San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 104
more and more opposed to the principle that aland owner can erect any kind of a buildingthat fancy dictates, whether it enhance or in-jure adjoining property or tend to bring upon adistrict, or even a city, the odium of criticism. but lend a distinction, a beauty and a perma-nence not anywhere else… … BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOBliss and Faville, Architects Stone (and more particularly granite), thatbuilding material which has stood the test oftime, has been subjected to the rigors of cli-mate, and the prying of laboratories, will, asalways remain the cornerstone of architecture. Its…
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