The reputations of Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Shigeru Ban, Bernard Tschumi, Alvaro Siza, and Tadao Ando do not depend on the one or two buildings each of them have bestowed on New York.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
But Reich says philanthropy is still regularly used by people with means to cultivate their reputations.
Preliminary reports indicated that a Toyota Camry, driven by a 45-year-old Joliet woman, was stopped southbound on Springfield Avenue at West Jefferson Street, waiting to turn right onto westbound Jefferson Street.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Neither SpaceX nor Musk has yet publicly commented on the reports.
Her heart features the side profiles of two residents wearing Indigenous attire in the foreground, and a map of the city’s East Side, with street names like Indiana Avenue, Holmes Street and Troost Avenue behind them.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
Many of the most famous names in Mississippi civil-rights history got their start in Mound Bayou, or found support and safety there.
As with the hiring of Bill Belichick — OK, maybe not the best example — the Tar Heels have turned to the pro ranks to try to fix a program that isn’t getting enough done on the collegiate level.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
Malone is the second high-profile coach the North Carolina athletic department has hired from the professional ranks despite having had no college head coaching experience.
The photograph feels funereal but rich, somehow—evocative of the days when Edith Wharton’s troubled characters tried to hide from others’ eyes, while the carriage horses clopped along, each step as heavy as destiny.
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Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
The robotic characters break free from their restaurant resting place to cause chaos in town, while the villainous Marionette pops up to possess victims for her own nefarious purposes.
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