Word: urbanely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Urban designers imagine what a quakeproof L.A. might be like...
...central city and replacing the old structures with eighteen 60-story towers. His idea, says historian Robert Fishman of Rutgers University, was that "cities were completely out of touch with the modern world and modern technology and what they needed was shock therapy, or what he called 'urban surgery,' in order to make a complete break with the past." Fortunately, Paris survived Le Corbusier. But the idea might not be all that bad for other cities. Asks Fishman: Could it be that by tearing down so much the Northridge earthquake has dealt Los Angeles the shock therapy it needs? That...
...URBAN DEVELOPMENT. The earthquake not only failed to shake but even reinforced Los Angeles' long-standing "golden towers" vision: that of an urban core of commercial skyscrapers surrounded by a redeveloped user-friendly downtown district. The so-called Downtown Strategic Plan has been under way for a dozen years at a cost so far of $7.5 billion. Its new buildings, dominated by the 73-story First Interstate Bank Tower, have been constructed with strong earthquakes in mind. Fire officials last week privately informed civilian volunteers that if the Big One hit near downtown, the new buildings ought to remain standing...
...play smoke games with our social issues, trying to hide them from view," Sharpton said. "But when the smoke clears, the poor are still poor, AIDS hasn't been dealt with, and this country's urban centers are no better...
Sharpton attacked "the media's depiction of rapgroups as a cause of urban violence." He assertedthat factors such as mainstream television aremore destructive...