VOLUME CXXXIIJULY 20. 1927
NUMBER 2525
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
COLMAR—THE ALSATIAN ROUEN
By Samuel Chamberlain
Illustrations by the Author
The essence of the true Alsace cannot be found mcSjre pleasantly expressed than in the sleepy town ofopjlmar, nonchalantly seated in the rich valley ofathe Rhine. Colmar, city of smoky taverns and cofee, cake and toy shops, of fantastic peaked roofs ansi spiny towers and storks nests; the Colmar made famous by the sympathetic “Oncle Hansi,”
whose drawings and posters and books have endeared him and Alsace to all of France, especially to the children. Colmar has suffered little of the industrial fever which has seized its neighbors, Strasbourg and Mulhouse. This is, of course, fortunate from an artistic point of view, making Colmar far more intriguing to the travelling pencil pusher than
LITTLE VENICE” - COLMAR
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural 13 Building Press, Inc.)
NUMBER 2525
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
COLMAR—THE ALSATIAN ROUEN
By Samuel Chamberlain
Illustrations by the Author
The essence of the true Alsace cannot be found mcSjre pleasantly expressed than in the sleepy town ofopjlmar, nonchalantly seated in the rich valley ofathe Rhine. Colmar, city of smoky taverns and cofee, cake and toy shops, of fantastic peaked roofs ansi spiny towers and storks nests; the Colmar made famous by the sympathetic “Oncle Hansi,”
whose drawings and posters and books have endeared him and Alsace to all of France, especially to the children. Colmar has suffered little of the industrial fever which has seized its neighbors, Strasbourg and Mulhouse. This is, of course, fortunate from an artistic point of view, making Colmar far more intriguing to the travelling pencil pusher than
LITTLE VENICE” - COLMAR
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural 13 Building Press, Inc.)