. The street railway review . r artificial hollows ina hillside. In Fig. 3 every foot of space where good hearing ispossible is utilized. Every seat commands a complete view of thestage. By adding 7 rows at the rear, making the depth 123 ft., theseating capacity would be 2,800 (3,400 on the American seatingplans). Several of our American casinos have a larger number ofseats. But the result is not obtained in a very satisfactory \t Syracuse (see Fig. 5) the seats extend for 165 ft. from thecurtain, the floor is level and the seat lines are .straight. The widthis 120 ft. The stage has a 52-
. The street railway review . r artificial hollows ina hillside. In Fig. 3 every foot of space where good hearing ispossible is utilized. Every seat commands a complete view of thestage. By adding 7 rows at the rear, making the depth 123 ft., theseating capacity would be 2,800 (3,400 on the American seatingplans). Several of our American casinos have a larger number ofseats. But the result is not obtained in a very satisfactory \t Syracuse (see Fig. 5) the seats extend for 165 ft. from thecurtain, the floor is level and the seat lines are .straight. The widthis 120 ft. The stage has a 52-ft. opening, but is only 19 ft. \t Holyoke, Fig. 6, the disposition of the seats is better; the rowsare curved, but the great width at the front, about 100 ft., is bad,the side seats having a scanty view of the stage and too great aview into the wings. The distance to the farthest seat is about noft. This auditorium would accommodate more people with the sameseating plan as that used for Figs. 2 and 3. .^ .^.-^r^y-;,^.^. ••I,f>OK 1>I,AN OF MT. IIOI,V0KF CASINO, IIOLVOKK, MASS. i» rcstrved for the aisles. Yet in spite of this large capacity themost distant seat is but 102 feet frf)in the curtain line. Hie widthi» no less than 173 ft. With a stage opening 52 ft. wide every seatin Jh; whole auditorium commands a full view of all that portion American managers by jiidicinus s(|nee/ing .iiUI 20 prr cciit to lliefigures we have given for seating capacily willimil didiuling anyspace for aisles, The real difficnhirs begin when we the nf prulect- 208 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [ XIII. No, 4- iiiK tlic amlimcc from tlic wcallicr, wlicn wc liavc to inclose oiirniiditoriutn. In stlctting a site (or an i>|h-ii air tlicaler the slope,of course, slioiiM \k Io the eastward away from the afterncwn sun. In using an awning or lent there are many advantages. The l-ig. J can Ik- protected hy a tent which has one stoul pole only, at .\ in the ais
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