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...with the construction of the University's two newest buildings, Harvard seems to have outgrown its obsession with flat roofs and concrete, giving the nod to the bourgeois pleasures of red brick, pitched roofs and adorned windows...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Daring to Be Bourgeois | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

...with the construction of the University's two newest buildings, Harvard seems to have outgrown its obsession with flat roofs and concrete, giving the nod to the bourgeois pleasures of red brick, pitched roofs and adorned windows...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Daring to Be Bourgeois | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...blocks away, the Inn at Harvard, still has bare walls and floors, sans furniture. The red-brick Inn, facing Massachusetts Ave. on the site of the old Gulf station, is architecturally similar to DeWolfe, its facade vaguely resembling that of Lehman Hall...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Daring to Be Bourgeois | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...originating gimmick: Allen, the host of a TV fix-it show, is all thumbs as a repairman at home. There are some amusing gibes at power-tool macho ("What is your problem with the blender? It's the only blender on the block that can puree a brick"), but dubious prospects for long-term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is The Sitcom Played Out? | 9/9/1991 | See Source »

...publish Los Gusanos without making any editorial changes -- Sayles is decidedly restrained in his personal life. "If you keep your nut low, you don't end up in a situation where you have to take any job," he explains. Thus Sayles and Renzi split their time between a modest brick row house in Hoboken, N.J., and a farm in upstate New York, both of which they share with friends. Neither has a taste for fancy clothes, expensive cars or other such trappings of success. In fact, Sayles regularly travels to New York City and back by bus, often writing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Neck-Deep in The | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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