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A man is dead and a police officer has suffered a broken leg after a chase resulted in both the man and the officer falling over a retaining wall into the Niagara Gorge.
Ontarios Special Investigations Unit released a statement saying a Niagara Regional Police Officer was chasing a man on River Rd. between Eastwood St. and Otter St. shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
A short time later, they both went over the gorge wall and into the Niagara gorge, said the statement.
Witnesses claim police were chasing a man when he jumped over a retaining wall.
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A police officer is transported from the scene Tuesday evening.
The SIU is a provincial arms-length agency that investigates incidents of death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault involving police. They have assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of the incident.
The male police officer was rescued in a bucket that was lowered into the gorge he is said to be in serious condition. The SIU statement said the officer sustained a broken femur.
The officer was transported by air ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital, the nearest trauma centre. Jennifer Tracey, spokeswoman for ORNGE, said he was first taken by land ambulance to a local park nearby where the air ambulance had landed. She said the ride to the hospital is about 10 to 15 minutes. The helicopter left the scene at about 7:50 p.m.
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Suspect dead, police officer hospitalized after plunging into Niagara Falls gorge
Fire crews were called to the scene after two people tumbled into Niagara Gorge. (Niagara Regional Police Service)
Ontarios police watchdog is investigating the death of a man in Niagara Falls, Ont., after the man and a police officer went over a retaining wall and into the Niagara Gorge.
The Special Investigations Unit says that shortly after 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday a Niagara Regional Police officer was chasing a man on River Road, between Otter and Eastwood streets, roughly three kilometres from the falls.
Shortly afterward, both people went over a wall and into the Niagara Gorge. Television reports said rescue crews used a hard-framed basket attached to a fire truck boom to reach the victims.
The man died, and police say the injured Niagara Regional Police officer was airlifted to a hospital in Hamilton with a broken leg.
The SIU, which investigates police incidents involving death, serious injury or sexual assault, has assigned seven investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
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Gertrude Brooks Hankin, 90, of Jenkintown, interior decorator for several buildings developed by the Hankin Organization, died Thursday, July 19, at her home.
Mrs. Hankin was the wife of Perch Hankin, one of the founders of the Hankin Organization.
Born in Philadelphia, she graduated from Overbrook High School, attended Bucknell University, and earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at what is now Arcadia University in 1943 after marrying Mr. Hankin in 1942.
She worked in the chain of millinery stores operated by her parents in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Son Mark, founder of the Hankin Management Co., successor to the Hankin Organization, said in a Monday interview that his parents' firm built and operated the George Washington Motor Lodges in King of Prussia, Trevose, Plymouth Meeting, and Allentown and operated Howard Johnson motels in Horsham and Willow Grove.
Mrs. Hankin was responsible for the interior decoration at all, Mark Hankin said.
The firm also developed, among other locations, the Willow Grove Bowling Lanes and its three restaurants, whose decoration she managed, he said.
Mrs. Hankin was a founding shareholder of the Bank and Trust Co. of Old York Road in Willow Grove and the Bank of King of Prussia, for whose offices she was the interior decorator.
She was president of the local chapter of ORT America and of the auxiliary of the Home for the Jewish Aged, both in the 1960s, Mark Hankin said. She was a member of the Israel Bonds organization.
Besides her son, Mrs. Hankin is survived by another son, George; daughter Madeline Nappen; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1990.
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Architects: Wilkinson Eyre Architects Location: Olympic Park North (Stop M), London Borough of Hackney, London E9, UK Project Team: SKM with Wilkinson Eyre Architects and KSS Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 11500.0 sqm Photographs: Edmund Sumner
The Basketball Arena by Wilkinson Eyre Architects is one of the biggest temporary venues ever erected for any Olympic and Paralympic Games and the third largest venue in the Olympic Park. Located on high ground at the north end of the site, and clearly visible from various vantage points in the Olympic Park, the Arena will provide 12,000 seats for the basketball heats and handball finals, as well as 10,000 seats for the wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby competitions. Despite a tight budget, the Arena is set to be one of the most iconic and visually dramatic buildings of the 2012 Games.
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The brief called for a structure that was simple to erect but also provided a worldclass sporting venue for some of the most popular Olympic events. Alongside these factors, sustainability was a key driver in the buildings design: the arena has been made out of robust individual components that can be easily dismantled and subdivided for reuse, with over twothirds of the materials and components used on the project identified for reuse or for recycle.
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Wilkinson Eyre has used an architectural language that remains distinct from the surrounding permanent venues, overtly celebrating both the best of British engineering and the temporary nature of the structure through innovative and economic structural and cladding solutions. Lightweight, simple building components have been used instead of a concrete structure usually found in stadia architecture, allowing the Basketball Arenas steel frame and cladding to be constructed in just six weeks.
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The 30mhigh rectangular volume (the equivalent of a sevenstorey building) is made out of a steel portal frame and wrapped in 20,000 sqm of lightweight phthalatefree and recyclable PVC. This translucent bespoke cladding is stretched across minimal steel framing modules that push the fabric out and create an elegant and threedimensional undulating pattern across the facades.
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Construction is under way on the new James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot project in Columbus, Ohio, designed by HOK and Moody/Nolan.
The Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling last Thursday on the Affordable Care Act, essentially upholding the law. Following up on a story we published last week, we checked in with architects and industry experts around the country to hear their thoughts on the decision and how it might affect health care architecture. Share your own opinions in our reader survey.
Jennifer Coskren, senior economist with McGraw-Hill Construction
Health care construction starts have dropped in recent yearsand the decline persists. Through May of this year, total starts (in square footage terms) were down 24 percent. Coskren says the ruling should help jump-start projects, even while the economy continues to limp along. Now that the uncertainty is gone thanks to the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the law, we feel that the industry will be able to move more confidently ahead with capital expenditure plans, she says. Demand for health care services are expected to increase, thanks to the over 30 million people who now will have access to health care insurance.
John Schneidawind, based in Washington, D.C., AIA media spokesman
The AIA didnt take a stance on the health care reform law. Now that the Court has upheld it, Schneidawind says the AIA will continue to educate its members on how the law affects them and what they need to do in order to prepare for its implementation. He adds: At the same time, we are continuing to monitor legislative action on health care and other issues that affect the practice of architecture.
Mary-Jean Eastman, based in NYC, founding principal of Perkins Eastman
I think our clients are taking a big collective sigh of relief, says Eastman. They have some sense of where things are going and are able to plan for the future.
Eastman believes the decision will spur design work, although architects likely will be focusing on primary-care facilities and optimizing efficiencies in existing hospitals. It will definitely affect the way we design the environments. It will be about quality, not quantity, which is probably a good thing, she says. In the Northeast, we dont need more beds. Its an issue of having the right beds.
Michael Pukszta, based in St. Louis, chair of Cannon Designs health care steering committee
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A crumbling retaining wall on Lake Avenue will soon come down.
We have to take the old wall out and put the new one in without any homes sliding into the road, Grand Haven Project Manager Julie Beaton said.
Wade-Trim, a Grand Rapids-based engineering firm, was recently selected by Grand Haven officials to begin making plans for the walls replacement.
The scope of the approximately $53,000 project includes replacing the wall, and an assessment of sightlines and stopping distances to determine if conditions for vehicle and pedestrian traffic may be improved especially near the intersection of Edwards and Lake avenues.
Were going to have the engineers look and see if they can modify the wall to provide a safe pedestrian crossing, Beaton said. Were going to improve the sightlines as best as were able to.
Beaton said the hazards include a narrow road width and the distraction drivers face as they see Lake Michigan while rounding Lake Avenue toward Harbor Drive.
For the most part, people are going slow because it is so narrow, she said.
City Manager Pat McGinnis said is also hopeful that the area could be made more pedestrian-friendly.
We need to do that in an open public setting so that everyone knows what were talking about, he said.
To keep the public informed, meetings with City Council and the public to review the recommended design with an emphasis on changes in the retaining wall, street and sidewalk configurations, and the projected construction schedule and detour routes will be planned.
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LONG BEACH - Dogs may soon make the jump from the sidewalk to outdoor restaurant patios in Long Beach.
On Tuesday, the City Council will consider changes to city code that would give restaurant operators the option to allow canine companions at outdoor patios where food is served.
Councilman Robert Garcia introduced legislation in April asking Department of Health and Human Services staff to draft new regulations permitting dogs to join their owners who are dining outside.
The request follows similar policies adopted by Marin County, Santa Barbara County, Monterey County and, in December, Los Angeles County.
Restaurants won't be forced to accommodate pet dog owners under the proposed rules, which only apply to outdoor areas and will require a separate outside entrance to a dining patio.
"All we're doing is creating an additional option for business owners," Garcia said.
Garcia's initial measure was co-sponsored by Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal and Councilman Gary DeLong.
The policy was developed with input from several business and community groups. It would be implemented immediately, if passed.
Expanded citations collection
The council is also expected on Tuesday to renew its contract with its parking citations collections vendor - with enhancements that include reporting those with delinquent tickets to credit bureaus.
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Artists impression of the eco villa which will built in Qatar designed by LSI architects
By annabelle dickson Sunday, July 22, 2012 9:00 AM
Norwich-based LSI Architects has broken into the Qatar market winning a major contract for an eco villa after years of research and training.
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The company has won a competition to design the countrys first eco villa.
It has been working with UKTI and the British Embassy in Qatar and also completed training in Qatars sustainability assessment system, which is considered to be the most comprehensive in the world.
LSI Architects partner Trevor Price, who is leading the Qatar project, said: We began researching The Gulf as a new market in response to the recession. I went on a UKTI trade mission to Abu Dhabi and Qatar in early 2010 and talked to packed meetings about LSIs expertise in sustainable design. The trade mission was followed by a series of one-to-one meetings in Qatar to establish our credentials and explore partnerships.
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