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Panel gives initial approval to Trump's 'triumphal arch' but asks for revisions
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (502+ words) Nearly a thousand public comments were made against the project, the panel said. President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot-tall "triumphal arch" at the National Mall in Washington, D. C. , was given initial approval on Thursday by the Commission of Fine Arts, a federal…...
Queens native spends 21 years building mini replica of New York City
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (128+ words) NEW YORK CITY, New York (WABC) -- A New York Native took his love and appreciation for the Big Apple and built a vast miniature version of it. Joe Macken began the project 21 years ago -- devoting time to creating a handmade…...
Bronx tenants say they've been without heat or gas for months as building has fallen into disrepair
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (353+ words) Residents of a building in the Bronx say they haven't had regular heat or gas in months. The 28 families living in the four-story apartment building on Webster Avenue say they've been failed not once, but twice. "The receiver was appointed…...
Frank Gehry, legendary architect who designed LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall, dies at 96
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1008+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a…...
Brooklyn residents say they've been without heat for weeks -- and that's not all
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (496+ words) BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Residents at an apartment building in Brooklyn say they have been forced to get creative since their heat has been out -- and that's not the only issue they're facing. There are 80 open violations and 280 complaints that go…...
Studio Museum in Harlem reopens in stunning new home housing historic Black art
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (338+ words) HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- After nearly eight years without a permanent home, the Studio Museum in Harlem is finally reopening its doors in a newly reimagined space. Leaders of the museum as well as state and city officials held a ribbon…...
The Gate Keeper: How One Woman is Transforming San Francisco Neighborhoods, One Ornate Security Gate
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (246+ words) "These things are very loud, very colorful," Wakeman explains from her Santa Rosa workshop. "You're walking down the street and seeing the same houses over and over again and then go, holy [expletive], what is that thing?" Her gates tell…...
The Gate Keeper: How one woman is transforming San Francisco, 1 ornate security gate at a time
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (317+ words) SAN FRANCISCO -- Katie Wakeman never set out to become San Francisco's most recognizable gate artist. Twenty years ago, she was just a young woman in her twenties, unsure about her future, who needed help fixing a broken car seat. Today,…...