Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-09 | Page 9 | Largest Y. M. C. A. Building in the World

LARGEST Y. M. C. A. BUILDING IN THE WORLD ) &.rer-ygxw-,..-CT?-Tr Left to right: C. W. Dietrich, secretary; A. C. Bedford, chairman !! committee of management; Edward P, Lyon, chairman of board of B directors ; J. W. Cooke, secretary of Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. ,! Brooklyn, once known as the "City of Churches," and which even now that it has a population of nearly 1,- 500,000 merits tho title, has just opon-ed opon-ed the largest and costliest T. M, C. A. building in the world. It has a front, of 192 feet on Hanson Place, a street uear the busiest center. It Is thirteen stories high and contains living liv-ing space In its 510 rooms for 620 young men. The building cost $1,600,-000, $1,600,-000, and it is known as the Clarence E, Smith Memorial, becauso Mrs. William Wil-liam van Rensselaer Smith, of one of tho oldest New York families, gave H! $500,000 in commemoratlou of her son. The building is practically a mag- ! nificent hotel and club for young men. H It not only contains a restaurant but H ! every other convenience. Rooms airy B and bright, heated by steam, may be R had as low as $2.50 a week. That Is ! a very low price in Now York City, IH and it means that 620 young men will GH be saved from the cold hall bedroom It ! which has become famous or notorious U there. The men who have carried to H success this great undertaking are i I ! I shown in the picture.