Word: suburbanity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This idyllic vision of suburban life sounds like the Berkshires of western Massachusetts--yet it is only a 10-minute bus ride away...
Strawberry Hill traces its roots back to the 1840s, when expanded transportation service opened up the area to suburban residents, according to the Cambridge Historical Commission's 1977 Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge...
...still desperately wants to make Gucci the jewel in the LVMH crown. The leather-goods maker is exactly the type of company Arnault knows how to maximize: a hot name with tightly held licensing and underexploited accessories markets. During the '80s Gucci became an overextended brand synonymous with suburban housewives. Starting in 1994, Gucci's De Sole and Ford began cutting back on licensing while focusing on building up the core fashion and leather-goods businesses. Ford persuaded celebrities like Tom Hanks and Madonna to don Gucci suits, and in just four years, he and De Sole took the company...
Maybe it's just a response to endless complaints about suburban traffic jams, but U.S. politicians are starting to pay attention to the sprawl problem. Presidential candidate Al Gore has raised the subject, and Maryland Governor Parris Glendening sounds downright alarmed. "Every time we cut down one more forest or sell off another acre of farmland, we have permanently lost more of our finite natural resources," says Glendening. "Sprawl costs taxpayers dollars to support new infrastructure, costs natural resources that we know are not unlimited, and costs us as a society in lost opportunities to invest in our existing communities...
Charles is throwing himself into another pioneering project: a radical way to meet Britain's need for new housing. Appalled by suburban developments made up of identical boxlike dwellings that eat into the countryside, the Prince is creating a model township called Poundbury on duchy land adjoining the town of Dorchester, south of Highgrove. The houses--220 so far, with an additional 2,280 planned--are not identical but come in different sizes and styles that pay homage to traditional English architecture and materials. Some are privately owned, others government subsidized. All are highly energy efficient. The town layout prefers...