avenue toward the Jewish Museum at 92nd Street gives a taste of the area’s natural and architectural beauties.
  3 weeks ago

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