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...place, then raced inside and arrested them for malicious destruction of property. He cleaned out the gamblers at the Polo Grounds by climbing on a chair in a field box and shouting: "Come down, alia yez, and if yez don't, I'll throw yez off the roof." They came...
After the explosion, the CEA had hoped that work in the hall would resume as early as November. But more time was needed. Cummings explained, to design and install a steel roof on the hall. The original concrete roof was lifted up by the force of the explosion and shattered on the way down on its own girders...
...Midwestern prairies by capitalizing on Frank Lloyd Wright's perception that the best architectural way to capture their spirit would be in strong horizontals. The space beneath the granite and concrete court and under the elevated walkways is not wasted. In places, the platform level serves as the roof covering for campus classrooms; in others, it shelters ground-level paths from rain, and adjacent outdoor parks, cobblestoned and furnished with old-fashioned fold-up lawn chairs, from wind. There, says Architect Netsch, students can bask and study in balmy weather, as if "loafing in Paris' Luxembourg Gardens...
...Victory or Westminster Abbey!" cried Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797. He knew that in the monumental heap of well-chiseled stone and marble lay the heroes of his nation. An Unknown Soldier from World War I lies beneath the Abbey's roof. In the rear of Henry VII's centuries-old chapel glows a brilliant, stained-glass window reflecting the Royal Air Force's stand during the Battle of Britain. But to the enduring honor of England, more than military pomp and glory is recognized. The Abbey is also a national...
Harvard will now build an automobile underpass under Cambridge St., and in return the City will close off part of Kirkland St. behind Memorial Hall. The roof of the underpass and the abandoned part of Kirkland St. will be landscaped to form a continuos pedestrian path between the two parts of the Harvard campus...