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fromThe Berkshire Eagle
3 days ago

Allegrone Cos. wraps up $40M restoration of Statue of Liberty project

LENOX - Five years ago, as the multi-generational Allegrone family prepared to mark the 100th anniversary of their construction company's opening in Pittsfield, they had good reason to pop the cork on a favorite Italian red wine. The National Park Service had just awarded the Allegrone Cos. a $40 million, two-phase, five-year contract to shore up the massive granite Fort Wood Walls structure built in 1807 to defend New York Harbor.
History
Remodel
fromArchitectural Digest
9 years ago

How Much Paint Do I Need? Use This to Avoid a Last-Minute Trip to the Hardware Store

Porous materials like brick and stucco require masonry primers and extra coats, sometimes up to 50% more paint than smooth walls.
Renovation
fromBrownstoner
9 months ago

Students Get Hands-on Experience Restoring Green-Wood

Students gain hands-on masonry restoration skills through the Bridge to Crafts Careers program, focusing on education and safety in construction.
UX design
fromWebKit
10 months ago

Item Flow, Part 1: A new unified concept for layout

CSS Grid and Flexbox don't support masonry layouts natively, necessitating JavaScript solutions.
A new CSS approach called 'Item Flow' may unify masonry layout concepts with existing system.
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