Word: space
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Amateur Athletic Union will be held in the Mechanics Building, Boston, about the twenty-ninth of March. The old skating rink next to the open hall of this building will be thrown open so as to make one large room of the whole thing and thus furnish plenty of space for the events to be contested. The place will be large enough for a 75 yard straightaway track, and a mile track in seven laps, just half as many as were required in last Saturday's games. The Amateur Athletic Union held its regular outdoor meeting last fall, and therefore...
...Indispensable requirements for an eligible location are, ability, (a) to produce an exhibition appropriate to the dignity of the occasion; (b) to provide ample space for the exhibition; (c) to attract the greatest number of people; (d) to care for these people...
...drilling was done on Cambridge common which was then an open space and had but one obstruction, a sign-board in the centre with a gilt eagle and the inscription "Concord Turnpike." The arms were furnished by the state authorities...
...heating apparatus will be placed. The second floor which is reached by a broad stairway commencing near the entrance contains lockers, a director's room and quarters for the crew, nine and eleven. The gymnasium hall occupies the top floor; this contains over one thousand square feet of floor space and is lighted directly from the roof which is made almost entirely of glass. The hall is be equipped with the most approved gymnastic apparatus of every description. Also a running track of unusual width will encircle the hall...