Travel & Experiences
The once-exclusive Hotel Bristol in Warsaw, Poland, will open again Saturday, after more than a decade’s closure and a $50-million refurbishment.
Nov. 29, 1992
Business
Crown Castle International Corp. on Friday said it would buy smaller rival Global Signal Inc. for $4 billion in stock and cash to create the biggest U.S. operator of towers that transmit calls to and from cellphones.
Oct. 7, 2006
EDINBURGH, Scotland _ In the space of a few blocks, I encountered Napoleon Bonaparte, Darth Vader and the Invisible Man, glasses bobbing up and down in what appeared to be thin air.tmpplchld There was a colorfully garbed Korean dance troupe, a woman carrying a kitchen sink, and “Queen Elizabeth,” crown atop her head, giving all passers-by her queenly wave.tmpplchld But my favorite had to be the dancing hot dog, handing out bottles of ketchup and mustard to giggling children and encouraging them to fire away.tmpplchld I was on the Royal Mile, which links Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace, the official home of the British monarch in Edinburgh.
Oct. 5, 2015
Toiling alone in a remote central Colorado forest, Jim Bishop has spent the last 25 years hoisting stone and hewing timber to construct a medieval-style castle that he never expects to complete, or live in.
March 14, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
General contractor Gerry Kirk uses bulldozers, pneumatic hammers, truck cranes, all the adult tools of a construction business that is absolute child’s play.
Sept. 12, 1987
Oct. 8, 2017
A chill as cold as the summer fog is beginning to creep into this city’s financial district as the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions exacts a bigger and bigger toll on corporate headquarters here.
May 27, 1986
Archives
Once upon a time in Hollywood----three or four years ago, actually--a ferocious band of movie makers called the Independents came out of Nowhere to take the town by storm.
May 8, 1988
The wizards, dragons and royal princesses have not yet taken up residency in Legoland’s newest hotel, but the castle facade is complete and the themed guestrooms are on track for an April 27 opening, the Carlsbad theme park announced Thursday.
Feb. 9, 2018
If you have the feeling that we Southern Californians are besieged with problems--traffic, air quality, crime and the limitations of oat bran, etc.
Feb. 16, 1990