Word: skyscraperism
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If it sounds serious, it's not. Only a fool would believe that Godzilla, as he tackles another 30-floor skyscraper, is anything more than a sexually repressed monster who happens to be stronger than Arnold Schwarzenegger and taller than Manute Bol.
Lately, however, the core of St. Louis is being redeemed for real. The Old Post Office, a grand Second Empire concoction, has been converted to shops and offices. Louis Sullivan's 1891 Wainwright Building, a prototypical skyscraper, was saved and refurbished. Laclede's Landing, nine cobblestoned blocks of 19th century...
The panic spread to Baltimore's Merritt Commercial Savings (assets: $339 million) following news reports that state regulators had asked the thrift to bolster its cash position by selling a 39-story downtown skyscraper it is constructing. Maryland authorities tried to restore confidence by placing both institutions under the wing...
Gromyko inhabits a cocoon as though born to it. I do not believe he has ever had close friends. Inside the Stalin-era skyscraper that houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Gromyko takes a special elevator, reserved for him and a few very senior...
In Chicago, where the skyscraper was born and raised, they try to greet new buildings with an open mind, if not always with open arms. But confronted with a civic structure that looks a bit like a celestial sports arena, Chicagoans have vacated the middle ground and formed vehemently opposing...