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The year Smithgroup will celebrate 175 years of operation.
What is 2028?
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This cocktail developed during the 19th century in Chicago, is one of 50 officially recognized by the International Bartenders Association - and is a favorite wind-down drink of Roxanne’s.
What is The Old Fashioned? Specifically, she prefers one large rock, with orange peel, and NO cherry!
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This building was constructed by Smithgroup (SH&G) to quarantine astronauts and material brought back from the moon during the Apollo Program.
What is the NASA Lunar Receiving Building?
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Angels Flight is a historic landmark and functioning example of this system in which two counterbalanced carriages move synchronously, that is as one ascends, the other descends at an equal speed.
What is a funicular?
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The Hubbard Block
What is the location Sheldon Smith's first office in Sandusky Ohio?
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This former Design Director once gave a presentation standing in a hangar while the client drove by in a car.
Who is David King?
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This former Smithgroup (SH&G) Architect designed Pruit-Igoe in St. Louis in 1955
Who is Minoro Yamasaki?
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This famous pedestrian mall was also the location of the first Smithgroup Los Angeles Office.
What is the Third Street Promenade? 301 Santa Monica
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Established in 1974
When did Smithgroup's first East Coast Office open? (Washington DC Office)
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This Smithgroup project had Irv the Impaler as a client manager.
What is the New York Law School?
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The acroynm IMPACT stands for..
What is Integrated, Multidisciplinary, Performance Analytics Climate-Impact Team
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The 5 Principals that succeeded Michael Kelly as LA's first Managing Principal for Smithgroup
Who are:
- Susan O'Connell
- David Noferi
- Kirk Rose
- Judith (Judy) Caruthers
- Mark McVay