Word: urbanity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those art lovers packing the big Cezanne show in Philadelphia this summer are participating in the latest rite of American commerce: high culture as a profit center. With urban jobs and tax revenues shrinking, cities like Philadelphia eagerly seek blockbuster art shows to bring in the dollars. Major exhibits like New York City's 1992 Matisse retrospective can raise more moola than a Super Bowl or presidential convention. Chicago's four-month Monet show last year attracted nearly a million viewers and pulled $140 million into the area, surpassing the $109 million that Super Bowl XXX fans brought to Arizona...
During the year, we live in a bubble sealed off from the outside world. We have our endless work and friends to keep us busy. Harvard Square provides a self-sufficient neighborhood with all the essentials: The Gap and Urban Out-fitters and thrilling night-life at the Grille, the Bow or Spags...
...months, black leaders who remember the vicious church burnings by white racists in the '60s have been saying the recent 18-month acceleration in fires at small black churches like Kossuth's represents a re-emergence of something big and evil: as National Urban League president Hugh Price puts it, "The flames of bigotry and intolerance are soaring higher than they have in a generation." Now each new bit of evidence about the arsons in their backyard forced the people of Kossuth to question whether their confidence in local harmony had been misplaced--and to reconsider their own behavior...
...railroad extension is just one small portion of the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project, known (not-so) affectionately to Bostonians as the Big Dig. Scheduled for completion by 2004, the Big Dig is arguably one of the most ambitious urban planning projects ever undertaken, headlined by the creation of eight lanes of new underground expressway to replace the existing artery and the construction of the now-complete third harbor tunnel connecting South Boston to Logan Airport. The depression of the Artery will also clear the way for 26 acres of open park space downtown...
...consequences of inadequate public investment are all too apparent in the economic and physical decay that has eaten away at many of America's largest urban areas. It is not surprising that a city like my hometown of Detroit has suffered greatly due to the poor maintenance of its already deficient infrastructure and the lack of any strong ties with its wealthy suburbs (although Detroit's decay can be attributed to many other factors as well). Although Boston will never degrade to the extent that Detroit has, improvement projects like the Big Dig will ensure that Boston remains a vibrant...