In this plan the court house would be 1,730 feet from the Hall of Records. The transaction of court business on the border of the retail shopping district would increase street congestion. It is distant from the present office district, and, if selected, injury to the present office district would result. It is inconvenient to residents of certain parts of the city. If court rooms fronted on the street they would yearly become more subject to noise. The available space would not afford as large an interior court as would be desirable if the court rooms were to face inside. If this site were acquired, the bridge plaza would probably remain unopened. Like Plan 1, this plan scatters the benefit of the four factors under discussion, and does not unite them. THIRD PLAN STATE STREET SITE FOR COURT HOUSE (See diagram marked Plan 3) 1. Cost of bridge changes and re-location of tracks as estimated by the Department of Bridges, and assessed value of additional property required for same $4,012,095.00 2. Assessed valuation of land and buildings between Washington and Fulton streets 1,249,100.00 3. Assessed valuation of land and buildings in the two blocks bounded by Boerum Place, Livingston, Court and State streets 1,507,900.00 4. Municipal Building site at south-west corner of Court and Joralemon streets (title now vested in the city) ------------- Total $6,769,095.00 Like the Clinton Street site, this site would be so expensive that its purchase would probably preclude the opening of the bridge plaza. If the present court house should be retained, the new court house would be hidden and without any effective relation to Borough Hall Park. If it had outside court rooms they would be noisy. Schermerhorn Street would either need to be closed or else carried through the building by tunnel. In the former case one of the streets most needed for traffic would be lost, and in the latter case the street would need to be artificially lighted both night and day and even then would be troublesome to maintain. This plan is open to all of the objections of Plan 1. Indeed it is even less desirable as it interferes more with traffic. FOURTH PLAN LIVINGSTON STREET COURT HOUSE SITE (See diagram marked Plan 4) 1. Cost of bridge changes and re-location of tracks as estimated by the Department of Bridges, and assessed value of additional property required for same $4,012,095.00 2. Assessed valuation of land and buildings between Washington and Fulton streets 1,249,100.00 3. Assessed valuation of land and buildings in block bounded by Boerum Place, Livingston, Court and Schermerhorn streets 881,900.00