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...Chicago burned. It burned because the entire city was made of wood. This in itself was not remarkable; many cities of the time shared similar fates, and towns and villages all over the world were being constantly rebuilt. The surprising development of the Chicago fire came afterwards, when the city passed a law that banned the use of wood in the construction of new city buildings. This law was revolutionary at the time because at the time wood was by far the cheapest construction material. In order to make the alternatives of steel and brick economical, Chicago had to build...
...Americans must make the same choice that Chicago made in 1871. Those common-sense Midwesterners understood that wood construction represented the past, and likewise today, we must rethink solutions for the future. Congress, sequestered far away in Washington D.C., may not understand or may have shied away from these realities, but the American people must consider them. We must aspire to become a model for sustainability that the rest of the world can look to in the coming century. Cities around the world continue to copy Chicago, and we can only hope that countries will be copying our blueprint...
...decades, the gleam of polished wood has welcomed hundreds of first-years to Sanders Theater—and their first day of Social Analysis 10. Many students are dissatisfied with the course—26 percent of those who wrote written responses for the CUE Guide believe the course has a conservative bias, according to the Guide’s 2002-2003 edition. But hundreds continue to pack Sanders’ pews to hear Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 give his lectures on introductory economics—possibly because they have no other option...
...game rages on. Some guy hits something with a misshapen plank of wood and everybody in the room goes “Ooooooh.” Instead of being rowdy, the audience is mostly reverent. Mild shouts of “What a bowl!” greet the instant replay. When something goes terribly awry, they tilt back their heads and make a disapproving yet dignified “tsk” sound, or place their heads in their hands while groaning or (when things get really rough) raise their arms at an oblique angle and flail their forefingers...
...wood-framed building, built by Irish immigrants around the turn of the century, also houses Skewers, a Middle-Eastern restaurant...