Quote by George Edmund Street

I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches.

I think our failure in the production of good town churches

Summary

This quote suggests that the speaker has noticed a recurring lack of success in creating unique and appealing churches in towns, in contrast to their relatively more successful endeavors in designing churches for rural areas. The quote implies that there is a discrepancy in the quality and distinctiveness of town churches compared to country churches, and the speaker expresses their own personal frustration with this disparity.

By George Edmund Street

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