Word: broadloom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that frame the central plaza add an unwanted clutter. The central, mushroomlike structure is shaped to give the mayor a sumptuous office and the city council an imposing, showcase chamber. But it tapers underneath, around the supporting stem, to fairly unusable space that is filled mainly with a blue-broadloom-covered circular staircase adorned with padded horsehair railings. "I guess you'd call this a meditative spot," says City Hall Coordinator George Bell...
...Peter (Peter Kastner) rebels through habitual truancy. After romping in a cemetery with his girl Julie (Julie Biggs), he climbs onto a bridge rail to explain that he doesn't know what he wants, but does know what he doesn't want: a nice home, broadloom rugs, "living the way my parents do." The audience groans. All this has been said, hasn't it? Blackout of communication between parents and youth. Rejection of adult values...