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...LaSalle Street into the futures-and commodities-trading capital of the world. But trouble returned as a result of the bank's go-go lending during the 1970s. Under former Chairman Roger Anderson, who was eased out last February, Continental lent freely for oil and gas drilling, condominium development and Latin American projects; many of the projects went bust. The biggest blow came in September 1982, when Oklahoma City's Penn Square Bank failed. Continental held more than $1 billion in Penn Square's bad energy loans. Continental last week released the results...
...come to be a synonym for boredom in many quarters. But not in Miami, where a brash young firm called Arquitectonica is creating unadorned, mechanical-looking buildings that startle the eye with their loud primary colors and jazzy architectural stunts. Consider, for example, the firm's Atlantis condominium, an apartment tower with a bright blue grid on one side. Twelve stories up, a huge hole has been cut into the slab. The open-air décor of this "sky court" features a swaying palm tree, a curved yellow wall, a red spiral staircase and a blue whirlpool...
...team has done nothing more, it has shown developers that new ideas can pay and that people will buy modern if it has more to offer than modernity. That big hole in the Atlantis condominium, for instance, not only serves the residents as a delightfully dramatic patio, it also serves the developers. Under Miami's zoning regulations they were able to add the apartments that were cut out to the top of the building, where they command a better view and higher prices. The blue grid on the south side of the building adds not only color but also...
...glare of national attention has fallen on these belligerent broadcasters since the murder last month of one of their number, Denver's Alan Berg, who was shot down in the driveway of his condominium. When Denver police assigned 60 officers to investigate Berg's killing, it was an acknowledgment of the hostility his combative style had provoked among his estimated 200,000 listeners. So many officers were needed, said one, partly because Berg's audience provided so many potential suspects. Threats and sometimes violence are indeed an occupational hazard. Ex-Washington Radio Talker Gary D. Gilbert...
...audience of 200,000 during the decade he dominated the Denver radio scene with his attention-grabbing, listener-baiting style. Said he: "I stick it to the audience and they love it." The morning after Berg's death a steady stream of mourners filed slowly past his rented condominium. Fans telephoned Berg's KOA outlet from some 30 states. Callers were comforted by KOA disc jockeys sobbing their way through their own shows. A blind man was led to Berg's garage door so that he could put his fingers into the bullet holes. Of this bizarre...