| 单词 | granite |
| 例句 | About the whole face and figure there was a granite dignity, so that every motion seemed an impossible thing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z First, Dad and Doug took down the side gate so the machine could lug the granite to the back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z By the time Turner had gotten to his knees, they had shoved each other close to the edge of the granite. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She was adamantly opposed to changing the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This is what I dreamed Gilliam Park would be; however, my dream was buried in granite dust and hard crusty rocks with no shade, no greenery, and no picnic tables. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In Tennessee, names were etched into panels of black granite imported from India. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Beneath it, the bell tower angled down to the clapboard front and granite steps, hewn a hundred years ago by the first congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z According to some tales, he hammered steel drilling spikes into granite for a railroad company. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Polished sconces every few feet kept it faintly illuminated at all times, and Ekon didn’t have to look at the distinctly black granite walls to know where he was. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It seemed as solid as the granite on which it was built, and Turner marveled that it could still be so after Mrs. Cobb had gone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Mirage-gray at the bottom of their granite canyons, the hot streets wavered in the sun, the car tops sizzled and glittered, and the dry, cindery dust blew into my eyes and down my throat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z No one dared challenge the color of the granite again, but arguing went on for hours. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "Grim folk, by the look of them," she said as she eyed the long row of granite Starks on their stone thrones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But one minute they were traveling along through a thick copse of trees and the next they came out into a wide clearing bordered by canyon walls of gray granite. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Already I was heavy-hearted in my soul for the flush commodes and machine-washed clothes and other simple things in life I have took for granite. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stalls under blue tarp sell fruit and summer dresses and ice-cold rum, and trucks and buses and chickens busily stream by in the granite streets. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The granite walls of my windowless cell are a foot thick, the iron bars two inches wide. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If anything made that country habitable it was the mountains themselves, purple when the sun dropped and so sharply etched in the morning light the granite dazzled almost more than the bright snow lacing it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wide, tree-shaded avenue and the houses were rich and impressively built of large granite blocks with long stone stoops. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Colin reached out and felt the granite, cool despite the hot sun. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Aside from the granite and the green window shutters, the whole building was shining white with a new coat of paint for the new minister. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z These granite rocks are so smooth that you can lie and sun yourself on them in your bathing-costume without putting a towel underneath. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother sits on a stool at the granite counter, drinking from a mug of coffee I’ve poured for her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached into the velvet bag that hung from his belt and removed a handful of square red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Werfel arranged his sheets to cushion him on the granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I made the turn onto Dock Square, past the candy store with the taffy pull in the window, and then the asphalt turned to granite slabs as I made my way onto T Wharf. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They wore dark frock coats, top hats they held against the sea breeze, and shiny shoes that probably hadn’t walked on honest granite ever before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It was cool, which helped, for it had been very hot on the cliff face, and the sun had made it hard to see at times, shimmering as it did on the granite. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He summoned his children to his bedside and they came, the living and the dead of them, and they shivered in the cold granite halls. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Your ear may hear granite, but it’s granted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain George Crowninshield had built a lookout there for him on a high point—a solid granite base, with steps leading up to a seat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk up the hill, granite road turning to dust and mud and weeds, and turn down the path to the right of the mahogany tree. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s built of the same brooding granite as the rest of the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A wild wind races through the dunes and breaks upon the granite of the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Patterson had told me that over a hundred years ago, laborers had harvested the granite guts of the quarry to build a bridge between Boston and Cambridge. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Let me be granite and I promise I’ll show you how to take a shellacking. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With a soft grunt, Mr. Griswold collapsed against the slick granite wall behind him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Here and there the archaeologists had scooped it away to reveal granite walls that had once been smoothly plastered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instantly they gave chase, drove it across the tracks and there filled their pockets with granite stones from the roadbed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The summit was sun-warmed granite, hot to the touch, but there was a wisp of breeze—the first in days—and I found a shady spot beneath a disused fire tower. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The top of the climb brought several hundred yards of bare, gently sloping granite, like walking along a whale’s back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We ditched our bikes and started the trek to the big rocks at the edge of the tide, egg-shaped hunks of granite banging together underfoot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, the forbidding buildings of Blackcliff are almost beautiful, the sable granite softened to blue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She touched the granite, trailed her fingertips over a few names, then a few more. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He had been shaping a block of granite with a hammer when a chip flew into his left eye and sliced right through it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe wandered off to study the geology of the island, discovering glacial striations etched in the granite. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The senior inspector had a heavy face, rich in seams, as though carved from folded granite. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even the base of the Statue of Liberty was made of granite mined from Cape Ann quarries. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Father’s granite demand placed the last straw on the load I was carrying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Best of all, these days when I see a mountain, I look at it slowly and appraisingly, with a narrow, confident gaze and eyes of chipped granite. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were a wide, hard, granite blue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “At any rate, he’s all right now. A good horse, too. A little chunk of granite. But make no mistakes—he ain’t no Seabiscuit.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What a man he was, granite as any quarried about Portland, a perfect model for some future equestrian statue. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His stare could burn a hole in granite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I pretended my face was made of granite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He hugged the granite face and wondered how long he could stay there before exhaustion forced him to let go. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The school sprawls atop Serra’s eastern cliffs like a colossal vulture, a jumble of austere buildings enclosed by a black granite wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His face was solid granite, but his eyes were alive and cunning. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the granite itself had to be shaped to conform to the contours of the future dam. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As we near our trailers, I turn to look back toward the mountains, the stunning granite peaks off in the distance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Behind crates and cabinets and peg-boards of tools, the walls are bare granite. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Yet, in Florence’s heart tonight hatred and bitterness weighed like granite, pride refused to abdicate from the throne it had held so long. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He looked up at the sky, where snow clouds were lowering down like granite slabs. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Fanbearer had paid a great sum for that red granite coffin with the alabaster lid. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z He was watching the granite ledges slip past, the. pines above them bending with the wind out to sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They crossed a narrow wooden bridge over a rushing river, and a bridge that swayed over a gorge carved out of a granite mountainside. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In Zola’s palm is a small granite rock, which she balances on the stone wall. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He pushed the door open and led them out into a long vaulted tunnel, where mighty granite pillars marched two by two into blackness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Thor took the drinking cup, hefted it in both hands, then threw it with all his might against one of the granite pillars that held up the roof of the banqueting hall. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I see the northern granite rock rising straight up out of the ground with the road cut through it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The worker gestures downward with his thumb to signal the crane operator to continue slowly lowering the granite panel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And felt like a traitor for saying it, the truth, the granite truth, felt a smallness, a rage. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner did not go back to the granite ledges. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Inside, it has long corridors with mottled floors of something that looks like granite but is not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The kindly inspector with the granite face must have thought he had been indulgent enough, for he stepped forward to brush away Cecilia’s hand and interpose himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I remember as a child reading or hearing the words “The Great Divide” and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the granite backbone of a continent. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re beneath the wall. Twenty meters of granite on top of us.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was made of granite for strength and massiveness, but like so many other things in Iofur’s palace, it was decorated with overelaborate swags and festoons of gilt that looked like tinsel on a mountainside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It lit the lofty places in the mountains, the ravines filled with pines, the pointy crags of granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She was a life-size bronze standing in the middle of a granite bowl. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z So he followed the breeze out of town and through the pines and across the granite ledges to the shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The disquietude he felt on Katahdin’s granite heights inspired some of his most powerful writing and profoundly colored the way he thought thereafter about the earth in its coarse, undomesticated state. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Vola sighed and stepped back down onto the slab of granite that formed the front step, letting the screen door clap shut. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the moldy old Crane plot was a wide granite headstone that joined three graves—like a triple bed, you might say. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The great double curtain wall still stood, for granite does not yield easily to fire, but most of the towers and keeps within were roofless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Slowly the waters sank among the rocks, revealing pink tables of granite, strange growths of coral, polyp, and weed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Why had it created within my father’s heart a granite wall, which had prevented him from expressing feelings of love, care, compassion and understanding? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We hit the first ridges of granite, the first lakes; there’s snow in the shadows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Winterfell was encircled by two massive granite walls, with a wide moat between them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The altar in the front contained a granite basin filled with water—but the water was cloudy and foul-smelling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They finished looking at the granite panels, lingering reverently at the panel devoted to Crazy Horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z When he reached the end of the valley, he was confronted by a high granite cliff. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a granite telephone engraved in it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “One might sooner scrawl on granite with a lilac than impress rhetorical niceties upon that woman.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It had been built into the side of a mountain, overlooking granite peaks and a valley carved by ancient glaciers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And that was when Lizzie looked across the water to the mainland and saw the group of men gathered high on the granite ledge above the tide. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I put both my hands flat on the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Leale and the men carrying Lincoln make their way down Ford’s granite front steps and onto the muddy road, still not knowing where they are going. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, during the long night, my head had ended up against her granite neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The solid, contourless body, like a block of granite, and the rasping red skin, bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The whole street rang with the harsh clamor that issued from it, the clatter of chisel on stone, hammer on chisel, granite shrieking against rough granite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There were tracks scored along granite slopes, long and straight as if cut with a great U-gouge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Fragments of pink Aswan granite from the Pharos are built into the reconstructed Fort Qaitbey, which stands on the site of the original lighthouse. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Ruby perched on a smoothly sculpted granite rock overlooking a foam-covered pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A vast promenade, mausoleum, acropolis, planetarium, library, opera house—everything marble and granite, everything profoundly clean. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the top of mountain were ruins, blocks of black granite and marble as big as houses. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z And then I will never, never, never look at another block of granite in my life. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His chin was granite and there was no wrinkle on his tunic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Guarding the ancient steps are giant granite lions, tigers, eight-headed snakes, and elephants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand was carved into his granite headstone. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He spread his arms wide against the ocean sounds: the rush of the waves, the manic giggles of the gulls, the sighing of the sea breeze against the granite. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Nearby lay a rectangular cairn - hundreds of stones piled in the shape of an oversized grave with a granite obelisk for a headstone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Will he be the first and only person to see what’s beneath my granite mask? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But if Turner happened to climb down the granite ledges to the muddy shore, and if Lizzie Bright happened to have come over in her dory to dig clams...well, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z To the bombardiers, the walled city on its granite headland, drawing ever closer, looks like an unholy tooth, something black and dangerous, a final abscess to be lanced away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite gray, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z We rode down Route 127 to Folly Cove, passing a mile of granite curbing and houses built with granite blocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sat on a hunk of granite and put the sketch pad on my lap, opening to a drawing of the great white shark, with its pointy teeth and charcoal-black throat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They climbed a staircase that was lined on the left by layered sheets of granite and echoed on the right by rows and rows of shelved books. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The children had bought miniature granite versions of the chariot’s wheels at a souvenir stand, and they turned them round in their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the dark crypts below Winterfell, a stonemason was chiseling out his father's likeness in granite. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Waves of heat shimmered above the stone walls, and the granite sparkled. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She was surrounded on three sides by walls of granite, perfect matches to the ceiling overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He must have had friends whose names were chiseled into the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I want him to like the studies of Mom’s sculpture and I want him to agree to the piece being done in stone, preferably marble or granite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He narrates what he sees: a portcullis, defensive walls called ramparts, granite mansions, a steeple above rooftops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I climb onto the granite rock at the edge of the pond and look back at my house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Winterfell might be ruined, but its granite walls would still keep the worst of the wind and weather at bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Here among these blackened granite outcrops General Fremont made his stand against a Mexican army, and defeated it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling was held up with a combination of steel scaffolding and old granite Roman columns. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The train runs northwest, through hundreds of miles of scraggy forests and granite outcrops, hundreds of small blue anonymous lakes edged with swamp and bulrushes and dead spruce, old snow in the shadows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They wanted white granite to match the Lincoln and Washington monuments. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A good tunnel dwarf can pick up the scent of gold through half a mile of granite bedrock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Root drew a house of three stories with gables and a peaked roof, in red brick, buff sandstone, blue granite, and black slate; Burnham refined the drawings and guided construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Blue window frames, old granite of grays and tans. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And since the other bases were set wherever a slab of granite showed its back, they weren’t playing on anything you could rightly call a diamond. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I don’t have to watch my back or keep up the granite exterior. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z One by one, the boys jumped off the granite outcropping and fell perfectly into waves that had just covered the rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His head was shaved and round and resting on mossy granite. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sees the palms of his hands calloused to granite, and the long fingers curled up and still. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the homes on the way to the quarries were built from huge blocks of granite, containing quartz, feldspar, and mica, all visible to the naked eye, as Fred once showed me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then he unhitched his horse from the rocks and let it graze while he began to manhandle the first of the granite blocks into the trench he had already dug to receive it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “This farm couldn’t stand any more plowing. In many places there was no topsoil left whatsoever—just outcroppings of granite and clay. We’ve been working to heal this land ever since.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Like the stadium, most were being clad with natural stone, all of it German—more limestone from Franconia, basalt from the Eifel hills, granite and marble from Silesia, travertine from Thuringia, porphyry from Saxony. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Brian helped me with it, and together we found garnets and granite and obsidian and Mexican crazy lace, and more and more turquoise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Here and there scrub pines and bushes jutted from the granite surface. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As Lyddie watched, she could feel the hardness inside herself breaking, like jagged cracks across granite. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Now there were long outcroppings of granite with deep crevices between, and Kino walked on bare unmarkable stone when he could and leaped from ledge to ledge. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, the wedge slipped, when we were splitting a block of granite twenty years ago,” said the old one with a sidewise grin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She swabbed at the counter with her thumb, smudging the granite. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of New York, was holding a power breakfast back near the polished granite counter. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The pink granite of the next cliff was further back from the creepers and trees so that they could trot up the path. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Now his face looked like the granite face of a cliff, twisted and sculpted by anger and hatred. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Kimberly asked, leading the way into a kitchen of shiny chrome and granite and affluent empty space. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In rain any street not paved with macadam oozed a fragrant muck of horse manure, mud, and garbage that swelled between granite blocks like pus from a wound. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The church rose up from the dust of the road, huge brown granite blocks rose skyward to hold the bell tower and the cross of Christ. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner crawled away from the ledges and stood up unsteadily, as if the blast had loosened the granite beneath him and it was swaying with the quarrelsome waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I close my eyes for a moment and then it’s as if I’ve woken from the deepest slumber, as if someone has extricated me from granite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Great distending clouds of chalk and earth and granite spout into the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked like he had been fashioned by setting boulders atop boulders; his hands were iron mallets and his face rough-carved out of granite. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was made of immense granite slabs each one the size of a train car and all piled up as if derailed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Out on Malaga Island, the orange light flared higher, and a line of lanterns headed toward shore, disappearing from Turner’s sight as they neared the granite ledges. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But ahead were the naked granite mountains, rising out of erosion nibble and standing monolithic against the sky. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Hitler Youth faced the twin granite grandstands, they stood at parade rest, waiting for the Führer to address them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But then the trees gave way, and they came to a granite outcropping that jutted out over the cold, green Atlantic. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A Vietnam vet railed against the choice of black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Flickering light touched the stones underfoot and brushed against a long procession of granite pillars that marched ahead, two by two, into the dark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were twelve thick granite panels on the walls inside the circular monument. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Steel girders replaced wood-framing, exteriors were made of brick or granite, and designs favored straight, simple lines. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I skim my foot out along the rock, feeling the cold surface, the uneven granite. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They had seen Brandon the Builder set the first stone, if the tales were true; they had watched the castle's granite walls rise around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He took a deep breath, smelled more granite dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nene could be as imposing as a block of granite. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He stepped to the granite plate and took a couple of slow swings. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “I’ve brought you a little chip of Vermont granite,” he explained to the plump, smiling woman who met them at the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Staring at thick, twisted tree roots, I scan upward, seeing green extending higher, glowing against craggy granite and rock. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z And Turner was filled with a stony, granite rage. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Each morning they would bring the rocks from the mountains; each day the builder would lay the granite blocks upon the previous layer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The mountain giant roared with anger and ran toward the gods, a huge lump of granite in each hand as a club. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The granite ledges were streaked by a thousand shades of gray and silver, separated by slices of pink quartz that glowed like happiness. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Off to the side, there was a ruddy glow lighting the cliffs of granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They looked more like granite coffee tables: squat, wide, and rocky. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He watched the growth of the trees and felt wildfires burning across the landscape, experienced lightning strikes on the granite domes, and suffered the slow inevitable advancement of glacial ice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Marble, granite, don’t know yet. I’m working with this totally cool sculptor now. He’s amazing, Noah.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z From there, he sighted the advantage he needed: midway down from the mill walls, where the field began to flatten out, a purple granite slab shouldered out of the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nel’s legs had turned to granite and she expected the sheriff or Reverend Deal’s pointing finger at any moment. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As well picture a block of granite wafting like a feather, or a hippopotamus slithering like a cat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Leaning back against a huge granite boulder that seemed as if it had been placed there by a decorating giant, she held a thick book in her lap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The ball went about as high as a young pine, then turned, slowly spun its seams once or twice, and sauntered on down until it bounced softly on the granite plate. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It feels like a lump of granite stuck in the gears of my brain and stripping them raw. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was some form of chalky granite, or a sandstone, but imbedded in it were large pieces of a darker stone, a harder and darker stone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I scooted to the edge and he shuffled the cards against the granite bench. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The more recent stones were polished granite in various colors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She landed on the flat granite, balanced perfectly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was the undertaker, all dressed in black, hauling a slab of granite into the Better Days Funeral Parlor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The eager Humbug quickly set to work picking at the solid granite wall. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Ethan and I sit down opposite each other on a flat granite rock near the edge, and I appreciate the pond’s beauty for the first time, seeing it through Ethan’s eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And in the mouth of the empty tomb that waited for Lord Eddard Stark, beneath his stately granite likeness, the six fugitives huddled round their little cache of bread and water and dried meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With a soft grunt, Mr. Griswold collapsed against the slick granite wall behind him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If you like granite, you might like the house; but even if you don’t, “granite” certainly doesn’t connote a fixer-upper. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t burst out of granite like Noah or have oceans break inside him like I did, but I can see that the storm in his face has quelled. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Mmmmm” she began, her tongue turning to granite in her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The horse was steadily dragging a score of blocks of granite, so heavy that the sled made deep ruts in the black earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A granite bench had been placed near Uncle Edisto’s grave, but I wanted to get closer than a bench would take me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She was to leap from the top of a jagged boulder across the gap to a flat granite surface. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A series of chisel-cut handholds made a ladder in the granite of the tower's inner wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier—a translucent, frozen medium that glistened like polished onyx. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His camp, distinguished by a huge Starbucks Coffee promotional banner suspended from a house-size block of granite, was situated just five minutes’ walk down the glacier from ours. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The buildings are made of green marble, white granite, or red bricks with tall glass windows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning they returned, with the horse dragging another twenty blocks of granite, every block larger than the tallest man. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The camp had a granite quarry, where many prisoners lost their lives. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Did she notice the ornamental touches around the entrance, the Roman urns spilling granite fruit, the harlequin marble? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She was on her back, staring up at the granite ceiling of a building she did not know, but the mildewy smell was vaguely familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Laura’s cream-colored coffin was interred in the small non-denominational cemetery on the edge of town: unfenced, a hilly woodland meadow filled with black granite and white marble headstones. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Blue days, as they dangled their legs over the granite ledges and felt the gigantic continent behind them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And when he reached the granite ledges and looked across to Malaga, he could almost believe in hope and prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z All the names would be listed on the two huge wings of the wall, etched into black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Everything would be better once she was home again, safe behind Winterfell's grey granite walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z No more inns now, among these appalling slopes of snow and granite. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the granite ledges, Turner found two gnarled pines that begged to be shinnied up, a cave that would just about die to be explored, and mudflats where herons longed to be chased. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When the dust settled, Hymir got up and walked over to what was left of the granite pillar. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And the ball dropped onto the granite plate, bounced up against his knee, plopped back onto the plate, and rolled still against his ankle. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A granite shelf juts out from a fissure a few feet away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Built of white limestone and pink Aswan granite, the Pharos had a tripartite structure based on a vaguely Pythagorean geometric theme, with a square-sided base, octagonal middle, and circular upper stage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The fire was so intense that piles of pig iron melted like wax left in the sun, granite blocks split in two, and limestone and marble turned to powder and blew away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel was waiting behind a great block of granite, out of sight of the Regent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Everyone looked the same when they were cut out of granite and sandstone and their features were worn down to faded smiles and half-lidded eyes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had to work out details like the specific placement of the memorial, the exact length needed to fit everyone’s names, and the thickness of the granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The great granite walls remained, blackened here and there by fire but otherwise untouched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Here it just seemed to hang in the currents of the air until it found the convenient moment to plop onto the granite plate. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z While carrying heavy pieces of granite up the steep sides, they could slip and plunge to their deaths. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Three of the five terms correlated with a higher sale price are physical descriptions of the house itself: granite, Corian, and maple. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z At 3:30, I climbed some steps carved into granite and found myself on a spacious rock overlook: the summit of Springer Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She tried but could not quite find her balance and fell down to the mudflats, striking her head on a granite outcropping just before she dropped to the bottom. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We sat on the granite bench, although I didn’t want to sit down and Mama knew it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen is right off from the living room with white cabinets, granite countertops, and stainless-steel appliances. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The wind angel—or whatever he was—whisked in and out of the pink granite windows, then disappeared on the other side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The dead would have their names etched in granite, forever. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He cast them, then he stared, puzzled, at the small, square, red granite tiles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The textures of his prints suggest the grain of marble or granite, and the simple lines could be engraved patterns or diagrams of steel girders. Galleries: ‘Is It Propaganda? Or Is It Political Art?’ Four granite markers near the statue honor plaintiffs in Browder v. Alabama Unveils Statue of Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Her 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, a blade of black granite slashed into American soil, commemorates a “foreign” war that became an internal one and divided the nation. In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z There is nothing like the granite baboons in any garden in Britain, or as far as curator and Egyptologist Wendy Monkhouse can discover, in any garden or museum in the world. Stone baboons returned to Cliveden after more than 40 years 2010-10-10T18:20:00Z The company also invites select guests to an old port house in Vargellas, where workers tread grapes up to their knees in granite tanks. Six Places to Get a Taste of the Fall Harvest 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Here in the Mid-Atlantic, we have the Blue Ridge Mountains, which pushed the aged Old Rag granite upward, so it sits atop the mountain today. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Made of the country’s native materials like limestone, granite, marble, sandstone, gravel, and dolomite, the sculptural space mimics the caves found in Gunung Mulu National Park. A first look at BIG’s design for Malaysia Square, a public space within London’s Battersea Power Station 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z On a macro scale, these efforts to define Mendoza’s terroir focus on alluvial areas, where melting glaciers thousands of years ago sent limestone and granite tumbling down from the Andes. In their quest for something unique, Argentina’s winemakers are digging deep 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z This is magic minimalism as Santo transforms the most banal of utilitarian objects – an oil drum, a shirt box, a lightbulb – into miniature sculptures made of silver, granite and copper. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z Its centerpiece is the two-story-tall chunk of granite that was hauled 105 miles from a Riverside rock quarry earlier this year. LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in June 2012-05-22T23:16:05Z She is doing all of these things, the woman will tell you, as she pauses from marrying an 80-pound sliver of schist to a granite hunk. The Gimlet Eye: Microcosms of Life: Absurdities With a Cast of Strangers 2010-04-15T01:20:00Z It runs through us like mica through granite. It’s Us Against a Particle of Dust 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z At first glance, the granite statue follows the canonical representation of the official who mastered the difficult art of hieroglyphs. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z And by the way, do you like my granite countertops? Lonnae O’Neal: A lot of white folks could use a racial primer 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Nothing but real granite would do for him. Video: When DeMille Parted the Red Sea 2011-04-01T21:39:04Z It’s on the fourth floor of the hospital’s original Bulfinch Building — a large granite Greek Revival structure dwarfed by and connected to the modern buildings around it. Perspective | Knock yourself out in the Ether Dome 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z As sharp and gritty as the authentic Galway sand covering the floor: a greyish, granite composite... you'll be shaking out of your shoes for weeks. Bridget O'Connor obituary 2010-10-18T17:36:00Z The massive, 40-foot granite columns that support its portico are so huge, it takes four tourists to hug one. Seeing ancient Rome: The things that were Caesar’s 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And as in the past, he employed sharp colors that make it seem as if he got first pick of the good Crayolas while other designers were stuck with black and granite gray. Fashion Review: Designers Anonymous 2011-01-19T22:49:22Z They left the interstate, drove the winding state road three hours north of where most people live into the piney woods, past blueberry fields and through the jagged granite cliff faces known as Dixville Notch. Dixville Notch and the midnight vote will not die without a fight 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The panels, made of granite powder, a binder and concrete, simulate enormous granite stones. House Proud: Theater Producers Put Drama in Their Own Backyard 2010-08-11T22:44:00Z There each visitor was invited to pick a flower from a row lining a long granite table and, once back on the street, present it to a stranger. In Lee Mingwei’s ‘Sonic Blossom’ at the Met, Schubert Is Intimate Installation Art 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z “The white salt became white quartz, and we found a gray granite that worked really well,” Mastrangelo explains. Dazzle Your Garden with Sparkling Furnishings by Fernando Mastrangelo 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s a square, handsome municipal building made of what looks like pinkish granite. The Newish Charleston 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Then they assembled outside, placing more bottles atop a pink granite marker also bearing Arthur M. Sackler’s name. Nan Goldin Survived an Overdose to Fight the Opioid Epidemic 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z "War is madness," he said in his homily before the massive, sloping granite memorial, made of 22 steps on the side of hill with three crosses at the top. Pope says world's many conflicts amount to piecemeal World War Three 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Quartz and chert and schist and chondrite iron scabs in granite. Unfinished Business 2011-03-31T11:15:00Z The 2 1/2 -hour drive is a picturesque trek past stands of firs and birch trees clutching the steep mountainsides, which loom above like white-capped granite tidal waves. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Carved out of pale, lightly striated sandstone from a nearby Pasadena quarry, it is a little less than twice life-size, weighs 275lb, and is pinned to a cube of polished black granite. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z The original entrance is closed, so you have to enter this century-old granite building through an ugly postwar lobby annex. In Frank Lloyd Wright Country, Architecture and Apple Pie 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z “Same with granite. You don’t get the true color until you polish it. But with a leather finish, they don’t polish. So to get the color, they put on a color enhancer — a stain.” Be wary of a ‘leather finish’ on granite 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The small granite figure of an unidentified scribe carved between 1295 and 1070 B.C. shows a man looking alert and concerned. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Just inside the hotel room, a black granite sink faces a toilet and shower stall. A Montreal Hotel So Modern That Room Service Is by Robot 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z And her supporting cast is strong, especially the terrific Mr. Rothman, who locates the stress fractures of emotion beneath Bill’s sheer granite face. Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s there as you remember it: the granite coast, the sea spume, the panoramic view at the working port in Gloucester, the improbably picturesque harbor at Rockport and the antiquing and fried-clam indulgences of Essex. Polishing Its Past and Preparing Its Future 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z They deviated past scenic vistas, dove through granite tunnels and crept around sheer, 200-foot cliffs. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Fifty feet above, a pack of yellow baboons rollicked and screeched across a cliff of sheer black granite. Is Rock Climbing the Future of Tourism in Malawi? 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z We took off again and crossed the border into Canada, paddling all afternoon past granite promontories and tiny islets. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The materials include granite, alternating pink and white stone and wrought iron. St Pancras Renaissance Hotel: The rebirth of a gothic masterpiece 2011-02-13T00:05:22Z Spread over 16 miles near the banks of the Tungabhadra River, and surrounded by a sea of granite boulders, the Unesco World Heritage site has been notoriously difficult to reach, until now. 52 Places to Go in 2019 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the city is planning to unveil a newly relocated Jackson monument, made of granite, at the singer's original family home. Michael Jackson museum plans unveiled 2010-06-03T09:34:00Z Ms. Lin’s building is striking from blocks away as you see its covering of interlocking blocks of granite. Where to See — Really See — the Art of Maya Lin 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Answer: Black granite doesn’t typically turn white from chemical etching. How to clean wicker outdoor furniture The garden’s hybrid of styles includes a small Japanese karesansui garden composed of Maine granite island stones in a sea of raked white sands. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Bar Harbor, Me. 2011-07-14T19:30:00Z Each dotes on a daughter who has had to grow up too fast; each has perfected a cold stare that would make granite blanch. ‘Bosch’ and ‘Fauda’: The Platonic Ideal of the Tough Guy 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The structure had been reduced to mortar and granite blocks, a memory of a bygone era that most people miss. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in the Southeast, he spent long hours observing the granite outcrops and old-growth longleaf pine savannas of Georgia, along with the coastal salt marshes of South Carolina. A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The main building comprises a freestanding concrete auditorium set within an audacious granite and glass-clad steel frame. Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House 2011-02-28T21:30:00Z Early evening, the end of August, and the granite TriBeCa sidewalks outside Shoji at 69 Leonard Street were deserted. Sushi and Kaiseki in an Exceptional One-Man Show 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In one wide open vista, scrubby, bright green pines sparkle in sunlight, backed by Bridalveil Fall tumbling lightly down a cliff side; the distinct granite crest of Half Dome looms in the background. iPad Art Gains Recognition in New Hockney Exhibit 2013-10-28T15:23:15Z The tomb is located inside the granite and marble mausoleum at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn. Presley was interred there alongside his mother, Gladys, after he died Aug. 16, 1977. Elvis Presley crypt up for auction this month 2012-05-28T11:31:06Z The offices, set behind glass walls on two sides of this atrium, were supported by massive granite piers and Corten steel beams that evoked conventional bridge construction. Critic?s Notebook: Turning a Rearview Mirror on Kevin Roche 2011-02-22T23:36:55Z It's a scramble to get down to the ledges below, warm slabs of granite held in a rough embrace by a cobalt sea. Summer readings: The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 2011-08-12T14:28:16Z In ancient Greece, Tinos was reputed to be the home of Aeolis, the king of the winds, who whipped around the mountains and carved giant sculptures from the dark granite. 6 Places in Europe Offering Shelter From the Crowds 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z When the new countertop arrived, the installers used white caulking, which contrasted with the black granite surface and my now-warm-gray walls. How to Renovate Your Kitchen and Not End Up in Tears 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building, at Hill and West Fifth Streets, a beautiful cream-colored glazed terra cotta structure with a granite base, has a way of drawing your attention. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Just outside the garage, a grand gray granite staircase rises to a terrace and the main entrance. Richard Meier Designs a Minimalist Home in Luxembourg 2013-12-17T05:00:00Z Staring at the swirl of granite dust where she had just gone over, Thad knew something significant had taken place. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z I bought the ugliest piece of orange mottled granite in the world for the bathroom, and my husband, whom I had come to view as a vengeful Amish man, commented on this regularly. Remodeling will tear us apart 2012-06-30T19:00:00Z A granite company from Richmond, Minn., was hired to create the benches and the stone monument. A town didn’t have a veterans memorial. So this teen designed and built one. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Pausing to cup an ear to one of many protruding pipes amid the installation’s sun-blanched granite and marble terraces, you hear a strange liquid music. Arts: ?Audium? and ?The Wave Organ?: The Sounds of Art 2010-03-28T02:41:00Z In their search for old vineyards, they are looking for three qualities: granite soils, garnacha and altitude. Reviving Ancient Spanish Vineyards, Building New Traditions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Candy-colored striations of dolomite and quartz ran through the tan granite, and human figures painted by Khoisan Bushmen three millenniums ago were faintly visible on the facade. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He invokes, as he goes, hundreds of previous walkers, and hundreds of pathways – across silt, sand, granite, water, snow – each with its different rhythms and secrets. The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z At the memorial’s center is the starkly ponderous $5 million monument of black granite designed by Mr. Leon. Museum Review | African Burial Ground Visitor Center: A Burial Ground and Its Dead Are Given Life 2010-02-25T22:31:00Z The bathroom has a black granite countertop and black marble floor. The new Watergate Hotel is decidedly upscale while capitalizing on its infamous past 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Overhead, the mountains tower in pastel shades of pink, blue, green and purple, which bleed together in ripple swirls around granite bedrock. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one The visitor centre tells the fascinating story of his superhuman efforts to turn a huge granite outcrop, originally known as Thunderhead Mountain, into a huge statue of one of the great figures of American folklore. Head for the Black Hills: tales of Crazy Horse and Custer in South Dakota 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z The exterior of Stern’s building is mostly red brick, with accents in granite and limestone. An identity crisis for American architecture? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z The spot is sunnier than the old home of the sculpture, which also has a new name, “Sudama,” after a granite cave in India carved during the third century B.C. They Have Finished Moving 225 Tons of Reimagined Art 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The building’s base, which is made of the same rose-colored granite as the buildings that flank it, is conceived as an extension of the existing street wall. Architecture Review: A Building Forms a Bridge Between a University?s Past and Future 2011-02-08T22:00:08Z In addition, the bedrocks of granite and the power lines provide the spirits with energy sources. A history spree in Ellicott City, Md. Shirva, in the Karnataka district, is famous in the largely agricultural region for producing jasmine and granite. Jacintha Saldanha's home town mourns tragic prank call nurse 2012-12-17T14:10:18Z It is rather earthier and more rustic than its southern neighbor, a result of the limestone soils there compared to granite in Beaujolais. For lovers of French wine, here’s a rustic $15 red that’s good for everyday drinking 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Part of the answer is a 10-second walk away: the fenced-in grave of the country’s most notorious homophobe, J. Edgar Hoover, and the pink granite gravestone of the longtime FBI director’s deputy, Clyde Tolson. Love and death: The legacy of Congressional Cemetery’s ‘Gay Corner’ 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The lasagna is made; the wine is corkscrew-ready; and the open kitchen/dining room — with its granite countertops and glossy floorboards — is worthy of a shelter-magazine photo spread. Review | Knockout acting in Studio’s play of a marriage on the rocks 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z But Harrison's work benefitted significantly from Pickens' pianism, the man's granite touch, sharply sculpted lines and fistfuls of notes serving as the foundation for this quartet's work. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z Higher, an alpine zone begins, with granite bluffs and meadows at the elbows of big lakes. The Death of the Tunnel Tree 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z At the end of a residential yet rustic road, a hunk of granite with feathery kanji lettering signaled the entrance. Journeys: Seeking a Japanese Guesthouse Experience, Closer to Home 2012-06-22T15:52:40Z Dedicated in 2003, at 30 or so feet high, it features a granite dome supported by three pillars. Seattle area's many Jimi Hendrix memorials 2011-08-15T04:00:47Z When the conversation turned to tourism, he proposed a solution to keep Corsica from becoming like the built-up, overrun Côte d’Azur: Allow construction only in granite to match traditional architecture. Into Corsica, From Rustic Villages to Stony Cliffs 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Take a leisurely stroll past more than 100 modern sculptures made from granite, wood, steel and other materials. A sweet slice of small-town Western Washington in Tenino 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Thai says he likes granite because it is more forgiving than other surfaces. Get the look: Loi Thai’s shopping list 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z For decades, a small cult of hikers mapped and walked the lost trails of Acadia, scouring the softwood for clearings, a cairn or granite steps covered in moss. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z To admirers Ms. Aniston’s seeming bewilderment is built on a bedrock of granite. These Jennifer Aniston Fans Weren’t Born When ‘Friends’ Aired 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Décor is appropriately masculine — aged single-malt whiskeys in vitrines, dark wood tables, black leather chairs, a hefty granite countertop at the bar. Bites : Restaurant Report: Hoofed, in Kuala Lumpur 2011-06-24T18:55:14Z This time the idea no longer involves stripping away the base of the building’s pink granite facade, the proposal that incited the Landmarks Commission earlier in the year. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Q: I got new kitchen counters — granite with a leathered finish — about a year and 9 months ago. Be wary of a ‘leather finish’ on granite 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Who wouldn't want to step into Thomas Hill's 1865 "Sugar Loaf Peak, El Dorado County," with its granite cliffs, gentle waterfalls and wise owl overlooking a sun-washed campsite? In 'Tahoe: A Visual History,' realism and idealism intertwine 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z After Charlotte’s beach walk Mr. Cooper drove to the minimalist, canyon-side palace of glass, steel and granite he calls home. Don?t Take This Hunk at Face Value 2011-03-10T17:44:04Z Most striking are a trio of wines made from old-vine garnacha grown in granite at high altitudes, all striking similar chords yet discernibly different. Reviving Ancient Spanish Vineyards, Building New Traditions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Spanning from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean and covering half of Canada, it’s granite and has some 30,000 lakes. Don’t despair: Beverly Glenn-Copeland actually has hope to offer us in 2020 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Or do I need to contact someone with access to the same kind of granite dust to do the repair? How to restore the seam in a granite countertop 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The city’s Cultural Affairs Department is pitching in more than $1 million for the restoration; some cleaning of the Sardinian granite base and column on which the statue sits is already under way. In Columbus Circle, Tatzu Nishi to Build Living Room 2012-08-12T18:27:37Z To tie in the color of the tub, Jennifer chose black granite for the countertops and black-and-white-checkered tile for the walls of the shower. Dream Bath Transformation 2010-09-16T18:31:00Z For a bathroom countertop, she said, it’s usually possible to find a granite remnant, priced at $40 a square foot plus $125 for a sink cutout. How to clean wicker outdoor furniture The building’s few basic materials — concrete, granite, bluestone pavers, bronze for handles and railings and elevator doors — were taken almost back to their elemental states, with only a low-sheen wax applied to the floors. A Look at the Met Breuer Before the Doors Open 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The two sinks are set into a handsome granite counter. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas 2010-03-05T04:02:00Z Or it might not be granite at all. How to clean wicker outdoor furniture Head west on Scenic Highway 11, where , a broad granite dome, dominates the skyline. The Scenic Route: Make a Pit Stop in Peach Country 2012-07-16T17:50:10.867Z There seem to be a lot of liquid granite/marble products on the market, but nothing exactly called automotive paint buffing compound. Restoring the gloss on cultured-marble countertops 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z A 340-ton chunk of granite that acclaimed earth artist Michael Heizer selected to be the centerpiece of his latest creation is scheduled to leave a dusty rock quarry in Riverside late Tuesday night. 340-ton rock to begin rolling to LA for art's sake 2012-02-28T10:31:04Z Driving into the interior quickly takes you up into a vertiginous granite landscape, with extraordinary views in all directions. Corsica’s cape of good campsites 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Floor-to-ceiling windows, warm wood finishes and granite baths outfit its spacious, modern rooms. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Seoul 2010-11-13T19:18:00Z The plaza and its fountain, bronze sculptures, inscribed glass panels and granite wall are meant to be constant, quiet reminders of the ongoing toll of war. American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial has impact larger than its size Forster’s novel “A Passage to India,” led to years of significant commissions in which Ms. Zimmerman, now 74, integrated hunks of jagged granite, polished stone and placid pools. Plan to Remove a Million-Pound Granite Sculpture Draws Fire 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z The north end features an open kitchen with granite island, two built-in ovens and custom wall cabinetry. House Tour: Southport, Conn. 2011-02-03T22:27:53Z “Right here,” he said, pointing to a granite slab lying across the path. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Inside, the tower is fairly pared down: the circular granite interior spans three floors and is bare except for a handful of wooden beds and mattresses. On the Island of Jersey, Fortifications Turned Lodging 2011-04-01T19:06:34Z Aside from the climates, what caught the eyes of ambitious winemakers were old vineyards on granite soils. From the Itata Valley in Southern Chile, Old-Vine Cinsault 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Just inside the door is the stone mill, two 700-pound granite stones carved with furrows to shear the bran and rub the germ oil into the flour. This new bakery is taking local grains to another level — and the results should have you standing in line 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Flora Bar is inside the Met Breuer museum, Marcel Breuer’s blunt and muscular stack of granite and concrete on Madison Avenue in the 70s, regarded as a masterpiece of the brutalist style. The Art of Flavor at Flora Bar in the Met Breuer 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The temperature was dropping quickly, but there was still sunlight packed in the granite. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z It was a powerfully memorable role – and I sometimes wonder if some Hollywood producers assumed that Postlethwaite, the granite face of integrity and street-level toughness, was Irish. A face we won't forget 2011-01-04T07:00:07Z His own label focuses on old vineyards in the Itata region of southern Chile, especially those planted on granite soils. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Six years ago, Dustin Scarfpin, now 28, was a construction worker in South Carolina specializing in marble and granite, when he saw a documentary featuring Snodgrass called “Degenerate Art”. Art you can smoke: the strange and exquisite bongs worth $50,000 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z But Ford’s garden was different, with its forest and granite columns, rising like redwoods, supporting tiered offices that conjured up tree canopies. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z We hiked the French Valley, flanked by glaciers hanging off mountain slopes and granite walls, and ate lunch under Cerro Paine Grande, the highest summit of the park’s mountain range. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia The first granite slab was empty, a tribute to the men and women who did not appear on the ship manifests but deserve recognition. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z But take a moment to feel, really feel, the rough surface of the weathered granite. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z It was midafternoon and in the distance the rock’s light crystalline granite radiated a rosy glow. ‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Sheraton Virginia Beach, a recently remodeled beachfront with pretty granite baths. New at Virginia Beach 2010-04-14T16:01:00Z The conference table they’re sitting around is made from Vermont granite, and they put their elbows on it. How Emily Post's Heirs Built an Etiquette Monopoly 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z I threw it away and cleaned the granite, but the awful smell remained. How to remove a stinky smell from kitchen cabinets 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The camp's location, near Adolf Hitler's home city of Linz, was chosen mainly for its proximity to granite quarries, where prisoners were initially put to work extracting building materials for prestigious buildings in Nazi Germany. Nazi victims group raps part-closure of Austrian Mauthausen memorial 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z While Morgon and the Beaujolais crus in general are known for granite soils, not all vineyards are the same. Morgon, in All Its Gorgeous Complexity 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The artifacts range from tiny gold coins to a pair of towering eight-ton granite figures. Philly hosts world premiere of Cleopatra exhibit 2010-06-04T20:09:00Z Cabinets are typically built as boxes, which means that underneath the granite, there is usually a layer of plywood. How to remove a stinky smell from kitchen cabinets 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z “There was something sick in that house … if you scratched the walls of Heatherbrae house, scoring the handblocked peacock wallpaper with your nails, or gouging the polished granite tiles … darkness would seep out.” What Book Does Ruth Ware Call ‘Truly Terrifying’? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z The home is a recently renovated 1920s bungalow with original hardwood floors, new granite countertops and fresh coats of paint in muted tones throughout, priced at $469,900. Can D.C. build a $45 million park for Anacostia without pushing people out? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Various principles, Kalra continued, were “carved in granite” at the outset, the most important – and radical – being that Smile Train would never use foreign doctors. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z In doing so, it seems determined to ruin the tower’s relationship to the ground, the solid and carefully arranged way its granite facade meets the street. Philip Johnson's AT&T Building has always been vain, idiosyncratic and flawed. Let's keep it that way 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The human figures, in bronze and granite or some woven into the parks' wrought-iron gates, exhibit the gamut of human experience, from playful to pensive, graceful to awkward, loving to violent. Frugal Traveler Blog: A $100 Weekend in Oslo 2012-06-26T18:55:24Z Constants are the black veins of granite running through the mountains like arrows on a fever chart. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Pink granite batholith circles Ensign Lake, and prehistoric “volcano bombs” — chunks of rock blown off the side of a volcano — lie at the bottom of Kekekabic Lake. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z As the music by his 14-piece band fell to a whisper, Diamond intoned the payoff lines in “Done Too Soon” and “Play Me” as if they were engraved in blocks of granite. Concert review: Neil Diamond at United Center 2012-07-07T05:45:00Z There’s limestone, slate, quartz, the granites—there must be five or six granites.” 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z They restored the bronze lintels and pink granite along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. Three Sunny New Libraries Are Neighborhood Lifelines 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z I park at a granite sign that marks the beginning of what once was called “No Man’s Land.” Driving Through the Heart of Texas 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z You’ll see the breakwater, a mile-long stretch of mammoth granite blocks that leads to a mostly deserted portion of Herring Cove Beach. 36 Hours in Provincetown, Mass. 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z As Alma, Rosario Dawson channels a granite determination into her character's anguished search for her boy. A Second Civil War and too many plotholes plague "DMZ," HBO Max's latest dystopian adaptation 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z After we’ve watched video clips of her “special day” from 19 years earlier, one woman says: “So here I am, with my granite countertops in Mamaroneck, getting divorced.” ‘Under the Dome’: A ludicrous tale enters its second season Whether granite, limestone, basalt, shale, gravel, slate or clay, each, they argue, imparts consistent characteristics when matched with the proper grapes, particularly when carefully and conscientiously farmed. Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z From the outside it’s a white-pink granite cliff with yawning windows shaped a little like the openings to caves, nestling the museum’s wonderful Romanesque Revival addition from the turn of the last century. Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The Vitkov, formerly a mausoleum, incorporates 29 different types of marble and granite, features fabulous Art Deco furnishings in the Presidential Suite and is capped with the world’s largest equestrian statue. Five Great Sights Your Guidebook To Prague Missed 2013-06-04T14:11:07Z Bureau of Land Management in Utah, helped place a granite monument on the Utah-Arizona-Nevada corner this past fall with cooperation from all three states. Quirky hobby has travelers looking for spots where 3 states touch 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Sheer granite slopes to the left tumble dramatically toward the teeming gray-blue Atlantic to the right. In South Africa, Whale Watching Is a Waiting Game (With Penguins) 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Confederate monuments, like their Communist bronze and granite comrades in Budapest, are kitsch. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z When the pieces started to separate, she turned her attention to a basket of vegetables, selecting red chiles, tomatoes, purple onions and a knobby finger of ginger that she pounded in a granite pestle. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Travertine is porous, so you need to be far more careful not to smear patch material across the face of the stone than you do when patching granite. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Those angels, like the granite cliff that shades the cove, manage to be evocative of both permanence and mortality. Books of The Times: ?The Cove,? a Novel by Ron Rash 2012-04-01T18:46:33Z AT&T was one of Johnson’s decorated sheds, its brawny granite skin wrapped around a basically conventional steel frame. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Restored historic details include vaulted ceilings, wood-paneled walls, a grand granite staircase and the original facade shade of yellow, determined after experts examined 40 coats of paint on the exterior. In Transit Blog: Four Seasons Opens in St. Petersburg After Remodeling 2013-07-18T20:17:42Z Ontario’s Muskoka region is Toronto’s great outdoors, boasting red granite outcrops, tumbling rivers and waterfalls, and some of the most dramatic autumn colours on the planet. Where to see spectacular autumn colours around the world: our readers’ tips 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z In October, the Noguchi Museum will display around 100 contemporary stone works—a granite chair by Scott Burton, a basalt column by Stephen Lichty—alongside Noguchi pieces. Noguchi's Stone Works on Display in New York City 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The granite stones of “Marabar” will be visible from Massachusetts Avenue, just north of Ward Circle, one of the most-traveled roundabouts in the District. A Million-Pound Artwork, Once Threatened, Finds a New Home 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Four routes, from 400 to 800 vertical feet high, allow climbers to navigate the weathered, knobby granite. Coming Soon to an American Cliff Near You: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Crushed granite pathways connect the 40 rooms of the property, the lobby, the outside bar, and the pool. Cool Pools, Great Stays 2010-05-06T16:06:00Z Here, that envelope might betoken some sort of modest supporting statuette for Jim Belushi who, in his role as wily Las Vegas defence lawyer Nick Morelli, gleams and winks like buffed granite. Tonight's TV highlights: ER 2011-04-08T07:00:01Z The air smelled like pine and campfire smoke and a shrill loon call echoed off the granite shores. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The original Whitney building, designed in 1966 by Marcel Breuer, was essentially a sold block of gray granite and was considered a landmark of the “brutalist” school of architecture. Michael Graves, innovative architect and designer, dies at 80 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The balustraded balcony, surrounded by curved granite benches, sits high in a crown of trees. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The granite on its top began as molten rock deep underground. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which rented Breuer’s granite fortress from the relocated Whitney Museum of American Art in 2015, will be vacating the building in July, three years ahead of schedule. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z I sat on a granite bench by the south pool. The Tragedies of Strangers, from 9/11 to Paris 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Zimmerman said her goal was to preserve the granite shapes of the five large central boulders that she carefully crafted more than 40 years ago. They Have Finished Moving 225 Tons of Reimagined Art 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Its wide border, visible here for the first time, alternates two bands of soft-seeming marbling with one that looks like polished granite. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Local sculptor Nara Park builds little Stonehenges from rectangular and hexagonal packaging boxes made of plastic and often imprinted with Park-designed patterns that suggest marble and granite. In the galleries: Where nature and art come together The 340-ton chunk of granite that acclaimed earth artist Michael Heizer selected to be the centerpiece of his latest creation left a dusty rock quarry in Riverside late Tuesday. 340-ton rock begins rolling to LA for art's sake 2012-02-29T11:19:09Z Another path leads up to the crest of the hill before cascading down a series of big granite stairs on the other side. Architecture Review | Brooklyn Bridge Park: Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens First Phase of Large Project 2010-04-01T22:47:00Z Two were out of commission on my recent visit: Isamu Noguchi’s granite sculpture “Momo taro” was partially wrapped in tarpaulin, and Maya Lin’s popular “Storm King Wavefield” was off-limits because the ground was too wet. Perspective | Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Hikers can enter the silence of one of the small, semicircular chambers and imagine a contemplative looking out from the same entrance — toward a wall of beige granite honeycombed with scoop-like craters. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z He joins the crowds encircling the Kaaba, the black granite cube that is Islam’s holiest shrine and in whose direction Muslims pray. In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z His oversize statue — with oversize top hat and oversize cygnet — permanently hogs a granite bench in Central Park. Review: In ‘Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real and Imagined,’ No Happily Ever After 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The iron, brick and granite City Hall is the same place where Lovecraft has the main character in his novel “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” do research. How to Find the Spirit of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Though it's unclear when its eggcorn, take for granite, first appeared, it's pretty clear why some people think it makes sense. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z SNOWFLAKE, Ariz. — The Latter-day Saints temple looms over the landscape, its smooth granite exterior bright in the high desert sun. A Religious Community and the Weed Farm in the Middle of It 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z That aura of excess — the granite countertops, the his-’n’-hers sinks, the Hummer in the three-car garage — took on a darker tinge during the recession. Why we love to hate McMansions, but still buy them 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z From his home office in a six-story granite building on a snowy day in February, Elliott pointed to a construction crane marking the first private-sector construction in the Rust Belt city's downtown in three decades. In conservative America, small cities stand up for LGBT rights 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z For decades, the stately old brick and granite blocks around Pioneer Square have given off a creepy, neglected vibe. 36 Hours in Seattle 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z With a child-size plastic broom, they brushed away the newly fallen snow from the stone to reveal the outline of a ship, its curved keel carved into the granite roughly 3,000 years ago. When Darkness Falls, Three Friends Find Ancient Art 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Instead Ms. Ebersole served customers at the Lion’s Rock, a restaurant on the Upper East Side with water splashing down a four-story slab of red granite. Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole and Broadway’s Friendliest Feud 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z One, near the village of Gervans, is a vineyard mostly on granite, where the wine is firmer and more structured. For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The granite tombstone bore the words "It was good while it lasted." BBC under fire over Savile sex abuse allegations 2012-10-13T11:50:09Z He picked up a few small bits of granite from the foundation of the cottage and put them into his pocket. A U.S. traveler’s urge to see Norway is all in his genes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The sunglasses he had worn on stage were folded in their case on the brown granite kitchen island, the dishwasher cycle providing some background buzz. Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z A: There are several options for patching divots in granite and other natural stones, including two-part epoxy, polyester resin mixed with hardener, and acrylic resin cured with ultraviolet light. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Chickens will live perfectly happily in an abandoned car, so you don’t need the granite countertops or crown molding. Perspective | 7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z “The exhibition floors weren’t just practical and flexible. They were also particular, refined and muscular, with their gridded concrete ceilings. Outside and in, the mix of gray granite, concrete and slate conveyed extreme finesse.” Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Yet because they are commonly cut into granite that is low to the ground and easily obscured by leaves or snow, they often go unnoticed. When Darkness Falls, Three Friends Find Ancient Art 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z But Snohetta’s initial scheme undid the formal logic of how the mass of the granite facade is poised on its monumental base of big-footed columns. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z We rolled up and down the swells and rubbernecked at whales for 2½ hours until we reached the Farallones’ granite island ridge, once part of a Southern California mountain range. Great white sharks abound at a marine sanctuary just off the San Francisco coast 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Never mind these were inhospitable areas ridden with predators and imposing, hellish granite outcrops. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The fields are square, and all the places where green stuff might normally be are full of grey-brown granite instead. ‘I’m not doing as much as I used to’: meet the man with 20 jobs 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z But many items do remain in Egypt, including the mummy of the 19-year-old ruler, the quartzite sarcophagus with granite lid, the gilded wooden outer coffin and a series of wall paintings. King Tut gets a remodel: How conservators are trying to protect the tomb from tourists 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z The names of six additional whites who also died in the movement are inscribed along with the many Black names in the granite of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Koussevitzky’s face will be carved in relief on a rough piece of New England granite. Musical Titan Honors His Heroes 2011-08-18T17:15:27Z There’s the pink granite wainscoting at its foot, and how it reveals that the streets aren’t level. Take a (Solo) Stroll. Your Next Art Fix May Be Around the Block. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The sculpture is the centerpiece of the $120 million memorial, which also includes a 450-foot-long granite wall inscribed with 14 quotations from King's speeches and writings. President Obama to dedicate new MLK Memorial in DC 2011-10-16T10:31:05Z My companion and I were hiking up the southern pass of Laoshan, a mountain of sun-bleached granite and hidden oases, rising over the Yellow Sea on China’s eastern shore. Explorer: Near Qingdao, Hiking a Magical Mountain 2013-08-21T21:04:17Z Cairns led the way over naked granite and toward the south of the island, where we crossed one of the crushed-stone carriage roads that wind though the park. Don’t call it relaxation. On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Tucked away in his bit of forest in Abeokuta, the city patched between towering granite outcrops that he’d just fled, was a small cactus patch. Wole Soyinka Is Not Going Anywhere 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Nearby, the sculpture of a pharaoh fashioned from blue granite and displaying a gold nipple ring bears an uncanny resemblance to Pharrell Williams. Damien Hirst Is Back With an Underwater Fantasy. Will Collectors Care? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The 30-story Fisher Building here is one of Kahn’s most beloved structures: a classic Art Deco building with an intricate mix of limestone, granite and marble. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Meredith Graves, the frontwoman of this hardcore band with an unprintable name, is as certain as granite, and, at this show in a college auditorium, she directed aggression in equal parts outward and inward. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z Q: Our granite kitchen counters were installed 10 years ago. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z And now we are wrestling with how to claim it — publicly, in granite, iron and bronze — or reject it, by consigning Confederate statues to scrap. The South’s Confederate-monument problem is not going away 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Clad in gray-pink Dakota granite, the refined, muscular building conveyed an uncanny combination of heaviness and delicacy, solidity and transparency. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The lake’s far shore may or may not have been a giant, gently sloping slab of gray-pink granite. Trekking through fire and ice on Greenland’s 102-mile Arctic Circle Trail 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z This idea is thrown into bracing relief with a brief, startling shot of an enormous granite sculpture of the young Mao Zedong looking into the distance. ‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z When the budget allows, consider adding a slab of black granite to the hearth to create a stunning focal point. Update a 19th-century living room by painting the brick fireplace 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z It's finished with black walnut walls, oak floors and granite bars to accommodate full-service dining. DC's historic Howard Theatre opens new chapter 2012-04-12T16:34:09Z Joe Vena leaned over the black granite countertop, cheerfully taking orders with a New York bartender’s consummate skill. Children?s Museum of the Arts Reopens in New Space 2011-10-20T20:31:45Z The stones are made from a rare granite that is polished and shaped. 10 cool facts about curling 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Set on the edge of the cliff was a pile of pink granite. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The statue rests on a 60-foot granite column at the southwest corner of Central Park. Living room built around NYC Columbus statue a hit 2012-10-08T09:31:07Z But do these mounds of granite, which are given an almost artificial appearance with their cartoonish contours — do they evoke anything at all like a “mountain of despair”? Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z The gravestone itself, carved with both their names, would be granite, not concrete. Michael McKinnell, 84, Dies; Architect of a Monumental City Hall 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The granite rock face with the eagle nest in the crevice rose just in front of us. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He was born in 1935 in Quincy, Mass., a Boston suburb notable for its Colonial roots, granite quarries and shipbuilding industry. Carl Andre’s Epic Sculptures, United at Dia:Beacon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z This bottle is made from old vines of cinsault grown in granite with a lot of quartz. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z This reflection was engraved on black granite, so the image is as concrete as blurred. | A Sneak Peek at a New Exhibition Co-Curated by Pharrell 2014-04-30T19:44:38Z During construction of the building, which opened in 1987 and was designed by Emery Roth and sons, Silverstein had become enamored with a certain kind of granite, which he used for the lobby. After 20 Years, Frank Stella Returns to Ground Zero 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Instead, Sugimoto will place a granite marker on the ground to align with the shadow cast by the artwork at solar noon on days of the spring and fall equinox. A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z She has named such antiques “blooks” and has found them made from granite, coal, slate, metal, plastic, ceramic, wood, wax, plaster and soap, among other materials. Collecting Books That Are Just Covers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z As our launch shuttled us out to smooth granite rocks just peeking above the surface near Island No. 9 in the Similan archipelago, I wondered whether I’d made a terrible mistake. Scuba Diving in Thailand: A Balancing Act 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z They knew they were trading in larger quarters, but they loved the open feeling of the modern kitchen and its big granite island. Small-space living: A 707-square-foot rental in Shaw Her ’80s-era marble and granite benches, featuring sandblasted text, will also be on view. Women, art and inequality in the gallery world: Sprüth Magers exhibition fuels an old debate 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Much of that outdoor space is devoted to golf courses, but there are plenty of Sonoran Desert preserves in which to hike, including the granite terrain of Pinnacle Peak Park. Family Lodging for Part-Time Nature Seekers 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Ride the rotating cable car up the 3,560-foot granite and sandstone mountain for glorious sunset views of Cape Town. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Cape Town 2011-10-27T19:11:06Z Immigrants at her feet powerwash the granite esplanade at 3 a.m. This is what it felt like in Las Vegas after the shooting 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Both benches are made of granite, limestone and steel. On a Kentucky Riverbank, a Path to Remembrance 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z He was on the Fremont Improvement Committee in 1975 when city of Seattle engineers suggested installing granite pavers to upgrade the corner of North 34th and Fremont Avenue North. 'Waiting for the Interurban' sculptor Richard Beyer dies at 86 2012-04-13T14:43:09Z We crunched along a high winding path of pea-size granite strewn with jagged boulders. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The BPL is a magnificent dense granite treasure trove in the heart of Boston’s Copley Square, and its holdings rival those of the best American libraries. My Five Things: Wicked Novelist Gregory Maguire 2011-11-09T20:51:13Z The director, Rachel Klein, has him playing the role as if he were carved granite, comically stiff and emotionless. Theater Review: ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ at New Theater at 45th Street 2013-06-06T20:56:30Z Even at a mere 300 pounds — mere, that is, relative to 80 tons of genuine granite — the fake behemoth shattered the prop stalagmites in its path and they had to be replaced between each take. Four Secrets About ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The site will include granite slabs containing Paul's biography. New monument to mark Les Paul's grave in Wisconsin 2011-09-07T11:42:10Z Constructed of the same local stone as the drive, Skylands seems to emerge from the surrounding granite outcrops and is so engulfed by maples, kiwi vines, and ferns that nature appears to be taking over. Martha Stewart Opens the Doors to Her Historic Maine Estate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The pink granite facade of the US Bancorp Tower has earned it the nickname Big Pink, and the skyscraper is one of Downtown’s most distinctive landmarks. Portland city guide: what to see plus the best hotels, bars and restaurants 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z An outdoor maze of black granite walls will be etched with the names of thousands of Louisiana slaves. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z Leaving the stone field, a few miles from the sea and the park’s entrance, the path continued up to the summit of Slåttdalsberget, a patch of glacier-scoured red granite and a few gnarled trees. Sweden’s High Coast: an uplifting experience 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Curled on his side, he looks carved from granite. Anal sex jokes got me through my dad’s funeral 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z People power-walk on new paths nearby, where grassy parkways include the occasional granite pagoda. It could happen anywhere 2012-08-07T22:24:00Z When you’re there: The sheer granite face of Stawamus Chief Mountain rising above Howe Sound is exactly the kind of dramatic landscape that makes the Pacific Northwest so stunning. 4 British Columbia road trips to consider while the US-Canada border is open 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s complicated to praise someone whose confidence already seems to be reinforced with steel and clad in granite. At Günter Seeger NY, a Star Chef Resurfaces, Confidence Intact 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z And when he dies, he lies in the ground like a lump of granite. The top 10 literary works about ancestors 2013-07-17T13:50:01Z Significant areas of Morgon are not even granite, but brittle, decomposed schist, a different rock altogether. Morgon, in All Its Gorgeous Complexity 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The tub itself is cleaved from a single block of granite surrounded by two inches of counter space for whatever iced beverage you are sipping. This Is Probably the Best Bath in New York City 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Book Hop Portsmouth’s newest innovation is Book & Bar, housed in the granite Old Custom House and Post Office building, originally constructed in 1860. 36 Hours in Portsmouth, N.H. 2013-08-01T11:49:43Z Every weekday morning I climb Mount Frankland to a tower at the granite peak. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Sherman said the old granite base, including the riser on which the medallion sits, was too short and made it difficult for winners to get their hands around it. Tony Gets a Mini-Makeover 2010-06-10T21:40:00Z With thousands of square feet of granite floor, glass partitions and very high ceilings, the galleries are naturally reverberative, sounds bouncing from one surface to another like pinballs. At the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Hear! Hear! 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Since the granite is so rare, there's a possibility the quarries might run out of materials to make new curling stones in the future. 10 cool facts about curling 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z The trail then dived into a wide, rocky streambed along granite slabs pinned with steel spikes. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z From Hitchcock to Burton to Stone and Parker, here are some of Hollywood’s most memorable tributes to—and computer-enhanced demo jobs on—those granite faces in South Dakota. Mount Rushmore's Most Memorable Moments at the Movies 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Burns & Nice's curvy granite benches and shiny new railings were overshadowed, however, by complaints about the missing busts of Hogarth, Newton and even Charlie Chaplin. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z This is not a facsimile of a traditional Chinese garden, but an abstraction rendered in the pavilion’s beige granite. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The wines from the granite hillsides are the most distinctive, complex, interesting and age-worthy, while the wines from the plains are relatively simple and fruity. For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The spa program is also site-specific; there’s a hot-stone massage using the granite from the Hazards mountain range visible across the bay. | Tasmanian Angel 2010-08-30T16:01:00Z But of course, it’s not so much about looking down as about gazing up at the massive granite cliff faces of Half Dome and El Capitan. Airstream trailer stays add retro glam to a road trip down the Pacific Coast 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z He said Mr. Heizer has long been drawn to the Stone Valley Quarry because of the nature of the granite in the rock there. Los Angeles County Museum Moves a 340-Ton Rock 2011-10-07T12:00:00Z Q: When we remodeled our kitchen in 2005, we replaced the cabinets and added a granite countertop. How to repair a separating granite countertop 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z In the model, a circular walk led to an elliptical granite overlook, where steps ascended to the marble grave platform. John Carl Warnecke, Designed Kennedy?s Grave Site, Dies at 91 2010-04-23T02:09:00Z Part of quartz's appeal over marble, and like granite, is its durability and resistance to stains. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z That quarter-inch might not seem like much, but for homeowners who wanted a solid granite slab, it’s a daily reminder that they bought something that isn’t quite that. ‘Bottle tumbling’ can help make cloudy glass clear again 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z We followed trails that switchbacked down a moonscape of loose slate and scree, and at one point lowered ourselves along a fixed, rickety metal ladder that abutted a sheer granite cliff face. | Switzerland: Hiking the Alps of Goethe and James Bond 2013-05-01T18:06:17Z Stir the mix in the medium bowl energetically for 20 minutes until the sorbet is a fine granite. Scoop of the year – my time studying at Gelato University 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z You enter the memorial from Independence Avenue by walking through a narrow passage between two granite mounds. Memorial Review: Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Opens in Washington 2011-08-25T12:00:00Z The only new thing unveiled at the rededication ceremony was a mock-up of a large black granite plaque with gold lettering that will be installed on the Music Center’s plaza to commemorate Wednesday's occasion. Music Center marks 50th anniversary with rededication ceremony 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z In addition, guards wear special sunglasses to reduce the glare from the white marble monument and granite walkway. Soldier joins elite group guarding Tomb of the Unknowns around-the-clock 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z You’ll learn that there is nothing so lasting as those granite giants. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Black granite in 12-inch squares is a glistening complement to the fixtures. 2010-02-17T18:12:00Z You wake up with difficult decisions to make: a soak in the deep granite tub or an alfresco shower in your private lava rock garden? These Are the World's Most Romantic Hotels 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Although the original kitchen was large and luxurious, with lots of off-white cabinets, a huge center island and granite counters, it lacked a special sense of style. Top six decorating ideas from this year’s DC Design House 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Ancient monks, she said, polished granite walls to a fine sheen, having discovered that changing the surface allowed their chants to reverberate and linger. They Have Finished Moving 225 Tons of Reimagined Art 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Etched into the V-shaped granite wall were nearly 58,000 names of the dead and missing in action. Recalling the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The collection for next fall and winter, dubbed “The Dawn of Romanity,” drew on smoky granite patterns, mosaic compositions and architectural details that evoked the palatial floors and ceilings of Rome. Fendi stages ethereal tribute to Lagerfeld in ancient Rome 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s almost as if you can taste the granite of the vineyard underlying the wine. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Spring Edition 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z I think they mixed granite “dust” with caulking material to match the color. How to restore the seam in a granite countertop 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z It is above all a military fortress: austere, uniformly gray throughout its granite and limestone walls, and not meant to be invaded. Outside Lisbon, a Verdant World of Castles and Palaces 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Thick pines onshore, long slabs of granite, streams and outlets all melted into an unbroken horizon. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z If your countertop looks different from the Giani samples, try searching Google Images for “faux granite countertop paint.” How to clean brown stains from a formerly white Corian kitchen sink 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Matt, Frost’s reluctant protector in Safe House, is played by Ryan Reynolds, whose granite abs deserve their own security team. Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy? 2012-02-09T16:00:14Z Outside and in, the mix of gray granite, concrete and slate conveyed extreme finesse. Review: A New Whitney Lets New York City Pour In 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z To help develop those new search-and-rescue parties, Schurman designed what would become the nation’s first man-made climbing structure, built of granite and concrete. We celebrate the outdoors right here in town at Camp Long 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z From every perspective, the view defies logic: Terraces clinging to sheer, 1,640-feet drop-offs hold up colossally heavy granite palaces and sanctuaries. Hiking to Machu Picchu past sacred Inca peaks 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Zimmerman, 76, named her work, a grouping of granite stones around a churning pool of water, after the fictional caves in E.M. A Million-Pound Artwork, Once Threatened, Finds a New Home 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Several local companies and organizations lent support, donating flowers, paper programs, and an inscribed granite bench that will serve as a permanent memorial. Their embryos were destroyed. Now they mourn the children they’ll never have 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s just a plain granite block, not far from the Confederate memorial but distinctly separate from it, among a row of old headstones. In Warrenton, Va., the Mosby Museum illuminates the Gray Ghost We handled our grief by returning to the Sierras and hiking sections of the PCT near Lake Tahoe, climbing across granite ridges overlooking alpine lakes and scrambling over glacial moraines in the Desolation Wilderness. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia The white granite tables are rimmed in bright red. In Hong Kong, a World of Menus 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Beneath our feet, the trail alternated between serrated granite ridges and steep forested slopes strewn with fallen branches and deep beds of needles, twigs and cones. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A short while later the elusive seals slipped from my mind as we approached Ukonvuori, an impressive 165-foot-high forested mound of granite named for the Finnish god of thunder, one of Kolovesi’s main attractions. In Finland, Slippery Seals 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Welcome to Aberdeen, possibly more famous for its oil rigs and granite buildings than for its sunny disposition and the fact that it's fast becoming a destination for the UK's more adventurous clubbers. Clubs picks of the week 2013-05-04T05:00:18Z There are granite counters in the kitchen, elaborate lighting and a Harmony audiovisual system. House Proud: A Cottage Just Right for Frodo 2011-08-11T17:36:54Z Through graceful aging and the wonders of medical aesthetics, his face has achieved a granite gravitas suitable for the Mount Rushmore of movie studs where he belongs. Hero Glock Dirty: Arnold’s Back, Guns Blazing, in The Last Stand 2013-01-18T13:00:02Z The climbing footage is primo, with miles of sunny granite, ninja lunges and swooping falls. No ropes attached: behind two heart-racing free climbing documentaries 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z I logged every tiny delight: the collared lizard frozen in its tracks and the emerald lichen clinging to the granite and the sumac and the wildflowers and the water spilling over the dam. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Just ahead of us were a father and son who were eyeing a rocky promontory that jutted above the planed granite summit. For hikers, Yosemite National Park rewards originality 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A few feet away, a granite plaque records the names of 38 people who became residents of Rock Hall, the island’s first village for freed slaves after emancipation in 1834. Slavery Was Part of Barbados Life for Centuries. But Its History Can Be Hard to Find 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z First, about 600 million years ago, the same tectonic plates that created the Old Rag granite started pulling apart. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z They took us to New Hampshire and we rock climbed on these beautiful granite rock faces. Conquering Mt. Everest, Against All Odds 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The road terraces into granite walls and vaults one canyon in such a spectacular piece of engineering that I made seven viewing stops in the first 10 miles. Driving an Electric Car on Colorado’s Scenic Byways 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It contains about a third of her 250 surviving pieces, ranging from delicate drawings of sedge flowers to panoramas of New England valleys, and classroom banners charting granite veins and volcanic layers. Antiques: 1930s Children?s Art on Display in SoHo 2011-01-20T22:50:27Z A kitchen island topped with creamy granite long enough to lie down and nap on. Why we love to hate McMansions, but still buy them 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The tiny granite home was built in the 19th century to house millworkers. Destination Design: Ellicott City He was a short, gaunt man in a white cowboy hat and gray suit, his features seemingly chipped from granite with a stony gaze to match. Bluegrass great Ralph Stanley was one of our last links to an old America 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Let's start with the numbers, which are impressive: a 150 million-year-old granite boulder more than 21 feet high and weighing in at 340 tons. 'Levitated Mass' revisits dramatic pull of LACMA's rock star 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The Sierras began to form 10 million years ago and are made of speckled granite that shines like crystal. Explorer: Facing Fear, With Family, in the Sierras 2013-09-05T13:00:28Z Carved from granite and weighing 3 tons, the Asaa mermaid is plumper, and her facial features coarser. Denmark Now Has Two Little Mermaids. The Famous One Is Suing. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z He was assertive, and often granite stubborn, but completely devoid of vanity. The Michael Foot I knew, by Neil Kinnock 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z Most of it cooled as granite before reaching the surface. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Gone are the creaking wood floors that you find in most colonial structures, replaced by cool black granite. Architect Smiljan Radic's striking redo of Chile's pre-Columbian museum 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Yet for all of the massed power, the piece itself remained a gentle, wistful expression of loss and nostalgia, rather than something forceful enough to carve its way into the granite of the 20th century. Review | After 100 years, a gentle Requiem has its premiere 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Whether you’re working on granite or travertine, if you need a tinted patch, one of the most difficult steps is mixing a custom shade that’s a perfect match for your stone. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Simple in appearance but noble in its proportions, the granite structure was built in the 15th century, though the two towerlike wings were added centuries later. This Dreamy Country Estate in Normandy Blends High Style with Cozy Charm 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z I want to see him tumble down a 50-foot granite drop while his bones snap and his organs pop. Damn you, Netflix! Why won't you let me kill Bear Grylls? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Their aesthetics tend to involve warm hues and cozy granite countertops rather than the assertive steel of the professional kitchen. My dad puts turmeric in his risotto — and now I do too 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The works are a visceral foil to the polished granite and spiffy Art Deco detailing of Rockefeller Center, whose owner, Tishman Speyer, worked with the Public Art Fund to organize the piece. Five Massive Masks Take Over Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center, Thanks to Artist Thomas Houseago 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Located on the picturesque campus of Southern Maine Community College, formerly Fort Preble, the lighthouse sits at the end of a dramatic 900-foot granite breakwater. In South Portland, Maine, the sun is the star 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Along the northwest coast, up to breathtaking Pern Point, the sea is pierced by sharp granite peaks and waves batter the shore. The Mild West: The Beauty of Remotest Brittany 2011-12-08T15:05:00Z In Manhattan, the Kimlau War Memorial has long been the symbolic gateway of Chinatown, a granite ceremonial arch within a similarly named plaza, which is currently maintained by the city’s parks department. City Approves Landmarks Honoring Chinese Americans and Native Americans 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Overhead, the mountains tower in pastel shades of pink, blue, green and purple, which bleed together in ripple swirls around granite bedrock. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one Muir called it Islet, for its abundance of tiny granite islands. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z It will begin with an investigation of Leah Raintree’s “Another Land: After Noguchi,” a photography exhibition in which Ms. Raintree shot images of a small granite stone, making it appear like an asteroid. Spare Times for Children Listings for Sept. 2-8 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z There’s a practical reason for this, since plastic foam is cheaper and more forgiving — and much, much lighter — than granite. Review | In the galleries: Simulated stone and neon artworks reflect the transience of life 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The result was a sleek black granite built-in desk and a white faux leather office chair. Tiny cloffices — workspaces in closets — are big, thanks to the pandemic 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The institution, housed in a granite building on Central Park West, purchased a 10,000-square-foot vacant lot to its west in 1937 for the purposes of expansion. The Oldest Museum in New York Is Expanding 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The red granite structure is magnificent, and imposing, and the portraits, statues and paintings celebrate Texas figures, from Davy Crockett to Gov. Frugal Traveler Blog: $100 Weekend in Austin, Tex. 2012-01-31T18:39:03Z From the statue, hikers climb steps made of stone or wood along the old granite wall. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z “The rocks you see here in the river are sandstone. But some people just take them for granite. It’s one of my boulder attractions.” No Lion, the Skipper Is the Real King of the Jungle Cruise 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The granite posts mark the beginning of the property's driveway. Hepburn house owner loses court fight in Conn. 2013-01-07T20:18:15Z A mile in, I came across a group of college-age trail workers building granite “checks” to hold gravel in place when it rains, then another crew hauling rock with two ATVs. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z He will listen to music while he works and in so doing experiences "an intense connection between myself, the music, the wood, and the granite boulders." Toy-maker shifts gears into sculpting career 2011-02-28T22:54:36Z We walked the rest of the way to one more lookout: Mills Peak, perched at 7,300 feet on a precipitous, massive hunk of granite. Old fire lookouts offer sleepovers with history, panoramas and unexpected comfort 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The tarn sits in a granite basin, ringed by grass and rocks. In Colorado, three generations achieve a peaceful family vacation at high elevation 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Their testimony, gathered over many years of interviews, is what imbues the book with its granite authority, as Mr. Ritz freely allows. David Ritz Opens Up About Aretha Franklin and Others 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z A mountain egg of granite from the slope of the Lower Saddle. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z They are discovering everything from coins and everyday objects to colossal granite statues of Egypt's rulers and sunken temples dedicated to their gods. Divers explore sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace 2010-05-25T21:56:00Z To get to the garden, you walk down a steep hill, through the meadow and past a row of several-story-high granite boulders, presents from an ancient glacier. Reaching Zen in a Japanese garden — high up in the hills of Vermont Masterpieces in steel, granite, fiberglass and bronze by nationally renowned artists have wedded beautifully with maturing native trees, shrubs, ferns and wildflowers. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Seattle 2011-03-24T19:18:50Z And porcelain is about as strong as granite but requires no annual sealing. Hardwood vs. engineered flooring? Granite vs. quartz? The answer might surprise you. 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z I’ve often used giant granite cobblestones for garden paths in a vegetable plot. Do you have rocks in your bed? 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Then, right near the granite, gold-domed state capitol, I started to notice the tattoos. Sometimes the most challenging travel destination is your own home town 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z His trees are twisted, hollowed, uprooted and deconstructed, with granite builders secured by hidden iron pins perched on them in various places, projecting an illusion of precariousness. Inside Art: Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing Will Unfurl in Uptown Manhattan 2013-07-04T19:35:25Z The area’s limestone soils, very different from Beaujolais granite, provide brighter flavors and mineral aspects than vineyards to the south. Perspective | Now that cheap chardonnay is everywhere, some French winemakers attempt a reinvention 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z There was also the color of the granite; the choice of etching, hand-carving or sandblasting; which lettering style; and what to write for the term of endearment and the epitaph. 2010-01-15T21:13:00Z The large lobby is dominated by a black granite “campaign wall,” which lists all of the Army’s military campaigns. Review | Trump has tried to coopt the Army. This new museum shows why that won’t be easy. 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z We ventured in and nosed our headlights around towering granite outcrops until we found our campsite. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z She proposed we “meet” at 52nd Street on the pink granite plaza in front of the Seagram Building, the storied bronzed monolith from 1958 by Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson. Classic Skyscrapers Define New York. Take a Virtual Tour. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z I appreciate the grace that fusty, grainy-looking granite counters afford, allowing us to leave paprika spills and dried-up lemon juice for another day because we simply can't see them. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Then he and his family joined other members of his Scout troop to put in the landscaping and install 280 inscribed granite pavers along the walkway. A town didn’t have a veterans memorial. So this teen designed and built one. 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Its massive squared granite towers and a high steel arch are joined to a monumental viaduct that cuts a swath across the island. Randalls Island Paths for Urban Biking 2012-10-12T05:25:30Z At the flattened top of granite summit were two women with three children among them frolicking on the rocks . . . and us. For hikers, Yosemite National Park rewards originality 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z That is, until we saw Lembert Dome, which the guide book described as a “huge, lopsided, smoothly polished mound of granite.” For hikers, Yosemite National Park rewards originality 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z All of the soundtrack choices ground the surreal nature of what we're seeing in granite truths, and audio overlays of recitations by the likes of James Baldwin and Gil Scott-Heron boldface the subtext. "Lovecraft Country" is an intoxicating, myth-shattering hero's journey through a map of Black fear 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z We reached the blocky granite cliffs of Land’s End at the end of an awful day of storm force winds and horizontal rain. Hiking 630 miles of English coast, with nothing left to lose 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z There’s a sloping, wooded traffic island there right in the middle of Riverside Drive, and at its peak, atop a narrow pedestal of Mohegan granite, sits Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington’s gorgeous equestrian bronze. Take a (Solo) Stroll. Your Next Art Fix May Be Around the Block. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Although it is possible to repair cracked granite countertops with epoxy, there are several challenges with your situation. Cracked dark granite counter in the kitchen? No repair will hide the crack. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Classical pink granite architecture in the heart of Austin. In Austin, a self-guided Tour de Taco 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Definitive numbers are hard to come by, but according to a guidebook published in 2020, there are approximately 25 routes on the myriad granite walls of Mulanje. Is Rock Climbing the Future of Tourism in Malawi? 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z For some reason the early sections of “Missa” are accompanied by projections of hovering masses of letters, some looking as if chiseled from granite, some shimmering and dripping golden dust. Review: San Francisco Symphony Stages ‘Missa Solemnis’ With a Visual Component 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A third of the way up, it veered to the right onto a granite outcropping overlooking Long Pond, now a few hundred vertical feet below. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The granite and limestone building was designed in a setback style, with architectural offsets on two lower floors, along with two of the upper floors. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z From the Clark Center, a diagonal wall, made, in parts, of red granite, reaches out toward the old Museum Building, ending just steps from its front door -- a terrific juxtaposition of old and new. What museums can learn from architect Tadao Ando's Clark expansion 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z I glimpsed Carson’s cottage nestled in spruces on “the granite rim of shore.” Footsteps: Rachel Carson’s ‘Rugged Shore’ in Maine 2012-08-22T20:00:28Z Q: Recently, I met with family members to clean the granite gravestones of our ancestors. Be careful when you’re cleaning gravestones 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Two sturdy granite central towers, named for Brooklyn and Manhattan, rise at the pinnacle. I love the Brooklyn Bridge. Walk across it and you will, too. 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In Crozes-Hermitage, for example, vines are planted on stony granite slopes but also on fertile plains. For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Fill the gap in the granite seam and paint the inside roof of the cabinet with shellac, which seals against odors and sticks to most finishes used on cabinets. How to remove a stinky smell from kitchen cabinets 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Out went the pizza oven and granite slab tabletops and in went avocado fritters, midcentury modern furnishings and a fresh name: Spark at Engine Co. Review | Rib-sticking Caribbean delights pop at Bloomingdale’s new Spark 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z And if you want to drive out to Renton, as tens of thousands have done, there is the Jimi Hendrix Memorial, a massive granite structure at Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery. Vision for Hendrix Park as vibrant as namesake 2011-08-15T04:01:24Z When the St.-Joseph appellation was founded in 1956, for example, it was intended to convey the qualities of wine grown on steep granite hillsides clustered near six villages. A Study in the Subtleties of Northern Rhône Terroirs 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The bridge is made of concrete, covered with beautiful granite panels. Washington’s rising Frederick Douglass bridge lifts the human spirit 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Movie directors came to the plateau, which is strewn with weather-worn granite boulders set below dark Sierra peaks, at least as early as the 1920s. Rugged Country, Rugged History in California?s Owens Valley 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z Outside, in a memorial plaza, two granite pools shimmer in the footprint of the vanished towers, a reflective testimony to what’s been lost. New York City: In memory of Sept. 11 devastation 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Week after week, trip after trip, we explored different portions of the park, always coming to rest in some beautiful campsite at the foot of one of Yosemite’s towering granite peaks. Perspective | When I was 15, a psychiatric hospital nearly ruined my life. This advice saved me. 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z A small, naked woman crowns a molten flank of silvered bronze, the gnarled base set on a cube of dark granite. A Naked Statue for a Feminist Hero? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The bathroom was small but functional, with two door hooks and a towel rack under a black granite counter. Hotel Review: Motel One Edinburgh-Royal 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z My room was so new that I had to touch everything: Cloudlike linen, leather settee with octopus accent pillows, dark-grained wood furniture, cool marble sink, streaked charcoal granite, shiny fixtures. A new Inner Harbor luxury hotel, the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, shines with history’s luster 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The same goes for those major home improvements, such as replacing carpet with hardwood floors or laminate countertops with granite. Thinking about buying a Peloton or a trampoline? You might need a costlier insurance policy. 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z But six honey-hued granite peaks give the illusion of a towering castle and jut like spindly fingers into the sky. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z There’s always been a splash of the Bohemian in the shops that come and go in the stately granite or brick buildings, whether a tarot card reader or a Victorian-style tea parlor. Destination Design: Ellicott City The mountain is the focal point of the southern quarter of this vast, protected region, its most prominent feature a huge amphitheatre of fractured granite buttresses that inspired Byron’s rousing 1807 poem, Lachin Y Gair. Scotland’s best Highland bothy weekend adventures 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The modest lobby leads to the Trade Room, a huge common room with a soaring ceiling, big arched windows, pink Tennessee granite, original brass hardware, low-slung modern sofas and a long bar. The Noelle Hotel Is a New Nashville Star 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z After quite a bit of research, he found a quarry in Wisconsin that would excavate granite, marble, and quartz and crush it down to any size. Dazzle Your Garden with Sparkling Furnishings by Fernando Mastrangelo 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It looks out on a back street, the Family Dollar and a granite foundry. An Artist Who Creates Joyful, Shimmering Images of West Indian Culture 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Swearing it was this way, he led me down a mountainside, past a granite house and tombs in ruins, to a crumbling stone wall. Into Corsica, From Rustic Villages to Stony Cliffs 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z “Under the Laurentide” uses a huge piece of Chelmsford granite intricately sculpted to show a topological map of the bottom of Narragansett Bay. Where to See — Really See — the Art of Maya Lin 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The granite memorial bears a plaque showing a Japanese soldier and a woman with the inscription, “Let us never forget the horrors of crimes against humanity.” In suburban N.J., let off steam the traditional Korean way 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The granite cobbles of Methley Hall were unforgiving: naked bone burst through the leather of his riding boot. Mr Foote's Other Leg by Ian Kelly – review 2012-10-05T21:55:04Z It was Saturday in low season when I visited but the trails were crowded with groups of elderly Korean women in oversize visors angling for group photos with the granite peaks. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “The river rises from a mountain of granite,” Ms. Wright’s poem goes. C. D. Wright, Poet of Ozarks and Beyond, Dies at 67 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z They begin in a circle, surrounding the memorial’s granite fountain like a mandala before pouring outward to taper to a point at the park’s tip. New York’s Necessary New AIDS Memorial 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Art nouveau quickly became the country’s architectural redeemer and there are still around 600 buildings in Helsinki, many built from solid granite. 10 of the best European cities for art nouveau 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z For her sculpture, she carefully selected, shaped and polished a dozen granite boulders she found in Minnesota and the Dakotas and then had them trucked to Washington. They Have Finished Moving 225 Tons of Reimagined Art 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z She sprays this on bathroom surfaces, granite kitchen counters and tables. DIY household cleaners that work if you’re short on supplies 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, a 221-foot granite obelisk erected in 1842, contains a steam-powered elevator that can carry six passengers to an observation platform. The most important invention in the history of the modern city 2014-02-23T13:00:00Z Under craggy granite spires, the tribe sang traditional songs that have been passed down over generations. ‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The Boundary Waters mark the northern edge of the Vermilion Batholith, meaning most of the lakes are lined with granite. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The online brochure boasts that its “sparkling chandeliers, etched glass windows, granite floors and custom-woven carpeting are reminiscent of European resort properties.” ?Jersey Shore,? Reality Versus Reality TV 2011-09-09T18:55:00Z The "first look" black and white images caused fans' jaws to drop — as Delevingne posed completely nude, sitting on what appears to be a granite block with a large "B" in the frame. Cara Delevingne recreates Janet Jackson's 'iconic' topless cover in new fashion campaign 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Carter is on assignment in the Capitol when the “pop pop popping” of automatic weapon fire begins echoing off the building’s marble and granite surfaces. Neely Tucker’s ‘Only the Hunted Run’ starts with a bang and never lets up 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The island's curved granite countertop is raised to a height of 42 inches, keeping the sink and food prep areas out of sight. 20 Idea House Kitchens 2010-03-04T02:03:00Z The musician sat on a slab of granite and recorded the sound of the waves breaking against the shore. The Word-of-Mouth Resurgence of Arthur Russell 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z From the pictures you sent, he thinks your granite might be a type called Ubatuba, which he said was very popular about 20 years ago. Cracked dark granite counter in the kitchen? No repair will hide the crack. 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z We sailed past some long slabs of granite on the shores of Bukete Island and pulled into a bay whose location he made me swear not to reveal. The corner of Minnesota that’s there by mistake 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Housed in an elegant pink granite building, it attracts students from all over the world. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T07:46:00Z Do not use utility knives; they will scratch granite, while razor blades, used correctly, will not. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z To enter Samuji, I push on a rough-cut piece of Finnish granite fastened to the door bar. Shopping Without Instagram: It’s Full of Surprises 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z I sit down on that smooth granite boulder in the shade and start crying. At the Grand Canyon, a cancer survivor rises to the challenge of a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z For this interview Mr. Stallone, sartorially impeccable, his face looking as hewn from granite as ever, went to the five-star Peninsula Hotel. How Sylvester Stallone Faced His Fears for ‘Creed’ 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The 19th-century granite castle houses a visitor center, a gift shop and a weather station. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan Architecturally, for example, Milford pink granite was used for the Central Park West entrance, designed by John Russell Pope, in the 1930s. Museum of Natural History’s New Science Center Takes Shape 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Several places where they get heavy use have divots, with most of the holes in the darkest parts of the granite. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Nortico is more serious, with a minerally texture that suggests the granite soils of the vineyard and a citrus peel flavor that calls for grilled fish or seafood salad. Double down on an $11 French rosé during this heat wave 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z White marble, sleek granite and stainless steel—see our selection of surfaces that accentuate quality and craft. AD’s guide to marble countertops 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The school is in the process of chiseling Hussman’s values on a granite tablet that will be displayed in its entry hall. One of the voices objecting to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC: A newspaper baron — and major donor 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z I’ve laid granite cobblestones in free-draining gravel to edge the beds and create paths, so perhaps my Mediterranean plants think they are in Greece on a good sunny day. Planning the season ahead 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z To the north, a shell of speckled red granite rose along the shoreline. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The sunken granite pools that opened last Sept. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z Ten-story granite bluffs rose from the depths, and flat swimming rocks the size of tennis courts crested a few feet above the waterline. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Red pine leaned over the shoreline, and long runs of granite split the forest in two. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z It takes a special kind of person to spend the summer digging ditches and hauling 200-pound granite blocks through the woods. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z The low-slung welcome center, which opens on July 1, is clad in muted Minnesota granite that comes alive with vibrant purple-and-black striations when wet. A Fresh Start for a Walk in the Park 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s made from a parcel of vines grown in a particular sort of fissured granite, and is aged for more than four years before it’s released. A September Wine Romance 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z For the latest renovation, 35,000 pieces of the building, including 14,000 granite slabs and 3,500 light fixtures, were removed. A 6-Year Refit Winds Back the Clock at a Berlin Landmark 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The countertop material, usually granite or quartz, wraps around both ends and is used to finish the side of the island that faces into the room. Forget the big house in the suburbs. New-home buyers in the D.C. region have other priorities. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z How, for instance, are the art handlers planning to move his 15,000-pound granite “Gorilla” into an elevator only equipped to safely handle 14,000 pounds? Whitney Restrospective for Jeff Koons’s Monumental Ambitions 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Construction of the gondola sparked some environmental controversy since it sits amid Shannon Falls and The Chief, a 2,000-foot granite monolith that draws world-class climbers. Riding high on the Sea to Sky Gondola 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Light fixtures by British designer Tom Dixon bathe the Opera House’s granite and steel in a golden glow. See the Redesigned Bennelong Restaurant Inside the Sydney Opera House 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Built in 1982 on the National Mall in Washington, the memorial features a wide-angle pair of black granite walls engraved with the names of lost soldiers, and it descends below ground like a tomb. ‘Memorial’ Review: An American Story, Set in Stone 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z With hundreds of miles of sandstone and granite cliffs, cattail-lined riverbanks, former factory towns, orchards, farmland and forests, the scale of its geography and the scope of its history are daunting. 36 Hours in the Hudson Valley, New York 2013-07-26T15:18:39Z It is a sanctuary, with two sinks set into Alaskan white granite, a bathtub and a rain-forest shower as well as an array of hair care products, soaps and lotions from the hotel’s Chuan Spa. Hotel Review: The Langham, Chicago 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z I was hiking into the Russian Wilderness, a remote stretch of craggy granite peaks known for its glacial lakes and 18 species of conifers. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z And if I just polish the stone, how should I finish the top edge of the wood that would be flush with the granite? Painting cabinets may not be as easy as it looks 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z These are real mountains with granite spires shooting up through glaciers. British Columbia’s Powder Highway 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The brand’s furniture, which privileges striking materials such as granite and un-lacquered pine, is even created in the same local workshop used by the storied Swedish interior design company Svenskt Tenn. A Swedish Design Duo’s Eclectic 18th-Century Apartment 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z I also will forever think of Mount Rushmore’s granite faces and the rock formations of Badlands National Park framed by Harley-Davidson jackets. Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z Along the walk there are pale slabs of Connecticut granite engraved with verses from one of Wallace Stevens’s most indelible poems, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Footsteps: For the Poet Wallace Stevens, Hartford Was an Unlikely Muse 2012-02-23T17:40:00Z For Easter’s piece, Lozano ordered and brought in the black granite that offsets the blue glass. Seattle Glass Monuments helps craft brighter memories 2014-05-03T23:24:42Z Or maybe it’s just about getting a name in granite. David Geffen Captures Naming Rights to Avery Fisher Hall With Donation 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Cobbled granite floors run from inside the tower lobbies across a sculpted plaza to the mid-rise buildings. New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The master bedroom’s granite walls are made of street planks from a Chinese city that was flooded by the construction of the Yangtze dam. Into the West 2010-05-01T04:00:00Z An hour later, we ended up on a granite goat path winding along a stream. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z That background informs elegant yet ominous sculptures such as “Thinking the Unthinkable,” a stainless-steel sphere, representing a hydrogen bomb’s explosive core, perched on a granite base. Review | In the galleries: An intimate panorama of video art’s variety and breadth 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z At the top was a series of worn granite steps leading to another complex of buildings. In South Korea, a search for beauty, one day at a time 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z You see people from all over the world; you listen to them speak a dozen different languages; you watch them gently touch a gnarled tree, a wall of granite. ‘Entering Burn Area’: Yosemite After the Fire 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z The question is usually punctuated by the sound of bottles sliding across a granite countertop and clinking loudly together. Perspective | What to do with leftover wine? Relax. 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Working with galleries, she leases works to office buildings, turning marble and granite lobbies into exciting temporary art spaces. NYC artists find half the battle is studio rent 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Cora let loose atop a spine of granite facing a wide expanse of desert floor. In California Desert, Father and Daughter Find the Sublime 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The tiles were gleaming white, the countertops granite and the barber’s brush was made of badger, not horsehair. | The Razor’s Edge 2014-03-17T23:00:13Z On a recent steel gray day, visitors stared solemnly at the names of victims etched in Chinese into a white granite wall. The Asia Issue: Next Stop: In Nanjing, China, Art and Youth Help a City Recover From Its Tragic Past 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z I find a smooth granite boulder in a patch of shade and sit and start crying. At the Grand Canyon, a cancer survivor rises to the challenge of a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The beautiful bas-relief in pink granite known as Arjuna’s Penance is a highlight, as is the wondrous Krishna’s Butter Ball, a 250-ton boulder seemingly miraculously perched on a hillside. An Indian City Bursting With Action 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Funded by American millionaire Frank Jay Gould in 1929, it is the most spectacular example of art deco in Europe, with a white granite facade and bas-reliefs . 10 of the best European cities for art deco design 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Move to Aberdeen, as I did recently, and you will assume the herring gull is as Aberdonian as granite and haar. Field Notes from a Hidden City: An Urban Nature Diary by Esther Woolfson – review 2013-03-15T17:42:01Z “An artist is never satisfied,” she said, smiling, as she walked across the granite floors. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Its granite slab is plain and noble — as are the sculpted dresses displayed in the new Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria, the magisterial couturier’s hometown in the Basque country of Spain. Fashion: In Spain, Finally, Homage to Balenciaga 2011-06-13T12:33:25Z To reverse that, Swartland's rebels place a premium on old, unirrigated and untrellised vines and meticulous farming, using no pesticides or herbicides so as to maximize expression of local shales, clays and granites. Discovering South Africa's Rebel Wineland 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z Struck dumb, seriously dumb by her mere and unremarkable presence, Nick falls fast and hard, and soon tumbles into the kind of complicated trouble that inevitably bedevils noir heroes with granite jaws and bleeding hearts. ‘Reminiscence’ Review: Out of the Past, Into the Future (and Back) 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The oldest man-made, outdoor object in New York is the towering, granite obelisk in Central Park known as Cleopatra’s Needle: It’s nearly 3,500 years old. | Art: A (Big) Bit of Egypt in Central Park 2013-12-06T21:48:10Z Above: Brushed-steel walls in the living area provide a backdrop for a granite fireplace and a 1930s Dan mask from Ivory Coast. 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z They stop and stare while she finds the sweet spot where gravity will miraculously hold a diamond-shaped slab of rock poised on a granite boulder. The Gimlet Eye: Microcosms of Life: Absurdities With a Cast of Strangers 2010-04-15T01:20:00Z "There are single Egyptian baboons in museums including the British Museum and pairs carved in other stone, but I know of no other pair in granite," she said. Stone baboons returned to Cliveden after more than 40 years 2010-10-10T18:20:00Z One line — “And I see you in each shining star” — her parents had engraved on a granite bench at Wade’s burial plot. Cate Edwards: A steadfast daughter to John Edwards, despite pain and scandal "What's wrong, Thomas?" he asks, his carved granite face splitting into a grin. Max von Sydow: god of gravitas 2012-02-13T21:30:02Z The 60 million rose-red bricks, the carved stone and polished granite give the station its distinctive polychromy. St. Pancras International was London’s Valentine to Europe 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Nearby, under a gnarled old tree, a black granite gravestone for one of the host’s dogs had been littered with empty wineglasses. Scene City: When the Party Approaches Its Boiling Point 2011-07-27T20:06:11Z Builders weren't hesitant to include luxe features that made a big visual impact, like high-end cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Eight Dream-Home Dupes 2010-04-14T21:45:00Z The matte finish of the deep brown honed granite countertops perpetuates the aged appearance. 20 Idea House Kitchens 2010-03-04T02:03:00Z Unlike the root-choked granite that ripples across most of northern New England, the hills in this area close to the Canadian border are smooth under the wheels of a mountain bike. In Northern Vermont, Trying to Smooth the Ride for Mountain Biking 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z By trip’s end, we could read the canyon’s intricate strata of gneiss, granite, schist, shale and travertine like the hands on a billion-year clock. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Those desires were established early on, when he was growing up in Quincy, Massachusetts, around abandoned granite quarries and the shipyard where his father worked as a draughtsman. Carl Andre: 'I'm a hopeless drawer – and a terrible painter' 2013-01-23T19:00:01Z Angry veterans likened the now iconic black granite structure — bearing the names of more than 58,000 service members — to a “black gash of sorrow and shame.” He helped build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. How did he end up dead in a landfill? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Pedersen’s physical density and natural poise bring to mind the screen presence of a Robert Mitchum or late-period Gary Cooper — his “Mystery Road” character looks strong as an ox and immovable as chiseled granite. Aaron Pedersen Is a Different Kind of Archetypal Leading Man 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Sand or decomposed granite from each building site was combined with Portland cement, pressed into square blocks and stamped by hand with a pre-Columbian pattern. Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Why his Los Angeles houses deserve a closer look 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Even with that enormous sink, the speckled granite countertop provided plenty of space for toiletries, the hotel’s Cutler bath products and a number of items available at cost. Check In/Check Out : Hotel Review: Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z His grave is a circular granite monument with no statue. Green-Wood Cemetery, Where Presidential Aspirants Enjoy an Afterlife 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Upon summiting Lembert — which was far more vast than Sentinel — we found maybe a dozen climbers on the massive hunk of granite. For hikers, Yosemite National Park rewards originality 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Q: A few weeks ago, I bought a watermelon and put it on my granite kitchen counter, over a seam. How to remove a stinky smell from kitchen cabinets 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Earth’s powerful tectonic plates pressed together, and, as the pressure increased, the magma slowly ascended and crystallized into the Old Rag granite we can touch today. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The distinct appeal of “The Dark Remains,” of course, is that it allows us readers to encounter McIlvanney’s philosopher-detective before he hardened a granite legend. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z This pillar of rose granite is part of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran’s War Memorial in downtown Buffalo, at the edge of Lake Erie. An Art Show, by Veterans Armed With Cameras 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z In some panels, the triangular granite and marble shapes are loose, or merely stacked, as if the work is in process, a puzzle not yet solved. Michael Queenland spins trash on the ground into clever canvases of the living 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z One night, about 10 miles from Vitcos, we slept in a narrow, fjordlike canyon whose steep walls were topped by jagged granite crags eerily similar to the giant carved heads of Easter Island. The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu 2011-06-24T19:06:22Z With its granite and cream tiles and bare walls, the room exuded an austere aesthetic. An Edinburgh Hotel With a Boutique Sensibility (on Steroids) 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The most minimalist were polished granite obelisks inscribed with names. The art of the war memorial: What should a monument to a past conflict do? 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z We cut a 5 and a 1 into the entrance doors and didn't bother having a neon sign: there was just a 12in granite plaque carved by someone who did gravestones. How we made: Ben Kelly and Peter Hook on the Haçienda club 2012-07-02T18:32:01Z After a quarter mile tracking the shore of the pond, the trail jutted straight up along 1,000 granite stairs, lined by coping and stone culverts. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Aerial photography has also helped them identify areas with the low granite outcroppings that Bronze Age artists appear to have favored. When Darkness Falls, Three Friends Find Ancient Art 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Francesca accompanies her fiance, a busy granite dealer, on several trips to New York, which gives Dev plenty of time to show her the best New York has to offer. Review | Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’ returns — less impressive but still enviably chill 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The memorial, dedicated in 2006, is a curved, perforated wall with the names of the dead inscribed on granite blocks and spaces for people to leave mementos. Freddy Rodríguez, Artist Who Explored His Dominican Roots, Dies at 76 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The current upswell has been built on this granite foundation: Jazz musicians are nothing if not self-conscious about their forebears. A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z Behind a pile of rocks the other afternoon, out of sight from the road, workers scurried around a 340-ton, 21-foot-high solid granite boulder, trussed with red steel girders, gleaming under the desert sun. Los Angeles County Museum Moves a 340-Ton Rock 2011-10-07T12:00:00Z On the north-facing side of the trail are a centuries-old granite fortress wall, part of a 21-kilometer enclosure that once protected central Seoul, and two modern steel fences topped with concertina wire. Special Report: Asia Travel: A Great View of Seoul, if You Follow the Rules 2012-05-02T20:06:05Z Ted pulled up to a granite cliff in the cut between Crane and Sand Point Lakes and pointed to a series of dull red pictographs. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z The facade is not thin veneer or glass but brushed Milford Pink stone milled at the same granite quarry John Russell Pope used in the 1930s to design the museum’s pompous Central Park West facade. Wonder and Awe in Natural History’s New Wing. Butterflies, Too. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z From the bustle of West Broadway, I pass through the lobby of a medical office building to a glassy atrium, where gold script on black granite marks the entrance to Dynasty Seafood Restaurant. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Once inside the double glass doors and beyond the L-shaped reception desk with granite countertops, you’ll find Martin, 65, down the hall looking very corporate in a gray suit and red tie. Billy Martin: Washington’s go-to lawyer when you’re in trouble. Real trouble. 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z He’s been there for two years, after being ushered out of New England “at the point of a gun” for agitating on behalf of granite workers. They Carried Memorials and Monuments on Their Backs 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z I came to see memory as a monolith, a slab of granite, fixed and formidable. Remember the bad and the good times to build your future 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Then we got back in our four-by-four and continued down the track, as the raptors dove behind the granite cliffs and disappeared from view. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Natural stone floors — like marble, slate, travertine, granite, and sandstone — have long been in favor as kitchen flooring options and signal a luxury, high-end kitchen like few other things can. 5 best kitchen floor materials to weather all the spills and stains 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The dome was never meant to be permanent; rather, it was a temporary topping over the crossing’s four gigantic granite arches until a spire could be erected, at which point it was to be removed. Cathedral of St. John Finally Solves a 100-Year-Old Problem 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z A granite plaque dedicated to the first Italian settler to land in New York, on June 2, 1635, was erected on the corner of Mulberry and Grand. Arrivederci, Little Italy 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z A recent early summer wedge salad featured lettuces, shaved green zucchini, asparagus and rhubarb, sweet English peas, celery leaves, chives, a rhubarb vinaigrette and frozen red onion granite. Summer salad ideas perfect for your farmers’ market haul 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The middle of the lake reflected the last sliver of twilight as I lowered my head onto the granite and let the breeze wash over me. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z To the left was a mountainside of crumpled dark granite; to the right was a soaring granite curtain in beige. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Not the music, or his relationship to it, but rather the whole notion of pre-eminence, with its granite countenance and fixed coordinates. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z The Rushmore noses are said to have been made slightly larger than life because wind erosion would wear away the granite relief's most prominent facial features, but that story is a matter of some dispute. 'Made in L.A.' biennial art survey taps a social undercurrent 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Viñoly conceived the museum as an integrated facility, uniting disparate structures and even mimicking the striated façade of Breuer’s addition on the marble and granite walls of the new exteriors. Cleveland Museum of Art's Massive New Wing by Rafael Viñoly 2013-12-26T05:00:00Z Light Chinese granite, black cherrywood and perforated bronze doors now brighten and define the museum’s interior. Art: 'The Age of Enlightenment' Sweeps Into China 2011-04-18T13:57:28Z Swift’s grand visit to Maryland’s FedEx Field on Tuesday featured a gurgling stone fountain, a piano with a faux granite finish and an arsenal of giant inflatable snakes. Review | Step inside the Taylor Swift biodome 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The bronze statue, a soldier standing with folded arms, was constructed by a local granite company for the sum of $3,600. The South’s Confederate-monument problem is not going away 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Picture a sterling example of National Park Service rustic architecture tucked at the base of a monumental granite cliff, and you have Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel, opened in 1927. Visit Yosemite’s stunning Ahwahnee, but stay in the less crowded, less pricey Wawona 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Designed by Native American architect Johnpaul Jones, the heart of the exhibit is a memorial “story wall” of red cedar, granite and basalt. Weekend getaways: Bainbridge Island makes a ferry good escape plan for families 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z On the other is a brash newcomer, emerging onto the scene in layers of gray granite from a hillside near the baroque royal palace of Spanish kings. The Prado and a New Royal Museum Duel Over Paintings 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Her proposal creates an entrance off Columbus and another from 77th Street with a snaking path in between, paved in asphalt and salvaged granite. Fair Trade: A Museum Expansion for an Open Park 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z In mid-throw, the irreverent sportsmen were transformed like Lot’s wife, but into granite rather than salt. Beyond Stonehenge, searching for Britain’s stone circles Opening on June 2, it's suspended 70 m over a rushing river with some sections projecting 9 m away from a mossy, fern-covered granite cliff. The Capilano Cliffwalk: Living the High Life 2011-05-12T14:30:00Z To entice explorers, Ms. Smith had blocks of granite inscribed with Walt Whitman poetry placed along the waterfront path. Finally, a Tide of Celebration in the Rockaways 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It is all housed in a stately, if aged, Beaux Arts building with formal courtyards of granite and limestone. art: Changes at the Hispanic Society of America 2011-11-13T05:00:15Z It’s been a big year for Mount Desert Island, a craggy hump of pink Maine granite that’s home to Acadia National Park. Don’t call it relaxation. On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Staff members at my local emergency room admitted that they see injuries each summer from a slippery granite area at one nearby playground. What Makes Berlin a Playground Paradise 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Marked trails are scarce, but a signed path leads to a granite arch through which Lone Pine Peak and Mount Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 states, are perfectly framed. Rugged Country, Rugged History in California?s Owens Valley 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z When a five million pound granite slab fell from one of Yosemite’s most iconic cliffs last week, several days of storms meant no one was around to see it. Yosemite rockfall launches high-stakes race to re-map iconic Half Dome climb 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z “Glass really adds luminosity ... a quality that you don’t get from granite.” Seattle Glass Monuments helps craft brighter memories 2014-05-03T23:24:42Z In Shanksville, a new granite walkway brings visitors within a few dozen yards of the impact site that was once a charred crater. United 93 families dedicate Sept. 11 memorial 2011-09-11T02:50:00Z To blend the stone of the addition with the circa-1940 home's mellowed granite facade, new granite was combined with weathered fieldstone and mortared to mimic aged grout. Atlanta Cottage Garden 2013-05-13T15:50:05.423Z We spotted the lone gannet’s yellow head bobbing as he perched high on a dark granite outcrop, exhibiting nesting behaviors. The Farallon Islands Are Off Limits to Humans — But Not Wildlife 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Cycling through Madagascar’s vast savanna, with its pervasive tall grasses and impressive granite buttes, I felt very small. In Madagascar, an island with unique species is a biking biologist’s dream 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z From the arched entryway, I spot its granite obelisk towering 117 feet above the sprawling green prairie land. Commemorating Lincoln’s death in the city where he spent most of his life 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The installation will replace David Shrigley’s “Memorial,” a granite piece on display. Gilded Age Ballroom Installation Coming to Central Park 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z On a stone and granite campus where tradition and rigidity are heirlooms, Samet is distinctive for drawing on centuries of literature to teach prospective second lieutenants about the psychological puzzles and ethical ambiguities of war. At West Point, warriors shaped through Plutarch and Shakespeare 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z They marked the occasion by meeting at the sorority’s historical plot, a granite rock marked with their insignia and founding date. At Howard University, Homecoming Is a Pilgrimage 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Climbers are drawn to the granite cliffs and crags of the Penwith peninsula, and I spent some epic days here, with friends, climbing and exploring the Penwith heritage coast. My year of roaming free in Cornwall – a photo essay 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z |
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