European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The familiar Skyline of the greatest City is rapidly changing in an unprecedented building Boom they re still building new York i East Side West Side All around the town the greatest surge of building in its history is changing the familiar face of new York City. Tall new apartment projects Are re placing rotted slum tenements luxury apartments Are rising along newly revived avenues entire neighbourhoods Are being upgraded and renewed new Bridges and expressways Are being added to the com plex Highway network As the u.s., state and and City spend millions on ambitious projects aimed at speeding traffic across or around congested Manhattan Island an exciting new cultural Center is going up As new York fights to maintain its title As the greatest City in the world. Out of it All is emerging a City that some How is getting nicer to look at. For instance the Rise of the East Side " fifth  Manhattan Between East and West As a favored area for High rent apartments and soaring office buildings began in 1947 when the meatpacking District near the East River was cleared to make Way for the eight acres of Glass and Marble build Ings that serve As United nations world Headquarters. Then the razing of the third ave. Al in 1955-56 spurred East Side development As nothing did before. In no time land that once held shabby four Story tenements and sold for $40 to $75 a Square foot jumped in Price to $200 or $250. And much of third ave. Now is tree lined i you please. A 13-Block stretch along Park ave., from1 grand Central terminal to 60th Street had nothing but apartment houses and luxury continued on Page in by Fred Danzig up staff writer this new skyscraper will House nerve Center of Ria operations construction will begin this year on grand Central City building world s largest commercial office Structure. Saturday August 22, 1959 the stars and stripes