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Crumbling $30m ‘Great Gatsby’ mansion – Not So Secret Obsessions
This really combines so many of my ‘Not So Secret Obsessions’ into one article: F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby,” crumbling and faded opulence and site-specific architectural history. I do...
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Charles James – Style Icon
Charles James (18 July 1906 in Sandhurst – September 23, 1978 in New York City) was a fashion designer known as America’s first couturier. He is considered a master of cutting and is known for his...
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Happy Birthday Charles James
Charles James (18 July 1906 in Sandhurst – September 23, 1978 in New York City) was a fashion designer known as America’s first couturier. He is considered a master of cutting and is known for his...
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Happy Birthday James Michener
Every once in a while, I wonder if anyone is reading a Michener novel. I mean, someone must, right? His books are of such sweeping epic length, I worry that there is no one left with that sort of...
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Happy 75th Birthday Chuck Close
Today is the 75th birthday of the artist and Northwest native Chuck Close. If you ever have a chance to see his work in person, please do yourself a favor and take advantage of that opportunity, they...
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Happy 109th Birthday Charles James
Charles James (18 July 1906 in Sandhurst – September 23, 1978 in New York City) was a fashion designer known as America’s first couturier. He is considered a master of cutting and is known for his...
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Happy 119th Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald
Today is the 119th birthday of the writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. It should come as no surprise that I enjoy his work, his narratives and his unapologetically messy life. Risks. Chances....
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Happy 109th Birthday James Michener
Today is the 109th birthday of the prolific writer of historical novels, James Michener. Every once in a while, I wonder if anyone is reading a Michener novel. I mean, someone must, right? His books...
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Happy 76th Birthday Chuck Close
Today is the 76th birthday of the artist and Northwest native Chuck Close. If you ever have a chance to see his work in person, please do yourself a favor and take advantage of that opportunity, they...
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Happy 110th Birthday Charles James
Today is the 110th birthday of the fashion designer Charles James. His designs revolutionized fashion and helped define the look of the middle of the last century. His gowns created for New York...
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Happy 120th Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald
Today is the 120th birthday of the writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. It should come as no surprise that I enjoy his work, his narratives, and his unapologetically messy life. Risks. Chances....
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Happy 63rd Birthday Cindy Sherman
Today is the 63rd birthday of the photographer Cindy Sherman. The world is a better place because she is in it. NAME: Cindy Sherman OCCUPATION: Photographer, Director BIRTH DATE: January 19, 1954...
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Happy 110th Birthday James Michener
Today is the 110th birthday of the prolific writer of historical novels, James Michener. Every once in a while, I wonder if anyone is reading a Michener novel. I mean, someone must, right? His books...
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Happy 77th Birthday Chuck Close
Today is the 77th birthday of the artist and Northwest native Chuck Close. If you ever have a chance to see his work in person, please do yourself a favor and take advantage of that opportunity, they...
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Happy 111th Birthday Charles James
Today is the 111th birthday of the fashion designer Charles James. His designs revolutionized fashion and helped define the look of the middle of the last century. His gowns created for New York...
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Happy 64th Birthday Cindy Sherman
Today is the 64th birthday of the photographer Cindy Sherman. The world is a better place because she is in it. NAME: Cindy Sherman OCCUPATION: Photographer, Director BIRTH DATE: January 19, 1954...
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Happy 111th Birthday James Michener
Today is the 111th birthday of the prolific writer of historical novels, James Michener. Every once in a while, I wonder if anyone is reading a Michener novel. I mean, someone must, right? His books...
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Happy 117th Birthday William H. Johnson
Today is the 117th birthday of the artist William H. Johnson. His primitive style of painting African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance has become the visual record of the jazz and poetry that...
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Happy 78th Birthday Chuck Close
Today is the 78th birthday of the artist and Northwest native Chuck Close. If you ever have a chance to see his work in person, please do yourself a favor and take advantage of that opportunity, they...
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Happy 112th Birthday Charles James
Today is the 112th birthday of the fashion designer Charles James. His designs revolutionized fashion and helped define the look of the middle of the last century. His gowns created for New York...
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