November, 1918 
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A TOUCH o) ITALY in NEW YORK 
Given the setting, the architect and the means, one can recreate 
in our American environment even the most subtle spirit of 
Italian architecture. The foundation of the study here is a strip 
of lawn and red bricked terrace. An arched loggia opens on 
this, and above it the end of the house wing covered in pink 
plaster stucco with stone trim and wrought iron balcony, and 
roofed in red Spanish tile. The fountain, the Italian marble 
benches, the bow window and the shadows cast by the broad 
eaves over the faqade have caught and held the Italian feeling suc¬ 
cessfully. A view looking out from the loggia, on page 10 , shows 
the setting of this glimpse which is on the estate of J. C. Baldwin, 
Jr., Esq., at Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Benjamin Wistar Morris, architect 
