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October's leading indicators drop as job losses rise, stocks tumble
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The economy's health worsened in October as stocks, building permits and consumer expectations all fell, a private research group said Thursday. The New York-based Conference Board said its monthly forecast of economic activity declined...Tags: American International Group, Citigroup Incorporated, Weather Reports, New York Weather, Land Price
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Tours
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. 'Behind the Emerald Curtain' tour: Get a behind the scenes peek at "Wicked" with costumes and props from the show, a model of the set, film footage about the musical and a discussion...Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Skyline, Inland Steel Company, Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Lake Shore Drive
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MOCA faces serious financial problems
Los Angeles' prestigious but chronically underfunded Museum of Contemporary Art has fallen into crisis. Museum Director Jeremy Strick said MOCA is seeking large cash infusions from donors, and this week he did not rule out the possibility of merging...Tags: Eli Broad, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), West Hollywood, Sales, Budgets and Budgeting
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A bright new face for UB law school
A German architecture firm with a reputation for creating visually striking buildings that are also environmentally friendly has won an international competition to design a $107 million law school for the University of Baltimore.
Behnisch Architekten of...Tags: Moshe Safdie, Summer Olympics, Colleges and Universities, Peter G. Angelos, Engineering
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Visions of new UB law building
A "nerve center" pulsating with activity. A series of chambers that spiral outward like the shell of a nautilus. A shimmering glass mountain that derives its shape from the waterway below.
Those are a few of the concepts that architects have proposed for...Tags: Moshe Safdie, James Stewart, Colleges and Universities, Peter G. Angelos, Transportation
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Reviving a pearl of a sculpture garden
Baltimoreans have so many public treasures that are on the verge of being lost that we don't always stop and marvel when a cultural resource is actually saved. That's the case with Pearlstone Park, a sculpture park near the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Colleges and Universities, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Sculpture, Metal and Mineral
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Evanston architects 'redesign' the Oval Office
Evanston architects Stuart Cohen and Julie Hacker were among the designers and architects asked by The Guardian of London to imagine a redesigned Oval Office for Barack Obama. Among their suggestions: Adding bookcases on either side of the fireplace to...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, National Government, Evanston
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveils modernization plan for LAX
For the third time in less than a decade, a Los Angeles mayor and airport leaders on Monday unveiled a grand architectural plan for the expansion and modernization of Los Angeles International Airport, which has not been significantly remodeled since...Tags: Public Officials, Janice Hahn, Summer Olympics, Government, Regional Authority
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Obama and Biden: 2 would-be architects?
Barack Obama and Joe Biden advertised themselves as architects of change. But there's more to that metaphor than meets the eye. Our president-elect once stated on the campaign trail that as a child he wanted to be an architect. And the Chicago Tribune...Tags: The White House, Joe Biden, Government, Barack Obama, National Government
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No tug of war here: Art Institute's curators and architects resolving differences over Modern Wing
Tribune criticFor a fleeting moment Thursday, a hint of tension crept into the voice of James Rondeau, the Art Institute of Chicago's contemporary art curator. An out-of-town journalist had asked whether the museum would set up benches inside the galleries of its...Tags: Constantin Brancusi, Art Institute of Chicago, David Travis, Millennium Park, Painting
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'Chicago' garden urns inspired by city's aesthetic
Tribune reporterThe poster hanging behind the Art Deco and Prairie Style urns at Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood might catch your eye: "The Chicago Collection," it reads; the words set against the drop-dead skyline of the city that birthed...Tags: Bucktown, Evanston, Sales, Wilmette, Lake Forest
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Hodge-Podge Monsters Out Of Place On The Cape
'Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer" is blessed with a terrifically appealing title. Nevertheless, this new book will be a disappointment to readers hoping for a nostalgic return to New England's premier vacation place. Part of a series devoted to a...Tags: University of Hartford, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi, Mutual Funds, Ralph Lauren
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