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Court ruling allows White Stadium renovation project to proceed

In her ruling, Ellis wrote that pausing the project at its current stage would likely kill it, as the soccer group was the only respondent to the city’s request for proposals to overhaul White Stadium. This would leave the facility “in a state of deterioration and partial use” and the city “may lose the opportunity to have its own professional women’s soccer team,” Ellis wrote.

“Renovating a 75-year-old, 10,000 seat, outdoor stadium with necessary structural and system upgrades to bring it into compliance with building and safety codes is expensive. … Even if the Defendants ultimately prevail and the Proposed

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Placing spire structure ‘tops out’ Salt Lake Temple renovation – Church News

The extensive, multiyear renovation of the Salt Lake Temple reached a pinnacle of sorts Tuesday, Feb. 13, with the placement of the final reinforcing steel pyramid atop the iconic house of the Lord.

An estimated 800 construction team members involved in the renovation project gathered beside the pioneer landmark anchoring the Temple Square headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City for the midday “topping out” ceremony, a building tradition marking when the structure’s final beam or equivalent piece is placed.

For the Salt Lake Temple and its Tuesday topping out, the sixth and

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Work begins on Peabody’s Central Street renovation this spring | News

PEABODY — The city will begin construction on a major overhaul of Central Street this month.

The city has received about $20 million in state and federal aid to completely redo a section of Central Street starting at its intersection with Walnut Street near Bill & Bobs and running through the intersection of Endicott Street and Route 114 at Wilson Square.

As part of the project, crews will add a new road surface, sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic signals, and modern landscape and design amenities to improve traffic flow, safety and accessibility for pedestrians and drivers.

Mayor Ted Bettencourt announced in a

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Disc House | 2020 Best Dream House of the Year

New York, USA

Architects: KARIM RASHID Inc.
Lead Architect/Concept designer: Karim Rashid

Project Description

Dubbed “The Disk House,” the design of this circular, see-through residence, came as a response to the Covid lockdown. The concept of the Disk House is to have 360 ​​degrees views, with no sharp corners and no obstructive columns.

“Being locked down for so many months now, made me realize how important the connection with the exterior is – and how much a glazed surface can do for you.

Transparency is immaterial; therefore your space always feels much larger and it creates a positive mental psyche,”

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Slippery Rock University board seeks $98 million for building renovations, approves student fee increases

Trustees at Slippery Rock University voted Friday to pursue $98 million for renovations to three prominent but aging campus buildings, including Murrow Field House, built in 1959.

They also approved student fee increases totaling about $270 for the 2024-25 academic year.

Both actions were among those taken as the university’s Council of Trustees held its quarterly meeting on campus.

On the renovation and restoration front, trustees agreed to ask the State System of Higher Education to add all three building projects to its capital budget so work can be pursued in the coming years.

Murrow Field House, built in 1959,

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