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...impetus is neither a desire to play Lady Bountiful nor a shortage of paying summer jobs, but a useful blend of altruism and self-interest. High school seniors yearn to report a substantial entry in that "Civic Work?" blank on college applications; collegians may want to put sociology lectures to practice. The Peace Corps is the model−but most of the jobs to be done are right at home. Says one delighted Boston mother, whose teen-age daughter is toiling in a hospital ward this summer: "She goes charging out of here in the morning like Florence Nightingale riding...
...York, unlike most cities of Europe and elsewhere, has no civic authority to preserve its landmarks. Last week, in the hope that publicity might save the day, 500 architects (the most notable: Philip Johnson, Paul Rudolph) banded together with the newly formed Action Group for Better Architecture in New York and marched on Penn Station with signs that said: "Don't Demolish It! Polish...
...opera house, built inside the gutted frame of Seattle's drafty and flat-floored Civic Auditorium, boasts a rich interior of cherry wood, scarlet plush and gold; it is linked to the theater and exhibition hall by covered promenades...
...Rafael, Calif. First phase of the Marin County Civic Center, which may cost more than $15 million upon completion, is finished. Designed initially by Frank Lloyd Wright (it was one of his last projects), the Civic Center is also called "The War Memorial" by local wags in reference to the almost ten years of wrangling that went on. The county administration offices will be finished in a few months. Included in Wright-designed buildings to come; a hall of justice, an auditorium, an exhibition pavilion...
...Paul S. Cowan, a former Executive Editor of the Crimson, is in Chestertown Maryland with a group cs'led "Project Eastern Shore," sponsored by the Baltimore Civic Interest Group and the Northern Student Movement...