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...Year by year, the embrace of one's class grows tighter. Now six, Julia plays less in the local park, busy as she is with homework, ballet and violin. When Nicola was at nursery, she went to birthday parties in tony private clubs. Uniformed staff served her in a stately ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel. By the time she was three, she had attended probably the most lavish parties she'll ever see, at least while living with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stuck in Class | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...From appearances, it seems that the best units are really going to the market-rate units, which enjoy a view of the river and proximity to the park,” he said. “A more even mix wouldn’t stigmatize the affordable units visually and separate them spatially...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Profs Weigh in on Charlesview Design | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...York City has a lot of nicknames:The City That Never Sleeps, The Big Apple, and The Empire City are just a few. But how about The World’s Biggest Skate Park? Unknowingly, the city and its designers have contributed enormously to the development of skateboarding and skater culture since the 1970s. “Deathbowl to Downtown,” a new movie which was screened last Friday at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), argues that building practices adopted in the 1960s inadvertently helped spark the explosion in skateboarding culture that has occurred over...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NYC Zoning Caters to Skateboarders | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...moments. That isn’t to say that the gloating is gone, too. “56 Bars (Intro),” “Every Chance I Get,” and “I’m Illy” are typical of the College Park swaggerer and self-styled king of the south. And what would a T.I. album be without some club burners like “Swing Ya Rag” or the synth-heavy “On Top of the World”? But it is with his more contemplative tracks...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: T.I. | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...ripcord too early, and your parachute might get tangled or turned around. Open it too late, and you can guess what happens next. Death is a real possibility and because of this, many countries have outlawed the sport. BASE jumping is illegal in almost every American city and national park. However, there are still a couple legal jumping spots in the U.S.: Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, and the New River Gorge's Bridge Day. To qualify for Bridge Day, a jumper will have to have already skydived or BASE jumped at least 100 times, have jumped within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASE Jumping | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

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