The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XCI. APRIL 13, 1907. No. 1633. Editorial Summary :
Pages 137-138
The Frowsiness of New York Architecture—The Engineering Societies’ Building a Gratifying Exception to the Rule—The Shabby Treatment of Courtyard Fronts—Unsatisfactory Character of the Figure Sculpture for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine—The Pennsylvania Capitol Scandal—The Notorious “Castle Gould” Case Settled in Favor of the Architect—How the Government Encourages Forest Destruction.
The Engineering Societies’ Building, New York.............................. 139 A Final Report on the San Francisco Disaster.—-1..................................... 140 Notes and Clippings............................................................................................................................... 144 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates:
Exterior and Interior Views of the Engineering Societies’ Building, West 39th Street, New York, N. Y.: Four Plates—Competitive Design for Hotel, Washington, D. C.: Two Plates—House and Stable for W. S. Patten, Esq., South Natick, Mass.: Two Plates.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
Main Entrance: Engineering Societies’ Building, New York, N. Y. —House of the Chancellor of AH Saints’ Cathedral, Albany, N. Y.
12 West 40TH Street NEW YORK
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879,
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XCI. APRIL 13, 1907. No. 1633. Editorial Summary :
Pages 137-138
The Frowsiness of New York Architecture—The Engineering Societies’ Building a Gratifying Exception to the Rule—The Shabby Treatment of Courtyard Fronts—Unsatisfactory Character of the Figure Sculpture for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine—The Pennsylvania Capitol Scandal—The Notorious “Castle Gould” Case Settled in Favor of the Architect—How the Government Encourages Forest Destruction.
The Engineering Societies’ Building, New York.............................. 139 A Final Report on the San Francisco Disaster.—-1..................................... 140 Notes and Clippings............................................................................................................................... 144 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates:
Exterior and Interior Views of the Engineering Societies’ Building, West 39th Street, New York, N. Y.: Four Plates—Competitive Design for Hotel, Washington, D. C.: Two Plates—House and Stable for W. S. Patten, Esq., South Natick, Mass.: Two Plates.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
Main Entrance: Engineering Societies’ Building, New York, N. Y. —House of the Chancellor of AH Saints’ Cathedral, Albany, N. Y.
12 West 40TH Street NEW YORK
Entered as second class matter November 18, 1904, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879,