. Review of reviews and world's work. AU of the illustrations with this article from drawings by Jules Guerin. THE TOP OF THE ANCHORAGE, SHOWING COLONNADE TREATMENT. 192 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REJ/IEIV OF THE ANCHORAGE ELEVATION. lie Improvements authorized the preparation ofplans for a bridge to cost |5,732,000. Plansfor a wire-cable bridge were prepared and ap-proved, and work on the piers was begun underthe Van Wyck administration. Then the im-pression became general that tlie capacity of theprojected structure would be inadequate, andas money had not been appropriated for morethan
. Review of reviews and world's work. AU of the illustrations with this article from drawings by Jules Guerin. THE TOP OF THE ANCHORAGE, SHOWING COLONNADE TREATMENT. 192 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REJ/IEIV OF THE ANCHORAGE ELEVATION. lie Improvements authorized the preparation ofplans for a bridge to cost |5,732,000. Plansfor a wire-cable bridge were prepared and ap-proved, and work on the piers was begun underthe Van Wyck administration. Then the im-pression became general that tlie capacity of theprojected structure would be inadequate, andas money had not been appropriated for morethan the piers, the bridge commissioner underthe Low administration discarded the originalplans and prepared a design for a structure oflarger capacity, substituting eyebar chains forthe wire cables, making many other changes,and adding a pleasing architectural embellish-ment. This design was approved by the Mu-nicipal Art Commission, and if carried out,would have given New York a bridge that wouldcompare favorably with the most artistic bridgesof the old world, and one that would form a re-markable contrast with the existing East Riverbridges. But the Board of Aldermen withheldthe necessary appropriation, and
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