nd buildings in
the two blocks bounded by Boerum
Place, Livingston, Court and State
streets 1,507,900.00

4. Municipal Building site at south-west
corner of Court and Joralemon streets
(title now vested in the city)
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Total $6,769,095.00

Like the Clinton Street site, this site would be so expensive that its
purchase would probably preclude the opening of the bridge plaza. If
the present court house should be retained, the new court house would
be hidden and without any effective relation to Borough Hall Park. If
it had outside court rooms they would be noisy. Schermerhorn Street
would either need to be closed or else carried through the building by
tunnel. In the former case one of the streets most needed for traffic
would be lost, and in the latter case the street would need to be
artificially lighted both night and day and even then would be
troublesome to maintain. This plan is open to all of the objections of
Plan 1. Indeed it is even less desirable as it interferes more with
traffic.

FOURTH PLAN

LIVINGSTON STREET COURT HOUSE SITE

(See diagram marked Plan 4)

1. Cost of bridge changes and re-location of
tracks as estimated by the Department
of Bridges, and assessed value of additional
property required for same $4,012,095.00

2. Assessed valuation of land and buildings between
Washington and Fulton streets 1,249,100.00

3. Assessed valuation of land and buildings in
block bounded by Boerum Place, Livingston,
Court and Schermerhorn
streets 881,900.00

4. Polytechnic Institute and buildings fronting
on Court Street not taken by the city
for new Municipal Building site 733,700.00
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Total $6,876,795.00

This plan has been pressed by very competent persons and we have given
a large amount of detailed study to its merits. It contemplates that
the old court house and municipal building should be torn down, and
that the new court house should be set far back from Joralemon Street,
the open space in front of it being flanked by the Hall of