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... architectural and other improvements , but by pointing out objectionable defects as well as gratifying effects . Experience , gained the same way , has also taught me that the majority of people , in reading descriptions of their cities ...
... architectural and other improvements , but by pointing out objectionable defects as well as gratifying effects . Experience , gained the same way , has also taught me that the majority of people , in reading descriptions of their cities ...
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... architectural features worthy of more than passing notice . To discover these I concluded to make it my mission , and immediately prepared to start on a voyage of discovery - to penetrate and explore that vast tract of avenues , streets ...
... architectural features worthy of more than passing notice . To discover these I concluded to make it my mission , and immediately prepared to start on a voyage of discovery - to penetrate and explore that vast tract of avenues , streets ...
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... architectural display ; but no street in this entire combi- nation of States can overshadow Church street in general make - up or variety ; and as variety is conceded to be the spice of life , Church street is full of life - all kinds ...
... architectural display ; but no street in this entire combi- nation of States can overshadow Church street in general make - up or variety ; and as variety is conceded to be the spice of life , Church street is full of life - all kinds ...
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... architectural effects , as far as variety is concerned , the street by no means has to take a back position ; for not only are the five great orders invoked and used without any regard to order , but a great many new types and styles ...
... architectural effects , as far as variety is concerned , the street by no means has to take a back position ; for not only are the five great orders invoked and used without any regard to order , but a great many new types and styles ...
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... account of their being unlike any other , to the architectural attractions of a city . I found that the reason they made an excep- tion to the rule here was because the building had 38 NORFOLK ; THE MARINE METROPOLIS .
... account of their being unlike any other , to the architectural attractions of a city . I found that the reason they made an excep- tion to the rule here was because the building had 38 NORFOLK ; THE MARINE METROPOLIS .
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Norfolk, the Marine Metropolis of Virginia - And the Sound and River Cities ... George I Nowitzky No preview available - 2010 |
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advertisement Agent Albemarle appearance architectural Atlantic attractive avenue Baltimore Bank street beautiful Bern Bros building Canal cemeteries centre Chesapeake Church street citizens of Norfolk Commerce street Company corner cotton court-house crossing CURRITUCK COUNTY Dealers Doric order Edenton Editor and Proprietor Elizabeth City erected Fearing street Free Mason Free Mason street freight front GATESVILLE give Granby street granite grounds handsome harbor Hotel interest iron Kinston Lambert's Point land leading business houses look magnificent Main street mansard Manufacturers marble Marine Market Square Middle street monuments Navigation neat Neuse Norfolk Southern Norfolk Southern Railroad North Carolina Nowitzky's ornamented Pamlico park Pasquotank passengers Perquimans county Portsmouth pretty railroad RALEIGH road Roanoke river solid sound and river South stands steam-boats steamer stone stranger stream structure substantial surroundings tion tower town trees Trent River Virginia walk walls Washington Water street weekly well-designed wharf wharves Wholesale and Retail
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