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Title: The Architectural magazine
Year: 1834 (1830s)
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Subjects: Architecture
Publisher: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman
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ame as that em-ployed in forming the ceiling of the rooms next to Pine Street.This mode I shall particularly describe at a future time, as it ispeculiarly adapted for London or other shop fronts. The longflight of shelf-like steps, to the Wall Street front, I proposed toarrange in the same manner as those of the portico of the LondonUniversity; but this proposition was overruled, as that mannerwas considered not to possess dignity enough. Fig. 222. is the principal plan of the building. Fig. 223. is a transverse section through the great business-room, on the line a B,Jig. 222. In this section are seen the vaultedapartments under the principal floor; the galleries {pp), sup-ported by trusses; and the apartments {q q) in which the papersare to be preserved. Fig. 224. is a perspective view of the building. Fig. 226. shows the interior finishing of the two large doorsentering to b and g. Fig. 225. is the profile o^ fg. 226.Vol. II. — No. 22. m m 526 Plan, Elevation, Section, ^c,222 S L
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ff of the Ctistom-Huime, New York. 527 F/g. 227. shows the tracmg round the windows which openinto the great business-room, and Hght the winding staircases. In the principal phm {Jrg. 222.), a is the portico and principalentrance from Wall Street; d, the hall or vestibule; c, the greatbusiness-room; d, the collectors private office; c c c, tlueeprivate offices; ff recesses, over each of which there is agallery supported by trusses, forming a conmiunication betweenthe rooms of the upper floor; g, a vestibule uniform with b,which leads to the arched corridor h; i /, offices; and k k\principal staircases leading to the floor over these offices. . Inthe large piers of the cupola there are four winding stair-cases, I I, two of which lead to the roof, and the other two tothe vaulted garrets under the roof, in which papers are intendedto be preserved. The portico 7n forms the entrance from PineStreet; w is a sunken area, and the front to Nassau Street;o is the United States Bank.

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