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Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, has become the focus of national and international media attention after this weekend’s marches, protests, and attacks at a “Unite the Right” rally led by white nationalist groups . Demonstrators and counter-protesters fought in and around the one-block-square park in downtown Charlottesville, which features, not coincidentally, a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Emancipation Park as locus for violence cannot be separated from its history (or its oxidized monument to that history). As Megan Garber writes for CityLab, Charlottesville is rich with landmarks and reminders of its Confederate past —not only in Emancipation Park . Previously known as Lee Park, the name was officially changed in June 2017, a few months after Charlottesville’s city council voted to remove the statue. (The council also voted to remove a similar monument to Confederate general Stonewall Jackson from the city’s Justice, then “Jackson,” Park.) Oppo...

Judge Moro and Brazilian prosecutors believe that a deeper political transformation can be achieved only through sweeping changes like overhauling campaign finance rules , doing away with the de facto immunity members of Congress enjoy in office and winnowing down the vast number of political parties, to curb horse trading . None of these changes is on the table. President Michel Temer , who was charged in June with ordering a bribe to silence a jailed politician, and other powerful politicians under criminal investigation are lashing out against the judiciary. Mr. Temer recently asked the Supreme Court to bar Attorney General Rodrigo Janot from taking further legal action against him, accusing him of a baseless crusade. Continue reading the main story Members of Congress have introduced legislation that would make it easier to rein in judges who, the politicians contend, are abusing their authority by ordering pretrial detentions and relying too heavily on plea deals. “Brazil ...

1501 Maple Ave , Evanston" src="http://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/315/297315.jpg?preset=yosize" class="imgfull" alt="image" /> Maple Grove is an 8-story, 70- unit contemporary apartment building at 1501 Maple Ave in Evanston. The T- shaped building was built in 1966 and has since been renovated. The building’s front façade has been replaced, giving it a crisper, more modern look. The apartments Maple Grove has a mix of studio, 1-, 2-bedroom, 2-bath and 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartments. In late- December 2014 rents started at $1,094 to $2,125 depending on apartment size . Floor plans are available online. Furnished apartments are available at additional cost . The apartments have wood-look floors in living / dining areas and carpeted bedrooms. Kitchens and baths have been updated. The kitchens have maple cabinets , ample cabinet and counter space, and an appliance package that includes a dishwasher, built-in microwave and electric range. Some of ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — David Petronis said he didn’t think displaying Adolf Hitler ’s personal desk at an upcoming Spa City gun show would be an issue. “I never even gave it a thought,” said Petronis, who is president of the Mechanicville-based New Eastcoast Arms Collectors Associates (NEACA). “To me, it wasn’t controversial.” Maxine Lindig Lautenberg , a member of Temple Sinai, saw it differently. “I literally started to cry,” she said. RELATED: Gun shows and writings ‘a dangerous combination’ She was speaking from Congress Park before an “All Are Welcome Here” vigil, an event she helped organize before news of the planned display of Hitler's belongings had spread. Her synagogue is on Broadway, across from the City Center where the gun show is planned for Sept. 1 through 3. “You want to think that we’re not infiltrated, and so it really brought it close to home,” she said. “I was surprised that I had that reaction, but I actually did. I was like, ‘Whoa, it’s really right here.’” New...

During a public hearing at the Spanish Fort Planning Commission meeting Monday night , subdivision residents living adjacent to the proposed Quail Hollow development said they were worried the additional traffic flowing from the planned 147 condominium units would significantly worsen already congested conditions on Alabama Highway 225. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com) With their options limited by a rezoning decision made in 2004, the Spanish Fort Planning Commission voted Monday night to allow Spanish Fort Apartment 2012 LLC owners to move ahead with a planned unit development called Quail Hollow on the west side of Alabama Highway 225 in the city. J.R. Smith, who is the city council representative on the planning commission , cast the only no vote. The Quail Hollow master plan includes construction of 49 two-story triplexes for a total of 147 condominiums on 19.62 acres located on the west side of Highway 225 about one mile north of Alabama Highway 31. It is north of the...

Buy Photo Plans are in the works to turn the old Hattiesburg High School building on Main Street into apartments for residents 62 and older. (Photo: File photo/Hattiesburg American) Buy Photo A little more than a year ago, officials representing downtown Hattiesburg and Jackson- based Intervest Corp . announced plans to transform the former Hattiesburg High School on Main Street into an age- restricted apartment development . With the recent sale of the building to Intervest owner Steve Nail , that project — tentatively named Preservation Crossing — is back on track. "Mr. Nail held rights to the property through legal option for more than four years," said Andrea Saffle, executive director of the  Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Association . "Now, the sale is complete, and we are excited at the prospect of getting this project underway ." The upcoming facility, which is aimed at residents 62 years of age and older, is expected to offer 70 to 75 apartments that ar...

When one of our closest celestial bodies hijacked our collective conversation this week, we stopped everything to watch, if only to distract ourselves from the turmoil of our present terrestrial existence . The light shifted and reframed our perspective, reminding us that something greater lives above. That’s right: Taylor Swift began her comeback. The greatest Chief Marketing Officer in a generation launched it with a dark social media post that, much like Monday’s solar eclipse, could have caused blindness if you stared at it for too long. (Is that snake or a rodent tail? An FX ad for The Strain ? Oh god, did somebody shave Meredith and Olivia?) She deleted every post from her Twitter and Instagram accounts — even her profile pictures! — a Friday news event that was surpassed only by Steve Bannon’s White House departure . And yet, the accounts themselves remained active, a not-quite-full blackout that served as a harbinger of things to come. The Taylor Eclipse was coming. In re...

Quizzes Lists Topics Save The Saxony Apartment Building is a historic apartment building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located along Ninth Street in the city's downtown, [1] this five- story brick building includes a distinctive range of architectural details. Among these elements are brick pilasters and projections, a three- story bay window on each side of the symmetrical main facade , semicircular balconies , and many stone pieces, such as pediments, keystones, and stringcourses. Due to its location at the intersection of Ninth and Race Streets, the Saxony appears to have two fronts: one onto each street. Although the Ninth Street facade is larger and more complex, the Race Street facade is nevertheless ornate as well: it features small yet elaborate semicircular balconies with wrought iron railings similar to those of the Ninth Street facade . [2] Constructed in 1891 according to a design by leading Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford , [1] the Saxony Apart...