May 4, 1907





RECORD   AND   GUIDE





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Pabner & Hornbostel Plan 700-Foot Tower,

Messre. Palmer and Hornbostel, No. 03 T\'illiam st, Manhat¬
tan, and J. Maurice Trimble, of Pittsburg, Pa., associate archi¬
tects, have prepared plans for a proposed 700-ft. tower build¬
ing for the city of Pittsburg, to cost, exclusive of site, two
million dollars. If built, it will be the highest building occu¬
pied for business purposes in the world. The gigantic struc¬
ture is planned to be placed in the center of the Allegheny
County Court House, and to rise to a height of 700 ft. by 90 ft.
square. No change will be made in the present court house,
except as to the 90xl20-ft. areaway in the center, over which
the steelwork will come. The building, which is considered
among the finest pieces of architecture in the United States,
will   be   much   more   impressive   with   the   new   addition,   it   be-









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PITTSBURGH.

Palmer & Hornbostel, Architects.

ing the intention of the architects to use thirty-five stories of
the new structure for courts, so that the whole of the
present edifice can be used for ofQces. The main tower would
be connected witli the present one by a bridge. The rotunda
would be 70x70 ft sq. and 90 ft. high. The architects claim the
improvements could be completed in eighteen months. The new
tower would give twice as much floor space as the present
building, witli a total of 125,000 sq. ft., the court rooms being
2G ft. high. The Metropolitan Life tower, which will be Man¬
hattan's highest, will rise OOOli ft. from the foundations to
top, the highest point of observation being 033 ft. The sec¬
ond higiiest of New Tork's buildings will be the tower of the
Singer building, at Broadw?,y and Liberty st, 593 ft. The
Washington Monument is 555 ft., the Philadelphia Cily Hall
547. the Cologne Cathedral 515, the Pyramid of Cheops 4SG, the
Antwerp Cathedral 470, the Strasburg Cathedral 474. Tiie
third highest building in New Tork is the West Street build¬
ing, 404 ft.;   the Park Row building is 382 ft.





Plans for Brooklyn Municipal Bnilding.

JORALEMON ST.—Plans for the Brooklyn Municipal Building
have been completed, and it is expected that bids for building
the foundation will be advertised next month. The first half
of the building will cost .f;3.OOO,0OO, of wiiich sum $500,000 has
been appropriated. It will take about one year to erect half of
the building. The section will probably not be built for two
years, during which the Polytechnic Institute will continue to
occupy its old building. Request for $2,500,000 will be made to
the Board of Estimate in the next few weelvs. Ground dimen¬
sions are 200x300, and ten stories. The exterior material
will be either granite or white marble. The treatment of the
exterior is of a simple, massive character. The Doric colon¬
nade, with great arches between the columns, forms the two
lower stories of the building; surmounting this is a series of
classic pedimented windows, which light the great court rooms
of   the  third   story.     Above   this   story    a   simple   treatment   of





piers, with ample window spaces between, is carried up to the
main cornice, which is surmounted by a simple attic story which
recedes somewhat from the line of the outside walls. One of
the features of the completed building will be a great corridor
extending from Joralemon st through to Livingston st, upon
either side of which two great staircases will communicate with
the coyrt room floor, thus providing easy means of exit for the
crowds assembled at times in this portion of the building.
Twelve elevators and four secondary staircases are divided into
four groups of three elevators each, and are situated in the
main entrance lobbies, adjoining Joralemon and Livingston sts.





Plans Out for lhe Hai'kness Mansion.

oTH AV.—Hale & Rogers, 11 Bast 24th st, are taking figures
On general contract for the Harkness mansion, to be built on
5tli av, northeast corner 75th st, and to cost in the neighbor¬
hood of $500,000. The site, which is vacant, measures 35x115
ft. For architectural style the Italian Renaissance has been
chosen, made up of Indiana limestone. There will be a pass¬
enger and service elevator, marble and wroughtiron work, and
elaborate interior decorations. Mr. Edward S. Harkness has
an office at No. 20 Broadway. (Official announcement was given
issue Feb. 9, 1907.) It will be recafied that Charles Steele, of
the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & ^o., will also soon begin the
erection of a magnificent residence at the northeast corner of
5th av and 92d st, for which Architect C. P. H. Gilbert, 1123
Broadway, has been preparing plans. (See issue Feb. 16, 1907.)
Then there is the proposed improvement of the Lenox Library
site on 5th av, between 70th and 71st sts, 200x125 ft., which
Henry C. Frick contemplates Eor a home for himself, but these
details are slill unsettled, and no plans have yet been drawn.





Plans for Moriis Schinasi's Residence,

RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—C, P. H. Gilbert, Townsend Building,
1123 Broadway, is now taking figures from general contrac-
toi-s for the residence which Morris Sehinasi, tobacco manu¬
facturer, No. 309 West 120th st, is about to erect on Rivei-side
drive, northeast corner of 107th st. The plot measures 60x100
ft., and this wiil complete the improvement of the block
bounded by Riverside drive, Broadway, 107th and IOSth sts.
Mr. Sehinasi purchased the site from S. G. Bayne, president of
the Seaboard National Bank, in December, 1906. The new
structure will be fireproof. 4-styB,' with a high pitched roof, of
French Gothic design. The exterior will be of gray limestone
on the four sides, (See issue Dec. 22, 1906.) On Riverside
drive, the southeast corner of 105th st, on plot SOxlOO ft, the
Hon. William Randolph Hearst will erect a dwelling for his
own occupancy, but no building contracts have yet been placed.
Messrs. Kirby, Petit & Green, 35 West Slst st, will probably
be the arehitects.     (See issue April 6, 1907.)





Geo. Vassar's Son & Co. to Build 79th St. Residence.

TOTH ST.—Emma L. Wesson and Eufrasia Leland, 1 West
37th st, have awarded to Geo. Vassar's Son & Co., Ill 5tli av,
general contract to build a handsome 4-sty stone residence on
a plot 39.11x54 ft., at No. 123 East TOth st, from plans which
were drawn by Foster, Gade & Graham, No. 2S1 4lh av.
Thomas Swain, 452 4th av, has the plumbing contract. Two
old buildings  will be  demolished.     Estimated cost, $50,000.





Apartments,   Plats   and   Tenements.

4UTH ST.—Rosehill Realty Co., 35 Nassau st, will erect a 6-sty
3U-family flat, 49x72.10 ft., at the northwest corner of 40th st,
and 2nd av, cost i?45,(K)0.    Chas M. Straub will prepare plans.

12TH ST.—Jacob Fish, 370 East Sth st, will build two 6-sty
tenements, 50x00.3 ft., on north side of 12th st, 180 ft. east of
2nd av, total cost $100,000.    Samuel Sass, 23 Park Row, architect,

81ST' ST,—Kalt & Zwerling, 1,493 Madison av, will erect two
6-sty flats, 43x89.2 ft., on south side of Slst st, 70 ft. west of
Av A, to cost ■'pSS,O0O. Samuel Sass, 23 Park Row, Is making
plans.

WENDOVER AV.—Two 6-sty flats, 37.6x91.3 ft., will be
erected on south side of Wendover av, 26.2 ft. east of Brook av,
Bronx, cost, $50,000. August F. Schwarzler, owner; Albert J.
Schwarzler, architect.

HOE AV,—^On the east side of Hoe av, 25 ft. north of 172d st,
Wm. Forbes, 307 Garfield st, Van Nest, will build a 5-sty 26-
family flat, cost, $30,000. T. Robinson & Son. 15 Old Broadway,
wiil make the plans.

CLAY AV.—August F. Schwarzler, 1340 Brook av, will erect
a 5-sty 19-family flat at the southeast corner of Clay av and
109th St. Bronx, cost, $28,000. Albert J. Schwarzler, 1340 Brook
av, is making the plans.

AUDUBON AV.^—At the southeast corner of Audubon av. and
100th st. Peck Sc Scoboloff, i9 East 112th st, will erect a 6-sty
20-family fiat, 30xS0.6 ft., cost .'^35,000. Sommerfeld & Steckler.
19 Union sq, are planning.

]39T'H ST.^Schwartz & Gross, 35 West 21st st, are planning a
6-sty 25-fa'mily apartment, 75xS0.ll ft., on north side of 139th
st, 100 ft. east of Broadway, for Messrs. Harris Sr. Cohen, 168-170
Park Row, cost $90,000.

BROADWAY.—Neville & Bagge, 217 West 125th st, are
planning   the   6-sty   apap-tment   house   which   John   W.   Kight,