The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-17
WHOLE CITIES
UNDER ONE ROOF
Offices in the Air Have Become
Exceedingly Popular in
This Good City.
WELL POPULATED BUILDINGS
Over 5000 People Earn Liveli-
hood in Six Tall Structures.
Sky Parlors i'll Demand.
WELL POPULATED BUILDINGS

cash for tho benefit OF it's policy hold
"rs, decided :" build In Richnond
skyscraper oi'ico building at the cor
her % Ninth ahd Main streets. tncre
were all Kinds 81 pessimistic proPhets
who claimed to toEeaec disaster. IneS
SAID IN" h.man" Tor an Once huiluihE
OF 'utt Ei@e and capacity mad nov
reached richmond, and ihat virginia
people were OF inc h'nd VINO "ia nov
WANT 10 So up IN TN" ar 10 40 pus.-
ness and Nir%inian' seNeTaliy stun
nee" 10 t"c oi"-tueN i"c'S 'h'tt az
hcrfcd thc elevator ihcN would rain
or 81" business cl'scr 70 tarfF HrWS'
'"u 'h' Soc'c'S wound Jose money atio
nave &" :'cp'H'h' on 'tS minus '"at ~
WOULD tah' " Seuer"u"" 10 get r'9
OF. iH"S argued 'hc rtSa'hiists anu
tHisc prophets.
"ut the s"'l"tN went right ahead anu
ere'1th u t,h-HtoFY otnct ou'tulnS. NJ
.t"I - up IN '"r N'r! ia'"at au os'. ~,
'''' SN'c ana "hcreu 'hc oilces III
IN" an io' rent 9aiu "''l'eS went :.
niue so" At hrs'' ana the pessim'stio
proPurtS az" 'h' S"''SlAct'oi ior
iew Gays oil crying out i told you So
""d thcS "ef" R;pp!. ihetr ohsS'
'h""&h sweet enough Was snort lived
every 1907 81 space In the double SKY
S''"pvr WAS 'c"te" III a '''tie WHO
an" 'herc was Il demand Tor more. me
owners 81 inc property soon deciueu
|" "ud Nv" more stories III ttAe ar,
m"l.ihS t"' ou''"'hE Twelve co'npieto
s'"r'cS move '"c street INC. 'heso
"ui't, """' S'o''SS We're SPOKEN LOT DC
lor" theF We're cohn'etsu.
"'hT" "tN or tINNN'iAh
NH'i'i'N iANt. NoIICE
IN 'h" meantime o'ht' va. AWAKE
peop'e w"" saw 'hat one pullu'hS uio
',o' 'o''c ""ii WY 10 H'ec'inE inc
"cii'"nu io' p'hcc' IN '"e ayr, anu '"s
aN! go "Pc' 'cNrI commence" 10 sPteau-
~ ->"''' 'V'" .'t'io""' 't"K nad III
'''''! Put cl'',7c' me : round III inc cur
~ 'N"'H anu -'htH 'ueu'S upon
M''o' ~ 80 " "'uh o"I''.i"s' anu
~ ""t'' l"'""" =" .h""r II zen -a'".!
49, "'' " wv "pPV. 'oo' ~
-, '.'.o -, io' 'oi'' ~
,, .'.''. o'',e'n "eio '"t
80 'u's "ap
,'N'. @ an" we "u,iia u" io'
than two ycars more bourh, tho nd
Joining property TO tho cnst of il.
new huiidin.. torc dov., mo hou.o.
thereon. orortin.. ~ tbnir nIacc nIoro
haukiul, and ot,i,., room mn. douhIjnc,
th, fronting, ar The nrs, huildipf, ana
runninS The, whole structure un two
more stories. largely more than
doubling the capncitv of this Office
holoinc .lsvscronar
The ,r,-rn, demand for "of,,cos {, tho
air was no, vet mel. ord oti,cr tail
structures followed: the Tr,velers,
Ruiidinw with thirteen stories Tho
Times Dispatch HuiIdinu vim ron
stories. and So built as IN odn,;t or
two more when calIea for. the Firs-
National Bank Euildinr II, tn. eouth-
Yves, ,orncr az Mimi, mn Nf,i, c,raat,
with twenty stories: the Virgins, Rail.
way ana Power COMPANIES building
at seventh and Franklin streets with
twelve stories. and lastly came tia
Chamber OF Commerce ana Manufac-
t,rcrs' Exhibit Inlildiup of TON .tnrio.
mt the corner of SIKH and Noi,, streets
now just about colnpited ANA sill, ,br
demand is for more. ana hapnap to
know that plans are nov being ion.
tatlvclv considered for two mo-. mn.
to-datc skvscrapcrs ANA IL ., mo-,
than likely that before another snrinc.
shall bud forth in OH \-irrini, no.
will he under construction
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ono - ,,,m IT,, 'o"'S s"c'l
fnr ~ rn,r,I,,inn , ~ 40
imncn ,.aII ,In,,e MI % M"en tho
nconIo rnnr n,', - ,t'e,., M. IN, 'i'u o
, 5;s,,,r,oi ,E 'oos rom
.nn,'ih .'i, - cement hres
,i' i,.,, ."N ou' III sach Oh
:, ~ NO S"'"c 'iine Or
, I'M S"'''i ,S'' tNch-
80" ~ "''H ",'N ciNe Could happen
,J..I q 80 ''''o'Ua ""o rapid eNit
"''.' "'" several o, lis inter-
1919 '"''""h lures tio ne choled
w '"' ' N"''' Win SurSlnS hu-
'a.'tS
me Mutual 'uildinS has 500 rooms,
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