March 2, 1918





RECORD   AND  GUIDE





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Plans   for   Bronx   Apartment.

Plans have recently been completed
by the Fred F. French Co., 299 Madison
avenue, for three modern multi-family
dwellings to be erected at the northeast
corner of Tinton avenue and 147th
street, the Bronx. The structures v^ill
be five and six stories in height, with
facades of brick and terra cotta. The
owners and builders are Grossman
Brothers & Rosenbaum, iron workers,
82 Willow avenue. The cost will be in
the neighborhood of $300,000.





and specifications and is taking esti¬
mates on general contract for the con¬
struction of a five-story brick hospital
at the southwest corner of Hart street
and Stuyvesant avenue, Brooklyn, for
the Beth Moses Hospital. This building
will have ground dimensions of 90 x 94
feet, and will be fireproof throughout
and equipped with every modern hos¬
pital convenience. The cost is about
$250,000.





PERSONAL AND TRADE
NOTES,





Convalescents* Home at Yonkers, N. Y.

York & Sawyer, architects. 50 East
41st street, Manhattan, are finishing the
plans and specifications for the three-
story fireproof home for convalescents,
85 X 176 feet, to be erected at the north¬
east corner of Jerome and McLean ave¬
nues. Yonkers, N. Y., for the Estate of
Caroline Neustatter, care of William R.
Rose, 128 Broadway, Manhattan, owner.
This operation will cost approximately
$250,000. It has not yet been decided
when  bids will be called for.





Planning Brooklyn Apartment.

Plans are in progress in the offices of
Slee & Bryson, architects, 154 Montague
street, Brooklyn, for a four-story brick
and stone apartment to be erected on
the south side of Eastern Parkway, 164
feet west of Franklin avenue, by Wil¬
liam B. Greenman and Edward J. Ma¬
guire, 350 Fulton street, owners and
builders. The structure will occupy a
plot 80x100 feet and will cost in the
neighborhood of $85,000.





Planning Brooklyn Theatre.

Plans are nearing completion in the
offices of Thomas W. Lamb, architect,
644 Eighth avenue. Manhattan, for a
two-storv brick and terra cotta theatre,
100 X 241 feet, to be erected at the
northeast corner of Fulton street and
Rockwell place, Brooklvn. The owner
of this project is the Freel Trust Co.,
44 Court street, Brooklyn. The cost is
estimated to be in the ne'ghborhood of
$225,000. The architect will probably be
ready for estimates on general contract
about April 1. This theatre will be a
notable addition to the amusement cen¬
ter of Brooklyn.





Contract for Store and Offices.

Valentine Lynch & Co.. 19 Park Row.
has obtained the general contract for
the erection of the five-story store, res¬
taurant and office building at 20 West
3Sth street, for Julia A. Ferguson, owner,
39 Central Park South. The plans were
preoared hv Charles E. Birge. architect.
29 West 34th street. The entire buildinfr
has been leased to Schrafft*s. Inc., con
fectionerv. 62 West 23d street, who will
occupy the store and roof garden. The
cost of construction is approximately
$70,000.





Hempstead  Town   Hall   Plans.

Steward Wagner, architect. 7 East 42d
street, Manhattan, is preparing the
plans for a new town hall to be built on
Harperas Road for the Town of Hemp¬
stead. L. I.. Hiram R. Smith, chairman
of the board. The structure will be two
stories in height, built of brick, with
trimmings of white marble and will be
semi-firenroof. The ground dimensions
will be 35x125 feet with wing 30x45 feet.
This building will be set in a park con-
tainincr approximately four acres of
ground that will be extensively land¬
scaped and planted. The structure will
provide accommodations for the munic¬
ipal offices, court rooms, police headquar¬
ters, and will have a number of cells
in the basement. The cost of construc¬
tion is approximately placed at $70,000.
Bids will probably be advertised for
about April 1.





Rehuild   Training   School.

Plans   are  being matured   for  recon
structing t^e Salvation  Army Training

School, at 120 West 14th street, recently
destroyed by fire. Working plans for
this operation will be prepared under
the direction of William S. Barker. 122
East 14th street, for thp Salvation Army.
Tnc., Evnncrellne C. Booth, president.
The builfling will be of brick, four
stories in height, and will be a modern
plant in every respect. Active construc¬
tion will not be started until the insur¬
ance is adiusted. Further details wiU
be available for a later issue.





Bids   for   Brooklyn   Hospital.

Hent-v J. Nurirk. architect, 9^7 Broad¬
way, Brooklyn, has completed the plans





Low-Parker      Engineering      Co.,     has

moved its offices from 45 Broadway to
150 Nassau street.

F. C. Zachau, architect, has recently
moved his office from 45 Clinton street,
Newark, N. J., to Arlington, N. J.

Irving Margon, architect, has recently
moved his offices from 372 East 149th
street to East 149th street and Cort¬
landt avenue.

Snare & Triest Co, has removed its
offices from the Woolworth Building to
8 West 40th street. New telephone num¬
ber is Murray Hill 8136.

John H. Coxhead, architect, has re¬
cently moved his offices from 924 Ellicot
Square to the Liberty Building, Swan
and Franklin streets, Buffalo, N. Y.





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