Word: civic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some civic leaders think Watts' notoriety can be turned to advantage. "We don't hide the rebellion," says Watts Towers Art Center Director John Outterbridge. "We want to get tourists here to dispel the myths." If many of the myths still hold true, at least there are signs of hope and a heartening willingness in the community to face up to its problems. Says Charles Woods, operator of a mobile barbecue: "All the new construction, it's built pride. People are more together now." --By Frank Trippett. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles
...factor in this year's selection was the five-day visit to China last October by the TIME Newstour of civic, academic and business leaders and Time Inc. editors. After viewing some of China's free-market experiments and spending more than an hour with Deng, the tour participants agreed that the country's transformation far surpassed their expectations. Says Senior Editor Henry Muller: "In addition to the physical dimension--the construction and the traffic--we were struck by the openness and pragmatism of the officials we met. They subjected us to none of the ideological rhetoric you get from...
...long ago it was generally supposed that one kind of building was suitable to almost every modern purpose. Corporate offices? Put up a plain box, a big one. A university? Put up a couple of plain boxes, medium size. A civic building? Another box, and make it bland...
...partnership of three Houstonians, has met that obligation with its elegant Water Resources Building for the Houston exurb of The Woodlands, a structure that serves, for now, as the town hall. The columns and pediment are stucco and the "stone" is split-faced concrete block, but classic American civic form is evoked with a convincing freshness...
...witness the unveiling of a cast bronze bust of King, marking the first time a black American has been so honored in the Capitol. On this week's official holiday, concerts were scheduled at Washington's Kennedy Center, New York's Radio City Music Hall and Atlanta's Civic Center, featuring such performers as Stevie Wonder, Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan and Harry Belafonte. The highlights were to be aired on national TV and the profits from the shows donated to Atlanta's King Center for Non-violent Social Change...