RECORD AND GUIDE
February li, 19051
THE REALM OF BUILDING
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Status of New Buildings.
BETWEEN 14th AND 23D STREDTS, WSST SIDE.
Buliaings under construction, exclusive of tenements, situated
north of 14th st, and south of 23d st. West S'.ae, showing the present
condition of the various operations. A indicates excavating; B, foun¬
dations; C, structural work halt up; D, enclosed; E, complete, cr
nearly so; N. S,, not started. The first name is the owner's; "ar't"
indicates architect; "b'r." builder.
IGth st. No 5o W. 10-sty brk and stone loft building; Max Kurz¬
rock, 834 Broadway, and Louis Silesnik, n w cor IOth Et and Gth av;
ar't, S B Eisendrath, 41 W 24th st.—N. S. Plot excavatsd.
17th st, Nos 127 to 133 W, G-sty brk and stcne store aud loft
building; F B Golder, 5 and 7 E 42d st; ar't, W G Pigueron, 5 and 7
E 42d st,—E. Occupied,
20th Et, No 5 West. 1-sty brk and stone rear extension, install
show windows, metal columns, girders, elevator shaft, to 4-=ty and
basement brk and stone loft building; C W Hand and H C Olin, 1.50
5th av; ar'ts, Pickering & Walker, 5 East 42d tt; b'r, David Morri¬
son, 119 W 33d St.—Tearing out old partitions.
20th st, Nos 13 and 15 West, 11-sty and basement brk and stone
store and loft building; Hudson Realty Co, 135 Broadway; ar'ts,
Buchman & Fox, 11 E 59th st,—N. S, Old buildings standing,
20th st; No 38 W, 6-sty brk and stone loft building; Lewis A Mit¬
chell, care Moss & Feiner, 85 Nassau st; ar't, Adolph Mertin, 33
Union sq.—N. S. Old buildiug standing.
20th Bt, Nos 129_to 133 W, G-sty brk and stone store and lofts;
David Perelman, 2Dt> Henry st; ar'ts, Bernstein Se Bernstein, 72
Trinity pl.—E. Occupied.
21st st, Nos 15 to 23 W I 11-sty brk and stone store and loft
22d sl. No IG W 1 building; Benjsmin Stern, 7 W 53d
st; ar'ts, Schickel Sc Ditmars, 111 5th av.—N, S. Old buildings stand¬
ing.
21st st. No 41 W, 7-sty brk and stone store and loft building; The
Botolph Co, 110 W 34th st; ar'ts, Hartwell & Hartwell, 110 W 34th
St.-N, S. Plot vacant.
22d st. No 1 W, :i-sty brk and stone store and lofts; estate of
Benj Nathan, 47 Wall st; ar'ts, Schickel & Ditmars, 111 5th av.—E.
22d st, Nos 28-32 W. G-sty brk and stone store and loft building'
Louis Sachs, 132 E 79th st; ar'ts, Schickel & Ditmars, 111 5tb av—
D. Nearing completion, painting and finishing under way.
23d Et, Nos 250 and 252 W, 2-sty brk and terra cotta automobile
station; Manhattan Transit Co, 248 E 4Sth st; ow'rs Rowland &
Eurich, St James Building.—N, S. Plot vacant.
23d st, n s, 125 e llth av, 2 and 3-sty brk and stone office and
storage building; United States E.xpress Co, 49 Broadway; ert Er¬
nest Flagg, 35 Wall st.—D. Entrances not finished, interior ia rough
stage.
Stb av, s e cor 16th st, 15-sty brk and stone store and loft build¬
ing; Jacob Rothschild, 31 W o7tb st; ar't, Alte;t S Gottl.eb, 156 5th
av.—A, Steam drills boring rock.
?tuv^'^. ! ^-^' ^^^ ^^°'^^'- ^^°°*' ^'^^ - stories to rear, install cast iron
lihfS' l^^J'^S iTRcy^s, steEl gi.dars, rearrange front piers, to
n,; i^ iL^ f ^m^ ^"'^ '^°^ department store; Siegel-Cooper Co,
Work N S ' ^^""^^ ^ Cordes, 13U Pulton st,-^
rJ,!?.h'"''f'\° -'^'.^^"f^^o^/-^°*^ ^^°^^ church; The Second Associate
?I^r\ \ nJ°^'^--J'^ ''^ ^"J ^''^^- ^"^^^'^ ^ Kilian, 9 Maiden
lane.-N. S, Old buildings standing,
7th av, Nos 33 to 35, G-sty brk and stone tenement; The Second
Associate Church of New York, 33 7th av; ar'ts, Turner & Kilian,
9 Maiden lane.—N, S. Old buildings standing.
7th av, n e cor 15th st, 7-sty brk and stone publishing house;
Street & Smith, 238 William sl; ar't, Henry F Kilburu, 15lj 5th av.
—D. Interior iu rough stage.
Building Operations.
BuildiDg^ Contract for a Vanderbilt Sluiise.
Jacobs & Young, 1133 Broadway, hava obtained the general
contract to build the 5-sty fireproof residence, 50x90, for Wil¬
liam K, Vanderbilt, Jr., Great Neck, L. I., to be erected at Nos.
666-668 Sth av. New Tork. McKim, Mead & White, 160 5th av,
are the architects.
Plans for S'100,000 Biiildiatg: Abuiii Beady for IIidd«rs.
5TH AV.—Robert Maynicke, 208 5th av, informs the Record
and Guide that the plans for the 15-sty, 60x115, slag roof, office
and storage building to be erected at Nos. 126-128 Sth av, will
be ready for bidders in about two weeks. The new structure
will be erected by the "Fifth Avenue and Eighteenth Street
Realty Co,," of which Henry Corn, G67 Madison av, is president;
Charles H. Furmen, 18 Hatfield st. Port Richmond, 'Staten Island,
treasurer, and Otto M, Kohn, 223 West S3d st, secretary. No
contracts have been issued,
Sky8crai>er ior a niaiden Laue Corner.
BROADWAY,—A modern ofiice building will be erected on a
plot, 7S.2xl34,6x irregular, at Nos. 176-17S Broadway, now oc¬
cupied by the old Howard Building, adjoining the northeast cor¬
ner of Maiden lane. The tenants of the building- have been noti¬
fied that their leases, which all expire by May of this year, will
not be renewed. Sketch plans were drawn, but were rejected,
and no architect has actually been commissioned for the work.
The owners are clients of Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Erown
-. Co.
masonic Temple for I^ong- Island Cily.
John M, Baker, 85 Borden av. Long Island City, has been com.
missioned to prepare plans and specifications for a new Masonic
Temple, to be erected on Jackson av, between Pearson st and
Annable av. Long Island City, for which the lodge recently paid
$10,000. The site is one of the best in Old Hunter's Point sec¬
tion, and is accessible to the new Blackwell's Island Bridge,
The proposed edifice will be fireproof, SOxlOO feet in size, g'^
stories in height, with an exterior of limestone and light brick,
and wiil cost about gi.35,000. The architect informs the Record
and Guide that plans will be ready for bids by March 1st.
Bank Oiiilding- for EigbiBi Avenue.
STH AV.-The directors of the New York County National
Bank, at No. 79 Eighth av, southwest corner of 14th st, have
bought the surrounding property, improved with a 3-sty brick
printing house, and now have a plot m.easuring 51.7 on the
avenue and 100 feet on the street, A new building wiil be
erected on the entire plot, the first floor to be occupied by the
bank. The upper floors will be leased. No plans have been
drawn or architect selected. Styles & Cash have a lease on the
printing house that does not expire until May 1st, 1906, John
Jacob Astor is the seller of the property. The officers of the
bank are: Francis L, Leland, president; Frederick Fowler,
cashier; Lewis L, Pierce, notary.
NcYV Buildiug Eor tEic Cbemical Bank.
BROADWAY.—Competitive plans are being submitted for a
new.bank and office building to be erected by the Chemical Na¬
tional Bank, of 270 Broadway, on the site facing City Hall Park,
so long occupied by them, and extending to Chambers st, where
it has a frontage of 50.7. The bank about three years ago pur¬
chased the adjoining property, Nos, 80 and 82 Chambers st, old
buildings occupied by hardware flrms and having a frontage of
50.41/. in Chambers st. The Broadway plot measures 25x91,3 and
the combined Cham'bers st plots measure 101 feet front with a
depth of 75 feet. The successful architect will be announced
next week. Work is to begin this spring. The offlcers of the
bank are; William H. Porter, president; Francis Halpin, cashier;
James L. Parson and J. B. Martindale, assistant cashiers; (Mor¬
timer Bishop, notary.
Apartments, Flats and Tenements.
WEBSTER AV,—John Hauser, 360 West 12Sth st, is drawing
plans for two 5-scy flats, to be built on the east side of W^eb-
ster av, 172.1 north of 171st st, each 37,6x97, for Harris Ratner,
at an estimated cost $80,000.
ELTON AV.—Harry T. Howell, 3d av and 149th st, has on the
boards one 6-sty brick and stone apartment house, lo be built
on the southwest corner of Elton av and loGth st. Size, 50x90.
James Harris, owner, No, 10 East 110th et. Cost, $60,000.
BDSTON ROAD.—John Hauser, 360 West I2Sth st, is drawing
plans for a 6-sty flat, to be built on the southeast corner of
Boston road and 170th st, for the Begrisch & Schorn Realty &
ConstructiGii Co,, at an estimated cost of .|SS,O0O.
FULTON AV,—Harry T, Howell, 3d av and 149th st, has on
the boards one S-sty brick and slone apartment house, to be
built on west side of Fulton av, 32.9 ft, south of Wendover av.
Size, 59x92 ft. Total cost, .135,000. J. Alteiri, owner, 206 Broad¬
way.
135TH ST.—Harry T. Howell, 3d av and 149th st, has on the
boards tv.-o 5-sty brick apartment houses, to be built on the
north side of ISSth st, 175 ft. west of Willow av, for Martin
Tully. Size, 37.6x88; brick and stone fronts. Total cost, $55,000.
Address the owner, 734 East 145th st.
103D ST.—Harry T, Howell, 3d sv and 140th st, has on the
boards two 5-sty brick apartment houses, to be built on the
south side of 163d pI, 75.6 east of Melrose av, for Moorhead
Realty & Construction Co. Size, 37,6x88; brick and stone fronts.
Total cose, $SS,00O. Address the owners, 197S Oth av,
FOREST AV'.—Harry T. Howell, 3d av and 149th st, has on
the boards two S-sty brick apartments, to be built on the east
side of Forest av, 225 ft. north of 160th st, for Thomas J Quinn,
Size, 45.8%x99.5; brick and stone fronts. Tolal, $100,000. Ad-
>lri;ES the owner, SS3 East IGSth et.
3D AV.—Harry T. Howell, 3d av and 149th st, has on the
boards one 6-sty brick and stone apartment and stores on the
west side of 3d av, 100,2 ft. south of 171st st, for John Allen, of
1109 Jennings st, and John A, Rennie, of 320 Broadway, Size,
50x123. Total cost, .fSCOOO.
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For plans filed i
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