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THE
American Architect
Vol. CXIX CONTENTS No. 2361
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921
Prague as a City of the Baroque ----- 343
By Selwyn Brinton Gotham National Bank Building ----- 350 Sommerfeld & Steckler, Architects
Scottish Rite Cathedral Competition - - - - 358 Christ Church, Philadelphia ------ 364 Illustrated by O. R. Eggers
Editorial Comment ---------- - 365 An Intangible Proposal Worth Millions - - 366 Current News - -- -- -- -- -- - 375 Weekly Review of the Construction Field - - 379
Illustrations
Detail, Church of St. Maclou, Rouen—
Frontispiece.
Prague as a City of the Baroque.
Gotham National Bank Building, New York.
Sommerfeld & Steckler, Architects. Competition Drawings, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Portland, Ore.
Sutton & Whitney, Architects.
Department of Architectural Engineering
Heating and Ventilating Equipment - - - - 367
By Charles Hubbard
Framing Details of a Thatched Roof - - - - 373
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