It was built in the 1920s and was modeled after Paris’ Sainte-Chappelle, a 13th-Century Gothic masterpiece with stained-glass windows ... But they show worrisome signs of age-in part from ...

Glass is a paradox: both fragile and strong. Ritterman’s mother was a concert pianist in Poland before fleeing Nazi Europe with her family. Her glass stands on a balcony, standing up to the ...

SEATTLE — Breathtakingly beautiful, yet frighteningly fragile. That is the way of glass. And of life. "It's still heartbreaking because, generally speaking, when something breaks it's right at ...