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They have developed a semicircular building housing the library and a museum on the 12-acre site overlooking the Charles River. A pedestrian mall of shops and cafes will be located below ground with entrances to the parking garage, the main building, and the condominium apartments located behind the main building...

Author: By Andrew P. Corty, | Title: Someday, Somehow, Someway | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

...Plans depicts a semicircular building occupying the center of a 12-acre site that would house a memorial to the late President a library holding his papers and memorabilia and the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Library Corp. Reveals Plans For JFK Site | 12/1/1972 | See Source »

Dallas-Fort Worth, which will open next fall, uses the same principle-on a Texan scale. Four semicircular terminals stand on opposite sides of a central access road and are linked by an automated intraterminal transit system, a "horizontal elevator" capable of carrying 8,000 people an hour. Eventually, as air traffic increases, the $700 million airport will expand by building nine more identical buildings with a grand total of 234 gates-enough to handle 60 million passengers a year, or the projected needs to the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Airport Dilemma | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...lock, which is made of two semicircular bars, hinged at one end, can be used to lock both wheels and the frame of the bike to posts or racks. Because of the design, the lock uses less metal than link chains and weighs only about 4 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Juniors at MIT Invent An Unbreakable Bicycle Lock | 5/4/1972 | See Source »

...there. Cotton brought Mexican artisans to lay the tile floors and build furniture and thick, wood-pegged doors. The house encloses a warm, sheltered patio with a fountain, outdoor fireplace, lawn and shrubbery. All five bedrooms open on the patio. Nixon likes seclusion and is especially fond of a semicircular library, reachable only from an outside stairway. Wide living room windows overlook the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: White House West | 5/2/1969 | See Source »

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