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I was in Virginia Beach, on vacation, visiting the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, when I came across the painting. It is called, simply, Urban Renewal, circa 1960. The New York City artist Lee Loeb was known for cityscape paintings.
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
Pabst Brewery Complex, Milwaukee
Ferchill Group of Cleveland and Wispark LLC of Milwaukee have teamed up to buy the historic, long- empty Pabst Brewery complex west of downtown...
Prince Charles accepted the National Building Museum’s Vincent
Prince Charles accepted the National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize Nov. 3 in Washington, DC, where he declared his admiration for “...
GSA’s new strategy for livability
The General Services Administration, the primary building space provider for federal agencies, seeks to support smart growth.
GSA’s Center for...
Transit villages in the works in NM
New Mexico state planner Ken Hughes is staffing Gov. Bill Richardson’s Livability Task Force, which this spring will begin establishing the criteria...
Great Ideas
Washington flips the switch on parking reform
State legislation takes a new approach to removing parking mandates—one that is far more comprehensive.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE JUL. 25, 2025
