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...most visible leak dripped from the skylight over the "arcade" area between the first and second floors, where four 30-gallon trash barrels caught the drops. "I'm running out of barrels," Erdmann exclaimed as he noted a new leak springing in the lobby outside Cabot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rainy Day Blues | 11/17/1983 | See Source »

...lone cat burglar stole into Waddesdon Manor, a National Trust estate in Buckinghamshire, and carried away about $1.5 million worth of antiques, jewel-encrusted gold snuff boxes, figurines and rings from the famous Rothschild collection. In South London, a burglar climbed to the roof of Dulwich College, smashed a skylight, descended into the art gallery and used a crowbar to wrench from the wall Rembrandt's painting of Jacob de Gheyn III, worth $5 million. Police roared up within three minutes to find both thief and painting gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Stop and Think | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

When Architect Richard Neutra was designing a house for Alan and Janet Glenn in Stamford, Conn., he took them out late one evening to the site. "And this is where your bathroom will be," he said. "When the moon is out, it will shine through the skylight, so you won't have to switch on the light and disturb each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Moonlight in the Bathroom | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

Briggs Cage's new interior features retractable bleachers on all four walls, a new skylight roof, refurbished offices and locker rooms, and, of course, the basketball floor...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Briggs Cage Doors Open After Five-Month Delay | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

Miss designed the work to take advantage of these various viewpoints. She also calls attention to the verticality of the space--the piece is composed of a series of layered steps and ladders that extend up toward the ceiling skylight...

Author: By Lois E. Nesbitt, | Title: Trompe L'Oeil | 9/23/1980 | See Source »

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