Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 23
ning of tall office-buildings. When steel construction began to haveits effect upon the height and the looks of office-buildings, two tendencies were traceable in theirdesign. In New York there was no attempt, as thereshould be in any kind of building, to make theirappearance express their… … A PHILADELPHIA HOUSE FRONT idea, the regular architectural, structural and deco-rative forms were used regardless of their ordinarystructural functions and associations. In Chicago, 12 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE OF TO-DAY on the other hand, while many buildings were de-signed along the same lines as New…
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