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Stories in Stone: The Art Deco Stone
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The interfingering between people and rock. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The Art Deco Stone. From McDonalds' bathrooms to Art Deco, the Morton Gneiss has a colorful history of use in architecture. I discovered this during my research for. When I began to develop a list of buildings built with the 3.5-billion-year old, metamorphic rock. Adler Planetarium, Chicago, built in 1930, designed by Ernst Grunsfeld,. National Register Historic Places. Architectural historians debate the exact dates of Art Deco.
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Stories in Stone: The Duomo and the Dinosaur: Not?
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The interfingering between people and rock. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The Duomo and the Dinosaur: Not? Courtesy of Andrea Tintori. University of Milan paleontologist Tintori has determined that the early Jurassic age ( 190mya)-stone slab contains the cross section of a dinosaur skull with visible nasal cavities and numerous teeth. Total length is about 12 inches. Tintori also found a second part of the skull in another slab. He hopes to get the first slab removed to do additional work. Breaking news: Ca...
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Stories in Stone: The Crocodile and the Countertop
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The interfingering between people and rock. Tuesday, January 4, 2011. The Crocodile and the Countertop. Italian paleontologists have been on a roll of late, and they haven’t even had to go out in the field. Late last year came reports of the. Dinosaur in the duomo. Cross sectioned slabs from Gondwana Research (In Press, available online August 7, 2010) Scale bar = 20cm. Or “Neptune’s dragon from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation.”. Streamlined body, Illustration by Davide Bonadonna. Looking careful...
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Stories in Stone: February 2011
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The interfingering between people and rock. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Seattle Stone: Lobby #2, Smith Tower onyx. Fine essay on the historylink.org. Web site reports, it was never the fourth tallest building in the world, or even outside of New York. Despite not meeting the aspirations of some, Smith Tower does sport a rather handsome lobby. Two stones dominate, onyx marble from Mexico and marble from Alaska. This post will focus on the Mexican rock. The Spring at El Marmol (from the. Nothing can be m...
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Stories in Stone: Seattle Stone: Lobby #2, Smith Tower onyx
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The interfingering between people and rock. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Seattle Stone: Lobby #2, Smith Tower onyx. Fine essay on the historylink.org. Web site reports, it was never the fourth tallest building in the world, or even outside of New York. Despite not meeting the aspirations of some, Smith Tower does sport a rather handsome lobby. Two stones dominate, onyx marble from Mexico and marble from Alaska. This post will focus on the Mexican rock. The Spring at El Marmol (from the. Nothing can be m...
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Stories in Stone: January 2011
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The interfingering between people and rock. Tuesday, January 4, 2011. The Crocodile and the Countertop. Italian paleontologists have been on a roll of late, and they haven’t even had to go out in the field. Late last year came reports of the. Dinosaur in the duomo. Cross sectioned slabs from Gondwana Research (In Press, available online August 7, 2010) Scale bar = 20cm. Or “Neptune’s dragon from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation.”. Streamlined body, Illustration by Davide Bonadonna. Looking careful...
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Stories in Stone: August 2010
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The interfingering between people and rock. Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Edward Drinker Cope: His Home Inside and Out. Probably every geology-oriented person knows about Edward Drinker Cope and his well-financed, nasty battle with Othniel Charles Marsh but probably fewer know about his stone-fronted house in Philadelphia. Today, I aim to try and fix this sorry dearth of knowledge by focusing on said home. Like many aspects of Cope’s life, a bit of controversy surrounds it. As I started to ask around, I fo...
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Stories in Stone: May 2010
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The interfingering between people and rock. Tuesday, May 18, 2010. The Toads of Mount St. Helens. Today being the 30. Anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, I wanted to describe a visit I made to the mountain several years ago. I was out in the field with Charlie Crisafulli, a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service. We were heading to small lake about eight miles north of the crater when Charlie told me “Be careful where you step as we approach the lake.”. During Charlie’s first ten years...
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Stories in Stone: Louis Kahn and Travertine
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The interfingering between people and rock. Wednesday, February 2, 2011. Louis Kahn and Travertine. Last night, I watched a fascinating documentary about the iconoclastic architect Louis Kahn. As the title implies,. My Architect: A Son's Journey. What he was less known for was that he had three families, one with his wife and two through long-term affairs. All three produced children. The movie is well worth watching not only for Kahn's fascinating life but also for his stunning architecture. I have move...
