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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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he movies, either with or with-out accompanying vaudeville or some musical entertainment. In New Yorkthere are more than 650 theatres in the greater city, and more are underconstruction. The amount of money already appropriated for new amuse-ment houses in New York alone amounts, we are informed, to somethinglike $25,000,000. The architecture of the theatre seems to be very much specialized andthe problems involved call for trained experts in this particular field. Theplans vary with the needs of particular localities and purposes, but thefundamental consideration seems the using of spaces to permit of the largestunobstructed seating capacity and the easy inflow and exit of changingaudiences, combined with requirements of safety. One of the great contributing factors in theatre construction of todayis the use of reinforced concrete arches. Some of the spaces covered in thisway are amazing in their daring and knowledge of the engineering problemsinvolved. 108 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER
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BALFOUR BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCOGEO. W. KELHAM, ARCHITECT Substantially constructed towers for hoistingmaterial. Note landings with safety railingsand safety suspended scaffolds. Department of Safety Conducted in the Interests of the BuildingPublic and with the Co-operation of theCalifornia Industrial Accident Commission Preventing Accidents on Building Construction By J. J. ROSEDALE, Construction Engineer THE Balfour building, under construction in San Francisco, is breakingall records for speed and the prevention of accidents. Every effort isbeing made by the contractors to comply with the California IndustrialAccident Commissions safety requirements. The insurance companies are surprised at the low cost of compensationpaid out on this job. Up to July 15, 1920, there were only eight slightinjuries on this building, and a total of $725 was paid out for compensation.■ This structure has surely stricken out the rule from the casualty companiesbooks that a building more than ten storie

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