"SKYSCRAPER" UNIVERSITY
The nearest appr<»aeh to a skyscraper which London possesses is ivmv bciiiT revealed as a network of <teel ri<r«ing is removed from the tower of tho University of London's new £3.000.000 iMiilding in Blootnshury. Tt stands 21li foot hi ah. some twenty storeys of white Portland .-tone, with f>7B windows in it and a (iO-f.iot flagstaff to top it off. Yet one has to Approach «iuitr> dose before it is seen, as it neenis to be marked from view in much the same way as is the campanile of Westminster Cathedral. Work i* still proceeding on it. though part has been in occupation for sumo time. The building scheme has advanced rapidly considering its magnitude, and at its present stage can be judged as a remarkable addition to London's public building*. As (sections of the building are completed they are brouglrt into service, and a start has jus't been made in moving the university's library of 300.000 books from South Kensington. This considerable library will grow with the yeaTa, and plenty of room has been left for expansion hi mildew-proof rooms, witU thermostatically controlled -temperatures and lire-proof walls.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 6
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