Architect's drawing of new embassy for Tokyo, Japan

Jun. 06, 1974 - Toyko, Japan - The architect's drawing of the new glass panelled embassy which will be built on the site of the demolished building. The previous U.S. Embassy in Tokyo was named Hoover's Folly when critics claimed that the exorbitant sum of -million was squandered on it by the late president Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression in 1931 - it is being demolished to make way for the new American Embassy. The old embassy was designed by A. Raymond, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, and was referred to as an edifice of mixed architectural blood. The new embassy has been designed by C. Pelli of Gruen Associates in Los Angeles. It was in the old embassy that General MacArthur summoned Emperor Hirohito to present himself on Sept 27, 1945. The Emperor expected to hear his death sentence from the general, but instead was greeted respectfully, and after a chat MacArthur escorted the amazed Hirohito back to his car

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