Sentences with phrase «decommissioned military»

A 50 - year - old decommissioned military complex of factory buildings, complete with leftover Mao slogans on the walls, 798 is named after Factory # 798, just one of the former factories in the complex that now houses a thriving artistic community.

Indeed, within the 798 Art Zone, a complex of 50 - year - old decommissioned military factory buildings boasting a unique Bauhaus - inspired architectural style, one can find the spirit of modern - day creatives and their works, numerous shows, events, design cafes, tailor shops and even the Beijing Biennale, as well as a number of renowned Beijing venues, some of the best on Asian soil — many of which we are showcasing in this very article!

Chinati Foundation In 1979, Judd began working with the Dia Art Foundation to purchase the buildings and land of Fort D.A. Russell, a decommissioned military base.

It is comprised of a cluster of decommissioned military factory buildings, whose unique architectural style lends partfectly to contemporary art galleries.

Visit the historic Battery Chamberlin, where you can see a 97,000 - pound cannon of the type originally emplaced at this decommissioned military site, while you make your way toward the Golden Gate Bridge.

If scenic views and restored habitat don't satisfy the itch of your picture - taking finger, the decommissioned military bunkers may serve as a funky background for your «Blue Steel» selfie.

Keep your eyes peeled for decommissioned military trucks, high - speed sand rails, and homebrew rides.

The biggest of the three large sites is the Navy Yard, a decommissioned military base that sprawls over some 1,200 city - owned acres along the Delaware River in South Philadelphia.

Not exact matches

The Galeville Military Airport was decommissioned in 1994 when the US Department of Defense decided that the site was no longer needed.

Initial sites could be found at national laboratory locations, military bases or decommissioned nuclear plants if local communities agreed, the report says.

Thanks to their persistent grassroots efforts — abetted by a confluence of factors, including changing priorities in the National Park Service, the decommissioning of military sites across the U.S., and a continuing debate over the future of Alcatraz Island — the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was established on October 27, 1972.

Join French photographer Sylvain Margaine as he explores the abandoned Gandrange steelworks or the decommissioned Uckange blast furnaces in Lorraine, a spectacular marine graveyard in Brittany's Crozon peninsula, a forgotten chateau on the outskirts of Paris, a derelict sanatorium in the Alps, the remains of a magnificent Art Deco concert hall in the north, a disused hospital in the south - west, a military fort in the Pyrenees, now off - limits, and a former wine storage cellar in Normandy.

On the other side of the former Cold War border in a similar four - screen format, Gamma (1999) shows Greenham Common, a decommissioned U.S. military base in Berkshire that housed nuclear cruise missiles.

Mexico City artist Pedro Reyes transforms guns confiscated and decommissioned by the Mexican military to make works of art that are also musical instruments.

The US military drops such tanks into the ocean after they've been decommissioned, and for the past fi ve years Kaino has been studying how said tanks become unlikely habitats for coral.

Xapo's is a decommissioned Swiss military bunker that can survive a nuclear blast.