Word: main
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...main trouble with American architects is that they undertake too much to do it well. The result is that the composition of their plans becomes a mere matter of business without any vestige of art, which should, by rights, play so important a part...
...TABLE of students can be accommodated at 815 Main street...
There are two main divisions connected by a passage way, thus partially enclosing a court-yard. A piazza, which encircles the court, will be supported by oaken columns, decorated with carved capitals, and will be adorned also with triple arches. The house, which is two stories in height, will be essentially a locker house, and will contain 880 lockers...
...main entrance leads into a hall and office and the rest of the main floor is occupied chiefly by lockers, although at the end of each of the main divisions there is a large shower bath and a toilet room. The second floor is merely a gallery surrounded by lockers. Directly over the main entrance are rooms for the occupation of both the 'varsity and the visiting athletic teams. These club-rooms are also furnished with baths for the especial use of the members of the 'varsity and visiting teams. The building will be furnished with hot and cold water...
...than a vague idea of what the elevation is to be. This plan, then, being of the first importance, should be studied in a practical way to meet the ends of the problem in hand. The first thing to be considered is the disposition of the rooms on this main floor, and of hardly less importance is the question of circulation, or the arrangement of halls and corridors so that they may connect the various rooms in the simplest and most convenient manner...