Word: urbanity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well known among blacks, most of whom have stories of light-skinned relatives who pretended to be white in order to fare better in society. "It's a way of getting away from the stigma and the suffering," explains New York University African studies professor Tricia Rose. Some urban blacks were able to straddle the fence, black at home and white at work. "You would have neighbors," says Golden. "But when you saw them downtown at the job, you knew not to speak to them." But for many, like Eston, it has been a path of no return...
...churches scattered throughout the United States and Europe. Many of these projects reflected the same theme of the dichotomy between public and private space. The majority of these buildings were situated in cities, unlike the houses, and thereby led Meier to face new issues peculiar to construction in urban environments. Both special zoning regulations and the precarious place of modern architecture in the chronology of currently developing cities posed difficult obstacles for him. In the German Museum of Decorative Arts, a zoning restriction which divided the building into five-story and seven-story sections led to the inclusion...
...response to an e-mail message sent by The Crimson concerning the Princeton security system, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 urged Harvard students in favor of universal keycard access to examine the Yale system rather than Princeton's because of Yale's similar urban setting...
While he lyricized the locale, Piano did not forego the practical aspects of architecture. Large urban areas pose complexities for any architect: There is a danger of slipping into a uniform design, ignoring the fact that cities draw life from the evolution of buildings over time. All told, the slides presented certainly showed a city center that avoided that danger, and mirrored the unpredictable and complex interactions of humanity. Built around a recently-opened piazza, the Potsdamer Platz as envisioned by Piano will be a meeting point that encompasses vast differences, where elements of the "sacred," like libraries, meet elements...
...aging baby boomers. Gale and her son are a closer approximation; the aesthetic is vaguely right, as is the "advanced" sexual attitude, but they're too down-home to be authentic. As a cultural satire, The Alarmist's humor seems more directed at an outdated Midwest than an urban...