The AMERICAN ARCHITECT
AND BUILDING NEWS
Vol. XCI.MAY 25, 1907.No. 1639.
Summary: 205-206
Non-observance of a Building-law invalidates a Contract — The Passing of the Lenox Library Building, New York — Another Instance of the Temporary Nature of Real-estate Restrictions — The Demand for more Court-rooms due to the “Long Vacation, ” A Selfish Custom — The American Holocaust of the World’s Artistic Patrimony — The Late Sir Benjamin Baker on the Present Condition of St. Paul’s — English Working-hours: a Case of Nuisance — Canadian Architects drawing a Line Against Americans.
Reinforced Concrete: Its Limitations. — I............................................. 207 Westminster Cathedral — III. ..........................................................208 Professor Waldstein and the Excavation of Herculaneum.. 210
Galera, a Lost City of the Campagna.................................................... 211 The Fire Insurance Habit................................................................................................. 212
Illutrations....................................................................................................................... 212 The Maryland Institute Building, Baltimore, Md.: Four Plates — Newel and Ramp, No. 49 West 46th Street, New York, N. Y. — The Engineers’ Club, West 40th Street, New York, N. Y.: Three Plates.
Additional: The Engineers’ Club, West 40th Street, New York, N. Y.: Three Plates — House on Lake Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Notes and Clippings............................................................................................................. 212 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc.
FLATIRON BUILDING 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.MAY 25, 1907.No. 1639.
Summary: 205-206
Non-observance of a Building-law invalidates a Contract — The Passing of the Lenox Library Building, New York — Another Instance of the Temporary Nature of Real-estate Restrictions — The Demand for more Court-rooms due to the “Long Vacation, ” A Selfish Custom — The American Holocaust of the World’s Artistic Patrimony — The Late Sir Benjamin Baker on the Present Condition of St. Paul’s — English Working-hours: a Case of Nuisance — Canadian Architects drawing a Line Against Americans.
Reinforced Concrete: Its Limitations. — I............................................. 207 Westminster Cathedral — III. ..........................................................208 Professor Waldstein and the Excavation of Herculaneum.. 210
Galera, a Lost City of the Campagna.................................................... 211 The Fire Insurance Habit................................................................................................. 212
Illutrations....................................................................................................................... 212 The Maryland Institute Building, Baltimore, Md.: Four Plates — Newel and Ramp, No. 49 West 46th Street, New York, N. Y. — The Engineers’ Club, West 40th Street, New York, N. Y.: Three Plates.
Additional: The Engineers’ Club, West 40th Street, New York, N. Y.: Three Plates — House on Lake Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Notes and Clippings............................................................................................................. 212 Societies, Personal Mention, Building News, Etc.
FLATIRON BUILDING 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.