Word: preservationism
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There are two major camps; those who are worried that New Orleans will become another Houston, big, ugly, impersonal, rich, obsessed with growth; and those who are worried that it will become another Savannah, old, genfeel, shabby, and dying. The two groups are constantly at war and their battles have...
Friendly Structures. Like lemonade, the result tends to please almost everybody. Says Charles Gill, a planning official in San Francisco: "Tenants end up with larger spaces, bigger windows, higher ceilings and generally a more pleasant environment." The city benefits through increased property taxes; for example, since 1970, when Seattle developers...
The new mood of self-confidence in the Congress stems from a series of recently enacted reforms aimed at checking the long-term erosion of power on Capitol Hill. The forced resignation of Richard Nixon, moreover, removed an immediate threat to the preservation of the Constitution's checks and...
No Removal. The proposal faces, however, one enormous obstacle. The 35,000 cu. ft. of Nixon material currently in Government custody, including 880 White House tapes, by law is not under his control. Many of Nixon's personal papers and memorabilia are stored at Laguna Niguel, Calif, but the...
Our leaders talk to us mechanically, showing fine self-preservation instincts. They seem to be milling in the dark, clinging to tarnished phrases from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without seeming to realize that both of these documents were the response of courageous and indignant men who were...