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...were marked by the 1939 and 1964 New York world's fairs. The '39 fair was the work of the country's first and last great generation of designer-promoters. The son et lumiere theatrics were unabashed. Raymond Loewy designed an exhibit called "Rocketport of the Future," and Norman Bel Geddes' "Futurama," the most popular exhibit, was a scale model of a perfect, antiseptic cityscape. "Strange? Fantastic? Unbelievable?" asked the Futurama narrator. "Remember--this is the world...
...West Hollywood, which offers something for every taste. One of President Reagan's favorite restaurants, Chasen's, is a local landmark to snobbery. An inordinate number of other acclaimed eateries --Spago, Trumps, Morton's, Scandia, the Ivy--also flourish. So do a fistful of opulent hotels, including Le Bel Age (a classy favorite of businessmen), the Sunset Marquis (occasional host to Bruce Springsteen and Cyndi Lauper) and Le Mondrian (boasting a $1 million rainbow paint job, nightly jazz and some of the best panoramic views in town...
...days each month at the studio, then returns home to his Fifth Avenue triplex in New York City. The mogul says that he and his wife have no plans to buy a house or apartment in Los Angeles. They appear content to stay in the small, secluded Bel-Air Hotel...
Birgit Nilsson knew at 63 that her time had come; in 1982 the noblest of modern Brunnhildes put away her breastplate and shield, assured of a permanent place in every Wagnerian's vocal Valhalla. Beverly Sills, the ebullient American queen of bel canto, tossed off her last Donizettian roulade in 1980. Last week another of that generation's dominant divas appeared on an opera stage for the last time: Leontyne Price ended a glittering 32-year career with a vocally stunning performance of Verdi's Aida at New York City's Metropolitan Opera that proved she can still capture...
When Socialite Lilly Pulitzer started selling flower-splattered print dresses in a Palm Beach, Fla., shop in 1962, her designs quickly caught the fancy of wealthy matrons from Bel Air, Calif., to Bar Harbor, Me. Pulitzer's trademark pink-and-green styles became the epitome of preppiedom and led to the opening of 33 boutiques across the country. But after nearly two decades of cachet, Pulitzer has fallen out of style and into the red. Last week her company, which had sales of more than $10 million a year in its heyday, filed for bankruptcy in order to receive...