This Pennsylvania city's Civic Arena or "Igloo" has a retractable roof
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there used to be an arena  pittsburgh civic arena the igloo  Dec 12, 2012 ... It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world. ... A proper city would never raze an iconic structure like the civic arena. ... further flung unsustainable sprawl, doesn't have the right to call itself a proper city.
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The Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Mellon Arena  Since then, the Mellon Arena has been blessed by another figure as notable as ... Unfortunately for Wolk and the Pittsburgh Light Orchestra, the retractable roof that ... The Igloo was put forward for consideration as a city historic structure by...
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Home Sweet Dome - Pittsburgh Magazine - July 2010 - Pittsburgh, PA  Jun 18, 2010 ... For a half-century, Pittsburgh's iconic Mellon Arena, an engineering marvel and shining symbol of the city's post-war renaissance, has hosted championship teams, ... You know it as the Civic Arena, Mellon Arena or The Igloo. ... To open the roof, motors pull the six retractable sections underneath the two...
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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh) - Wikipedia  Civic Arena was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. It was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering ... The roof, which has a diameter of 415 feet (126 m), is divided into eight...
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The Igloo: A Retrospective on Pittsburgh's Civic Arena  Jul 12, 2015 ... The Igloo: A Retrospective on Pittsburgh's Civic Arena ... with the city and its history, it will always have simply been a parking lot, one that primarily ... This was the world's first indoor stadium to feature a retractable roof. ... Jack McGregor, a Pennsylvania State Senator, led the effort to bring a team to the city...
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The Chrysler Building, 1926 1930 - Picturing America  competitive climate of Manhattan in the 1920s. ... who had a reputation for progressive, flamboyant design, met ... to modern skyscrapers the visual ... to mind the polished chrome of a brand new car. ... Chrysler radiator cap. ... Thirty-first floor decoration based on radiator ... Art Deco elevator doors at the Chrysler Building.
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Igloo - New World Encyclopedia  The igloo or iglu is the traditional shelter of Inuit living in the far northern regions. .... Hunters while out on the land or sea ice may camp in one of these iglooit for one ... with animal skin, which could increase the temperature within from around 2 ... a unique opportunity to sleep under the Lapp sky and experience the Aurora...
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Timelapse video: The rise of the new Detroit Red Wings arena  May 18, 2016 ... Timelapse video: The rise of the new Detroit Red Wings arena. See Detroit's upcoming Little Caesars Arena rise up from the ground in this timelapse video. Last October, the Detroit Free Press mounted a camera atop the Park Avenue House in Detroit, home to the Town Pump Tavern.
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Behind Philadelphia Maneto: Dissecting The City Seal | Hidden City ...  Nov 5, 2013 ... It's the central feature on the city flag. ... It's not ...
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Independence Hall Area - USHistory.org  The city of Philadelphia grew westward from the Delaware River. ... to 1776 were involving the citizenry, the city had grown west toward 8th Street. ... The building was occupied by the First Bank of the United States (founded 1791) until ... in 1752 and designed by Thomas U. Walter, who designed the Capitol Dome in D.C..
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Princess Cruises : Sapporo On Your Own (Escorted in Japanese)  ... fame as the host city for the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia. ... Climb the TV tower for some spectacular city views from its observation deck. ... Many people are familiar with the beer that shares the city's name. ... Visit the alpine garden, greenhouse, and small museum that hosts artifacts of ... Top of Page.
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A look back at the Izod Center - History and Trivia - BergenCounty.com  First came the Meadowlands Racetrack, which opened Sept. ... The Brendan T. Byrne Arena, a 20000-seat facility, opened in July 1981 as quintessential New ... The arena could yet return in a scaled-down form, as is happening to Nassau...
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Throwback Tulsa: The Forum tried to lure people downtown with ice ...  Feb 12, 2015 ... The Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority, beginning in the 1960s, had ... The Forum featured an ice skating rink, a movie theater and more than ... store which occupied almost 28,000 square feet of space on the ... Teapot Dome plot may have been hatched at Tulsa's Sinclair Building .... This was such a failure.
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American Airlines Center  The American Airlines Center is the Dallas area's Premier Sports and Entertainment arena, and home to the NHL's Dallas Stars and NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
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In Native American culture, the dwelling was far more than a ...  To form an arc-shaped shelter, the outsides of these homes were constructed of .... the snow, with large blocks of ice set in a spiral pattern and packed with snow to form the dome. ... An experienced Inuit can build a snow igloo in 1 to 2 hours.
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Toledo Ohio student attractions | Student Group Tour  Apr 14, 2016 ... ... on the west bank of the Maumee River and at the western end of Lake Erie. Initially an important port city on the Great Lakes, the city developed into an industrial center. ... Toledo, known as The Glass Capital of the World, has a long ... The city sits along the Maumee River, just north of what was once...
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Behind Philadelphia Maneto: Dissecting The City Seal | Hidden City ...  Nov 5, 2013 ... Philadelphia Maneto: a firehouse on Belmont Avenue in West ...
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Prairie Skyscraper | Price Tower Arts Center  Frank Lloyd Wright built Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, ... is one of the American Institute of Architects' seventeen most significant examples of Frank ... time, explored the engineering technique known as cantilevering, in which great...
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Madison Square Garden - Wikipedia  Madison Square Garden is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of ... It is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, the New York Knicks of .... While the Rangers and Knicks were not displaced, the Liberty played their home games through the 2013 season at Prudential Center in...
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U-Haul: SuperGraphics: Nunavut - Glossary & Inuit Terms  igloo  temporary dome-shaped shelters made of blocks of hard-packed snow. iglu  Inuit word for house. igluigaq  snowhouse (the Inuit word for what is...
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With Izod Center set to close, Brendan Byrne remembers the arena ...  Jan 15, 2015 ... Former Gov. ... Brendan Byrne signs copies of the book "New Jersey Governor ... named for a clothing line and an airline company, the indoor arena at the ... Owned by the state and overseen by the Sports Authority  a group...