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In Manchester, England, two 20-story office blocks will tower over a 15thcentury cathedral. The architects maintain that the modern structures will form a pleasing “backcloth" for the English Gothic edifice. Across the Channel, Paris until recently adhered loosely to the medieval tradition that no building should he no higher than the principal church. But tall slabs are beginning to poke above the historic rooftops of Paris. Parisians are especially dubious about a proposed 50-story building that would stand on the site of the Montparnasse railroad station. They say it will spoil vistas in the open, expansive city. A Swedish writer bitterly said of Stockholm's skyscrapers: “ I have never seen such ravage in this city."
But in Rotterdam, Holland, the many modern buildings rose with a minimum of conj troversy because they oc[! cupied sites laid flat by
lj World War II bombs, j Bustling Milan .welcomes I skyscrapers. Called the New ■ York of Italy, Milan is a i commercial, financial, and ! industrial center. Sky| scrapers ring the Piazza del Duomo, overshadowing the j massive Milan Cathedral.
The pride of Milan is the 31-story Pirelli Building, a
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