Word: glassed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Denver's venture does run into trouble, the gags will probably be about crystal palaces. Though the buildings are no-nonsense functional, the place will still be a local monument because of its lofty "Galleria." This 76-ft.-high arched glass roof, only one section of which is up, was inspired by the ethereal vaulting in Milan's Galleria. Denver's will unify the complex, shelter the promenades and impart its own blend of airiness and intimacy to the neighborhood...
Boettcher Hall is typical of the Denver spirit. Part of the exterior walls is also glass, but there is nothing lyrical about them. They reveal a lobby that flaunts not marble or chrome but the building's functional and mechanical workings. On opening night, concertgoers could be heard arranging "to meet up at the duct" at intermission. A few thought they had come in the wrong way and wandered backstage...
...looking for a close encounter with a Harvard grappler, then tie up with 118-Ib. Wrestler Ray Dominguez on a side court, or try climbing over the back of heavyweight Craig Beling to snatch a rebound off the glass on center-court...
Chicago's Giannini & Hilgart, the Midwest's oldest stained-glass studio (founded in 1868), struggled along for years on sparse church commissions until the boom hit in 1973; its business then started tripling annually, to $170,000 in 1977, and 90% of its output now goes to homes and businesses. Dealers specializing in supplies for the craft have also been transported on a beam of dancing light (green). Hollander Glass company in Long Beach, Calif., which started in 1956 as a small studio specializing in windows for churches and residences, is now solely in the business of selling...
...Glass art may in the past have been stifled by its traditions: Gothic, Renaissance, Victorian, art nouveau, Tiffany, art deco. Today artists and artisans, students and professionals are creating a distinctively American form, moving away from mere decoration and drawing eclectically from the other visual arts. As Artist-Editor Fred Abrams writes in Glass magazine, a journal for artists and craftsmen: "Glass is the most beautiful and magical art medium in the world,... and we have only begun to explore its possibilities and potential." To which its admirers and practitioners can only add amen, translucent tomorrows and "gret joye...