Richmond revitalizes canals
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Government officials of Richmond, VA, are obliged by the Environmental Protection Agency to repair the sewer systems in their region to avoid overflows during storms. In line with the repair of sewer system, the officials have the opportunity to restore the Kanawha and Haxtall canal systems as well. These 200 year-old canals are landmarks since they were part of a larger waterway system project in an attempt to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Ohio River Valley. The repair of the sewer systems were aimed at solving the overflowing problem and, in turn, restoring historical infrastructures in Richmond.
Publication Name: Civil Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0885-7024
Year: 1997
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The painter's model
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Artist Maxfield Parrish used a young model, Sue Lewin, to pose for him as hundreds of different characters for the many paintings and murals he created between 1905 and 1934. An exhibit at Alma Gilbert's Cornish Colony Historical Museum and Gallery in New Hampshire features an 18-foot-long mural by Parrish, in which all but two of the figures was posed by Lewin.
Publication Name: Yankee
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0044-0191
Year: 2000
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The wrinkle room: from a lost generation of gay men, a paradoxical legacy
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There is no role for old, single gay men. A man recalls when he was younger how he avoided certain restaurant in NYC because only old gay men went there once they lost their youthful looks. Most gays stop going out if they are alone and aged because they don't want to experience oblivion.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1996
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