Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Another classic case was Casablanca. Until the very end, the script remained refreshingly free of any ending whatever. No one knew whether lisa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) would stay in Casablanca with Rick (Humphrey Bogart) or leave with her husband (Paul Henreid). The production took on a kind of war-zone chaos, with scenes filmed as fast as writers typed them. When one of the cast inquired politely about the plot, Director Michael Curtiz shouted, "Actors! Actors! They want to know everything." Ingrid Bergman complained that she did not know how to act toward the two men because she didn...
Boston used to call itself the Athens of America. At the turn of the century, the city boasted 50 theaters for drama and vaudeville, despite a population of 507,000. Today just four of those buildings remain as legitimate theaters, and they are right next to the notorious "combat zone," where neon signs for porno joints light up more often than the theater marquees. Although the venerable Boston Symphony Orchestra continues to flourish, it is the city's only established performing arts institution. Even the major touring companies bypass Boston: world-famous dance troupes like the Bolshoi, Stuttgart...
...cheap, and Boston may not be willing to pay. Broadway shows have started bypassing Boston on their tryouts because of insufficient audience support. In the past few years, moderately priced suburban dinner theaters have lured many patrons away from the $25 tickets and distasteful proximity to the combat zone. Observes Friedberg: "Boston is a city with champagne tastes and beer pocketbooks." It is also a city where social climbing is just not done in Symphony Hall. Unlike younger cities, Boston has class that is bred on Beacon Hill, not bought with hefty contributions to the arts. Says Walter Pierce, director...
...effort to catch up, Mayor Kevin White has hired Benjamin Thompson, the architect who renovated Quincy Market, to devise a plan for the theater district. So far, at least four major buildings -offices and part of the Tufts-New England Medical Center-are scheduled to rise near the combat zone. Boston once pulled off a revolution; it may yet find the means to manage a renaissance...
...decaying "garbage can" is expected to spread this space debris into a zone 4000 miles long and 100 miles wide...