Word: skyscraperism
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Two months ago, U.N. had vaguely assented to a suggestion that a piece of Plymouth Rock be used as a cornerstone for U.N.'s new skyscraper headquarters along Manhattan's East River. Last week came the alarming news that the stone was on its way. But it was...
Guarujá is his first venture in South America, but it will not be his last. Raymond Loewy Associates recently opened an office in Sao Paulo (the others, aside from headquarters in a Manhattan skyscraper, are in South Bend, Chicago, Los Angeles). Loewy is now working on a deal to...
In 1942, it took him just one month to organize the company which had operated Lone Star for the Government. U.S. Steel made Carpenter move even faster. He promptly rounded up his old Lone Star Steel associates-ranchers, oilmen, bankers. There was Robert L. Thornton, the boisterous, robust president of...
"The Bank," said he, "is fundamentally sound and has an important job to do. The world cannot exist half rubble and half skyscraper. ... In making loans, it is impossible to eliminate political considerations entirely. It is the Bank's function to take calculated risks. But every possible step should...
Medellin (pronounced Medday-heen) and its tributary towns of the Aburra Valley are the seat of the three major Colombian textile concerns-Coltejer, Fabricate, and Tejicondor. The Medellin tobacco industry is a monopoly. In Medellin, far from the Magdalena, a new skyscraper is going up to house the Antioquian company...