STORE FRONTS IN TERRA COTTA (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Store Fronts in Terra CottaIt is not alone for store fronts that Terra Cotta has had such a remarkable development of recent years. From coast to coast Terra Cotta is now used on most of the newest and finest hotels and residences, oflice buildings and railroad stations, stores, schools, banks, theatres, moving picture houses, etc. In the following pages, however, we want to tell you more particularly about the advantages of Terra Cotta for store fronts, and to show you pictures of what progressive merchants in many lines of business have done to give their stores the bright, clean, distinctive appearance that attracts the best class of trade.Terra Cotta has many unique advantages that make it the ideal permanent building material for store fronts. In the first place it gives wonderful opportunities for the use of color and ornament. Terra Cotta designs have a wide range, from the most elaborate and artistic treatments in rich colors to simple and dignified designs that are both beautiful and inexpensive.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,