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Bowyer said that the cost of the second-stage project might be lowered by combining an underground garage with the related structure complex, thereby eliminating the need for piles altogether. Such a complex would "float" in the marshy subsoil, but would be limited in height to six or eight stories...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: Future Shock | 9/1/1972 | See Source »

Bowyer said that the cost of the second-stage project might be lowered by combining an underground garage with the related structure complex, thereby eliminating the need for piles altogether. Such a complex would "float" in the marshy subsoil, but would be limited in height to six or eight stories...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: JFK Library: Future Shock in the Square | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...third highrise will loom on Boylston Street, midway between the Kennedy Center and the center of the Square. Soil engineers, contracted by Cambridge landlord Max Wasserman, are testing the peat and clay subsoil to determine what size structure the ground can economically support. The land is zoned for both office space and housing; given the relative surplus of office space in the Boston area, the choice will probably be housing...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: JFK Library: Future Shock in the Square | 6/15/1972 | See Source »

...blocks away, on Boylston St., another high-rise structure appears imminent. Soil engineers, contracted by Cambridge landlord Max Wasserman, are testing the peat and clay subsoil to determine what size structure the ground can economically support. The land is zoned both for office space and housing; given the relative surplus of office space in the Boston area, the choice will probably be housing...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: The JFK Center and Harvard Square: At the Crossroad of Future Shock | 4/29/1972 | See Source »

...times since 1956, "players' salaries have increased less than 3 times over." Even though Pete Rozelle virtuously forced Joe Namath to give up his Bachelors III nightclub because of alleged patronage by gamblers, Parrish charges the league's very roots were sunk from the start in the subsoil of big-time gambling. The late Tim Mara, longtime owner of the New York Giants, was once a legal bookmaker at New York race tracks. Art Rooney supposedly bought the Pittsburgh Steelers after winning $256,000 at Saratoga Race Track in 1927. Baltimore Colts Owner Carroll Rosenbloom has always been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Superbawl | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

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