The Washington times., 1917-04-18
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basement of the building where these are controlled
with its battery of boilers and its pusatng machin
cry, is a veritable machine shop. The heating and
engineering departments ora great office building or
hotel have come to play highly important and even
vital part in all such structures No building is COM
Plee without such plant, and yet it is only in large
structures that the maintenance of anything so
elaborate be done economically sound basis.
This economic law is involved alike in the oper
atlng expense of buildings. Obviously, small build
ings employing the same grade of management, with
superintend lent and attendants cannot be operated
at the same relative cost as large buildings. The
larged Munsey Building is now big enough and fine
enough to justify these operating costs, with the
highest gradeNof service, as they well within
the economic lay of sound business.
No less cons spicuously efficient than the elevator
service is the toilet system throughout the building
The toilet rooms for both men and women spa
cious, airy and extensively done in best materials
In connection with the womans department is
handsomely fitted up rest room for women. There
is also decided innovation in the shape of steam
drier, installed for the purpose of drying women's
garments so that when they to the office in
stormy weather. they not compelled to sit all day
in wet clothing. No other building anywhere has
gone far this in consideration for the comfort
and health of tenants
The Munsey Building, with the more than four
acres OF floor space, is small city in itself, great
big center of business and professional activity And
with all this renting space, all these hundreds and
hundreds of offices in the Munsey Building there is
now scarcely foot of unoccupied space in the entire
structure The for this is not difficult to nd
1t is because of the superb quality of the building
the service of the building the character of the build
ing, and the location of the building. AS matter
of fact, the Munsey Building of Washington is the
cassiest and best-grade building anywhere south of
New York, anywhere in the country except New
York, and is the equal of the very best half dozen
buildings in New York-the equal of these half
dozen and superior to all others in New York, d.
The Best Always In Demand.
This is why the Munsey Building is full and there
is waiting list of tenants anxious to get into the
building when many other buildings in Washington
are more or less empty The best, the very best, of
everything is always in demand, is always the thing
that people who afford to have the best, and who
want the best associations, are bound to have.
When Mr.. Muqsey bought the first plot of land
that was TO become the site of the original building
that section of street sorry place. with pretty
disreputable buildings running from the National
Theater to the Post building. The old Lawrence
Hotel stood there and Shoomaker's and Roches-the
latter two drinking saloons and the former all that
and worse. The Munsey Building has not only
added impressive architectural ornament to Wash
ington, not only fixed busy center for desirable bust
ness but it has redeemed and given character to one
of Washington's most valuable locations.
This location, with its splendid outlook is the
best occupied by any important office building
in all Washington. In accessibility, directly op-
posite the District building, close to the Treas
ury building, and within easy reach Of the
White House, the State, War and Navy building, and
located between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
wide plaza facing Pennsylvania avenue, facing
SOUTH well-it is without rival.
From its upper floors the Munsey Building fur
nishes wonderful view of Washington, covering all
the important points, the important public buildings
Washington Monument, the parkway or speed
way, and, clearing the Potomac Arlington, and the
wide stretch of country either hand. And from
the lower floors the front plaza stretching across
to the District building, broken the left by tiny
park and with ever-changing panorama of people
and vehicles moving to and fro on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., makes attractive and interesting picture to
one who has time to dwell upon it.
The Times Splendid Quarters.
The quarters of The Washington Times in the
Munsey Building are fine as those occupied by any
newspaper in the country, finer than all except very
few and in some respects better than the best out
side of The Times. The composing room, in the rear
of the twelfth floor with very high ceiling, is cean
classy room, flooded with light-light from three
sides, and from many skylights well. Nothing
could be finer
The news department, adjoining, occupies
modious quarters, equipped with every facility for
the quick getting and handling of the days news,
and furnished with fittings that please the eye Mo
sale floor and stained oak trimming help to give char
acter to the Telephone booths and lockers
cessed into the wall combine utility and tastefuness
pneumatic tube makes direct connection with the
business office, while another snites the business Of