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ed thatapproximately the same profile should bepresented in every direction. A polygonalform approaching the round, at least above the base, was therefore considered advis-able. The arched loggia motive at the topwas designed to provide protected obser-vation points and at the same time a… … Court, sy Pacific Gas & Electric Co. NIGHT VIEW, COIT MEMORIAL TOWER,SAN FRANCISCO treatment very little if any precedent wasused. Indeed, it is doubtful if any couldhave been found. The tower has no proto-type. It is not a mediaeval keep to resistcapture, not a lighthouse to warn off…
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