The American Architect The ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1924NUMBER 2448
EFFECT of the NEW YORK ZONING RESOLUTION on COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
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IE\wLsG the skyline of New York, as it b is f te eloping under the wise restrictions of jjj a Ag‘l framed zoning act, it becomes noticeable that pfjhi :re is an increasing appreciation, on hejpart clients, of rood architecture as a commercial asset. While the! same limitations are become so elastic that it has become possible to introduce features of design that owners at one time believed were unnecessary additions to the cubage cost and therefore lowered the income bearing possibilities of a building. Good architecture is inculcating a certain pride of occupancy and a higher class of tenantry, that results in a completely occupied building and a consequent satisfactory investment.
Once in a long while a building is constructed on which a considerable sum of money is spent to secure beauty and dignity. Good examples are the Wool worth Building, the Metropolitan Buildings in New York, and apparently the Chicago Tribune Tower, and in this unusual group there may also be included many civic, state and federaI
buildings. But after all, however much a new large hotel or office building is advertised as being built regardless of cost, it is generally the cost or rather economies of cost that mostly
affect the design.
A step lower than these most costly buildings, comes the creditable type of commercial office building, hotel or apartment house, and these buildings are the ones that are apt to be of such large dimensions and covering so much ground space that they are the ones more directly affected by zoning regulations.
Although such commercial buildings on large lots are the ones most affected by zoning laws, we are beginning to learn that it is to these buildings that the zoning restrictions will be of benefit as relating to design.
It may be trite to state that zoning consists in principle, in constructing on the building line to a certain prescribed height, 1 and from that point working inside of a certain angle or envelope, starting from the center of the street, and varying slightly according to location.
CH1CKERINC HALL, WEST 5 7TH STREET, NEW YORK
CROSS & CROSS, ARCHITECTS
(Copyright, 1924, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1924NUMBER 2448
EFFECT of the NEW YORK ZONING RESOLUTION on COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
V
IE\wLsG the skyline of New York, as it b is f te eloping under the wise restrictions of jjj a Ag‘l framed zoning act, it becomes noticeable that pfjhi :re is an increasing appreciation, on hejpart clients, of rood architecture as a commercial asset. While the! same limitations are become so elastic that it has become possible to introduce features of design that owners at one time believed were unnecessary additions to the cubage cost and therefore lowered the income bearing possibilities of a building. Good architecture is inculcating a certain pride of occupancy and a higher class of tenantry, that results in a completely occupied building and a consequent satisfactory investment.
Once in a long while a building is constructed on which a considerable sum of money is spent to secure beauty and dignity. Good examples are the Wool worth Building, the Metropolitan Buildings in New York, and apparently the Chicago Tribune Tower, and in this unusual group there may also be included many civic, state and federaI
buildings. But after all, however much a new large hotel or office building is advertised as being built regardless of cost, it is generally the cost or rather economies of cost that mostly
affect the design.
A step lower than these most costly buildings, comes the creditable type of commercial office building, hotel or apartment house, and these buildings are the ones that are apt to be of such large dimensions and covering so much ground space that they are the ones more directly affected by zoning regulations.
Although such commercial buildings on large lots are the ones most affected by zoning laws, we are beginning to learn that it is to these buildings that the zoning restrictions will be of benefit as relating to design.
It may be trite to state that zoning consists in principle, in constructing on the building line to a certain prescribed height, 1 and from that point working inside of a certain angle or envelope, starting from the center of the street, and varying slightly according to location.
CH1CKERINC HALL, WEST 5 7TH STREET, NEW YORK
CROSS & CROSS, ARCHITECTS
(Copyright, 1924, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)