| Show SKYSCRAPERS MENACE TRAFFIC NEW V YORK FACES BIG PROBLEM i- i ire r C 4 1 1 y tt I I y a fa f fy Sri a New Yorks York's skyscrapers threaten Its future in the of traffic authorities Some of the buildings hou house 1 workers and amI ehe rc ad additional dally A fe few build build- Inge receive 1 1 dally n veritable city In Itself And lints lint's why hy the many taU tail buildings rake lower loc a Ing mass of traffic clIt six dos days a ac c oak k I Auto Fails to Spread City's Business Over Greater Greater Area B By Dr ISRAEL KLEiN Science Editor NEA NE Service Bulnes compact ns as they are today ire lre re ono OliO ot of o the greatest t m menaces to tho the country's traffic situation There people congregate on I vehicle and afoot Mool and there they cause congestion that no end ot of regulations could clear up The rho automobile was wai formerly considered a means by which population would b be be- most likely to spread out toward the tho t e open country away from city cones congestion congestion tion and poor health health It hoe has ha done this In a way But t It has also helped further to confine the tho business area Into a closer more compact muss mass Out of this area people have han moved to make room for sky sky- skyscrapers ky- ky ky scrapers hooding thousands of ot In- In Inhabitants inhabitants In Inhabitants habitants at ut a time Into this area thelme the sane ume people come alt ai- ai aim al almost most mOat m t at the same time swarming through the streets on foot by byl I automobile street car nar Ir and sub subway way N X Y nE LIMIT New V e Yo York k city although the tho extreme In this situation Is an example to 10 what limit thriving business bu districts district may moy reach Automobile trucks truck taxicabs street cars care all one one level le pour In and out of or the tw few square miles mUes and the narrow streets atre tl forming lower Manhattan 1 Island lan The tall skyscrapers drol draw W millions of people Into this Small area by subway ca car auto and even ferry The entire of and more from outlying districts seems to con concentrate here her dally Tho The result Is a r situation Ilon with I which traffic officials cant can't cope Streets are aro one otic way throughout the district I Even In the llio re there Is a traffic plan Ly by which shows show aro are designed to close at regular Intervals so 10 o that all theatregoers may not crowd Into the tho streets at the same Mime time lime But Dut even this doesn't do nt t the tho at Times square aquaro mL J HANGEn EXISTS What would happen It If all sky sky- skyscrapers sky scrapers scrapers in ht the district were emptied at the lie sumo SI mo time no one dares lares to Imagine Yet skyscrapers aro are the rule ruin today an and 1 these uro aro the tho goal oal of ot enter enter- enterprising enterprising cities throughout the country They draw business Into one compact section and that means mean I crowding together Into such uch districts clogging streets street and slowing flowing up traffic The fire hazard Is multiplied manifold making It hard hud fo for tor tire fire trucks to wind their way to the flames lIames Life Lite Is endangered thereby and Isn't up any anymore more than If It It were spread out through the tho entire city London Paris Berlin have strict rules against tall buildings limiting them to feet above street o eveL ORDINANCES FAIL JL Many American cities have or ordinances or- or ordinances limiting the heights height of buildings but these limits its seem to be so ao elastic clastic that skyscrapers seem to rise higher despite the ordinances allowed It If tall buildings are to rise without restriction as 41 to heIght within 10 years gars y from now Manhattan Island will be Impossible elble sible as IlS a IL business center be- be because be cause bo-cause cause of ot tho the congestion warns J T E Har chair chair- ch chairman chairman ir- ir irman man of ot the traffic rattle committee or of orthe othe the Broadway Association ot of New NewYork ew York The same might apply to man many other cities where Is con con- congregating congregating con congregating into a mor more and more compact field l I |
