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Show FIRST SKYSCRAPER Of GH1Y TO BE IB STORIES HAMBURG, Jan 21. (By The Associated Press). The first skyscraper sky-scraper in Germany will soon be constructed in the old business section sec-tion of the elty of Hamburg. It will he 1 6 stories high, topping th( highest building in Germany at thi time by five atorlea. Architects believe the erection of this building will institute the era of skyscrapers In Germany, and oxpr. t t" see ; number of similar buildings constructed wlih in the next few years. I'nusual difficulties must be o -ereome. The city water plant 1 equipped to i ii rnNh w iter onl t Ihc el venth story ;md this brought up the Ueslicn if tire d inger a i I Insurance, as well as the probability probabil-ity of financial loss In view of dif-flcultlea dif-flcultlea in renting offices on the five higher Moors. Despite these illf ficultles thl promoters have secured permission to erect the structure "provided thi building docs not destroy the architectural sjmmetry" of the streets. |