I've been thinking about how to combine a card-based Scrum plan with technology so that we have a permanent record, can add notes and allow people to follow what we are doing remotely. I've added notes to this wall chart. Maybe this could work as a UI?

The regional TA will support the Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program in addressing market gaps while strengthening financing for home improvement and upgrading housing and access to water supply and sanitation through the provision of loan loss guarantees, targeting these end-use specific loans. The TA addresses bottlenecks by providing a first-loss guarantees on loans that partner financial institutions extend to MFIs, specifically targeted at home improvement and improving access to water and sanitation In addition, the TA will also provide capacity building to MFIs covering: (i) product development, project planning and implementation with the targeted micro-borrowers; (ii) training of MFI staff; (iii) establishing guidelines for climate-resilient model housing and materials; and (iv) creating local language content knowledge-dissemination and training materials. Given the requirements of the TA providers; the TA has been designed and is being implemented on a regional basis.

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Building Community Resilience through Microfinance in Lagging Peri-Urban Settlements

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

For the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic images taken by NASA's Voyager mission, a new version of the image known as "the Pale Blue Dot."

Planet Earth is visible as a bright speck within the sunbeam just right of center and appears softly blue, as in the original version published in 1990 (see PIA00452).

This updated version uses modern image-processing software and techniques to revisit the well-known Voyager view while attempting to respect the original data and intent of those who planned the images.

In 1990, the Voyager project planned to shut off the Voyager 1 spacecraft's imaging cameras to conserve power and because the probe, along with its sibling Voyager 2, would not fly close enough to any other objects to take pictures. Before the shutdown, the mission commanded the probe to take a series of 60 images designed to produce what they termed the "Family Portrait of the Solar System." Executed on Valentine's Day 1990, this sequence returned images for making color views of six of the solar system's planets and also imaged the Sun in monochrome.

The popular name of this view is traced to the title of the 1994 book by Voyager imaging scientist Carl Sagan, who originated the idea of using Voyager's cameras to image the distant Earth and played a critical role in enabling the family portrait images to be taken.

The image of Earth was originally published by NASA in 1990. It is republished here to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Family Portrait of the Solar System (see PIA00451) and the Pale Blue Dot image in particular.

The planet occupies less than a single pixel in the image and thus is not fully resolved. (The actual width of the planet on the sky was less than one pixel in Voyager's camera.) By contrast, Jupiter and Saturn were large enough to fill a full pixel in their family portrait images.

The direction of the Sun is toward the bottom of the view (where the image is brightest). Rays of sunlight scattered within the camera optics stretch across the scene. One of those light rays happens to have intersected dramatically with Earth. From Voyager 1's vantage point — a distance of approximately 3.8 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) — Earth was separated from the Sun by only a few degrees. The close proximity of the inner planets to the Sun was a key factor preventing these images from being taken earlier in the mission, as our star was still close and bright enough to damage the cameras with its blinding glare.

The view is a color composite created by combining images taken using green, blue and violet spectral filters by the Voyager 1 Narrow-Angle Camera. They were taken at 4:48 GMT on Feb. 14, 1990, just 34 minutes before Voyager 1 powered off its cameras forever.

Like the original version, this is technically a "false-color" view, as the color-filter images used were mapped to red, green and blue, respectively. The brightness of each color channel was balanced relative to the others, which is likely why the scene appears brighter but less grainy than the original. In addition, the color was balanced so that the main sunbeam (which overlays Earth) appears white, like the white light of the Sun.

photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23645

An early project plan. I will watch this little baby grow over the coming weeks into a monster of dependencies and deliverables.

Directly to the east of Murg train station there is the 114 m long Bühl tunnel. It was expanded to two tracks by 1955. This is the eastern portal with the „Alte Staatsstrasse“ that leads over a bridge just a few meters before the tunnel. During the Cold War there was a blasting point here to block the road and the railway line. The hoistway for the ignition was at the west portal. What made me wonder is that the tunnel walls are full of alcoves. As clarifications showed, these are construction-related and have nothing to do with the army. On old project plans the tunnel was named as „Stornenbüel-Tunnel“. Switzerland, December 22, 2020. (3/3)

Raleigh bikes print and multimedia creative from the late 1990s. Early multimedia project plans were developed by Paul Fillingham, Ian Lawrence and Mike Conwill on rolls of wallpaper, then tidied-up in Quark XPress on a Mac.

Interstate 5 will be rerouted to meet with the new El Chaparral Port of Entry in Tijuana.

Estimated Completion: September 2015

On April 8, 2020, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had an online meeting with Dong Nai province on the socio-economic situation, including the clearance of Long Thanh international airport project ... This makes Long Thanh Real Estate market hotter than ever .. In which, according to a survey of thuanhunggroup.com, we have summarized the real estate projects of townhouse land - villas - shophouse - shared apartments. apartments are about to be launched and open for sale in 2020 in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province ...

Long Thanh urban development planning from 2020 to 2030

Specifically, Long Thanh urban area will go to Long Thanh Town in the period from 2020-2030 Binh Son urban area is an urban airport along the airport serving Long Thanh International Airport. Phuoc Thai urban area is an urban area. port serving the port group of group 5 of Thi Vai river.

Bản đồ quy hoạch huyện Long Thành, Tỉnh Đồng Nai

Area 1

These are supportive areas, including entrepot warehouses, logistics zones, industrial parks and airports support zones. This functional area is arranged at a distance of 5-7km around the airport area.

Region 2

Are existing residential areas, resettlement areas, smart urban areas, airport cities. This area is planned to cover about 15,000 hectares, linking 3-4 cities to form urban clusters here.

Region 3

Large functional services - commercial areas such as: free trade area, entertainment area, aviation support service. The size of these areas needs about 5,000 ha to be arranged at the traffic gate to the airport.

Region 4

Including tourist, service and sports resorts with an area of ​​about 2 thousand ha. These areas are located about 10 km from the airport.

Region 5

Considered as the airport buffer zone including: green area for development reserve; isolation areas, agricultural and forestry development zones and national defense security

At the proposal of the Department of Construction, on the boundary of the vicinity of Long Thanh International Airport, the North borders Bien Hoa City, the West borders on Dong Nai River, the East borders Trang Bom District, Cam My and the South. borders Chau Duc district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. The Department also said the size and location of each specific functional area will be calculated and determined in the study of future planning projects.

General planning for Vietnam's largest International airport in Long Thanh, Dong Nai

Long Thanh International Airport Project is a project to build an international airport in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, about 40 km east of Ho Chi Minh City. This project is expected to be inaugurated in 2025. With a capacity of up to 100 million passengers / year when completing the stages (including 3 stages), this will be the largest airport in Vietnam in the future.

According to the Master Plan, the location of Long Thanh International Airport is located in Binh Son Commune, Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, 40 km from Ho Chi Minh City to the East, 43 km from Tan Son Nhat Airport, and 43 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Bien Hoa city 30 km to the Southeast, 70 km from Vung Tau city to the North, next to Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway near Long Thanh town and from gateway to Public City Nhon Trach Industrial Zone (an urban area adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City) 10 km.

After completing this airport,

Ngày 8/4/2020 Đẩy nhanh tiến độ giải phóng mặt bằng dự án sân bay Long Thành

There are 4 runways that meet the latest international standards (4,000 m long, 60 m wide) that can serve huge 2-storey aircraft such as Airbus A380, Boeing 747-8, have 4 large terminals and modern with a total capacity of serving 100 million guests / year. Cargo terminal with a capacity of 5 million tons / year. The area of ​​land surrounding the airport is about 25,000 ha (of which the area of ​​Long Thanh international airport is about 5,000 ha) and according to the plan, Long Thanh airport will be an air entrepot port of Vietnam and internationally. . Long Thanh airport will be a 4F airport (the highest level according to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization) or higher than the standard of ICAO.

Phase I

Total investment 6,7447 billion USD

Investor of Southern Airport Corporation

Design unit of Japan Airport Consulting Company (JAC)

The project planning legal was approved by the Government of Vietnam in Decision No. 909 / QD-TTg dated June 14, 2011 signed by the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung

The project phases are implemented in 3 main phases: 2019 - 2025, 2025 - 2035, 2035 - 2050 and after 2050.

April 8, 2020 Accelerate the ground clearance of the Long Thanh airport project

On April 8, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had an online meeting with Dong Nai province on the socio-economic situation and the key project of Long Thanh airport.

Report to the Prime Minister, the leader of Dong Nai province, said that in the first quarter of 2020, industrial production increased by about 11% over the same period, but this increase was due to the increase since the end of 2019, due to industry and raw materials for production and export orders. The pig industry is recovering, with a current herd of over 2.1 million heads. The provincial budget revenue in the first quarter of 2020 reached about VND 16,100 billion, equaling 30% of the yearly estimate and up to 35% over the same period.

For the Long Thanh and Dong Nai airport projects, 99% of the resettlement areas have been cleared, and for the first stage of the airport (clearing 1,810 ha / 5,000 ha), the province has completed the inspection. counting, currently hiring consultants to determine land prices and then applying compensation rates, it is expected that in the second quarter of 2020, the compensation and payment plans will be approved for households.

Speaking at the meeting,

the Prime Minister said that the clearance of Long Thanh airport project is still slow, so it is suggested that the province will focus on speeding up, trying to disburse more than 17,000 billion VND this year to soon handing over ground to the investor to build the airport. However, the Prime Minister also noted that the compensation, construction of resettlement areas and social infrastructure must be done well. The Prime Minister instructed ministries and agencies to assist Dong Nai in speeding up the progress and related legal procedures.

Typical and outstanding real estate projects are about to be launched and launched in Long Thanh district, Dong Nai Province in 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023

Gem Sky World - is the latest super real estate project of the Investor - Ha An Real Estate Business Investment Joint Stock Company and Dat Xanh Group Joint Stock Company (Dat Xanh Group) invests and develops. It is known that Gem SkyWorld Residential Area has a scale of up to 92ha including, ShopHouse Apartment, Land for townhouses and villas, Social security facilities, Smart and methodical transport infrastructure. , ... GemSkyWorld is especially located in front of Highway 51, right next to the most beautiful Airport in Vietnam - Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai.

see alos : duan-gemskyworld.com/

Gem Sky World - Thiết kế Nhà Phố

Project scale

Gem Sky World project name

Project location Highway 51, Residential Area Long Duc Commune, Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province

Investor: Ha An Real Estate Business Investment Joint Stock Company

Investment and development unit of Dat Xanh Group Joint Stock Company

The master plan covers 92.2 hectares, including:

thuanhunggroup.com/gem-sky-world-dat-xanh/

Shophouse

Villa:

Townhouse:

Trade in Services:

Public construction:

Traffic:

Square with fountains:

Intelligent transportation system

Local utilities: The whole city is miniature in GemSkyWorld

Type of development: Urban Area

Estimated delivery time: Updating

Project Legal Already 1/500

Currently, all information about the projects near Long Thanh Airport such as the 92ha Gem Sky World project of Dat Xanh Group ... Customers can contact via:

0911 525454

Source : thuanhunggroup.com/cac-du-an-bat-dong-san-sap-trien-khai-...

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

It took most of a day to get all the cuts done for the project- starting with seven full sheets. There are 6 drawers, drawer bottoms, drawer faces, and the most of the main queen bed frame in the photo. Project plans came from knottyplans.com

Breakout Session: What We Know Now: Applying Lessons Learned to Advance Haiti’s Future

In 2008, President Bill Clinton issued a call to action to the CGI community to address the pressing challenges that Haiti faced in the aftermath of four devastating hurricanes. The resulting Haiti Action Network, now in its eighth year, has galvanized more than 100 Commitments to Action focused on Haiti. To accomplish this, more than 300 companies, nonprofits, multilateral organizations, and government entities have partnered with the Action Network—illustrating that addressing challenges in the country requires a comprehensive approach. For example, to provide quality education, it is also vital to consider public health, infrastructure, and job creation during project planning and implementation.

In this session, CGI members from diverse sectors will:

• Learn about the unique structure of the Haiti Action Network and the ways that members have worked together to tackle issues.

• Share commitment stories and key takeaways from Haiti—such as shared successes and difficulties with commitment implementation—that are applicable to member projects elsewhere around the world.

Panel Discussion:

MODERATOR:

Catherine Cheney, West Coast Correspondent, Devex

PANELISTS:

Maxime D. Charles, Country Manager / VP, Bnakers Association / EcoBio Haiti S. A.

Sasha Kramer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, SOIL

Denis O'Brien, Chairman, Digicel

Fédorah Pierre-Louis, External Affairs and Local Development Manager, Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP)

Panel Discussion:

PANELISTS:

Michael Carey, Co-Founder and Director, Soul of Haiti Foundation

PARTICIPANTS:

Robert Bank, President and CEO, American Jewish World Service

Dominique Boyer, Chief Operating Officer, Sevis Finansye Fonkoze

Duquesne Fednard, Founder and CEO, D&E Green Enterprises

Timote Georges, Executive Director, Smallholder Farmers Alliance Foundation

Elizabeth Hausler, Founder and CEO, Build Change

Dominic MacSorley, Chief Executive Officer, Concern Worldwide

Atlanta McIlwraith, Senior Manager Community Engagement and Communication, Timberland

On July 8, 2010, Judith Garber, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, Rear Adm. Andy Brown, U.S. European Command cheif of logistics, and Latvian officials ceremoniously broke ground on the renovation of a small fire station in Limbazi in northen Latvia. As part of a EUCOM-funded civil-military operation, the project will upgrade lighting and electrical systems as well as install new overhead roll-up doors at the station. The renovation is the first in a series of 10 fire station refurbishment projects planned throughout Latvia over the next five years that will retrofit new ovehead vehicle doors required to support new fire and rescue trucks received as part of the European Union-funded donation.The project is being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

International Dance Expo.

Artsfest Friday 10th September 2010

The Bhangra Dance Academy will be hosting an international dance expo, which will include between 8 to 12 countries folk dances represented.

Our aim is...

Promote the mixture of cultures in Birmingham

Activities available for people to participate in, in their very own city.

To promote dance as an international language that everyone can engage in.

Show the true colours of Birmingham internationally.

Promote our city as the true capital of culture of the UK and Europe.

Promote a healthier life style in our City leading up London 2012

The Fun Element...

Collaborate and Infuse different dance forms.

Allow and encouraging Audience Participation with every dance form.

Your Team......

Will have 15 minutes on stage in which they will perform for 5 minutes and run a workshop for 10 minutes. (Timing can be discussed to suit your needs)

Your team will be required to be in full costume together with props and the country your dance represents national flag.

What we want to achieve...

Bhangra Dance Academy will be working with all of the teams in the lead up to and on the day. We aim to have as many people as possible from all walks of life, cultures, ages... dancing to each dance together, “International Dance collaboration where all dance forms are performed together”.

The Bhangra Dance Academy is currently doing work shops in schools and other organisations and will be starting evening classes for Adults and kids to lead up to artsfest, with the aim of recruiting as many people of all different Ages, Cultures, and Social Groups to participate on the day.

What we aim to provide you with:

1. The Platform to promote you dance class

2. A Mention on all marketing material including all outdoor media.

3. The Opportunity to work with other dance teams..

I hope you see this as a fantastic opportunity to promote our Arts and we hope to repeat the success of our event with in Artsfest last year and a great build up to projects planned for 2011.

Last year’s event (The World’s Biggest Bhangra Dance) Artsfest 2009

I look forward to meeting with you and your team and discussing this in more detail.

Manny Hothi

Bhangra Dance Academy

07855 641 609

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

The Barclaycard Arena is one of the busiest, large scale indoor sporting and entertainment venues in Europe. Since opening as the National Indoor Arena in 1991, it has welcomed visitors to over 30 different sports and an extensive variety of entertainment and music. Everything from Sir Cliff Richard, Eurovision Song Contest to Disney on Ice and Strictly Come Dancing.

The Arena, which is owned by parent company, the NEC Group, is situated in central Birmingham, England. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK.[2] The multi-purpose arena is as flexible as possible; it can stage concerts, entertainment spectaculars, business conferences and exhibitions. The adaptable format of the NIA Academy creates a more intimate theatre-style auditorium to accommodate smaller concerts, ballet as well as comedy and theatre. The Arena has a capacity of up to 12,700 using both permanent seating and temporary seating configurations.[3] The NIA was officially opened on 4 October 1991 by the athlete Linford Christie.[4]

The NIA is located alongside the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line's Old Turn Junction and opposite the National Sea Life Centre in Brindleyplace. Close to the NIA, is The ICC which is also owned by the NEC Group.

In 2012 plans to refurbish and renovate the NIA were approved by Birmingham City Council. The plans will include creating a showpiece entrance from the canal-side, three sky needle light sculptures, a new glazed facade fronting the canal and new pre-show hospitality elements. The design is by the architecture firm Broadway Malyan and the building contract was awarded to Royal BAM Group in 2013 with an projected finishing date of Winter 2014.[5]

The £26 million redevelopment began work in June 2013 and the project plans to be completed by December 2014 and will be officially opened by singer Michael Bublé.[6] The arena will be called the Barclaycard Arena after Barclaycard won the naming rights for five years.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclaycard_Arena

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

E&N Railtrail -- from Times-Colonist A1 Thursday, April 16, 2009.

"Trying figure out how to get the most for their stretched dollars, municipal politicians took a first-hand look at sections of the proposed E&N Rail Trail yesterday. They face a tough task. Not only is the $20.2-million project short $9 million in funding, work also has to be co-ordinated with major road projects planned in coming months in View Royal, Esquimalt and Victoria. That has Oak Bay Mayor Christopher Causton, who chairs the Capital Regional District parks committee, looking for consensus among municipalities over what sections can and should be developed first.

Particularly daunting is a one-kilometre stretch in Langford in the Millstream-Atkins area estimated to cost $4 million. That's because extensive retaining walls have to be built. To avoid that cost, it has been suggested the trail could temporarily tie into the Galloping Goose Trail and then onto bike lanes on

Wale Road and Goldstream Avenue."

GPS Coordinates on E&N: 48°26'55.62"N 123°28'20.69"W

I walked the Langford/Millstream/Atkins section of the E&N Railline, April 2, 2009. That day two heavy rail maintenance machines were working this section near the E&N, 7-Mile Marker. Please see photos. I asked one of the workers if this was the start of the proposed railtrail upgrade and he stated it was routine "track levelling".

Anyway, it occurred to me that if the project is short of funds and the exact methodology of building the railtrail are not quite finalized, may I suggest building the easier parts of the trail first then tackling these trouble-spots later. The proposed railtrail only has value if it has continuity for the pedestrian and

cycling traffic for which it will serve.

To this end, the Langford/Millstream/Atkins section could be initially built as single-track using nothing more technologically advanced then the machine seen in the photos which serves to "level track". One can see, if the trailside, single-track swath made by the machine were packed down sufficiently, it would be ideal for pedestrians and cyclists.

Those users not mature enough to share single-track with other users, could use the alternated route suggested: The Galloping Goose Trail or the roadway. Once past the single-track section, these users could rejoin the railtrail.

WJI

About WJI

He has walked and cycled the entire length of the Galloping Goose Trail from the Blue Bridge to Leechtown, Sooke, BC – and return -- on two separate occasions. WJI has photographed every section and trail marker of said trail since 2007. WJI has cycled the Lochside Trail from Spring Bridge to Sidney and return. He has cycled Colquitz Park to Glendale Trail and behind Elk Lake through to the Lochside and has cycled the entire length of the Interurban Trail. WJI has cycled the entire length of the Trans Canada Trail -- in both directions -- from Sooke Lake Road to Lake Cowichan including the Kinsol Trestle Bypass. He is regular user of Hartland Surplus Mountain Bike Area. WJI walks 100km on average each month and cycles approximately the same distance. WJI desperately needs this new E&N Railtrail!

SteelStacks is a ten-acre campus dedicated to arts, culture, family events, community celebrations, education and fun. Once the home plant of Bethlehem Steel, the second largest steel manufacturer in the nation, the site has been reborn through music and art, offering more than 1,000 concerts and eight different festivals annually.

For nearly a century, the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem served as the economic lifeblood of the community, employing tens of thousands of people while producing the steel that built our nation’s skyscrapers, bridges and even the U.S. Navy, helping win two World Wars in the process. In 1995, however, after a nearly 120-year history of steel production on the site, the plant closed its doors forever, leaving the region with a void that seemed impossible to fill.

Rather than demolish the historic mill or walk away and let it fall apart, the community rallied around the iconic plant, working hard to bring new life to the former industrial giant. In 1999, the City of Bethlehem, Bethlehem Area School District and County of Northampton – the three local taxing bodies – established a Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) district on the property, dedicating any future tax dollars generated from new business on the site to helping revitalize the former steel plant.

Then, through a partnership involving the nonprofit ArtsQuest, the City of Bethlehem, the Bethlehem Redevelopment Authority, local public television station PBS 39 and Sands BethWorks Retail LLC, which donated the land for the project, plans were put in place to transform the site into an arts and entertainment district that would showcase music, art, festivals, educational programming and more throughout the year.

Over the past several years, more than $70 million has been invested into the SteelStacks project through state and federal grants and generous contributions from corporate and private donors realizing the enormous benefits to redeveloping the property. Today, the former steel plant is once again thriving, this time as one of the premier destinations in the Northeast for music, art and entertainment. Since its opening in spring 2011, more than one million people have visited SteelStacks to enjoy 1,750-plus musical performances, films, community celebrations and festivals including Musikfest, the largest free music festival in the nation!

When guests visit the SteelStacks campus, the first thing they usually notice are the towering ‘stacks’ after which the campus is named. What many people may not realize is that these iconic structures are actually a series of five blast furnaces that were used in the iron making process at Bethlehem Steel for decades.

Stacks Facts

•The two largest furnaces are more than 230 feet tall

•From the west side of the “A” furnace (most westerly) to the east side of the “E” furnace it’s approximately 1,100 feet – almost a quarter-mile!

•The A furnace is the oldest, dating from 1915

•The furnaces each produced 2,600-3,000 tons of iron per day. Producing one ton of iron requires 3,366 pounds of ore, 1,676 pounds of coke and 724 pounds of limestone

•Most of the iron was used in steelmaking, but a small percentage went to the iron and ingot mold foundries

•The furnaces were last operated Nov. 18, 1995

•At one time there were seven furnaces

The History of Bethlehem Steel and SteelStacks

1863 The Bethlehem Iron Company, originally founded as the Saucona Iron Company in 1857, opens on this site and makes the first iron rails for the local railroad.

1873 In October, the first steel (for steel rails) is produced on the site.

1899 The Bethlehem Steel Company is established.

1904 The Bethlehem Steel Corporation is officially formed.

1916 Bethlehem Steel becomes the nation’s No. 2 steel manufacturer behind U.S. Steel.

1930 The Chrysler Building in New York (the world’s tallest building for 11 months) is completed. Bethlehem Steel’s wide-flange beams developed two decades earlier, made the skyscraper era possible.

1937 The Golden Gate Bridge is completed. Bethlehem Steel is an integral part of the 83,000 tons of steel used in the project. The awesome orange color that you see here at ArtsQuest Center is the same color used on the Golden Gate Bridge – International Orange.

1943 During World War II, more than 31,000 people – an all-time high – work at the Bethlehem plant.

1968 Madison Square Garden in New York City opens with a salute to the USO starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. In 1966, Bethlehem Steel started producing steel used in the construction of the famous arena.

1995 The Bethlehem plant closes, marking first time in more than 120 years that steel is not made on the site.

2005 On a crisp November day, ArtsQuest, PBS 39, Sands Casino Resort and City of Bethlehem officials gather in the former Bethlehem Steel No. 8 Hammer Shop to announce the SteelStacks arts campus.

2010 In mid-January construction begins on the 65,000-square-foot, four-story ArtsQuest Center. Fifteen months later – in May 2011 – the building opens to public.

2011 The Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks opens in July, followed by PBS 39’s new broadcast center later that summer. The Levitt presents more than 50 free concerts for the community each summer.

2012 The new Bethlehem Visitor Center, located in the 1863 Stock House – the oldest building on the SteelStacks site – opens in October.

www.steelstacks.org/about/what-is-steelstacks/

French postcard by EC (Editions Chantal), no. 30. Photo: Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

American film actress Jean Harlow (1911–1937) was with her come-hither body, platinum blonde hair, and keen sense of humour, one of Hollywood's sex symbols of the 1930s. She had her breakthrough in Howard Hughes' World War I epic Hell's Angels (1930). Frank Capra's Platinum Blonde (1931) cemented her role as America's new sex symbol. In 1932, she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became the leading lady in a string of hit films. These included Red Dust (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Reckless (1935) and Suzy (1936). Among her frequent co-stars were William Powell, Spencer Tracy and, in six films, Clark Gable.

Jean Harlow was born Harlean Harlow Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. The name is sometimes incorrectly spelt Carpentier, following later studio press releases. Her father, Mont Clair Carpenter was a dentist from a working-class background who attended dental school in Kansas City. Her mother, Jean Poe Carpenter née Harlow was the daughter of a wealthy real estate broker, Skip Harlow. Jean's father arranged the marriage for their underage daughter in 1908. Jean was resentful and became very unhappy in the marriage. The couple lived in Kansas City in a house owned by Jean's father. Harlean was nicknamed 'The Baby', a name that would stick with her for the rest of her life. Harlean and 'Mother Jean', as she became known when Harlean became a film star, remained very close. Harlean's mother was extremely protective and coddling, reportedly instilling a sense that her daughter owed everything she had to her. "She was always all mine", she said of her daughter. When Harlean was at school, her mother filed for a divorce that was finalised in 1922. She was granted sole custody of Harlean, who loved her father who would survive her by thirty-seven years. However, Harlean would rarely see him again. Mother Jean moved with Harlean to Hollywood in 1923 with hopes of becoming an actress but was too old at 34 to begin a film career. Young Harlean attended the Hollywood School for Girls but dropped out at age 14 in the spring of 1925. Finances dwindling, she and her mother moved back to Kansas City after Skip Harlow issued an ultimatum that he would disinherit Jean if she did not return. Several weeks later, Skip sent his granddaughter to a summer camp, Camp Cha-Ton-Ka, in Michigamme, Michigan, where she became ill with scarlet fever. Her mother travelled to Michigan to care for her, rowing herself across the lake to the camp but was told she could not see her daughter. Harlow attended the Ferry Hall School (now Lake Forest Academy) in Lake Forest, Illinois. Her mother had an ulterior motive for Harlean's attendance there, as it was close to the Chicago home of her boyfriend, Marino Bello. Each freshman was paired with a 'big sister' from the senior class, and Harlean's big sister introduced her to 19-year-old Charles 'Chuck' Fremont McGrew, heir to a large fortune, in the fall of 1926. Soon the two began to date and then married. In early 1927, Jean Carpenter also married Bello; Harlean was not present. Shortly after the wedding, the McGrews left Chicago and moved to Beverly Hills. McGrew turned 21 two months after the marriage and received part of his large inheritance. The couple moved to Los Angeles in 1928, settling into a home in Beverly Hills, where Harlean thrived as a wealthy socialite. McGrew hoped to distance Harlean from her mother with the move. Neither McGrew nor Harlean worked, and both, especially McGrew, were thought to drink heavily. In Los Angeles, Harlean befriended Rosalie Roy, a young aspiring actress. Lacking a car, Roy asked Harlean to drive her to Fox Studios for an appointment. Reputedly, Harlean was noticed and approached by Fox executives while waiting for her friend but stated that she was not interested. Nevertheless, she was given dictated letters of introduction to Central Casting. A few days later, Rosalie Roy bet Harlean that she did not have the nerve to go and audition. Unwilling to lose a wager and pressed by her enthusiastic mother, now back in Los Angeles, Harlean drove to Central Casting and signed in under her mother's maiden name, Jean Harlow. After several calls from Central Casting and several rejected job offers, Harlean was pressed into accepting work by her mother. She appeared in her first film, Honor Bound (Alfred E. Green, 1928), as an unbilled extra. This led to small parts in feature films such as Moran of the Marines (Frank R. Strayer, 1928) with Richard Dix, This Thing Called Love (Paul L. Stein, 1929), Close Harmony (John Cromwell, 1929), and The Love Parade (Ernst Lubitsch, 1929), starring Maurice Chevalier. In December 1928, she signed a five-year contract with Hal Roach Studios for $100 per week. She had a co-starring role in Laurel and Hardy's short Double Whoopee (Lewis R. Foster, 1929), and went on to appear in two more of their films: Liberty (Leo McCarey, 1929) and Bacon Grabbers (Lewis R. Foster, 1929). In March 1929, however, she parted with Hal Roach, who tore up her contract after Harlow told him, "It's breaking up my marriage, what can I do?" In June 1929, Harlow separated from her husband and moved in with her mother and Bello. After her separation from McGrew, Harlow worked as an extra in several films. She landed her first speaking role in The Saturday Night Kid (A. Edward Sutherland, 1929), starring Clara Bow. The couple divorced in 1929. In late 1929, Jean was spotted by actor James Hall, who was filming Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930). Hughes revamped most of his originally silent film of 1927 with sound, and he needed an actress to replace Greta Nissen, who had a Norwegian accent that was considered to be undesirable for her character. Harlow made a test and got the part. In this film she uttered the immortal words "Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?" Hughes signed Harlow to a five-year, $100-per-week contract in 1929. Hell's Angels premiered in Hollywood on 27 May 1930, at Grauman's Chinese Theater, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1930, besting even Greta Garbo's talkie debut in Anna Christie (Clarence Brown, 1930). Hell's Angels (Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale, 1930) made Harlow an international star. Although she was popular with audiences, critics were less than enthusiastic. The New Yorker called her performance "plain awful", though Variety magazine conceded, "It doesn't matter what degree of talent she possesses ... nobody ever starved possessing what she's got." During the shooting, Harlow met MGM executive Paul Bern. She was again an uncredited extra in the Charlie Chaplin film City Lights (1931), though her appearance did not make the final cut. With no projects planned for Harlow, Hughes sent her to New York, Seattle, and Kansas City for Hell's Angels premieres. In 1931, loaned out by Hughes to other studios, she gained more attention when she appeared in The Secret Six (George W. Hill, 1931), with Wallace Beery and Clark Gable; Iron Man (Tod Browning, 1931), with Lew Ayres and Robert Armstrong; and The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman, 1931), with James Cagney. Though the successes of the films ranged from moderate to hit, Harlow's acting was mocked by critics. Concerned, Hughes sent her on a brief publicity tour, which was not a success, as Harlow dreaded such personal appearances. Jean Harlow dated notorious New Jersey mobster Abner Zwillman (aka 'Longy"), who secured a two-picture deal for her with Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures by loaning Cohn $500,000 in cash. He also purchased her a jewelled charm bracelet and a red Cadillac. Columbia Pictures cast her in Platinum Blonde (Frank Capra, 1931), with Loretta Young. The film, originally titled Gallagher, was renamed to promote Harlow, capitalising on her hair colour, called 'platinum' by Hughes' publicists. Though Harlow denied her hair was dyed, the platinum blonde colour was reportedly achieved by bleaching with a weekly application of ammonia, Clorox bleach, and Lux soap flakes. This process weakened and damaged Harlow's naturally ash-blonde hair. Many female fans began dyeing their hair to match hers. Howard Hughes' team organised a series of 'Platinum Blonde' clubs across the nation, with a prize of $10,000 to any beautician who could match Harlow's shade. No one could, the prize went unclaimed but Hughes' publicity worked and the nickname stuck with Harlow. Harlow next filmed Three Wise Girls (William Beaudine, 1932), for Columbia Pictures, with Mae Clark and Walter Byron. Paul Bern then arranged to borrow her for The Beast of the City (1932), co-starring Walter Huston. After filming, Bern booked a 10-week personal appearance tour on the East Coast. To the surprise of many, especially Harlow herself, she packed every theatre in which she appeared, often appearing in a single venue for several nights. Despite critical disparagement and poor roles, Harlow's popularity and following were large and growing and, in February 1932, the tour was extended by six weeks.

Jean Harlow was now romantically involved with MGM producer Paul Bern and he spoke to Louis B. Mayer about buying out her contract with Hughes and signing her to MGM, but Mayer declined. MGM's leading ladies were presented as elegant, while Harlow's 'floozy' screen persona was abhorrent to Mayer. Bern then began urging close friend Irving Thalberg, production head of MGM, to sign Harlow, noting her popularity and established image. After initial reluctance, Thalberg agreed and, on 3 March 1932, Harlow's 21st birthday, Bern called her with the news that MGM had purchased her contract from Hughes for $30,000. At MGM, Harlow was given superior movie roles to show off her looks and nascent comedic talent. Though Harlow's screen persona changed dramatically during her career, one constant was her apparent sense of humour. In 1932, she starred in the comedy Red-Headed Woman (Jack Conway, 1932), for which she received $1,250 a week. The film is often noted as being one of the few films in which Harlow did not appear with platinum blonde hair; she wore a red wig for the role. She next starred in Red Dust (Victor Fleming, 1932), her second film with Clark Gable. Harlow and Gable worked well together and co-starred in a total of six films. She was also paired multiple times with Spencer Tracy and William Powell. At this point, MGM began trying to distinguish Harlow's public persona from that of her screen characters, changing her childhood surname from common 'Carpenter' to chic 'Carpentier', claiming that writer Edgar Allan Poe was one of her ancestors and publishing photographs of Harlow doing charity work to change her image from that of a tramp to an all-American girl. This transformation proved difficult; once, Harlow was heard muttering, "My God, must I always wear a low-cut dress to be important?" During the making of Red Dust, Bern—her husband of two months—was found dead at their home. His death created a lasting scandal. Initially, Harlow was speculated to have killed Bern, but Bern's death was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Reportedly, the day after Bern's former common-law wife met Harlow, Bern shot himself. A few days later former Mrs. Bern was found floating in the Sacramento River, after allegedly committing suicide. Louis B. Mayer feared negative publicity from the incident and intended to replace Harlow in the film, offering the role to Tallulah Bankhead. Bankhead was appalled by the offer and wrote in her autobiography, "To damn the radiant Jean for the misfortune of another would be one of the shabbiest acts of all time. I told Mr. Mayer as much." Harlow kept silent, survived the ordeal, and became more popular than ever. A 2009 biography of Bern asserted that Bern was murdered by a former lover and the crime scene re-arranged by MGM executives to make it appear Bern had killed himself. After Bern's death, Harlow began an indiscreet affair with boxer Max Baer who, though separated from his wife Dorothy Dunbar, was threatened with divorce proceedings naming Harlow as a co-respondent for "alienation of affection", a legal term for adultery. After Bern's mysterious death, the studio did not want another scandal and defused the situation by arranging a marriage between Harlow and cinematographer Harold Rosson. Rosson and Harlow were friends and Rosson went along with the plan. They quietly divorced eight months later. By 1933, MGM realised the value of the Harlow-Gable team and paired them again in Hold Your Man (Sam Wood, 1933), which was also a box-office success. The same year, she played the adulterous wife of a ruthless tycoon (Wallace Beery) in the glittering all-star comedy-drama Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, 1933), and played a pressured Hollywood film star in the screwball comedy Bombshell (Victor Fleming, 1933) with Lee Tracy. The film has often been cited as being based on Harlow's own life or that of the 1920s 'It Girl', Clara Bow. The film included Harlow's greedy stepfather, her nine-room Georgian-style home with mostly-white interiors, and her numerous pet dogs. The following year, she was teamed with Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone in The Girl from Missouri (Jack Conway, 1934). The film was the studio's attempt at softening Harlow's image, but suffered with censorship problems, so much so that its original title, Born to Be Kissed, had to be changed. In 1934, Jean Harlow went on a salary strike from MGM, during which she wrote a novel, 'Today is Tonight'. The book was not published until 1965. After the financial success of Red Dust and Hold Your Man, MGM cast Harlow with Clark Gable in two more successful films: China Seas (Tay Garnett, 1935), with Wallace Beery and Rosalind Russell; and Wife vs. Secretary (Clarence Brown, 1936), with Myrna Loy and James Stewart. Jean Harlow's popularity rivalled and soon surpassed that of her MGM colleagues Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer. Reckless (Victor Fleming, 1935) was her first film musical. It co-starred her then-boyfriend William Powell and Franchot Tone. Suzy (George Fitzmaurice, 1936), in which she played the title role, gave her top billing over Franchot Tone and Cary Grant. While critics noted that Harlow dominated the film, they added that her performance was imperfect, and the film was a reasonable box-office success. She then starred in Riffraff (J. Walter Ruben, 1936) with Spencer Tracy and Una Merkel, a financial disappointment, and the worldwide hit Libeled Lady (Jack Conway, 1936), in which she was top billed over Powell, Myrna Loy, and Tracy. By the late 1930s, Jean Harlow had become one of the biggest stars of Hollywood, often nicknamed the 'Blonde Bombshell' and the 'Platinum Blonde'. She filmed W.S. Van Dyke's comedy Personal Property (1937), co-starring Robert Taylor. It was Harlow's final fully completed film appearance. During the filming of Saratoga (Jack Conway, 1937), she died in a hospital of renal failure at the age of 26. The official cause of death was 'uremic poisoning brought on by acute nephritis'. For many years it was a widely held belief that she died because her mother, a Christian Scientist, refused to let doctors operate on her after she became sick. This story has been repeatedly shown to be completely untrue. MGM closed on the day of her funeral, 9 June 1937. Saratoga was completed using doubles and released a little over a month after Jean Harlow's death. It became MGM's second-highest-grossing picture of 1937. In 1965, two films about Jean Harlow were released, both called Harlow. The first, Harlow (Alex Segal, 1965), was released by Magna in May 1965 and stars Carol Lynley with Ginger Rogers as Mama Jean. The second, Harlow (Gordon Douglas, 1965), was released in June by Paramount Pictures and stars Carroll Baker with Angela Lansbury as her mother. Both were poorly received and did not perform well at the box office.

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A monumental, aerial sculpture is suspended over Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway from May through October 2015 as the signature contemporary art installation in the Greenway Conservancy’s Public Art Program.

The sculpture for Boston spans the void where an elevated highway once split downtown from its waterfront. Knitting together the urban fabric, it soars 600 feet through the air above street traffic and pedestrian park.

The form of “As If It Were Already Here” echoes the history of its location. The three voids recall the “Tri-Mountain” which was razed in the 18th-century to create land from the harbor. The colored banding is a nod to the six traffic lanes that once overwhelmed the neighborhood, before the Big Dig buried them and enabled the space to be reclaimed for urban pedestrian life.

The sculpture is made by hand-splicing rope and knotting twine into an interconnected mesh of more than a half-million nodes. When any one of its elements moves, every other element is affected. Monumental in scale and strength yet delicate as lace, it fluidly responds to ever-changing wind and weather. Its fibers are 15 times stronger than steel yet incredibly lightweight, making the sculpture able to lace directly into three skyscrapers as a soft counterpoint to hard-edged architecture. It is a physical manifestation of interconnectedness and strength through resiliency.

In daylight the porous form blends with sky when looking up, and casts shadow-drawings onto the ground below. At night it becomes an illuminated beacon. The artwork incorporates dynamic light elements which reflect the changing effects of wind. Sensors around the site register fiber movement and tension and this data directs the color of light projected onto the sculpture’s surface.

“Here in Boston, I’m excited to visually knit together the fabric of the city with art,” said Echelman. “The creation of the Greenway was a seminal event in the unfolding of our city, so I’m delighted and humbled to be a part of its transformation into a vibrant cultural destination.”

The work invites you to linger, whether seen amidst the skyline from afar, or lying down on the grassy knoll beneath. It embraces Boston as a city on foot, where past and present are interwoven, and takes our gaze skyward to feel the vibrant pulse of now. It invites you to pause, and contemplate a physical manifestation of interconnectedness – soft with hard, earth with sky, things we control with the forces beyond us.

By the Numbers:

– The sculpture includes over 100 miles of twine

– Longest span is 600 ft

​- Highest point of attachment is 365 ft​

– There are over half a million knots (~542,500)

– The sculpture weighs approximately 1 ton

– The sculpture can exert over 100 tons of force

– Projected plan area of the sculpture is 20,250 sq ft, or almost half an acre

Mr. Talley engages students in explaining their work. These girls are explaining their research project and who will be doing what steps next.

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On left, Council on Environmental Quality Mary Neumayr speaks Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite and USACE Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Project Planning and Review) Douglas W. Lamont, during the Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force breakfast meeting hosted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, at the USDA headquarters Lincoln Dining room, in Washington D.C., on July 25, 2017. Other cabinet members in attendance are Secretary of Commerce Wilber Ross, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, Secretary of Housing and Human Development Dr. Ben Carson and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao. USDA Photo By Lance Cheung.

Artwork on show at the end of year in City & Guilds of London Art School

The Art School’s Architectural Heritage

City & Guilds of London Art School occupies nos. 114-124 Kennington Park Road, a terrace of late 18th century houses, and 19th and 20th century studios built over the gardens behind. The terrace is Grade II listed and stands in the Kennington Conservation Area. The Art School has been on this site since 1879.

The houses at nos. 114-124 Kennington Park Road were built in 1788, as part of the first wave of urbanisation in this area. They were designed as one half of a gateway development to a planned grand square by the builder Michael Searles. The projected plans were never fully realised, and the development of the square was carried out on a much-reduced scale, becoming what is now Cleaver Square. Although originally designed as a middle-class street, the growth of London in the Victorian era and the flight of prosperous families to suburbs such as Clapham and Brixton led to a decline in the area. While the 19th-century occupants of the Georgian houses are unknown, it seems quite possible that they were lower middle or working class.

In 1879, the South London Technical Art College (City & Guilds of London Art School since 1937) moved into nos. 122-124. Its predecessor, the Lambeth School of Art, had been founded nearby specifically to be close to the Doulton potteries, in order to provide art education to local workers (and mainly women). The first studio sheds, located behind nos. 122-124, were built shortly after 1879. These structures, shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1894, had timber truss roofs. Later on, between 1918 and 1939, the Art School expanded into nos. 118-120, and new studios with steel frame trusses were constructed in the gardens behind. No. 116 Kennington Park Road was purchased by the Art School in 1974, while the final property of the six, no. 114, was acquired in the late 1980s, allowing the stone yard area to be developed.

21st-Century Developments

Since 2010, the Art School has embarked on an ambitious programme of renovations and enhancements on its Kennington site. The Masterplan for the project, established under the direction of Alan Higgs Architects, is based on a three-phase delivery:

Phase 1 (2010-2014)

Completed over five consecutive summers, Phase 1 consisted of the renovation and upgrade of the six terrace buildings, including refurbishing some 35 studios, creating the expanded Sackler Library, and improving circulation throughout. In 2012, the Foundation Department relocated to the adjacent 1930s Old Vauxhall Telephone Exchange building.

Phase 2 (2015-2016)

This phase involves the creation of a new entrance for the Art School by inserting a glazed steel canopy structure forming an atrium in the space between the Georgian terrace and the studio buildings. Following ground level works in 2015, summer of 2016 saw continued developments with the installation of the new roof structure.

Phase 3

The final phase will focus on a partial re-development and refurbishment of the studio buildings at the rear of the site, which increase the work spaces for creative practice while protecting the special character and the legacy embodied in its buildings.

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KUTTAWA, KY – Lee Roberts, a public affairs specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, interviews Don Getty, acting chief, Project Planning Branch and project manager for the Kentucky Lock Addition at the construction site of the Kentucky Lock Addition project, Aug. 11, 2011. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Mark Rankin)

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The Beacon of Hope is a steel, columnar monument in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is located in Stiles Circle Park, near the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce headquarters. The monument is visible from Interstate 235 and downtown Oklahoma City. Stiles Circle Park is maintained by the City of Oklahoma City's Parks and Recreation Department.

A shaft of green or white light can project directly up into the sky from the monument. The beam strength is purported to be 1 billion candle power, with the ability to extend up to 5,498 feet; however that claim has been questioned. The light symbolizes the healing nature of the nearby health center.

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population.

Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones (watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not including consolidated cities. The city is also the second-largest by area among state capital cities in the United States, after Juneau, Alaska. Along with Topeka, Kansas and Cheyenne, Wyoming, Oklahoma City is one of three state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name.

Oklahoma City has one of the world's largest livestock markets.[12] Oil, natural gas, petroleum products, and related industries are its economy's largest sector. The city is in the middle of an active oil field, and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs a large number of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (which house offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).

Oklahoma City is on the I-35 and I-40 corridors, one of the primary travel corridors south into neighboring Texas and New Mexico, north towards Wichita and Kansas City, west to Albuquerque, and east towards Little Rock and Memphis. Located in the state's Frontier Country region, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889 and grew to a population of over 10,000 within hours of its founding. It was the site of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in which 168 people died, the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history until the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

Since weather records have been kept beginning in 1890, Oklahoma City has been struck by 14 violent tornadoes, 11 of which were rated F4 or EF4 on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales, and one each rated F5 and EF5.

The history of Oklahoma City refers to the history of city of Oklahoma City, and the land on which it developed. Oklahoma City's history begins with the settlement of "unassigned lands" in the region in the 1880s, and continues with the city's development through statehood, World War I and the Oklahoma City bombing.

Prior to the Land Rush of 1889, the territory Oklahoma City fell under was known as the “Unassigned Lands”, which were located just north of the Chickasaw Nation, and covered roughly 2950 square miles in central Oklahoma. The term “Unassigned lands” was first coined in 1879 by Elias C. Boudinot, a mixed-blood Cherokee Journalist, who believed that the territory should be open to white settlers.

This territory of Oklahoma was not inhabited by any of the displaced indigenous tribes from the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and was located in central Oklahoma, surrounded by the other claimed indigenous territories. The Cherokee Nation fell to the north, bound by the Cherokee Outlet. On the east, the Potawatomi, Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Pawnee, and Iowa reservations resided. Just south of the Unassigned lands, the Chickasaw Nation fell, and the Cheyenne Arapaho settlement fell to the west. The lands were crossed by five rivers, including "the Canadian, the North Canadian, the Cimarron, the Deep Fork, and the Little", which provided natural borders, and a perfect combination of thin topsoil for grazing cattle, and rich bottomland soil for raising crops, thus making it greatly desired by white settlers who wanted to stake their claims to the inexpensive lands.

Prior to the opening of these Indigenous territories, the Boomer Movement saw forced raids and staked claims at sites in the unassigned lands, such as in present day Oklahoma City and Stillwater from 1879 to 1888. These raids, publicly led by David L. Payne and William Couch only saw brief success, and settled a town known as Ewing, present day Oklahoma City, in 1880. Despite this, were constantly overthrown and escorted out of the lands by U.S troops. However, they continued to enlist Boomers, and illegally made settlements in the Unassigned Lands and in the surrounding settlements until the Land Rush 1889.

Oklahoma City was officially opened to the public for settlement on April 22, 1889 with the Land Run and caused substantial settlement growth seemingly overnight. Oklahoma City was put under a provisional government, as the federal government did not expect the need to establish laws in the new territories, until the Organic Act that was passed under the Harrison Administration on May 2, 1890. This act applied the laws that were put in place for Nebraska to the newly settled Oklahoma Territories as a place holder until local governments could establish legislation. Oklahoma City was officially incorporated as the county seat for the second of the seven Oklahoma counties, with Guthrie, Oklahoma as the capital.

The first provisional mayor of Oklahoma City was William L. Couch, one of the leaders of the previous Boomer movement, who resigned in 1889. Couch passed the title on to Sidney Clarke on November 11, 1889 with his resignation. Clarke held the title of provisional mayor of Oklahoma City until an official election could be held on November 27, 1889, making Andrew J. Beale the mayor until the first nonprovisional mayor, William J. Gault, was elected in 1890.

With Guthrie, Oklahoma as the state capital, tensions began to rise between the two cities as high profile Oklahoman politicians, including Governor Charles N. Haskell, advocated for Oklahoma City to receive the title of state capital instead. This rivalry continued until, by popular vote, Oklahoma City was made the official capital of Oklahoma on June 11, 1910. Speculations among Guthrie civic leaders claimed that an unknown Oklahoma City booster allegedly spirited the state seal way from the Guthrie state capital in the night to ensure the title transfer. Oklahoma City continues to hold the title of Oklahoma’s Capital into present day, with the Oklahoma State Capitol established at N.E 23rd street and Lincoln Boulevard in 1917.

City leaders of this new capital included John Shartel, Anton H.Classen, James W. Maney, and Henry Overholser, who vastly transformed the infrastructure of the city, by providing better housing accommodations, efficient public transportation, public entertainment, and a railroad system. These city leaders set the blueprint for the upcoming economic development in later decades.

Overholser was a prominent early settler who emphasized his desire for public entertainment with his contributions to the city's infrastructure. Overholser created the Grand Avenue Hotel in 1889, the Overholser Opera House along with the Overholser theater in 1890, and assisted in the purchase of permanent fair grounds for the Oklahoma State Fair in 1906.

Classen, prior to creating the Metropolitan Railway Company with John Shartel (later the Oklahoma City Railway Company), was appointed as receiver in the U.S land office in Oklahoma City by president William McKinley in 1897. Classen focused his efforts on inner-city beautification and infrastructure improvements, becoming president of both the Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association and the Oklahoma City Commercial Club in 1899.

Classen worked closely with Shartel to add numerous housing divisions to accommodate the growing population, the first being the Highland Parks Addition in 1900. Along with this, "he was instrumental in getting city streets paved, in organizing Oklahoma City street fairs, and in promoting Oklahoma City as the location for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders annual reunion in 1900". Shartel and Classen collaborated once again in 1902 with the creation of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, which created an efficient mass-transport system for downtown Oklahoma City. Classen was also responsible for organizing the University Development Company, and financed Epworth University (Now known as Oklahoma City University) which was officially established in 1904.

Aside from his collaborations with Anton Classen, John Shartel bought twenty acres of land located at modern day 7th and 10th street, which became known as the Florence Addition. Prior to Classen's death in 1922, Shartel served as the Vice President on the Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association and the Oklahoma City Commercial Club, and overtook the position of president after Classen's death.

James W. Maney also focused his efforts on creating a railroad system in Oklahoma City, and gained the reputation of "the largest railroad contractor in Oklahoma" by 1900. Maney built the second railroad into Oklahoma City, when the territory opened in 1889, and then worked closely with Classen and Olverhoser to focus on the growth and development in Oklahoma City. Maney's legacy is sealed by the historic Maney House, the mansion he resided in until is death in 1945, that is now used as a bed and breakfast.

The new city continued to grow at a steady rate until December 4, 1928, when oil was discovered in the city. Oil wells popped up everywhere, even on the south lawn on the capitol building, and the sudden influx of oil money within the city and throughout the state greatly accelerated the city's growth. While those who had made money during this early oil boom largely escaped the Depression, the majority of Americans and Oklahomans were not so lucky. By 1935, rural migrants and unemployed workers had built a massive shanty town (or "Hooverville" after president Herbert Hoover) on the south bank of the North Canadian River. The river often flooded, bringing disease and misery to the people living there. As part of the "New Deal", the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps greatly reduced the level of the river to prevent flooding (a move which would later become a problem for city leaders stuck with a nearly empty river) and built one of the first experiments with public housing in the country.

A municipal-owned Elm Grove camp built in 1932 and which offered better amenities to residents who paid $1 a day or donated eight hours or labor. The camp was eliminated in 1933 because of a fear that it would attract more homeless residents to the city. A May Avenue Camp continued to exist in 1939. In 1933, the city planning commission recommended a policy restricting African Americans' ability to stay in white residential areas within the city (see sundown town).

The Second World War and the growing war industries brought recovery to the nation and Oklahoma City, and the post war period saw Oklahoma City become a major hub in the national Interstate Highway System. Additionally, Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City became the largest air depot in the country in the post war period, a fact which made Oklahoma City the likely target for a possible Soviet nuclear strike. As the civil rights era dawned, downtown Oklahoma City became the site of a revolution in civil rights tactics. History teacher Clara Luper and some of her students from nearby Douglass High School led the first "sit in" in American history to desegregate the lunch counter at a downtown department store in 1958. When they succeeded, the tactic was adopted throughout the country, notably by the young activists of SNCC.

With the support of Stanley Draper and the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce,  the city government launched a "Great Annexation Drive" in 1959, quintupling Oklahoma City's legal boundaries from 80 square miles (210 km2) to 433 square miles (1,120 km2) in just over two years. Draper was concerned that Oklahoma City's peripheral cities and towns might block future urban developments and dominate city facilities, hampering long-range planning. He believed that annexation would allow the city to grow to provide the facilities industry required but which the surrounding communities did not have the resources to support.  By the end of 1961, Oklahoma City had overtaken Los Angeles as the largest U.S. city by land mass.  The annexation policy led to ballooning costs for services such as fire and police departments, roads, and lighting.  In a 1965 special election, the Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax by a margin of more than 2-1 to raise funds for expanding services.

From February 3 to July 29, 1964, Oklahoma City was subjected to eight sonic booms per day in a controversial experiment known as the Oklahoma City sonic boom tests. The intent was to quantify the sociological and economic costs of a supersonic transport aircraft. The experiment resulted in 15,400 damage claims. The persistence of the experiment and the 94% rejection rate of damage claims led to turmoil at all levels of government and embroiled Senator Mike Monroney's office in a battle with the Federal Aviation Administration. The embarrassment over the Oklahoma City experiments partially contributed to the demise of the Boeing 2707 SST project seven years later.

As the 1960s continued, however, Oklahoma City began to decline. By 1970, "white flight" and suburbanization had drained the life from the central business district and the surrounding areas. The oil beneath the city had begun to dry up, and property values declined. The city leaders then engaged in a disastrous program of "urban renewal" which succeeded primarily in demolishing much of the aging theater district. Despite popular conjecture, the impressive Biltmore Hotel was not originally targeted to be taken down by the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. Plans drawn up for downtown's redevelopment by I.M. Pei always assumed the building would remain open for business. After a $3 million renovation in the mid-1960s, the hotel was renamed the Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel. But, the operation could not turn a profit, and in 1973, hotel owners agreed with the authority the building had outlived its useful life and needed to be demolished. The city had planned to build a massive shopping mall called "The Galleria" downtown, but money for renewal ran out before they could construct more than the parking garage for it. This left downtown Oklahoma City in even worse shape than it had been in, with vacant lots where Victorian brownstones once stood. The 1970s and 1980s were periods of stagnation for Oklahoma City proper (and was the case for almost all major cities in the United States) and periods of affluence and explosive development for the suburbs. With the exception of The Myriad Gardens, little was done to improve the inner city or the central business district during this time, even as the oil boom of the late 1970s brought a flood of money into the area.

By 1992, the city was in such dire need of improvement that it was losing jobs, population, and even air carriers to more attractive cities. With this in mind, Mayor Ron Norick pushed through a massive plan for capital improvements throughout downtown called the Metropolitan Area Projects Plan, or MAPS. MAPS called for a five-year, one-cent sales tax to fund a new ballpark, a canal through Bricktown, a new central library, a large indoor arena, renovations to the fairgrounds and the civic center, and a series of low water dams on the North Canadian River to make it attractive and accessible to small boats. Though still stinging from the failure of "urban renewal", the people of Oklahoma City passed the measure, eventually raising over 1 billion dollars for improvements to the city and bringing life back to the central city.

In the midst of this atmosphere of optimism and change, Timothy McVeigh drove a rented truck full of explosives to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The explosion killed 168 people (including 19 children) and injured more than 680, as well as damaging and destroying many surrounding buildings. Until the attacks of September 11, it was the largest terrorist attack on American soil, and it remains the single largest domestic terrorist attack in American history.

The site is now home to the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The memorial was designed by Oklahoma City architects Hans and Torrey Butzer, and Sven Berg and was dedicated by President Clinton on April 19, 2000, exactly five years after the bombing. Oklahoma City has since rebuilt, and except for the memorial, there is little evidence of the bombing.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation led an investigation, known as OKBOMB, the largest criminal case in America's history (FBI agents conducted 28,000 interviews, amassed 3.5 short tons (3.2 t) of evidence, and collected nearly one billion pieces of information). Special Agent in Charge Weldon L. Kennedy. commanded the largest crime task force since the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The task force included 300 FBI agents, 200 officers from the Oklahoma City Police Department, 125 members of the Oklahoma National Guard, and 55 officers from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.

As Oklahoma City moves through the 21st century, new changes continue to bring population, jobs, entertainment, and improvement. In 2004, a new Dell call center brought over 250 jobs, and plans to employ over 19,000 more jobs in the future. 2005 brought Oklahoma its first major league basketball franchise, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, followed by becoming the permanent home of the renamed Seattle NBA franchise, now the Oklahoma City Thunder, in 2008. Many other corporations are making Oklahoma City their home and the population is once again increasing at a very high rate. Also, a new addition to the downtown skyline, Devon Energy Center, was completed in 2012, with 52 stories and a height of 850 feet.

Oklahoma is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla, 'people' and humma, which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-owned lands until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 authorized the Land Rush of 1889 opening the land to white settlement.

With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands, all regions prone to severe weather. Oklahoma is at a confluence of three major American cultural regions. Historically, it served as a government-sanctioned territory for American Indians moved from east of the Mississippi River, a route for cattle drives from Texas and related regions, and a destination for Southern settlers. There are currently 26 Native American languages spoken in Oklahoma. According to the 2020 U.S. census, 14.2 percent of Oklahomans identify as American Indians, the highest indigenous population by percentage in any state.

A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.

Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader

Construction is underway on an Afghan National Police provincial headquarters compound in Kandahar. Once complete, the facility will accommodate 200 police specialists. Jason Riharb, a USACE civil engineer, oversees construction performed by a contracted engineering and construction firm to make sure workmanship is in accordance with International Building Codes and project plans and specifications. The facility will provide an adequate base of operations for Afghan National Police to work, train, serve and protect.

Global Fitness and Wellness Q2 Planning in Chandler Arizona. The team gathered to detail priority project plans for the year.

The sun reflects in the windows as the construction process of the new physical science building continues on Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU, Chico)

Building a Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System in Nigeria (BASICS) project holds planning and M&E meeting in IITA-Ibadan on 20 - 23 March, 2017. Photo by IITA. (file name: DSC_2585).

Roma - I Fori Imperiali & Quartiere Alessandrino | Rome - The Imperial Fora & the Alessandrina Quarter (1993-2013). Martin G. Conde [1999-2013].

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ROMA, THE CENTRAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA: ‘The Piazza Venezia, the Capitoline Hill, the Palatine Hill, the Roman & Imperial Forums, the Markets of Trajan & the Museum of the Imperial Forums.’ GOOGE EARTH & GOOGLE MAPS (2009-10). (04/12/2011). [3663 x 2315 px / 96 cm X 61 cm / 37.8 in X 24 in]. Foto layout: Martin G. Conde, Washington DC, USA (04/12/2011).

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- 1). I Fori Imperiali - Museo dei Fori Imperiali / Mercati di Traiano (1995-2013 & 1928-33) | The Imperial Fora - Museum of the Imperial Fora / Markets of Trajan (1995-2013 & 1928-33).

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-- 1.1). Museo dei Fori Imperiali - “Il Laboratorio s.r.l.” dell’Prof Arch. P. Martellotti / Dott.ssa Arch. Barbara Baldrati (1999-2002) | The Museum of the Imperial Fora by: “Il Laboratorio s.r.l.” Prof. P. Martellotti / Dr. B. Baldrati (1999-2002).

-- 1.2). I Fori Imperiali Progetto - documenti di progetto in formato PDF.| The Imperial Fora Project - Planning Documents in PDF [1998-2011].

-- 1.3). Visitor Center Fori Imperiali (1999-2012) | I Fori Imperiali - Punto di informazioni turistiche (2012).

-- 1.4). I Fori Imperiali - Scavi (1999-2000): Veduta web camera di "CAPITOLIUM.ORG" | The Imperial Fora - Excavations (1999-2000): web camera photo in: "CAPITOLIUM.ORG" [Martin G. Conde 1999-2000].

-- 1.5). Museo Nazionale Romano di Crypta Balbi | The Crypta Balbi Museum of Rome (2000-12).

- 2). Il Foro di Cesare - scavi (1995-2013) & rilievi architettonici di Dott.ssa Arch. B. Baldrati (2002-04) | The Forum of Caesar - excavations (1995-2013) & architectural survey by Dr. Arch. B. Baldrati (2002-04).

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-- 2.1). Il Foro di Cesare - scavi - l' area prima dei Fori (1995-2013) | Forum of Caesar - excavations - the area before the Fora (1995-2013).

-- 2.2). Il Foro di Cesare - scavi - (1995-2013 & 1930-33) | Forum of Caesar - excavations - (1995-2013 & 1930-33).

-- 2.3). Il Foro di Cesare di Dott. Arch. Barbara Baldrati, "FORUM JULII - Il Foro di Cesare: proposta d' intervento per l' area nord," La Sapienza (2002-04) | Dr. Arch. B. Baldrati, "Caesar's Forum, Rome - Architectural Survey," La Sapienza (2002-04).

-- 2.3.1). Il Foro di Cesare di Dott. Arch. Barbara Baldrati, "FORUM JULII - Il Foro di Cesare: proposta d' intervento per l' area nord," La Sapienza (2002-04) | Dr. Arch. B. Baldrati, "Caesar's Forum, Rome - Architectural Survey," La Sapienza (2002-04).

- 3). Il Foro di Augusto - Scavi - (2007-13 & 1926-33) | The Forum of Augustus - excavations - (2007-13 & 1926-33). & Prof. Lothar Haselberger (ed.), “Digital Augustan Rome [2009].”

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-- 3.1). Il Foro di Augusto - Scavi - (2007-13 & 1926-33) | The Forum of Augustus - excavations - (2007-13 & 1926-33).

-- 3.2). Prof. Lothar Haselberger (ed.), “Digital Augustan Rome [2009].” & “Digital Augustan Rome [2009]” & Prof. Haselberger (ed.), Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement (50), 2002. 277 pages + 2 folded maps.

- 4). Il Foro o Tempio della Pace - Scavi & Forma Urbis Romae (1998-2013 [Zona A, B, & C]) | The Forum and Temple of Peace - excavations (1998-2013 [Area's A, B, & C]) & Forma Urbis Romae.

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-- 4.1). Il Foro o Tempio della Pace - Scavi (1998-2013 [Zona C]) | The Forum and Temple of Peace - excavations (1998-2013 [Area C]).

-- 4.2). Il Foro o Tempio della Pace - Scavi (1998-2013 [Zona B]) | The Forum and Temple of Peace - excavations (1998-2013 [Area B]).

-- 4.3). Il Foro o Tempio della Pace - Scavi (1998-2013 [Zona A]) | The Forum and Temple of Peace - excavations (1998-2013 [Area A]).

-- 4.4). Il Foro o Tempio della Pace - Scavi & Forma Urbis Romae (1998-2013) | The Forum and Temple of Peace - excavations (1998-2013) & Forma Urbis Romae.

- 5). Il Foro di Nerva - Scavi (1998-2013, 1996-97, 1989, 1940, & 1928-31) | The Forum of Nerva - excavations (1998-2013, 1996-97, 1989, 1940, & 1928-31).

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- 6). Il Foro di Traiano: Tempio di Traiano - Colonna di Traiano - Basilica Ulpia - scavi (1998-2013, 1989-1997, & 1928-33). | The Forum of Trajan: Temple of Trajan - Column of Trajan - Basilica Ulpia - excavations (1998-2013, 1989-1997, & 1928-33).

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-- 6.1). Il Foro di Traiano - scavi (1998-2013, 1989-1997, & 1928-33). | The Forum of Trajan - excavations (1998-2013, 1989-1997, 1928-33).

-- 6.2). Il Foro di Traiano - Tempio di Traiano - scavi (1998-2013 & 1989-97). | The Forum of Trajan - Temple of Trajan - excavations (1998-2013, 1989-97).

-- 6.3). Il Foro di Traiano - Basilica Ulpia - Fondazione Alda Fendi - scavi (2003-04). | The Forum of Trajan - Basilica Ulpia - Alda Fendi Foundation - excavations (2003-04).

-- 6.4). Il Foro di Traiano - gli elementi architettonici e scultore (1998 - 2007). | Forum of Trajan - The Architectural and Sculptural Elements (1998-2007).

-- 6.5). Il Foro di Traiano - Colonna di Traiano | Forum of Trajan - Column of Trajan: M. Bruno & F. Bianchi, La Colonna di Traiano all luce recenti indagini. PBSR 74 (2006): 293, 320-22. / G. Boni, Esplorazione del Forum Ulpium. Nsc (1907).

-- 6.6). Il Foro di Traiano - Giulio Testori, "ROMA, L’AREA ARCHEOLOGICA CENTRALE, IDEE, TRASFORMAZIONI E FRAMMENTI DI PROGETTO," (Aprile 2007); Presentazione delle tesi di laurea in architettura di Giulio Testori. Iuav Università degli studi di Venezia.

-- 6.7). Il Foro di Traiano - Basilica Ulpia | Forum of Trajan - Basilica Ulpia: “Progetto di sistemazione e allestimento dei magazzini della Basilica Ulpia.” C. Bigatton (et. alli.) (2007-08).

-- 6.8). Il Foro di Traiano - Forum of Trajan (2006, 2010, & 2011): "Colonia di Granchi" & "La caccia alla volpe nascosta nella cisterna del Mercato di Traiano."

From a mini-workshop I led for Boston area higher education technologist. "Harnesssing Visual Thinking for Project Planning." Great group with folks from Brandeis, Wellesley, Harvard, Brandeis, Tufts, Wheaton College, and Wentworth Institute of Technology. Thanks to David G. Wedaman of Brandeis for being the point man in coordinating the event!

Mayor Ras J. Baraka, All Stars Project (ASP) of New Jersey City Leader Gloria Strickland, and ASP of NJ Board Co-Chair Derek M. Di Risio announced its new partnership with the All Stars Project, a privately funded national nonprofit organization with a long history in Newark, at City Hall. A leader in the field of afterschool Development, ASP programs serves young people in the poorest communities using a unique performance-based approach.

The first event of the partnership will take place on Saturday, May 14, when ASP of NJ and Newark’s Centers of Hope will host a free citywide talent show open to young people and community members of all ages. “A New Play for Newark,” is being held at 1:30 p.m. at Central High School, located at 246 18th Avenue, Newark.

Mayor Baraka has a longstanding relationship with the All Stars Project, beginning during his tenure as principal at Newark’s Central High School. After taking office in 2014, Mayor Baraka hosted a workshop at Newark City Hall with the ASP Art of Painting the World in Different Colors initiative.

From the Development School for Youth (DSY), where young people engage with corporate America to the All Stars Talent Show Network (ASTSN), where they produce and perform in hip hop talent shows in their own neighborhoods and to its award-winning police-community relations program Operation Conversation: Cops and Kids, the All Stars Project plans to partner with Newark to bring new approaches in youth development to the city.

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Students walk through Glenn Lawn past the new Physical Science building on Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Chico, Calif.

(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU, Chico)

The Regierungsgebäude (or government building) of the Principality of Liechtenstein was built between 1903 and 1905 and has been the seat of the government ever since. The building, located in the center of Vaduz, was also the seat of the State Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein, with interruptions, until the opening of the new state parliament building in 2008.

At the turn of the 19th century (leading into the 20th century), the state authorities and their offices were housed in different buildings throughout Vaduz, including the old princely tavern and the bailiff's house. These spaces were cramped and not practically functional. On June 12, 1899, the Liechtenstein state parliament asked the government to take the necessary steps to create a new Liechtenstein government building. The regional administrator, Karl von In der Maur, turned to the then ruling Prince Johann II, who resided mainly in Vienna, Bohemia, and Moravia. The prince commissioned his architect Gustav Ritter von Neumann to draw up project plans, which feature Jugenstil (Art Nouveau), Beaux-Arts, Romantic, and historicist design elements. The building cost around 380,000 crowns, which was around 25% more than the state revenue in 1905. The building could only be realized because Prince Johann II made the building site available free of charge and paid 100,000 crowns from his private coffers. The government building was opened at a state parliament session on December 28, 1905.

Information from: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regierungsgeb%C3%A4ude_(Liechtenstein)

Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein and also the seat of the national parliament. The small city, which is located along the Rhine, had about 5,700 residents in the 2020s. One of the most prominent landmarks of Vaduz is Vaduz Castle, perched atop a steep hill overlooking the city. It is home to the reigning prince of Liechtenstein and the Liechtenstein princely family. The city's distinctive architecture is also displayed in the landmarks of its historic district. Although Vaduz is internationally the best-known town in the principality, it is not the largest; the neighboring municipality of Schaan has a larger population.

Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaduz

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announces that the city is issuing new rules setting forth a permitting process and guidelines for the take-off and landing of unmanned aircraft in New York City. The rules including building inspections, infrastructure inspections, and capital project planning, at Pier 35 in Manhattan on Friday, July 20, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office