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...dawn, a helicopter swoops out of the hazy white sky, hovers above the pool and terrace. The teen-agers stand at the bleary end of their orgy, having threatened to leap to death from their lofty playground if any grownups intrude. A black-frocked, airborne priest addresses them by loudspeaker: "You wanted some fun, fine. Letting off steam is healthy. We face an inspiring future-don't play into the hands of the Reds." The kids laugh. "So does God's word make itself heard," sneers...
...different, ended up scheduling it for October. But 1,300 Manhattan socialites, who paid $150 a ticket, made it the kind of blast Elsa would have liked. The theme was Une Nuit sur la Côte d'Azur, in honor of the old girl's favorite playground, and Cannes' Whisky à GoGo discothèque was faithfully reproduced while French-born Decorations Chairwoman Jeanine Levitt looked like an ondine from the Riviera in a sapphire-studded Griffe and a peacock blue...
...small miracle of rehabilitation in a Negro district, 32 blocks of 2,000 dilapidated houses known as Harlem Park. By cleaning out old shacks and what were once servants' quarters, the city gave each block the choice of whether it wanted to use the liberated space as a playground for children or as a postage-stamp park for adults. House owners were given expert advice and help in floating loans and making repairs and improvements. The result has been dramatic. "Harlem Park is no Georgetown," says Richard L. Steiner, director of the Baltimore Renewal and Housing Agency. "Generally speaking, these...
Ward 6, precinct 3 (The Yard, Claverly, and all Houses except Dunster): New Fire House, Broadway and Quincy St. Ward 6, precinct 4 (Dunster House): Corporal Burns Playground, Banks St. Ward 7, precincts 1 and 2 (graduate dorms): Agassiz School, Oxford and Sacramento Streets. Ward 7, precincts 4 and 5 (Radcliffe Quad and most off-campus houses): Peabody School, Linnaean and Avon Streets. Ward 8, precinct 5 (Coggeshall): Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church, Mass. Ave. Polls will be open from...
TIVOLI GARDENS PLAYGROUND is the fair's most delightful haven for very small children. Created by some of Denmark's best artists and architects, it has canals to sail boats on, a long, twisty slide that ends up in a sandbox, a Viking ship to climb over, a maze with magic mirrors, holes to stick small heads through, and other diversions...