Architect and engineer . ANS MEMORIALBUILDING. SAN LEANDROHenry H, Meyers. Architect as club buildings orcommunity structures arelocated in Berkeley,Everyville. Albany,San Leandro, Hay-ward, Niles, Pleas-anton and Liver-more. They range incost, according tothe demands andneeds of the com-munity, from $ to $250,000. A further provi-sion of this law re-quires the site to befurnished by thecommunity in whichthe building is to beerected. In somecases, land ^^fas fur-nished by the city or ^ 11 ? town itself. In others, the veterans or- acter for its building. g
Architect and engineer . ANS MEMORIALBUILDING. SAN LEANDROHenry H, Meyers. Architect as club buildings orcommunity structures arelocated in Berkeley,Everyville. Albany,San Leandro, Hay-ward, Niles, Pleas-anton and Liver-more. They range incost, according tothe demands andneeds of the com-munity, from $ to $250,000. A further provi-sion of this law re-quires the site to befurnished by thecommunity in whichthe building is to beerected. In somecases, land ^^fas fur-nished by the city or ^ 11 ? town itself. In others, the veterans or- acter for its building. ganization supplied this requirement. Some The Memorial at Niles is on the site ofof the sites provided are ideal, others leave an old pear orchard in the heart of an earlymuch to be desired. Certain of the com- Spanish land grant, the Rancho de la Ala-munities, not realizing the importance of the meda . Streets were cut through and open-building in the civic life of the district until ed after the building was VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Henry H. Meyers, Architect George R. Klinkhardt and Mildred S. Meyers, Associate Architects too late, skimped on the size, selection andlocation of the property in order to holddown costs. In the case of the Oakland building, anideal setting was provided at the head ofLake Merritt. The building was placed ina public park of many years growth andcare was taken not to destroy any of thetrees and shrubbery. A similar setting was offered in Albany,where the community was fortunate in hav-ing a park ample in size and perfect in char- No serious foundation difficulties wereencountered in any of the ten sites select-ed. However, at Oakland, a slough extend-ing from Lake Merritt made it necessary touse piling. At Emeryville and Albany thesurface strata is of adobe. Good founda-tions were secured at 5 to 8 foot depths. The buildings are planned to take careof the various activities of the veterans or-ganizations. In each th
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