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• The Mystery of the Catacombs in Manhattan

  
  The Virtual Dime Museum — Authority: 118
  This really is a history mystery, and Im hoping that someone will be able to confirm or deny this (actually, I hope that it is true). Back when Frozen Charlotte (my NaNoWriMo mystery) was in a previous incarnation as The Black Mirror (which draft will someday become the second in the Eleanor Grey detective ...
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• Seven Wonders Of The Russian World

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 569
  The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago, yet the land of Russia remains a mysterious and strange place to most Americans.  I mean, we all hear about the funny stereotypical drunk Russian stories, and we’ve seen a couple of weird statues from there, but there’s a whole other world to Russia that remains ...
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• Art Deco Concept 1932

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 416
  What a concept. This 1932 architectural design proposal comes from John Graham and Company. While this building never did grace Seattle, the firm designed a number of Seattle landmarks including the Dexter Horton Building, Frederick & Nelson Building, the Bon Marche Building, and the Exchange Building. Click on ...
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• Arts New Jersey: Resurrecting a Fount of Invention

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  At the Thomas Edison National Historical Park, an audio tour absorbs Livia Johnson, 4.
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• Big Deal: Almost Family

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Joseph A. Olshefski who spent much of his adult life at 313 East 58th is now acting as the broker for the owner, who is selling it.
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• In the Region | Long Island: One-of-a-Kind Houses

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  GEMS FOR SALE La Selva in Upper Brookville, a Mediterranean-style villa, is listed at $14.5 million.
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• “Magic Mountain” Military Bunker

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 569
  It’s one of the most remarkable buildings of its kind in the world.  Built in 1989 and opened months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter known around Alconbury Royal Air Force base as “Magic Mountain” is one of the most impressively damage-resistant structures in the ...
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• American Journeys | Marietta, Ohio: A Historic River Town Where the West Began

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  CROSSROADS Bridges dominate the landscape of Marietta, situated where the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers meet.
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• Abroad: Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  A section of Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, captured in minute detail with laser scanners.
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• Providence Hospital Wow

  
  VintageSeattle.org — Authority: 416
  Old Providence Hospital, it has to be one of my favorite buildings in the city. I’ll never forget the day I was looking for houses in the Central District and stumbled upon it. “Wow!” was the only thing I could say. This is the kind of impressive landmark that gives a whole neighborhood a sense of place, ...
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• Editorial Notebook: Family Baggage From the Oval Office

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  An addition to the nation’s presidential historic sites celebrates family dysfunction, the human denominator that binds us all.
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• Repairs Planned for Cracks in Tomb of the Unknowns

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Preservation experts armed with high-tech grout will start to repair cracks in the monument next spring.
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• Big Deal: Room for the Eight-Legged

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Louise Bourgeois, the French-born sculptor, who lives in a 15-foot-wide town house on West 20th Street, is about to get some additional elbow room.
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• Streetscapes | The Evelyn: The Building Denies It Ever Met That Showgirl

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  The P & G Cafe now occupies the bottom portion of the Evelyn, an 1885 apartment house at Columbus and 78th Street, pictured left at around 1913 and today.
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• Modern Office Building in Ironbank, Auckland, New Zealand by RTA Studio

  
  Home and House Design — Authority: 131
  Located on the edge of Auckland’s business district, New Zealand practice RTA Studio has just completed an office building project. The building stood out between the dominating Victorian and Edwardian buildings on the street front.The overall form of the building has been broken down, making the medium-sized office ...
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• Historic buildings create vitality

  
  Community.GJSentinel.com — Authority: 439
  Historic preservation, historic landmarks, and The American Farmland Trust seem useful. Several buildings and landscapes are historic and frail and may well disappear, so what does it matter?It does matter if nothing better is put in their place or they are used for lesser than their intended purpose. Unique ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amsterdam’s historic buildings subsiding due to climate change, experts say

  
  Amsterdam Travel and Visitors Guide — Authority: 415
  Historic buildings in Amsterdams centuries old city center are subsiding due to climate change, it is claimed. Lengthy periods of dry weather result in a lower ground water level, causing the tops of wooden foundation piles to fall dry and crumble.
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• 2009 Best & Worst Destinations list: National Geographic Society

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  National Geographic Society’s Center for Sustainable Destinations comes out with the results of its sixth annual “Destinations Rated” compilation. The scoring was done by an ‘independent panel of 437 experts in fields from historic preservation and sustainable tourism to travel writing and archaeology to ...
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• Rosemont Journal: For an Episcopal Parish, a Path to Catholicism

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Bishop David Moyer of the Church of the Good Shepherd welcomes a Vatican decision to embrace traditionalist Anglicans.
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• Big Deal: Eric the Developer

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  Eric Ellenbogen, a former chief executive at Marvel, the comic book company, is selling an apartment in the building he restored for $10 million.
  2 weeks ago

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