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EU Referendum: Suffolk businesses to get the definitive chance to listen, question and vote (Suffolk Chamber of Commerce)

Edit Public Technologies 16 May 2016
(Source. Suffolk Chamber of Commerce). 'We hope that these three events will not only allow both sides in the EU debate to put their case, but will give Suffolk's businesses the chance to cut through the spin, get to the facts and help them make up their minds as to what is best for their businesses' ... But all are in agreement that businesses need to hear clear and coherent arguments from both sides of the debate ... Ashlar House, Bury St....

PHOTOS: Lady Prempeh Returns to Music With New Look

Edit Peace FM Online 11 May 2016
Staying off music for a very long time, battled her to rebrand and perfect her ashlars of which has established a whole norm of the brand Lady Prempeh, Ghana and Africa as a continent will consume that brand in no time. Lady Prempeh is a single feisty woman of faith, born Ghanaian on April 15, 1983 in Kumasi, Ashanti region of Ghana ...  .  .  . ....

Stop Day tour will offer perspective on seven liberal arts (KU - The University of Kansas)

Edit Public Technologies 05 May 2016
(Source. KU - The University of Kansas) ... The tour theme is Perspectives on the Monuments of Mount Oread. It will begin at 9 a.m ... Participants may come and go as they please ... 9 a.m. ... Topic ... Beginning with the glass pyramid, the resonant portico and a stairwell as Aeolian harp producing Pythagorean overtones, we view the ramparts of Mount Oread and the 'Mud Hut' with earth and concrete ashlars as we wend our way to the Chi Omega Fountain....

Frank Grisanti’s maintains old-style Italian appeal

Edit Commercial Appeal 05 May 2016
Last fall, one of the most intimate bars in Memphis was lost to the march of time, as Frank Grisanti Italian Restaurant in the Embassy Suites underwent a renovation to allow for a larger bar in the hotel lobby ... And by old-style, I mean old Memphis-style. A glimpse back ... Elfo was the brother of "Big" John, who went on to open Grisanti's in Ashlar Hall and moved it, in 1962, to Airways ... Looking at Frank's ... Here's the deal with meatballs ... ....

New Orleans owes its Greek Revival grandeur to 19th-century newcomers

Edit The Times Picayune 05 May 2016
Two hundred years ago, Northerners started arriving by the thousands in New Orleans, and like all migrants, they brought their ethos with them ... Part of that transformation entailed architecture ...   ... Interiors were affected too ... The St ... For Municipality Hall, Gallier had his "portico and ashlar" (fine masonry) made of "white marble procured from quarries near New York," and the steps made of granite from Massachusetts ... ....

Kimpton Morrison House in Alexandria, Virginia Reopens After Multimillion-Dollar Renovation (Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced today the reopening of Kimpton Morrison House after extensive renovations and the debut of adjacent Ashlar Restaurant and Bar ... Ashlar Restaurant & Bar. A new upscale neighborhood tavern and cocktail bar, the 50-seat Ashlar Restaurant and Bar brings a rustic-meets-fine dining approach to Mid-Atlantic cuisine from Executive Chef Bobby Surdham....

Anglo American to open up rich history of Plashett Homestead to local community (Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Apr 2016
(Source. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd) ... The official opening will take place on Saturday at 10.30am and will include the launch of the Kayuga/Dartbrook Oral History book by local historian Rob Tickle ... The Homestead is a single story ashlar sandstone building in Victorian Regency style constructed in a number of phases ... The homestead will be open to the public from 10am to 3pm, with guided tours running daily ... ENDS ... (noodl....

ARMTEC AWARDED NOISE WALL CONTRACT FOR INDIANA I69 MAJOR MOVES 2020 EXPANSION (Armtec Infrastructure Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Apr 2016
(Source. Armtec Infrastructure Inc) ... This Design-Build contract, consisting of 140,000 square foot Noise Wall, will commence construction in spring 2017 with a projected completion date of Fall 2017 ... Left. Highway Elevation*. Right ... *Ashlar Stone shown in both photos....

Story of cities #12: Haussmann rips up Paris – and divides France to this day

Edit The Guardian 31 Mar 2016
Georges-Eugène Haussmann is feted internationally for transforming the French capital with an audacious programme of urban planning. Yet 125 years after his death, his legacy at home remains much more controversial. Why? ... Internationally, Haussmann is celebrated for much that is loved about the French capital; notably those wide avenues flanked with imposing buildings of neatly dressed ashlar and intricate wrought iron balconies ... ....

Historic Banganga tank being rebuilt with new stone

Edit The Times of India 13 Mar 2016
MUMBAI. The steps of Banganga tank in Walkeshwar are being rebuilt with black basalt. The slabs that are being replaced are being dumped as debris by the contractor, who has not been instructed to preserve them ... "The original steps were also black, not yellow as is commonly believed ... We have procured new ashlar basalt and are installing the steps using chunam, or lime mortar technique ... Lime technology is a slow process," said an officer ... ....

Changing Skyline: Big, bold building for traditional Chestnut Hill

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 11 Mar 2016
Chestnut Hill does not do change easily. Several years ago, when a Germantown Avenue toy store dared to paint its old-timey facade in rainbow colors, it seemed like the keening could be heard all the way to Center City. The neighborhood once put a stop to a proposed Exxon gas station by appealing directly to major shareholders living in Chestnut Hill ... density ... The flat, ashlar cut brings a sophisticated urban feel to the building ... ....

Victoria Pavilion needs a facelift

Edit The Times of India 29 Feb 2016
Visakhapatnam. Not many know that Queen Victoria had a 'home' in Vizag, which today is in a bad shape and needs restoration. By home, we mean the Queen Victoria Pavilion situated on the crossroads near the Old Registrar's office and opposite the old State Bank building in Old Town Vizag ... The structure, constructed with fine ashlar stone masonry has an elevated plinth with four walls designed with Saracenic arches ... RELATED....

Mughal-era coin, ‘longest staircase’ unearthed near Ban Faqiran

Edit Dawn 29 Feb 2016
Copper coin from the Mughal era. The other picture is of the site of Ban Faqiran Buddhist stupa and monastery dating back to 200-500AD. — Photos by the writer. TAXILA ... Also unearthed was a staircase longer than anything yet discovered in Gandhara and Taxila ... The base of the stupa is made of lime and kanjur stone, with semi ashlar and diaper masonry dating back to somewhere between the 2nd and the 4th century CE ... ....
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