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RECORD AND  GUIDE





July .'^o, IQ04





Et Nicholas Terracelfive 3 and O-sty stone and trk college bulld-

140th "t                    I    ings; City of New York, City Hall; ar't, Geo

Amsterdam av           1    B Post, 33 B 17th st,-B.

Amsterdam av, w s, 24.11 n ISOth Et; 5-sty brk and stone Etorej
and tenemenls; \Ym H Bingham Plumbmg & Contracting Co, 2-ilo
■hrosdway; ar'ts, Neville Sc Bagge. 217 W 12jth st-A.

Kadl'OD av s w cor 12Sth st, 6-sty brk and stone stores and tens-
merts;C M Silverman Sc Sou, 1442 Madison av; ar'ts, NevUie Sc
Bagge, 217 W 125th st.—C.





Building Operations.

Plans for Yorkville Bank.

Robert  Maynlcke,   725   Eroadway,   is  preparing  plans  for   the
new buiiding to be erected by ti^e Yorkville Bank at the north¬
east corner of 3d av and SSth st, on plot SUxlOO.   The structuie,
■   which   will   be   of fireproof  construction,   will   be either fonr or
five stories  in height, with banking rooms on the ground fioor.

Police Headquarters  Bids  Rejected.

All bids for the new police headciuarters buil»iing for ihe
police, which is lo be erected on Centre st. between Broome and
Grand sts, which were opened by the Police Commissioners July
20, have been rejected. As the lowest bid exceeded the :ip-
propriation of $750,000 (see Record and Guide of July 23), es¬
timates Will be readvertised for shortly.

Barney & Chapman Plan a Virginia Library.

Plans prepared by Barney & Chupman. architects, of 520 5th
av, New York, for the new Ilandley Library. Mav-e been adjptsd
hy the Handley Trustees, of Winchester, Va., and their choice
approved by the City Council of Winchester. This is to be a
magnificent building and is to cost ■•?100,0lH>, exclusive of the
equipments, which will bo between ^25,000 and ?oO,Ot!0 n^ore.
Jt will practi'::tlly be l-sly in i-ieight, nf stoiie, and surmounted
by a dome 85 feet high.

Henry   Siegel's . Boston  Bnilding.

L. A. Goldstone, architect. 110 West 34th st. New Tork, is
preparing plans for a 4-sty brick, semi-fireproof storage ware¬
house, 80x112 ft, to be built at Albany and JSast Dedham tts,
Boston, Mass., for the new Henry Siegel Co., lessees. It is es¬
timated to cost 5;iO0,OO0. Samuel Green, of 3T Mailen lane, New
York, is the owner and builder. The new building will be sim¬
ilar in design and construction to that recently oomrjieted at
335-41 West 10th st from plans by Mr. Goldstone for me "Hth
Stceet Store."

A Sixteenth Street Improvement.

16TII .ST.—Plans are ready in the office of Horenburger &
Straub. 122 Bowery, for extensive alterations to the 4-sty library
building Nos. 16 and 18 East 16th st, for the Columbia College
of the City of New York, of which J. B. Pine, 62 Wall st, is a
trustee. The building will be altered into stores and lofts, with
a 6-sty tear extension, 38x120 feel, two stories wili be added to
the main structure, and new walls, (ioor beams, stairs, parti¬
tions and iron columns will be installed. The estimated cost of
the work is placed at $50,000. No contracts have been let.
Simon Ragovin & Co., 45 and 51 West 21st st, are the lessees.

Another Emergency Hospital Proposed.

Police Commissioner McAdoo is considering a plan for an
emergency hospital lo be erected somewhere in the vicinity of
the Manhattan end of the Erooklyn Bridge. The nearest hos¬
pital to this point is the Hudson Street Hospital, i nd this, the
Commissioner stales, is unable to cope with the large number
of accidents that take place on or in the vicinity of the Bridge,
Dr. S. G. Cook, who is attached to the Police Department's
surgical division, has suggested the establishment of the pro¬
posed buiiding somewhere in the neighborhood of the Oak st.
Station. If such an institution is erected, it wili be under the
direct supervision of the Police Department. No building plans
have as yet been considered or architects selected.

Railroad "Work.

The New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad will build a
new line through the Bronx borough, so far as to eliminate all
grade crossings. Beginning at the Harlem River and 132d st
and Cypress av, tracks will be elevated and go over the road¬
ways, and about 141st st will go underneath the highways. Ap¬
parently the company is to go ahead and begin work as soon as
It can advertise and let contracts. Between the Harlem River
and 141st st are ten streets where the tracks will be elevated,
and from there on, ivest and east of the Bronx River, on about
a dozen Important thoroughfares, grade crossings will be tlimi-
nated. The general offlces of the company are at New Haven.
whence important masonry and structural iron contracts will
be given out.

For Chnrch Purposes.

80TH ST.—John J.  Downey. 410 and 412 West Thirty-ourth
st, has obtained the general contract to build a 4-sty and base¬
ment,  brick and  stone,  tile and slate roof,   parish house,   SOxTT
feet,   for   the  Corporation   of All   Angels'   Church,   of 240 West
(For plans filed, see pages 257 and 277.)





SOth st, at Nos. 251 and 253 West 80th st, sarae to cost $90,000.
H. J. Hare"! tn bergh, of 1 .West Mth st, is the arohitect. Rc7.
S. De Lancey Townsend is rector. It is to be 50 feet front and 77
feet deep, with a facade of brick, with trimmings of limestone.
Estimated cost,  $80,000.

The 5-sty apartment house at 210 West 83d st will be altered
into a rectory for the Rev. M. J. Considine, rector of Holy Trin¬
ity Roman Catholic Church, in West S2d st. A 2-sty
extfciision is to be added and a new ornamental front erected.
The cost of the necessary improvements is estimated at $12,000 '
by Joseph H. McGuire, the architect, of 3 West 20th st.

De  Lamar House  to  be  Completed.

3TTH ST.—Charles P. H. Gilbert, 1123 Broadway, has awarded ,
the contract for the cabinet work, etc., and interior finish of :
the De I-amar House, 37th st and Madison av, to Messrs. Herter
Brothers, 300 Sth av. The contracts for the ornamental interior '
marble and mosaic work, etc., and the interior ornamental iron
and bronze work have been awarded, as have all other con¬
tracts, and all work is well under way and being hastened to
completion. There has been a report in several daily papers
lo the effect that the house was not to be completed and that
it would be sold. Mr. Gilbert stales, however, that Mr. De
Lamar has no intention of selling this house, and expects to have
it completed about the first of December, when he will occupy
it. This house is most elaborately equipped with machinery
and all sorts of improved apparatus and appliances, and it is
believed it will be the most thoroughly up-to-date high-class
residence in New Tork when finished.

Lackawanna  Improvements.

Plans lor a new terminal at Jersey City for the Lackawanna
Railroad are advancing. Modern terminal buildings of brick and
slone will take the place of the present frame structures, 1
ami'le ferry slips will be added on the Jersey City side, and new
double-deck ferryboats *vin land lhe passengers on a wide con¬
course similar to the Pennsylvania ferry in Jersey City. South
of the present Pier 5 will be built a modern pier, wilh" i
supei'Elruclure 8S feet wide and 1,310 feet long, and on Pier 9
is now being erected a coal-dumping machine which will lift i
car and empty it. Work has already been started on a freight
house extension fronting on Ferry st, which will be 415 feet long
and Several stories high, and also on the conslruction of six
modern transfer bridges to be used in handling freight, and re¬
place those destroyi-^d by the late fire. Aa the improvements
progress there may be many changes, whicli suggest themselves
to the chief engineer. General offices are at 26 Exchange pl.
New  York.

Westchester's New Institution.

John E. Kerby, architect, 452 Fifth av, New Tork, has com
pleted plans for St. Joseph's Normal College, to be erected at
Pocantico Hills, Westchester County. The structure is to be
the novitiate and mother house of the Christian Brothers for
this district, their present novitiate having been acquired by the
city, as it is part of the water shed at Amawalk. The new ■
building will be situated on the highest point of Westchester
overlooking the Sound, Long Island, and the Jersey hills be¬
yond the Hudson. It is to be of semi-fireproof construction,
with exteriors of stone, brick and terra cotta. It will be four
stories and basement high, with a frontage of 355 ft., and a
rear central wing will run back 300 ft. The building will con¬
tain class rooms, dormitories, gymnasium, refrectories and liv¬
ing apartments, besides all modern conveniences and appoint¬
ments. It wili be heated by steam, and will be provided with
combination gas and electric fixtures. It is expected to have
the building completed by next spring. The cost is estimated
at $250,000. Figures on its construction have been submitted
and on Tuesday the general contract will be awarded. Brother
Joseph is the head of the Order, and Brother Christian, the
treasurer, has cliarge of the work. Their city house is at No.
50* 2d St.

NeT7 Apartments, Flats and  Tenements,

ST. NICHOLAS PL.—Henri Fouchaux, Broadway and 162d
st, is making plans for a 6-sty, 3U-family fiat, 96.11x87, Cor the
Central Building, Improvement and Investment Co., 587 Lenox
av, to be erected on the east side of St. Nicholas pl, 199.10 feet
south of ISOlh st, at a cost of about $75,000.

13,5TH HT.—George F. Peiham, 503 Sth av, is preparing plans
for two 6-sty, 22-family fiats. 37.6x86.11, with ail improvements,
for Grossman Eros, and Rosenbaum, of 340 and 550 West SSth
st, same, to be erected on the norlh side of 135th st, 410 feet, eaat
.of Lenox av, at a cost of $76,000.

ERADHURST AV.—Ernest Rolph, 184th st and 3d av, Is mak¬
ing plans for three 5-sly and basement, 51-famlly flat buildings,
25x05.3, 38.3x88.4 and 38.3x77.10, wilh all improvements,"
Murray & Hill, of 617 West 130th st, to be situated on the north
east corner of Bradhurst av and 153d St, at a total cost of
$110,000.

EDGECOMBE AV.—Plans are belj.g prepared by Henri Fou-
cbpux, Eroadway and 1623 st, fur a O-sty 1«-fami!y Hat, 3
x87, to be ei'ected on the w^est side of Edgecombe av, 250.10 feet
south of 150th it, at a cost of about $75,000. The Central Build¬
ing. Iipprovement and Investment Co, 587 Lenox av, are the
owners.