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By RALEIGH BRYANS
Atlanta plans to shoe-horn
in five years.
To meet space demands al-
‘|ready confronting it, the city
‘lis preparing a 6,000-square-foot
| |addition to City Hall—the first
such in the 37-year life of the
Spanish-Gothie structure.
‘| The addition is to occupy a
“well” or ‘court’? between 2-
story wings at the second- and
third-floor levels on the south,
or Trinity Avenue, side of the
building.
The sum of $150,000 has been
set aside for the addition and
for some alterations that will be
made in the aldermanic cham-
ber, which occupies the second
floor of the existing west wing.
Building Supt. Howard Mon-
roe, whose department will su-
'|pervise the contemplated expan-
sions and renovations, says he
\Jexpects to select an architect
|| for the job soon.
ATLANTA’S City Hall was
completed and occupied in 1930
and long ago proved inadequate
to house all of the city govern-
ment’s growing departments and
services.
Some years ago, for example,
=
Jammed City Hall
Seeks More Space
a little extra floor space into
City Hall but it still faces overcrowding, which suggests to at
least one official that a major city hall annex will be a must
the school department relin-
quished most of its space in
the hall and occupied the build-
ing next door that did house the
old city health department.
Last year, three other city
departments moved out of the
hall and down the street, to a
building at 260 Central Ave. that
is dubbed “City Hall Annex.”
The departments were sanitary,
parks and personnel.
In City Hall itself, there have
street.
STREET MARKS TIME
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., March 30 (UPI) — Iron Moun-
tain and Kingsford on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula share a
Going from one side of that street to the other could take
an hour Saturday, the day Iron Mountain goes on Eastern
Standard time. Kingsford won’t go on Eastern Standard until
24 hours later, at 2 a.m. Sunday.
been many remodelings which
carved space from hallways and
such to augment the office
space available. An example is
a ground floor job that expand-
ed the city cafeteria.
“Tf we continue to grow at
the rate we are now, we're go-
ing to have to make some major
provision for additional office
space within the next five
years,’ Mr. Monroe says.
“We're simply outgrowing this
building — every building we’ve
got. We’ re scattered over a two-
block area, and that’s not good
I think we ought to start plan-
ning now for a major new an-
nex.
CITY HALL SQUARE occu-
pies the city block bounded by
Mitchell Street on the north,
Washington Street on the east,
Trinity Avenue on the south and
Central Avenue on the west.
In the square is City Hall it-
self and the building that hous-
es the school department. A con-
Fy LY
siderable space is given over to
lawns and to parking space.
Mr. Monroe feels a major sec-
ondary building could be
erected on the Trinity Avenue
side of the existing City Hall
but he thinks any such struc-
ture would have to ineorpor-
ate parking floors.
More Doctorates
WASHINGTON, March 30 (.
The proportion of Lutheran sem-
inary and college professors
with earned doctor’s degrees has
increased from 40 per cent in
1960 to 57.1 per cent at present,
an educational survey shows.
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Atlanta plans to shoe-horn
in five years.
To meet space demands al-
‘|ready confronting it, the city
‘lis preparing a 6,000-square-foot
| |addition to City Hall—the first
such in the 37-year life of the
Spanish-Gothie structure.
‘| The addition is to occupy a
“well” or ‘court’? between 2-
story wings at the second- and
third-floor levels on the south,
or Trinity Avenue, side of the
building.
The sum of $150,000 has been
set aside for the addition and
for some alterations that will be
made in the aldermanic cham-
ber, which occupies the second
floor of the existing west wing.
Building Supt. Howard Mon-
roe, whose department will su-
'|pervise the contemplated expan-
sions and renovations, says he
\Jexpects to select an architect
|| for the job soon.
ATLANTA’S City Hall was
completed and occupied in 1930
and long ago proved inadequate
to house all of the city govern-
ment’s growing departments and
services.
Some years ago, for example,
=
Jammed City Hall
Seeks More Space
a little extra floor space into
City Hall but it still faces overcrowding, which suggests to at
least one official that a major city hall annex will be a must
the school department relin-
quished most of its space in
the hall and occupied the build-
ing next door that did house the
old city health department.
Last year, three other city
departments moved out of the
hall and down the street, to a
building at 260 Central Ave. that
is dubbed “City Hall Annex.”
The departments were sanitary,
parks and personnel.
In City Hall itself, there have
street.
STREET MARKS TIME
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., March 30 (UPI) — Iron Moun-
tain and Kingsford on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula share a
Going from one side of that street to the other could take
an hour Saturday, the day Iron Mountain goes on Eastern
Standard time. Kingsford won’t go on Eastern Standard until
24 hours later, at 2 a.m. Sunday.
been many remodelings which
carved space from hallways and
such to augment the office
space available. An example is
a ground floor job that expand-
ed the city cafeteria.
“Tf we continue to grow at
the rate we are now, we're go-
ing to have to make some major
provision for additional office
space within the next five
years,’ Mr. Monroe says.
“We're simply outgrowing this
building — every building we’ve
got. We’ re scattered over a two-
block area, and that’s not good
I think we ought to start plan-
ning now for a major new an-
nex.
CITY HALL SQUARE occu-
pies the city block bounded by
Mitchell Street on the north,
Washington Street on the east,
Trinity Avenue on the south and
Central Avenue on the west.
In the square is City Hall it-
self and the building that hous-
es the school department. A con-
Fy LY
siderable space is given over to
lawns and to parking space.
Mr. Monroe feels a major sec-
ondary building could be
erected on the Trinity Avenue
side of the existing City Hall
but he thinks any such struc-
ture would have to ineorpor-
ate parking floors.
More Doctorates
WASHINGTON, March 30 (.
The proportion of Lutheran sem-
inary and college professors
with earned doctor’s degrees has
increased from 40 per cent in
1960 to 57.1 per cent at present,
an educational survey shows.
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