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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"The idea arose as an answer to charges that demonstrators are 'effete snobs' who can go out and demonstrate but not do anything tangible." Jeffrey Nims '71, a director of the drive, said.
All land use was planned and enforced by a commission. Industry was forbidden and commerce limited by zoning laws in most of Back Bay. The broad streets were laid out and planted with European grandeur in mind-the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gave 43 per cent of the land it had...
The commission insisted that houses maintain a consistent setback, and limited the heights of buildings. That sounds ordinary enough. But the solid even-block front is an honestly urban form, as well as a visually harmonious one. And these block fronts didn't become bleak. This is partly because of...
In carrying the glass-and-steel tradition to this extreme Cobb actually parodies a skyscraper. Everyone at "Back Bay Boston: The City as A Work of Art" giggled when they came to the three-dimensional model of the tower and surrounding area. The Hancock Tower is funny because it's...
There was definitely an aura of Woodstock over the vast and not-so-silent majority of the crowd. People were more willing than ever before to help each other out. And all this was in contrast to the up-tightness and lack of humanity shown by the government and police...