Peoria museum files claim for hotel mural ownershipPEORIA, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois museum wants to make sure that a historic mural stays in Peoria as the auction of the Marriott Pere Marquette and neighboring Courtyard by Marriott approaches next month.
Aging gracefully: How mid-century modern classics adaptedNEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) – In the years after World War II, when suburban towns were still “the country,” this unassuming village an hour north of Manhattan became an epicenter of modernist architecture, and a birthplace of then-radical concepts like family rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and open-plan living. Since then, the surviving homes have continued to […]