A TOWN ON A ROOF.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1211, 10 December 1919, Page 6

A TOWN ON A ROOF.

>"ov York, tho Ciarvelljus place oi bustle, whence comes all " big things," is to have a motion pic:urc city within tw > minutes of Droadw y—a town oi 5,000 inhabitants, where 20 couipauie* of actors can work simultaneous! j—a town of th<;at'e>, restaurants, olDces, ai-d bouses. This entire kiucma towu, which is to ba u der oho rujf, is now being constructed by William Fox at Fifty* af;h and Fifty-sixth streets oa Tenth Avenue, >'ew Vork, and is expected to be ready for occupancy by October nest.

Tbe Etructuro will bo three ttorie* high, ffjll cover almost ua eutire city block, and will cost approximately£soo, 000. Work oa the building is already well advanced. When it i- completed it will be possible to *ec the wizards of tbe earnere turn cut romance, adventure thrill, bap; ir.css all human passions—every hour. Tbo new motion picture city will be so divided thst the making of pictures will be ta o:ie ]>:irt, tbe clerical ciEees in another, and the physical hrtaiiiug of :ilin* in a third. Each of these departments will be within easy reach of the administration oiiices. The ramps extending to the first and third djors, will be big cuuugh and strong enough to permit lire engines to run directly into the building, and will provile means of egress which, it is claimed »ill ui'ow the building to be emptied within a m;uute after an alarm of lire.

Convenience for the employee?, include i large restaurant, a gymnasium, dressing rwius with accomtnodsujii for K'OO person?, green room l , i library, and rest rooms tn each Aoor.