If architecture is frozen music, this must be the minute waltz
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Suburban houses built in the early 20th century are recklessly destroyed for new construction, threatening to obliterate some of the best examples of American suburban single-family housing. Communities need to rethink their zoning laws to prevent wonderful old houses from being torn down.
Publication Name: Early American Homes
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1086-9948
Year: 1998
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Dish camp
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Dish camps are ideal places to gather information about specific subjects ranging from boatbuilding to painting to woodworking. A dish camp entitled 'The British Influence on American Ceramics, 1750-1990' revealed the enjoyment an attendee can derive from participating in such talks.
Publication Name: Early American Homes
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1086-9948
Year: 1999
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Milestones
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Milestones lose their relevance with the passage of time because the roads between destinations whose distances they measure are continually relocated, straightened or connected. Several centuries-old milestones are featured.
Publication Name: Early American Homes
Subject: Home furnishings industry
ISSN: 1086-9948
Year: 1999
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