The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster . and may involve the reconstruction of a largeportion of the concrete floors. Many of the latter will requireremoval in order to obtain access to the connections, etc. Tliis building is another illustration of o-reat damage causedhy insuflScient column protection. Had a few thousand dollarsbeen spent in providing suitable column protection, a hundredthousand dollars in repairs would prob
The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster . and may involve the reconstruction of a largeportion of the concrete floors. Many of the latter will requireremoval in order to obtain access to the connections, etc. Tliis building is another illustration of o-reat damage causedhy insuflScient column protection. Had a few thousand dollarsbeen spent in providing suitable column protection, a hundredthousand dollars in repairs would probably have been saved. City McAllister, Larkin and Leavcnworlh Streets and City Hall .Architect. City and County of San Francisco, Owner, Details of Construction: The City Hall is a monumental building covering a largetriangular block. It was three stories in height, with one maintower and tliree secondary towers. The walls are massive andare bearing walls. The floors are sujjported by steel girdersand beams. The partitions ;ire generallv 21 or 17 walls,whicli also support the floors. The facades consist of highlyornamented brick walls with a gray cementine finish resembling 222. CITY HALL. iL-Allister, Larkiii and I>eaven\vo7-th Streets. This ini]>osiiif;- stiiulure covered a large triangularblock and was })uilt hv the city at an ex]iense of .$7,(t, leavingnothing but the shell remaining. 223
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