Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE TO VERBA BUENA ISLAND TUNNEL AND CONCRETEABUTMENTS AT WEST PORTAL ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT OF THEBAY BRIDGE M OT only that it will bethe largest bridge in the world, but it mustbe the most beautiful. This declaration of policy in the designof the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,first enunciated by Governor James , and reiterated by State Director ofPublic Works Earl Lee Kelly at a Cali- by FREDERICK W. JONES fornia Toll Bridge Authority meeting, atwhich a Board of Consulting Architectswas created, has borne fruit. After that conference, at which Chief
Architect and engineer . ENTRANCE TO VERBA BUENA ISLAND TUNNEL AND CONCRETEABUTMENTS AT WEST PORTAL ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT OF THEBAY BRIDGE M OT only that it will bethe largest bridge in the world, but it mustbe the most beautiful. This declaration of policy in the designof the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,first enunciated by Governor James , and reiterated by State Director ofPublic Works Earl Lee Kelly at a Cali- by FREDERICK W. JONES fornia Toll Bridge Authority meeting, atwhich a Board of Consulting Architectswas created, has borne fruit. After that conference, at which ChiefEngineer C. H. Purcell was present. Di-rector of Public Works Kelly, on author-ity from the Governor, appointed a Boardof Consulting Architects for the bridge,consisting of Timothy L. Pflueger. ArthurBrown, Jr., and John J. Donovan. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 48 ? MARCH, NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR. PIER El ON ARMY POINT. EAST SIDE OF VERBA BUENAISLAND. EXCAVATION FOR THIS PIER IS COMPLETE ; ARCHITECT AND ENGINEKH -^ 49 ? MARCH. NINETEEN THIRTY-FOUR All three architects are well and favor-ably known to the profession. Mr. Pflue-ger is an exponent of the modern, with hisFour-Fifty Sutter Street. San FranciscoStock Exchange, and Telephone Buildingas outstanding examples. Mr. Brown is an exponent of the clas-sic, with the everlasting beauty of SanFrancisco City Hall and Coit Memorial tween the legs of each tower of the sus-pension bridge. This, according to thearchitects, would increase the appearanceof height and majesty of these structuralsteel edifices which rise to the height of a45-story building above the bay Concrete MassesThe next architectural problem was thatof the concrete masses-—the San Francisco
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