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Building inspectors soon arrived in droves, finding code violations on almost every shelf. Choi, no chump, halted his renovation plans, complied with each building ordinance and applied to the city landmarks preservation commission for permission to keep his new awning. Then the underdog syndrome took over. While Choi started getting...
The "Why?" was to haunt him until his death in 1959. This posthumous volume of fers some vital clues, among them a letter to an editor: "A long time ago when I was writing for pulps I put into a story a line li ke 'He got out of...
Thus Van Gogh's painting of the café terrace on the Place du Forum in Aries (1888), with its harsh contrasting color -deep nocturnal blue against yellow lamplight under the awning, streaks of orange opposing the absinthe green of the cafe tabletops-was both a direct act of...
The centuries since Piranesi have demystified both nature and the past modern explorers have excavated the Campo Vaccino (Cow Field), restored the temples and the Colosseum. The Tiber Island has been firmly established as dry land; the Arch of Titus shorn of vines and bushes. Levit's photographs testify to...
The industry's biggest stimulus is coming from fashion-conscious consumers, who are shedding their uncertainty about the future and indulging long-suppressed urges for new clothing, notably sportswear, leisure suits and shirts. A big seller lately has been the "trashy look," seen mainly in women's blouses...