Meadowbrook Manor Celebrates with a Block Party – La Grange, IL Patch

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A warm sunny day drew families and friends to Meadowbrook Manor’s Community Block Party in La Grange. Meadowbrook is a family owned, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. Outside, children jumped in inflatable structures and clowns from the West Suburban Clown Club greeted visitors and residents with their friendly antics.

Inside, visitors stopped by the dining room for ice cream sundaes and other refreshments. They also took tours where they viewed service rooms such as… (View original article)

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Joenniemi Manor Museum in Finland / studioBang – eVolo | Architecture Magazine

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Joenniemi Manor in Finalnd was originally built as a large residence before it was converted into a museum with 500 sqm of exhibition spaces.

Due to its original planning as a home, large-scale travelling exhibitions cannot be conveniently displayed in the current exhibition facilities.

In addition, the service facilities are insufficient, and the collection and office areas are also inadequate.

The program, the necessary heights, and its integ… (View original article)

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Wynnewood’s Ballytore: Castle, Home, School, Church, Voting Station – Ardmore-Merion-Wynnewood, PA Patch

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Editor’s note: “If Walls Could Talk” features vital homes and other buildings in Ardmore, Merion and Wynnewood—their architectural style, their history, and the people that have, and continue to, walk through their doorways. In the first of a series, writer Brooke Hoffman looks at a church in Wynnewood built for a clothing baron.

At the turn of the 19th century, Lower Merion was changing from a farm community to the lavish neighborhoods we see today, mostly thanks to the new ra… (View original article)

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Watertown Daily Times | Boldt Castle maintenance moving to Wellesley Island

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ALEXANDRIA BAY — The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority will acquire Blue Heron Marine and Boat Works, Wellesley Island, for $1.1 million to relocate its Boldt Castle maintenance operations, according to the director of the Boldt facilities.

Shane K. Sanford, Boldt properties director, said the maintenance, woodworking and paint shop now housed in the Boldt Yacht House at Tennis Island, will be moved to the nearby Blue Heron on the northeast end of Wellesley Island by 2012 to pr… (View original article)

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Grindstaff castle auction off, sale being negotiated

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OHEKA CASTLE – OHEKA History

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OHEKA History

Almost a century ago, financier and philanthropist Otto Hermann Kahn built OHEKA CASTLE in the middle of a 443 acre plot on the highest point on Long Island in Cold Spring Harbor, for an estimated cost of $11 million dollars ($110 million dollars in today’s currency). At the time of its construction, the French-style chateau was, and still is today, the second-largest private residence ever built in America. During the Gilded Age of the 1920’s, K… (View original article)

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Duff cashless in chateau – books – entertainment | Stuff.co.nz

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Alan Duff declares bankruptcy … in a French chateau

MARTY SHARPE

Author Alan Duff has finally declared himself bankrupt in France, ending a three-year wait by creditors owed $3.6 million. But their chances of recovering debts may be slim.

Duff, 61, declared himself bankrupt on June 16 in the village of Evres-sur-Indre in the Loire Valley.

The author of Once Were Warriors gave his occupation as “writer without regula… (View original article)

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TODAYonline | Travel | Where to Stay | Chateau de la Couronne

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Marthon, FranceThe vast space of its interior is all chateau, but the design is city chic with flashes of the original features. Each of the five suites in this 19th century palace is individually designed, and some have bathrooms so big they hold two bathtubs. Private parkland, a swimming pool plus a cinema and billiard room will keep the guests occupied on site, while the chateau’s professional kitchen and dining hall will ensure ready meals.

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TODAYonline | Travel | What to Do | Drive: The Loire Valley

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FranceForbes once listed a tour of Loire Valley in its “list of grand things you must do in life”. Known as the “Garden of France”, the region is home to over 1,000 royal and noble residences, so you don’t have to drive far to see a stately chateau and tread in their footsteps. One not to miss is Chenonceau, famously given by Henry II to his mistress Diane de Poitiers. A Renaissance masterpiece, it stands on vast grounds straddling the River Cher. Wine caves producing world-renowned wines a… (View original article)

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Chateau Medavy

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Chateau Medavy

June 28, 2011

On Father’s Day, we were taking an afternoon drive and happened upon Chateau Medavy by accident. It’s a grand old building and you can pay a few euros to take a tour of the interior, but we were delighted to just walk around and enjoy the grounds. I thought the round outbuildings (apparently, former towers) were the best part.

I would say happy accidents like this are one of the big d… (View original article)

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