also said, "Although it does epitomize the coming [to America] of the European functionalist style of the twenties, this event occurred so late as to make it seem more of a synthesis of previous developments than a herald of new departures. Yet,...as a synthesis, then as an American synthesis, PSFS is worthy of study today...it is rather more innovative than its appearance, date, and provincial position suggest...PSFS is not even quite the unadulterated exemplar of the International style that it seems to be. It depends as well on Beaux-Arts theory, which it ostensibly repudiates." See also List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia List of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia National Register of Historic Places listings in Center City, Philadelphia References Notes External links The Loews Philadelphia Hotel Hagley Library Digital Archives of the PSFS Building Philadelphia Architects and Buildings William Lescaze Papers at Syracuse University - architectural designs and plans, construction photos, interior and exterior design and photographs PSFS Building on Empty Canon Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia Philadelphia Market East, Philadelphia Modernist architecture in Pennsylvania National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Office buildings completed in 1932 Pennsylvania state historical marker significations Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Skyscraper hotels in Philadelphia