Currently operating as the Palmer House – A Hilton Hotel, it is a Historic Hotel of America member, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Palmer House was the city’s first hotel with elevators and the first hotel with electric light bulbs and telephones in the guest rooms. It has also […]
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The CAMERA OBSCURA The dictionary definition: 1) A darkened box with an aperture (convex lens) for projecting the image of the external scene onto a surface inside, based on the way our eyes see. It is important historically, because the concept lead to the development of photography once film was invented. 2) A small round […]
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BOOKCASES WARM UP A HOUSE! For a smart looking home you need to show of your source of knowledge, books. Here are 17 new and different ways to build and design bookcases into your home and one library worthy of a grand university. For more interesting […]
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</ifr Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( listen)) is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury supercars, sports cars, SUVs based in Sant’Agata Bolognese and tractors Lamborghini Trattori in Pieve di Cento, Italy. Few know that the company is owned by Volkswagen through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, […]
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GRAPHIC DESIGNER MIRKO ILIC Ilić was born in Bijeljina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb. He published his first works in 1973, publishing comics and illustrations in magazines and was the art and comics editor of the students’ magazine Polet in 1976. He organized an informal organization of comic book creators Novi kvadrat (The New […]
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Portland Oregon is known for its unique culture: its music scene, its food scene its craft beers and for its dress down, casual, outdoor lifestyle! THE MUSIC SCENE IS BIG IN PORTLAND: Portland’s musical offerings are as diverse as the city itself, with options including indie rock, jazz, classical, pop and more. […]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Work / Family Caution! THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN AT A BUSINESS OFFICE OR AROUND CHILDREN. The subject of Spencer Tunick’s artistic photos is the nude figure, gathered in groups, sometimes in massive groups. These images may be inappropriate for some work situations or for family viewing. The nude figure in […]
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Louise Fishman at CHEIM & READ Gallery, NYC Louise Fishman is an Abstract Expressionist painter, who first began her study of painting in the late 1950’s and has been exhibiting in galleries and museums since the 1960’s. She currently show her works at Cheim & Read, NYC. Fishman was born in Pennsylvania in 1939 […]
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“AMERICAN ROAD TRIP” Editor’s Note: This photo essay is about rural America and the highways that connect all of the USA together. I am always interested in how different things catch the individual photographer’s eye. Any other person would tell a completely different story. This photo essay happened during a solo drive through Colorado, New Mexico, […]
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Wall clocks are more about being a decorative element in today’s world, because our phones usually tell us the time. Hans Hilfiker’s Swiss Railway Clock Railway engineer Hans Hilfiker’s 1940s classic designed for the Swiss Railway Stations it has become the train station standard with over 3000 clocks in Europe keeping precision time for […]