. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . area. Coupled with a restriction as to corniceheights and permission to build higher only by reces-sion from all sides of the property lines, the access oflight and air to street and neighbors would be the increased high cost of construction, it followsthat rentals must be high if a proper return is to besecured, but it is a fact that the mere height of build-ings does not bring in commensurate returns. Thereare actually instances in lower Manhattan where thelower floors of some skys
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . area. Coupled with a restriction as to corniceheights and permission to build higher only by reces-sion from all sides of the property lines, the access oflight and air to street and neighbors would be the increased high cost of construction, it followsthat rentals must be high if a proper return is to besecured, but it is a fact that the mere height of build-ings does not bring in commensurate returns. Thereare actually instances in lower Manhattan where thelower floors of some skyscrapers are unrentable asoffice space and are rented for storage purposes onaccount of the insufficient light and air they is due to the building itself, which has not onlyrobbed its neighboring properties of their share oflight, but has robbed itself of its own share of reflect-ed light. The same applies to access of air for ventil-ation. Had such buildings been constructed withregard to these features a much less height wouldhave been found to produce equal results. CONSTRUCTION. < ^ Q - CONSTRUCTION
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