Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hurdle. Van's own plans include 45 U.S. concerts this summer and next season with 17 major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Minneapolis Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, the Boston Symphony. Estimated gross income next season: up to $150,000. He hopes to play with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Brussels Fair and again in Amsterdam, and with the London Philharmonic in Britain. He would like to devote more time to composition; so far he has written only two sentimental piano pieces, Nostalgia and The Void, but he is working on a piano concerto...
...most successful examples of art for industry-result of the joint efforts of artist, architect and industrialist-is a vibrant, 8-ft. by 17-ft. mural unveiled this week in the lobby of H. J. Heinz Co.'s new $4,500,000 Research Center in Pittsburgh. From the start,recalls Gordon Bunshaft, design partner of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the lobby was planned for a specific kind of painting: "Brick going in on two sides, Mies van der Rohe chairs in black, a white wall with a bright, vertical mural...
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...Pittsburgh Steel operated at a loss in the first quarter and expects a glum second quarter, even though "we have several indications that the bottom in demand was passed some time ago." Lukens Steel, hit by the slowdown in shipbuilding and heavy construction, said that first-quarter earnings will show a sharp dip from last year, when it was the industry's brightest star. But Lukens expects that 1958 as a whole will prove "a strong year...
...Associated Harvard Clubs will hold their 61st annual meeting in the Penn Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh May 16 through 18. President Pusey will address the group at the Saturday night banquet. The Honorable David L. Lawrence, Mayor of Pittsburgh, will also be on hand to speak that afternoon at the luncheon...