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Fame at 26. Stieglitz himself was just as flamboyant and talkative as his art was quiet. His father, a Manhattan wool merchant, had sent him to study engineering in Berlin, but he liked studying photography better. He came home famous at 26, in a few years had won 150 prizes...
The plan agreed on by the ten called for a vast "machine for working." The shell would consist of two office skyscrapers, 45 and 30 stories high, and two flat meeting halls, widely spaced in a six-block park. Said Wallace Harrison severely: "The world hopes for a symbol of...
That meant considerable vigilance, for the Ramapos lie a mere 30 miles northwest of Manhattan. On clear days, from the top of neighboring Jackie Jones Mountain, Gil Pitt could see the skyscrapers: Half Moon itself was only 55 minutes from Broadway.
Koerner's paintings, at the Hau am Waldsee, were a high spot in Berlin's booming art season. Cheaper and easier to find than movies, galleries have become popular entertainment in Berlin. German painters can still buy canvas and brushes on the black market, and almost anyone can...
"I finally made my way to Paris. The war broke out; I was handed a gas mask and told to go to Bordeaux for my American visa. Months later I escaped to London. Then, exactly on the dot, two years after applying, I received my American immigration visa. I arrived...