From wealthy patriarchs of Dutch and English families, to the Tammany Hall crowd, who showed their disdain for all things European by adopting Native American names, the book provides a splendid window into early American life, which was as raucously divided then as it is now by class and taste.The project, which took eight years and was finished in 1825, was always bogged down by politics.
Meanwhile, as part of a project to refurbish the Basilica of Saint-Denis, its splendid stained glass windows, which looked over the tombs of France's greatest monarchs, were removed from the church, replaced by artificially colored panes, and sent off to be repaired by skilled French artisans.
Dunlap's mission was to give readers "a window into a splendid architectural, artistic, cultural, spiritual, and social legacy, an image of its physical form and a record of the lives that have shaped it".
If you are heading toward the beach, San Juan offers a bigger selection, including different kinds of omelets, and grand picture windows that frame splendid views of the lake.
Mr. Miller called the bar "an inviting place in a rough-and-tumble sort of way, with a well-worn tile floor, lead-paned windows and a splendid carved mahogany bar".
It's a beautiful city, with a profusion of flowers, from window-boxes to splendid gardens and parks.
From splendid mansions that mix Gothic windows and Victorian towers to places that look like the decaying remains of a megalomaniacal mad scientist, Kazanjian's creations look like they come from an alternate universe where safety and function have given way to imagination and fantasy.
One of the attractions of the Romanesque Revival house was the splendid assortment of 16 stained-glass windows.
There, he retreated like a monk into a palatial cell, its wide windows serving up a splendid vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
It makes for a splendid period piece, the store's owner having lined the window and pavement outside the store with all manner of items and implements.
The first thing that distinguishes "Rooms With a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century," a compact, quietly splendid exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is simply this: Its galleries have been painted a wonderful shade of oyster-grayish white.
