Word: metropolitanism
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...John F. Kennedy Memorial Park on the corner of Memorial Drive and JFK St. will not be completely finished until next spring, due to delays in receiving the granite necessary to build its centerpiece--the JFK Memorial Fountain. But according to its planners at the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), by the time 350th visitors arrive, they will be able to stroll the $2.5 million project's newly paved paths and enjoy its lush grass, instead of the current view of dirt and bulldozers...
Such ceremonial splendors are the rage in some big-city precincts too, but simple food--or the illusion of it--is a new ideal from the country wedding to the metropolitan bash. "What people are in touch with is real fresh, friendly and simple food--fresh fruits and veggies, healthy foods nicely prepared," says David Christian, sales director for Gaper's Caterers in Chicago. Notes S. Alexander, catering director of New York City's Plaza hotel: "We had a very elegant wedding in June, where cost was no consideration, and we served a poultry item as the main course...
...taking anything for granted," says Harvard Chief of Police Paul E. Johnson. Johnson also says that his department will coordinate its efforts with other police groups, such as the FBI, Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan District Commission...
...loan exhibition of "Gothic and Renaissance Art in Nuremberg, 1300-1550," on view at New York City's Metropolitan Museum through June 22, is the kind of show that one hopes to see in a great encyclopedic institution like the Met. It is not, in the common show-biz sense, a blockbuster. It takes a fascinating but unfamiliar subject and handles it with immense art- historical skill. It enlarges one's sense of civilization...
...tourist hub, and for 105 years its capital. Last week President Raul Alfonsin proposed moving the seat of government to Patagonia, a wind-blasted region 475 miles to the southwest. In making his suggestion, Alfonsin described Buenos Aires as an "excessive megalopolis." The 11 million residents of the metropolitan area represent 35% of the country's population...