The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-12

SKYSCRAPER OF FUTURE MAY
REACH FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN

When you buy q square foot Of land, you uet .
square foot Of land. You also GET column Of air,
exactly one foot thick, each way. and reaching from
earth to heaven.
OF air keeps on going heavenward forever and ever
Hence tho akyscfaper.
Every time this atupendous thought recurs 20 the
owner OF bit of downtown city land with n sky.
scraper on II. he pulls II down and buids higher
one.
The natural consequence is that the skyscrapcrs
are Getting higher and thinner. ever higher and
Time was when our urban architecture rcscmblcd
nat lady IN hoop skir;s Now II follows the con.
tours OF living skeleton In hobble Where will
II end7
The question 10 ssisa,lne the convention Of the Ma
uonal Association OF Building Owners and Managers
now In session In Arcade hall.
There Is John G. Knight, manager of the Metropolis
tan Life building. In New York. which is 81 stories
high, today the highest building In the world.
u may occur 10 Mr.. Knight at any moment 70 tear
down his building and build another - stories high
u may be that while these words being penrcd
relahbor Of the Metropolitan Life is secretly plan
MING 70 steal from u the proud dstnctlen Of owning
sne highest building BY raxuo lts own and putting
up 'scrsper 81 stories high.
And there Is John s. Hail OF Cincinnati. manager
OF the Emery estate. the fourth largest in the world
including, ny Il does. than toon buildings ofnil
kinds and Sizes. OF which Mr. Hall Is manager.
MIR Hall IL essentially business man lie has the
prudent business mans adherence OF waste Every
time he thinks OF the unntliixud reaching from the
roofs OF his 1900 buildings 70 heaven. he wrthes
Ponder the state OF mind OF c. T. Tsrriil. who man
ages all OF John D. Rockefcllcrs Cleveland property
Including ths i7atory Rockelailcr building.
Terri says Jawn. how far In u from here 10
heaven
And Tcrr knows exactly what Jswn 10 thinking
about Jawn. saving his religion for sundays isr's
speeuissina his chances of entering Kingdom
Come. No. Jswn 10 worrying about al that air on
top Of the Rockefeller building going TO waste. Why
instead Of ~ ntorEes couidns there 100 stories
and svery floor llsd with prosperous. ssssfied and
prorptpayin1 tsA~rtst
You vii not set an owner or manager 10 prophesy
tho future OF the skyssraper But II you ask one
OF them II tho day viii como when skyscrapers will be
100 ise even 200 ssorie high. they win answer:
Why notf'
why not. indeedf They sre made Of steel. They
are strong. The electric ELEVATORS ~hsk you ur~ ard
90 stories In less time shsrn the old days took you
e climb flight Of sairs When you get 20 your o.
fce the ff8th floor. the air up there 10 sweet and
pure, and the outlook from your windows commands
the entire city lying like spders web. far. far below
And you need nothe lonely. Your friend Jones has
office on the iz3rd floor. Drop In on him for chat
In tho noon.hour
eesldes. = skyscrsper 10 handy. Everything man
needs 10 under us roof. DO you need shaver There
10 . barber shop the f45th floor. Turkish bath
rake the elevator 20 the fsfst % you music
There popular concert aoinp the fssth. Re-
lloiong The second Presbyterian church 10 on the
tssth. and boasts . powerful snd sioquert preacher
eocktalif Tall shs bsy ~ s> ys~ off ~ the buffet
or fhe f72nd meail They ssrve IN excellent
table dhote on the roof