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Touring the Biltmore, on horseback and foot
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - From the back, the Biltmore House appears sleeker and taller than it does from the front. Built into a hillside, the back side is six stories tall, rising majestically from its stone facing to its French Gothic spires, while the front is...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Architecture, Central Park, Theme Park Vacations, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Group ranks Baltimore's parks 15th in nation
Baltimore's historic park system ranks 15th among the nation's 40 largest cities in a new rating released Wednesday, which credits the city's foresight in carving out public spaces over the past two centuries but faults its more recent leadership for...
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English cottage revival in Homeland
John and Leila Juracek's British friends tell them their 1929 Tudor Revival house in Baltimore's Homeland neighborhood is more like an English cottage than the country cottages in England.
The L-shaped exterior is of 18-inch-thick stone dressed in ivy...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Central Park, Agatha Christie, Building Material
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August 17: Author - Justin Martin, Genius of Place
WGN NewsJustin Martin To purchase a copy of the book: Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted Most people have heard of Central Park and Prospect Park in New York, Stanford University in California, the Back Bay Fens and Franklin Park in Boston,...Tags: Human Interest, Central Park, WGN
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Focus on Roland Park
Focus has been on Roland Park in recent weeks. It is easy for us Roland Parkers to take our verdant, well-planned community for granted. When interest from others comes, it increases our appreciation. First, Justin Martin, the author of Genius of Place:...Tags: NPR, Anne Tyler, Roland Park
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Best Park
1) Elizabeth Park Hartford has acres of history. We got your Mark Twain, your Harriet Beecher Stowe, your Wallace Stevens, your Samuel Colt, your Thomas Hooker. Major-league cultural shapers all. A somewhat lesser-known light is Frederick Law Olmsted,...
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Blacktop manifesto
Times Staff WriterPARIS had its Baron Haussmann, who in the 19th century redesigned the French capital. New York had its Robert Moses, who before and after World War II redesigned that city's highways, parks and bridges. And Los Angeles? L.A. had the Traffic Commission....Tags: Robert Moses, Tourism and Leisure, 2016 Olympic Games, Central Park, Transportation
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If Connecticut is to Improve Life for All Residents, We Need a Resurgent New Britain
As New Britain goes, so goes Connecticut. This could probably be said about a number of one-time industrial hubs that fell on hard times, like Meriden (silver), Waterbury (brass) or Danbury (hats). But New Britain, it seems to me, is a unique case....Tags: Metal and Mineral, New Britain Museum of American Art, Danbury, Meriden, Building Material
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John D. Olmsted dies at 73; naturalist preserved open space in Northern California
John D. Olmsted, a naturalist who led efforts to preserve Northern California nature areas, open space and trails, died of liver cancer March 8 at his home in Nevada City, Calif. He was 73.
Inspired by conservationist John Muir, Olmsted spent more than...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Liver Cancer, Education, John Muir, University of California, Berkeley
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Enhancing The Landscape
The Hartford CourantA tiny art park in New London, a sustainable garden landscape amid wetlands, a breathtaking oceanfront house and a healing garden for cancer patients are among the award winners in this year's Connecticut Design Awards competition sponsored by the state's...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Architecture, Greenwich, Kent (Litchfield, Connecticut), Arts
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Biltmore Estate debuts Tiffany landscapes and art
Biltmore in nearby Asheville, N.C., will be the site of the July 1 opening of Tiffany at Biltmore, an exhibition of 45 stained glass lamps created by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) and The Tiffany Studios. The exhibition will fill The Biltmore Legacy...Tags: John la Farge, Winter Garden, Richard Morris
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Hartford/Central Connecticut
Wood Pond PressHARTFORD Lately billed as New England's rising star, the Insurance City Connecticut's state capital is making a comeback from its low point in the early 1990s when people, jobs, retailers and the major-league hockey franchise left for greener...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Soccer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Painting, Book
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Frederick Law Olmsted Photos
The fountain at Leimert Park Plaza makes a relaxing lou...
(August 8, 2012)
Stanford Bay Area Distance: 357 miles one-way Stanford,...
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Overview of Bethesda Fountain and Terrace, located in t...
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