If the plans follow the promises of its sponsors, the site of the next preeminent national Jewish institution will be in the historic heart of Philadelphia.
There, steps from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, edging a revitalized Independence Mall, the proposed National Museum of American Jewish History is to begin construction early next year for its target completion date of July 4, 2010.
For those who love the experience of shopping for real estate, \”Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living,\” on display in Pasadena at Art Center College of Design\’s south campus, is not the usual collection of modish conceits by residential architects.
Prefab indeed has the potential to lend itself to being \”green\” by using materials more efficiently, wasting less space, and generally creating structures that are lower maintenance.
Before a \”Mac mansion\” in Beverly Hills was ever marked by a mezuzah, or a store in Encino stormed by a balabustah – coloring these singular suburban communities with the conspicuous consumption and cultural aspirations of a striving Jewish bourgeois — there was Great Neck, Long Island.
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