Word: towers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hannah Tillich's book about life with Paulus [Oct. 8]. But upon further reflection. I think her demythologizing will undoubtedly further public interest in a closer study of his writings, with the added insight that here was a philosopher-theologian whose wisdom sprang not from an antiseptic ivory tower but from the morass of personal anguish at being much too human...
...darkness falls, the skyline of Portland, Ore., takes on an eerie cast, as if the city of 390,000 were deserted. Along the downtown streets, the familiar glow of neon signs is missing. Against the horizon, the 30-story Georgia-Pacific Building and 40-story First National Bank Tower loom like abandoned hulks, their silhouettes illuminated only by a meager handful of office lights and the winking red beacons that warn aircraft that the buildings still stand...
...EVENING OPENED with Morgenmusik by Hindemith, an ensemble for two trumpets and two trombones first performed on a tower the morning of a German music festival. To duplicate the original effect the four instrumentalists performed the short piece of three movements in the gallery above the Sanders stage, with the orchestra and audience straining to watch. Blending might have been difficult, because of the extraordinary distance between the trumpets and trombones, but the four soloists maintained good ensemble, although they had some problems with intonation and rhythm...
...three-story watchtower, is a dumpyard special. "I must have washed 10,000 board feet to get off the chicken and horse dung and spilled wine," says Kahn about his castoff supplies. But he has no complaints about the price, just $8,500 for the dome and tower, plus $3,500 for the lot (100 ft. by 100 ft). Nor does he begrudge his eight months of hard labor. "Carpenters have a remarkably low incidence of mental illness," he insists. Reason: the psychological satisfaction of working with one's hands. Kahn's current place-the fourth...
Fellow Frenchmen rather grudgingly call him "the father of the tower," because of his role in building the Maine-Montparnasse Tower, the most controversial Parisian structure since M. Eiffel's spindly folly. It is Europe's tallest (686 ft.) and costliest ($235 million) office building; last month its shops and boutiques opened, and its office space is already 90% taken...