. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. MacDonough Building, San Francisco. Showing Floor TestsMacDonald & Applegarth, Architects. The Architect and Engineer branch post exchange, new post headquarters, gymnasium and chapel,battalion guardhouse, chaplains quarters and foi |uarters, all by Cram. Goodhue & Ferguson. If one-half the concrete buildings which arc being constructed at thepresent time were listed in this article, this magazine \\ < m 1< 1 be filled withthem; in fact, almost every great enterprise constructing a number of goodsubstantia] buildings takes a
. The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast. MacDonough Building, San Francisco. Showing Floor TestsMacDonald & Applegarth, Architects. The Architect and Engineer branch post exchange, new post headquarters, gymnasium and chapel,battalion guardhouse, chaplains quarters and foi |uarters, all by Cram. Goodhue & Ferguson. If one-half the concrete buildings which arc being constructed at thepresent time were listed in this article, this magazine \\ < m 1< 1 be filled withthem; in fact, almost every great enterprise constructing a number of goodsubstantia] buildings takes advantage of the great saving presented by con-crete. Some of the steel buildings recently constructed in New Ybrlhave shown a thick formation of rust on the beams where the moisturehas been allowed to creep in. A bright, unpainted reinforcing bar can heembedded in concrete and will remain bright ami rustless for an indefiniteperiod. Objection to concrete: How can you take a concrete building down?This will remain problematical until it is tried, and should be little muretrouble than tearing down a steel building- whose floors and curtain wallsa
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