. Popular science monthly. - : - -- ;:- C L - Ground Plan foe the Massachusetts Institute of m HM ao a o wO l-H Q 3 ffl o <i oo Q H a -K THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 617 used in the Harvard Medical School,has been applied as being most con-sistent with the needs of the light and air are the essentialsand this construction permits the re-cesses to be almost entirely of the corners are pavilions, which sat-isfy the eye as to stability. In thebuildings nearest the river, which herepresent long facades, the pilasters willbe. two stories in height with the thirdstory r
. Popular science monthly. - : - -- ;:- C L - Ground Plan foe the Massachusetts Institute of m HM ao a o wO l-H Q 3 ffl o <i oo Q H a -K THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 617 used in the Harvard Medical School,has been applied as being most con-sistent with the needs of the light and air are the essentialsand this construction permits the re-cesses to be almost entirely of the corners are pavilions, which sat-isfy the eye as to stability. In thebuildings nearest the river, which herepresent long facades, the pilasters willbe. two stories in height with the thirdstory really constituting the frieze. Inthe structures farther back there is aattic above the establature. This suc-cession of buildings increasing in will be the standard saw-tooth unit system is used in the interior,so that partitions can be readily re-arranged. The departmtments can beextended as more space is needed andin the rear less expensive constructioncan be used. The frontage along the CharlesRiver Esplanade is fifteen hundredfeet, while the length along Massachu-setts Avenue is abo
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