January 28, 1905





RECORD AND   GUIDE





Rivington st, Nos 61 and 63, 4-sty brk and stone public library;

New   York   Public  Library, 40 Lafayette  pl;   ar'ts,  McKim,   Mead &

White, ino 5th av,—D. Exterior finished, intericr work under way.
Water st | s e cor Corlears st, 0 and 10-sty brk and stone grain
Corlears st I elevator and mill; Hecker, Jones, Jewell Miiling Co,
Elast River |    20i   Produce   Exchange;   ar'ts,   Jno   B  Snook's   Sons,

261 Broadway;  b'rs, John Monks & Sons, 82-92 Beaver st.—Driving

piles for foundations.

Worth  st, n   w cor Mulberry   st.   5-sty  brk   and  stone   store  and

lofts;   Peter   .\crltelli,   243   Elizabeth   st;   ar'ts,   Kurtzer   &   Rentz,

Spring st and Bowery.—E.    Occupied.





Building Operations





Taking Figures on Pyle Factories.

James Pyle & Sons, 436 Greenwich st. New York, are taking
figures on a group of factory buildings, which they will erect at
Edgewater, N. J. Lockwood, Green & Co., of Boston, Mass., are
the firm's engineers.

Ne-w Factory Building for Hobert Hoe & Company.

COLUMBIA .ST.—Plans will he ready for bidders in about ten
days for the erection of a 6-sty fireproof factory and storage
building for Robert Hoe & Co., Printing Press Manufacturers, of
?(>4 Grand st, to be erected at Nos. 25-29 'Columbia st and 36
Sheriff st, to cost about $165,000. The structure will be 200x
139 and 46.10x irregular in size, tile and cement roof, red brick
exterior, stone and terra-cotta coping, galvanized-iron skylights,
iron stairs, elevators, steam heat, electric light, etc. Pour old
buildings will be demolished, and no contract has been let for
any of the work. E. L. Shattuck, 504 Grand st, designed the
huilding) and -will award all contracts.

Latest Improvement for  23d St.

23D ST.—Frederick C. Zobel, 24 East 21st st, has heen com¬
missioned to prepare plans for a 10-sty fireproof, steel-frame
office building, 25x100 feet in size, to he erected at No. 36 East
23d Bt, and to cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. The struc¬
ture will contain two elevators, brick, stone and terra-cotta
front, steam heat, electric light, marble work, etc. Mr. Zobel in¬
forms the Record and Guide that he will be ready to receive
estimates after the 15th of February. The owners are Augustine
H. and Frederick A. Seaman, and Emeline S, and Mary S, Berry,
of New York.                                                                                i   i, £,

Subnrban Residence for F. Warburg.

Messrs. DeLemos & Cordes, Fulton and Nassau sts, are pre¬
paring plans for a large country residence for Mr. Felix War¬
burg, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to be built near the Century Club,
near White Plains, Westchester County, N. T. The building will
be of stone, brick, timber and stucco, in the English or Eliza¬
bethan style. It will be two stories and attic, 74x52 feet in size,
with a 1-sty servants' wing, 72x22, and will have a square stone
tower four stories high. It will be built around a squash court,
and will also contain a garage. No contracts have been let,
though it is expected to begin work as soon as the weather
will permit.

Bids for New Police Headquarters Again Opened.

CK^TRE MARKET,—Bids were opened for the third time by
Police Commissioner McAdoo, 300 Mulberry st, on Thursday,
January 26th, for furnishing all labor necessary to build and
complete ^excepting heating and ventilating system, boilers
and steam piping) the new building on the block bounded by
Gr;.ind, Centre and Broome sts and Centre Market pl, Borough
of 'Manhattan, for headquarters for the Police Department of the
City of New York, as follows: Gillespie Bros,, 1135 Broadway,
$1^.25-0 (low bidder); Charles H. Peckworth, 415 Hudson st,
$608,775; Buckley Realty & Construction Co,, $669,999; P. Gal-
lagiier & Co., $663,900; Ryan & McFerran, 106 East 23d st, $724,-
775; ir C, Henningham, $690,000; T. B, Leahy, 9 East 42d st,
$744,373; and Thomas Cockeriil & Son, 147 Columbus av,
$724,500.

Model  Tenements  for  Henry  Phipps.  .

The City & Suburban Homes Co,, of 281 4th av, will build for
Henry Phipps, Esq.. a group of "model tenements" in New York
City, for which he has subscribed $1,000,000. Three buildings, in
different sections, will be erected first, and it is expected to have
them finished by the end of the year, providing accommodations
for 500 families. The sites have not yet heen selected, nor has
an architect been commissioned, though it is probable that James
E. Ware & Son, of 1170 Broadway (who have successfully de¬
signed other similar buildings), w^ill be selected. Dr. E, R. L.
Gould, of 304 West 7Sth st, has charge of the work. It is an¬
nounced that Mr, Phipps' plans include similar enterprises for
Pittsburg, Alleghany and Philadelphia. In the proposed build¬
ings the question of sanitation will receive the most careful
attention. Dr. Gould being an authority on the subject.

The   Assumption   Catholics   of   Brooklyn   Select   Site.

CRANBERRY ST.—The Rev. Dr. William J. Donaldson, of 101
Tork st, Brooklyn, pastor of the Church of the Assumption, now





situated at York and Jay sts, and which lies In the path of the
new Manhattan Bridge No. 2 anchorage, which is to be con¬
demned, has just purchased a new building site in the block
bounded by Cranberry, Henry, Middagh and Hicka sts, at a cost
of $52,300. The new ediflce will be erected in the center of the
plot, and will front on Cranberry st, while the rectory will be
built back of the church, fronting on Middagh st. Dr. Donald¬
son informs us that no plans or architect have been selected, or
any contracts awarded. The property bought was as follows:
60 Middagh st, a 4-sty frame structure, $10,000; 62 Middagh st,
$7,500; 64 Middagh st, $5,500; 66 Middagh st, $3,000; 55 Cran¬
berry st, $7,000; 57 Cranberry st, $9,000; 59 Cranberry st, $6,800;
01 Cranberry st, $8,500.

Bank and  Office Building Opposite  Sherry's and
Delmonico's.

5TH AV.—Plans have been completed and have been submitted
for estimates for an 11-sty office building to be erected on a plot
65x105 on the southeast corner of Fifth av and 44th st, formerly
part of the Paran 'Stevens estate plot, for a realty company, in
which Oakleigh Thorn, Col. Dowd and John C. Tomllnson are
interested. The '"First Day and Night Bank" will occupy the
first floor and will provide safe deposit vaults in the basement.
The remaining stories will be devoted to office space. Henry
Ives Cobb, of 115 Broadway, is the architect.

The plot is directly opposite "Sherry's," and just across the
street from "Delmonico's," and has heen the subject of much
speculation as to its future character. A hotel was at one time
proposed for the site, but the view that it is more properly a
business site has since been justified. The all-night bank, as its
name implies, is the flrst venture of the kind, and seems appro¬
priate to this location.    Its result wil! be awaited with interest.

Contract  for  the  Altman  Building  Let.

Last week the Record and Guide made the first announce¬
ment of the names of the architects for the new Altman build¬
ing on Fifth av. This week it gives the name of the successful
bidder for the general contract, which is Marc Eidlitz & Son, of
4S9 Fifth av. It can be further said that final plans have not
yet been finished, and it is uncertain what will be the dimensions
of the first section to be erected. The completed building will
cover the entire block, and the work of clearing the site will not
begin until next May. The usual material will be employed for
the most part, except that the firm is thinking how a marble
front would look, and may decide for that material. Experi¬
ence in this fleld does not favor very high buildings, but a good
elevator system can do wonders. An unofficial guess is that the
new Altman store will have just about nine stories, which,
multiplied by the ground dimensions, will give an immense
cubical contents.

The   New   Shayne  Building.

42D 6T,—Albert S, Gottlieb, 150 5th av, has completed plans
for a new 6-sty building to be erected on a plot, 25x200, at Nos,
126 West 42d st and 129 West 41st st, for C. C. Shayne, furrier,
now occupying an old building on the premises. The new build¬
ing will be of special mill construction, and may be called an
Insurance Underwriters' building, having been passed at the
same rate as a so-called fireproof structure. All partitions,
stair wells, shafts, etc, will be fireproofed, and all doors and
windows kalamined. The design shows an attractive front of
limestone, with a large window area. The ground floor front will
consist of large plate-glass windows framed in a wide metal
molding of the verde antique finish. The fioors above consist of
the end piers, with triple window effects between. There is a
wide cornice, above which is a small square, metal-capped turret.
No contracts for the work have been let. It is hoped to begin
W')rk ahout the flrst of .March, so that the building may be
ready by the beginning of the fur season in September. Mr,
Shayne has just completed a new building at 131 West 41st st.
which will connect with the proposed new building.

First  Presbyterian   Church   to   Build  Apartments.

5TH AV,—The trustees of the First Presbyterian Church on
Fifth av, between llth and 12th sts, will build two 12-sty apart¬
ment houses on their property in the rear of the church. The
plot upon which the proposed buildings will be erected has a
frontage in llth and 12th sts of 50 ft., its easterly line being
125 feet west of 5th av. It is now partly occupied by the par¬
sonage and chapel which will be demolished. Messrs. Renwick,
Aspinw^all & Tucker, of 367 Sth av, have been selected as the
architects. It is proposed to make the 12th st building an apart¬
ment hotel, and the llth st building an apartment house of the
housekeeping type. The two buildings will be connected. They
will necessarily be of the very highest type and will undoubtedly
prove a great improvement to the neighborhood, establishing a
worthy precedent for this immediate section of lower Fifth av.

The design of the buildings will be in the Gothic style of
architecture, harmonizing with the present church structure,
which is an artistic bit of old New Tork. The material of
the flrst three stories will be bnownstone, matching the church,
the upper stories will probably be of brick with brownstone trim!
(For plans filed see page 224.)