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than any other type of commer-cial structure. The grilles in the windowsseem to give confidence to the banks pat-rons and they recall the days when suchinstitutions were necessarily fortifiedagainst attacks by bandits. is no longer required in that form. Thegrilles add scale and dignity to the… … CAST IRON RAIL, MAIN STAIRCASE. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCOWeeks and Day, Architects The methods of the robbers havechanged, but we still like to see the strong,inspiring grilles in the large windows.Upon e.xamining them we find, alas, thatthey are in many cases built up from castiron,…
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