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Crews began Monday to demolish the Leaning Tower YMCA building in Niles that is adjacent to the iconic landmark of the same ...
In 1960, Ilg donated part of the park for the construction of the YMCA, with an agreement to maintain the water tower. But ...
The Village of Niles, Illinois is demolishing the residential Leaning Tower YMCA building Monday. The village purchased the ...
The demolition will make way for a new, mixed use shopping and entertainment district in suburban Niles, anchored by the ...
the Italian government closes the Leaning Tower of Pisa, sparking outrage by Pisan officials, who fear the loss of tourist revenue and the resulting impact on the local economy. The closure was ...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa and its 5.5-degree lean has vexed engineers for centuries. Partially constructed on unexpectedly soft soil, the ancient bell tower began to lean before it was even ...
Who hasn't heard of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Architects began building this most famous of medieval campaniles in 1173, but work stopped abruptly five years later when they first noticed a ...
Galileo put his theories of physics to the test with the incredible Leaning Tower of Pisa. Well, today is National Physics ...
This architectural curiosity is a precise half-scale version of Italy's famous Pisa tower, rising 94 feet tall with a 28-foot diameter and leaning a significant 7.4 feet, according to the town's ...
Oh, the Leaning Tower of Pisa — so touristy and yet so fun. Each day, hordes of visitors come to the small northwestern Tuscan town of Pisa to take pictures "propping up" its tower. Some do it ...