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  • A Very Midcentury Christmas
    Decorating the Christmas tree has been one of the most familiar of holiday traditions. In the 1950s and ‘60s, that tradition began to take on a distinctly new modern look. As innovative ideas in architecture, furniture and design …
  • Celebrating Arizona’s Route 66
    As the Mother Road marks its 100th anniversary, there’s never been a better time to rediscover one of America’s most iconic drives, and nowhere does the original Route 66 survive in a longer uninterrupted stretch than in Arizona …
  • The Billionaire and The Bayshore
    When the Bayshore Inn opened on Vancouver’s Coal Harbour waterfront in March, 1961, it represented a new modern direction for the city. Built on reclaimed tidal flats near Stanley Park, the $6 million hotel opened with …

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