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...race, recently ran a seven-part all-out attack on the mayor. And some whites feel that he has now firmly tilted toward the city's black constituency. "In the white community, they think he is a black mayor for the black community," says Architect-Developer John Portman, a Jackson supporter. "He's perceived as taking every issue and turning it into a race issue. His biggest problem right now is raising white confidence. He has absolutely none...
Some large architectural firms have slashed their staffs by 70%. Says Atlanta Architect John Portman: "I think there are more architects out of work now than at any other time since the Depression." That goes for real estate brokers too. Complains James Williams, head of a Virginia construction company's sales staff: "The customers do not even come around to look any more...
...states, Europe and South America. Recent building projects that Crow has helped finance include the $150 million, 131-acre Park Central business and recreation center in North Dallas, Atlanta's $175 million Peachtree Center, San Francisco's Embarcadero Center (the last two with Atlanta Architect John Portman). Conservative and lukewarm toward the environmental movement, he attributes his success to a pragmatic "Sunday-school" philosophy of hard work, learning from mistakes and, above all, correctly anticipating real estate needs...
...Portman plans a 54-story extravaganza including a 1,050-seat theater located below ground level; twelve floors of shops, meeting rooms and restaurants; and above it all, a 37-story-high, wide-open "atrium" around which 2,020 rooms will be arrayed. Through the cavernous atrium, twelve spaceship-like glass elevators will zoom to a bronzed-glass rooftop penthouse containing a cocktail lounge and a revolving restaurant...
Construction of the hotel, which will be co-owned by Portman and managed by Edward Carlson's Western International Hotels, is to begin next year, with the opening set for 1977. Says Portman: "Times Square now is only skin-deep-a façade of lights and signs with no depth or substance. I hope that the new hotel complex will speed the entire development of Times Square...