Philadelphia’s architecture, by William F. Gray ... written for the City history society of Philadelphia and read at the meeting of Wednesday, February 9th, 1910 (1915)
Gray, William F · Philadelphia, The Society · leaf 16
, aclassic or what might be better described as a pseudo-classic character.The first Chestnut Street Theatre of 1 793, the Walnut Street Theatre 331 of 1809, the first building of the Academy of the fine Arts and thatof Natural Sciences, the Arcade or museum at Sixth and ChestnutStreets, the water… … CENTRE SQUARE WATER WORKSFormerly at Broad and Market Streets. In the reproductions of the orders, through the aid of architecturalbooks, they were fairly satisfactory, but in the facades of the theatresand arcade, there is an evident failure to appreciate the finer qualities ofdesign. Some of…
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