Word: urbanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ukiyo-e, made art available to the masses. Hiroshige: Birds and Flowers (George Braziller; 192 pages; $75) presents 91 surviving color prints from a 19th century master of the form. Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) was enormously successful with subjects more commonly portrayed in wood blocks: landscapes and scenes of urban night life. The prints of birds and flowers collected here harked back to an older Chinese tradition and became popular as well. The formula -- literally an arrangement of birds and plants -- only sounds narrow. Hiroshige's inspired variations are exquisite, serene and pulsing with life...
...with two other partners. The first, Morgans, on Madison Avenue, is so discreet that no name appears outside, and cab drivers have to intuit its location. They have plans for two more, including the Barbizon, once a stately hotel for women only, which they intend to turn into an "urban...
...Attorney Carla Hills, 54, a former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Ford and a tough negotiator, was named U.S. Trade Representative...
McGrath said that as an urban school district, Cambridge has students with many needs, including those outside of education. The school district has a responsibility to meet those needs as well, she added...
Bruno, of Ithaca, said he chose to apply for the Cambridge superintendent's job because "the district is a beautiful example of an urban school district that is working." He said his chief asset is his experience with a racially and ethnically diverse community...