The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . awonder that so manj other institutions have devel-oped and grown in like ratio. There is no officebuilding in the City which excels this great build-ing. The immigrants passing up Broadway used toassume that Trinity Church was the cathedral, andthe Equitable building the palace. The communityof people who inhabit and daily resort to this build-ing in their financial and social standing, their busi-ness importance, the variety of their occupations,and the extent of their influen
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . awonder that so manj other institutions have devel-oped and grown in like ratio. There is no officebuilding in the City which excels this great build-ing. The immigrants passing up Broadway used toassume that Trinity Church was the cathedral, andthe Equitable building the palace. The communityof people who inhabit and daily resort to this build-ing in their financial and social standing, their busi-ness importance, the variety of their occupations,and the extent of their influence, cannot be ex-ceeded by the tenantry of any other of the greatbuildings. Once in their offices in the morning theyare practically independent of all other places, andhave such facilities at then- command that no matterwhat they may have to do they hardly need goout of the doors until they leave for home. Alad-dins lamp and his ring and all of his genii havebeen captured and impressed into the service of thefavored people of the Equitable building. It hasbanks, safe deposit vaults, telegraph and telephone 180. MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING. New York, Vol. Two, p.
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