Authentic guide to Chicago and the World's Columbian exposition . is The New York Building, built according to the plansof Messrs. McKimm, Mead & White, architects, New building covers an area of 14,538 feet, exclusiveof terrace and porticos, which cover an additional area oi3,676 feet. The length of the building proper is 154 feet,including porticoes, 214 feet; extreme length at foundationline 214 feet, depth of main building 89 feet, greatest width106 feet, extreme depth on foundation line including terraceand steps, 142 feet, height from grade to main cornice, 63feet 2 inches, heig
Authentic guide to Chicago and the World's Columbian exposition . is The New York Building, built according to the plansof Messrs. McKimm, Mead & White, architects, New building covers an area of 14,538 feet, exclusiveof terrace and porticos, which cover an additional area oi3,676 feet. The length of the building proper is 154 feet,including porticoes, 214 feet; extreme length at foundationline 214 feet, depth of main building 89 feet, greatest width106 feet, extreme depth on foundation line including terraceand steps, 142 feet, height from grade to main cornice, 63feet 2 inches, height to clear story cornice roof line, 77 feet5 inches, height of deck floor, between belvederes 81 feet,height of floors of belvederes, above grade, 83 feet, apexof tower roof, 96 feet. The building is in the style of the Italian Kenaissane, avilla in character, rectangular in form, approached on thesouth by a flight of fourteen steps, 46 feet wide, giving accessto a grand terrace, 15 by 80 feet, from which the loggia or 93 176 AUTHENTIC GUIDE TO CHICAGO AND. t-i D. M 1—1a 03 WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 177 open vestibule, 46 feet by 17 feet 6 inches, is reached. Inthe selection of the style of the building, the architects andthe Board of State Managers were guided by several condi-tions of climate and surroundings, and, after careful reflect-ion, believing that in the school of the Italian Renaissancethe best opportunities exist for a successful comparison withthe larger buildings of the Exposition, they decided toadopt the design. There is a roof garden composed of east and west porti-cos, 575 feet each, main roof, 9,840 feet, belvideres, 256 feeteach, and connecting deck between belvideres, 704 feetthe whole forming a triple terrace garden, decorated withorange trees set in enriched Italian terra cotta pots. Theterrace is furnished with awnings, arbors, tables and chairsfor hot weather use and lighted by electricity. The entrance to the building is flanked by the Barba-rin
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