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When Visions Meet Concrete On a roadside plot of wooded land in Northern Wisconsin, from 1947 to 1964, Mr. Smith forged his visions of nature, legend and history into the sometimes-strange but always compelling figures of the Wisconsin Concrete Park. |
5/21/2009 | |
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Tweed Courthouse, 1881 Completed in 1881, the ornate five-story New York County Courthouse (Tweed Courthouse) was notorious for its 20-year construction period. The corrupt business practices involved lined the pockets of the Tweed Ring, and eventually brought down the ring and its leader, Boss Tweed. The marble courthouse accumulated grime from 1881 until the first restoration work began on it in 1989. |
4/21/2005 | |
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Courthouse Reclaimed The four limestone finials atop the bell tower of the Douglas County Courthouse, Lawrence, Kan., were loose. One was almost split down the middle. |
3/16/2004 | |
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"Classic" Cleaner Cleans Classic Brick Building In 2000, the City of Boulder built a parking, retail and office building one block east at 1500 Pearl Street to help accomodate the crowds that stroll the mall each year. The building includes parking for about 700 cars on eight levels, two below grade, and 15,000 square feet of office and retail space. |
10/7/2003 | |
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Copshaholm, 1896 The three-story, 38-room mansion belongs to the Northern Indiana Center for History. But for 72 years, it was home to the family of industrialist J.D. Oliver. |
12/13/2002 | |
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Montana State Capitol Scaling, peeling, eroding, flaking, cracking--after nearly 100 years of the tough Montana climate, the American Renaissance statehouse in Helena was a glossary of stone problems. |
1/1/2002 | |
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Washington Hall, University of Notre Dame, 1881 They say it's haunted. They say doors slam by themselves on windless nights and footsteps sound on the hith, peaked roof. University of Notre Dome legend has it that the restless spirit of the "Gipper" - George Gipp, the famous All-American football player - roams Washington hall. Folklore claims two... |
11/1/2001 | |
