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...Move to Allston: Allston is across the Charles River from Cambridge. It’s where much of the College’s athletics fields and buildings are situated. This large swath of land is due for a major overhaul and integration into the larger Harvard campus. Though you won’t be here to see it, plans tentatively include building eight new undergraduate houses on that side of town (and moving undergrads out of the Quad), transferring the locus of undergraduate life from the Yard to the Charles. Much has been made of the administration?...
...Another favorite of his in shitamachi Tokyo, north of the Ikebukuro district, is Sendagi, where traditional shops sell Japanese paper, lacquer ware and shell combs. Some of these treasure troves are tucked in right next to Tokyo's busiest districts. Just 15 minutes from the Ginza, along the Sumida River, is Eitai, another village filled with mini-restaurants where only five people can sit. Another gem, the Kiyosumi Garden, is only a few blocks away from Kabutocho, Tokyo's Wall Street. "It was owned by a samurai who sold it to a rich merchant at the end of the 19th...
When Richard Meier unveiled in 2000 his first project in New York City, a luxury condo building overlooking the Hudson River, he started a trend. Now deep-pocketed Manhattanites who missed out on Meier's foray will have another shot at the comforts of home--walls of undulating glass, private bowling alleys, state-of-the-art everything. In addition to another Meier tower, three high-end condo projects are in the works. For his first apartment building, architect Charles Gwathmey is transforming a former parking lot in Greenwich Village into a 21-story tower, Astor Place (above). The building...
...have never been able to grab hold of much of that so-called solar wind, beyond a tiny bit collected by several of the Apollo missions. Earth's magnetic field causes the stream of hydrogen, helium and other elements the sun gives off to flow around our world like river water around a rock...
...Drink the Water must seem like darn good advice to Chicagoans. Illinois is suing the socially conscious jam band and one of its drivers for allegedly discharging "80 to 100 gallons of liquid human waste" from its tour bus onto a boat full of sightseers on the Chicago River. According to the $70,000 suit, the driver violated state environmental laws and doused dozens of tourists, causing some to be hospitalized. "We feel awful for the people who were on the boat," says the band in a statement. "We have worked closely with Chicago law-enforcement officials and are continuing...