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RECORD   AND   GUIDE





March 28, 1908





BUILDING   OPERATIONS.





Contemi>latccl     Changes     in     Times
Square WiU Cost Many Millions.

If all the proposed improvements are
carried out in Times Square as have
already been announced the amount of
money to be expended will approximate
the sum of six million two hundred
thousand dollars. The addition to the
Hotel Astor which will give the hotel
more than 1,000 additional bedrooms, and
700 baths, making the structure double
its present size, becoming practically the
largest hotel in Manhattan, with furnish¬
ings, will cost alone about $4,000,000. The
addition will cover ten lots, including the
buildings Nos. 206 to 214 West 45th st,
and Nos. 207 to 215 West 44th sl. While
the ground area of the new building will
not quite equal that of the present struc¬
ture, less space will be occupied hy offices
and apartments for general use, so that
the room capacity of the hotel will be
doubled. It is expected that the work
of tearing down the 4-sty dwellings that
now stand on the site will begin shortly
after May 1. The plans have been com¬
pleted for more than a year, Messrs,
Clinton & Russell, 32 Nassau sl, being
the architects. (See issue Aug. 25, 1906.)
Another large improvement about to be
commenced by John Jacob Astor is that
for the remodeling of the property on the
west side of Tnnes Square, running from
43d st to 44th st. It is planned to tear
down the three walls facing on the
square, 43d and 44th sts, rebuilding them
with new fronts, and equipping the in¬
terior as an up-to-date ofBce building,
"containing about 200 offices and studios,
and a few stores. Plans are now being
prepared by C. H, Cullen, 20 West 34th
st, who estimates the cost some-i\^here
between $150,000 and $200,000. At the
southeast corner of Broadway and 43d
st plans have been prepared for a 12-
sly offlce and theatre building lo cost
approximately $1,000,000. It is ex¬
pected to have the theatre ready for
use by Jan. 1, 1909, and tlie office build¬
ing by May 1, 1909. V. Hugo Koehler
is the architect, and Harry Levey the
owner.     (See  issue  March  21,   190S.)

Messrs. Carrere & Hastings, 225 Bth av;
liave also designed plans for another
theatre building to be erected at Broad¬
way and 46th st, Nos, 1555 Broadway and
Nos. 203 to 317 West 46th st, for Charles
B. Dillingham, David H. Taylor, and
Frederick Manners, to cost about $1,000,-
000. The plot has a total area of about
16,000 feet, so that it will be one of the
largest playhouses yet established in the
amusement centre around the Square.
(See   Issue   Nov.   3,   1907.)

Hedden Const. Co. to Build New "Fifth
Avenue Building."

A demolition permit has been issued for
the immediate purpose of dismantling tbe
old Madison Square Theatre in West
24th st, which location, logether with
the old Fifth Avenue Hotel site front¬
ing on the west side of Broadway, ex¬
tending from 23d to 24th sts, is to be
covered with a 14-sty office and store
building. A notice was posted in tbe
hotel this week to tbe effect that on
April 4 the hotel will discontinue busi¬
ness. The theatre site is to be cleared
first, and as soon as the slore leases
along Broadway expire, which is in
August, the entire structure will be
rapidly lowered. The size of the plot
which the building is to cover measures
197,6x260 ft. and 71,10x98.9 ft. The ex¬
terior will be of granile, light brick and
limestone, with a slag roof. In all nine¬
teen high-speed elevators will be in¬
stalled. On the ground floor will be a
rotunda arcade 30 feet square,    The main





entrance being through a court 21
feet in width on Broadway. As an¬
nounced in the Record and Guide Issue
Oct. ID, 1007, the building wil! cost ap¬
proximately $2,000,000. according to the
plans prepared and filed by the archi¬
tects, Messrs. Maynicke & Franke, 298
Sth av. The Hedden Const. Co., Madison
av, has the general contract. (See issue
Feh,  15, 190S.)





Particulars of the Seamen's Institute.

COENTIES SLIP,—In all probability
work win be started in a few days for
the largest sailors' home in the world,
to be erected at the northeast corner of
Coenties Slip and South st, fronting Jean¬
nette Park, for the Seamen's Church In¬
stitute, of the port of New York, to cost
in the neighborhood of $550,000. The
building as planned by the architects,
Messrs, Warren & Wetmore, of 3 Easl
33d sl, wiil be 12-stys in heighl, of light
brick and limestone, to cover a plot lOOx
100 ft. in size. On the main floor there
will be the shipping bureau and offices,
A restaurant and kitchen will be in the
basement, and the first floor will contain
billiard and recreation rooms. The main
assembly hall and assembly rooms wdll
be on the second and third floors, while
the upper stories will be for sleeping
rooms. The price paid for the building
site was said to be $200,000. No building
contracls have yet been placed. Bdmund
L, Baylies, lawyer, No. 54 Wall st, has
enlire charge of the raising of subscrip¬
tions and building operations. Others in¬
terested are: Wllhelmus Mynderse, Henry
L. Morris, J, A. Johnson, Captain A. T.
Mahon and O. E, Schmidt, (See issues
Feb, 24, 1906. Aug. 17, 1907.)





Broadway aud 147th Street Im-
provenient.

BROADWAT.—Geo. Fred Pelham, 503
5th av, has been commissioned to pre¬
pare plans for a 6-sty elevator apartment
house lo be erected on a plot 100x100 ft.
at the southeast corner of Broadway and
llTth st, to contain the latest improve¬
ments. The materials for the exterior
wili be light brick, limestone and terra
cotta, with a composition roof, steam
heating, gas and electric lights, marble,
tile, mosaic work, hard wnod finisli, tele¬
phones, etc. The cost will figure about
$150,000. The Pencoe Realty & Con¬
struction Co., of ISlst st and Broadway,
will be the owners. No sub-contracts
have yet been placed.





Plans   for   the   Union   Dime   Savings
Bank.

6TH AV.—Plans will be ready for es¬
timates in about six weeks for the hand¬
some new banking institution for the
Union Dime Savings Bank, of Broadway
and 32d st (Chas. E. Sprague, preskVent),
to be erected on a plot 115x110 ft., at the
northeast corner of (ith av and 40lb st.
lo cost about .i!350,CHXI. It has been de¬
cided to build of either slone or granile
(kind yet unselected). Electric elevators
will be Installed, Alfred H. Taylor, No.
6 East 42d sl, is the architect, (See issues
March 7, 190S. page 401.)





Latest Improve ment for Claremont
Avenue.

CLAREMONT AV.—Architect John
Hauser, 3(!0 West 125th st, is preparing
plans for the immediate erection of a
6-sty, high-class apartment house to be
situated on the east side of Claremont
av, 200 feet north of 122d st, on a plot
100x87 feel in size. The owner is Eman¬
uel Doctor, 207 West 133d st. The cost
will be In the neighborhood of $140,000.





Costly  Apartment House   for  Riverside
Drive and 112th Street.

RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—Geo. Fred Pel¬
bam, 503 5th av, has been commissioned
to prepare plans for a O-sty high-class
apartment house, 110xl40x irregular, to
be erected by the Gumming Construction
Co., 290 Convent av, at the northeast
corner of Riverside Drive and 112th st,
at a total cost of ahout $350,000. Light
brick, slone, terra cotta exterior, com¬
position  roof,  electric  elevators.





Geo. W. Grote & Go. txj Rebuild
Factory.

102D ST.—Operations will be started
immediately for rebuilding and increas¬
ing in height by one additional story the
paint factory of Geo. W. Grote & Co., at
Nos. 432 to 436 East 102d st. The origi¬
nal plans of the building prepared by
Architect John H. Knubel, 31S West 42d
st, will again be used. The company
states tbat it will do its owm building,
handling all contracts.





Loft Buildiug For Bleecker St.

Architect Pred Ebeiing, 420 East 9lh St,
w-ritcs that plans will be ready in one
week for a new 7-sty and basement store
and loft structure, 40x65.4 feet, to be
erected at Nos. 17 to 19 Bleecker st. The
building will be of up-to-date construc¬
tion,   including   elevator,   etc.





Apartments, Flats and Tenements.

3d AV,^—Cha.e, B. Meyers, 1 Union sq,
is making plans for a 6-sly tenement,
ri0.3xS7 feet, for Isaac Cohen, 59 "^'est
115th st, to be erected al Nos. 6SG-6SS 3d
av, at a cost of $40,000.

MARBLE HILL AV.—John Brandt,
1511 3d av, is preparing plans for a 3-sty
flal building, 21x50 feet, for John M.
Brown, 120 West 227th st, lo be erected at
No.  97 Marble Hill av,  to  cost ,$8,500.

BELMONT AV.—E. C. Glenn, 427 East
14Sth st, has plans for a 4-sty flat, 15x78
ft., to be erected at Belmont av and ISOth
st, the northwest corner, for Ernest Da-
maine, 2465 Belmont av. Estunated cost,
$12,001).

A. H. Rosensobn, 747 Broad st, New¬
ark, N. J., has completed plans for three
4-sty flat buildings, 50x52 ft., to be built
on Monticello av, near Clinton av, Jer¬
sey City, N. J., for D. J. Murphy, Bay¬
onne,  N.  J.     Cost.  $75,01)0.

PACIFIC ST.—Samuel Sass, 23 Park
row, has prepared plans for flve 5-sty
tenements, 38x100 feet, lo be erected on
Pacific st, near Boerum pl, Brooklyn, for
the Realty Associates, 170 Remsen st,
Brooklyn.    Estimated cost is $150,000.

15TH ST, Brooklyn.—Tbe Hoft Con¬
struction Co. will erect at 15th st and
Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, a 4^sty
apartment house, 56x100 feet, to cost
about $75,000, Steam heat, gas and elec¬
tric fixtures, telephones, etc. Geo. Fred.
Pelham, 503 5tli av, Manhattan, is making
plans.

PROSPECT AV,—Neville & Eagge, 215
West 125th st, have plans for one 4-sty
fiat, 25x100 ft,, aud two 3-sty fiat build¬
ings, 20x44 ft., to be erected at the south¬
east corner Prospect av and 175th st for
the Begrlsch-Schorn Realty & Construc¬
tion Co., 147 East 125th st. Estimated
cost  is $40,000.





Churches.

Messrs. Reiley & Steinback, 4S1 5lh
av, Manhatlan, w-ill lake new bids for
the Roman Catholic Church to be erected
at Chicopee, Mass., to cost approximately
$50,000.     Rev,   S.   Chelusnick  is  pastor,

Messrs. Crow, Lewis & Wickenhoefer,
160 Sill av, Manhattan, have been com¬
missioned to prepare plans for two
church buildings  to  be erected at Roch-