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Dearborn was the first Chicago housing project built after World War II, as housing for blacks on part of the Federal Street slum within the "black belt". [3] It was the start of the Chicago Housing Authority's post-war use of high-rise buildings to accommodate more units at a lower overall cost, [6] and when it opened in 1950, the first to have elevators.
It was the first Hokie Stone dormitory at Virginia Tech and is the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus still in use as a residence hall. The east wing, originally known as Barracks No. 9, was added in 1939 as a WPA project. In 1952 the building was named for, Theodorick Pryor Campbell, a former professor of modern languages, academic ...
In 2010, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors made it official policy that Hokie Stone be the predominant material in the facade of every new building on the Blacksburg central campus. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Today each campus project uses an average of 1,500 tons of Hokie Stone, with each ton of stone covering about 35 square feet.
Authorities estimate the Eaton Fire has damaged or destroyed more than 7,000 homes and businesses, along with three schools attended by Dedeaux children. The Altadena cemetery, where Virginia’s ...
The fire could be seen in videos burning the main building on campus, as well as adjacent structures. News crews with WJHL-TV reported observing the building collapse after 2 a.m.
Henry Horner Homes was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the Near West Side community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The original section of Henry Horner Homes was bordered by Oakley Boulevard to the west, Washington Boulevard to the south, Hermitage Avenue to the east, and Lake ...
The “full inferno” spread to other buildings and the main hall collapsed shortly after 2 a.m., according to News Channel 11. The former Virginia Intermont College campus went up in flames on ...
Thomas W. Moss Jr. (building construction 1950) was Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1991 to 2000. Thomas S. Shiner, FAIA [35] Adam M. Shalleck, FAIA [35] Charles W. Steger, Ph.D. 15th President of Virginia Tech (2000 - 2014) Keith Zawistowski, AIA, GC, Co-Founder of Design/Build lab at Virginia Tech with wife, Marie Zawistowski ...