. International studio. tJiiiriJiiii RUSSELL SAGE MEMORIAL HALL XV Modern Brickixjork. Cour/esy of Fiske &* Co., Inc. MlEAN , D. C. same [)urpose in opposing a strong color to theutter whiteness of the monument. The new Academy of Music in Brooklyn is es-sentially a brick building, the stone and terra cottaforming merelythe trimming tolarge wall surfacesof a light-coloredbrick. Many of thebricks are stampedwith a device—alyre, as those ofthe Lotus Club arestami)ed with alotus and those inthe M a d i s o nSfjuare C h u re hwith a cross. Seenfrom a distancethis slight pattern
. International studio. tJiiiriJiiii RUSSELL SAGE MEMORIAL HALL XV Modern Brickixjork. Cour/esy of Fiske &* Co., Inc. MlEAN , D. C. same [)urpose in opposing a strong color to theutter whiteness of the monument. The new Academy of Music in Brooklyn is es-sentially a brick building, the stone and terra cottaforming merelythe trimming tolarge wall surfacesof a light-coloredbrick. Many of thebricks are stampedwith a device—alyre, as those ofthe Lotus Club arestami)ed with alotus and those inthe M a d i s o nSfjuare C h u re hwith a cross. Seenfrom a distancethis slight patternforms a ;close at hand, in-teresting spots. The police sta-tion house andstable standing intheMosholu Park-way, at Bronx XVI Park, are built ofa bright red brickin tw^o shades inpanel w-ork anddiaper patterns,very slightly raisedfrom the wall sur-face. There aresome terra-cottapanels, and bluetiles form bandsunder the eaves,but the buildingsdepend for theircharacter entirelyupon the use ofthe brickwork andthe bright blue tileroofs that sparklein the sunlightover the r
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