Word: pedestrianization
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...East Somerville is a challenge. She pointed to the recent debate over whether IKEA, a furniture store chain, should be allowed to construct a 'big box' type store near the Mystic riverfront as an example of the problem the city faces. The Mystic Task Force, a group advocating pedestrian-minded redevelopment, disapproves of the new construction...
That's the trouble with beauty: it may be satisfying, but it's pedestrian. It is not the worst thing to content yourself with an image that almost speaks, but this beauty can't tell you anything that you don't already know. American Beauty isn't merely skin deep, but it never quite cuts to the bone...
SOCKS APPEAL What could be more pedestrian than socks? In an effort to give the $4.7 billion sock market some legs, hosiery manufacturers are putting their jazziest foot forward. From E.G. Smith come Safe Sox, which have pockets, and the Pigalle, a glittery sock with attachable garter. Going for the tattoo look? K. Bell is producing sheer socks with embroidered insects. And Basic Knead has a reflexology sock for those who just have to put their feet...
...Apollo 11 lunar module actually touched down were not, as most people believe, "Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed." Rather, they were "ACA out of detent...mode control, both auto; descent engine command override, off," as Aldrin reconfigured his instrument-panel switches. It was only after that pedestrian bit of business was done that Armstrong spoke for the ages...
...reported to the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) he was nearly struck by a male driver while he was crossing the street in the crosswalk. When approached, the driver grabbed the pedestrian's arm and said, "I'm a police officer...You're under arrest!" The pedestrian demanded a badge from the suspect, but he left the scene without comment...