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Currently, there is a bill in the legislature, sponsored by State Sen. Robert E. Travaglini (D-Cambridge) and State Rep. John McDonough (D-Boston), to tax one half of one percent of the value of tax-exempt land owned by certain non-profits. Cities and towns could choose individually whether they wanted to levy this...
...William McDonough, consulting architect for the Wal-Mart project and one of the most visionary of the green designers, thinks environmental consciousness is not merely a new constraint on his profession, but has the potential to create a new aesthetic. It was the unfortunate coincidence of cheap oil and the ability to fabricate large sheets of glass, he argues, that led to the "modern" office buildings pioneered by architects like Mies van der Rohe in the 1950s. Architectural movements since then -- notably postmodernism -- have been purely superficial, decorative responses to that style. "That's why this movement is so exciting...
...proposal, sponsored by State Sen. Robert Travaglini (D-Cambridge) and State Rep. John McDonough (D-Boston), would raise Cambridge's tax revenues by millions of dollars...
Travaglini and McDonough were unavailable for comment yesterday...
Many of you may know McDonough better from his baseball telecasts for CBS and TV-38. Indeed, his versatility makes him one of the hottest commodities in sports television--he can handle hockey, baseball, college basketball, and even football (anybody else out there see the Independence Bowl?) in a pinch, and handle them well. I just wanted to ask him about his famous voice-crack as he called "SAFE!" when Sid Bream gave the Atlanta Braves the National League Pennant earlier this year--in his words, "I about went through the roof on that...