New York’s Pride

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 1

New York’s Pride

SKYSCRAPERS WILL FALL Rust-Eaten Ironwork By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Friday. THAT New York’s boasted skyscrapers will crumble and fall inside 40 years, is the conviction of Sir Edwin Lutyens, the

the famous British architect, whose works include the Whitehall Cenotaph and British buildings in many countries. He is also one of the principal architects for the Imperial War Graves Commission. He doubts if, in their present state the skyscrapers would withstand the mildest tornado. When not long ago he opened a big structure, the ironwork was eaten with rust. When he recently opened the upper part I of St. Paul’s & he found the A Wren’s dome 4jg| bracing- pIjJFFi Jgi mSmv po" msm “London’s ironwork is St. Paul’s generally bedded in five inches of solid concrete, and New York’s in a coat of paint. New York’s skyscrapers will soon be a distinct menace.

A street in New York New Yorkers say they are all right, because they have rock foundations. This does not matter. "Westminster Abbey has stood for centuries on a marsh. If a skyscraper were built properly, it would also stand for centuries. New York is merely an immense canyon of brick and stone. Windows are windows and nothing more. Americans are not good builders,”—A. and N.Z. _ - - •