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Jaipur Zoo mammals ready for new home
BY Alice Davis | 09 Jan 2015
The mammals of Jaipur Zoo are expected to be moved to a new home in March,
according to reports. The zoo, which opened in 1877 in Jaipur city, India, will
send a number of animal exhibits to a newly created 80-hectare area at the
nearby Nahargarh Biological Park.
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Tokyo's One Piece theme park gets opening date
BY Tom Anstey | 09 Jan 2015
The under construction One Piece theme park set for Tokyo has been given an
opening date of 13 March 2015, though the park’s developers are still keeping a
lot of the details of what will actually feature close to their chests.
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Virginia Museum of Natural History plans second facility
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jan 2015
Officials for the Natural History Museum in Virginia, US, are finalising the
masterplan for a new satellite museum in Waynesboro to be presented to the
city's governing board next month for approval.
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VAE makes ExCeL debut in London next week
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jan 2015
The first ever Visitor Attraction Expo (VAE) kicks off next week, with owners,
managers and developers among others, descending on the ExCeL in London
for the three-day event.
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Four compete for Barack Obama's presidential library
BY Tom Anstey | 07 Jan 2015
Four US universities are currently battling it out to host Barack Obama’s
US$500m (€419.5m, £329m) presidential library – a repository for preserving
and making available the papers, records, collections and other historical
materials of every President of the United States since Herbert Hoover in 1929.
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Oldham Coliseum revamp plans submitted by Mecanoo
BY Katie Buckley | 06 Jan 2015
Subsequent to winning a competition to revamp Oldham Coliseum in 2013,
Dutch practice Mecanoo will be submitting plans to transform the building into a
new heritage centre and theatre.
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San Francisco MOMA nears US$610m funding target
BY Tom Anstey | 06 Jan 2015
Following a two-year fundraising campaign, the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art (MOMA) is closing in on its financial target to build a 235,000sq ft
(21,800sq m) new wing.
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Historic Dreamland rollercoaster hits another bump in the road
BY Alice Davis | 06 Jan 2015
Britain’s oldest rollercoaster already has a storied past, and it suffered yet
another setback during the festive season when high winds blew part of the
structure away. The Grade II-listed ride was undergoing restoration at the
time as part of the renovation of the Dreamland amusement park in Margate,
Kent.
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