The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-17
COURT HOUSE SITE CONTEST
BAR aSSOCItTION ~ FIGHT To
PRESERVE CITY HALL PlRk.
CeaausIItee To Jsla NTH others In TrS'ess
90 the Beard ~ Estimate Against
site S~Ie~iesi cSaEt House BOard
httrks 10 ItS ahSicc Despite klcks.

sticks 10 Ns hotcc Despite hteAs.
The New YORK Rar Association has
joined forces With the New York chapter
1T the American institute OT Architects
io fight the proposed plan of a Court
House IN city Hall Park The considera-
ruu Of the Court HOUSE boards recon
mendation will come up Tor final action
at the meeting of thr Board NJ Estimate
to-murrpW The Rar Association will
have a rrpre-.ntativ" there To- suggest
the adyi-ahthty nf further delil'eration
aud NOR" public hearings before the
question ~ d"cided
u ~ prunahl- that the Court House
board. which a. reconstructed 10y Mayor
Gaynor consists "f Morgan !. - Brisn.
charles Strs 49,. Luther l.. kellogg. T.. &.
Potter aud Edwa rd NJ Circuit. will oppose
mrther dclav on the ground that the
matter has rlr,.ady been under cnn-,dera-
ton sine. ig'3 grd that there is need for
immediate action II WIS learned yes-
tsrday thu the attitude Ut the board IN
regard To- placing the new build,ng ~ the
park ~ an, hanged.
Cal Marrh the Ba~ A-snciatInn adopted
a resolution lying that no plan should ~
approved by the city or urE"i by the
the city Hail end that no specific plan
should y" adopted or approved until
ample opportunity had he-n gwen to
citizens end civic bodies To examine and
criticisc q.
AZ that time the present recommends
ton of tho Court HOUSE board had not
been made public Following the PUT.
hcation of tho plan ~ the board tn select
a site in ,ty Hall Park Cor the Court
House the Bar Association decided that
II this plan We're carried out u would
work great injury to the city Hall
\ committee Wa appointed Nv the Bar
Association t. place rs views before the
Board 81 EstimPts. md the committee
after ounsulting with architects made this
statement yesterday
The COMMITTEES will make every effort
20 induce the Board NJ Estimate To- give
full consideration IN the matter before
getting II would he public calamity
to adopt % plan which afterward would
he universe lily seen To- bs = mistake. u
10 strongly OPPOSED 20 the recommends
ton OF the Court House board because of
the injury to the city Hall ard what -
deems 40 be IN unnecessary sncri nee OF
city Hell Park. n believes that pr
NlslBf cAlNflltl " ftlSh~ lf't WIN
out - ,ruschrent upon The already too
limited park space IN city Hall Psrs and
that any structure to h- hunt should he
so planned - 20 ne az effective fec ture
of such q civic entire - New YORK ought
90 develop The present proposed plan
OF the Court House board - totally ~
variance with those principles which
should govern the selection Of site
"a A.
commit. who have charge Of the tight
90 keep IA" new Court House out al the
Park aTa 81 -SurrogAt- RSsttIs - Ransom.
sE-Judge Mortimer L. Addoms. District
Attorney Nhifmsn. Assistant District
Attorney Cherries + Bostwick. James NJ
clifford. John De Witt Warner. William 4
Jsnn@r. Henry B. Williams. Fred ric r
Covdert and Alh,rt ; Rsri
when thC sta nsn' ~ the PR As~ocrs-
tons commit. was shown O." ChaiIs
Strauss, secretary 81 the court HoJIsn
board. he sad that while Tire "drcsm-
Of housing the courts outside Of city Hall
Para In "a bvs Itiful and monuu" ntsI
building set ~ the midst Of a park Of -
own was very hns Il WAS imprsctIcs bic
TO find such site without going 20 the
extreme north Of Manhattan Island
Tn only alt-rnatiNs that ia" Court HOUSE
board could -,c. in case the Court House
Was 20 be- kept out Of the ,erk was 10 TAX.
tho block north OF Che mh-rs strS.t on
Broadway. compr sing the StswCrt Build
ing which MIR SIT IIss sid. had boon
bought by Spectators with tho cHp"ct'
non OF - ling u az q iOo per cent PROM
10 the CITY Ih,s only 9th q site .ouisit,,
Of the park. mentioned by Mr. strauss
vas the block On Broadway north OF IN.
stewart Building. and 10 build ts"r" he
thought. would BE- TO play INTO the hands
Of the spC culatOrs.
Mr. Strauss said that while he didn't
know what was back OF the clamor oF
cePtain architects and lawyers for a site
outsid. Of the park h. didn't want to think
and didn't think that they had private
ends 20 serve. He preferred TO look upon
them a. honest vI-Ionar "s who had not
consider 4 the SCI. nitric ASPECT ~ their
own views
Mr. Strsusz aid that the talk of destroy.
ing tn. valu" Of City Hall Park - play
ground for the people was all nonsense.
A. IL had no such Use. end that the fears
that the new Court House would over
shadow and spoil tn architectural beauty
81 the Guy Hall wsr. also gToun dless.
because the Court House boards plan
had taken that into consideration and had
prov id"d gsInsa 4
in conclusion Mr.. StTs usS aid that
u rsonally as meunber Of the Court
Housa board hH was thinking a great deal
about the SIS sD nsO which would 10 ayod
~ the city by placing the Court House
within the park.
When the question CONES Up before
the Board n Estimate Tomorrow the Bsr
Association will b" supported by the com
mIttse Of the Institute 81 Architects and
the comm lttse Of the Nun icIpal Art 80
,.letyy Shlch u also strongly opposed TO
using any part Of City Hall Park for the
neS building Tho archItec-s will try
10 show that nv the Court House boards
Own figures the nov building " placed
within the park Will occupy more than one
hall Of The space a. present unOccupied:
render insignificant the City Hall and
that tho site PROPOSED IN the park 10 after
all really the nost expensive that could
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