Word: hardtops
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Chevrolet Caprice 4-dr. hardtop...
Ccrvair Monza (6) 2-dr. hardtop...
Buick Riviera hardtop...
...Hardtop v. Greensward. "Our parks," Hoving found, "have remained lifelessly suspended in time like the Pyramid of Cheops." Says Hoving: " 'Parks are for people' is the most leaden statement, but it's true." And people need recreation. "Recreational facilities should have a flair," Hoving believes. "They should be spontaneous, offbeat, with a slight tinge of potlatch-letting everything go." Under Hoving, the Parks Department sponsored a Happening in which everyone painted anything on yards and yards of white canvas. When he found that a hill left during construction was the favorite area for boys in one park...
...People live in the city," Hoving states. "Are they supposed, like the ailanthus, to struggle for survival by thrusting themselves through cracks in the hardtop? I don't think so." To make sure that New Yorkers will have greensward to play on and open spaces in which to breathe is Hoving's aim. He is working on everything from a "green belt" park for Staten Island to far-out projects for concrete piers with swimming pools in the Hudson. "Wherever there is a conflict of interests," says New York's most popular parks commissioner, "it must...