| 1918 |
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October 26: Fairmount Parkway officially declared open |
| 1919 |
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June 16: Horace Trumbauer directed to provide steel frame in place of the
masonry, load-bearing walls for the central library |
| 1920 |
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February 25: Mayor J. Hampton Moore requests that the central library be redesigned
to reduce cost |
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March 30: Horace Trumbauer reduces the size of the central library from seven to
six million cubic feet |
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September 14: Bids are opened for the excavation and construction of the central
library foundations, John Gill & Son's bid of $425,000 is the lowest;
all bids are later rejected by the Department of Public Works as too
high |
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December 21: New bids are opened for the excavation and construction of the
foundations; Standard Construction Company's bid of $268,750 is the
lowest |
| 1921 |
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Sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil and architects Lord & Hewlett erect
a pair of stelae as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial at Twentieth Street
and the Fairmount Parkway |
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February 14: The Standard Construction Company restarts construction of the central
library foundations |
