Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...engineers found that "contrary to popular belief, the volumes of traffic going through the Harvard Square area are relatively small." About 6000 motor vehicles traveled through the 75-block study area during the evening peak, half of them passing the MTA klosk...
...meeting was to have been at the MDC's headquarters at 20 Somerset St. in Boston, but the large turnout forced the commission to move it to the 800-seat Gardner Auditorium, a block away in the sub-basement of the State House...
Where the Taylor house is curvy, the Arthur W. Milam house in northern Florida is all right angles. Architect Paul Rudolph, another Gropius alumnus, designed a series of concrete block rectangles that turn the house's seaside exposure into a mammoth Mondrian. It is a straight place, but not all for show; the open-end geometry that ornaments the facade functions as a sunbreak and keeps the interior cool without cumbersome draperies. The house is built on seven levels that form a series of "living platforms," the lowest being a utility room, while the uppermost is a rooftop lookout...
...divided into areas with built-in furniture and greenery-laden overlooks. Medieval brass rubbings, a 16th century refectory table, and plenty of books lend visual warmth to the house. A conversation pit in a two-storied living area gives a feeling of airport-lobby spaciousness; just over a concrete-block wall is a lower-ceilinged area whose built-in sofas and cheery fireplace make it a more popular snuggery. Rudolph, who likes to punctuate his interiors with oubliettes and galleries, has provided the Milams with a handy vantage point for supervising activity in the children's living room...
...that McKenna is the picture of humanity wronged. An arrogant cynic, he foments riots in the cell block, insults a priest who offers comfort, and refuses to relate information that will bring him a reprieve. He would rather die than grovel, and the audience feels perfectly willing to let him, even if the mode of death (strapped in a chair before the firing party) seems excessivly unpleasant...