The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. LXXXIX.MARCH 31, 1906.No. 1579. Editorial Summary: Pages 109, 110
The Degradation of the Licensed Architect — Bostonʼs Need of a new Custom-house — A new M. I. T. Traveling Scholarship — The real Usableness of Traveling Scholars — Competition for the Brazilian Congressional Palace — A Speculation deserving only of Deprecation — Foreign Students not really welcome at German Universities.
True Architecture.................................................................................................................................... 111 The Metric System and English-speaking Peoples............................... 114 Who was the Architect of the Houses of Parliament? ................. 114 Art Treasures in the Paris Churches. ............................................................... 115 Notes and Clippings.............................................................................................................. 115 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc.
Plates:
New York Evening Post Building, Vesey St., New York, N. Y. — Plans of the Same: Two Plates — Section of the Same — House of G. F. Shepard, Jr., Architect, Milton, Mass. — Lateral View of the Richard Smith Memorial Gateway to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. — Detail and General View of the Same — Northwest View of the U. S. Custom-house, New York, N. Y.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Window Detail: Hotel Astor, “Times” Sq., New York, N, Y. — Offices of the Bush Co., Ltd., Pearl, Broad and Bridge Sts., New York. N. Y.
TIMES BUILDING NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE
Entered as second class matter Nov. 1 8, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1870
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. LXXXIX.MARCH 31, 1906.No. 1579. Editorial Summary: Pages 109, 110
The Degradation of the Licensed Architect — Bostonʼs Need of a new Custom-house — A new M. I. T. Traveling Scholarship — The real Usableness of Traveling Scholars — Competition for the Brazilian Congressional Palace — A Speculation deserving only of Deprecation — Foreign Students not really welcome at German Universities.
True Architecture.................................................................................................................................... 111 The Metric System and English-speaking Peoples............................... 114 Who was the Architect of the Houses of Parliament? ................. 114 Art Treasures in the Paris Churches. ............................................................... 115 Notes and Clippings.............................................................................................................. 115 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc.
Plates:
New York Evening Post Building, Vesey St., New York, N. Y. — Plans of the Same: Two Plates — Section of the Same — House of G. F. Shepard, Jr., Architect, Milton, Mass. — Lateral View of the Richard Smith Memorial Gateway to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. — Detail and General View of the Same — Northwest View of the U. S. Custom-house, New York, N. Y.
Additional Plates (International Edition):
Window Detail: Hotel Astor, “Times” Sq., New York, N, Y. — Offices of the Bush Co., Ltd., Pearl, Broad and Bridge Sts., New York. N. Y.
TIMES BUILDING NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE
Entered as second class matter Nov. 1 8, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1870