Word: neighborhood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Students Archie C. Epps's performance was extremely disappointing. Almost three weeks ago, a Cambridge Police Officer approached three black students, Nester Clark '98, Byron Logan '98 and Jason Williamson '98, sitting on the steps of Claverly Hall, and basically asked them what they were doing in the neighborhood...
...negative externality that will result from the presence of the Holmes project is homogeneity. In the past, residents and tourists alike have been able to find a wide selection of goods in Central Square. However, when nationwide chain stores enter the neighborhood to satisfy only the needs of a "median consumer" (i.e., a typical household with median income and two children), goods become homogenous and reflect fewer of the extreme tastes that are appealing to minority shoppers (e.g. rebellious teens...
While zoning is certainly important in maintaining the character of the local neighborhood, a failure to welcome changes that will bring positive externalities would be creating a situation like China before the implementation of the open-door policy: a stagnant and back-ward economy that some would likely call "local color...
...authority under jurisdiction of a federal judge or find an outside institution free of HANO's own dubious 58-year history to run it. Federal officials decided to hand the housing authority over to Tulane University--a highly selective, overwhelmingly white, old-line Southern school situated in a picturesque neighborhood in uptown New Orleans. It seemed an unlikely choice: What could Tulane know about fixing a bureaucracy that was rotting away as much as the buildings in its care? A lot, it turns out. According to the Federal Government's rating system, Tulane has pulled off one of the most...
...thebuilding. Seven thinly-felted tables are crammedinto this rectangular box, with windows on theleft side overlooking the repairmen below. Sully's1996 "Best-of Boston" award, which seems to havebeen photocopied and posted so that a copy isvisible from every location in the building, isfor "Best Neighborhood Bargain Billiards," andit's well-deserved--it's hard to imagine any placemore bargain or more neighborhood than this. For 6dollars total, anyone with serious time on theirhands and a high tolerance for thick Bostonaccents can shoot from 3 to 8 am alongside thequietly-cursing Latino customers and wisecrackingIrish locals who frequent the neighborhood...