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RECORD Amy  GUIDE





"December 30, 1905







Prospective   Building.

The lollowiDg is a ]ist of buiiaing enterprises for New York City
that may be expected within the year 1900, For some, plans are
now under way; for others, no architects have yet been selected;
and in some cases the sites have not been secured. The first name
is tbe owner's; the second, that of the architect; the third, the
contractor's; the date is the date of announcement in the Record
and Guide.

OFFICE.   STATION   AND   HOTEL   BUILDINGS,

4th av, n e cor 20th st—S-sty Hreproof hotel building, or extensive
alterations to present structure; The Putnam House; John L Mar¬
tin 314 Madison av; no architect selected. Contemplated. Dec 2.
1905,

7th av, n e cor SGth st—15-sty hotel building; D O Mills, G34 Sth av;
Copeland Si Dole. 135 Nassau st; Post & McCord, 44_E 23d st. have
the steel work; no other contract let.    Nov 25, 1905.

Plaza square. ws|lS-sty  hotel   building;   The  Plaza Realty  Co.   137

5Sth to SOth st I Broadway; Henry J Hardenbergh. 1 West 34th st;
Geo A Fuller Co, general contractors.   July 1, 1905.

47th st, Nos 101-103 W—9-sty hotel huilding; H M Swetland, Fuller
Building; Jackson Se Rosencrans, 31 Union sq; T J O'Reilly Se Co,
353 Sth av.   Aug 5, 1905.

Foot West 22d st—2-sty passenger station and ferry slip; Central
Railroad of New Jersey; C J Osgood, chief engineer; Ohas T Wills.
156 5th av, general contract.    Work started.   Dec 23, 190S,

Foot West 22d st—2-sty passenger station and ferry slip; Delaware,
Lackawanna Se Western R R Co; Kenneth M Murchison, 5 W 31st
st.    Plans about ready,   Dec 23, 1905.

29th st, n w cor Madison av, 50 ft w—10-sty hotel addition to Hotel
Seville; Louis C Raegener, 141 Broadway; Chas T Mott, 35 W
Slst St.   No coutract let.   Dec 9, 1905,

Sth av, s e cor 32d st—ll-sty office huilding; Mathew Rock, 315 5th
av; Maynicke & Franke. 29S Sth av. No contract let. Dec 9,
1905.

21st st, Nos 18-20 West—10-sty ofEice huilding; Mrs Josephine Rob¬
inson. 34 West Oth st; C Dunne, 330 W 26th st.,    Aug 12, 1905.

27th st, No 43 West^OV^-sty store and offiee huilding; owner's
name reserved; Louis C Maurer, 22 E 21st st, architect. No con¬
tract let,    Deo 23, 1905,

Lafayette st, Nos 00-72—10-sty business and loft huilding; Israel
Lippman. 201 E lOSth st; Schwartz & Gross, 35 West 21st st; John
J Radley Se Co, 19th st and East River, steel.    Sept 16. 1905,

Mangin st, No 29—■7-sty loft building; J Meyer, 11 Broome st;
Thomas W Lamb, 224 Sth av.   Dec 9. 1905.

27th st, Nos 14S-152 West—8-sty business building; owner and
builder,  Rohert J Mahoney, 1133 Broadway,    Oct 7.  1905.

24th St. Nos 46-54 West—12-sty lodge and office building addition;
The Order of Free Se Accepted Masons. Oth av and 23d st; no
architect selected.    Contemplated.    Dec 2. 1905.

43d and 44th sts|12-sty office and exchange building; The New Tork

Lexington av | Furniture Exchange, C Piatt, manager. Grand
Centra! Palace, Lexington av and 43d st; no architect selected.
Contemplated.   July 22, 1905,

40th st, Nos 18-22 West—9-sty club house; The New York Club,
Sth av and SSth st; Henry J Hardenbergh. 1 W 34th st; Wells Bros
Co. 100 Sth av, general contract.    Nov 4. 1905,

Vanderbilt avlvarious stories, sizes, etc. new Grand Central Station

Lexington avl    buildings; New York Central R R Co; Warren & Wet-

45th-43d sts |    more,   associated   with   Reed   &   Stem.   5   B   42d  st,

Depew pl       i   Aug 12, 1905.

Walker st, Nos 9. 11 and 13—7-sty loft building; Ole H Olsen & Co,
1518 Vyse av, Bronx; C Abbott French,    Oct 3. 1905.

7th and 8th avs. between Slst st and SSd st—3-sty terminal huild¬
ing; Pennsylvania Railroad Co; McKim. Mead & White, 100 Sth av.
Dee 12, 1903.

7th and Oth avs, bet S2d st and 3Sd st-------sty tunnel terminal; Hud¬
son Se Manhattan Railroad Co. W G McAdoo, president. 111 Broad¬
way; no architect selected.    Plans unsettled,   Dec 19, 1905.

Sth av. n e cor ISth st—15-sty store, loft and office building; The
Richman Realty & Construction Co, 56 Liberty st; Samuel Sass,
23 Park row.    Site not cleared.    Sept 9, 1905,

43d st, No 311-319 West—12-sty printing and publishing house;
Chas Scribner's Sons, 153_5th av; Ernest Flagg, 35 Wall st; no
contract let,    June 10, lOOo,

SSth st, Nos 102-104 West—9-sty loft building; J Stern & Co. 34
E 21st st; Wm C Sommerfeld, 19 Union sq; Donald Itfitchell. 305
W .SSd St.   Dec 23. 190S.

34th st, n s, 325 w Sth av—O-sty store building; R C Smith, 40 W
14th st; Samuel Sass. 23 Park row; The Richman Realty & Con¬
struction Co, 50 Liberty st,    Nov 25, 190S.

Centre Market pl          |block. 6-sty new police headquarters huild-

Grand  st                       I    ing;  City of New York;  Hoppin & Koen, 244

Centre and Broome sts]   Sth av;   Gillespie,  Walsh & Gillespie.  1133

Broadway, general contract; Levering Se Garrigues, 552 W 2Sd St.

steel,   July 11, 190S,

ELEVATOR APARTMENT HOUSES.

Riverside Drive, s e cor SGth st—12-sty elevator apartment house;
R H Macdonald & Co, 5 W 31st st; Chas E Birge, 5 W 31st st; R
H Macdonald St Co, general contract,    Nov 4, 1905.

110th st, n s. 100 ft w Broadway—9-sty elevator apartment house;
The One Hundred and Tenth Street Co, 44 Wall st; Snelling &
Potter, 1170 Broadway; The Hennebique Construction Co, 1123
Broadway, concrete contract.    Nov IS. 1905.

Morningside av, w s, llSnh to 116th st—two 10-sty elevator apart¬
ment houses; Paterno Bros. 557 W IS^^d st; Schwartz & Gross. 35
W 21st St.   Oct 21, 1905.





Building Operations.





Nenr ApartmeutB for Ams ter dam At* Block.

AMSTERDAM AV.—Maximilian Zipkes, 147 4th av, is pre¬
paring plans and specifications for a row of new apartment
houses to occupy the block front on Amsterdam av, 176th-
177th sts, which will be improved with two 40-ft corners, and
three 40-ft inside houses, 0 stories, to be finished in a high-class
manner, with all modern improvements, at a cost of $250,000.
The Fleischmann Realty & Construction Co. will be the owners.





Eleveu-Story I,oet Building f*T Tn^cntieth St.

20TH ST,—Frederick C. Zobel, 24-26 Bast 21st st, is preparing
plans for the erection of an ll-sty fireproof, steel frame loft
and office building, 50x92 ft,, which he will erect at Nos. 32-34
West 20th St. The structure will contain concrete floor arches,
elevator, steam heat, brick, stone and terra cotta front, plumb¬
ing fixtures, oak trim, marble and tiling, composition roof, and
all up-to-date improvements. No contracts have yet been
awarded.





An ImproTcmeut et Five Fla,tH for Sbarman At.

SHERMAN AV.-The Hanover Realty & Construction Co,, S5
Broadway, wil! soon erect five S-sty and basement apartment
houses, on plot 200x150 ft, recently purchased by them, on the
northwest side of Sherman av, 100 ft southwest of Academy
St. Each house will be 40 ft front toy 1S8 ft deep. The fronts
will be of limestone, light brick, terra cotta, with hardwood
trim, open nickle plumbing, hot water supply, steam heat,
marble, tile work, and plastic slate roofs, etc. Total estimate!
cost about $238,000. Louis C. Maurer. 22 East 21st st, the com¬
pany's architect, will have plans ready for estimating about
Jan. 3d.

Cbas. Tt n^ill* Xo Rebuild Central n. It. Ferrr Terminal.

FOOT 22D ST.-The general contract for the rebuilding of
the ferry-slip and passenger station, for the Central Railroad
of New Jersey, near the foot of West 22d st, recently de¬
stroyed by fire, has been awarded to Chas, T. Wills, of No.
156 5th av. The general design and construction will be about
an exact duplication of the burned building, two stories in
height, and 86x300 feet in size. Work will be begun at once,
under the supervision of C. J, Osgood, chief engineer, for the
company. Plans for the new slip and station for the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, are being prepared by Kenneth M.
Murchison. of No, S West Slst st. For further building par¬
ticulars see issue of Dec. 23, 1905.





Plans for tbe Brunsivicli Site.

5TH av.—At a meeting of the Brunswick Site Co., held on
Saturday, Dec. 23d, it was officially decided that Francis H.
Kimball, of 71 Broadway, and Harry E. Donnell, of No. 3 West
29th st, will be associated as architects for the new office
and store structure to be erected on the east block front, in
5th av, between 26th and 27th sts. upon the site of the old
Brunswick Hotel. The new building will cover the entire
plot, 197.6x130, about 31.10G sq. ft. It will be twelve stories
in height, and cost approximately $1,090,000. This action was
taken by the Brunswick Site Co,, of which Mr. Robinson, of
the G-orham Company, Sth av and SOth st. is vice-president,
after a long postponement, of the new 20-sty hotel plans
which were drawn to be erected on the site. It is said that
operations are to be begun at once, but no contract has yet
been  awarded,                            ,





Tbe Adams Expresn Company's Neiv Building n'ill be m,
Sbyscraper.

BROADWAT.—A notable addition to the colony of skyscrapers
now to be found on the lower portion of the Island of Man¬
hattan will be the coming new office and express building to be
erected in lower Broadway for the Adams Express Company.
The company already own Nos. 59 to 03 Broadway, a frontage
in both Broadway and Trinity pl, of 72,0 ft and a depth of
207,4, and it is understood that additional property will be pur¬
chased adjoining. The exact size and number of stories there¬
fore cannot be given yet. although it can be stated that the
building will compare with the new United States Express Build¬
ing in height, equipment and construction.

When interviewed by a Record and Guide representative,-it
was said that no definite plans or architect have yet been
selected. The Adams Land and Building Company was incor¬
porated on Tuesday of this week, with a capital of $6,000,000.
Directors are Levi C. Weir, Basil W. Rowe, Charles Steele, Carl
A. De Gresdorf, Henry Farmer, Jr.. H, Starr Giddlngs, and Ed¬
ward B. Bruce.