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...they went about pouring $1.3 billion into renewal projects, Philadelphia's planners wisely continued to honor the unwritten but hallowed "Billy Penn Hatbrim Rule," which holds that no building may rise higher than 548 ft. (or about 40 stories), the height of the hatbrim on the huge statue of Penn that surmounts city hall. As a result, the sidewalks are flooded with sunlight from city hall, a gloriously gaudy souvenir of the 19th century, to the simplicity and quiet dignity of Independence Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: The New Philadelphia Story | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...failing to touch as the forecast of Gatsby's and Daisy's ill-fated love; or scenes of Gatsby and Daisy gamboling through sun-dappled gardens spliced with shots of cooing geese as lovers' bliss; and what of the countless times the camera peers through Daisy's diaphonous hatbrim to watch her kissed--stolen kisses? And there is more of this comic strip stuff, too much more. The camera injects twinkling into everybody's eyes--or are the actors so starstruck by their roles? Karen Black yaws her mouth open like a catcher's mit and rolls...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Red, White and Black Beauty | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

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