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Dates: during 1990-1999
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How do you create space for sacred ritual in a secular age? It's hard to do better than this erratically shaped church. RUNNERS-UP The Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright
Every song is a classic, from the messages of love to the anthems of revolution. But more than that, the album is a political and cultural nexus, drawing inspiration from the Third World and then giving voice to it the world over. RUNNERS-UP Kind of Blue by Miles Davis...
Cartier-Bresson demonstrated the strange magic in moments in which nothing much happens but all sorts of things are revealed. RUNNERS-UP Identifying the Dead, Russian Front by Dmitri Baltermants; Wall Street by Paul Strand
Although the precursors got their patented copper rivets in 1873, 501s belong squarely in the 20th century. Worn by everyone from Presidents to rock stars, they can be dressed up or casual, hardworking or sexy. RUNNERS-UP The miniskirt; Coco Chanel's little black dress
A.D. 105 Invention According to tradition, an imperial eunuch named Cai Lun invented paper. The material, however, has been found in Chinese tombs dating to the 2nd century B.C. By the end of the 8th century, Chinese paper craftsmen had set up shop in the Middle East.