The feature article in the October 20th issue will treat of the development and design of “Playland, ” an amusement park at Rye, N. Y. “Playland” is a part of the public park system of Westchester County and was laid out by the Westchester County Park Commission. The architectural features of the park were designed by Walker & Gillette. We feel that those interested in the design and layout of parks of this nature throughout the world, as well as those interested in their policies and construction, will find the article and accompanying illustrations of peculiar
value. The article was written for The American Architect by Leon N. Gillette, of the firm of Walker & Gillette, the architects, and Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect of the Westchester County Park Commission. Under the head of the department of Engineering and Construction, there is published in this issue an article which today has a humorous as well as an instructive quality. It is entitled “Gleanings from an Architects’ Handbook of a Century and a Half Ago. ” The article was prepared by Milton Tucker and consists of extracts from and comments on a book published in London in 1788 by the “Society of Architects, ” entitled “A Universal Dictionary for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, etc. ” Among the interesting and amusing quotations is one in which the method of making cold cement from old Cheshire cheese is fully described. In a later issue a similar article by Mr. Tucker will appear, consisting of quotations from and comments on a book entitled “The Builder’s and Workman’s New Director, ” published in 1843. Both articles will be fully illustrated by reproductions of drawings in the old books. We feel sure that those of our readers who
were unable to visit the Pacific Southwest Exposition at Long Beach, Calif., last month, as well as those who were more fortunate, will be more than usually interested in the illustrations of several of the exposition buildings designed by Hugh R. Davies.
Particular attention, too, is called to the presentation in this issue, under the department of Interior Architecture, of Sedgefield Inn, at Sedgefield, N. C. The building was designed by Nathan Harris after the manner of the old English manor houses. Certain of the details illustrated, particularly those of the lighting fixtures made from various elements of old pioneer wagons, are especially interesting.
October 5, 1928.
The Publishers.
value. The article was written for The American Architect by Leon N. Gillette, of the firm of Walker & Gillette, the architects, and Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect of the Westchester County Park Commission. Under the head of the department of Engineering and Construction, there is published in this issue an article which today has a humorous as well as an instructive quality. It is entitled “Gleanings from an Architects’ Handbook of a Century and a Half Ago. ” The article was prepared by Milton Tucker and consists of extracts from and comments on a book published in London in 1788 by the “Society of Architects, ” entitled “A Universal Dictionary for Architects, Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers, etc. ” Among the interesting and amusing quotations is one in which the method of making cold cement from old Cheshire cheese is fully described. In a later issue a similar article by Mr. Tucker will appear, consisting of quotations from and comments on a book entitled “The Builder’s and Workman’s New Director, ” published in 1843. Both articles will be fully illustrated by reproductions of drawings in the old books. We feel sure that those of our readers who
were unable to visit the Pacific Southwest Exposition at Long Beach, Calif., last month, as well as those who were more fortunate, will be more than usually interested in the illustrations of several of the exposition buildings designed by Hugh R. Davies.
Particular attention, too, is called to the presentation in this issue, under the department of Interior Architecture, of Sedgefield Inn, at Sedgefield, N. C. The building was designed by Nathan Harris after the manner of the old English manor houses. Certain of the details illustrated, particularly those of the lighting fixtures made from various elements of old pioneer wagons, are especially interesting.
October 5, 1928.
The Publishers.