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Show FIRST FLOOR OF THE ECCLES SKYSCRAPER Riveters will be through on the Ecclcs skyscraper within the next lew days. There is yet some concreting and leveling to do In the basement. The work of placing forms in position for the first floor will likely begin this afternoon It is not known whether the Nye building will be razed at an early-day early-day for the extension of the steel structure It is possible that before thp year is over steel work will be in progress over the entire space now owned by the Ecclcs interests, including in-cluding the Nye place. Tomorrow concrete work on the last floor of the Kiesel block, on Hudson and Twenty-fourth, will begin. be-gin. This is the fifth floor Following the completion of the upper up-per storv a composition roof will b constructed, after which the gravity chute for handling concrete will be removed. |