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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York is still the Big Apple, with a 1978 record of 875 conventions, 3.75 million delegates, $600 million revenues. Attractions: 100,000 hotel rooms, 360,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space at the Coliseum, with 750,000 more planned at a new center; culture, cuisine, communications and superstores...
Chicago, the Second City, is about neck and neck with New York: 1,203 conventions and trade shows, 2.4 million delegates, $515 million revenues. Attractions: 44,000 hotel rooms, 1.1 million sq. ft. of exhibition space at McCormick Place, plus 370,000 elsewhere; opera, theater, museums, restaurants, shopping and a rowdy night life...
...Francisco, Everyman's El Dorado, brought in 905 conventions, 804,000 delegates, $296 million. Attractions: 25,000 hotel rooms, 541,000 sq. ft. exhibition space; museums, opera, symphony, theater, restaurants, cable cars, atmosphere, views, the wine country...
Atlanta, fifth biggest convention capital thanks to two-year-old Georgia World Congress Center, lured 775 gatherings, 800,000 delegates, $212 million. Attractions: 28,000 hotel rooms, more than 1 million sq. ft. exhibition space, a cordial citizenry, historic sites...
Many picture books are so big and glossy that they seem designed for an audience rather than a single viewer. Signs of Life, photographs by Olivia Parker (Godine; unpaginated; $15) is a welcome exception. Parker works on a small scale (none of her pictures exceeds 35 sq. in.) that invites close scrutiny and then rewards it. Her subjects are found objects, old photographs, tombstones, pages from books, articles of clothing, sometimes arranged in odd patterns, always rendered in silvery light that makes the old seem new. A favorite pattern is the juxtaposition of fruits or vegetables and constricting frames. Though...