Talk:Princes Road Synagogue

, as his one and only contribution to the Wikipedia, uploaded Image:100 1731.JPG, which is a nice image of the front doors to the synagogue. Unfortunately he didn't add any copyright info, so I assume that the image will eventually be deleted. Blank Verse  &empty;  17:09, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Dreadful!
This is one of the worst sentences I have ever found on Wikipedia!


 * Meek describes the building, which the congregation itself describes as impressively combining Gothic Revival and Moorish Revival architecture, as "eclectic." but he continues, "Does no eclectic design survive that is neither bizarre nor eccentric, but gathers its elements from disparate sources and blends them into a harmonious unity? Yes, of course, there are many; but let one stand for them all. He who has not seen the interior of Princes Road synagogue in Liverpool has not beheld the glory of Israel." [2]


 * "Meek describes the building, which the congregation itself describes......."     .....aaaargh!
 * .......so which description do we get first? .......  "as impressively combining Gothic Revival and Moorish Revival architecture, as "eclectic.""     First the congregation's description, then Meeks.
 * followed by a fullstop.  The sentence is finished. But......
 * ......"but he continues" Meek that is, and "but" with a lower case "b".
 * but he continues into a really ghastly quote that would be better summarised, and clipped down to the last, meaningful sentence!

How could such a dreadful bit of expression have remained in the article for about four years?

OK
 * The congregation's description cannot be bookended by Meek and his description. They are two separate descriptions.
 * They are not different. What does "eclectic" mean?  It means "combining several styles".  Soooo, the congregation's description is compatible with Meek's description.
 * However, the unsourced description that is credited to "the congregation" (whoever they may be) is wrong. The building doesn't combine "Gothic Revival" and "Moorish Revival".  The European style that is in evidence here is very much Romanesque, not Gothic.  Don't be fooled by the fact that some of the arches are pointed.  This is only one indicator of Gothic.  The Romanesque Monreale Cathedral in Sicily, and the nave of Autun Cathedral  in France have pointed arches.  The pointed arches are "Moorish" is style.

Amandajm (talk) 14:12, 16 April 2013 (UTC)