If there is anything to denote the stretch of suburbia called Merion as an important adjunct of Philadelphia, it is a 12-acre park, full of rare trees, graveled drives and smooth lawns, surrounding an edifice of buff French limestone where hangs the most notable U. S. collection of modern art.
Last week, the elders of Merion having decided to allow a row of cheap houses to be built near this park, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, president of the foundation that owns park, art and building, threatened to move the pictures to the...
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