ATDTdA : 12

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

>
> They sat in a masonry transmitter "shack" designed
> by McKim, Mead and White, gradually getting used
> to being alive and on dry land again. A workman's
> wife had brought them blankets and coffee. Dr Tesla
> had imported from Trieste. The rainlight came in
> through a series of high arched windows.
>
>

that was a real firm - 
http://www.rooseveltvanderbilt.org/rvitems.htm 
they built the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park

and they really were the contractors for Wardenclyffe
http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/wardenclyffe.html

they're also on this daunting list of architects a well-educated
person should be familiar with:
http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/fheitzman/cultlit.html
- along with Imhotep, Ruskin, and Vitruvius

McKim seems to be a misprint - most of the references say
"McKin" - and they built a pretty cool-looking building
called Lathrop House in Chicago as well
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_aj1992_b.jpg
-- one of those places one drives by and wishes one had
a couple dozen friends to share rent on...