Toledo Museum of Art: Treasures from a Du Pont mansion (The Toledo Blade) bi13060783 Henry du Pont, immensely wealthy great-grandson of a dynamite manufacturer,..

Moving: The joys (and trials) of the first night (Prague Daily Monitor) bi13060783 On the morning of our designated "First Night," Anna Lee, Oliver and I arrived at the new house early, anticipation of the delivery and installment of the staircase railing

The Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Fergus Falls Daily Journal) bi13060783 Michael Beach shedding some light on the building process for future tenants. Students from Cleveland Elementary and McKinley fourth-grade classes got an inside look Wednesday at the construction being done to the Cleveland building?s new addition

Weekend Guide (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) bi13060783 A list of things to do weekend

A small movement of alternative mapmakers seek to revolutionize our understan bi13060783 Look up any conventional map of Boylan Heights, a neighborhood Raleigh, and you'll find a more or less organized system of streets, a few icons indicating parks and parking lots, and a whole lot of empty space between

Community News: Preservation awards recognize stewardship of local landmarks bi13060783 Carvins Cove, the Martin Luther King Bridge, Lincoln/Strand Theatre, Hancock Building and the Vinton War Memorial are among the dozen recipients of awards chosen year by the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation. The awards recognize good stewardship of properties and accomplishments of individuals area preservation

Edith Wharton: Battle to save The Mount (Independent) bi13060783 Take the gravel drive The Mount, the estate that once belonged to the early 20th-century novelist Edith Wharton the rolling Berkshires of western Massachusetts, and the first structure you see a charming but crumbling stable block

A '60s flash forward (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) bi13060783 Stepping Los Osos house for the first time felt like a flashback for Pete Riolo. ?It was like ?The Brady Bunch? house,? he said of the residence, built 1969

Brentwood the poster child for housing bust (San Francisco Chronicle) bi13060783 Roger Abraham stands driveway, one hand holding the newspaper, the other sweeping across the homes on Brentwood's Solitude Street. "This one," he points, "this one, one." All empty. This farming community on the eastern edge of the Bay Area..

Building intention (Methow Valley News) bi13060783 There something to be said about being aware of your surroundings. That may be especially true when comes to building a home. You are creating something that endure for generations

Books: Dark event inspires novel (Post-Bulletin) bi13060783 MINNEAPOLIS --In her new novel, "The Plague of Doves," Louise Erdrich explores a dark secret of her home state's history -- the lynching of three Indians, one of them a 13-year-old boy, North Dakota 1897

Body heat (The Washington Times) bi13060783 Human bodies - naked, suited and buried - are celebrated a trio of new exhibits at University's Katzen Arts Center. These diverse shows devoted to bawdy paintings by local artist Joe Shannon, dreamlike reliefs by the late Romanian-born artist Noche Crist and enigmatic sculptures by Baltimore-based Ledelle Moe represent nearly every aspect of the corporeal realm

Joint effort may be way to complete Chinese center SW Ranches (Sun-Sentinel) bi13060783 With each passing year, Gow Low's dream of opening a Chinese arts and cultural center here has faded a little more

Fishing Holidays In Ireland - Home