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...essential element of most great skate parks is the bowls--rounded craters that can be as deep as 12 ft., which skaters can barrel down, building enough speed to coast along the walls and climb the rim. All bowls--round, oval and peanut-shaped--are descended from the ur-bowl of skateboarding, an empty swimming pool. But park design has moved far from the basic pool formations. "Now it's about taking those and intersecting them," says Hollyday. "I have to keep thinking of the next shape...
...look at any one of these items, its placement in any restaurant designed primarily for adults might seem ridiculous. But your eyes aren't meant to fall on any one thing; you are meant to be enveloped in a sort of ur-American nimbus that recalls every place and no place. Applebee's outlets tend to be built in suburbs that have no distinct identity on their own - no distinct "neighborhood" - which is why Applebee's slogan ("Eatin' good in the neighborhood") is so brilliant. It recalls the exact thing that's lacking...
...Megan wrote in an e-mail. “He was extremely bright, affable and enthusiastic, and when it came to all aspects of technical theatre—from set, sound and lighting design to implementation—he was truly expert.”Blase E. Ur ’07, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Company, also remembered Symonds fondly.“You haven’t seen a play on the Harvard campus in decades that happened without either Alan’s direct help or the involvement of people who learned most of what...
...Blase E. Ur ’07, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Company, agreed. “You haven't seen a play on the Harvard campus in decades that happened without either Alan's direct help or the involvement of people who learned most of what they know from Alan,” he said. “Everyone involved in technical theatre very much looked up to Alan and learned an incredible amount from...
...mentor and our friend,” Ur said. “It's impossible for any other human being to be involved in and accomplish as much as Alan...