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 51
should be of the best possible design, not 366 only as reflecting the taste and intelligence of the city as a whole, but asaffecting local conditions. They should be an inspiration to those whouse and see them. But for forty or fifty years they were designed bymen without taste or training, and we… … CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLBroad and Green Streets. Courtesy of John Wanamaker. in the system and the entrusting of the designing to properly trained andequipped men there has been a vast improvement, and a newer and finertype of structure, fit for and expressive of its purpose, is springing up.mostly in…
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