Word: historicized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It is possible to be deeply moved by the endless American plains, and the settlements defiantly set down in the midst of this vastness, by the coast of Maine or the Rockies or the desert. But that is not loving America. Loving America means loving what it stands for as...
Boston got the message. Along its historic waterfront, it is quietly working on the nation's largest federally aided renovation project. Already, a number of 19th century wharf buildings have been made into 1,500 units of elegant middle-income housing. No sooner does one batch of apartments come...
Boston's recycling effort also includes six acres of early 19th century buildings between the old town hall, Faneuil Hall, and the waterfront. The five-story structures, which for 150 years housed fruit, vegetable and meat markets, attracted two groups of people. Preservationists wanted to turn them into a...
As every look-ma-no-hands schoolboy cyclist knows, the shortest distance between two points should never be a straight line. Take the 3,000 miles across the country, and this week 2,000 bikers are doing exactly that. Instead of pumping along in the breakdown lane of some Cartesian...
Back Roads. Financed by $10 membership fees from eager bikers and a grant from the Bicentennial Administration, and aided by an army of volunteers, the Burdens charted a relatively picturesque, somewhat historic, largely traffic-free, and not overly demanding route. Since crossing deserts is hazardous, the western end of the...