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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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by architects unknown.But brilliant in triumph of their right To create history—in living stone. Though ruins now. we prove their works compareWith all the Classic Orders, and longevity In Fame shall crown the loving care Which joyous labor freely ga\e posterity. America! Worlds most dominant factor,cynosure of lesser powers, leader in manybranches of science, mechanics and mod-ernism. The foremost nation in claim-ing originality, yet the worlds greatest im-itator when it comes to architecture and itsallied arts. A host of styles have found a warm wel-come in this generous-hearted land, andlegions of eager designers have sprungwith avidity on the old world introduc-tions and polished them up so that theylook like new^. The lordly Greek and Roman classics,with their columned porticos and pedi-mented facades, arrived in the so-callednew world with their erstwhile dignity,and courted a renaissance. Stately Gothic came and marched withecclesiastic grace down the aisles of men. ^ 11 ►
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EL CASTILLO. Chichi-n-llza. Vucatail. This maKnilicent pyramid,like so many Maya structures, is enrapted with esoteric lore. There arc4 staircases, representing the four seasons; 91 treads to each stairwayand a one step platform on top. 4 times 91 equals 364, add the plat-form step and the total is 365. or days in the year. Nine great terracesform the pyranlitl proper. The Maya year was divided into two periodsof nine months each, each month consisting of 20 days and five odddays. There are 52 panels on the four facades. These represent thefifty-two year period into which the Mayas divided their historicalchronicles. .■\t the end of each fifty-two periixi the ceremony of relightinK the fires, (of life) took place at dawn on a pyramid top. no whit discouraged by the craftless hand. The charming English mansion strodewith jovial countenance throughout thehospitable States and remained for yearsa privileged guest. The architecture ofother countries in turn found favor, moreor less, and

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