Word: toweritis
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America's skylines once stood as stirring symbols of progress and prosperity. Yet in many cities the glass-and-steel monuments have now come to represent wretched excess. During the past five years, U.S. developers have constructed a breathtaking surplus of office towers, condominium complexes and hotels. In Los Angeles, a rusting, 17-story framework of steel girders on Wilshire Boulevard has stood idle for three years because of collapsed condo prices. Denver's tallest building, the 56-story Republic Plaza office tower, is only half rented despite such amenities as a concierge, an Italian-marble lobby, a car wash...
...were Denver and Houston, where demand for office space collapsed because of the downturn in the oil and gas industry. Hapless developers wound up with rows of "see-through buildings," thus named because they have so few occupants and interior fixtures. The developers of Houston's 34-story Phoenix Tower, who were unable to find any major tenants for the building, simply mothballed the structure to wait for better times...
...After a two-month courtship with all the requisite A-lister ups and downs, TOM CRUISE, 42, proposed to Batman Begins starlet KATIE HOLMES, 26. To make it official, they held a joint press conference, which fortified romantics and skeptics alike. "It was early this morning at the Eiffel Tower, so I haven't slept at all," said Cruise, who has deflected speculation that the relationship is a publicity stunt. The future Mrs. Cruise the Third, who had posters of her fiancé on her wall as a girl, simply blushed and smiled. Clearly, both actors have committed to their...
...though they still had concerns, they were willing to move forward for the good of the University. Ultimately, the discussion provoked by Summers’ remarks on women in science was cathartic—and as tensions calmed both sides sought to seal the obvious cracks in our Ivory Tower...
Students say they intend to focus their efforts in the summer and throughout the fall on mitigating the inconveniences of construction, including pressuring the College to install thicker windows in Leverett’s G-tower and delay the start time of construction until 9 a.m. They may also seek financial compensation that would go toward keeping House libraries open...