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Tag: Historic Buildings and Sites
Big Ben Bongs Will Soon Ring Out Again Across London
LONDON — For five years, the most famous clock tower in Britain was hidden behind an ugly fortress of scaffolding,…
Pompeii Moves With the Times
POMPEII, Italy — On a recent morning at the necropolis of Porta Sarno, just outside Pompeii’s eastern edge, Mattia Buondonno…
Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter?
LAWRENCE, N.Y. — “Are people going to care about one little house?” asked Elizabeth Waytkus, who had been alerted some…
Colby College Acquires Islands That Inspired Andrew and Betsy Wyeth
Nestled in the Atlantic Ocean, five miles off the coast of the picturesque town of Port Clyde, Maine, lie two…
A Marker Honoring Jackie Robinson Was Defaced. M.L.B. Helped Replace It.
Later, he added: “The association of guns and violence against African Americans in this country is one of the things…
English Island Seeks a Landlord-King Who Likes Solitude, Seals and Beer
The island is also where Lambert Simnel, the young son of an Oxford tradesman, landed in June 1487 with an…