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Helmut Jahn, drawing 2, for the James R. Thompson Center, formerly known as State of Illinois Center, Murphy/Jahn Architects.

Today is the anniversary of the unusual meeting between Elvis and President Nixon in the Oval Office in 1970

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Missed this anniversary yesterday: On Nov 18, 1755, an earthquake hit Boston, knocking down the iconic grasshopper weathervane off Faneuil Hall

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Mayor Richard J. Daley, right, and architect William Hartmann unveil Chicago's Pablo Picasso sculpture on Aug. 15, 1967. (George Quinn/Chicago Tribune)

Happy birthday to Eero Saarinen, born 115 years ago today in Finland

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On this night in 1770 at Boston's Old State House, a confrontation between a mob and a group of British soldiers exploded when several soldiers opened fire, killing several civilians. The event dubbed the Boston Massacre turned many against British rule

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Whether you were in the crowd at Times Square at midnight or not, you can recreate the scene in miniature with a free paper model on the Build Your Own New York website

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Minneapolis' Foshay Tower was dedicated 95 years ago this weekend in an extravagant 3-day celebration attended by 10,000, featuring dancers, fireworks and a march written for the building by John Phillip Sousa

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Fifty years ago this morning, high-wire artist Phillippe Petit walked across the 140-foot gap between the towers of the World Trade Center, an illegal stunt retold in the 2008 documentary Man on Wire. Watch the film then build your own free paper miniature at http://www.buildyourownnewyork.com/free.html

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Guy Miller setting up his model of Manhattan

(Ralph Morse. 1956?)

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From Junk Drawers to Phone Books, Artist Bernie Kaminski Captures the Nostalgia of Banal Items Through Papier-Mâché

Chicago's Millennium Park and Pritzker Pavilion opened 20 years ago this week. Have you seen a concert here this summer?

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Happy 180th birthday to Dankmar Adler, engineer and partner with Louis Sullivan on the Auditorium Building and other projects

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Happy birthday to Arthur Brown Jr, architect of San Francisco City Hall, Coit Tower and other landmarks in California and Washington DC, born 150 years ago today

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Happy Birthday to Transamerica Pyramid architect William Pereira, born today in 1909

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A few presidential paper models to celebrate a miniature Presidents Day

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Happy Birthday Abe Lincoln! Lincoln's portrait has been on the front of the penny since 1909, but the Lincoln Memorial was added to the back today in 1959

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