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Nearly twenty years ago, Harvard built the Cambridge St. tunnel in order to create a walkway between the Yard and the then newly built Science Center. The council agreed to investigate the ownership of the overpass...
...walkway was pulled away from Challenger. It could be repositioned within 15 seconds, but in an emergency that could be a fatal interval. The seven occupants were now wedded to their three combustible companions. One was the rust-colored external tank, 154 ft. high, which carried 143,351 gal. of liquid oxygen and 385,265 gal. of liquid hydrogen. Two lines connected the fuels to the orbiter, where they would be mixed at controlled levels to power the spacecraft's engines. The other two companions were the gleaming white boosters, each 149 ft. tall and packed with more than...
Danehy recalls that several elections back a long-time neighborhood resident told O'Neill, "I voted for you even though you didn't ask me." O'Neill responded, "I shoveled your walkway in the winter when I was young...and I've represented you in congress all these years...I didn't think I needed to ask for your vote." The woman retorted, "It never hurts...
...walk from the Common, or a ride on the "T" to Government Center will take you to Quincy Market, located behind historic Fanueil Hall. Shopping here provides a real challenge, as many of the trendy stores sell their wares at unreasonable prices while the small vendors which line the walkway are on the gimmicky side. The food, however, makes the trip well worthwhile. It takes a person with real discipline to make it from one end to other without stopping at one of seemingly endless foodshops to sample either some sweet, creamy desserts or one of the infinite number...
...neon artisans left in the country, and their average age is 50. Now, however, a dozen schools have opened to train newcomers. Architects are turning to neon to ornament postmodern designs, especially by tracing structural shapes and highlighting details. Slender ribs of blue neon provide elegant illumination for the walkway of a building in New York City's financial district. Uptown, Steven Panzarino, a New York City architect, is using neon for elevator indicator lights, recessed into the walls of a lobby. Says he: "We use it to enhance colors or show off a corner. You can bend...