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The Evolution of the “15-Minute City” Concept

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This concept is also gaining traction in other parts of the world, including North America, Australia, and Asia. Within the central compact city center are residences, offices, museums, libraries, grocery, retail stores and a wide variety of restaurants and lodgings.

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Mountain Lake Shaker Farmhouse, South Carolina, USA

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Architects: Rauch Architecture – [link] Photography: Emily Heezen Mountain Lake Shaker Farmhouse, South Carolina, USA images / information received 300723 from Rauch Architecture USA Location: South Carolina , United States of America Architecture in South Carolina South Carolina Architecture South Carolina Buildings Wilbur O.

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Architecture at the Movies: 9 Buildings That Stole the Show On the Big Screen

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Photograph from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan, NY Photograph by David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 Richie Rich (1994) Greenlamplady , Biltmore viewed from hill by Richard Morris Hunt , CC BY-SA 3.0

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Visit City Lights Bookstore on Jack Kerouac’s 100th birthday

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Photography: John Cohen via Library of America. City Lights will be hosting a free virtual event on 10 March 2022 titled, ‘Jack Kerouac: Still Outside,’ inviting Kerouac scholars Ann Charters, Ann Douglas, Tim Hunt and Joyce Johnson to talk about his contribution to American 20th-century literature.

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International African American Museum Charleston, SC

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As the place at which many thousands of Africans from diverse cultures first set foot in North America,” Cobb wrote of the site, “Gadsden’s Wharf is not just the right place to tell this story; it is hallowed ground. The museum is dedicated to telling their stories, and to celebrating the contributions of their descendants.

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Newport Spotlight: Samuel Tilton House

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Americans like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim travelled to Paris to study at the preeminent school of Architecture of that era, the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Within a decade the firm would be designing major institution structures like the Columbia University Campus, the Boston Public Library, and other extraordinary buildings.

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Here are 2022’s most expensive home sales

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Still, it’s not stopped the planet’s top 1% from trophy home hunting, as this list shows. Like a vertical version of a stately home, it has a grand salon, a ballroom, an observatory, a dining room, and a library with soaring 27-ft-high ceilings. Plus, some are still up for grabs. Malibu compound, $225m. Photography: Anthony Barcelo.

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