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...building that provokes initial uneasiness. Massively heavy overhangs are supported by slender columns. An exposed glass staircase with no visible access projects out over the pedestrian's head. Alien green fiberglass covers the roof trusses. The concrete has been poured in super-human blocks twelve feet on a side. It's even impossible to view the entire building from any one points...
...America is a reflection of his personality, the man himself evokes none of the adulation that characterized, say, the John and Robert Kennedy campaigns, or even the Eugene McCarthy campaign. Even among his own faithful, he comes across as a cool and somewhat distant figure, perhaps a touch pedestrian. No waves of shrieking teen-agers engulf him; his cuff links are always in place when he emerges from a crowd...
Wassermanis most expensive Harvard Square development currently underway consists of changing a sizeable garage, at the corner of Mt. Auburn and Boylston Streets, into a shopping mall. The mall, to be named "The Garage," will contain specially and craft shops and spread over half a block, it pedestrian walk will connect Boylston St. to Dunster St. Work on The Garage has been in progress since winter, and the mail should open for occupancy this fall...
...store oriented--will move progressively away from specialty stores and coffee shops. Parking will become harder. Driving through the Square will probably become a task of stupendous proportions. Tenants will have to bear higher land values, which will ultimately translate into higher rents, and live with a new skyline. Pedestrian traffic will swell by as much as half or two-thirds...
...Prophet Elijah and the Fiery Chariot"--are distinguished by their vibrant reds, simplicity of line, and native charm. Another early 15th century icon, "The Dormition of the Virgin," is redeemed by the beautifully drawn central figure of the Holy Spirit (the rest of the figures are stereotypic and pedestrian.) "Our Lady of Jerusalem" is the only example from the famous Novgorod school. And the greatest of Russian icon painters--Feofan the Greek and Andrel Rublev--are not represented at all in the mini-exhibition. (I asked one of the Soviet guides about their absence and he replied that the potential...