Word: pedestrianization
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...most extensive and impressive retrospectives of the genre ever staged. The exhibition was conceived by Architect George Nelson, 75, to show the effect of design on daily life and the effect of changing technology on design. Nelson's own contribution includes his 1942 proposal to build downtown pedestrian malls and his 1944 invention of the storage wall that also serves as room divider. Nelson has created or inspired much of the modern officescape. This show reflects his ele gant functional flair, a wealth of material organized in a logical way that pulls the viewer through a sequence of open...
Local businessmen said that the barricade has reduced access to the block by reducing available parking and making pedestrian traffic more difficult...
Montgomery County, Md., offers bonuses to developers for providing certain public facilities. If they build pedestrian walkways or include an entrance to Washington, D.C.'s subway system as part of their buildings, they are permitted to increase floor space or add extra stories to new structures. The county has also set up a novel way to protect farmland from suburbanization. Farmers can sell "rural development rights" for their property to builders, who can then use those rights in such urban areas as Bethesda and Silver Spring. The farmer gets paid, his land is protected from builders, since the development...
...other action at the seven hour session the councilors agreed to delay until a public hearing a request from Draper Labs to build a pedestrian bridge between its two buildings...
...Along the way, the MBTA is re-land-scaping the Central area of the Square, widening sidewalks, setting up modern art displays, and planting trees where no green life existed before. But until the expected completion date of late 1984, denizens must continue to battle heavily congested traffic, limited pedestrian space, as well as noise and dust pollution...