. Book of the Royal blue . eet to topof flagstaff, with thirty-one stories. It is the highest office building in the world, butwill be superseded by a new building which it is reported will be .) feet high, exceed-ing in height all structures made with human liands. The Manhattan Life Insurance Building on , near Exchange Place, was thefirst to adopt the caisson for high building foundation work. It has eighteen stories andis feet liigh. The American Surety Building at Broadway and Pine Street hastwenty-one stories and is 308 feet high. There are many notable buildings in the
. Book of the Royal blue . eet to topof flagstaff, with thirty-one stories. It is the highest office building in the world, butwill be superseded by a new building which it is reported will be .) feet high, exceed-ing in height all structures made with human liands. The Manhattan Life Insurance Building on , near Exchange Place, was thefirst to adopt the caisson for high building foundation work. It has eighteen stories andis feet liigh. The American Surety Building at Broadway and Pine Street hastwenty-one stories and is 308 feet high. There are many notable buildings in the sky-scraper class, among which are the Broad Exchange, Empire, St. Paul, Bowling Green,Washington Life, Commercial Cable, Standard Oil, New York Life, American Tract,World Building, Oillender, Bank of Commerce and Postal Telegraph. Some of thesebuildings are remirkable for their magnificence. Many others of lesser height are said toequal or probably excel in su|)erb architecture. NEW YORK CITY AND ITS INTERESTING THE SHIIliNG insTKlCT OF NICW YOKK. KAST SIliK. XEW YiiUK CITY AND ITS INTERESTIXtl FEATrRKS. New Yorks stiuares are historicaland beyond ordinary interest. Madison,Washington and I nion scjuares were oncebm-ial grounds or jiotters fields, and aspopulation increased they were transformedinto ])iil)lic parks. Inion Slace for outdoorpolitical gatherings and meetings. Madison Square is practically the heartof New York. It is bounded on the southby Twenty-third Street, which is the i)rin-cipal cross-town thorouglifare and the mainentrance to the city by the big trunk lines
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