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Palace Intrigue at the Louvre, as a Paint Job Leads to a Lawsuit The Cy Twombly Foundation is taking the Paris museum to court over a renovation it calls an “aberration.” The timing of the dispute has raised suspicions. The newly repainted Salle des Bronzes in the Louvre. The museum is being renovated while it is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.Credit...Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times Published March 5, 2021Updated March 12, 2021 PARIS — In the midst of a pandemic, with...

Beacon of Beauty All photographs by Paul Seibert When the idea of the Statue of Liberty was first raised around 1870, many Americans found the proposal, if not exactly insane, at least idiotic. Given that Lady Liberty has become the universal symbol of New York City and of America’s most cherished ideals, it is hard to imagine the hostility, perplexity, and indifference that it initially encountered. But perhaps it shouldn’t be so difficult. Suppose that a bevy of Frenchmen showed up and an...

By Samantha Pires on February 27, 2021 Photo: Stock Photos from Franck Legros/Shutterstock If you love the wide avenues and romantic architecture of Paris, France, you might have Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann to thank. Though Haussmann remains one of the most controversial urban planners in history, his design for Paris has become engrained in the city’s aesthetic and reputation. Haussmann was a dynami...

Today, we are mega-excited to debut a video with a bona fide punk legend! Mackie McLennan formed the legendary Blitz with Carl Fisher, Charlie Howe, and Nidge Miller in 1980. The band kicked out three KILLER albums including the oi! mega classic Voice of a Generation and the post-punk masterpiece Second Empire Justice. "New Age" was a single released during one of the bands transitionary phases… the kicker being that Mackie wasnt on the original single version! So now, for a bit of fun,...

A short history of the five Republics of France. Modern France began with the price of bread rising, it led to terror and tumultuous changes:

How did the changing architecture of jails reflect prison reform in St. Louis? Time and time again, reformers have tried to cloak jails in beautiful architecture, hiding the actual purpose of the building. Emil Boehl, Four Courts, 12th and Clark Recent events at the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis raise the question: How did we get here? Over the millennia in Western civilization, the act of detaining suspects has evolved as the time in which theyre confined before a tr...

Fixer-Upper With a Premium Pedigree: Eleanor Roosevelts Childhood Home for Sale Fixer-Upper With a Premium Pedigree: Eleanor Roosevelts Childhood Home for Sale A historic home where Eleanor Roosevelt spent her childhood is available. Although the exterior emits plenty of historical vibes, its a real fixer-upper. Tiffani Sherman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, spent a lot of her childhood is on the market. Although the exterior emit...

Cool Spaces: From Gothic Revival to rowhouses - architectural styles of New Brighton Posted Feb 09, 2021 This 1855 Gothic Revival at 22 Pendleton Place is a glorious example of this architecture style. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Looking around Staten Island at some of the interesting architectural styles, we bring to you a look at the varied vintage homes that mingle with more modern structures in some of the Island’s neighborhoods. We b...

Mon Oct 29 2018 at 11:17:12 Jack Parsons’ Parsonage was a rooming house in an old Pasadena mansion: a hotbed of science fiction, real science (Roger Oppenheimer, brother of J. Robert, was often a visitor), music and magic(k) of many kinds. Anything from a Champagne breakfast to a midnight ritual could and often would be a part of an average day, in between caring for goats, kittens and doves in a backyard herb farm, advanced discussions of science and philosophy, and curiously enough, ordinar...

The war to end all wars drove a lot of innovation. When the First World War began in August 1914—some thirty days after the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria—no one expected a prolonged war that eventually would see the deaths of tens of millions of men in the front lines, or that it would bring down three of the ruling dynasties of Europe. The Great War—as it was known to contemporaries—is also often overlooked for being the first truly modern war that saw numerous ...