| Show altitudinous architecture CHICAGO it Is ia well known is bor for its ito tall buildings at present a jated discussion is ia going on in that ty am to the propriety of checking E aby scraping architecture real estate men naturally lead in the discussion altet t all al I 1 classes take part in the con So TONY versy the bea regj estate board Is ie now DOW con Nd ring ering the proposition of limiting the ht of buildings to twice the width the street and in no case to exceed IMO feet it is endeavoring to obtain 0 the council a city ordinance this effect there are various no given for this movement one arity says that if the same amount rf capital which is expended on high gauding ten dings a were aprea spread d over a series of F nocks ko values would be bemore more equalized jg tax receipts increased another objection comes comes from the fire department marshal ays fys ap that feet Is IN the limit that he be fui control beyond that he is power JM 1 but these sixteen and eighteen dory ory buildings are fireproof it is said lensa len so sp they are always stored with combustible material and inhabited by bumbera of persons in ease case of fire the marshal thinks that the loss 1088 of life nd d property would be immense and iw A kr r as his bis department was concerned t could do nothing dithing beyond the A et limit there are a number of other object tins raised in the way of concentrate business within a restricted area congesting ton gesting jug roadways crowding side aide and darkening streets if the baze ae of erecting twenty story buildings keeps ampo on without check the streets 01 become impassable in certain already it is computed that v ripple per hour paw pass one corner at state inage and adams streets while a few blocks away where there are no tell tall buildings only 2500 per hour ta the corner of adams and la laballe salle but the anti people have not things all their own way there thereto ie a strong faction in favor of knife edge edee bunding as the tall tenement to Is now called they claim that in security safety and saul sanitary tary arrangements range ments a twenty story building is much superior to an eight story atory one of ten years ago besides they claim that it advertises chicago and gives it a foremost place among the cities of the world in architectural enterprise |
