Word: civics
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...another U.S. explosion-culture. The Pavilion, first and most important building in Los Angeles' new Music Center for the Performing Arts, was open at last, and the crowd that swarmed through Architect Welton Becket's tapered white columns on opening night last week was justifiably moved to civic pride...
...spectacular success of the Music Center has spread Buff Chandler's fame as a fund raiser across the land. Recently she was asked for her formula by three representatives of the seven-building, $45.5 million John F. Kennedy Civic, Educational and Cultural Center for Nassau County, L.I., also designed by Welton Becket, which will begin to rise late next year...
...getting it. Pity the U.S. architect without an art museum, a symphony hall, an auditorium or a theater on his drawing board-or better yet, the newest thing: a culture center. Many of them have been built by universities to serve both the student body and the civic community. Among the newest and most distinguished are those shown in the preceding color pages...
...gymnasium flank the 1,000-seat auditorium. Finished in October 1963, the "theatron," as it is called because of its steeply banked seats arranged Romanstyle around the central arena, is used for lectures and student activities of this small junior college for women, as well as for performances and civic affairs of the community...
Inland has built up a large deposit of good will in its area. Many little consumers, told by other steel companies to "call Inland" for their small orders, have grown larger-and stayed with Inland. By encouraging its executives to participate in civic affairs and all employees to take advantage of a corporate education program-half of its 30,000 employees do, at company expense-Inland has developed an excellent community image that impresses local customers. The company recognizes, of course, that it cannot meet its challenge from the East with good will alone. It is spending $125 million this...