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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 62

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its height. No building, however, in either District A orDistrict B may be of greater height than 2.]/2 times the widthof the widest abutting street. This districting has been doneunder authority of a special act of the legislature through theagency of a commission appointed for the purpose. The… … DISTRICTING 33 chusetts court1 points out that any police regulation must bereasonable not only in reference to the interests of the public,but also in reference to the rights of landowners. If these rightsand interests are in conflict the opposing considerations shouldbe balanced against each…

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