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...Mart. And profit they do. All the used cars fetch higher prices than the sticker cost of a new car. Buyers in tailored overcoats roam among the aging Fiats, Opels, Czech Skodas and Polish Warszawas, checking out the odometers and the prices, which are listed on hand-lettered signs stuck behind the windshield. On a recent Sunday, for example, one man was trying to sell his 1977 Lada (a Soviet-built Fiat), with 6,000 kilometers on the clock, for $11,000; new-when available-the car sells for $5,570. "It's crazy," said one visitor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Wheeling and Dealing | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...Brands Mart...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Bursarmania | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...Sony sale at Brands Mart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROCK | 3/17/1977 | See Source »

...future is rather too obviously a model- it looks like part of an electric train set- and its main thoroughfare resembles a suburban shopping mall. Indeed, pushing their vision of the future to its limits, Director Michael Anderson and MGM actually shot these scenes on location- at a merchandise mart in Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Also Ran | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...hire me." So he opened his own office in Atlanta. While professional groups winced-architects were thought to be in conflict of interest if they developed property-he designed a striking medical center for rental but could not get it financed. He did better with Atlanta's Merchandise Mart, a blocky 22-story building of showrooms and sales offices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: Building Fantasies for Travelers | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

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