Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also labeled the Coop's plan for a two-story glass bridge over Palmer Street between its main building and new annex "ugly and undistinguished...
...thirds of the Council must approve the bill before the Coop can use the air-rights above municipally-owned Palmer Street. And no one could discover when, if ever, Vellucci would return the bill to the council for a vote...
Witnesses opposing the bridge--led by Dietz, a local property owner--said it would deprive the street of light and air. One witness claimed that the "large ominous bridge would seal the doom of Palmer St. . .give it the oppressive atmosphere of a wholesale district...like the garment district...
...Coop's architect, Clifford H. Towne told the Council that "we feel that we have come up with a dignified building." He said that shadow studies made by the Coop showed that the bridge would not unduly darken Palmer...
Coop spokesmen said that use of an existing tunnel under Palmer St. between the main building and the present annex would make the transfer of material difficult...