The American Architect
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1919 Number 2289
Contents
The Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York .... 569 Requirements of the Building for Federal Reserve Bank as Set
Forth in the Program............................................................................................................................574 Does Plate Glass Fade?...................................................................................................................................580 Subtleties of the Cenotaph..............................................................................................................580 Editorial Comment . . . ... . . . . . 581 Current News........................................................................................................................................................583 Financial Digest.................................................................................................................................................587
Illustrations
Walls and Gateway of the Convent, Tarragona. (Frontispiece)
Competition for the Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York. (6 plates.)
Department of Architectural Engineering
The Behavior of Concrete Columns Under Fire Test . . . 589 Natural Safety Congress..............................................................................................................................595
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WILLARD C. HOWE
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Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL
ARTHUR T. NORTH
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Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice- President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Founded 1876
Volume CXVI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1919 Number 2289
Contents
The Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York .... 569 Requirements of the Building for Federal Reserve Bank as Set
Forth in the Program............................................................................................................................574 Does Plate Glass Fade?...................................................................................................................................580 Subtleties of the Cenotaph..............................................................................................................580 Editorial Comment . . . ... . . . . . 581 Current News........................................................................................................................................................583 Financial Digest.................................................................................................................................................587
Illustrations
Walls and Gateway of the Convent, Tarragona. (Frontispiece)
Competition for the Federal Reserve Bank Building in New York. (6 plates.)
Department of Architectural Engineering
The Behavior of Concrete Columns Under Fire Test . . . 589 Natural Safety Congress..............................................................................................................................595
Published Every Wednesday by
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC.
No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS
WILLARD C. HOWE
President and Treasurer
Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL
ARTHUR T. NORTH
Engineering Editor
Western Editor
CHICAGO, Mailers Building, Page A. Robinson, Western Manager
CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. ST. LOUIS, Arcade Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St. Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries,
Twelve Dollars. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
Owned by United Publishers Corporation—H. M. Swetland, President; Charles G. Phillips, Vice- President; W. H. Taylor, Treasurer; A. C. Pearson, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter January, 1909, at the Post Office at New York, New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879.