. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK. 401. ^02 --^ niSTOKy 01 REAL ESTATE, cantilc structures, Inil iVir ck-vatur iniildini^s, cliurchcs and otherlarj^e structures, sonu-lhiii^- \\a> needed tn ,L;i\e fr(.shiu->> and vari-ety to the tone of our architecture. t the_\ liad tlie far-famed .Milwaukee cream-colored brick, l:)Ut they were expensivethere and the freii^in charges made them well-nigh prohibitoryhere. At this juncture the brickmakers of the Perth Amboy dis-trict l)egan
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK. 401. ^02 --^ niSTOKy 01 REAL ESTATE, cantilc structures, Inil iVir ck-vatur iniildini^s, cliurchcs and otherlarj^e structures, sonu-lhiii^- \\a> needed tn ,L;i\e fr(.shiu->> and vari-ety to the tone of our architecture. t the_\ liad tlie far-famed .Milwaukee cream-colored brick, l:)Ut they were expensivethere and the freii^in charges made them well-nigh prohibitoryhere. At this juncture the brickmakers of the Perth Amboy dis-trict l)egan to produce the liglit shades of brick. Of their abilityto produce them they had been a long time aware, and as early as1867 had placed them experimentally on the market. ^lessrs. Savre & Fisher it was who furnished as early as 1870 thelight brick used in the rotunda of the Coitnty Court House. Al-fred Hall, also at Perth Amboy, began to manufacture light-coloredbrick about the same time. About the first example of these brickin exterior walls was in the Post building, in Exchange place, but ifthe success of the brick had been d
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