Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume40 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 40
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: Progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive era social gospel
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IENTIST, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. JOHN GALEN HOWARD, ARCHITECT. churches is really a nondescript, muchmore nearly resembling the work of theRomans than that of the Greeks. Someexamples of it, skilfully handled, havebeen effective, but few are readily dis-tinguishable as Christian churches andsome are travesties on Greek architec-ture. (See Encyclopedia Americana,Architecture, by Russell Sturgis.) Just where the Renaissance, the Gothic*,or some other appropriate style shouldbe used is, perhaps, often a matter oftaste, but it also should frequently begoverned by environment. The styleof most of our business buildings is ofeither Roman or Greek origin (com-monly grouped together under the termClassic). Such surroundings, andespecially if they include tall office-buildings are apt to overpower the moredelicate beauty of Gothic design; andoften, in such cases, the Classic would bemore appropriate. In New York, ior Digitized by VjOOQLC 196 The Architecture of the Christian Science Church.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BROOKLYN, N. Y. HENRY IVES COBB, ARCHITECT. example, we know how Trinity has beendwarfed by the tall buildings of Broad-way, while the new Madison SquarePresbyterian Church, amidst similar sur-

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