Report of the Heights of Buildings Commission to the Committee on the Height, Size and Arrangement of Buildings of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the city of New York (1913)
New York (N.Y.). Heights of Buildings Commission, Bassett, Edward M. (Edward Murray), 1863-1948, New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment, Swan, Herbert S. (Herbert Siegfried), 1888-, Williams, Frank B. (Frank Backus), 1864-1954, Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC · [New York, M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Co.] · leaf 36
crowded together most ofthe rooms even on the street front are inadequately lighted andmany are decidedly dark. On New Street and Exchange Placewhere the office buildings range from 10 to 22 stories high, ona bright sunny day at noon in midsummer it was found that inalmost all of the street rooms… … HIGH BUILDINGS 19 type, the dark offices have caused a great deal of eye strain.Nothing but adequate natural light seems to prevent it. Tuber-culosis experts testified to the Commission that they had foundmany cases of tuberculosis directly traceable to working in darkoffices. A noticeable increase…
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