| Show skyscraper found to have its disadvantages the aimless way in which sky scrapers have been crowded together not only in new york but in other cities Is causing much congestion for that thai reason in the opinion of flavel shurtleff dT secretary of the no na lional conference on city planning the skyscraper is s having the fight of Us its life to justify the enormous co cot cost t with which it has burdened the taxpayers for traffic runic facilities skyscrapers have been gener generalli accepted on this side of the atlantic as both necessary and tint desirable writes sir air shurtleff in progress magazine theoretically the height of buildings Is immaterial except that thai height Is deprecated when it creates erces excessive sive bulk in relation to the tr braf at alc c capacity calm cIty of the urea arco kven even in texas where here land la Is so 11 abundant and cheap that ten ren acres eire are allotted to one steer for pastur aige at least four cities boost boast home me made sky lines which are assumed ass timed to be tho hallmark of metropolitan distinction houstons Hous tons skyline in eludes file buildings of more than twenty stories in height housan housing thousands of tenants on less ground than ihan would eunice to nourish one steer elsewhere in the state |
