Word: plazas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This week "Ren Cen" celebrates its official dedication-though hammers and drills still echo through many of the project's cavernous passages. The 73-story Detroit Plaza Hotel has only three-quarters of its 1,400 rooms ready for occupancy. A reflective-glass cylinder, the hotel has an eight-story atrium lobby with a central pond and curved balconies-all standard elements of the style of Portman.* Few shops and restaurants have opened their doors, since the 350,-000-sq.-ft., tri-level mall housing most of them is still under construction. Ren Cen's four 39-story...
STREET VENDORS and musicians have been an integral part of Harvard Square's atmosphere for many years. The University's banning of them from Forbes Plaza in front of Holyoke Center should be reversed because it unnecessarily hurts the business of the vendors and musicians, and detracts from the Square's unique character...
Apparently, the main impetus for the University's decision was the steady stream of complaints from its Holyoke Center tenants, primarily The Crimson Shop. Before the original ban was passed, The Crimson Shop made almost daily complaints about the presence of vendors and musicians in Forbes Plaza...
...tenants may have had valid complaints but this does not justify the University's arrogant dealings with the vendors and musicians. The University ignored their offer to pay for a police detail to supervise the plaza, and has shown no interest in trying to work out a compromise agreement. It has even ignored the distinction between vendors who actively solicit for money, do not attract large crowds, and usually work during the day, and musicians who do not directly solicit money and usually work weekends and evenings...
...pops to the telephone. Room service again? No, she calls the Plaza's elegant Edwardian Room, an oasis that cossets the wealthy with candles and linen napkins. "Oh, hi," says Linda. "Listen, is it O.K. if I come to dinner in jeans?" It has not occurred to her to identify herself. She has a total and startling lack of arrogance. Also, just now, a lack of success with the Edwardian Room. Sputtering is heard. No jeans. "Well, thanks," says Linda...