Word: constructionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The construction in 1935 of jetties at the mouth of the Rio Grande, at the very southern tip of the island, has paid off with some local accumulation of sand. The southern half of the town's developed area, which includes a large Hilton hotel and condominiums, currently has...
So last May the state attorney general's office "descended" on the town, as some locals put it, and began forcing developers to build farther back from the sea. Previously, buildings had been allowed as close as 200 ft. from the water. Now construction can take place only up...
One adversary of the state's protective urge does not find these accommodations reasonable. "It's amazing people developed this great fear for our beaches only last year, when for 20 years no one has been denied the use of a beach or had his condominium washed away...
Robert Hanmore moved his development firm to South Padre from Florida a few years ago when he became convinced that the island was another Gold Coast waiting to be built. He seems right at home among his construction workers, personally smoothing the concrete foundation of his newest condominium project. This...
Across the U.S. and abroad, protesters poured into the streets in a flashback to the strife-torn 1960s; a new cause had galvanized supporters. Proponents of nuclear energy were on the defensive, and the critics exulted in a chorus of I-told-you-so's. Addressing a crowd of...