Word: space
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...collectors that made Johnson forswear his resolve never to design another house. "Too bad," said Kreeger when Johnson first turned them down. "We had hoped you would help us with a dilemma." "What's that?" asked Johnson, perking up. "We like lots of glass, but we need wall space for our collection." "Interesting," said Johnson, who adds today: "I can think of nothing better than to live in a museum, as long as it's homey...
...citizens in order to avoid supervision by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last week the fund's realty holdings passed the $100 million mark as it bought Ling-Temco-Vought's 32-story headquarters building in downtown Dallas for $16.5 million. L.T.V. will lease the space it already occupies, and the fund will add a landlord's profits to those already generated by 33 other properties in eleven states and Puerto Rico. Though still small as mutual funds go, the fund is currently growing at a $5,000,000-a-month pace. It is able to reap...
Record-breaking car sales are certainly no cause for celebration by the urban motorist of any country. When he must park, his choices remain-as ever-a scarce spot on the street (where the car may be towed away), a tight little space on a self-service lot (where he is likely to bang up his fenders trying to get in or out), or a garage (where a slam-bang attendant will take care of the fender smashing). At long last, a few entrepreneurs have begun approaching parking on the premise that it ought to be carried out with...
...Ferris wheel: cars are parked on gondola-like platforms that are rotated up and around by a single attendant. When a driver calls for his car, the attendant pushes a console button and the wheel brings platform and car down to ground level. Costing about $4,000 per space, the system is economical at its usual 26-30 car capacity, and some 52-car facilities have been built...
Underground Future. In Manhattan, another type of automated garage, aptly called Speed-Park, is in operation. Invented by Rumanian-born Engineer Mihai Alimanestianu and built by Otis Elevator, it is designed to make the most of parking-space profits, which range from $500 to $2,000 a year per car space, depending on location. Speed-Park uses a computer-controlled moving elevator platform to whisk a car to one of eight levels, where hydraulic machinery shovels the auto into an empty stall. Total time for the cycle: 30 seconds. The system is by no means inexpensive; a one-elevator setup...