Pacific service magazine . Lunch room for employees on the sixteenth floor. Committee conference room on the fifteenth floor. difficult, as an effective tower requires avery large mass. Then, too, it was feltthat as the neighboring building was al-ready treated in this manner such a towerwould have a tendency either to detractfrom the effectiveness of its neighbor oritself would suffer from the close proxim-ity of the similar motive. For these reas-ons it was decided to construct a recessedroof story in which all pent houses mightbe successfully concealed. As the sixteenthstory is set back for
Pacific service magazine . Lunch room for employees on the sixteenth floor. Committee conference room on the fifteenth floor. difficult, as an effective tower requires avery large mass. Then, too, it was feltthat as the neighboring building was al-ready treated in this manner such a towerwould have a tendency either to detractfrom the effectiveness of its neighbor oritself would suffer from the close proxim-ity of the similar motive. For these reas-ons it was decided to construct a recessedroof story in which all pent houses mightbe successfully concealed. As the sixteenthstory is set back for architectural reasons,there is a balcony or prom-enade around this story, avery attractive sixteenth floor isused for the employeesrest rooms, restaurant, andlibrary. The interior plan is forthe most part similar tothat of any modern officebuilding. The corridorsare direct, spacious andwell lighted. The officesare all very well lightedand are arranged in theusual manner except thata great many of the de-partme
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