| 单词 | limestone |
| 例句 | Vern told us how limestone from Rockport, Maine, was sent to Washington, DC, to build an important building, which he later remembered to be the Capitol building. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z With its rising towers, limestone columns, and jutting gables, it resembled a small fortress, as inaccessible as it was foreboding. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A tangle of leafless ivy clutched at the limestone walls. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Inside, floors had been sanded and the master bath retiled in beige limestone. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Rising four hundred feet over the night-time sprawl of modern Athens, the sheer cliffs were topped with a crown of limestone walls. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They had engulfed the great buildings and were slowly ripping apart the soft limestone with their roots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Like Venus, the Earth also has about 90 atmospheres of carbon dioxide; but it resides in the crust as limestone and other carbonates, not in the atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That half of the city was mostly built on solid white limestone, with only a little bit of topsoil above it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ann left the room and walked out of the building and down the limestone steps to the sidewalk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Yucatan Peninsula is like a gigantic limestone wharf projecting into the Caribbean. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mulch went low to the limestone, his belly almost scraping the rock. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z To her right a scree of small rocks and gravel sloped up to a cliff of crumbling limestone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He cast around, his black eyes gazing up at the sun-shimmering rocks and the wall of limestone crags above him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The raw substances available to ancient peoples were natural materials such as stone, wood, bone, skins, fiber, clay, sand, limestone, and minerals, all existing in great variety. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “When I went to a dinner party here, he wouldn’t stop boasting about how that limestone was Italian.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Staring right at him was a marble bust of Diocletian, his limestone face glowering with disapproval. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm, and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses, so that all the materials for building were at hand. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z An hour later we arrived atop the Yellow Band, and a bottleneck ensued as each climber cautiously descended the vertical limestone cliff. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The ghost led Nico to another public square, anchored at one end by a large square church with whitewashed walls and limestone arches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There are brownstones—limestone and maroon houses that stand like fence posts and always have Indian men refurbishing them—and everybody goes crazy for those, pays millions of dollars to live in them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The river narrowed and the banks rose higher, growing into dark limestone cliffs with sides too steep for the jungle to cling to. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When it flares up, I slip between two huge slabs of limestone and sidle down the tight tunnel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z These were impressive, modern, limestone buildings with red tile roofs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z West of the stadium, a vast, flat assembly area, the Maifeld, had been leveled and a great limestone bell tower was being erected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Almost all the rain falls during the May-to-December rainy season and rapidly sinks hundreds of feet into the porous limestone, from where it cannot easily be extracted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “The lie of the land. I smell limestone. Solid-rock foundation. There might not be a way in.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Below, ruins stretched out for maybe a quarter of a mile: limestone blocks, a few broken walls and some tiled holes in the ground like wells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Below the rapids was a railroad bridge laid on limestone piers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A long sloping valley marched inland, dotted with scraggly olive trees and limestone boulders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The buildings were painted in shades of pale limestone and sand, adorned with colorful hieroglyphics and a menagerie of statues depicting gods and creatures. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To make the water potable, the Maya laid a layer of crushed limestone atop the sediments, effectively paving over the salt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The limestone blocks were so old, they had fused together from centuries of moisture, making the place look almost like a naturally formed cave. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I feel I even walk like that: crouched over, my spine constricting to a question mark, my bones leached of calcium and porous as limestone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sciron hopped to the nearest chunk of limestone that was the right size for a footstool. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She’d seen the Museum of Natural Wonders many times on her strolls but never knew what the squat limestone building was for. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The arrow exploded against the nearest wall, peppering them with limestone shrapnel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The countryside becomes breathtakingly beautiful, rolling hills dotted with outcroppings of limestone rock against the backdrop of the Nan Ling Mountains. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z On a hill stood a grand limestone courthouse with a big clock tower. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A small limestone cave, barely big enough to hold them both. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Both of those atoll types present problems to human settlers, because they consist entirely of limestone without other stones, have only very thin soil, and lack permanent fresh water. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But the pressure was too weak, so that instead the water slid soundlessly down the underside of the shell where opportunistic slime hung in dripping points, like stalactites in a limestone cave. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On Robben Island, we had honed our debating skills while we chipped away at limestone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 mountain was crisp with evergreens, which were luminous set against the browns and grays of shale and limestone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 The limestone covering the floor was all that remained of the original stone temple, which the King of Adarlan had destroyed when he decided to replace it with the glass structure. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Flecks of loose limestone crumbled off the cave ceiling and rained onto her shoulders. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The pink brick of the Royal Square gives way to white limestone mansions and townhouses adorned with quartz roses and blush-pink lanterns above their entryways. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Helderbergs are made up of layers of limestone and shale, through which underground streams and rivers have carved miles of caverns. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Stop right there," called Nok, her voice startling her as it rang off the limestone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Each one was perfectly round, two feet in diameter, tiled around the rim with limestone; each one plunged straight into darkness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In time, the Stockyards’ gate towered before us, all ivory limestone and rising turrets, as grand as any wall in the White City. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The result was the Stone Gate, three arches of Lemont limestone roofed in copper and displaying over the central arch the carved bust—Root’s touch, no doubt—of John Sherman’s favorite bull, Sherman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The limestone that elsewhere gives Iowa its hard mineralized water was obliterated and replaced by the shocked basement rocks that so puzzled the water driller in 1912. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was brilliant and charming, but once fixed on a thing, he was as unyielding as a slab of Joliet limestone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I turned down a side street of narrow limestone offices, stopped at the third building, and wheeled my bicycle through its wrought-iron gates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She stood inside a huge limestone room with a high ceiling. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Raizel asked once we had passed through the Stockyards’ limestone gate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At the same time, the master quarryman was sent to supervise fifty apprentice stone cutters and two hundred and fifty laborers who would work in the Somme valley, an area known for its limestone. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Beyond the main boulevard, the city was a hodgepodge of medieval castle towers, Roman walls, limestone town houses with red-tiled roofs, and modern office buildings all crammed together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The drive through the tribal lands of the Khyber Pass, winding between cliffs of shale and limestone, was just as I remembered it—Baba and I had driven through the broken terrain back in 1974. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she went to the window and looked out at the brick and limestone apartment buildings across the street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Granite and slate,” he said each time we visited, “maybe a little soapstone, sprinkled with limestone and quartz. Minerals galore! It’s a smorgasbord of metamorphic marvels!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Even the limestone rocks had impressions of seashells embedded in them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On one side, the limestone cliffs were almost completely sheer, dropping into the sea over a thousand feet below, as near as Piper could figure. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A thriving commercial center had taken root on the south side of the river, replete with stately brick hotels, sturdy limestone banks, and a wide variety of fine emporiums and reputable mercantile establishments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z At the one extreme was Henderson Island, an old coral reef raised above sea level and devoid of stone Other than limestone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead he saw Gebu, just straightening from his inspection of the finisher’s progress on a limestone slab. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Most other large Polynesian islands are volcanoes that rose from the sea, have never formed parts of a continent, and may or may not include areas of raised limestone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No. The entire estate is built on a bed of limestone. Not even a dwarf could tunnel his way out of here. Or in.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Trees enveloped the great buildings, their roots slowly ripping apart the soft limestone walls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ms. Canty said that the new apartment, which occupies a full floor in a limestone building on East 79th Street, was viewed as “better for the museum’s general purposes, the business purposes, than the old.” Plum Benefit to Plum Cultural Post: Free, Tax-Free Housing 2010-08-09T16:12:00Z And it is there in the smaller things too—a small limestone figure of Horus the child, Greek coins, scarabs and amulets designed for both Greek and Egyptian markets. Deep rising 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Everything is preserved by the thinnest layer of calcite from the water oozing out of limestone over the millennia. Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams: the real art underground 2011-03-17T23:00:01Z He stood there — a young black 13-year-old in Detroit — 1938, on the massive Indiana limestone porch of a mansion on Arden Park Boulevard, where the butler, an older white gentleman greeted him. “DETROIT”: Cleaning up the mess white people made or adding to it? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Using local materials whenever possible, including cement mined from local limestone mountains, he designed stylish buildings sensitive to their tropical island settings. Thomas S. Marvel, Architect of the Tropical, Dies at 80 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s earthy and minerally, as though black cherries were fossilized in limestone. This $15 gamay will go great with what’s on the grill 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “I knew it would be extra work, but it is worth it because the calcareous limestone soils are so incredible,” said Mr. Hardie, who planted his first vines there in 2003. From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Rome’s legionaries lodged a ribbon of limestone across Britannia’s north, they cared little if Scottish shepherds ambled south with their sheep or hopped Hadrian’s Wall. What Are Borders For? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z We arrived in January, by which point the warm Provençal brushwork of lavender and limestone had given way to a piercing wind. Encounters with Shakespeare 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Here, in a park full of palm trees in the southwestern port city of Huelva, soars a 114-foot-tall limestone statue of Christopher Columbus. Retracing the Spanish Path of My Ancestor, the Founder of the Whitney 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z As salt water breaches the limestone bedrock around the Florida peninsula and enters the aquifer, this natural freshwater wonder is threatened like never before. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z THE BATHROOMAkin to a private spa, with floor-to-ceiling windows and a luxuriously deep limestone tub lined with relaxation essentials: bath salts, rose oil, loofah, pillowed headrest, remote controls for the television and automated curtains. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Upper House, in Hong Kong 2011-04-29T18:55:00Z In southern France, about 400 miles from Paris, the limestone cave contains a wealth of early paintings, perhaps from as long ago as 32,000 years. | 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams': Herzog Finds His Inner Cave Man 2011-04-28T21:43:04Z Late in the afternoon we pulled to shore near “canyon depth,” the deepest part of the Smith in its limestone bed. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Located in the Forest Hills neighborhood, the massive manse, with a custom-made brick and Indiana limestone façade, is less than 15 minutes from downtown D.C. and the White House. A Grand Estate in Washington, D.C. 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z More recently, quarries about 30 miles north of Paris specialize in an especially hard variety of Lutetian limestone fashionable in upscale building projects around the world. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Soon the hike turned vertical, and we scrambled up human-size outcrops of limestone using trees as handholds. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Three spotted eagle rays, as exquisitely patterned as ocelots, glide side by side toward an immanent blackness, as indifferent to Vizl, it seems, as the limestone wall is to the climber. From the Highest Heights to the Lowest Depths, in Photographs 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Cradled in a hillside among old-growth trees, the school is made of wood, copper and local limestone. How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Enslaved people leveled the hill on which the house sits, dug clay for brick-making, quarried limestone for mortar and plaster, and chopped trees that became lumber for framing and woodwork. 'Built by my family': America's grand buildings constructed by slaves 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Mount Pleasant's 120-year-old limestone cellars also open for tours on weekends. Toast Missouri Wine Country 2011-04-14T14:50:11.947Z La Casilla, from bobal grown on limestone, is light, elegant and profoundly mineral, with stony flavors of red fruits, yet it goes down easy. 12 Wines for Thanksgiving and Beyond 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z This week’s hint: this natural limestone arch is one of the highlights of a World Heritage Site. In Transit: Guess Where This is 2011-03-24T18:17:35Z They include a Greco-Roman style sarcophagus, a nesting set of three sarcophagi that dates from about 664 to 552 B.C., and limestone figures. 4 Charged in Smuggling Egyptian Antiquities 2011-07-14T22:22:50Z Among the most striking works on view is an unfinished statuette, with the tracing line of a standing, crowned figure still clearly visible on the small limestone block. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The road soon became a narrow trail winding between pockmarked limestone boulders. In Morocco, 44 hours of lingering in a small village leaves a big impression 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The limestone was scavenged from construction sites around Paris that he would haunt in the middle of the night. A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z On either side of us were a jumble of limestone boulders and the cliffs they came from. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The painting, found in a limestone cave in 2017, was dated to nearly 44,000 years ago using uranium-series analysis, they said in the study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Indonesian cave art is earliest known record of 'story telling', researchers say 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Workers are still repairing damage to the Indiana limestone exterior. A cathedral like none other: Moon rock and Darth Vader blend into Gothic architecture 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Many in the platoon were “losing it around the edges as the constant trickling of stress carved new and aberrant patterns into their personalities like underground streams in a limestone cave.” Review: ‘War of the Encyclopaedists,’ by Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Imagine long rows of connected limestone columns framed by bushes of oleander — pink and white flowers that are fragrant, delicate and deadly. An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The park includes a unique feature: a theater carved into limestone rocks where you can watch performances in an underground spring just on the other side of a glass wall. Long car trip? Map out some roadside attractions for fun along the way. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Malta has unearthed and meticulously reconstructed two elaborate prehistoric limestone temples dating back to 3600 B.C., before Egypt’s pyramids and even Britain’s Stonehenge. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Torran explained that blue holes are giant sinkholes created when carbonic acid in rainwater eats through porous limestone to expose a subsurface cave. Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world’s a park 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z New interior walls, 14 feet high, will be wrapped in fluted limestone. The Crystal Cathedral redesign: Why tasteful updates add up to architectural disappointment 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Among the most important of the missing objects are a limestone statue of the god Akhenaten holding an offering table and a gilded wood statue of Tutankhamen being carried by a goddess. ArtsBeat: Valuable Artifacts Missing from Egyptian Museum 2011-02-14T19:45:37Z But he eventually warmed to the stroll down his old block on 118th Street, past a checkerboard of handsome brownstones and limestone town houses and the odd rundown example of each. Arts & Leisure: Richard Price and CBS?s Harlem Crime Drama ?NYC-22? 2012-04-05T16:11:57Z In 1990, just as Vietnam was opening to the West, the government gave permission to Howard Limbert, his wife, Deb, and fellow members of the British Cave Research Association to start surveying the limestone landscape. Exploring Spectacular Caves in a Quiet Corner of Vietnam 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s most common in groundwater and in places where limestone and gypsum are present. Hard water isn’t a danger to your health, but it can be a nuisance for your home 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z After about 700 meters, the woods ended at a line of exposed limestone reaching to the sky and stretching away into an open meadow. In France’s Dordogne region, a land of castles and caves calls for deep exploration 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Smith, who was Mr. Roth’s idea, will speak in what used to be the main reading room, an upstairs space with 22-foot ceilings and limestone fireplaces at either end. A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Iron, coal, limestone and other raw materials went in one end and finished automobiles came out the other. Hyundai Rolls Its Own 2011-02-23T23:00:00Z They had just exchanged the site of their incarceration to a Bavarian town called Eichstätt, where the prison camp was set among sunlit limestone bluffs and forest-smothered hills. Birds in a Cage: Warburg, Germany, 1941 by Derek Niemann - review 2012-12-20T08:00:01Z Our next stop was the valley of Les Baux, where the rock is bauxite, not limestone, and the climate even harsher. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z Hilltop limestone caves where ancient remains of animals have been found, as well as Iron Age human artifacts. Scotland’s northeastern scenery circuit — 500 miles of sheep, history and whisky 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z We camped that night at the inlet of a creek whose waters were as white and opaque as full-cream milk, colored by limestone sediment from a massif to the west. Explorer: Far, Maybe Too Far, Into the Yukon 2012-08-23T17:33:18Z You have to look for a long descending path across from the trail leading up, where a deep fissure between two limestone cliffs lies hidden. Climbing the summits of Irish literature I wanted to crane my neck at its limestone walls and fool its sullen brown trout with a fly rod. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z There’s limestone, slate, quartz, the granites—there must be five or six granites.” 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z His notes on landscape, limestone and poetry, serve to re-route the squabbling and bring a peculiar kind of melancholy to the series. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z Thus a limestone pillar topped by the figure of a draped man calls for comparison with the handling of certain clay characters excavated at the site of Khalchayan in Uzbekistan. Art Review: Murky Exploration of an Iranian Past 2011-05-27T12:00:04Z The soils there are often clay and tuffeau, a form of limestone, as well as flinty silex. For Savennières, Age Comes With Benefits 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z In a venerable limestone dowager facing the park, the duplex was detailed like a Greek temple turned outside in, and it was hardly suitable for a gang of kids wielding hockey sticks and tennis racquets. 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z He brought stone — Belgian marble, limestone and a type of onyx — to his studio and “began to carve, immediately.” Saint Clair Cemin on Broadway and at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2012-09-02T01:00:45Z In December of 1945, a pair of brothers digging for fertilizer near limestone caves near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi discovered an ancient red earthenware jar containing 13 papyrus manuscripts. 'Gnostic Gospels' author Pagels to speak in Seattle 2010-04-29T00:13:00Z They hewed more to limestone than brick and were less florid and more rectilinear. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Melania Trump’s largest project was probably the renovation of the Rose Garden, which included replacement of old plantings and the installation of new limestone paths and upgraded drainage systems. Melania Trump is out of the White House, but she left her mark on its public spaces 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z In a burial ground dating from about 2,700–2,600 BCE and located not far from the famous Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, an inscribed piece of limestone reads, The ancient art of burying your dog 2014-04-06T14:00:00Z Also stolen is a limestone statue of the pharaoh Akhenaten holding an offering table, a statue of Nefertiti making offerings and several other stone and wooden artefacts. Tutankhamun statues among priceless items stolen from Cairo museum 2011-02-13T16:59:28Z We persevered, and drove on, past fishing villages that dot the island’s coves like pearls — towns that are a riot of color, with magenta bougainvillea crawling up white limestone, blue-shuttered homes that overlook the sea. Minorca, Off the Coast of Spain, Is a Tranquil Biosphere Reserve 2012-04-13T17:28:35Z Approaching the house from the front drive, one is greeted by a poker-faced exterior of limestone blocks. An Extraordinary Paradise Valley Residence 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z We stood at a vantage point in its churchyard that overlooks the yellow limestone home where Jane Austen used to visit relatives when it was a parsonage. It’s hard not to be charmed in unspoiled south-central England 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Alluding to the red brick and limestone of Holy Cross’s 19th century Collegiate Gothic architecture, the center is clad in Cor-Ten steel and glass fiber-reinforced concrete. A Panorama of Design 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The limestone streets and the cliff-top city walls of Dubrovnik typically have a crush of tourists in summer. Kayaking through the past in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The term, which has become popular in the past decade, is often attached to higher-acid white wines like those of Chablis, a region of Burgundy famous for its limestone soil. Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The dome itself is made of a porous type of limestone, like pumice, mixed with concrete, and has five rings of 28 rectangular coffers. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Not far from the trail, a pair of springs flows into an ancient storage cistern carved out of limestone, then funnels through irrigation channels to the agricultural terraces. Next Stop: Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical 2011-06-10T18:55:00Z Organized by Derek Brown, owner of several D.C. bars and the spirits adviser for the National Archives, the argument pitted peat-loving sister against limestone- loving brother, brand rep against brand rep, whisky against whiskey. The remarkable resurgence of a liquor that Prohibition almost killed 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z We peered at the brownish-red petroglyphs painted on the flatter surfaces in the limestone hollow while a single bat circled above us. On an Island Hunt for Pieces of My History 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The façade is French limestone and Venetian plaster with stone balustrades. A Richard Landry–Designed Residence in Beverly Hills Is on the Market 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Part of the fun is walking the beautiful stone streets and sidewalks of the city, done in the Portuguese style with intricate designs of contrasting basalt and limestone. In the Azores, the tradition of the ‘emigrante’ endures 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The temples were stunning, clusters of oval rooms built from giant slabs of cut yellow limestone and set on a desolate bluff overlooking the water. My Quest for Atlantis 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z Oddities pop up, like the large limestone chess pieces that sit randomly along the walls and crowd around the two-story teahouse. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z And a short day trip away is the Calanques National Park, where steep, limestone inlets extend into the Mediterranean like fingers. Two French Cities, Neither of Them Paris. Which One to Love? 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The park is named after its spectacular and multihued limestone cliffs, towering directly above the lake for 15 miles and frothing with waterfalls. Water, Sand and Plenty of Elbow Room on 8 Wild, Protected Coastlines 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Pottery, silver coins, iron arrowheads, limestone pitchers, scraps of parchment — such are the seemingly mundane yields of many archaeological excavations, and they are prevalent here as well. Exhibition Review: ?The Dead Sea Scrolls? at Discovery Times Square - Review 2011-10-28T22:51:17Z In 1927, a huge limestone sarcophagus was found in the area and placed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but the site was then forgotten, Hawass said. Egypt unveils 2,500-year-old mummy at forgotten cemetery 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z At American Primitive is a limestone sundial elevated on a Janus head with faces pointing in opposite directions, which in turn is supported by four equine-hoofed legs that converge at the neck. Art Review: A Smorgasbord of Fine Art, the Strange and the Old 2011-01-20T23:18:38Z Consider the vast underground limestone cave systems, just a short drive from the flatlands of the Pannonian Plain, populated by storks and gypsies. The best of Slovenia in one day: Ski in the morning, take a dip in the sea in the afternoon 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z I imagined twinkling bikes zipping along the crushed limestone path in a magical dark forest, with frogs ribbiting and bats flying in the background. In Ohio’s Cuyahoga River Valley, biking along the Ohio & Erie Canal towpath Chunky limestone outcroppings, smoothly planted knolls, stands of timber and everywhere, it seemed, barns. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z Lecce, a Baroque masterpiece of a city built from cream-colored limestone, is often referred to as “the Florence of the South.” Drifting Through Puglia, Italy’s Heel 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Today, sharp-edged gray chunks of rotted limestone sit in the mud on a barren shore. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent From the pool, which features a compass rose, an infinity edge, limestone coping and a coral-stone deck, is a spectacular view of the island of Tortola. Striking Images 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z The Kimbell Art Museum’s iconic design boasts many elegant attributes, but it is known most for how the right calibration of natural light enters its travertine limestone and polished concrete interior. She’s one of the top conservators in the country, but she likes to be anonymous 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And lots of stone, predominantly limestone and quartzite, plus a little schist — the coarse rock, often featuring dark bands, that glints in the light and dominates much of the surrounding region. In Portugal’s mountains, an ecotourist haven rises from abandoned stone villages 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z A canopy of hardwood trees provides cover, and old limestone walls adorn hills speckled with horse farms. Just in time for summer: 49 new National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The glow is the result of the sun’s rays hitting the water and reflecting off the limestone floor. Going underground: the world's most spectacular caves 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Anatolia says some parts of the movie also will be filmed in the Turkish province of Denizli, where white limestone terraces form of calcium deposits also draw tourists. Nicolas Cage films Ghost Rider sequel in Turkey 2011-01-13T15:07:22Z To get to the distillery, a modest cottage-like building, from the parking lot, I crossed a recently reconstructed limestone footbridge. Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Narrow sidewalks outside Francie’s limestone building, combined with some inconveniently placed hydrants, made outdoor dining impossible. Just When Restaurants Thought 2020 Couldn’t Get Any Worse … 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Both rooms had smooth limestone floors and gleaming white subway tile, and the spacious main bathroom area included luxurious extras like heated mirrors and fluffy robes. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: The Louis Hotel in Munich 2010-06-24T21:08:00Z Other works were housed inside a Modernist limestone building. Contractor Sues Glenstone Museum Foundation for $24 Million 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Less than three hours’ drive west of the bustling capital is Viñales, a lush valley of deep-red earth and tobacco fields and mogotes, stunning limestone outcrops that are often shrouded by morning mist. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Situated just under the center of Aracena, the cavern unfurls one marvelous sight after another: limestone sculpted by time, crystals, and colorful stalactites and stalagmites. Come for the mushrooms, stay for the ham: This unsung corner of Spain is home to fabulous food 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Made from grapes grown on clay and limestone, the wines are clear and precise, with flavors of red fruit and fine minerality. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The sliced stones here are upright, perforated and jagged limestone rocks that symbolize mountains and their mythological forces. China wants a bold presence in Washington — so it’s building a $100 million garden 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The bulky, limestone statue depicts a royal scribe named Sekhemka seated with writing on his lap. Britain Acts to Block Removal of Egyptian Statue 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Outside limestone buildings, sellers perch under parasols with stacks of sweet ma’moul biscuits and buckets of bright-pink pickled cauliflower, orange loquat fruits and green sour cherries. Little town of Bethlehem – a travel photo essay 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Gentle swelling fields becoming rolling hills, which become limestone uplands with hills huddling close together. Pursuits: Twists and Turns Along a Kentucky Doughnut Trail 2012-11-04T03:27:20Z A number of parakeets and gerbils currently rest in the backyard of their two-story limestone in Lefferts, each having had a ceremonial exit. Baby Boomers Are Drawn to Green and Eco-Friendly Funerals 2014-03-12T22:33:56Z Rosenrain is one such place, where old vines are planted on a mixture of limestone and red sandstone soils. There’s More to German Wine Than Riesling 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Paris is set in stone — the cobblestones of some of its ancient bridges and sidewalks, the limestone facades of most of its buildings — and at the same time infinitely fungible. Film: Movie Love for Paris, City of Klieg Lights 2010-08-14T14:22:00Z The site was discovered more than 50 years ago but new analysis of unidentified organic material on the limestone altar yielded the surprising result. Holy smoke, researchers say cannabis used in ancient Israelite shrine 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Calcite, which ranges from a milky, sunny hue to a deep root-beer brown, crystallizes within egg-shaped limestone deposits on the south shore near Poipu. Journeys: Finding Hawaiiana To Take Home, on Kauai 2010-06-11T18:32:00Z The design for the addition by Davis Brody Bond seeks to retain the Beaux-Arts vernacular of the Frick’s original home, employing the same Indiana limestone. Frick’s Plan for Expansion Faces Fight Over Loss of Garden 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Three replicas of those reliefs are juxtaposed with limestone carvings by an unknown sculptor, made for a far-off church in a small provincial town. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z It was a little pool that lay under the shadow of a limestone outcropping. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z The artist sometimes uses rock rather than wood, as in “Couple,” which splits curved limestone as if were an eggshell. Review | In the galleries: Many works in ‘Spring Solos’ form a chorus of concern for the environment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The most primal object is David Therriault’s large limestone wheel, incised with patterns that include a segment of strong, straight lines that cut across the circle’s northeast quadrant. Review | In the galleries: Washington Sculptors Group shows a playful nature 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Tennessee, for instance, is the nation's most cavernous state because of its limestone formations. New PBS series plums the depths of bluegrass 2011-11-02T10:24:08Z We passed the so-called Bat Volcano, a dried-out cenote, or limestone sinkhole, that’s home to more than three million bats of eight species that swirl out into the air every evening at twilight. The Return of the Jaguar 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Outside, Chipperfield replaced the idiosyncratic limestone façade with black steel, aluminum, brass, and sleek glass. Fashion Statement 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z It would retain the Beaux-Arts vernacular of the original home and use the same Indiana limestone. Frick Plans Changes, but Vows to Stay the Same 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z He shows us "clints" and "grykes", which sound like they might be rude, but are actually the slabs and fissures of a limestone pavement. TV review: Wild Britain with Ray Mears 2013-01-18T23:00:02Z When the exterior limestone casing was removed, stolen or repurposed, the soft inner cores of the Middle Kingdom pyramids were eroded and often lost. Met exhibit shatters 19th-century myths about ancient Egypt 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Designed under Vanderbilt’s watchful eye by the renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt and known as the “Petit Chateau,” it was enormous, made of limestone and done in a French Renaissance and Gothic style. ‘The Gilded Age’: What Is Fact and What Is Fiction? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z But riding a bus is not much better, because the road is “winding like an intestine through a no man’s land of forest and patches of rugged limestone.” Books of The Times: ‘The Beast’ by Óscar Martínez Details Immigrant Trek 2013-12-17T21:43:42Z You get the titanic limestone façades of the early twentieth century and the vast impenetrable steel-curtain façades of the mid-century, all of them uncertainly tenanted. When Cars Ruled the Night: New York City, 1974-1976 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Even in the dead of winter, the property is stunning, with its undulating textures of ridges, glades and limestone escarpments. The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Kamal’s neighborhood still had some houses with rooms carved out of limestone caves. In Morocco, 44 hours of lingering in a small village leaves a big impression 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Mining has a history in this area going back to the Romans and earlier, but even if part of the entrance was dug out, there must be a labyrinth of caves in the limestone beyond. The deadly lure of cave paintings 2010-08-11T10:22:00Z 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 Motifs and textures are inspired by Italian baking tins, Turkish limestone walls and tropical undergrowth. Reading Between the Design Lines 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Marseille is at our back, the limestone hills approaching in the distance. Stepping Into the Frame in the South of France 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The Israel Antiquities Authority said the smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a mansion overlooking what is now the Old City. Toilet discovered in Jerusalem is more than 2,700 years old 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z About 40m deep, the pool is perfect for diving, and ledges have been carved into the limestone rock for this purpose. 10 of the world’s best natural wonders … that you’ve probably never heard of 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z They filmed “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” at the top where there’s a limestone pavement, a natural geological phenomenon. Take a Tour of ‘All Creatures’ Country 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Sunrise Point has incomparable views of the fire-hued, mostly limestone rock formations, which are the remnants of an ancient lake that covered western Utah. These Are the Best Views in America 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The limestone walls on the Irish island of Inis Meain are unusually expressive with different shapes and sizes of stones positioned to create exquisite patterns. Design: Dazzling Ingenuity of the Dry Stone Wall 2011-10-09T12:48:09Z From these vines, Catena produces stunning Chardonnays called White Bones, from soils layered with fossils and limestone from an ancient river, and another called White Stones, from gravelly soils just a few vine rows away. In their quest for something unique, Argentina’s winemakers are digging deep 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z A family of clever rabbits, avoiding a certain fate as fenkata, was making its burrow beneath the limestone maze. My Quest for Atlantis 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Drills shook the earth as they bore through the limestone sediment; derricks swung their large clawing arms back and forth. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The large hook-shaped wall of Kuwaiti limestone and the 34 flagpoles representing the coalition countries were replaced by a quarter-acre parabola-shaped plaza embedded in the site’s grassy slope. Why does it take so long for memorials to be built in Washington? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Carlsbad Caverns is known for its underground limestone caves and rock formations. Carlsbad Caverns visitors spent $23M in 2013 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps for them the potential greatness of Muenchberg was evident in its complexity: diverse exposures angled in all directions and wide-ranging soils including red sandstone with lots of iron and quartz, volcanic sediment and limestone. Alsatian Wines Strike a Balance of Dry and Sweet 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z 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 The jungles of the Yucatán peninsula are home to natural limestone sinkholes called cenotes, filled with deep, clear, mineral-rich waters that open up into underground caverns. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z A cantera stone statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe brought back from Mexico graces the top of the archway, nestled inside a limestone grotto. The Trinket Garden 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z An example of this trend is the company’s Milestone collection, which is rendered in a structured limestone and features hex shapes inside hex shapes. 7 trends found at a major Italian tile show 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z From this old vineyard, planted in limestone, sand and marl, the wines were exceptional. Our Critic’s Best Wine Moments of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Its limestone walls shelter a protected species of bats, some field mice and a perpetual dampness evoking the must of the past. The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Lizards and birds were perched in the nooks and crannies of the limestone walls that rose up around the sinkhole; the cool, blue water, about 280 feet deep, was perfect for diving. Next Stop: Valladolid, Mexico, a City of Yucatán Cool 2012-11-30T20:09:44Z Steep limestone walls, sculpted by wind and water into twisted cracks and grottoes, soared hundreds of feet high as we clambered over, under or around huge boulders. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z In Wales last weekend we went for a walk in the local woods, in a limestone landscape. The deadly lure of cave paintings 2010-08-11T10:22:00Z I grew them in a mix of sand, gravel, limestone and compost and, knowing they weren’t in heavy clay, kept them well watered. Salvias add vitality to your garden when it needs it the most 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Sometimes, to break up long drives, my dad would pull onto the shoulder of the highway, and we would look for fossils in the limestone that crops out in the road cuts. A Strange Australian Masterpiece About Our Relationship to the Land 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Barbados is one of the region’s only coral limestone islands, said to lend an inimitable flavor to the water used in rum production. On a Caribbean Rum Trail 2014-02-21T19:02:44Z And there are few examples of medieval sculpture more powerful than the five limestone capitals sculpted in the late 12th century for the Crusader-built Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, some 60 miles from Jerusalem. Jerusalem as a Place of Desire and Death, at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Although it receives its fair share of tourists, they spread across the island; Majorca’s diverse terrain boasts mountains, ocean and limestone caves. Bypass Ibiza’s crowds and parties for Majorca’s beauty and tranquility 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z But — unlike, say, the pink marble of its neighbor the National Gallery of Art, or the weathered-looking, curvilinear limestone of the National Museum of the American Indian — the Blacksonian is brown. Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Show Though Halong Bay, a staggering seascape of some 1,600 limestone islands and islets in the Gulf of Tonkin, formed over millions of years, there’s never been a better time to visit. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Its shallow, crystalline waters overlie a soft, white limestone soil, giving rise to a subtle array of shades, from aquamarine to turquoise to deep azure. In Mexico, turning the tide for Bacalar’s threatened Lake of Seven Colors 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Sand and limestone pebbles — the largest is a quarter-inch in diameter — are embedded across the surface of the canvas, especially in the impastoed foreground. Van Gogh and the Consolation of Trees 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Walk around the plazas and narrow, cobblestone streets, lined with limestone buildings. Q&A: A Food-Focused Overnight in Montreal 2010-07-06T21:00:00Z Just outside the temple the over 400 carvings cut into the limestone known as Flying Peak are just exquisite. Next Stop: The Poetry of Hangzhou 2011-04-08T18:55:00Z Largely glass, white marble and limestone, the house seamlessly marries the indoors and outdoors, working as well for the Miller kids’ sleepover pillow fights and pool parties as for the parents’ elegant VIP gatherings. Seen ‘Columbus,’ the movie? Meet Columbus, the modernist mecca 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The mud became shale; beachlike sands morphed into sandstone; and calcified sea creatures became limestone. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s a windy, overcast day in late January in Chipping Campden, a tiny, postcard-perfect village in southwestern England where Mr. Ishiguro and his wife spend quiet weekends at their yellow limestone cottage. For Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘The Buried Giant’ Is a Departure 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z It's the house canned wine of one of the elite wholesalers, and tastes just right for its genre, like sun-washed limestone and summer fruit. Our great big list of the best canned wines 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Its 46 stand-alone homes and studios are built into the limestone of Providenciales’ north shore. 7 New Escapes in the Caribbean 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z This wine, made entirely from sémillon grown on limestone, was gorgeous, luscious with flavors of oranges and cream and the complexity that comes from grapes infected with Botrytis cinerea, the noble rot. Our Critic’s Best Wine Moments of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The water level, always subject to seasonal fluctuations, had now retreated drastically, marooning the otherworldly landscape of limestone towers for which Abbé is famed. A Remarkable Rail Journey Into the Horn of Africa’s Past, and Future 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Bordered by limestone cliffs on one side, Arco is famous for its annual Rock Master event, an international climbing competition. No snow required: Exploring Italy’s Dolomites during the offseason 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Els Ports is a range of limestone hills and canyons that straddles the border between Aragon and Catalonia. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But for an unknown reason, they did not extend it through the entire limestone formation. How workers in New York City are fixing a crucial busted pipeline, 55 stories underground 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The beautiful old limestone farmhouse looked shut, so we waited in the car while Fabrice knocked at the door. In France, a Visit With the In-Laws (Finally) Becomes a Vacation 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The flat, porous limestone shelf of the peninsula is penetrated by thousands of sinkholes, or cenotes, filled with fresh water. Next Stop: Valladolid, Mexico, a City of Yucatán Cool 2012-11-30T20:09:44Z Something like 20,000 years ago, a rock slide sealed up the entrance to a large cave set into a limestone cliff above the Ardèche River in southern France. "Cave of Forgotten Dreams": Herzog's dazzling journey to the dawn of art 2011-04-29T01:30:00Z The entire 77th Street front would butter itself over with a thin veneer of sober gray limestone. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The fact that the limestone substrata develops sink holes, that one day a house is standing, the next it’s disappeared. Q&A: Frances Mayes on the Lure of Southern Landscapes 2014-04-24T17:45:21Z Cafe terraces, limestone buildings and nattily dressed locals create a timeless tableau. What to Do in Left Bank, Paris 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Answer: five ancient limestone sculptures that needed to somehow arrive in New York — via crate, pontoon barge, ferry over the Krishna River and truck to an airport in Hyderabad. Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Visitors now enter through Gabriel’s portals, under an entablature that reads “To the Glories of France,” into meticulously detailed classicized limestone vestibules. How Do You Add to Versailles? Bravely 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Wall Street financier Stephen A. Schwarzman has fond memories of Commons, the 114-year-old limestone building at Yale where he first took meals as a shy freshman from a public school in suburban Philadelphia. Stephen A. Schwarzman Gives $150 Million for Yale Cultural Hub 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Lehman Caves, a limestone and marble underworld, though, is the park’s main attraction, and popular enough that the hourlong, 20-person tours often book up a month or so ahead. A Nevada Park That, at 77,000 Acres, Sneaks in Under the Tourist Radar 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z La Casilla, from limestone, is supremely mineral yet light and elegant. The Grape From Manchuela 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Last year the Met announced it was returning to India an eighth-century stone sculpture of a Hindu goddess and a limestone sculpture from the third century. Met Museum to Return Prize Artifact Because It Was Stolen 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z That impression is reinforced indoors, where ceiling heights in several of the public spaces soar to almost 30 feet and energizing expanses of dramatically grained marble, sugary limestone, and rich walnut abound. Los Angeles Home - High Design for a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Perry was a local entrepreneur and diver who built the theater directly into the limestone side of the spring in 1947. The Last Mermaid Show 2013-07-05T13:25:59Z First, they bought a vineyard where a layer of loam sits over bedrock of dolomitic limestone. From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Along with 828, with its three-story limestone base, metal cornice and terra-cotta details, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering six other historic buildings along Broadway just south of Union Square. The Battle to Make the Strand a Landmark Is About More Than a Building 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z 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 semicircle cluster of limestone created a natural barrier against the elements, cradled the visitor and invited lingering. Ireland’s Aran Islands, Hiding in Plain Sight 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z We also have craters that developed in the travertine limestone seat in our shower. Natural stone counters showing their age? Here’s how to repair those divots. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z These were not your familiar stalactite-dripping limestone caverns: These were carved by flows of lava that erupted from the nearby Medicine Lake volcano intermittently over the past 500,000 years. The Calif. national park — with lava beds — that most people don’t know about 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z A paddle through the area's bluish limestone outcroppings is fast becoming one of Vietnam's must-dos. River-Borne Sightseeing at Tam Coc 2011-03-03T14:20:00Z He restored the space, drawing from the French vernacular: gilded bronze hardware, black-and-white limestone floors, boiserie and a marble fireplace that hints at the site’s previous use as Balmain’s residence. T Magazine: The Reinvention of Minimalism 2014-04-10T14:23:11Z He’s currently building a second road, this one four times as long and leading cars through a limestone cave. 10 Secrets of Big Cedar Lodge 2010-03-24T20:56:00Z Labels on the walls and shelves identify furnishings and accessories, from cuff links and bookends to limestone sculpture and wrought-iron tables. Antiques: Orientalist Paintings and Art Deco Antiques 2013-06-06T21:18:00Z There is a great view of Jaffa, an ancient port city of limestone on the sea, surrounded by protective walls and crowned by palm trees, a minaret and a church bell tower. Journeys: Tel Aviv by Bicycle 2011-11-18T16:25:26Z The interior walls were comprised of wet limestone coated in a gruel-thin whitewash that never seemed to look clean. The coalition's attacks on the NHS will return us to the age of the workhouse 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z At the Twelve Apostles, the iconic limestone towers that had so burned themselves into my memory, I felt that something was missing. In Australia, Driving the Great Ocean Road 2011-04-08T19:24:55Z The busy exceptions are a network of medieval towns crowned by 12th-century Moorish castles, set on the banks of the Júcar River, which carved wondrous canyons through limestone hills. The Grape From Manchuela 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z And across the street from the landmark Jaffa Clock Tower, a limestone column built by a Jew 100 years ago to honor the Ottoman reign in Palestine, sits the sprawling Setai Tel Aviv. Jaffa Is Tel Aviv’s Unexpected Luxury Hotspot 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Steel Corporation, amassing a huge fortune and an ever-growing collection of treasures, with which he filled his limestone New York mansion. Discover Henry Clay Frick’s Sèvres Porcelain Collection 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z For visitors, the idea of taking the wheel is daunting; roads are narrow and lined with limestone walls. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z To celebrate her 27th birthday, Mistress Marley, a professional dominatrix from Harlem, flew to Tulum, Mexico, where she rented a modern four-bedroom villa with a limestone pool, private beach and personal chef. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Opened in 1998 on the site of a former limestone quarry, the Armin-Wolf Arena, named after a local sportswriter and baseball booster, reflects Germany’s burgeoning fascination with America’s pastime. Hidden Gems of Europe 2012-10-12T20:14:25Z The renovation’s aesthetic will also be understated and honor the original building’s aesthetic, using materials like Indiana limestone. Frick Collection, With Fourth Expansion Plan, Crosses Its Fingers Again 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Erin Lingle’s path came from a whole different direction: It started among the steep limestone cliffs of Spain. Review | A peaceful neighborhood haunt serving the flavors of Spain 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z He had worked briefly in Burgundy and saw firsthand pinot noir’s affinity for limestone, the region’s bedrock. Josh Jensen, California Pinot Noir Pioneer, Is Dead at 78 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Two original cottages and a four-car garage retain the limestone casings, large-scale windows, and chimneys of the main residence. On the Market: A Sprawling Elizabethan Manse 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The property is on a quiet lane in Bath’s historic center, the entirety of which is a Unesco World Heritage site known for its lovely Georgian architecture and golden limestone, called Bath stone. Soaking in Luxury in Historic Bath, England 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The building is spare and low slung, made of local cream limestone. Get a kick out of karate at Okinawa’s new fight club 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In Germany, it’s better known for red wine, but this riesling, grown on limestone soils, is simply beautiful: stony, chalky and floral. 20 Wines for Under $20 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Freedman’s PowerPoint covered the Champagne region’s dual oceanic and continental climate, its limestone subsoils, and its gently rolling hills — its terroir, to use the French term used in wine circles. The Grapes of Wrath 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Back on our 16-seat motorboat, we entered a gorge of limestone cliffs. An Eco-Tour of Guatemala’s Rio Dulce Region 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Pointing to the barn’s solid limestone foundation, Ms. Mellenthin told me the wall was collapsing and filled with mud before restoration. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z There’s a palimpsest of modern-art history in the titanium, limestone, steel, and glass composition. Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Over the centuries the water has carved three limestone arcs across the main chamber at the end of a dizzyingly steep gorge. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The table in the centre of the room is carved from English limestone and weighs four thousand pounds. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries and palaces rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. 10 smaller European Capitals of Culture you may not have heard of 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The figures may be realistic or neo-Cubist, and rendered in terra cotta and stoneware, alabaster and limestone. In the galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes round 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The mysterious cypress domes also tower above the grass, but they thrive just a few feet closer to sea level, or even in holes in the limestone below sea level. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z In the early 20th century, countless buildings, many of them clad in brick or Indiana limestone, served as pillars of the Midwestern economy. In Chicago, Landmark Hotels Where the Views Are Enchanting 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z He died in 2005, at 86, after about 35 years in residence at the house, an 1870s limestone building, and he bequeathed it with its varied antiques to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Antiques: Revising Our Ideas of Colonial Sewing 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z In 1994, three explorers discovered a limestone cave in southern France that contains what many believe are the oldest known paintings in history, some of which date back at least 32,000 years. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Country Music: Live at the Ryman’ and a Valerie Harper Tribute 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z The 19th-century museum’s limestone facade with its high neoclassical columns, carved busts and winged horses seems to have had just a good cleaning. The Royal Museum With a White-Cube Gallery Inside 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z In 2015, the city installed an inconspicuous plaque on one of the limestone buildings that went up when the neighborhood was rebuilt in the 1950s, christening a covered shopping promenade the “Passage Claude McKay.” A Legless Black Man Comes Into a Windfall in This Biting Satire 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Among the massive limestone blocks toppled in the fourth century was a huge quartzite block with an engraving of a pharaoh. Divers explore sunken ruins of Cleopatra's palace 2010-05-25T21:56:00Z He carried on board several seven-foot-high limestone columns carved with a cross and the royal coat of arms. Review: ‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z For centuries, goats have ruled unmolested and hardly challenged over this peaceful speck of limestone surrounded by white sand and turquoise sea in the northeast corner of the Caribbean. Goats Rule on the Island of Anguilla 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Every structure, from manor house to farm outbuilding, was made of native golden limestone blocks that seemed to glow in the sunshine. In France’s Dordogne region, a land of castles and caves calls for deep exploration 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z What makes them so special is that quartz doesn’t readily adhere to limestone. Crystal Visions: Just Dig ?Em Up 2011-07-28T22:27:13Z Typical of his genius is a children’s party at “a Beaux Arts limestone edifice designed by McKim, Mead & White just a door in from Fifth Avenue and the park.” Jay McInerney’s ‘Bright, Precious Days’: Social satire or consumer porn? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It is typically made in a kiln using limestone, clay and other minerals. Long a Foundational Material, Concrete Is Now a Finishing Touch 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z That, and the fact that Mr. Parra is obsessed with limestone, and believes deeply that limestone and malbec are a wonderful combination for making wines with a distinctive sense of place. From an Undervalued Region in France, New Energy, New Inspiration and Great Wines 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z They hike to the top of the limestone rock, rewarded with stunning panoramic views of the Mount Sidi Musa — one of the pillars of Hercules in Greek mythology — on the northern tip of Morocco. How Gibraltar Became Europe’s Pandemic Wedding Hot Spot 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The other, identified by inscription as a native Nabatean deity, is a flat, foursquare limestone upright with what look like stuck-on lips and eyes. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z With each mile the river cut deeper through a limestone canyon that is the record of an ancient sea bottom. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Vanished lives, lost voices, forgotten loves are trapped in that fossilised room like prehistoric creatures in limestone. Rachel Whiteread is Britain's greatest living artist 2012-12-14T13:09:13Z “Every time something limestone is taken apart and put together it gets damaged.” ArtsBeat: Long-Disputed Statue Unveiled in Its New Sicilian Home 2011-05-17T20:35:55Z Carved by glaciers beginning 320 million years ago, Ben Bulben is unstable — porous mud stone, peat and bog on top of a mountain of limestone that acts like a sieve, he said. Climbing the summits of Irish literature For reasons that aren’t obvious — the lack of logging here, perhaps, or the underlying limestone soils — the preserve enjoys a remarkable confluence of native plants. What you can learn from a walk through the woods 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Thakhèk, about six hours south of Vientiane, has long been known for its majestic limestone setting. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z For a project at a London townhouse, yews clipped into massive rectangles are lined up colonnade-style, framing an impeccable tapis vert that is reached by ascending a broad flight of limestone steps. Rooms With a View 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The cathedral’s building blocks are Lutetian limestone, unique to this part of France, formed in a shallow sea during the Eocene period about 45 million years ago. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The river we had followed carves right through the cave for over a mile, finally emerging in another valley on the far side of the limestone massif. Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In reality, all limestone landscapes are like that: rain acting on carbon-rich sedimentary rocks sculpts magic worlds underground. The deadly lure of cave paintings 2010-08-11T10:22:00Z Others — a much smaller crowd — trek through thick jungles for a few days and roam caverns draped in surreal billowing and dripping limestone formations. Exploring Spectacular Caves in a Quiet Corner of Vietnam 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z On a sunny September morning, Hoopes was out at the church set near Goshen patching up the “limestone” walls after a stretch of shooting for the “Book of Mormon Videos.” Lights. Camera. Prayer. A Mini-Hollywood Grows in Utah. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Edging up to the window, I looked down to where a curl of sand and green water had appeared, an oasis where children bobbed about in dinghies and leapt off limestone rocks. ‘The Godfather of trains’: the Trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z For its vertical limestone cliffs and unspoiled sea views, Ireland’s dramatic western coastline may get top billing. By Public Transit From Dublin: Hikes, Vistas and Seafood, All for a Song 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Roughly contemporary with Cycladic and Egyptian art, they are distinguished by delicate limestone faces and bulky, polychrome stone bodies cloaked with incised patterns that conjure rivers, plant life and intricately woven silks. Art Review: Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany 2012-06-14T21:44:01Z A short drive from the Austin airport, the resort’s tin-roofed limestone buildings hug the shoreline of the placid Colorado River. Girls' Getaway: Lake Austin Spa Resort 2010-12-29T20:50:20.993Z Architecturally, details deserve shout-outs, like the curved steel window frames at 55 and the V-shaped limestone crotch where the Shed intersects the tower. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A layer of steel will be fitted inside this tunnel and then another layer of concrete will be added for a final 14-foot-diameter tunnel, all the way through the limestone formation. How workers in New York City are fixing a crucial busted pipeline, 55 stories underground 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z This bottle is made from organic grapes grown in silt and clay over limestone bedrock. 12 Summer Sparkling Wines, Because Who Needs a Reason 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z So does a limestone sculpture in one of the niches. Art Review: Mrs. Whitney?s All-American Salon 2011-04-28T22:23:32Z But the limestone slope of the Argetsinger Vineyard, on the southeastern shore of Seneca Lake, produces grapes with extra length, depth and resonance. 10 New York State Wines to Drink Now 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Weather-beaten limestone cliffs rise up to a bell-shaped opening of birch trees where the waterfall thunders. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z To the north up the Kenyan coast is Lamu Town, its small streets humming with the sounds of chisels and hammers crafting Swahili doors, and donkeys carrying heavy loads of coral limestone. A World Heritage Designation Can Be a Blessing, or a Curse 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The 1927 building, built for the fraternal organization Knights of the Maccabees, has a limestone exterior and is owned by Wayne State University. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Beneath its tremendous shadow stands a brownstone obelisk topped with a cloaked urn; beside it a limestone statue of a woman holding lilies with her one remaining arm. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z But the real jumping-off point became the mixture of the green marble and the limestone—how those materials work together. Ryan Korban Gives AD a Private Tour of Balenciaga's New York Flagship 2014-01-10T05:00:00Z This wine is from a plot with more limestone, in which fossilized bones are often found, hence the name. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Champing started four years ago at All Saints in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, a grade I-listed medieval church with limestone arches inside and carved birds and beasts on the exterior. Give us this day our daily bed: the rise of camping in church 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z It is a limestone building occupying an entire block; when Cora arrives and asks where she should begin cleaning, she discovers that is not what is expected of her. In Colson Whitehead’s Latest, the Underground Railroad Is More Than a Metaphor 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z They grow on one of the rare instances of limestone soil in California and that terroir is really essential to this varietal. Your Next Lesson: California Grenache 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Two large scarabs wrapped in linen and in very good condition were found inside a limestone sarcophagus with a vaulted, decorated lid, the antiquities ministry said in a statement. Ancient Egyptian tombs yield rare find of mummified scarab beetles 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z On our way to see the flamingo’s primary rookery, we pass a fat, barren expanse of dried mud, weathered limestone rock and an occasional scraggly bush. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent The kiln was once used to heat limestone to be shipped west for industrial use. A Hike and a Happy Hour: Trek to a mossy lime kiln, then savor a hoppy brew 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z According to the Jack Daniel's website, limestone spring water was the impressive ingredient that was essential to the production. Family history, distilled: My ancestor Nathan "Nearest" Green, Jack Daniel's and my dad's sobriety 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The open-air terrace that most people visit, wrapping the 86th floor, has been little altered from the early years with its limestone balustrade and familiar stainless-steel grillwork. Renewing an Affair With the Empire State Building 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The new statue, a bronze sculpture on limestone titled “Rumors of War” and unveiled on Friday, is the first public work by the artist Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley’s Times Square Monument: That’s No Robert E. Lee 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Besides the garden, there’s a lobby lounge with a limestone gas fireplace, oversize chandeliers, Moroccan rugs and vintage furniture. Hotel Review: The Ludlow in New York City 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The former Detroit Free Press Building at 321 West Lafayette and the former Detroit News Building at 615 West Lafayette offer a blend of limestone and Art Deco. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z They look to be on high ground but signal areas of deep water formed by dips in the limestone bedrock. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The company was not squeezing opera buffs into the aisles of its Art Deco opera house, which sits at the base of a 45-story limestone skyscraper on the Chicago River. Opera Has a Problem: Fans Aren’t Subscribing 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Among the most important items were a gilded wooden statue of Tutankhamen and a limestone statue of the god Akhenaten, which Mr. Hawass said was later discovered near a trash bin outside the museum. ArtsBeat: Egypt Reopens Museums and Historical Sites 2011-02-21T19:26:48Z Millions of cars now speed by its ghostly doorway every year; only if traffic is stopped can drivers pause and puzzle over the large limestone plaque on the second floor, “East Side House Settlement.” Streetscapes: East Side House Settlements: A Sight to See When Traffic Stalls 2012-11-11T05:27:15Z Low yellow limestone cliffs began to appear, half-dressed in dark pines and spattered with red lichen. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z The spirit of Stanford White lingers approvingly over the neighborhood’s magnificent limestone buildings. Six New (and Affordable) Boutique Hotels in New York 2010-06-18T21:58:00Z The exhibition features 72 works, including a fearsome Ming dynasty bronze guardian figure, two large limestone scholar’s rocks from the early 20th century, and numerous Han and Shang dynasty bronzes. Asia Week Events Set for Galleries and Museums 2014-03-13T22:06:34Z As Chips writes, tufa is a type of porous limestone rock that creates a habitat for alpine and other rock garden plants. These faux-stone pots make for the perfect spring project 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Whole clusters of grapes, from rocky limestone soils, are simply fermented and aged in concrete vats. 12 Wines From Argentina and Chile to Seek Out 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z He was convinced that if he could find limestone in California, where it was rare, he could make great wines with the complexity and ability to age that was typical of good Burgundy. Josh Jensen, California Pinot Noir Pioneer, Is Dead at 78 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The Serra de Tramunta rose behind me, a towering limestone mountain covered in wild olive trees, pines and rosemary. Robert Graves Found ‘Perfect Tranquillity’ in Majorca 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z We spent over an hour in the karstic, limestone hills to find the Cuban solitaire, a difficult bird to locate. A birding adventure in Cuba 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z As incised on an 8th century limestone plaque from Mexico, he’s an arabesque tangle of swelling clouds and aqueous swirls. Can Art Ever Be Innocent? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Even during World War II, the main house, an elegant pile of honey-colored limestone, remained busy as a refuge for schoolboys evacuated from a seaside town in Kent for fear of invasion. The Mansion Is Closed Because of Covid. No One Told the Deer. 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z After snorkeling a deserted limestone cove, we follow a road that rises toward Cat Island’s most prominent hill. In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Sail on to Monos to spy red howler monkeys, then to Gaspar Grande to explore limestone caves and to relax on Bombshell Bay. The Caribbean ?roundup: In the Caribbean, Away From the Crowds 2011-11-11T19:50:00Z Across the street, the Albert Kahn Building, a limestone 1931 Art Deco structure, stands somewhat imposingly even though it has only 10 stories. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Their solution, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, was 160 feet wide, 9 feet deep, and 30 miles long, much of it carved through solid limestone. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z This theme is echoed in a smaller projection onto 11 slabs of black limestone. Michal Rovner charts ghostly migrations 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z They were from similar sorts of plots, the grapes grown on clay and sand over limestone bedrock. The Beauty of Saumur Champigny, Not Always Appreciated 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z 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 Stalks of yellow wheat bend in the wind; clouds tumble across the sky; the purplish-blue limestone hills known as the Alpilles undulate in the distance. Van Gogh and the Consolation of Trees 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Pay your respects to Anguilla’s natives by viewing Taino petroglyphs inside the island’s limestone and coral underground caves. What to Do in Anguilla 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Beyond its sculpted green rises a high limestone ridge. This land is your land: why landscapes are the most emotional artworks 2013-01-03T13:10:24Z This wine is everything you expect sancerre to be — ripe sauvignon blanc flavors of nectarine and quince expressed through the kimmeridgian limestone soils of the region. A $13 organic red wine with verve and spirit? Pour us a glass — or two. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Both benches are made of granite, limestone and steel. On a Kentucky Riverbank, a Path to Remembrance 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Vieste, with a population of 15,000, is surrounded by whitewashed limestone walls with jutting rock face and is lined with sea caves. Next Stop: In Gargano, Polishing Italy’s ‘Spur’ 2012-08-31T18:47:52Z 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 The new resort occupies a landmarked Georgian limestone building in the heart of town and is the first property in Bath to offer an on-site spa that uses the waters of the original source. A New Hotel Celebrates the Thermal Mineral Springs in Bath, England 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The National Capital Planning Commission voted 7-3 to endorse its staff’s report that opposed the design, largely because its massive limestone columns would obstruct views of the nearby U.S. ArtsBeat: Federal Panel Rejects Design for Eisenhower Memorial 2014-04-04T18:48:28Z Then to the downriver view, with my son’s kayak similarly gyrating a hundred yards ahead, beneath the limestone bluffs of the Missouri shore. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z The Musenhang vineyard is a cool site high on a slope in the foothills of the Haardt Mountains of southwestern Germany, where the vines are planted on limestone and sandstone. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Like the dwellings that surround it, much of the hotel incorporates grottoes, with facades cut into the rock or constructed from limestone blocks. Next Stop: In Italy, Luxury Transforms Caves Into Hotels 2010-11-20T06:29:00Z In the narrowest part of Vietnam between Laos and the sea, the region is a captivating, almost prehistoric landscape of sweeping valleys and snaking rivers surrounded by jungle-draped limestone peaks. Exploring Spectacular Caves in a Quiet Corner of Vietnam 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z 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 But there’s also visual joy in the baronial curves of the limestone fireplace and the patterns woven into the antique rug. Bouley in TriBeCa Still Goes Its Own Way, Seductively 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Proceeds will help support efforts to restore the steel picket and limestone pier fence that serves as the cemetery’s border along Lake Street and Cedar Avenue. Cemetery to screen Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’ 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Like water through limestone, this new sorrow is following the path formed by the old one, both sorrows hidden, buried, unexpressed. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z It sits on a fist of limestone at 3,000 feet, rising like some Machu Picchu of the Pyrenees; even the massive cut stonework seems to evoke Inca masonry. Languedoc, France: Brutal History and Beautiful Setting 2010-05-07T18:37:00Z Over millennia, the limestone on top eroded, revealing what the Spanish called huecos, or hollows — the bowl-like remnants of trapped gas and other unknown geological processes. In Texas’s Hueco Tanks State Park, the native art really rocks For a dip there are natural limestone pools nearby – and the warm Caribbean sea of course. Best beaches in Mexico: readers’ travel tips 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z I’m a half-mile offshore of Cat Island a crooked scythe of limestone 130 miles and a galaxy away from the cruise ports, casinos and bulging resorts of Nassau and Freeport. In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Filtered through limestone, it picks up lots of calcium that builds strong bones for the horses, and sheds elements like iron that affect the taste of whiskey. Exploring Kentucky Bourbon at Its Source 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Inside are warm French limestone tile floors, Venetian plaster walls, backsplash stone in a soft onyx, reclaimed-oak cabinetry and kitchen island. Downtown condo made rich with secondhand furnishings 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Like a desert lizard, up close the town’s brick facades and streets were speckled with a range of sand-to-brown shades, flecked with pink limestone. Italy’s landlocked Umbria is like Tuscany without the crowds 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Paris, for example, wouldn’t be Paris without its local limestone formed from a long-ago inland sea. Four destinations that feel like geologic theme parks 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Nearby, the Marble Faun shapes limestone and alabaster into intricately frilled but only tenuously figurative shapes. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z The Hang En tour involves a difficult daylong trek over limestone mountain paths and along riverbeds to the remote indigenous village of Ban Doong. Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Yet though you may be sitting on a posh couch watching orange embers float up the limestone fireplace, incongruities are all around you. 5 New York Hotel Bars That Melt Away the Winter Blues 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Both Govan and Zumthor said they admire the color of the Texas limestone on the exterior of the May Co. building next door to LACMA, future home of the academy film museum. Tan is the new black: Latest LACMA design calls for changes in color and other details 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Carved from a single block of limestone, chisel marks apparent against its smooth finish, the work depicts a goddess with an elongated nose, blank eyes and curly hair inspired by ancient sculptures. Thanks to Giacometti, Sotheby’s Hits Its Highest Total Ever at Fall Opening 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z What the monks were doing on three barren slabs of limestone in the freezing sea, why they couldn’t pray somewhere near Galway, is unclear. Voyages: My Debt to Ireland 2012-02-10T20:35:10Z For free, you can take in the city's baroque architecture, limestone piazzas and beautiful cathedrals. "The White Lotus": Here are the real hotels featured on the show, but can you afford them? 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Landlocked, communist, studded with limestone spires and gilded temples, riddled with caves and home to rare wildlife, Laos has a unique charm for adventurous travellers. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Caves are constrained spatially, preservation is excellent because they’re usually limestone and very alkaline, which helps preserve bone and other materials that don’t often preserve in the open air. The caveman’s home was not a cave 2014-01-27T01:00:00Z The year before his death in 1997, Fonseca made himself the perfect memorial, a small, dark gray pillar of limestone called “Self-Portrait.” At the Noguchi Museum, Worlds of Stone Fuse the Physical and the Dreamlike 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Some bastions of grasslands remain, including one set atop a remarkable labyrinth of limestone. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z This is 100 percent cabernet franc, grown on limestone and clay. 20 Wines Under $20: A Little More Money for a Lot More Wine 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He carved grave markers from chunks of discarded limestone from demolished buildings, as well as lawn ornaments, bird baths and decorative sculptures. A ‘Holy Grail’ of American Folk Art, Hiding in Plain Sight 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Some of the Autarchy objects are made from an organic mixture of flour, agricultural waste and limestone, and clored with natural dyes extracted from vegetable, spice and roots. DESIGN: A Revival of Rural Craft, With a Modern Twist 2010-07-25T18:00:00Z A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries, palaces and houses rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. Matera: Italy's magical city of stone 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z A few hundred feet away was the immigration station, an imposing red-brick structure with limestone trim and copper-covered spires, which is now a museum. Dustin Lance Black, the Screenwriter Behind “Milk” and “When We Rise,” on Coming Out As a Gay Activist 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z But something else is: a small piece of limestone, drilled and worn smooth, that hangs from a leather thong around his neck. Possessed: Ugo Rondinone Embraces His Family’s Hard Past 2013-05-03T23:13:24Z In just an hour’s drive, you’re transported from landlocked Lecce, where the sun dances across limestone churches and streets paved in marble, to a quiet seaside town. Drifting Through Puglia, Italy’s Heel 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z In the evening our sons rejoined us, and we pointed our rented Citroën through the limestone passageways of Gordes, one of the loveliest villages in France. Summer Soccer Camp, Europe-Style 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Fantastic natural hot-springs site where mineral pools spread calcium carbonate on rocky cliffs, turning it into what looks like puffy cotton — and transmuting it into elegant travertine limestone. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The le Puy, by contrast, is mostly merlot grown on clay and limestone, with some cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon. Come for the Values, Stay (or Leave) for the Vintage 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z I was alone most of the time, drifting past sheer drop-offs, walls of sharp limestone shards, old ropes hanging off trees. In Laos, a Haven for Tubing Offers More Peace, Less Partying 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Chateaus astraddle vertiginous, cave-pocked limestone cliffs attempted to outdo one another in the beauty and extent of their gardens. In France’s Dordogne region, a land of castles and caves calls for deep exploration 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Fishermen tend their nets on the sandy Blue Flag-certified beach, and dinosaur footprints can be found preserved in the limestone rocks. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z 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 The Bories are rock enclosures fashioned from field-clearing limestone, and no one is quite certain how long they have been standing here or when they were first built. Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z There is new lighting and electrical wiring for broadcast television crews, and new limestone walkways that make the garden accessible for those with disabilities. Melania Trump will give her biggest speech in four years. Can she convince skeptical women to vote for her husband? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The fort, built without outer walls thanks to a lack of wood, consists of limestone buildings set around a rectangular field. Frugal Traveler Blog: Texas Road Trip, Part I: Barbecue, Dr Pepper and Tortilla-Tossing 2012-02-07T19:59:19Z Behind an impressive limestone façade are seven levels, each marked by exquisite detailing. Estates of the Week - May 15, 2015 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z If I was into caving, canyoning, and spelunking I’d be in luck: the park is made of porous limestone, and an underground world of interconnected tunnels and pools lies beneath. A wander near Ronda: Spain’s empty quarter 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z I shook off my reverie to pay attention as Shlomo, our tour guide, pointed to a block of dressed limestone the size of a tour bus and the weight of nine tanks. Herod the Great’s Israel 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z And many of the vineyards are on limestone. Finding Harmony in Ribera del Duero 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z One is the limestone path frame to the new lawn, which will be regraded to fix drainage issues. Melania Trump’s Rose Garden redo draws criticism, but it’s long overdue 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Twombly’s mural, the color of the Greek Aegean Sea, once dominated the room with its pale stucco walls and limestone floors. Palace Intrigue at the Louvre, as a Paint Job Leads to a Lawsuit 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z We downed strong coffee and set off for a vertical pillar of limestone shrouded in trees, called Big Knob. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z From beneath another limestone undercut I teased a 19-inch brownie from its lair and was happy the rest of the day. Can Montana’s Smith River Survive a Nearby Mine? 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z 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 It takes anything from three to eight days to see the whole national park, with its incredible limestone canyons and cliffs. 10 of the best off-grid adventures in Europe: readers’ tips 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z He later explains it’s down to the purity of the water, which has been filtered through underground limestone caves. Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo, where paradise is a leaky canoe without a paddle 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z "Many courthouses in Texas are arresting, with their creamy limestone exteriors and gilded cupolas, but Angelton's is not one of them." GuardianUS summer reads – best memoir: Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family 2013-07-01T18:24:17Z The Huntington commissioned scores of scholars and artisans in China to design it, build its structures, and cull limestone deposits that look like sculptures from underwater formations in a Chinese lake. Huntington Library President Steven Koblik leaves with sense of pride 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z And then suddenly you see it: the asymmetrical limestone spires of the Dolomites erupting from the placid landscape like a gigantic prehistoric paw in gruff welcome. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Amid a ring of seven islands earlier in the week, our group of open-water swimmers glided alongside limestone coastlines, the sunlight spangling the underwater landscape of smooth boulders and serrated pillars. In Turkey, Adventure Travel Takes the Plunge 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The limestone is constant throughout the prison’s buildings. Outside Chicago, historic Old Joliet Prison is open for tours — at least for now 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z A limestone carving from the second or third century depicting desert hunters returning to the Syrian oasis of Palmyre with their prey, a lion. In Transit Blog: Arab Institute in Paris Reopens Exhibition Rooms With Lavish Displays 2012-03-23T10:00:54Z He entombed himself in a body-shaped slot carved in a limestone boulder on Feb 22 at Paris' Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum. 'I'm a little dazed,' French artist says after living in a rock 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Vang Vieng now attracts visitors who tend to be more professional, affluent, and older, drawn by the area’s limestone formations and agricultural tableaus. In Laos, a Haven for Tubing Offers More Peace, Less Partying 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Nearby, explore old Ontario towns such as Rideau Ferry and Smiths Falls, or the distinct limestone buildings of historic Perth. Summer on the lake: ‘It’s as Canadian as ice hockey’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Belying its considerable size, the house reads like a lean composition of interwoven modernist pavilions, clad inside and out with broad expanses of Jerusalem limestone, plantation mahogany, and American walnut. Tour a Stylish Hamptons Home with Beautiful Views of Sagg Pond 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Not long after, S. H. Glassmire, a mining engineer and gold prospector from New Mexico, announced that he’d found a lost city that was “five square miles,” with “crumbling limestone walls.” Goodbye, iPhone. Farewell, Brooklyn. Let’s move to Honduras and camp with jaguars 2013-01-05T20:00:00Z Mr. Dorsey was on duty when “Rumors of War,” a bronze statue of a triumphant African-American man riding a horse, atop a limestone base, was brought in by flatbed truck. They Keep Times Square in Order, and a Statue Front and Center 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z There are raw wood floors, limestone slab tables, minimalist décor and an outdoor space for warm-weather treatments. Beauty Spots: The Nail Boutique Tenoverten Opens in SoHo; Lush Offers Spas; and Glam & Go Hits New York City Gyms 2014-01-15T23:53:03Z 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 About four centuries later, an artist carving scenes on the limestone walls of a funerary chamber in ancient Thebes, depicted another scribe with his reed brush stuck behind his ear. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Gray limestone climbs and twists on the exterior, all jutting turrets and forbidding crenellation. Travel Through Centuries of Design at Ireland's Birr Castle 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The building with the curved steel window frames is at 55, not 35; and the angled limestone slabs decorate building 35, not 55. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The modern interior was designed by Piero Lissoni, and uses that distinctive cream-colored limestone to echo elements of its famous surroundings. Stylish Hotel to Open in Heart of Jerusalem 2010-05-26T19:00:00Z Rebuilt in the 12th century, the city’s magnificent limestone cathedral has long been associated with Eleanor of Aquitaine, who married Henry Plantagenet there and donated an enormous stained-glass window. In the French city of Poitiers, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s influence is everywhere 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z This king is about 2 feet tall, seated, made of limestone and weighing something approaching 100 pounds. The king is in the building … 2011-03-29T12:58:00Z Tongue-tied ... detail from a Mayan limestone relief of a blood-letting ritual The mythical Mayan apocalypse is definitely adding spice to this year's winter solstice. Mayan art: waiting for the end of the world 2012-12-20T13:26:00Z Ward Miller, the executive director of Preservation Chicago, a citizens’ advocacy group, said creamy limestone fragments from the St. James church “were saved by parishioners, with a large stone cross now gracing someone’s backyard.” At This Brooklyn Church, Everything Must Go 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z I rolled past casuarina pines, coco plum bushes, limestone sea cliffs and Preacher’s Cave, where the island’s first settlers, English Puritans, gave sermons. Off the Tourist Grid in the Bahamas 2013-01-30T22:27:14Z From the outside, the new Shangri-La Paris channels the Cote d’Azur, with snappy green awnings against a pale limestone facade and potted palms swaying on the balconies. | The Shangri-La Paris 2011-01-10T20:10:58Z We learn that $15,507.53 was spent on workmen like those portrayed in an adjacent photo, cleaning and pointing limestone. Exhibition Review: A View Inside King Kong?s Perch 2011-07-16T00:00:07Z I shifted my position in the wicker gondola and watched, rapt, as the sun peeked above the silhouetted limestone range. In Dubai, Flying With the Falcons 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s in at least three different shades, some glazed — exquisitely crafted, with a rusticated limestone base and a glorious entry portico. Take a Virtual Tour of New York’s Museum District 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The anthraxolite is believed to be the remains of ancient plants, a kind of sea cabbage that lived when the limestone was forming and that may have played a role in creating the diamond pockets. Crystal Visions: Just Dig ?Em Up 2011-07-28T22:27:13Z The ominous sky resembled a vast limestone cotton ball. A circus tragedy lost to history 2011-05-02T21:49:00Z No. 4 Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia Score: 96.27 At Southern Ocean Lodge, each of the 21 suites is outfitted with limestone floors, works by local artists, and an outdoor terrace. Here Are the 50 Best Hotels in the World 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The shoulder of a bison is made rounded by a bulge of limestone. Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams: the real art underground 2011-03-17T23:00:01Z The bas-relief is an eight-inch-square piece of carved limestone that was part of a long line of soldiers depicted on a balustrade at the central building on the Persepolis site. Judge Orders Return of Ancient Limestone Relief to Iran 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Lizards and iguanas rustle in sea grape leaves and sun themselves on volcanic and limestone rocks. Bonaire: Where Coral and Cactus Thrive, and the Sea Soothes the Soul 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z ONE Friday afternoon early this year, in a limestone town house on the Upper East Side, the topic of conversation was “cancer things, like lymphedema,” said Sherry Creek, who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Skin Deep: Postcancer, Women Get a Boost From Coloring Their Hair 2012-03-06T21:32:16Z In the 19th century, pastoral windmills were replaced with tanneries, limestone quarries, and dye works. Lucky 13: The unsung arrondissement you need to visit in Paris 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Set way back from the road, this maze of open-air passageways and courtyards is about the size of two football fields, an unusual vision of limestone bumping up against the Utah Rockies. Lights. Camera. Prayer. A Mini-Hollywood Grows in Utah. 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z A walk through the limestone caverns concludes with a bug-illuminated boat ride. 10 of the world’s best natural wonders … that you’ve probably never heard of 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Natalie especially liked that the color of the Lego bricks matches the buff Indiana limestone in the real cathedral. At Washington National Cathedral, another church is rising — out of 500,000 Legos 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Woodlawn prides itself on “beauty before permanence,” allowing stones that other cemeteries forbid, such as white marble and limestone, because they erode more quickly in harsh weather. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z Even in this serene "village in the forest" — one of the first planned communities, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted — crumbling commerce has left many limestone landmarks with loud "For lease" signs, or worse. Neighborhood watch: Riverside at the ready 2011-02-03T23:41:12Z Behind the ivy-covered limestone of the grandstand, a giant sycamore as old as the track itself presides over the storied paddock; by month’s end, the tree’s leaves will have shifted from green to gold. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z This brasserie-style restaurant in a repurposed limestone bank building is serving a menu that leans toward luxury with lobster ravioli, dry-aged crown of duck for two, and côte de boeuf, also for two. Bixi, From the Lido Team, Opens in Harlem 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z But the area offers around 150 limestone caves and grottoes, some of which are much more accessible. In Deep: Go Underground to See the Best of Vietnam 2011-12-01T14:10:00Z She is also showing new sculptures, photographs and a limestone plaque that will be embedded in the sidewalk out front. Datebook: An anniversary show, works by a key Bay Area artist, paintings that touch on ideas of home 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Flanking the pool are two loggias—one off the master suite and the other off the guest quarters—delineated by limestone brise-soleils that orchestrate an ever-changing dance of reflected light. An Extraordinary Paradise Valley Residence 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Along the sweeping new boulevards, five- and six-story apartment houses for the prosperous were built of “dressed and polished limestone from the quarries of the Oise,” their facades a filigree of ironwork. A Lively, Fast-Paced Account of France’s Second Empire 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Then in the late 1980s, when tastes started to change again and bourbon began to rally, Brown-Forman bought the distillery back and recast its Kentucky limestone compound as a squeaky-clean corporate showplace. Exploring Kentucky Bourbon at Its Source 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s an acknowledgment that the region’s best parts share the same hillside plantings and limestone soils that made the Cote d’Or so special. Perspective | Now that cheap chardonnay is everywhere, some French winemakers attempt a reinvention 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z This has been reined in and the town, in a sublimely gorgeous limestone region, now showcases more natural delights. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Not only are they a nature-lover’s gem — full of jagged limestone, lush flora, immaculate beaches and neon birds — they’re also brimming with historical remains. The Caribbean ?roundup: In the Caribbean, Away From the Crowds 2011-11-11T19:50:00Z It was a near windless afternoon, with head-high waves breaking over a smooth limestone ledge. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Built of the creamy warm-tone limestone called “Bath stone,” the cityscape is a triumph of the Neoclassical style that dominated the Georgian era. Bath’s easy urban delights 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Newer buildings are nearly always built of the same gray-yellow-pink local limestone as the rest of the city, giving an elegant consistency to the whole metropolis. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z The lithographs are based on drawings and printed with limestone slabs, an appropriate medium for the subject. In the galleries: Works in progress 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But the Delaware Aqueduct is showing its age at a weak point where it crosses through limestone beneath the Hudson River. How workers in New York City are fixing a crucial busted pipeline, 55 stories underground 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z With the motion, miles of bulbs fixed to the limestone facade flickered on, transforming the 10-story, neoclassical building into a twinkling, multicolored ice castle. Holiday Windows Are Back. And So Are New York Shoppers. 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Take his brooch that wraps a 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian limestone bear in the subtlest casing of black gold and just barely visible diamonds. | The French Designer Marc Auclert’s Whimsical Jewelry 2013-05-24T17:40:29Z The soaring limestone fireplace surround, which anchors the room, was, like others in the house, found in France. Breaking the Mold 2010-11-01T04:00:00Z When she talks abut her kitchen, you realize that she’s describing more than just a place to cook—it’s a cozy living area with an antique limestone mantel and a sun-drenched breakfast area. Family-Friendly Kitchen 2010-08-30T19:46:00Z There is detective work — where did the original limestone come from? — and painstaking efforts to reclaim the building’s glory, like stained glass specialists using cotton swabs to remove toxic lead. New this week: ‘Saved by the Bell,’ Miley Cyrus & McCarthy 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z After catching the wild light reflected on a series of ponds, once a limestone quarry, outside the town of Chenoa, I pulled over. David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z On Bordeaux’s right bank, on the east of the Gironde Estuary, the vines planted on land ranging from well-drained gravel and limestone to sandy soils are primarily Merlot. New York wine makers vie with France's top Merlot producers 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The courtyards have been raised, and the connecting middle space lowered to create a uniform limestone floor. A Restoration Brings Sweden’s Nationalmuseum Into the 21st Century 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The same room also contains a stunning black-and-white film of Arab horses placed alongside a fragment of an Assyrian 9th-century BC limestone relief. The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot – review 2012-05-26T23:05:41Z At the heart of the plan is Financial Plaza, a sterile limestone square framed by a stock exchange and several bank towers. Critic?s Notebook: Laying Out Economic Cities, Saudis See Window to Modernity 2010-12-13T03:28:00Z Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition An eighth-century limestone female torso, foreground, from what is now Jordan, included in the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art Review: ?Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition? at the Met 2012-03-15T23:06:56Z Lucky people who garden on limestone soil benefit from its neutral pH, its abundant calcium and its ability to reduce the aluminum that is toxic to plants. Dealing, kindly, with stony ground Mr. Corbitt said activity around eagles’ nests among the limestone cliffs was at its peak in the autumn. A Mingling of Leaf-Peeping and Time Travel 2010-09-23T19:24:00Z The midwest may have a lot of farms, but instead of dreary prairies there were lush green hills, upland meadows, thick forests, looming limestone cliffs and, further south, cypress swamps. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z The windows are scheduled to return to the church’s limestone walls next year, after a few spend the summer in Virginia. 2010-02-12T00:03:00Z I couldn’t help but crane my neck at the tall limestone barriers as I went in. Outside Chicago, historic Old Joliet Prison is open for tours — at least for now 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z A sandy path led to a “magic cave,” as tourists call it today, a deep cavern of stalactites in the limestone rock. In Cambodia, Along the Path to Something Profound 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z “It had vanished beneath a thick layer of mud, shale and limestone.” Behold, King Tut, in All His Majesty and Mystery 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Armstrong joked that he was tempted to sneak a piece of limestone on to the mission and bring it back to Earth as a moon rock. 'It's the closest thing to the moon': my space odyssey to Iceland 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z He contracted TB on his arrival but managed to recover and begin constructing a castle from blocks of limestone coral. 10 of the most bizarre homemade playgrounds and attractions 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Thailand's Phang Nga Bay resembles an alien seascape, where towering limestone cliffs in improbable shapes carve the view into unfamiliar patterns of land, sea and air. In Pictures: The World's Most Amazing Views 2011-02-18T16:30:00Z Far to the north, strewn like limestone chips hammered off Ireland’s jagged west coast, the Aran Islands confront the wild Atlantic with stubborn grit. Beyond the blockbusters: Discovering remote sites in Europe 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z There are ancient sandstone and shale beds, and more recent fossil-bearing limestone. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z All of the changes, however, stay true to the building's neo-classical limestone look. Frank Gehry's Philly museum design takes on the "Rocky" steps 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z For that reason, the manufacturer recommends against using it on any natural stone, including limestone. How to restore finish on a tile 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Boulevard Saint-Germain, normally marked by sounds of screeching motorcycle wheels carving through bumper-to-bumper traffic, is quiet, its slate-roofed limestone apartment buildings absorbing the cloudy winter skies and raindrops. In a gray, empty Paris, this corner shop’s colorful posters transport you wherever you want to go 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z It was a limestone tower with a furnace at its peak, to signal vessels approaching the harbor. How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z 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 “It took us five years to find limestone in Argentina,” he told me on a recent visit to Cahors. From an Undervalued Region in France, New Energy, New Inspiration and Great Wines 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Their sedimentary remains formed the building blocks of limestone and other soluble rocks. How Earth’s tumultuous history gave the Mid-Atlantic its beloved destinations 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Stone, wood corbels, limestone, and Tuscan yellow stucco define the entrance and façade. Tour Baseball Star Randy Johnson’s Paradise Valley Manse 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Descended from a line of blue bloods who settled along the banks of the Hudson River and quarried limestone, Mr. Tomkins grew up in suburban Llewellyn Park, N.J., an enclave of West Orange. Calvin Tomkins Continues to Chronicle Artists 2011-10-04T20:34:15Z The thick butcher-block top and earth-toned base lend the central island the worn look of an old farm table, distinguishing it from surrounding off-white cabinetry topped in waxed limestone. Dream Kitchen: The Gathering Room 2011-10-18T17:20:02.150Z For those enamored of our nature’s subterranean wonders, venture to the Drach Caves, where tumbling grottoes of limestone boast millions of crisp white stalactites. Bypass Ibiza’s crowds and parties for Majorca’s beauty and tranquility 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The partners arranged for some serious additional infrastructure — bridges, steps and rustic benches and a 60-ton limestone wall — that added much additional character to the place. Perspective | How the National Arboretum got its ferns and became a civic treasure 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z |
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