KIND OF BLUE FOR BOSTON'S BUILDINGS, THE TIME OF TURQUOISE HAS COME AND GONE

From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 25, 2004| Author: Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

Is it time to create a Society for the Preservation of New England Turquoise?

The thought occurred when I received a homemade booklet last week from Arthur Krim. Krim is an architecture buff who bills himself - the title recalls radio days - as "Arthur Krim: Historical Investigator."

On the cover of Krim's booklet was a photo of the former IBM building on Cambridge Street in Cambridge, recently demolished by Harvard. IBM was sheathed in turquoise and blue enameled panels. Krim wr...

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