THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT
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The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
YOL. CXXVIII DECEMBER 20, 1925 XUMBER 2487
Tower at Lisie ux, France. From the
Original Sketch by..........................................Olio R. Eggers.................. Cover Madison Square Garden, New York.............................................................................................. Frontispiece Madison Square Garden...............................................................................................................................................................513
A Thirty-five Years’ Test of Materials...........................................................................................................519 Editorial Comment..............................................................................................................................................................................527 Textured Walls........................................................................................................................................................................................
The Steelwork of Madison Square Garden . . . .Frank W. Skinner......................... 537 Gleanings from the Foreign Architectural
Press ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Competition for a Modern Basement....................................................................................................................
Plates
St. Patrick’s Church, Racine, Wis........................Barry Byrne & Ryan . . 4 Plates St. Andrew’s M. E. Church and Sunday
School, Philadelphia, Pa.................................C. E. Schermerhorn ... 2 Plates House at Weston, Mass............................................................................Gordon Allen........................... Plates Pelbrook Hall, Pelham, X. Y................................George F. Pelham......... 2 Plates Recreation Building, Xew Holland, Ga.............K iUiam, Hopkins &
Greeley....................... 1 Plate
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With which ia conaolidated
The Architectural Review
CONTENTS
YOL. CXXVIII DECEMBER 20, 1925 XUMBER 2487
Tower at Lisie ux, France. From the
Original Sketch by..........................................Olio R. Eggers.................. Cover Madison Square Garden, New York.............................................................................................. Frontispiece Madison Square Garden...............................................................................................................................................................513
A Thirty-five Years’ Test of Materials...........................................................................................................519 Editorial Comment..............................................................................................................................................................................527 Textured Walls........................................................................................................................................................................................
The Steelwork of Madison Square Garden . . . .Frank W. Skinner......................... 537 Gleanings from the Foreign Architectural
Press ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Competition for a Modern Basement....................................................................................................................
Plates
St. Patrick’s Church, Racine, Wis........................Barry Byrne & Ryan . . 4 Plates St. Andrew’s M. E. Church and Sunday
School, Philadelphia, Pa.................................C. E. Schermerhorn ... 2 Plates House at Weston, Mass............................................................................Gordon Allen........................... Plates Pelbrook Hall, Pelham, X. Y................................George F. Pelham......... 2 Plates Recreation Building, Xew Holland, Ga.............K iUiam, Hopkins &
Greeley....................... 1 Plate
OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
PUBLICATION OFFICES: 258 ATLANTIC STREET, STAMFORD, CONN.
Editorial and Advertising Offices: 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
B. J. ROSENCRANS, President and Treasurer FREDERICK S SLY, Vice-President
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BETTS, Associate Editor
R. W. SEXTON, Associate Editor, Department of Interior Architecture E. K. BRUNNER, Editorial Assistant
Board of Directors
H. J. REDFIELD E. J. ROSENCRANS PAGE A. ROBINSON G. E. SLY
FREDERICK S. SLY H. H. MINER
Western Office: First National Bank Building, Chicago, PAGE A. ROBINSON, Manager
London Office: DORLAND HOUSE, 14 Regent Street, S. W. I.
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