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Changing Markets Require Different Style Of Houses, Chester Smolski Nov 1980

Changing Markets Require Different Style Of Houses, Chester Smolski

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"It touches on the heartstrings and evokes a sense of nostalgia: the scene of father and mother sitting near the fireplace with the children playing at their feet. Here it is, the typical family at home, secure, stable, symbolic of the American way of life. But is this picture really accurate?


Europe, Too, Feels The Auto Congestion, Chester Smolski Aug 1980

Europe, Too, Feels The Auto Congestion, Chester Smolski

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"Examining cities in other countries can be most productive, especially once the euphoria of visiting these cities has worn off through repeated visits. One discovers that heavy automobile traffic, inadequate parking and polluted air are problems as common in Spanish cities as those in America, and after three visits to this country over the past 12 years, one discerns a marked deterioration in the quality of urban life resulting from the steel monster of this century--the automobile.


Stevenage--Pace Setter Among "New Towns", Chester Smolski Aug 1980

Stevenage--Pace Setter Among "New Towns", Chester Smolski

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"The British successful "great social experiment," going on for the past generation, is now coming to an end. This culmination is to be seen here in England's first, post-war new town, located 30 miles north of London in the rolling countryside of Hertfordshire, where the Stevenage Development Corporation has formally closed shop. For all pratical purposes, the construction of this urban center has ended."


Competition For Jobs, Chester Smolski Jun 1980

Competition For Jobs, Chester Smolski

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"Where will the jobs be in the 1980s? Where are the best areas for potential economic growth in the next decade? What urban centers and states will be magnets to draw fellow Americans because of the promise of a better life? Based on a recent study, Chase Econometrics, a subsidiary of Chase Manhattan Bank, has forecast what it believes to be the answers to some of these questions."


Bottle Bill Would Stimulate Sense Of Pride In Ri, Chester Smolski Mar 1980

Bottle Bill Would Stimulate Sense Of Pride In Ri, Chester Smolski

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"Statements being made by Bottle Bill opponents have increasingly become more ludicrous. Most recently the head of the Rhode Island section of the United States Steelworkers of America wrote to members of the General Assembly, in whose hands the fate of the propsed legislation now rests, and offered this reasoning on the bill."