Word: mansard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former White House aide and a charter member of the New York Landmarks Conservancy: "Adaptive re-use [of old buildings] is moving from erratic initiative, a loft here, a firehouse there, to become a superb planning tool. It's no longer just a question of restoring a mansard roof or a neoclassic colonnade but of looking at entire neighborhoods and districts. Now I look for us to move from buildings reborn to communities reborn...
...later Penn Central leased the airspace above the terminal to a British corporation that wanted to erect an office building on the site. Penn Central submitted to the landmarks commission two plans by Marcel Breuer. One envisioned a 55-story concrete skyscraper floating incongruously above the terminal's mansard roof. The other called for tearing down the facade of the old building and partly encasing the terminal in a 53-story glass-and-steel box. When the city rejected both designs, Penn Central went to court, claiming that its property rights had been violated. Although the trial court ruled...
...Northern California, for example, Kentucky Fried Chicken sells out of low-slung buildings with dark mansard roofs. But when Salem, Mass., a small city proud of its 18th century buildings, insisted that a proposed new Burger King had to complement the town's colonial architecture, the chain drew the line. Instead of responding with its well-known slogan, "Have it your way," Burger King abandoned its plans to build in Salem...
...considerable number of KGB agents abroad are primarily concerned with the Soviet Union's "main enemies," the U.S. and China. There are more than 200 staff members at the Soviet embassy in Washington, whose mansard roof bristles with more antennas than any other place in the area except...