The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XC.NOVEMBER 17, 1906.No. 1612. Editorial Summary:
Pages 153-154
A Reinforced-concrete Accident at Los Angeles, Cal.—Proposed Widening of Fifth Avenue, New York—New Membership in the National Academy of Design—The Peace Palace Award Enjoined—British Architects Warned Against Emigrating to this Country—Partition Openings as Refuges During Earthquakes—A Naval Architect Sues for His Commission—Death of Samuel J. Kitson, Sculptor.
Building in Earthquake Countries.—II............................................. 155 The Valparaiso Earthquake................................... 156 Proposed Excavation of Herculaneum................................................. 157 Overcrowding in New York..................................................................... 158 Ely Cathedral................................................................................................ 158 Notes and Clippings................................................................................................ 160 Societies, • Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates :
The Arts Club Studios, E. 19th St., New York: Five Plates—Two Houses at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—House of H. L. Platt, Esq., Brooklyn, N. Y.-—The Sullivan Memorial Fountain, Van Cortlandt Park, New York, N. Y.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
The Montalbaans Tower, Amsterdam, Holland—The Weigh-house, Alkmaar, Holland — Amsterdam Gateway, Haarlem, Holland — The Town-hall, Leyden, Holland.
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 f 1879
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XC.NOVEMBER 17, 1906.No. 1612. Editorial Summary:
Pages 153-154
A Reinforced-concrete Accident at Los Angeles, Cal.—Proposed Widening of Fifth Avenue, New York—New Membership in the National Academy of Design—The Peace Palace Award Enjoined—British Architects Warned Against Emigrating to this Country—Partition Openings as Refuges During Earthquakes—A Naval Architect Sues for His Commission—Death of Samuel J. Kitson, Sculptor.
Building in Earthquake Countries.—II............................................. 155 The Valparaiso Earthquake................................... 156 Proposed Excavation of Herculaneum................................................. 157 Overcrowding in New York..................................................................... 158 Ely Cathedral................................................................................................ 158 Notes and Clippings................................................................................................ 160 Societies, • Personal Mention, Building News, Etc. Plates :
The Arts Club Studios, E. 19th St., New York: Five Plates—Two Houses at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—House of H. L. Platt, Esq., Brooklyn, N. Y.-—The Sullivan Memorial Fountain, Van Cortlandt Park, New York, N. Y.
Additional Plates (International Edition) :
The Montalbaans Tower, Amsterdam, Holland—The Weigh-house, Alkmaar, Holland — Amsterdam Gateway, Haarlem, Holland — The Town-hall, Leyden, Holland.
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 f 1879