Word: wren
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London, a bronze tablet in honor of Sir Christopher Wren, presented by the Architectural League of New York, was unveiled in St. Paul's Cathedral by the Earl of Crawford...
...rare thing for a Cathedral to be built in Britain. Immortal centuries have fled since the great days of Sir Christopher Wren, but, apparently, the art of Cathedral-building has not been lost. Liverpool Cathedral is the largest ecclesiastical building in Britain, being inferior only to St. Peter's at Rome, and Seville Cathedral in Spain. Moreover, it is said to be the finest example of Gothic architecture in the world, "as impressive as York Minster, as powerful as St. Paul's, as serene as Westminster...
...200th anniversary year of the death of Christopher Wren, architect of St. Paul's Cathedral, Chelsea Hospital, Hampton Palace, London, was celebrated on Oct. 20 (Wren's birthday) at William and Mary College, Virginia. Wren designed the main building of the College-his only work in America. Cass Gilbert, distinguished architect of the Woolworth Building, made the principal address...
...most recent military planes. Among other exhibits was a bomber equipped with a single engine of 1,000 horsepower, the most powerful airplane engine in the world, which can beat in speed and climb any bomber ever built. On the other end of the motor scale was the " Wren"-a tiny machine flying 50 miles an hour with only 3 horsepower. Thirteen " secret" airplanes were seen by the public for the first time. Experts and the public in general seem convinced that England leads as far as technical development of military aircraft is concerned...
...ordinary city-it is the heart of the Empire and should be made worthy of it." If a calamity like the Great Fire overtook us again, we should be in exactly the same position, with no definite scheme of rebuilding to turn to and no Christopher Wren to devise a scheme as he did at the request of Charles...