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...their most precious commodity-space-to create the great, timeless squares, piazze, places and Plätse. The best and most famous are the squares of Europe, handsome units of big-city living, often breathtakingly beautiful, exciting to walk through, and a breath of fresh air amidst the clutter of urban living. Against their splendid backdrops have unrolled many of the high moments of history. Through the centuries they have served as inspiration and model for the world's great architects...
Twentieth century architects have managed to clean up much of the clutter inside and outside their buildings, but one spot has been missed: the area below the knees. This point came forcibly to Architect Eero Saarinen's attention about five years ago, when he "suddenly noticed that even the most modern room was a slum of legs." Last week Architect Saarinen took the wraps off a slum clearance project that he has been coaxing along secretly for four years at his Bloomfield Hills, Mich, office (TIME, July 2). His solution: a revolutionary design for one-legged, pedestal-based chairs...
Saarinen's idea for a form to replace "the ugly clutter of cages and legs going in different directions" is based on the design of a police street sign. By carefully calculating the base area of his new chair, he achieved the stability of four legs without weighting the bottom of the porcelain-enameled aluminum pedestal. The plastic seats are of tulip-shaped organic design, can have richly colored cushions to temper modern simplicity with elegance. The tables, in neutral colors, will be topped with marble or fine wood. Saarinen's new pieces are scheduled to go into...
...people who clutter up mailboxes with subscription notices pay for the mail service they receive. This goes for insurance companies, mail-order houses, etc. (TIME sends me only one or two. I'm not mad at them...
Peering serenely at the clutter, Lyricist Hammerstein found the demands of TV tolerable. "It took me seven months to write the lyrics and book for Cinderella. It takes a year to write a Broadway show. We plan a full run-through Sunday, and we'll make a black and white Kinescope. That's our New Haven opening. One week before the show and we'll make another Kine. That's Boston. TV's easier than theater because it's very intimate, very fluid. You have dissolves, quick cuts and no exit problems. Being ignorant...