Photograph by Paul Thompson 



"the house of a thousand windows" : the equitable building, the largest 



OEEICE STRUCTURE EVER BUILT 



On the average square mile of Manhattan territory there dwells a population nearly equal 

 to that Albany, Des Moines, Fort Worth, or Lynn. To provide elbow room for the busi- 

 ness element in a city of such density the skyscraper is a necessity. One of these big build- 

 ings demands from fifteen to twenty ten-car subway trains to care for the coming and going 

 of its population. If the big city's office buildings were limited to eight stories they would 

 occupy the major portion of Manhattan. 



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