CITY EDITION
 
BERLIN JOURNAL: DREAD OF BUILDERS IN A CITY WOVEN WITH GARDENS
by Stephen Kinzer
"BERLIN, Feb. 17 -- ...for hundreds of thousands of Berlin residents,
these challenges pale into insignificance in comparison with new
threats to their beloved gardens. They are threatening to bring
down the city government next year..." (p. A4)
 
SHACKLED BY PAST, RACKED BY UNREST, INDIA LURCHES TOWARD
UNCERTAIN FUTURE by Edward A. Gargan
"PAWNA, India -- Along the edge of Pawna, where the houses are
made of concrete, some with pillared porches, live the higher
castes -- the Thakurs, the Brahmins. Nearby, in adobe huts and
small concrete houses, are clusters of a backward or disadvantaged
caste known as the Mahto, and segregated in little pockets of
worn mud huts and a scattering of rough brick hovels are the
untouchables, whose very touch some Hindus regard as polluting.
They are among India's poorest and most despised." (p. A8)
 
FORESTS MAY FORETELL WARMING TREND by William K. Stevens
"Trees in the uncut parts of the world's tropical forests are
apparently dying and being replaced more rapidly than in the
past, according to a new analysis. The authors of the study said
the most likely cause was a worldwide increase in carbon dioxide
spewed into the atmosphere from smokestacks and vehicles." (p. A20)
 
REVIEW/ARCHITECTURE: AN ARCHITECT FROM THE GROUND UP by Herbert Muschamp
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect," which opens on Sunday, remains at the
Museum of Modern Art through May 10. (p. C1,5)
 
REVIEW/DESIGN: FASHION WITH STYLE: 30 YEARS OF GEOFFREY BEENE
by Bernadine Morris
"Beene Unbound" remains at the Fashion Institute of Technology
through April 30. Information: (212) 760-7760 (p. C18)
 
REVIEW/ART: AT THE WHITNEY, IT'S 1952 ALL OVER AGAIN by Michael Kimmelman
"A year from the Collection, Circa 1952" remains on view at the Whitney
through April 17. (p. C20)
 
REVIEW/ART: RESPONSE TO AIDS GAINS IN SUBTLETY by Roberta Smith
"From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS" remains at New York
University at the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, through
March 5. (p. C28)
 
INSIDE ART by Carol Vogel
TRANS-ATLANTIC POUSSIN
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre in Paris are connected.
Today at 12:30 P.M., visitors to the New York museum can listen to a
discussion about two versions of Poussin's "Rape of the Sabine Women,"
one belonging to the Met, the other to the Louvre. Participants in the
video simulcast, sponsored by A.T.&T., are Keith Christiansen, the
Met's curator of European paintings, speaking from New York, and Pierre
Rosenberg, the chief curator of paintings at the Louvre, and the Paris-
based painter Avigdor Arikha at the Louvre. Headphones will be
available here for translation." (p. C26)
 
OBITS (p. D17)
RANDY SHILTS, AUTHOR, DIES AT 42; ONE OF FIRST TO WRITE ABOUT AIDS
by William Grimes
"Mr. Shilts was one of the first journalists to recognize AIDS as an
important national issue. His work resulted in the widely acclaimed
1987 book 'And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS
Epidemic...The cause was AIDS, said Linda Alband, his assistant."
 
PAUL BODIN, Artist, died of cancer. He was 83.
 
MARIA ST. JUST IS DEAD; STAGE AND FILM ACTRESS
A long-time friend of Tennessee Williams, she died of heart failure.
She was in her late 60's or early 70's.
 
That's all.
 
Robbin Murphy
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