AN AUCKLAND SKYSCRAPER.
V( (Per Press Association.) 1 Auckland, September 5. A nine-storey .building, including a basement, is being erected for Mr Gterison in High street. It is being hiifitubf steel encased in brick and The roof, which was to bo according to the plans, approved by the City Council to be laid garden. iMn-Gleeson proposes now to dispense wiifhi this scheme ,and has applied to theoiCity Council for permission to sfchiiitute two additional storeys, makingathe building an eleven-storey stramiure. If the application is gtanted the building will rise to a hdjght of 120 ft. above the pavement, and>ovill thus be the highest in New ZeMand. It is expected, however, thdfccthe application for a permit to erbetr a building eleven storeys high willliiieet with some opposition in the Council. ' i -M' \
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 18, 6 September 1911, Page 5
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131AN AUCKLAND SKYSCRAPER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 18, 6 September 1911, Page 5
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