The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
PUBLIC LIBRARY AWARD.
CARRERB & HASTINGS sUBMI1TBD
THE DESIGN.

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Carrere Hastings OF ~ Broaa"ay ~
architects Of the new public library ouhuins 10
be built on the reservoir site at Forty-seconu
street and Fiftb avonno for tho Jury OF award
has decided unanimously that theirs Is inc pest
plan, both in artistic merits and IN us cor
formi'y to the specifications that were ',.I pre-,
pared Tor the Board OF trustees " .n-
experts and approved by the American Library
- e, 70 ~ -. orchi.
ana hnai competition, In which twei'o =,
ndon,eo Tho rcconmondo,ion q, the Jury Of
- - .u.,,od 1ra,,v
award, and the matter has been eetueu nne ,ns.
According to the terms OF competition, the jury
of award vas IN seloct tho three plans which
thoH oau.sao e'ee' .o LIZ, paor,torious,
Its second choice was the design of Howard g.
Cauldwcll, and its third that OF McKim, Mead
& white.
The work of preparing plans for the build
ing has boon going ON for more than q year.
anu TWO competitions were held. oo'h y,
which were conducted with the greatest care and
,airness. inc competing archi.oelS = .,oo,e'
oasis ior ther designs carefully detaneu epoN
cations as TO the interior arrangement OF the
- uI' ~" oo'" 'no pu,po'o -. a,.
OF trustees TO have n building not oni' ou'-
m,a : beautiful, hut one which as wIuaa a. TI The .
| latest idea, Of lihrary con,,rnction. In tho frst
competition there wero eighty. eight archi-
tects. From ,hese. according 70 the agree
ment originally made, six were chosen to lake
more who had not taken mart In tbe first com.
pe r." t %eIe rhV comn S9 s"pmi we a,s'e Garrsre &,
lander, Charles C. H,irhtl Haydeli a. Shepard,
Howard 4 Cnuld vel ScckimmI, Mead & White,
hosteI a AZ y Won5 a. GT BAL U mer and ~.
Wheaier smith Each of ,hcse was to receive
for T the EXPENSE tense OF onp pro opnS nn the be4 dEawinss. The
designs We're TO be Submitted on Nov i to a
jnTy Of seven men, three Of whom we're to-, to Be
tac,a tG DO OF t the Board I'D Of ibs T GomSs, I,6 three ana arG ,hc
seventh the director Of tie library' The de.
BE- in ignorance &c as to the makers thereof.
The Jury met az the Aston Library on Nov. .
and sBsni IT, the So entire 15eos week efsno over ii 1h Sn work ohs Of Of
The pIa5s followed the interior arraneements
s "S siei by 5yi the board I'd 'I As the result Of theii
Nos ne Jury ,n nav Y e una an tbeir op seieT'e and Se iuaR
Efruer OF ,neir tnerns ana nerepf s .n ,ini,s wa
fprthes state that In our judgement design NO
called a. for h y q th ms ter uussi Of t n r ~ and
~ - IS,;.,,n IL,
presents a CONSISTENCY, skiLul anu aFtis1iH so.u
I!oh OF he praGtlcai an9 sTur!urai conu..nons
nts' moIe9ser. ot,eo' a a.u w WHuuvvu W. az an
and wouid give the cry OF ;New norS an eli Il
tIel! satistact1ry mn piac.i.ai MoHnns ~
monnnent,l hula in1 II ia distinctly the hest
nj ill.,. dns;ons srhnittcd and of very excep
tionai nerit in ever resnecf In its interio,
arranpemrnt his design follows closely The
plan outlined by the committee in the terms o.
competition,
NO. 8, which we place next in order o.
merit, is in our Judgment decidedly inferior
TO No. IL. in both the unity and charactcI
OF exterior design and in the details OF interior
arrangement. In the latter it follows essen
TALLY the arrangement suggested by the com
mittee in the terms of competition, but it doe
not meet the requirements in as satisfactor!
n manner as No. IL. The terms of com
petition require the jury to submit at leas
three designs. and We have placed No.
next in order. In this design the require
ments OF the library have been less fully me
than In the two other designs which we here
with submit. The author has awaited himsci
OF the privilege accorded by the terms Of com