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...Oakland 6-1, Baltimore...
During the past two weeks, lines of customers waiting to withdraw money from the 80 offices of Oakland's Fidelity Savings & Loan Association snaked through branch lobbies and out onto the sidewalk. There was no panic because everyone who demanded money got it, but cash was flowing out at near panic levels. Last Thursday alone, $25 million was withdrawn...
...Architect Kevin Roche's most delightful buildings does not look like a building at all. It is California's Oakland Museum, which is tucked under a lush terraced garden. Roche's United Nations Plaza Hotel and office tower in Manhattan, on the other hand, is an icy glass sculpture of almost overbearing assertiveness. His Power Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Michigan, with its innovative stage, codesigned by the late Jo Mielziner, seems as enchanting as the Petit Trianon in Versailles. His 23-story Knights of Columbus headquarters, suspended between four massive columns, which...
...four-block site he was given in Oakland, Roche saw a much greater need for a small park than for a big museum building. He designed the complex as a walled garden with large, welcoming entrances. The roof of one gallery becomes the terrace of another. The colorful gardens, with their reflecting pool, sculpture and pergola, have become a meeting spot. They give Oakland a sense of place...
Californis 5, Oakland...