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...bold graphics and aggressive moniker of National's Rage'N RVT ramp trailer are a direct play for young buyers. The fold-up ramp on the back of this toy hauler is used for loading motorcycles and other large recreational gear. KIT RVs, a 58-year-old brand out of Caldwell, Idaho, changed its name in January to Extreme RVs and has outfitted its $30,000, 26-ft. toy hauler with a chrome and red-vinyl interior. Travel Supreme's new Me2, a $325,000, 41-ft. luxury motor home, includes a built-in garage with enough room to stash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure Industry: Not Your Dad's RV | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

From Quincy Street there are two possible approaches to the building: up the ramp or down to the main gallery entrance. The ramp was intended to be the centerpiece of the building, taking people directly to its center. Le Corbusier envisioned the ramp as becoming a major campus pathway, with students constantly flowing between Quincy and Prescott Streets. Unfortunately, Le Corbusier did not understand that few students have any need to travel this route (not to mention that they are lazy and would never walk up an inclined ramp just to walk down the other side). The University has done...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, | Title: Understanding the Carpenter Center | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

...along Quincy Street, look left at the narrow vertical windows along the curved bay of the second-floor sculpture studio. These windows are called ondulatoires, and have an almost religious feel to them; Le Corbusier used them in a monastery near Lyon, France. Standing at the top of the ramp, look up at the brises soleils, angled baffles intended to obscure direct sun while admitting natural light into the building. Le Corbusier was extremely concerned with the path of the sun and studied its angles at different times of day to great length. As a result, you should revisit...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, | Title: Understanding the Carpenter Center | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

...times without giving it a second’s notice. They are probably unaware that people travel from around the world just to see the building because of its architectural significance and position in Le Corbusier’s oeuvre. Every time I walk past the building, up its ramp, or down into its lower sections, I take a close look at it. Every time I see something...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, | Title: Understanding the Carpenter Center | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

Jackie Kennedy rested her hand on the casket as it was wheeled down the loading ramp of the hospital. For the first time we saw the bloodstains on her pink suit. She climbed into a white hearse with the lifeless body of her husband, while on the parking apron, the mortician argued with the Secret Service about payment for the casket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nov. 22, 1963 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

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