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...modern decor, with wooden tables finished in black set against off-white walls. The restaurant is illuminated by octangular, paper-covered lanterns hanging above the dining area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Irish Restaurant Set to Open in Square | 10/2/1996 | See Source »

...adverse criticism of Dunster House tower among undergraduates was not considered justified by Mr. Aldrich. "The tower of Christ Church College at Oxford of course furnished the basic design for the plan, but that does not seem to me to be basis for adverse criticism. The use of an octangular tower crowned with a dome is one of the main features of a great deal of architecture, even as early as the seventeenth century," was his comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALDRICH PRAISES NEW HOUSE UNITS | 12/5/1929 | See Source »

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