LIKE twin Colossi, silent amid the hum of cities and the whistling of a thousand boats, the grim piers of Brooklyn Bridge stand sentry at the river’s gate.
XI
THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
ASTRIDE of Chamber Street at Park Row stands the Municipal Building. Under its roof are half a hundred commissions, departments, boards and bureaux that regulate such petty affairs as the highways, parks, water supply, bridges, taxes and fire-fighting for upwards of six millions of people. A gigantic task, and accomplished in a building well worthy of its responsibility.
