PROFILE of Edward D. Stone, a prominent figure inwhat architectural critics are beginning to refer to as "the new romanticism." His American Pavilion at …
Best New Yorker Articles of 1959
Explore 52 featured picks from The New Yorker's 1959 issues.
52 picks · 52 issues · Top author: John Brooks (3)
Most featured section: Fiction
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the First Precinct which embraces the financial district. The region covers roughly 200 acre and is criss-crossed by 17 1/2 miles …
The 86th Congress has opened. In the House, the Republicans cast down their leader, Joe Martin of Mass. & put in his place Charles Halleck of Ind. Stephen …
PROFILE of Jacques Andre Istel, a 29-year-old French-American & this country's leading parachutist. He has been the U.S. team captain, trainer, & …
For some months Claud had been poaching on the property of Mr. Victor Hazel, an arrogant, rich, self-made manufacturer of pies & sausages, without any …
REPORTER AT LARGE about a major flare that erupted on the sun, Feb. 9, 1958; about the magnetic storm that followed a day later; how it affected all sorts …
E. J. Kahn on the making—and selling—of Coca-Cola.
PROFILE OF COCA-COLA, history. The man who invented Coke was John Styth Pemberton. In 1886 he unveiled a syrup he called Coca-Cola. In 1891 he sold the …
PROFILE of Coca-Cola. Dr. Wiley, an archfoe of Coca-Cola had at one time been head of the Dept. of Agriculture's Bureau of Chemistry. He categorized …
PROFILE OF COCA-COLA. In 1913, the company began to hanker after a standard, distinctive bottle of its own, & 3 years later it gave its blessing to the …
What does one Jewish soldier owe to another?
Kenneth Tynan reviews plays by Lorraine Hansberry, Tennessee Williams, and Sean O’Casey.
PROFILE of Mulligan, a jazz composer, arranger & saxophonist. Tells about his important contribution to the reform of "modern jazz." Unlike many modern …
PROFILE of Harry Lyons, a "riverman" of Edgewater, a former fireman who, even during his tenure as a firefighter was permitted to take time out for …
From 1959: A. J. Liebling on French food and memorable meals with Yves Mirande, one of the last around-the-clock gastronomes.
In 1939, when the writer was 15, he left Italy & came to England where he attended an English boarding school. After a few weeks, three older boys called …
The writer lived on the Greek island of Salamis for several months among the most savage people imaginable. His landlady disliked him because he was …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the effect of radio-activity on human beings, & about the Atomic Energy Commission's search for the surviving dial painters, …
Lillian Ross talks with Lorraine Hansberry about how she became a playwright.
PROFILE of Bennett A. Cerf, president of the publishing firm of Random House. Cerf was born in N.Y.C., the only child of Custave Cerf, a lithographer who …
REPORTER AT LARGE about heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, his training, and his bout with British heavyweight Brian London, on May 1. Visit to …
Johnson Palmer, aged 50, was an artist who painted conventionally, had mild success, was handsome & charming. His attractive wife Alice had a little money …
When the writer moved to Westport he looked forward to rambles about the countryside. He started to take a walk along a back road and several people in …
REPORTER AT LARGE about Tahiti. Gauguin wrote a short, impressionistic book about his first stay in Tahiti, which lasted two years. Author re-read "Noa …
Mr. & Mrs. Engel are on a European trip together. On the steamer going over they are summoned to a life boat drill on the second day. Mr. Engel …
The events of one day in George Fairlie's life, when he was 7, are often recalled by him & his parents. They were vacationing in Europe. One day in …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the International Ice Patrol. Visit to Argentia, Newfoundland, the Ice Patrol's advance operating base. Argentia was …
REPORTER AT LARGE about the boxing match between Floyd Patterson, the champion and Ingemar Johansson of Sweden, for the world heavyweight championship. …
The writer's parents ran a bakery & cafe in an English town. After his father died it was found that a great deal of money was owed to them. Writer …
Ben, an American in his 20's, was in Paris for a year of study. At the hotel where he lived he met another resident, a woman named Lucienne. She was …
Vera Major, editor of the fashion magazine "Lady", went down to a small Virginia town to visit her old friend & onetime employer, Alison Gray. Alison had …
PROFILE of Florence, Italy. Professor La Pira, Florence's Christian Democratic mayor, had a dream of solving the city's housing problem. He invited…
PROFILE of Florence, Italy, speaks of corruption, treason and double standard. This double standard reappears in a new form in Machiavelli, the Florentine,…
The history of Florence in its great period is a history of innovations. The Florentines write the 1st important literary work in the vulgar tongue "Divina…
Story about Bonnie McCarthy, an American woman who, together with her daughter, Florence, moved to France after her husband divorced her, and about …
PROFILE of Dave Garroway, who presides over the NBC televison program "Today", which runs from 7 to 9 AM weekdays. The program, which started in 1952, is a…
REPORTER AT LARGE about the Mount Washington Cog Railway which transports passengers to the top of the mountain. On the way to the summit is a small …
PROFILE of E. M. Forster, the English novelist, Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and resident of King's. Some comparisons between …
Seton is the author of a TV serial called "The Best Family". When he realizes he is dealing with mediocrity, he goes, with his wife and two boys, to a …
As a boy, the writer lived on a farm in New Zealand. His mother had died the year before and his lonely father spent as much time as possible, working. …
Last year the writer received a cable from Peking that her father had died & the Family wanted her to return from her home in Singapore. She had to stay in…
REPORTER AT LARGE about Indians in N. Y. State; their grievances; political, & nationalist movements, & the revival of Indian religion. At the end of the …
John Updike on the discovery that many popular TV game shows were rigged.
REPORTER AT LARGE about the Seneca Republic a member of the League of the Iroquois Six Nations, tells about the relations with the neighboring whites. …
James Thurber on the writing and adaptation of “The Wings of the Dove.”
REPORTER AT LARGE about the Azores, the Portuguese islands in theSouth Atlantic. The Azores comprise 9 islands with about 300,000 inhabitants. Writer …
Fiction, from 1959: “She had been right through the worst of the air raids, yet this was the worst, this waking in the cold, this dark, dirty dawn.”
Fiction, from 1959: “ ‘We have it all to ourselves,’ ” she said, smiling at him over her shoulder as she led the way upstairs.”
Lewis Mumford’s 1959 piece about Frank Lloyd Wright and his design for the new Guggenheim Museum.
PROFILE of Stnaley M. Isaacs, former Borough President of Manhattan, & for the last 18 years a member of the City Council, tells about his historic …
PROFILE of Stanley M. Isaacs who for the last 18 years has been a member of the Council of the City of New York, the 25-man parliament that was created in …
The writer is a very tall man and his brother Walter is even taller. This fact has been remarked upon all their lives & they are used to it. Recently they …