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of the Stevens Building has resumed; the contractor has completed the
removal of the three upper stories and the roof. At the upper stories
of the Gillender Building dismantling of the steel frame has progressed
markedly. The floor system and floor beams have been removed at the Wall
Street facade, leaving the columns at the uppermost tier of the structural
frame fully exposed. Loads on the columns at the upper floors were considerably
less than those at lower floors. This difference is graphically revealed
by the relative slenderness of the columns at the upper tier; these columns
were fabricated from a single rolled section while those at the lower
tiers were built-up from several rolled sections. Also evident in this
photo is the fact that the construction at the bow windows of the Nassau
Street arcade is not masonry; the cast iron or sheet metal has been left
in place and will be removed with the stiff-legged derricks.
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