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  • Its chief architect, entrepreneur Geary Stephen Simon, won an exclusive 20-year contract with the city to build the below-ground retail arcade there.

    Developers of Dupont Underground are far from the light at the end of the tunnel Derek Kravitz 2010

  • Its chief architect, entrepreneur Geary Stephen Simon, won an exclusive 20-year contract with the city to build the below-ground retail arcade there.

    Developers of Dupont Underground are far from the light at the end of the tunnel Derek Kravitz 2010

  • That usually is adequate in the Gulf Coast region, where houses don't tend to have below-ground levels.

    As Homeowners Dive Into Pool Of Flood Insurance, Caveats Abound AnnaMaria Andriotis 2011

  • Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. said the leak, which was discovered Saturday at 8:15 a.m., is coming from a section of below-ground piping encased in concrete next to Pump Station 1 – the first pump station on the 800-mile pipeline.

    Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Leak AP 2011

  • The way the system works now even two days after an enormous snowfall all of the above-ground stations are closed and even the below-ground stations in the core are running on massive delays.

    Matthew Yglesias » Snow Day 2010

  • In Rock Creek, a mother heard the warnings and was able to usher her three children into the below-ground basement before the twister hit.

    Full Frame Mike Handley 2011

  • The soils are fertile because the grasses produce more below-ground vegetation than soil organisms can consume.

    Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Our Wild Prairies Dr. Reese Halter 2010

  • At the basement level, the columns are solid and firmly fastened to a below-ground framework connected by beams that can bend and deform without breaking.

    Why One Remained Standing Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

  • Agaton Strom for The Wall Street Journal Bartender Marcin Mrowka The traditional dirty martini has nothing on the iteration on offer at Pravda, a vodka-focused below-ground lounge in Keith McNally's food-and-drink empire.

    Vodka and Caviar 2011

  • Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. said the leak, which was discovered Saturday at 8:15 a.m., is coming from a section of below-ground piping encased in concrete next to Pump Station 1 – the first pump station on the 800-mile pipeline.

    Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Leak AP 2011

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