Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1907 — New York Skyscraper Limit. [ARTICLE]

New York Skyscraper Limit.

Drastic regulations adopted unanimously by the Building Code Revision Commission of New York City to be In effect after Jan. 1 provide that no new building ehall be over 2.10 feet in height This is expected to end the mad race of builders for the prize of “the highest building,” if the regulations are approved by the Board of Aidermen. Already more than twenty buildings in New York have exceeded this limit. This action is in response to the warning recently sounded by the fire underwriters and by the fire fighters.