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...compelling reason for nominating him.* When Kennedy was fighting for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination at the 1956 Democratic convention, said Reston, Kennedymen circulated a memo arguing that the Catholic vote would swing several key states to the Democrats if Kennedy was on the ticket (TIME, April 18). Principal architect of the memo: Ted Sorensen, key man in the Kennedy-for-President organization...
...needed five more days to get it ready." wailed Israel Pinheiro, Brasilia's chief builder and first mayor. "But we just could not spare the time." In a last-minute cleanup, Pinheiro put 60,000 men to carting off debris, planting palm trees, scrubbing the red dust off Architect Oscar Niemeyer's graceful buildings. In a single day. 2,000 steel light poles were planted; overnight 722 homes were painted white...
...most influential men in U.S. city planning is neither a licensed architect, a city official, nor an engineer. He is Manhattan Real Estate Tycoon Robert W. Dowling. who at 64 bosses the $53 million City Investing Co., and whose conception of his role makes him an amateur do-it-yourself designer, an inventor and innovator, and a patron of the arts on a grand scale. Bowling's purpose is simple enough. He wants 1) to make money, while 2) enhancing the U.S. landscape with well-planned developments. Says Dowling: "I always think about our place in history. The great...
Your story on the fascinating creations of Architect Victor Lundy comes as no surprise to his boyhood friends. Back in the years of our Bronx school days, everyone recognized his exceptional talents...
Walter Paepcke became what is called a patron of the arts, and the patronage has now spread throughout the business world. The first-rate architect is in demand as never before; the painter and businessman are on speaking terms; and no tycoon's home or office seems quite complete without its work of art. This has been one of the major art news stories of the decade, and one of the men who helped write it was Walter Paepcke, who died last week...