When the Cathedrals Were White (McGraw-Hill Paperbacks)

COVER
......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTIONTO THE AMERICAN TRANSLATION......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 23
WHEN THE CATHEDRALS WERE WHITE......Page 25
MONEY......Page 36
SAINT FRONT OF PERIGUEUX......Page 38
BORDEAUX STATION......Page 40
CONDITIONED AIR......Page 42
NEVERTHELESS, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILRESERVS THE RIGHT .........Page 46
GREATNESS IS IN THE INTENTION......Page 50
PART TWO
U. S. A.......Page 52
INVESTIGATOR OF THE SITUATION......Page 54
MOTIVE OF MY JOURNEY......Page 57
NEW YORK, A VERTICAL CITY......Page 61
"I AM AN AMERICAN !"......Page 63
NEW YORK IS NOT A COMPLETED CITY .........Page 69
THE STREETS ARE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER AND THE MIND IS LIBERATED......Page 72
THE SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK ARE TOO SMALL!......Page 75
THE SKYSCRAPERS ARE GREATER THAN THE ARCHITECTS......Page 84
IN THE CELLARS!......Page 86
SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED......Page 92
A MILLION AND A HALF CARS DAILY......Page 94
A REMARKABLE ARCHITECTURA
L SIGHT......Page 96
A PLACE OF RADIANT GRACE......Page 100
BROOKLYN BRIDGE......Page 102
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL......Page 104
SUBURBAN TRAINS......Page 106
THE FAIRY CATASTROPHE......Page 108
PRIDE......Page 117
IS IT A CANCER?......Page 124
A BUSINESS LUNCH AT THE PLAZA......Page 128
A BUSINESSMEN'S DINNER IN BOSTON......Page 129
THE INDIAN RAIDS ARE NOT FAR AWAY......Page 132
CRESCENDO......Page 134
L'ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS......Page 140
SEARCHINGS OF THE SPIRIT......Page 146
SPIRIT OF TRADITION AND FEELING FOR CONTEMPORARY LIFE......Page 149
EVERYONE AN ATHLETE......Page 160
CARAVAGGIO AND SURREALISM......Page 169
"QUAT'Z' ARTS" IN NEW YORK......Page 173
THE FAMILY DIVIDED......Page 178
FUNEREAL SPIRIT......Page 180
THE SPIRIT OF THE MACHINE, AND NEGROES IN THE USA......Page 184
WAX MANIKINS OF FIFTH AVENUE......Page 190
THOUGHTS ABOUT FORD......Page 191
THE GREAT WASTE (From a talk given in Chicago)......Page 196
THE AUTHORITIES ARE BADLY INFORMED......Page 204
WHAT IS THE AMERICAN PROBLEM?......Page 212
REPLY TO A QUESTIONNAIRE......Page 228
IN THE CALENDAR OF THE WORLD......Page 238