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Modern civic art; or, The city made beautiful (1918)
Robinson, Charles Mulford, 1869-1917 · New York, Putnam · leaf 346
gs to a vantagepoint, and they offered a chance for perspective toaid appreciation of good facades. And the squareafforded an excellent location for civic sculpture. Itshortened distances, too, and when the citizenswanted to gather out-of-doors it made a place forthem to come to. Then arose the… … ©pen Spaces. 289 Noble buildings were gathered around it wherethey could be seen. Sculpture adorned it. Brilliantlights made it gay at night, and if the fountain hadlost the power to establish a social rendezvous, aband might play here on a summer evening and itwould collect a crowd. Pageantry…Art, Municipal
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