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Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze
Special to The TimesBy 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...Tags: Finance, Wicker Park, Muhammad Ali, Hamburgers, Travel
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Eight sides to this story
Times Staff WriterWhen Benedikt Taschen, a globe-trotting publisher of stylish art books, and his then-wife first laid eyes on Chemosphere House in 1997, the iconic Los Angeles structure had seen better days. The sleek, octagonal house, perhaps the boldest work by the...Tags: Family, Muhammad Ali, Billy Wilder, Entertainment, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Lab for discontent?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRushing into a crowded, high-ceilinged room in UCLA's Perloff Hall, Sylvia Lavin, a freckled 42-year-old with a pageboy haircut, baggy black pants and a long cardigan trailing behind her, could be just another student a few minutes late to class. She...Tags: Dining and Drinking, University of California, Family, Columbia University, Entertainment
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In Sin City, a spot worth coveting
Times Staff WriterThe new Palms resort boldly hypes itself as Las Vegas' sex-iest adult playground--a way-cool, celebrity-studded, off-Strip boutique hotel and gambling joint. It's a big boast in a town that calls itself Sin City. My wife and I decided to find out for...Tags: Potatoes, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Maytag Corp., Lotteries
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Savoring Manhattan a cup at a time
Special to The TimesIt's tough to shake any value from that expensive hotel room when Lower Manhattan so alluringly insists that you stay up all night. Here, a midnight dinner in an adventurous bistro like the Spotted Pig is not only possible but ordinary. Music lovers...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Jeff Buckley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Trips and Vacations
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Shanghai: Sky's the limit
Times Staff WriterAfter just two trips to Shanghai, I've already developed a first-day routine that I'm sure I'll stick to on future visits: As soon as I drop my bags at the hotel, I head directly for one of the rooftop bars and restaurants lining the Bund, the city's...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Finance, Restaurants, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Architect, thinker, provocateur Rem Koolhaas brings his talents to South Beach
Miami HeraldThe list of living architects who can cause a scrum at the door of a theater where they're delivering a lecture is, depending on your view of modern urban design, depressingly sparse or fittingly short. Either way, when the severe and provocative...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Endangered Species, The Miami Herald, Conservation
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Only 38, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has amassed a portfolio and recognition that sets him apart
Miami HeraldDanish architect Bjarke Ingels has been described as a wunderkind and pop star of the architectural world. What he really is is exceptionally busy. At just 38, Ingels has already achieved a stature and portfolio befitting the name of his firm: BIG,...Tags: Arts and Culture, The Miami Herald, Fort Lauderdale, Copenhagen (Denmark), Architecture
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The Life of a City: A new documentary looks to urban planning to solve tomorrow's problems
If you're optimistic about our chances of tackling the big challenges facing humanity in the 21st century — poverty, overpopulation, the environment, the fair allocation of political power — then you're likely to feel good about the state of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Jane Jacobs, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Robert Moses, Architecture
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In The Arts
Museum to host art trip to Seattle Laguna Art Museum members are invited to join the Contemporary Collectors' Council on a trip to explore the art and culture of Seattle on a four-day excursion from Sept. 15 to 18. Locations included in the trip will be...Tags: Sarah Vaughan, Libraries, Arts and Culture, Arts, Trips and Vacations
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Buildings the case
Wall Street JournalGreat architects are the enemies of history. They aspire to erase the visible past and to superimpose their own vision of the future. Ever since Baron Haussmann declared war on the back alleys of Paris in the mid-19th Century, replacing them with wide...Tags: Jane Jacobs, Arts and Culture, Robert Moses, Tom Wolfe, Architecture
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