Reader's Digest

82 | July• 2018

Miss Piggyand

KermittheFrogmay

beTheMuppetShow’s

best-known characters

but don’t forget Statler

and Waldorf the two

curmudgeonly old

men who call out

acerbically humorous

remarksfromthe

puppet world’s most

famous balcony.

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he cast iron balconiesof New Orleans were nearly lost

forgoodintheearly20thcentury.Planstobeautifythecityincluded

the removal of the verandahs which had mostly been made by local

craftsmen.Fortunatelythisideadidn’tfindfavourwitheveryoneand

manyofthebalconieswereallowedtostay. They remain an intrinsic

part of the US city’s image to this day.

he balconyoftheAmbassadorHotelinNewYorksprangto

prominence when Marilyn Monroe then 28 was photographed there.

Keentotakehercareertonewheightsthefuturestyleiconwantedthe

world to see her as more than the ‘dumb blonde’ of her earlier movies.