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...place asbestos-containing building materials do not pose a health threat to building occupants. More to the point, chrysotile asbestos, the type used almost exclusively in flooring products like linoleum, was characterized as "innocuous" by experts at a World Health Organization conference in Lyon, France in 1989. The simple fact of the matter is that the relative risk posed to building occupants by asbestos-containing building materials pales in comparison to the risks of everyday life...
Students at other colleges, most of whom livein minuscule two-person boxes with cinderblockwalls and linoleum floors, tend to get jealouswhen they see pictures of elegant Harvardquarters. And with good reason. Harvard's dormshave some drawbacks, of course--students need todevelop the stamina to climb stairs and a hightolerance for old architecture. But a housingsystem that involves working fireplaces, woodenfloors, spacious rooms and beautiful landscapingisn't such a bad start to a Harvard career
...floors in my Weld Hall suite were made of cold linoleum. But a University official who oversees the construction project recently told me that all along, beautiful hardwood floors lay beneath the tiles. As part of the tiles away, leaving wood for the dorm's future residents...
...massive construction effort in WeldHall--which won't be completed until thiswinter--will add an elevator shaft, making theentire dorm handicapped-accessible. Crews willalso refurbish Weld's interiors and exteriors, addnew heating and electrical systems, replace thewindows and strip most linoleum from the hardwoodfloors, Lichten said...
...Garage is a neon-and-linoleum mall with a video store and a wealth of downscale eateries. It's noisy, crowded, impersonal--in short, a lot like any modern mini-mall...