Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over, the sidewalks in both the Brattle Square area and on Massachusetts Avenue will be expanded to almost twice their normal size--providing more room for the street musicians as well as pedestrians. The plan is to push all the traffic lanes into the center, thus widening out space along the street In addition. changes will be noted at the regular kiosk stop. The architects, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, have come up with a snazzy-looking station that overall resembles the fifth floor of Macy's on a slow day. The old entrance at the kiosk will be completely converted...
...Louisiana have taken jobs in shipyards and seafood plants, working as many as 80 hours a week. Some have pooled their money to buy old boats and hoped to make Plaquemines their base. Their welcome has been mixed, partly because they have docked illegally, unable to rent proper space, and failed to follow safety procedures. The fishermen in Plaquemines are naturally protective of their territory. Said one: "It's like having an apple. You'd rather split it four ways than...
Other residents are more sympathetic. One motel owner arranged mooring space in a small canal she owns, and local volunteers helped move the Vietnamese boats there. But after an explosion, parish officials put pressure on her to have them evicted. As in most things, what really matters is how Chalin Perez feels. Father Michael Haddad, who runs a group that coordinates the resettlement of Vietnamese, says, "Perez is quick to enforce the law but slow to be accommodating...
...effect of the headquarters migration has shown up dramatically in real estate inflation. In downtown Stamford, office space now rents at Manhattan rates: $17 to $23 a foot. Housing costs have soared, partly because so many moneyed people are looking for shelter and partly because real estate taxes are lower than in New York's neighboring Westchester County. In Greenwich, a four-bedroom house that sold for $80,000 in 1968 goes for $200,000 today. Rising housing costs are lessening the financial advantages of working in Connecticut. But they are still substantial because the Nutmeg State...
...single-lens reflex camera with interchangeable lenses and magazines. It quickly became a favorite of professional photographers, earning a reputation as the Rolls-Royce of its field, and later was adopted by NASA for all its manned spaceflights. Michael Collins let go of his on his space walk, so a Hasselblad is still circling the earth as Sweden's only satellite...