Word: skyscraperism
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THE SOUTHWEST is faring better than the rest of the nation. Dallas is rolling in construction money for a new 55-story skyscraper and the $750 million Dallas-Fort Worth airport scheduled for completion next summer or early fall. Houston has a jobless rate of only 3.1%, v. 5.5% nationally...
Once, the skyscraper was the symbol of America's soaring ambition. Now it is becoming a new addition to the list of environmental dirty words. The criticisms range from dehumanization of cities to changing of weather patterns. Only Washington, D.C., has won the fight against height; it bans any...
Because the building recognizes the facts of Boston, most of its original critics now praise it. Yet other critics still complain that it will increase the densities of both people and autos. Since these are problems common to all skyscrapers, they raise the question of whether any more such supertowers...
On Rooftops. Despite such problems, tennis buffs are spending $267 million a year on paraphernalia ranging from $25 tennis shoes to $385 tennis cannons that fire practice balls. In big cities and affluent suburbs reserved playing space is also costly. The newly organized Love 40 Club, built atop a midtown...
Sir / What looks like a cross between a lobster and a skyscraper, stands 20 stories high, weighs 7,000 tons and tears up 200 tons of earth with each bite?