Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.
Category: Historic Buildings and Sites
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Art Deco Icons Lempicka and The Moore in Miami Poised for a Renaissance
Tamara de Lempicka, a painter favored by celebrities and designers, is being revisited. Plus, a historical Miami building reopens as a hotel and private club.
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In North Carolina, a Tiny Home for $365 a Month Comes With a Hot Tub
After a lifetime of seeking out tiny spaces, she finally found a keeper: a former barbershop in an old mill village in North Carolina.
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5 New Hotels Where the Past Meets the Present
Turrets, towers and tapestries greet guests at these evocative hotels in reimagined historic buildings in London, New York and beyond. (The food’s not bad, either.)
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A French Castle Filled With a Collector’s Treasures
The art and antiques dealer Yves Gastou was passionate about objects and their stories. His home in Biarritz overflowed with both.
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Preserving Traditional Korean Homes, One Tile at a Time
The hanok, a traditional home design, has been bypassed in Seoul’s vertical building boom. But some fans are trying to preserve it.
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The BT Tower, a Once-Futuristic London Landmark, Will Become a Hotel
The tower, once used to send telecom traffic, has been sold and will be transformed by the company that turned the TWA terminal at Kennedy Airport into a hotel.
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Culinary Hubs Put a Twist on Home Cooking
Developers are transforming clusters of old homes into micro restaurants to cater to the needs of surrounding neighborhoods.
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5 Presidential Libraries That Offer Culture, History and ‘Labs of Democracy’
With museums, special exhibitions and unique events, presidential libraries across the country are designed as destinations for everyone — not just scholars or academics.
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Saying Goodbye to a Legendary Milanese Palazzo
An interior decorator’s family inhabited the sprawling building for six generations. Now, as they leave, he and his partner offer a final look inside.
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Rome Hotels
From a reimagined centuries-old palazzo to a private apartment with a rooftop terrace, five new places to stay that offer a fresh vision of the city.