The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-19
THEY CALL IT BEAUTIFUL.
Some of the Encomiums Show
cred Upon the New "CalI"
Building.
EVERYBODY IS PRAIsING IT.
All: Agree Upon It's Architectural
=. Beauty and Its Imposing
Appearance.

Everybody is talking about it, everybody
likes it and praises it, and wants to know
how. long it will take to finish 1t; crowos
gather in front of the business ofhce on
Market street to discuss and admire the
big, colored Autograph of it that hangs IN
the window, and this one sentiment runs
through all the opinions expressed ABOUT
it-that THE CALLS new home will be the
most beautiful of modern buildings.
Everybody upon viewing the plans for
the first time is at once struck with the
rare architectural beauty and symmetry of
the, tall structure Even the great height
of the building does not overshadoW the
pleasure that its harmonious outlines pos
sess. for the. eyes. If its architects could
hear some of the compliments bestowed
upon their work by the passing throng
that stops for glimpse at the picture OF
the building in the window of The CALL
Office. it is not impossible to Imagine that
their heads might be turned with conceit.
= Tt is per Sc a beautiful building-that is
the unanimous verdict. After that, 1t is
fmposing. magnificent, costly, pride to
San Francisco, a monument to the good
taste and enterprise Of its owner and
builder, Claus Spreckels, the greatest news
paper building in the world, the hand
soonest of tall buildings, the tallest of all
the buildings west of Chicago-all these
things and much more; but first, last and
all the time, it is the most beautiful
building.
And yet the real beauty of the structure
cannot be seen from even the colored pic
lures of it. To realize the full splendor of
the great building before it has been
erected, one must consider that the first
three stories, which form the base of the
great tower, will be finished in rough, gray
granite, and that all the remainder of the
walls will be of polished white marble.
OF course, the next point that every one
comments upon is its great height. It
would be giant even for Chicago. It's 80
feet is fully equal to a twenty-story build
ing-and twenty-story buildings are not
plentiful even in Chicago. For San Fran
cisco such towering structure is veri-
table giant Of giants. The very highest
point of the Chronicle building tower is
200 feet, while the building proper is about
100 feet in height. When the visitor sits
at dinner or luncheon in the great restau-
rant under the dome of the new CALL
building he will be 226 feet above the level
of Market street and may look down upon
the roofs of such tall buildings as the
Croker and the Mills corners from dis
lance of about seventy feet above them.
Truly it is not without some reason that
people are struck by the great height of
the new CALL building, as well as by its rare
beauty.
=. Some of the mplimentary remarks be-
slowed upon the big building-or, more
PROPERLY, upon the plans for it-have been
Set. down here. The number of them
might be multiplied indefinitely, but these
Will serve to show the tenor of them all:
; GAVIN McNAB-San Francisco will be
proud of such beautiful architectural
monument. 1t will stand right at the
gateway of the City, too, on the corner
chosen for it, and cannot fail to impress
the visitor with the majesty and magnif-
cence of our architectural attachments.
f. W.. SUMNER-It will undoubtedly
be the most beautiful of all the tall build
ings. Tt will be lasting monument to the
whole Pacific Coast.
w. W. FOOTE-A magnificent building.
that will be, 1 don't think it is at all ex-
travagant to say that it will be the very
handsomest of all the tall structures.
CONGRESSMAN JAMES G. Ma
GUIRE-When those plans are carried out
and the big sky-scraper completed THE
CALL will be more magnificently housed
than any other newspaper in the world, I
believe, and San Francisco will have a
building that she Will be proud of for all
time to come.
, E. DE KAY TOWNSEND-It will be
magnificent structure. 1t will certainly
have no equal on this coast, and l doubt if
there is any modern business block in the
world that will surpass it in grandeur and
architectural beauty.
ALFRED BOUVIER-The new CALL
building will be a stunner-tbere's no diff
ference of opinion on that point. Every
body must admire its architectural beau
ties.
a. ROSS .JACKSON-That's going to be
a sky-scraper that San Francisco will be
everlastingly proud of. 1t will be SYM
metrical and beautiful structure if the
plans are carried out.
GEORGE RAPHAEL-A magnificent
building. l know of no modern structure |
that is as beautiful as the new CALL build |
ing promises to be.
= j., TAYLOR RODGERS-I Judge from |
the plans and pictures that the new CALL |
building will be very handsome and i'm
posing affair. 1t will be proud monu-
ment for its owner, Mr.. Spreckels. and an |
ornament to the whole State of California. |
p. J.:E. WHITTIER-Th prettiest build
ing in the world, and no mistake. I've |
seen a-few buildings, but none SO pleasing
to- the eye, none SO splendid and imposing
as'THE CALI building promises to be.
GEORGE Z. FITCH have been most
fayorabiy impressed with the symmetrical
Outlines of the new CALL building, as
shown in the illustrations. 1t will be a
splendid ornament to San Francisco. 1
am very much pleased that THE CALL is
going to: be- housed in such an imposing
and fitting structure.
CD BENKER-It will be most graft
lying testimonial to the architecture of
San FranciscQ-an imposing and beautiful
building and great credit to the entire
State.
JOHN McCeMB 1t is a peculiarly
chaste and beautiful design for such a
bulldlng, | think It will certainly be a