THE GRAND’ PLACE in Brussels has a unity and completeness which makes it unique. The City Hall occupies about two-thirds of one of the long sides, and on the other is the King’s House in similar style. It is the home of the city museum. Filling the two sides are groups of old houses. On the short sides of the place are houses, all having the most delicious names, such as The Fox Cub, The King of Spain, Mount Tabor, Fortune, Joseph, Anne, The Tin Pot. The architects of all these facades gave free reign to designers’ happy exuberance. A wealth of raised decoration on most of the buildings is picked out in gold; the picture can be imagined when the whole is floodlit. The picture above is from “Brussels,” by K. M. Willcox in the Cities of the World series published by Phoenix House.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30971, 29 January 1966, Page 4
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145THE GRAND’ PLACE in Brussels has a unity and completeness which makes it unique. The City Hall occupies about two-thirds of one of the long sides, and on the other is the King’s House in similar style. It is the home of the city museum. Filling the two sides are groups of old houses. On the short sides of the place are houses, all having the most delicious names, such as The Fox Cub, The King of Spain, Mount Tabor, Fortune, Joseph, Anne, The Tin Pot. The architects of all these facades gave free reign to designers’ happy exuberance. A wealth of raised decoration on most of the buildings is picked out in gold; the picture can be imagined when the whole is floodlit. The picture above is from “Brussels,” by K. M. Willcox in the Cities of the World series published by Phoenix House. Press, Volume CV, Issue 30971, 29 January 1966, Page 4
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