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• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Skyboxes - Brief article

In writing my book Five Days in Philadelphia, I had occasion to reflect on the differences between the America of 1940 and of today. One difference that was relatively trivial, but still revealing, was that there were no stadium skyboxes in 1940. This meant that when people attended sports events, they watched together. By contrast, the privileged of today are ensconced in climate-controlled private boxes with other services devoted exclusively to them. But what I didn't know is that...