Evening star., 1897-02-13
pie while the huge structure at the worlds
fair would have seated 100000.
Rivals the Worlds Fair Buildings.

Rivals the Worlds Fair Buildings.
1t is difficult TO compare the hail of man
ufactures and the Astor hotel, since they
are Of such widely divergent character. The
first contained but a single floor. the latter
fifteen and eighteen. The floor space of the
worlds fair building was over million and
a quarter square feet; that of. the Astor
Hotel will be rather more than million
square feet. Something like 5000 tons of
steel and thousand tons of iron were used
in the construction of the manufactures
hail; some 1000 tons of steel are employed
in the new AStor hotel alone, and nearly
twice this in the combined structures. And
the hall of manufactures was designed for
a day and the Astor hotels for century.
Take another comparison: The largest
roof structure of the antique world was
the famed Roman Pantheon 1t was 1ss
feet in diameter and las feet IN height- ne
ground surface covered by the Astor notes
is considerably larger than that covered by
the Pantheon and their extreme height is
over 24O feet. There is enough steel. brick
and stone in these hotels to build three or
four Brooklyn bridges. and the Russian
army. not to speak of our own, could De
mobilized under their roof
CostIfest on the Continent.
Government constructions aside. the new
hotels will comprise the costliest structure
on this continent. The hall of manufac-
lures was completed at an expense OF ST.
will be in the neighborhood of $s,W1.OOO.
and their furnishing and equipment will re-
uuire s. 10000 more. The roof of the new
hctel Is twenty feet higher than the soar
ing monument on Bunker HILL while the
pinnacle of Trinity spire and the weather
y2ne of the hotel are almost on a level.
The new Astor hotel-it Is not yet named
grows out of the remarkable social and
fiji ancial success achieved by the Waldorf.
The latter was erected by William Waldorf
Astor, and upon its completion a year or
so ago almost Immediately became the pub
lie social center of New York. Throughout
the season its rooms and its dining halls
are usually crow ded and IL has paid so
Handsomely that John Jacob Astor readily
took up with a suggestion to build COM
Elementary hotel the adjoining ground.
Though the new hotel differs in some de-
tails OF its exterior and much more SO in
its interior from the Waldorf yet It's STYLE
Is the same, the idea being to form unit
OF the two structures rather than two dis
unct and separate architectural entities.
Both hotels are in the style OF the German
renaissance. and both the exterior and in
terIor materials are much the same. The
facades OF the new hotel conform to that
OF the waldorf both being Of Baltimore
red pressed brick and red Iongmcadow
sandstone. Both hotels have a frontage of
100 feet on 9th avenue and are go feet in
length The Waldorf Is thirteen stories .
hlSh. with TWO sCbhoors, and the new hotel
sixteen stores. with the same substructure.
a Dining Hall n Block Long.
The yOk!ng up OF the new hotel with its
TWIN VIII make many radical changes in the
present appearance of the Waldorf The
main dining room of the latter will be
continued in the new hotel. so that 1t will
occupy the entire front OF the block front
Ing 9TH avenue The beautiful Garden
court OF the Waldorf win likewise be dupli-
Gated in the new hotel. doubling its present
size. All the upper halls OF the Waldorf
VIII also be conr ected and continued with
these of the new hotel.
hut II - less in these details than in other
ways tirat the construction Of the rew no
Tel is notable. Its frontage on 34th street
an almost uubroken facade extending $50
feet along the street, and more than 2OO
Ieet 10 us tcpmost cornice, Is altogether
the most imposing thing of its kind to be
see in the city "
extending along the base of this facade
Will De 4 lengthy portico. covering the side.
walk Tor about l6O feet, two stories In
hesht. and supported by twelve polished
granite columns. In the center O, this
portlco will be the main entrance Tho !, =.
yer VIII De semi-circular in form, with a
lcfty fountain IN the center In this no.
tico a driveway will be formed. through
whlch carriages can drive In and out en-
tlrely under cover. The coIonnade vbIcb
viii surround the entrance will be ali NJ
plate glass and iron. door Included and viii
be one OF the most notable architec,ur.i
features OF the building.
Walls of Glass and Mirror..
Entering through this splendid vestibule