hout our
work we have kept in mind the desire of the judges for quiet rooms for
the conduct of trials. Washington and Fulton streets are noisy on
account of surface cars and vehicles and it would in our opinion be
undesirable to have court rooms front on these streets. The court
house is to be a much larger and more imposing building than the new
municipal building, and it should not be placed on a contracted site.

SIXTH PLAN

PRESENT SITE FOR COURT HOUSE

(See diagram marked Plan 6)

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. Site for Municipal Building takes part of
last item.

4. Site for court house takes Polytechnic land
and buildings, etc., in addition to land
now owned by the city 733,700.00
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Total $5,994,895.00

This plan contemplates that the court house would occupy all of the
present court house block except the Hall of Records; that it should
have a large inner court with court rooms opening upon it; and that
the municipal building should be placed on the plaza site.

The available area for the court house would be 147,700 feet. The
inner court could be 150 feet by 200 feet with a superficial area of
30,000 feet. The building, if six stories high, could easily have four
floors devoted to court rooms. Each floor would afford space for nine
court rooms, each forty feet by fifty feet, and one large court room
for extraordinary trials, 50 feet by 65 feet. This would make forty
court rooms in all and there would be ample space for a jury room and
robing room in connection with each court room.

The street noises would be an objection to this site if the court
rooms fronted the street. We are advised, however, that the fronting
of the court rooms on the inner court would protect them entirely from
street noise. Ventilation in so large a building as this would
necessarily be furnished by a power system, and would be independent
of the movement of outside air. Indeed, it seems to be conceded that a
power system succeeds only when windows are not