For example, under ‘Contrasted Residences for the Poor’, a gracious medieval almshouse is contrasted with a contemporary prison. The book was a best seller, with many architects taking up the cause.

A few months later, the house museum reached nonprofit status ... people with a new appreciation for Madison Square and gothic revival architecture. “Though it seems sort of old to us, this ...

is declared a Historic-Artistic Ensemble and is considered one of the most important and best-preserved medieval ...