Word: architects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fortaleza, the Governor's mansion in San Juan, the architect of Puerto Rico's progress was forthrightly proud of the foreign plaudits. Under Governor Luis Munoz Marin (pronounced Moonyos Marine), the Puerto Rican government spends some $770,000 a year helping observers and students from abroad to come to the showcase island; since the program began, the total is 5,000. But Munoz is by no means satisfied with his accomplishments. Asked "Where do you go from here?" he exploded: "Man, we are not here...
...architecture worth saving. Examples were found in almost every section of the U.S., turned up in out-of-the-way places, took surprising forms (including a jail). Items: ¶ The East Front of the U.S. Capitol (TIME, June u, 1956 et seq.), the traditional backdrop for presidential inaugurations. Architects and historians (keep it as it is) are lined up against Speaker Sam Rayburn and the Congress' Commission for the Extension of the Capitol (remodel it). Current status: inactive, with Capitol Architect J. George Stewart authorized to begin alterations, but no contracts let. ¶ Walnut Wood, the n 2-year...
Battle of Monocles. In the third Covent Garden, designed 100 years ago by Architect Edward Barry, the fires have been artistic or temperamental, set by such prima donnas as Giulia Grisi, Nellie Melba, Emma Albani. In the '90s, Adelina Patti, who imperiously ignored rehearsals, once filled the stage with detectives disguised as supers to guard her diamonds. Famed Manager Augustus Harris made Covent Garden London's choicest nightspot for rich and royal patrons who came to monocle each other-and protested violently when he doused the house lights during performances...
...within the next decade, then in the next breath, told of a windfall already harvested. The gift: $15 million from the Old Dominion Foundation established by Financier Paul Mellon. Yale '29. It will be used to strengthen the residential college system, add two new colleges. Architect for preliminary site and design studies: Eero Saarinen...
...thousands who eddy each day through the 470-acre exhibit-packed Brussels World's Fair, the U.S. Pavilion, with its open plaza, reflecting pool and splashing fountains, has become a star attraction. But what is inside the lofty, translucent drum designed by Architect Edward D. Stone (TIME, Cover, March 31) has become the subject of a running controversy, at home and abroad. Main reason is that the U.S., setting out to give its interpretation of a new humanism tailored to fit the Atomic Age, decided it could win more friends by using the soft sell. The result...