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Looking into things in Jerusalem is a way of life for Kollek, who is at work in his city ha11 office (one of his three working places) by 6:30 every morning. "See those neon signs," he says to an aide as he bustles along on his frequent midtown tours. "They're ugly. We have to do something about them." And to another aide: "Those mailboxes with the peeling paint. Do something about that." The two aides exchange looks of despair. "You don't have to do it today," Kollek reassures them. "Tomorrow is soon enough...
...nation's largest general-interest paper, the News (circ. 1.5 million) lost at least $ 12.6 million last year and expects to lose anywhere from $25 million to $50 million this year. Indeed, several potential purchasers* seemed more interested in its 1930 Art Deco office tower in midtown Manhattan than in the paper...
When anyone asks me what I did last summer, I am compelled to describe the job I had writing reading comprehension tests for a research company in midtown Manhattan. But that is a lie. What I did last summer--what I thought about and planned out on paper and lived for--was lunch...
Partners has participated in similar energizing efforts elsewhere. In Cincinnati, the art-deco train terminal, headed for demolition, was turned into an elegant shopping center. In midtown St. Louis, Partners is promoting the restoration of two historic theaters for performing arts' use. This week in Richmond, local design students, prodded by Partners, will sketch ideas for improving the dowdy riverfront in hopes of stirring up local interest in salvaging the area...
...home their parents owned, he neglects the plight of those whose parents were forced or chose to live in apartments. I am a second-generation rent-paying apartment dweller who has reconstrued the American dream to be a lofty one-bedroom, with Betamax and Jacuzzi, overlooking the lights of midtown Manhattan...