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Le Corbusier's hypothesis is that man, a reasonable being who pursues his way with a purpose, will build his city on the principles of geometry -"the means created by ourselves whereby we perceive the external world and express the world within us." The Corbusier battle cry is Order...
Precise little mechanical steps grouped to suggest the scaffolding of the classic ballet, a circus girl teetering on a tight rope, a novice tempted by visions of earthly pleasures, a campus flapper inspired by John Held Jr.'s caricatures?of such varied and original material did Ruth Page create the...
Other Hastings work included Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre to the Unknown Soldier, the Senate and House of Representatives office Buildings in Washington, the Manhattan Bridge, the Manhattan Victory Arch, the interior of the Metropolitan Opera House. He did not approve the theory of Manhattan skyscrapers, but he redesigned the Ritz Tower...
Manhattan has a zoning law which stipulates that the sides of skyscrapers be set back at intervals, thus tapering the building towards the top to allow maximum light and air to the streets.
Authentically the only skyscrapers worth while constructing in the congested business districts of Detroit, Chicago or Manhattan, where certain plots are worth about $400 a square foot, are those of 75 stories. In San Francisco, Los Angeles and Cleveland, where prize blocks are worth $200 a square foot, the most...