AL Estate Record





AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE





Vol. XL                       NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 187,3.                        No. 262.





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THE REiL ES PATE REGORD  ASSOCIATION

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No receipt for money dno tlie Rraf. Est.^TE RKCORI)
will be acknowledged nnless signed by one of our regnlar
ooUectors, Henry D. S.Mn'ir or TfiO.MAS P. Cum.mi.ng.s.
AU biUs for collection will be sent from the office on a regu¬
larly printed form.





SPECIAL  îfOTICES.

Parties pnrcha.siag property in Westchester, who wish
titles examined, are referred to the card of Mr. Wm. F.
Browne, SA avenue, corner of 138th street.

Messrs. Batterson & Cook hâve recently taken and fitted
up the commodious rooms under the armory at the junction
oï Broadwaj', fith av. and 35th st. This convenient locality,
with the expérience in handling and storiug goods and ftir-
nitiu-eof Capt. Batterson,—during the war, of the 1.3th New
YorkCavalry,—oughttoinsure themafair measure of busi¬
ness.





The Mai'tgage Circular, piiblislied by the
" Real Estate Record" Bureau of Information,
issued its first number on Wednesday last. In
its prospectus ifc says :—

' ' The publication of the Chattel Mortgages and
Mortgages on Real Estate will be continued from
week to week, and fumished to subscribers at
$10 per year or 25 cents per copy. The lists
are oblained from officiai sources, and are in-
valuable to the mercantile community, to deal¬
ers in real estate, to dealers in buildiug mate¬
rials, and ia fact to ail interested in mercantile
crédits.

" Real estate dealers can, by looking over this
list, ascertain the ownership of thousands of
lots, which otherwise chey would remain in
ignorance of, and also the amount of money
which established institutions are wUling to
loan on the same.

" Business men will find the list of Chattel
Mortgages to contain information that should
be in possession of ail those désirons of know¬
ing the standing of certain parties with whom
they hâve constant business transactions.

" The publication of this mortgage list being
a work of great care and labor, its r?ojectors
trust that they will receive suffic, jnt en¬
couragement at the hands of bankers, mer¬
chants, dealers in real estate, and builders, so
as to enable them to enlarge the enterprise and
establish it on a permanent basis."





CHUECH OF THE HOIY TEINITY.

Tms new place of worship, now in
course of érection on the site of the
présent brick church at the corner of Forty-
second street and Madison avenue, for the
Rev.  Stephen H.   Tyng, Jr.,  willj_be,* when





completed, one of the most remarkable ecclesi-
astical structures not only in this city, but in
this conntry, and, indeed, we may go further
and say anywhera The peculiarity of it con¬
sists ia the fact that the architect, Mr. Leo.
POLD Eidlitz, fairly confronting the difficult
problem which is at présent puzzling the archi¬
tects of both England and America, has in this
design cut the gordian knofc of the difficulty,
and shown us how a Protestant place of worship
can be erected upon an entirely new plan, dis-
carding ail former arrangements which were
found incompatible or inconvénient, and yet re¬
taining so much of purely ecclesiastical char¬
acter as should satisfy the most ultra lover of
Gothic architecture, who is not so wedded to
ancient forms as to be absolutely beyond the
appeals of necessity and common-sense. The
architect has hère shown us how we can
avail ourselves of ail the conveniences of ar¬
rangement belonging to the plan of a théâtre,
without one iota of theatrical glare and display;
in short, how a vast audience-room can be so
constructed that the largest number can see
and hear a preacher thoroughly, without any
internai obstructions whatever, and yet look and
be, in every respect, a solemn and impressive
temple of worship. This was the great prob¬
lem to solve, and, Columbus-lilce, he has very
clearly shown us how this egg can be made to
stand on end.

To effect this the architect has necessarily
had to fall back upon the only form which we
ever eonsidered available for such a purpose—
something of a circular arrangement. In ail
large buildings, whethej cii-cular or right-an-
gled, the great difficulty to be overcome is the
acousfcic one of résonance, or the confusion re¬
sulting from a mingling of reflected sounds,
and the difficulty in ail such cases is greatly en¬
hanced by the absence of columns and other
salient projections which tend to break thèse
sounds and so prevent them from returning fco
the ear in a complète shape. The form most
capable of preventing this is the ellipse, aud
for this reason ail the théâtres most noted for
the quality of perfect sound are of this .shape.
The audience-room—if this is the proper
name to give it—iu Dr; Tyng's new church is
an immense ellipse 108 feet in length to the
chancel arch, and 83 feet wide ; the octagonal
chancel receding 23 feet further back. This
large space is covered over by an open timber
roof, of veiy novel but scientific and beautiful
construction, 42 feet high a,t the eaves, aud
88 feet to the summit of the lofty central ga¬
ble. There are no obstructions whatever ex¬
cept the slender columns supporting one row of
gallery on each side, and the interior will be
capable of accommodating 1,800 people. The
preacher is brought prominently forward for
the sake of being heard, the pulpit being placed





in one of the f oci of fehe ellipse at some distance
in front of the great chancel arch. On onô
side of the chancel is a large recess 45 feet
wide and 20 feet deep, for the purpose of ac--
commodating the organ and choir. The seats
are admirably arranged, every one being so situ¬
ated as to allow its occupant to distinctly see
the preacher, while the scientific dispcsition of
the plan will enable each one as distinctly to
hear him. The mode of egress and ingress for
so large a building was a thing to be inaturely
eonsidered, and for this there is ample provision.
There are four front entrances on Madison av¬
enue, besides two others on Forty-second street,
and in three corners of the church are large
stone staircases which would enable the congré¬
gation to leave the building almost instanfcane-
ou.sly in case of necessity.

A noble and lofty tower is placed at the angle
formed by the junction of Madison avenue and
Forty-second street, treated in its various gra¬
dations with exquisite taste, and surmounted
by a spire of élégant proportions Not the
least remarkable feature about this building
will be that it is of brick, but brick so artisti-
cally and tastef ully used as to put to the blush
many a structure of the costliest granité or
marble. Mr. ElDLlTZ has, on many previous
occasions,—^the Academy of Music in Brooklyn,
the Produce Exchange in this city, etc. ,^shown
ns of what the judicious employment of brick
is capable, but in this case he is likely to sur-
pass ail his former efforts in that respect. With
the exception of the window-tracery and finish-
ings around them, the doorways, strings, and
other parts essentiaUy of stone—Ohio, Oswego,
and New Brunswick stones being used accord¬
ing to their various applications for color, etc.
—the whole surface of the building will be of
brick-work of différent shades, arranged in
diaper pattems, and producing the most charm-
ing effecb to the eye, without any of that
sudden and glaring contrast of colors, which
mars the effect of so many récent buildings of
red brick and stone. Used hère merely as a
subdued groundwork, ail the openings and
other portions of interest being clearly defined
and bound as it were ia beautiful stone-work,
the rich tracery of the Windows and the mag¬
nificent rose-window in front ail standing out
in their own individuality, it is difficult to con¬
çoive a more pleasing and effective pièce of
workmanship.





STATEN ISLAND.
We hâve frequently declared that the true
policy of the city of New York is to open com¬
munications where they are obstructed in aU
directions—and is not this plain and clear ? WiU
any one dispute it? And yet communication
are   horribly   obstructed   in   every  direction