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Word: backings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hancock building will be more of the same. It could at least visually acknowledge a street level, and make some concession to the scale of Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library. Instead of being so glaringly glass and steel it might honor the warmly colored texture of Back Bay. Finally, there's no reason for it to be a 60-story monolith-land isn't all that scarce in Boston. Of course, excessive height and strikingly in human scale are an asset to a commercial building. They assert that it is the most important, the biggest and the best...

Author: By Deborah R. Waroff, | Title: Back Bay The City as Art | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

...problem of building well, to make the city a work of art, involves more than just putting up prettier buildings. New construction along Boylston Street could amount to a glass and steel barricade, while there is a strong need to tie the South End closer to the Back Bay. And besides looking strange and introducing congestion, surrounding Back Bay with high rise buildings or putting a high spine through Boston could even redirect winds and change temperatures in the area. It all seems worth concern, because the city is, after all, the most public and accessible art form...

Author: By Deborah R. Waroff, | Title: Back Bay The City as Art | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

Harvard coach John Yovicsin knew it back in early October "He's the best man on our team," he said, and watched as Cornell humiliated the Crimson defense when Farnti was sidelined Clearly, there was no one else as suitable for next fall's captaincy...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Defensive Standout Farneti Is Named Football Captain | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

...road back to Ivy prominence should not take long, however, unless the system that hurt Harvard this fall is retained without change...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Defensive Standout Farneti Is Named Football Captain | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

...harriers just never got untracked today. By the mile mark, all six were way back, and none was able to make a significant move along the remainder of the six-mile course. Heyburn had finished 128th last year, but he was struggling near the end today as he barely beat Colburn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Meet Disastrous For Harvard's Harriers | 11/25/1969 | See Source »

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