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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...numbers in a block. With this system a very slight familiarity with the city enables one to find his way to any house. Thus, e.g 1521 Arch St. must be between N. 15th St. and N. 16th St. In City Hall Square (PI. F, 6), at the intersection of Broad St. and MaTket St., in the centre of the city, stands the new City Hall (PI. F, 6), generally known as the Public Buildings, a huge pile with a granite basement-story and white marble superstructure, hegun in 1874 and still unfinished. It is 486 ft. long from N. to S. and 470 ft. in breadth, covering a greater area (4l/2 acres) than any other building in the United States (Capitol at Washington, 3y2 acres; St. Peter's at Rome, 45/e acres; Palais de Justice at Brussels, 6/4 acres). The Tower is to be 510 ft. high, and is to be surmounted by a statue of William Penn, 37 ft. in height, which now stands in the interior court. The style of the building is modified French Renaissance; the architect was John McArihur'Jr, (d. 1890). The building, contains 750 rooms. On the first floor are the Council Chamber and other offices of the municipal government. The S. part of the third floor is devoted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. On the W. side of City Hall Sq., opposite the City Hall, is the handsome Broad Street Station (PI. F, 6) of the Penna. Railroad, the spacious dimensions of which have become all too small for the immense traffic carried on here.--On the N. side of the square, at the corner of Broad St. and Filbert St., is the Masonic Temple (PI. F, 0), a huge granite structure in the Korman style, erected in 1868-73 at a cost of $1,500,000 (300,000;.). Among its most prominent features are the tower, 250 ft. high, and the elaborately carved Norman porch. The lodge-rooms are finished in accordance with seven di...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1232076880
- ISBN 13 9781232076889
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages366
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