The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . of construc- * Copyright, TS97, bv The Werner Company. 236 NEW YORK CI 1 V tion in 1896, faces on Park Row. The building is27 stories in height, the cornices being 336 feetabove the pavement. It has two flanking towers,finished with lanterns, the tops of which reachan altitude of 386 feet. The foundation e.\tends34 feet below the pavement. It stands upon pilescapped with granite bedded in cement. It is 98feet higher than the top of the cross that crownsthe spire of Trinity Church. There are not lessthan fou
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . of construc- * Copyright, TS97, bv The Werner Company. 236 NEW YORK CI 1 V tion in 1896, faces on Park Row. The building is27 stories in height, the cornices being 336 feetabove the pavement. It has two flanking towers,finished with lanterns, the tops of which reachan altitude of 386 feet. The foundation e.\tends34 feet below the pavement. It stands upon pilescapped with granite bedded in cement. It is 98feet higher than the top of the cross that crownsthe spire of Trinity Church. There are not lessthan four other office-buildings in the city whichreach, with their domes or their ridges, a height ofover 300 feet. They are the American SuretyBuilding, at the corner of Broadway and Pine Street,312 feet; the St. Paul Building, at the corner ofBroadway and Ann Street, on the site of the oldI/tra/t/ huilding, 307 feet; the Pulitzer Building, onPark Row, the extreme height of which is 375 feet;and the American Tract Society, on Nassau Street,306 feet in altitude. The immense cost of ground. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BUILDING, NEW YORK. in the denser parts of the city leads to this methodof construction for otfice-buildings. Though muchingenuity has been expended by architects in de-signing these enormous structures, they are moreappalling to the imagination than beautiful. Far more elegant are the buildings of less alti-tude. Among these a conspicuous example ofartistic success is the Produce Exchange, nearBowling Green, and commanding a view of theupper bay. It covers an area of 300 by 150 cornice is 116 feet above the street, and the topof the campanile, or tower, reaches 225 feet. It isbuilt of brick and terra-cotta, in the modern Renais-sance style, and the horizontal parts of the faipadeare distributed in four members, namely, the founda-tion story, two stories of round arched windows,each carrying a deep cornice; surmounting all, asuperstructure finished in a series of conti
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