Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Building Material published by Tribune Company sources.
Displaying items 1-12 of 2575
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
•
Next >
-
Smuggling by tunnel turns legitimate in Gaza Strip
Associated PressGaza's smugglers are going legit: Owners of the scores of tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border have registered with the Hamas authorities, pledged to pay workers' compensation and hooked up their operations to the electricity network. The once...Tags: Terrorism, Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Metal and Mineral, Organized Crime
-
PHILLY LANDMARK REGAINS ITS LUSTER
The Associated PressMemorial Hall, one of the jewels of the Centennial Exposition of 1876, had lost its luster many years ago. Rain poured inside through this magnificent but neglected glass dome, soaking elaborate plasterwork and pooling on its marble floors, where buckets...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Statue of Liberty, National Government, Society, Government
-
Builders Sell Energy Self-Sufficiency
Special To The CourantOnce, the formula for constructing houses was simple for Ron Gaudet and his father: Find and clear a lot, set the foundation and framing, put on a roof — and presto, they were well on their way to completing a new house. Inside, plumbing and...Tags: Energy Saving, Colchester, Renewable Energy, International Business Machines Corporation, Plant Openings
-
Decades later, lead still lingers at Island Trees school
eden.laikin@newsday.comThe ongoing saga in Levittown about lead contamination at the former rifle range at Island Trees High School began down the road in another district where the problem was almost identical, but the resolution dramatically different. In 1999, Lynbrook...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Defense, Censorship, Long Island, Hazardous Materials
-
Discoveries
Nature's Beloved Son
Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy
Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph
Heyday Books: 248 pp., $45
SCOTLAND, Wisconsin, Canada, Kentucky, Florida, Alaska and the Sierra Nevada; wherever he went, John Muir,...Tags: Poetry, Society, Confucianism, Folk Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-
Mixed-use Ravenswood building opens up a new apartment avenue
Special to the Chicago TribuneRepurposing can save functional and well-constructed properties from the wrecking ball. A building at 4500 N. Winchester Ave. in Ravenswood is a case in point. Designed in 1968 as a residence for nurses working at the Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center,...Tags: Rentals, Metra, Paul Klee, Montrose, Apartments
-
Much-altered Colonial still subject to change
In the winter of 2003, Kirk Bauer bought an old mill house in Howard County's historic Ellicott City. His intention was to rehab the property (as he had done with four other houses) and then sell it. The work went smoothly until April 2005. "At that...Tags: Williamsburg, Ellicott City, Land Price, Catonsville, Metal and Mineral
-
Hudson rail bridge will be high-altitude walkway
Associated Press WriterThe Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge was a high-spanned marvel in its day, carrying everything from coal to trolley riders over the Hudson River. Then a fire in 1974 reduced the bridge to an Industrial-Age eyesore looming over the city. Locals talked...Tags: Railway Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Heavy Engineering, Transportation
-
Will a 'good Samaritan' be good again?
Sentinel ColumnistDear Greg: We had some minor water damage from a second-story window leaking during Tropical Storm Fay in August. We contacted William Benjamin, who advertises as a "licensed" handyman, and asked for an estimate to caulk the window. He did his inspection...Tags: Mount Dora, Charity, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Tropical Storms
-
The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage
Times Architecture CriticTHE NEW Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at Santa Monica College, which will open officially tonight with a program featuring the mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, is a happily, even confidently unresolved piece of architecture. Rather than try to smooth...Tags: Santa Monica, Charles Moore, Dustin Hoffman, Colleges and Universities, Walt Disney
-
I-595 exit ramp to Weston Road delayed, to open day before Thanksgiving
South Florida Sun-SentinelDrivers on westbound Interstate 595 will be stuck in slow traffic another month, as construction of a new exit ramp to Weston Road has been delayed. The ramp was supposed to be finished by September — before repairs on the connector from...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Road Transportation, Transportation, Thanksgiving, Florida Department of Transportation
-
Final rest goes green in the bay
Donald Francis Duncan loved the sea as a kid growing up in California and he loved it throughout his adult life, when he sailed on boats with names such as the Odyssey and Vaya - Spanish for "go."
Now, in death, he won't be separated from the water he so...Tags: Kent County, Memorial Stadium, Television Industry, Death and Dying, Chesapeake Bay
Oct 12, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 12, 2008
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 12, 2008
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 11, 2008
|Story| Newsday
Oct 12, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 11, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 11, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Oct 11, 2008
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 11, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 11, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 10, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
