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...creatures called Homo sapiens (The Inheritors); a shipwrecked survivor clings to a rock in the Atlantic Ocean, wondering (along with the reader) whether he is alive or dead and recalling his wickedness on dry land (Pincher Martin); a towering religious structure is erected on a foundation of slime (The Spire...
...most striking sights ever added to the Manhattan skyline. (The original, of course, only climbed a model.) Alas, the King's stay was short-lived. Yet another tear developed, and after only a day of glory, the mighty Kong lay hanging off the building's spire like an old brown garbage bag. It was beauty killed the beast last time, mundane nylon failure this outing...
...impressed by Architect Helmut Jahn's design for the Houston tower [Nov. 8]. The only thing the proposed skyscraper lacks is King Kong swinging from its phallic spire...
...Jahn's winning landmark tapers to a large pinnacle topped by a spire. The corners surge to the top in five stepped leaps. The pinnacle will contain an observation deck and a rooftop restaurant. The building, turned 45° on its square site, has four lOO-ft.-high corner entrances that lead to a ten-story shopping and festival arcade...
...tower, a parlor for small weddings and other assemblies, a social hall, a youth center and a library with staff offices. It was conceived in the Pilgrim and Puritan tradition of early New England churches, but its form is traditional only in that the white-trimmed gray clapboard and spire convey a sense of historic continuity. The architecture is closer to the modern simplicity of Mies van der Rohe than the baroque intricacy of Sir Christopher Wren...