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Giant 31 story Standard Oil skyscraper planned in New York
The Standard Oil Company orders a 31 story skyscraper in Manhattan designed by Carrere Hastings Shreve Lamb Blake with foundations by Jarrett Chambers. Construction involves intricate underpinning under the Lisbon and Seaboard Bank sites, sinking 50 to 60 feet to bed rock, and building in sections to avoid business disruption. About 21 high speed electric elevators will service the building, with fireproof steel interior and a cost near 10 million dollars.
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New York
New
Standard Oil Company
Carrere, Hastings
Grieve Lamb & Blake
Charles T. Wills
Jarrett-Chambers Company of
Edwin S. Jarrett
Shepherdstown
New York Times
Jarrett
Broadway
Organi
Zation
Carrere & Hastings
Carrere, Mastings
Building Bureau
Borough of
Manhattan
Rudolph Miller
Borough
Lisbon
Tidewater
Fies
Theodore Pratt
Dare
New York City
S Ta
Ter
Seaboard Bank
Belo
Svete
Forind Selow
Sasume
Con Hastie
Noth Fe Seward
Grand Central Terminal
Welles
Produce Exchange Bank
Childs Company
Beaver Street
Standard On Company