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• [1] Jim from Brooklyn (from Chicago) November 12, 2008 - 12:49PM

  Please tell Leonard that it is Daniel Burham and not David Burnham.

  
  
• [2] LDouglas from CT November 12, 2008 - 12:58PM

  Please identify the buildings in the slideshow.

  
  
• [3] hastings from Soho November 12, 2008 - 01:10PM

  There's an interesting exception to the style choice White made for churches located on the south side of Washington Square - Judson Memorial Church, built in 1890, is a memorial to one of the first American missionaries, Adoniram Judson (who was Baptist). But his son, Edward, wanted to build a church that formed a bridge between the tenements of the south Village and the barons of Fifth Avenue. McKim, Mead & White designed an eclectic Lombardo-Romanesque style building which would be familiar to the burgeoning Italian immigrant population while using the finest terra cotta, limestone, marble, and stained glass work that would appeal to the aesthetics of the affluent. While the rich to the north of the park never really darkened the door, the Italian community soon came to take advantage of free services - one of the first and largest free health care facilities, English language classes, along with other practical courses for surviving in New York. Judson became what was known as the "Institutional Church," offering social services for an impoverished community, and Stanford White's design gave immigrants the welcome feel of the old country in a spacious, soaring and beautiful edifice.

  
  
• [4] Tanya Goetz from Syosset, Long Island November 13, 2008 - 01:14PM

  Yes, as per the earlier comment, please identify the buildings in the slide show. Thanks.