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May 24, 1919
RECORD AND GUIDE
685
Important Building Projects on the Upper West Side
Architects Planning Large Hotel and Apartment House To Be Started in the
Near Future
ATTENTION of building interests in New York City has
lately been drawn to the upper west side of the city
which has come into prominence as the location of two
or three relatively large and important structural opera¬
tions. The plans for these projects are now being developed
by architects, and it is anticipated that active construction
will be started within the next three or four weeks at the
latest.
Joseph Paterno, whose name has figured prominently in the
past development of this section, and who is well known as
the builder of high class apartment houses in other parts
of the city as well, has, through his brokers, Earle & Calhoun,
Geo. P. Pelham, Architect.
ELEVATION OF NEW HOTEL ON WEST END AVENUE.
completed the assembling of a plot, approximately 100x100
feet, at the northeast corner of West End avenue and 103d
street, which will be utilized as the site of a handsome thir¬
teen-story multi-family dwelling. The owner intends to start
construction as soon as the plans are completed and bids ob¬
tained.
G. Ajello, 1 West 34th street, who was the designer of a
number of buildings erected by the Paterno interests in the
past, has been retained to prepare the plans and specifications
for the projected improvement. According to the preliminary
drawings, this apartment will be laid out into suites contain¬
ing six, seven and eight rooms, with two and three baths.
In arrangement of rooms as well as in the number of con¬
veniences especially designed to minimize labor for tenants,
this building will compare favorably with any similar type
of structure in New York City.
The facades of this new apartment project will be designed
in the Italian Renaissance style and will be constructed of
face brick, with trimmings of terra cotta and Indiana lime¬
stone. The operation will cost in the neighborhood of $1,-
000,000 exclusive of the value of the land. It is expected to
have the building completed and ready for occupancy by the
summer of 1920.
Another important structural project planned for an early
start in the same vicinity as the Paterno operation is the
fourteen-story fireproof apartment hotel to be situated at 700
West End avenue, at the northeast corner of 94th street.
This hotel, which is estimated to cost approximately $250,000
for construction alone, and exclusive of the value of the tand
and the cost of decorations and furnishings, will be built by
the 700 West End Avenue Company, of which David Zipkin,
well known as a builder, is president. The plans have been
prepared under the direction of George F. Pelham, architect,
200 West 72d street, who in past years designed a number of
high class structures in the same neighborhood.
The proposed hotel will have ground dimensions of 44x100
feet and will be of fireproof construction throughout. The
facades, designed in the Renaissance style, will be of granite,
limestone, brick and terra cotta. The first floor will contain
the entrance corridor, reception rooms, main dining room, ball
room, grill, billiard room and writing room. The kitchens
and pantries will be located in the basement. The upper
floors will be arranged in bedroom suites, ranging from one
room and bath to units of three and four rooms with two
baths.
Building Managers Hold Meeting
The regular monthly informal dinner meeting of the New
York Building Managers* Association was held in the Park
Avenue Hotel, Tuesday evening, May 13, with Charles B.
Best, presiding. Nearly one hundred members of the or¬
ganization and guests were present.
Guests were Hon. Robert L. Moran, president of the Board
cf Aldermen; Hon. William E. Walsh, Superintendent of
Buildings for Manhattan; Hon. Walter C. Martin, Super¬
intendent of the Tenement House Department of the Borough
of the Bronx, and E. J. Carroll, of the New York Telephone
Company.
All the guests made addresses, the illustrated talk of Mr.
Carroll on "Communication in the Great War" being of
especial interest. Mr. Carroll's lecture traced the history of
military communication from the time of the wars between
the Greeks and the Persians. The lantern slides were of
great assistance to all in visualizing the methods of com¬
munications used between armies or their component parts
during the ages, and those showing actual scenes on the
battlefields, and in the trenches in France, were of peculiar
interest, as there were a number in the audience who had
recently returned from the great experience of modern
warfare.
The committee having charge of the arrangements for the
entertainment of the members of the National Association,
who will visit New York City at the close of the forthcoming
national convention at Philadelphia next June, made a plea
for funds to carry out the program already outlined. All
members of the association were invited to participate in
the entertainment of these guests and contributions of any
amount are desired. It will require considerable money to
show the wonders of this city to the visitors, and the com¬
mittee has no intention of falling down on the job. Money
must be provided, so everyone concerned in upholding the
record and reputation of the New York Association is urged
to make their contribution promptly.