buildings

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Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt erected millions of square feet of unsightly buildings on the National Mall to house an expanded federal bureaucracy during the world wars.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

The news agency said the attacks damaged construction sites, residential buildings and infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"He knows what he's doing with all his buildings," said Elizabeth Miller from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, while visiting the Lincoln Memorial.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Tim Mitchell, of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said while staff were working flat out, their efforts were being undermined by long-standing under-investment in buildings and equipment.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

They strode through densely packed cobbled streets, with sea-stained buildings rising alongside, glimmering in the fading light.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell