. Proceedings at the laying of the corner stone of the new public buildings : on Penn Square in the city of Philadelphia, July 4, 1874 ; with a description of the buildings, the statistics and progress of the work, and a summary of legislative and municipal action relating to the undertaking; with a brief history of events pertaining thereto . f/-l Csi f-O z -^ o 3- — J lu. ^ a < Cl :j or f— lU 2: 2^ oo < ix: o o ± ^ THE EXTERIOR. A tendency exists in the public mind to seek to classifyevery considerable architectural design, under the head ofsome order or style; but modern genius an
. Proceedings at the laying of the corner stone of the new public buildings : on Penn Square in the city of Philadelphia, July 4, 1874 ; with a description of the buildings, the statistics and progress of the work, and a summary of legislative and municipal action relating to the undertaking; with a brief history of events pertaining thereto . f/-l Csi f-O z -^ o 3- — J lu. ^ a < Cl :j or f— lU 2: 2^ oo < ix: o o ± ^ THE EXTERIOR. A tendency exists in the public mind to seek to classifyevery considerable architectural design, under the head ofsome order or style; but modern genius and tastedeal so largely in original adaptations of classic, and otherforms, that we often find no small difficulty in deciding underwhich, if any, of the heretofore established orders or stylesmany of the most important structures of the present daycan properly be classed. The architecture of the New Public Buildings is of thischaracter. It is essentially modern in its leading features,and presents a rich example of what is known by the genericterm of the Renaissance, modified and adapted to thevaried and extensive requirements of a great Americanmunicipality. It is designed in the spirit of French art, while at the sametime, its adaptation of that florid and tasteful manner ofbuilding, is free from servile imitation, either in orn
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