Word: cobb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ironies of the controversy is that the Hancock Building is great architecture-not only handsome but also respectfully mirroring its neighbors and enlivening Copley Square. Indeed, its architect, Harry Cobb of I.M. Pei & Partners, studied the square's history and decided that it was never a secluded enclave of culture, as commonly thought, but rather the meeting place of city-shaping forces. These include the six-lane Massachusetts Turnpike behind the square and a cluster of tall buildings near its uptown and downtown flanks. The Hancock Building thus had to be a high-rise to fit into, and escape...
...annual convention in Miami two weeks ago NBA President James W. Cobb praised Leonard for his "commitment to the training of legal scholars...(Leonard) has done as much as anyone to increase the number of minority-group lawyers and to project and enhance the true history and image of the black and non-traditional lawyer...
This year, though, Summerthing has come in for some criticism. Nathan Cobb of the Globe wrote a six-piece article on Summerthing that hinted darkly at an over-extension of government control of the arts. Cobb's series made one or two salient points, most notably that the Sunset Series has effectively stifled private competition. Since all privately promoted concerts must be licensed through city hall, the city retains some control over who plays, where they play, and when...
...Despite Cobb's hints to the contrary in the Globe. Summerthing intends to pour the proceeds from the Sunset Series into the neighborhood programs. These neighborhood programs make up the bulk of Summerthing, and are its chief value. The emphasis is on participatory activities. There is some music, but it is primarily local. If you find yourself wanting to wander, Boston's ethnic neighborhoods are among the most solid in the country. Again, check the Phoenix or Boston After Dark for details. Perhaps the emphasis is on ethnic music in each neighborhood. That certainly is the case in Roxbury...
...Cobb has become such a helpful listener that customers even telephone him at home for advice. Now that he knows how to recognize mental illness and has met a psychiatrist interested in ghetto residents, he sometimes tells a caller, "Hey, I know a fellow and I'll call him and you can just talk for a while. He's not going to lock you up, man, don't worry...