A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century (1898)
Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC, Real Estate Record Association, Union League Club (New York, N.Y.), former owner. NNC · New York : Record and guide · leaf 382
til the fire in that liuilding in i8gi de-stroyed it. The fastest speed ever (levelojjed in passenger elevatorswas by this gravity system. Europe was, about this time, exjjerimenting with diiect actinghydraulic ram elevators, which required the construction of a ver-tical cylinder in which the… … HISTORY OF REAL ESTATE, BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK. 7:77 very costly, slow and impracticable for buildings of more than fiveor six stories. Some were constructed in this country, but few ofthem are now used, and these only in Europe. In an effort to obviate the difficulties of the…
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