Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 150
the worst thing that can be alleged against it. In thebest of the commercial buildings of Chicago there isnothing visible of the conflict of which we hear so muchfrom architects, mostly in the way of complaint, betweenthe claims of art and the claims of utility, nor any ev-idence of a desire to get… … GLIMPSES OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE j ^7 cess of the commercial buildings is apt to be directly inproportion to the renunciation by the designers of con-ventional architecturesqueness, and to their loyal ac-ceptance at all points of the utilitarian conditions underwhich they are working. The…
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