Word: platts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with the old. To end this segregation, which is particularly acute in suburban living, Bronfenbrenner and others recommend planning by architects for community clusters where children, their parents and the elderly can intermingle, each group bringing its experience, knowledge and support to the other. University of Michigan's John Platt visualizes clusters he calls "childcare communities" which resemble communes: in addition to enlarged recreational and shopping facil ities, they would include centralized schoolrooms, dining rooms (for both adults and children) and kitchens...
...Lewis Jr. of Mather House and Abilene, Texas; Paul B, Lieberman of Eliot House and Flushing, N. Y.; David N. Little of Leverett House and Williston, Vt.; Seth B. J. Mandel of Dudley House and Brookline; Matthew H. Naitove of Winthrop House and Hanover, N. H.; Thomas E. Platt of Leverett House and Lake Stevens, Wash...
...dwelling at No. 18, which until last week looked much the same as when it was built in 1845. There was a formal garden in back where few sounds louder than the tinkling of teacups were ever heard. The owner of the Federal-style $250,000 house, Businessman James Platt Wilkerson, had furnished the interior Georgian style. The rooms were filled with art and rare antiques, including a 1790 square piano. Wilkerson was especially proud of his paneled library, called the Bird Room because it housed a collection of wood, metal and china birds. It was a site for refined...