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Architect Christian De Portzamparc's innovative 23-story building in Manhattan with a faceted, overlapping glass facade [FALL PREVIEW, Sept. 6] is indeed striking, but perhaps he has unknowingly taken a leaf from Apple Computer's book. With a Bondi Blue color typical of the iMac and a translucent exterior, can this building be mistaken as anything but an iRise? Perhaps later we'll see versions in lime, blueberry, tangerine, grape and strawberry? DENNIS WINDRIM Edmonton, Alta...
Judging from tourist reaction, many may be shaken. "It never seemed real, even on TV," says Jordan Brown, 13, of Bakersfield, Calif., prowling the building's exterior crannies with her mother. The Browns used to live in the Littleton area, and Jordan's brother Garrett, 17, who had friends at Columbine, was too upset to make the visit. "I thought the school was much bigger," says Greg Owens, 36, a Chicagoan who routed himself here after taking in Pikes Peak and Colorado sites. "But it sure touched me. For two teenagers to have done something like that...
...Harvard's decision is complicated by several obstacles. First, at least the building's exterior must be preserved, making development of the site as classroom space difficult. Second, the congregation still wants to remain in the church--creating further public relations problems for any potential development...
Just because a city native is less likely to tack on meaningless pleasantries to his or her comments doesn't mean that he or she is being mean. Underneath that gruff, hurried exterior New Yorkers are human beings too, with the same compassion and caring that mid-Westerners have. But strangers will not get a "hello, how are you?" from us--why should they? Do we know? Do we honestly care how they're feeling? No, of course not and such superficial behavior is beneath New Yorkers...
Just because a city native is less likely to tack on meaningless pleasantries to his or her comments doesn't mean that he or she is being mean. Underneath that gruff, hurried exterior New Yorkers are human beings too, with the same compassion and caring that mid-Westerners have. But strangers will not get a "hello, how are you?" from us--why should they? Do we know? Do we honestly care how they're felling? No, of course not and such superficial behavior is beneath New Yorkers...