American Architecture, and Other Writings: Edited by William H. Jordy and Ralph Coe, Volume 2Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961 - 664 pages |
Contents
Contents | 321 |
The Brooklyn Bridge as a Monument | 331 |
Monumental Engineering | 345 |
Copyright | |
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