PERMANENCE—Statues from the facade of Marienbad’s solid buildings look down on a new, different world whose nostalgia calls for the “reality” of yesteryears. (Photos by Janos Gereben) MARIENSKE-LAZNE, Czechoslovakia—“Last Year in Marienbad” was filmed somewhere else, but its name came from here, this resort town
January 5, 1969 LONDON, ENGLAND — Seven out of every ten United States citizens live in urban America. Half the population of the United States lives on one percent of the nation’s land. That is the crux of America’s urban problem, and behind the
November 27, 1968 ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND — As more and more Europeans discover the automobile, their cities are rediscovering the value of rapid transit. From Helsinki to Rome and Munich to London, the drawing boards are sprouting designs for new or expanded subway systems and hundreds
313 Anolani St. Honolulu, Hawaii Western Samoa is the home of the tribe that did not lose its head. Instead its 135,000 people have embarked on one of the more isolated but interesting experiments in the Pacific Area. It involves trying to preserve the biggest
October 30, 1968 ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND — Contrary to popular opinion, the Dutch have not completely repulsed the sea. In Rotterdam, they have captured it and put it to work. The bent for the sea is so strong here that the entire city seems ready to
