New building for NYAS

The New York Academy of Sciences has announced plans to erect a 21‐story building and adjoining auditorium in mid‐Manhattan to serve as a World Science Center. The structure, which would cost an estimated $25 million, is expected to be completed for the Academy's 150th anniversary celebration in 1967. A major aim of the complex would be to supply conference rooms, as well as library and banquet facilities, for the many scientific organizations which lack adequate quarters for meeting and functioning effectively. The center will contain a number of meeting rooms of various sizes which will be equipped with closed circuit television, demonstration labs, and advanced communications apparatus, including equipment for simultaneous translations of addresses. A large part of the center will be devoted to offices for scientific organizations and scientifically oriented corporations. Other features will include a microfilm library, a print shop, a banquet hall to accommodate nearly 1000 diners at a time as well as smaller dining rooms, and a 300‐car garage.