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Sunday, February 26, 1956

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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America s
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Tinsel City
By TAMMY MORRISON ( a family resort, too. Particularly in polis that would be hard to dis-
A MERICA SEEMS to have more the summer, when prices are al- tinguish from the industrial parts
than its share of tinsel cities, most reasonable, do young couples of Chicago or Detroit.
cities built on the shadowy half- with three or four children frolic However, the most fantastic ap-
world of entertainment vendors onuthe white sands and elderly proach to the city isCollinsAven-
anrd seeker net edr couples relax by the side of the ue. U.S. 101 runs along the east
And sfhem aers.pool, enjoying a well-deserved sec- coast, becoming Collins when it
All of them have an individual ond honeymoon, hits Miami Beach. Tra'ffic moves
glitter-Hollywood has its cellu- at a crawl on Collins in the eve-
loid colony; New York has Broad- THE TRAVELER approaching ning, because everybody, even the
way and television; Las Vegas has the city from the northwest, most jaded world-traveller, is
the eternal click-click of the rou- after driving through miles of gaping in undisguised disbelief.
lette wheel. beautiful lake country teeming Collins Avenue is, in the most
But the strangest one of all with orange groves and more miles conservative terms, a garish, roc-
clings to the tip of Florida, land of the mysterious Everglades, will coco potpourri of Times Square,
of the Spanish explorers. It is be surprised to find himself sud- The Arabian Nights, the Fourth
built on the solidest foundation denly in the middle of a metro- See PLEASURE, Page 8
there is: dollars and sense..-
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of Florida, indeed, unlike a
other part of the United States.
Florida as a whole clings some-
what to its Spanish heritage, but
Miami is a highly urbanized ne-
gation of the leisurely Hispanic
tradition - commercial, blatant
and to a great extent heartless. It
makes no bones about being a
Tourist City out to clip the fun-
seeker with the skill of an experi-
enced streetwalker.

YET THERE MUST BE some-
thing more to this glittering
city because of the nature of the
people who visit it. To be sure,
there are the usual platinum hair-
ed, carefully coiffed and groomed
women spawned by resort areas
hanging on the arms of balding,
well-heeled men long past their
prime.
Said men's wives are probably
sunning themselves by the side of
a blue pool, accepting the atten-
tions of bronzed young gods that
double as life-guards and worry-
ing about the extra folds of skin
that have begun to show on their
necks.
Surprisingly enough, Miami is
Rome
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viewer and worshipper suffer alike,
but the Roman reply is generally
that "They were created for the
church and there they belong."
ST. PETER'S is the largest
church in the world. It houses
some of the greatest work of the
Bernini genius. Here is some of
his most powerful sculpture, finest
portraiture, and greatest expres-
sion of the Baroque conception of
death.
In the work on St. Peter's, Bern-
ini emerged as a versatile genius,
applying his talent to many fields
here adding architectural accom-
plishments to his fame.
THE SIZE of St. Peter's is nearly
incomprehensible. Upon enter-
ing it, man is lost in a structure
of highly colored marble, nearly
400 feet high in the dome.
Bernini's Baldacchino, an altar-
like structure is at the far end
from the entrance, and perfectly
integrated into the whole of the
church, though it itself is 100 feet
high.
Outside, Bernini's genius again
becomes apparent. Even in hand-
ling an approach, a piazza for the
entrance of the huge church, his
talent doesn't falter.
BERNINI IS A continuation of
the huge scale which makes
Rome famous. As the ancient city
was monumental, likewise Bern-
mi's feats were so. He captures the
spirit of his age and superim-
poses it on the city of many ages.
Without Bernini's work Rome
might suffer a break in the con-
tinuity of time which stamps it
eternal. He is today considered by
many the link between past and
present.

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