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All in all, 1963 will be the hottest year in history for the 20-company U.S. air-conditioning industry. Helped by an early and muggy summer, a nationwide building surge and the U.S. consumer's healthy buying itch, sales this year will top $1.6 billion. Air conditioning is being...
The skyline of Manhattan-or of any other metropolis-would be completely different were it not for the Otis Elevator Co. Founder Elisha Graves Otis made the first safe and practical elevator in the middle of the 19th century. When steel beams and hanging walls made skyscrapers structurally possible, it...
The fulfillment of Le Corbusier's plans at Chandigarh, Marseilles, and Nantes, followed two decades in which investors and public authorities spurned his plans although his ideas had a wide impact on architects and professional planners. His vast plans for the reconstruction of Paris as a city of widely spaced...
The project is a swath of promenades and skyscrapers covering 40 blocks. Designed by Architects Wallace K. Harrison (the new Metropolitan Opera House, Rockefeller Center) and George A. Dudley, and the Albany firm of Blatner and Williams, the mall will be centered around a 2,800-ft. concourse of reflecting...
"Wow!" screamed Heinsohn when he reached the dressing room. "Let's have a party! Where's the champagne? Where's the jazz?" In a corner an exhausted Bob Cousy sprawled on a bench, holding court for reporters. In 13 seasons, the onetime Holy Cross ace had scored...