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The Mirage, which first opened in 2015 on the site of a former lumberyard, grew into a massive open air club within the Avant Gardner complex, with huge LED screens, a 4,500-person dance floor, and more than 12,000 tropical plants.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
After seven months of rejection letters from every marina, hardware store and lumberyard in North County (despite practicing on a friend’s crane), Granahan finally landed at Ace Hardware in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
More than 24 hours after a fire engulfed a lumberyard just east of downtown Kansas City, firefighters are still on the scene working to put out flames and hot spots in stacks of lumber.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Visitors are invited to freely walk through the lumberyard, where lumber slabs are exposed to the elements.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
After seven months of rejection letters from every marina, hardware store and lumberyard in North County (despite practicing on a friend’s crane), Granahan finally landed at Ace Hardware in Carlsbad.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
More than 24 hours after a fire engulfed a lumberyard just east of downtown Kansas City, firefighters are still on the scene working to put out flames and hot spots in stacks of lumber.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Visitors are invited to freely walk through the lumberyard, where lumber slabs are exposed to the elements.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Lumberyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberyard. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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lumberyard
noun
lum·ber·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a place where lumber is kept for sale
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