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Article: Architects pack a punch with Ali Center design.
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- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- March 15, 2006
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Following a weekend-long grand opening celebration in November 2005, which was attended by Lonnie and Muhammad Ali, family, friends, colleagues, and admirers from 12 countries and 32 states, the Muhammad Ali Center is now open to the public.
Visitors from near and far are streaming to the Center to learn more about the three-time heavy-weight boxing champion and United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Welcoming them to the Champ's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and offering them an inspirational experience organized to highlight the life and ideals of "The Greatest," is a dramatic new building by the New York City-based architect Beyer Blinder Belle ...