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...companies, to make the change. When he started Galt Technologies in 1993 in an old warehouse in the Oakland district of Pittsburgh, Pa., Frasca wanted a "really cool" open design. "Within two months," he says, "all the employees had built their own makeshift barriers, using bookshelves, whiteboard, coatracks and Pier 1 folding screens. I quickly realized that while CEOs and marketing directors love the marketing ploy of high-tech cool, it doesn't work." His current space at IVW, which he founded in December 1999, provides lots of offices and high, podlike cubes for privacy as well as dedicated spaces...
...wasn't planned to look this way. When Susan and Bill Wigert bought the acre of property in 1975, they were looking for a modest vacation cabin. But as builders added rooms and bits of local history--beams from a San Francisco pier, hearthstones from Donner Pass--the place grew with an eccentric life of its own. Since 1982, when the Wigerts converted it to a bed-and-breakfast, the inn has developed something of a cult following...
Enthusiasts crowded Fan Pier, Castle Island and almost every waterfront parcel of land to witness the spectacle. Thousands more watched from the sea; about 3,400 spectator boats were scattered along the route...
Hours after escaping the wreck of the Andrea Doria, 22-year-old composer Mike Stoller peered from the deck of a rescue ship as it entered New York harbor to see his lyricist partner Jerry Leiber, also 22, lounging on the pier, holding an Italian silk suit--in case Mike needed dry clothes. "We have a hit!" Leiber cried. "Hound Dog...recorded by some kid named Elvis...
...consultants in scrapbooking techniques. It certified 49,000 last year, a fourfold increase over 1996. These consultants then teach at "crop parties" (named after the cropping, or trimming, of photos) where they peddle the products of Creative Memories. There is even a place called the Scrap & Spa in Union Pier, Mich., on the shore of Lake Michigan, that offers a weekend of massages, pedicures and scrapbooking for $215. It's booked solid through November...