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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 26

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he New Stratford in Philadelphia, the NewWillard in Washington, the Belvidere in Baltimore,and even the Lafayette in Buffalo. While one mayor may not like this sort of thing, one must admitthat it has an appropriately festive appearance, andthat it affords an excellent illustration of theincreased… … HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY types is the growing assumption by New York of an\y actual metropolitan function in the social economyof the country. From this point of view Americanarchitecture would be obtaining certain definitegeneral characteristics, because the smaller citieswere looking to New…

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