the ad featured Alice Erdman, the wife of politician and theater producer Francis Cleveland (President Grover Cleveland’s son) and Long Island society maven Xenia Georgievna of Russia… BELIEVER…Xenia Georgievna of Russia (1903–1965) was an influential member of New York’s Long Island North...
While E.B. White was mourning the demise of the smoky nightclub, art and design criticLewis Mumfordcontinued his tirade against the pretentious and mediocre buildings that were popping up all over the city, including the new Federal Court Building on Centre Street that was, in Mumford’s words...