Word: toweritis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least the buildings planned for the Times Square area are eclectic. Two are glassy towers designed by late-modernist architectural stars -- one a rather awkward quasi-spiral by Kevin Roche, the other a larger, more elegant tower by Charles Gwathmey. Both, although not their architects' best work, look to be at least as good as the run of new commercial buildings in Manhattan...
...perhaps, "a pattern is laid up for the man who wants to see and found a city within himself on the basis of what he sees." One man, not the many; within himself, not among his fellows. Socrates may have been content to contemplate his doctrines in the ivory tower. But if Stone's history can at all be relied upon, these ideas found their way into the hands of those anxious to act upon them. The government set up benefitted the few to the detriment of the many Socrates did not say a word...
Living in the Yard as a freshman, one is like an innocent young princess, who since birth has been locked in a granite tower surrounded by a black and murky moat filled with starving, rabid mutant crocodiles. Since she never leaves, she has absolutely no idea how dangerous it can be. On the rare occasions when I crossed over to the Coop, I simply waited for the light to change. At first, it did strike me as strange that the cars never stopped, but I somehow whistled my way through that carefree year, my illusions intact...
Dispelling the Myth of the Ivory Tower...
Although the fellows are the most obvious beneficiaries of the program, the fellows say the program also helps the University. It serves as living testimony to Harvard's growing involvement in neighboring school systems and helps dispell many of the Ivory Tower myths that surround the school. Blackman calls Harvard "a sort of mystical place with ivy-covered walls down the street," and fellows say that few local teachers consider the University when they think about getting higher degrees...