Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Boston is far ahead of most cities in bringing neighborhood people into the planning process, said Atkins, but not far enough. An elected neighborhood board was allowed to make changes in the original Boston Model Cities plan...
...recent Friday afternoon, a 1959 green Oldsmobile was parked alongside the curb in a middle-class residential neighborhood of New York City. Two men got out, removed the license plates, and opened the hood slightly to make the car look as if it had been stolen or left alone while its owner went for help. Then they withdrew to a nearby window, where-unseen-they could watch what was to happen...
...schools and streets, a big-city feeling of personal anonymity encourages destructive behavior. It is discouraged by a sense of community-an atmosphere in which vandals feel that anyone watching disapproves of what they are doing. To check his theory, Zimbardo parked a derelict car in a middle-class neighborhood of suburban Palo Alto, California. During three days of observation, he reports, it was not touched once...
There are really two festivals, one for the rich and another for the poor. For the poor, carnaval takes place in the streets, to the cheers of thousands of onlookers. The escolas de samba, neighborhood associations that practice intricate dances for months to put on the most stunning show, come into their own then, singing and prancing their way past the reviewing stands of judges, who choose the winner. A total of 43 escolas de samba are taking part this year, and the larger ones, like the Estacāo Primeira de Mangueira-last year's champion, named after...
Part of his book tries to describe in clear English the administrative routine, the departmental politics, the board of trustees, the foundations and the multiple demands made on the school by the neighborhood, big business, and government. Before he attempted this outline, Barzun apprenticed for twelve years as Dean of Faculties and Provost at Columbia. Since the "hero" of the book is naturally Columbia, his remarks on violence and student conceit have more than routine interest...