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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: Park Forest, Social Services, New York City, Blue Island, University of Chicago
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Donation revives Cheney Mansion waterfall
A donation by a former neighbor of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Mansion in Oak Park has helped the park district reopen a 2-foot-high woodland waterfall that had been closed for more than 30 years. A $54,000 donation last year to the Parks Foundation of...
Tags: Human Interest
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Annual calendar contest shines spotlight on cozy Rosemere
Photographers, it's time to take your best shots for Orlando's annual Historic Preservation Board calendar. The board has produced this generously sized, black-and-white beauty since 1991 to raise awareness about Orlando's historic resources — our...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Interstate 4, Human Interest, Architecture
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L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit
"Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...
Tags: Standards, Science and Technology, Thom Mayne, Artists, Fine Artists
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Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantFor set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...Tags: Kate Burton, Tony Awards, Other Desert Cities (play), Westport Country Playhouse, Victor Garber
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Preservation groups merge
Springfield News-Sun, OhioThe Springfield Preservation Alliance is best known for its annual tours of the city's historic architecture, while the Westcott House Foundation primarily cares for a century-old home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. But, it's hoped that a partnership...Tags: Human Interest, Architecture, Philosophy, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief
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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: National Government, Bronzeville, Architecture, Government, Politics
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James Turrell shapes perceptions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...
Tags: Whitney Museum, Landforms, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Starbucks Corp., Education
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Heritage Keepers: Historic Lakeland Heralds Prize-Worthy Projects
The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla.Celebrating distinctive renovation and construction projects, Historic Lakeland announced a new group of Historic Preservation Award winners on Monday. Historic Lakeland, a nonprofit group that promotes the city's architectural heritage, announces the...Tags: Human Interest, Architecture, Arts and Culture
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Review: '10 Buildings That Changed America' is a rewarding tour
The new PBS program "10 Buildings That Changed America" is nothing if not efficient. In a single breezy hour, it moves from Thomas Jefferson to Frank Gehry, racing in a chronological blur past Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi and a handful of other...
Tags: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, PBS (tv network), O'Hare International Airport, Frank Gehry
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Celebrating Creativity: Arts festival to showcase senior talent
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C."There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age." -- Sophia Loren Creativity doesn't have an age...Tags: Guggenheim Museum, Material Science, Maya Angelou, Fine Arts, Artists
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LFHS to stage "Seussical" Lake Forest High School presents "Seussical The Musical" May 2-4 at 7 p.m. in the Raymond Moore Auditorium at Lake Forest High School, 1285 N. McKinley Road, Lake Forest. Tickets are available at lfhstheatre.org. Admission is...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Architecture, Lake Bluff, Culture, River Forest
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