. American architecture . al quarter of St. Paulis cramped as well as limited by the topography, andthat it is all coming to be occupied by a serried massof lofty buildings, whereas the lofty buildings of Min-neapolis are still detached objects erected in anticipa- * See illuslration, p. 75. GLIMPSES OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE j^y tion of the pressure for room that has not yet begunto be felt. It is an odd illustration of the local rivalrythat although the cities are so near together, the archi-tects are confined to their respective fields, and it isvery unusual, if not unexampled, that an archit
. American architecture . al quarter of St. Paulis cramped as well as limited by the topography, andthat it is all coming to be occupied by a serried massof lofty buildings, whereas the lofty buildings of Min-neapolis are still detached objects erected in anticipa- * See illuslration, p. 75. GLIMPSES OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE j^y tion of the pressure for room that has not yet begunto be felt. It is an odd illustration of the local rivalrythat although the cities are so near together, the archi-tects are confined to their respective fields, and it isvery unusual, if not unexampled, that an architect ofeither is employed in the other. Such an employmentwould very likely be resented as incivism. Easternarchitects are admitted on occasion as out of the com-petition, but in the main each city is built accordingto the plans of the local designers. The individualcharacteristics of the busiest and most successful archi-tects are thus impressed upon the general appearanceof the town, and go to widen the difference due to. ,.. ?:75<:.f ;^i
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