Some say it offered the most spectacular panorama of the Manhattan skyline. Constructed in 1986, the Chart House building in Weehawken, New Jersey, was 180 feet wide, running from north to south, and 108 feet deep. Occupied by a restaurant and banquet hall and constructed of part wood frame and part heavy timber truss, the height varied from one story at the front to two and three stories in other areas, with atriums, cupolas, and peaks adding to the aesthetic splendor. The wood-frame section on