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In at least one significant way, the Denver Art Museum's radically unconventional addition has succeeded before it even opens. Some area residents have scorned the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, others enthusiastically embrace it. It has generated international press attention, and many of the country's top architecture critics have already visited it or soon will. Museum leaders wanted to raise a ruckus and get noticed, and to that end, they have gotten exactly what they wanted. Architect Daniel Libeskind has said the $90.5 million building was inspired in part by the Rocky Mountains. With its faceted, crystalline forms and jutting, sharply sloping walls, it looks like a mineral formation that has just burst from the ground. It is the anti-box. There are no perpendicular lines, no two rooms the same shape.
Two traffic recirculation ramps at Sea-Tac Airport will be closed Monday so a $285 million Sound Transit light rail station can be built where the ramps are now. Drivers returning to the airport will be diverted to a new, temporary route at South 170th Street at Air Cargo Road North. The detour also will serve drivers approaching the airport from the south, spokesman Bob Parker said. Drivers can enter the parking garage from the South 182nd Street entrance, but to reach the airport's curbside areas, they will have to use the detour. That detour to South 170th also will serve traffic coming from the parking garage when a recirculation ramp from the garage is closed Oct. 23. The airport's cell-phone lot, where drivers can wait for calls from arriving passengers, will remain open.
The City of Charlottesville honored four of its residents for bringing the community together. The annual recognition is made in the spirit of Drewary J. Brown, a Charlottesville civil rights leader and activist, who died in 1998. Brown was known for reducing racial barriers and enriching the lives of everyone in the city. Honored were Elizabeth Gleason, Dr. Charles Gleason, and William Washington, Jr. A posthumous award was given to Virginia Carrington. All represent different backgrounds. "You'll find a preacher, an educator, a shoe store owner, and a developer," said Bridge Builder Committee Member Virginia Dougherty. "I have received a lot of support, a lot of forgiveness, and a lot of grace," said Bridge Builder Award Recipient William Washington.
Despite it being the home opener with a crowd of over 400 in attendance, the Robert Morris University women's ice hockey team was defeated 4-1 by Boston University Friday night. The Colonials (0-3-1) dodged a bullet early in the first period after sophomore goaltender Brianne McLaughlin (Sheffield Village, Oh. / Ohio Flames) denied Boston's junior Stephanie Armstrong on a penalty shot 8:15 into the game. McLaughlin had 26 saves on the night. Shortly after, Robert Morris capitalized on one of the eight power-plays of the first period thanks to a score in front of the net by sophomore Kristen Miles (London, Ontario / London Devillettes) picking up her third goal of the season at 12:39. Morgan Beikirch (Livonia, N.Y. / Syracuse Stars) was credited with the assist The Colonials defense battled in the second after giving up an early score to the Terriers three minutes into the period.
SNOW HILL — Despite the rainy weather, the long awaited recreation complex will finally start construction. “This will be Greene County's first public recreation facility," said Mary Betty Kearney, chairwoman of the Greene County Commissioners. “This was a vision by many people." The recreation department will add two football/soccer fields, three baseball/softball fields, concession stands, a picnic area, a playground and a walking trail to deal with the increase in sport participation during the past five years. The new fields will be located at N.C. 13 and N.C. 58 right before the city boundary. The goal is to start playing spring sports on them next year. Greene County received $350,000 from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) and $150,000 from the North Carolina Division of Community Assistance to go towards the project.
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