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RECORD AND  GUIDE





August 17, 1912





CURRENT  BUILDING OPERATIONS

Including  Contemplated G}nstructions,   Bids  Wanted,   Qtntracts
Awarded, Plans Filed and Government, State and Municipal Work.





The New Equitable Building.

F, M. Andrews & Co., 1 Madison ave¬
nue, architects for the new thirty-six
story building to be erected on the Equit¬
able site, covering the entire block
bounded by Broadway, Pine, Nassau and
Cedar streets, arc engaged in laying out
the tentative plans. Details of materials,
construction and equipment cannot be an¬
nounced  before  September 15.

The general arrangement of the floors
will be as follows: Above the ground
floor will be a mezzanine, sub-divided
Into spaces for brokers, shops and other
offices; second floor, for banking pur¬
poses, and from the third to the thirty-
sixth floor provision will be made for
general offlce purposes.

Special attention will be given in the
construction to accommodations for in¬
stitutions requiring large areas of floor
space or a series of floors with complete
command of light and air, so that the
building may be said to consist of a series
of independent units. Each unit is pro¬
vided with an equipment of private ele¬
vator service, together -with all other fa¬
cilities and conveniences which should be
installed in each instance in a separate
structure. A feature of the ground floor
will be an arcade, two stories in height,
extending from Broadway to Nassau
street, and beneath which will be a thor¬
oughfare leading from the Broadway
Subway to Wall street and the adjacent
district. On each side of this arcade will
be shops for retail purposes, together with
the battery of elevators required for ser¬
vice to the upper fioors. There will also
be an arcade leading from Pine to Cedar
streets.

It is announced by the owners that
modern requirements will be met in ev¬
ery detail by the erection of this, the
largest office building in this city, though
not the highest, and that it will include
many features not in any other office
hitherto  erected.

The total amount of square feet to be
occupied by the Equitable's offlces has
not yet been determined and will not be
made known before September 15, The
estimated cost of the new building alone
without the cost of land is approximately
$8,000,000, although this figure depends
entirely upon the ultimate selection of
equipment and construction which is yet
undecided. The owners will take pos¬
session on December 16 next, when the
work of construction will commence. It
is expected that the building will be ready
for occupancy by May 1, 1914. Ernest
Graham, of Chicago, will be associated
■with F. M. Andrews & Co., as consulting
architect. The general contractors are
the Thompson-Starrett Company of 50
Wall street. 'Vi'^hile the new building will
bear the name of the Equitable Building
the insurance company disclaims any
ownership, it being simply a tenant there¬
in.





Bradstreet's to Build.

The Bradstreet Company, 346 Broadway,
informed the Record and Guide on Thurs¬
day that plans have practically been pre¬
pared by an architect of this city, whose
name cannot be announced for another
week or ten days, for a tall office struc¬
ture to be erected at the northwest cor¬
ner of Lafayette and Howard streets, in¬
cluding 144 to 148 Lafayette street and
12 to 20 Howard street, with frontages of
114 feet in Lafayette street and 90 feet
in Howard street, the plot containing
about 10,500 square feet. 'There are on the
site now five three-story and basement
buildings and a frame stable, and two
lots are vacant. Together they are as¬
sessed at $127,000, According to the brok¬
ers who made the sale, the operation, in¬
cluding the cost of the building, will
total about $750,000. It is not stated how
many stories the building will be.





Plans for Henry C. Prick's Mansion,

Carrere & Hastings, 225 Fifth avenue,
are completing plans for the new Fifth
avenue mansion which Henry C. Frick,
with offlces in the Frick Building, Pitts¬
burgh, Pa„ is to erect on the block front
on the east side of Fifth avenue, from
70th to 7Ist streets at an approximate cost
of $4,000,000, The construction will be of
marble and the building will cover the
entire 200 foot frontage. The project also
includes a guests' residence at the' south¬
east corner of TOth street, and a ser¬
vants' quarters at the northeast corner of
71st street, A large art gallery will also
be a feature. The general contract has
not  yet  been  awarded.





Big Garage in 26th Street.

C. H. Caldwell, 160 Sth avenue, is pre¬
paring plans for a large garage to be
erected by the North River Garage Com¬
pany, of recent organization, at 537 to
547 West Twenty-sixth street. The prop¬
erty is now covered with dwellings and
measures 140x98,9 feet. The building will
be so constructed that additional stories
may  be added  to  it at  any  time.





Apartment House for Park Avenue.

Oscar Lowinson, architect, 5 West Slst
street, has been retained by the 929 Park
Avenue Company to prepare plans for
the new twelve-story apartment house to
be erected at 929-931 Park avenue. The
building will be of the highest type apart¬
ment house, one family to the floor, and
furnished with every facility and con¬
venience for modern use.





CONTEMPLATED  CONSTRUCTION
Manhattan.

APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS.

128TH ST.—C. B. Meyers, 1 Union sq, has
completed plans for three 5-sty tenements, one
to be erected in the north side of 128th st,
751 ft east of Convent av, in the north side
of 12Sth st, 135.7 ft east ot Convent av and in
128th st, 19o.7 ft east of Convent av for the
Manchester Construction Co., 223 Wooster st,
owner.    Cost, $135,000.

94TH ST.—Schwartz & Gross, 347 5th av,
have completed plans for a 12-sty apartment
to be erected" at the northeast corner of SMth
st and Broad-way for Harry Shift, 355 West
End av, owner.    Cost, $300,000,

66TH ST,—Emery Roth, 507 Sth av, has com¬
pleted plans for an 8-sty apartment to be erect¬
ed at 42 East 60th st, for the Jackson Realty
Co,,  54-8 East Uth  st,   owner.    Cost,  $100,000.

STH ST.—George Fred Pelham, 507 oth av,
has completed plans for a 8-sty tenement, 63x
S2,2 ft, to be erected in the south side of Sth
st, 120 ft west of 2d av, for Harris Sokolski,
354  Grand  st,   owner.    Cost,   $40,000,

HALLS AND CLUBS.
168TH ST.—H. T. Howell, 149th st and Wil¬
lis av, is preparing plans for a 2-sty and
basement auditorium and gymnasium, 96x27 ft,
to be erected at 168th st and Washington av,
for the Morrisiania Presbyterian Church, Rev,
M, F. Johnson, 168th st and Washington av,
owner.    Cost,  $30,000,

FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
25TH ST.—Additional flgures are being re¬
ceived for the addition to the 4-sty brick fac¬
tory, 26x50 ft, at 521-541 West 25th st, for
the Conley Foil Co., on premises, owner. B.
K, Hall, 1 Madison av, architect. Van Vleck
&  Fawley,  239 West 52d st,  engineers,

HOSPITALS   AND   ASYLUMS.

26TH ST.—Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, foot
of East 26th st. Dr. John W. Brannan, presi¬
dent, James K. Paulding, secretary, owner, is
taking bids on roof, wards A and E. McKim,
Mead & White, 160 Sth av, architects. Bids
close August 20 at 3 p. m.

59TH ST.—Crow. Lewis & Wickenhoefer, 200
5th av, have completed plans for the exten¬
sion of the hospital at 430 West 59th st, for
the Roosevelt Hospital, on premises, Charles
B, Grimshaw, superintendent.    Cost, $15,000.

HOTELS.
BROADWAY.—Andrew Club, Jr., 320 Sth av,
architect, is taking bids tor alterations to the
4 and 6 sty brick hotel and stores at 1671-1677
Broadway and 225 West 52d st for the Ludin
Realty Co., 261 West 34th st, owner; John B.
Ludin,   president.    Cost,  $8,000.

MUNICIPAL  WORK.

QUEENSBORO PLAZA.-Wm. Egan, 935 East
179th st, was the low bidder, $7,949, for the
1-sty shelter house, 40x75 ft., to be erected
at Queensboro Bridge, N. Y. C, for the De¬
partment ot B-rldges, 13-21 Park Row, owner,
Arthur J. O'Keeffe, 13 Park Row, N. Y, C,
Commissioner,    Cost,   $10,000.

CROTON WATERSHED.—No bids were re¬
ceived for fencing in the Croton Watershed for
the Dept of Water - Supply, Gas & Electricity,
owner, Henry S, Thompson, commissioner, 13-
21 Park Row, New bids will be advertised
for.

STABLES AND GARAGES.
91ST ST.—Jacob Ruppert, 3d av and 92d
st, will erect a 1-sty garag*, 56x201.5 tt, in
the south side ot 91st st, £80 ft east of 3d
av running through the block to 90th st. Fran¬
cis J. Murphy is the architect. Estimated
cost, $12,000,





THEATRES.
7TH AV.—Excavating is going on for the 2-sty
brick theatre, 88x144 ft, to be erected at the
southwest corner of 7th av and 116th st for
Robert S. Marvin, 340 Riverside dr, owner,
Thomas W, Lamb, 501 Sth av, architect. The
Libman Contracting Co., 107 West 46th st,
contractor.    Cost, $150,000,





Bronx.

APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS,
INTERVALE AV.—Maximilian Zipkes, 220 Sth
av, has been commissioned by Morris Berman,
of 200 Broadway, to prepare plans for a high-
class apartment house to be erected on the
east side of Intervale av, north of East 165th
St. Cost, $50,000, and accommodates twenty
families.

WEBSTER AV.—The J. Schwartz Contracting
Co. has purchased a plot 120x90 ft. on the east
side of Webster av, 100 ft. north of 182d st,
Bronx, and will erect three 5-sty apartment
houses.

WEBSTER AV.—Foundations are under way
for the 5-sty brick apartment house, 25x90 ft,
at the northwest corner of Webster av and
204th st, for the Ebling Co., 760 St. Ann's av,
owner, Fred Hammond, 391 East 149th st arch¬
itect. Louis Friese, 3029 3d av, general con¬
tractor. Wm, Mensch, 155th st and Courtlandt
av,   carpenter.    Cost,   $55,000.

167TH ST.—Moore & Landsiedel, 3d av and
148th st, are preparing plans for two 5-sty
brick apartments, 40x88 and 39x70 ft average, to
be erected at the northeast corner ot 167th st
and  Tiftany  st.    Cost,  $80,000,

STORES, OFFICES AND LOFTS,
173TH ST,—Steel work is under way for the
4-sty brick addition to the office building and
shop in the north side of 175th st from Carter
av to Webster av for the Northern Union Gas
Co., on premises, owner, George W. Doane,
president; Frederick R. Devoe secretary. Jar-
dine, HIII & Murdock, 3 West 29th st, arch¬
itects. A. J. Robinson Co., 123 East 23d st,
general contractor.    Cost, $45,000.





Brcoklyn.

APARTMENTS. FLATS AND TENEMENTS.
r.VION ST.—J. C. Cocker, 2017 Sth av. N. Y.
C, is preparing plans for a 4-sty brick and
limestone tenement and store, 60x56 ft. to he
erected in the north side of Union st, 'lOO ft.
east of Nostrand av, for Herman J. Levy, Nos¬
trand av and Eastern Parkway, owner. Cost,
.?2O.00O.

6TH ST.—Shampan & Shampan, 772 Broadway,
Brooklyn, are preparing plans tor three 4-sty
apartment houses, to be located on the south
side of 6th st, 86.8 ft west of Sth av. Brook¬
lyn, on a plot of 125x100 ft. The Rogers Im¬
provement Co. ot Manhattan, owners. The
entire interior will be finished with hardwood
trim, parquet floors and equipment ot elec¬
tric and steam heat. Owners are excavating
at present. Cost of operation is estimated at
$110,000.

NOSTRAND AV.—J. C. Cocker, 2017 Sth av,
N. Y. C, is preparing plans for five 4-sty brick
tenements and stores, 25x100 ft., to be erected
at the northeast corner of Nostrand and Pros¬
pect avs for Herman J. Levey, Nostrand av
and Eastern Parkway, owner. Total cost,
$90,000.

PENNSYLVANHA AV.—Charles Infanger &
Son, 26S4 Atlantic av, have completed plans
for the 4-sty brick and limestone apartment,
41x80 ft, to be erected on the west side of
Pennsylvania av, 50 ft south of Liberty st for
Howard Lincoln, Inc. 1768 Prospect pi, owner,
who  builds,

DWELLINGS.

PRESIDENT ST—Axel Hedman. 371 Fulton
St. architect, will soon call for bids for two
2t4-sty brick residences, 20x55 ft., to be erected
In the north side of President st, near East
New York av, for J. J. Kauder & B. E. Rosen¬
berg, owners.    Cost,  $8,000 each,

40TH ST,—Work has been started on the
3-sty brick lodging house, 25x80 ft. in the
south side of 40th st, 100 ft w?st of 3d av,
for John L, Deliherti, care of architect, owner.
J. C. Wandell & Co.. 4-5 Court sq. architects.
The Partridge Contracting Co., 189 Montague
st,  is general contractor.    Cost, $7,000.

54TH ST.—Ben]. Hudson. 319 nth st. has com¬
pleted plans for four 2-sty brick residences,
20X.55 ft. to be erected in the south side of
54th st, 220 ft. east of 6th av, for the Johann
Construction Co., 1-3 Walton st, owner, who
builds and is taking bids on subs. Total cost,
!i!lS,000.

FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES.
CONEY ISLAND.—Wm. Home & Co.. 71 West
132d St. N. Y. C. were low bidders, $2 270,
for the storage building to be erected at the
Coney Island Pressure Pumping Station, tor the
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec¬
tricity,  13-21  Park  Row.

HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS.
KINGSLAND AV.—Additional figures are be¬
ing received for the 4 and 5-sty brick and
limestone hospital to he erected on Kingsland
and Debevolse avs. Bullion and Benton sts for
the City ot New York Department of Public
Charities. Michael J. Drummond, commissioner,
foot of 26th st, owner, Frank J. Helmle, 190
Montague   st,   architect.     Cost,   $275,000,