March 7, 1970 It was just a century ago, in 1870, that Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann finished remaking Paris. He didn”t, himself, think the job was done, but he was fired. The imminent downfall of his political protector, Emperor Napoleon III, was one reason
Honolulu February 13, 1970 One of my most vivid memories after months of travel in the Pacific Islands is of arriving in Fiji for the first time. When the plane had left the little Polynesian kingdom of Tonga, sunshine sparkled on blue
Paris, Feb. 8, 1970 When Georges Eugene Haussmann was put in charge of Paris, he planted his feet, took hold of the city, and shook it. He kept up this approach to running the city for 17 years. When he was through, there was
Yugoslavia’s drift toward a consumer economy, symbolized by growing car ownership, has transformed the Square of the Republic in Belgrade into a parking lot. It was a wholly typical Saturday on the Terazije. The streets emptying into Belgrade’s prime shopping intersection gave off mingled sounds
Rouen – William the Conqueror returned to Rouen to die. Joan of Arc was condemned and burned here. Along the medieval twisting of its cobbled streets, Rouen looks very much a part of its past. The harbor, too, is still the junction of Seine River
