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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 75, no. 1924: January 28, 1905

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January 28, 1905 RECORD AND GUIDE Rivington st, Nos 61 and 63, 4-sty brk and stone public library; New York Public Library, 40 Lafayette pl; ar'ts, McKim, Mead & White, ino 5th av,—D. Exterior finished, intericr work under way. Water st | s e cor Corlears st, 0 and 10-sty brk and stone grain Corlears st I elevator and mill; Hecker, Jones, Jewell Miiling Co, Elast River | 20i Produce Exchange; ar'ts, Jno B Snook's Sons, 261 Broadway; b'rs, John Monks & Sons, 82-92 Beaver st.—Driving piles for foundations. Worth st, n w cor Mulberry st. 5-sty brk and stone store and lofts; Peter .\crltelli, 243 Elizabeth st; ar'ts, Kurtzer & Rentz, Spring st and Bowery.—E. Occupied. Building Operations Taking Figures on Pyle Factories. James Pyle & Sons, 436 Greenwich st. New York, are taking figures on a group of factory buildings, which they will erect at Edgewater, N. J. Lockwood, Green & Co., of Boston, Mass., are the firm's engineers. Ne-w Factory Building for Hobert Hoe & Company. COLUMBIA .ST.—Plans will he ready for bidders in about ten days for the erection of a 6-sty fireproof factory and storage building for Robert Hoe & Co., Printing Press Manufacturers, of ?(>4 Grand st, to be erected at Nos. 25-29 'Columbia st and 36 Sheriff st, to cost about $165,000. The structure will be 200x 139 and 46.10x irregular in size, tile and cement roof, red brick exterior, stone and terra-cotta coping, galvanized-iron skylights, iron stairs, elevators, steam heat, electric light, etc. Pour old buildings will be demolished, and no contract has been let for any of the work. E. L. Shattuck, 504 Grand st, designed the huilding) and -will award all contracts. Latest Improvement for 23d St. 23D ST.—Frederick C. Zobel, 24 East 21st st, has heen com¬ missioned to prepare plans for a 10-sty fireproof, steel-frame office building, 25x100 feet in size, to he erected at No. 36 East 23d Bt, and to cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. The struc¬ ture will contain two elevators, brick, stone and terra-cotta front, steam heat, electric light, marble work, etc. Mr. Zobel in¬ forms the Record and Guide that he will be ready to receive estimates after the 15th of February. The owners are Augustine H. and Frederick A. Seaman, and Emeline S, and Mary S, Berry, of New York. i i, £, Subnrban Residence for F. Warburg. Messrs. DeLemos & Cordes, Fulton and Nassau sts, are pre¬ paring plans for a large country residence for Mr. Felix War¬ burg, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., to be built near the Century Club, near White Plains, Westchester County, N. T. The building will be of stone, brick, timber and stucco, in the English or Eliza¬ bethan style. It will be two stories and attic, 74x52 feet in size, with a 1-sty servants' wing, 72x22, and will have a square stone tower four stories high. It will be built around a squash court, and will also contain a garage. No contracts have been let, though it is expected to begin work as soon as the weather will permit. Bids for New Police Headquarters Again Opened. CK^TRE MARKET,—Bids were opened for the third time by Police Commissioner McAdoo, 300 Mulberry st, on Thursday, January 26th, for furnishing all labor necessary to build and complete ^excepting heating and ventilating system, boilers and steam piping) the new building on the block bounded by Gr;.ind, Centre and Broome sts and Centre Market pl, Borough of 'Manhattan, for headquarters for the Police Department of the City of New York, as follows: Gillespie Bros,, 1135 Broadway, $1^.25-0 (low bidder); Charles H. Peckworth, 415 Hudson st, $608,775; Buckley Realty & Construction Co,, $669,999; P. Gal- lagiier & Co., $663,900; Ryan & McFerran, 106 East 23d st, $724,- 775; ir C, Henningham, $690,000; T. B, Leahy, 9 East 42d st, $744,373; and Thomas Cockeriil & Son, 147 Columbus av, $724,500. Model Tenements for Henry Phipps. . The City & Suburban Homes Co,, of 281 4th av, will build for Henry Phipps, Esq.. a group of "model tenements" in New York City, for which he has subscribed $1,000,000. Three buildings, in different sections, will be erected first, and it is expected to have them finished by the end of the year, providing accommodations for 500 families. The sites have not yet heen selected, nor has an architect been commissioned, though it is probable that James E. Ware & Son, of 1170 Broadway (who have successfully de¬ signed other similar buildings), w^ill be selected. Dr. E, R. L. Gould, of 304 West 7Sth st, has charge of the work. It is an¬ nounced that Mr, Phipps' plans include similar enterprises for Pittsburg, Alleghany and Philadelphia. In the proposed build¬ ings the question of sanitation will receive the most careful attention. Dr. Gould being an authority on the subject. The Assumption Catholics of Brooklyn Select Site. CRANBERRY ST.—The Rev. Dr. William J. Donaldson, of 101 Tork st, Brooklyn, pastor of the Church of the Assumption, now situated at York and Jay sts, and which lies In the path of the new Manhattan Bridge No. 2 anchorage, which is to be con¬ demned, has just purchased a new building site in the block bounded by Cranberry, Henry, Middagh and Hicka sts, at a cost of $52,300. The new ediflce will be erected in the center of the plot, and will front on Cranberry st, while the rectory will be built back of the church, fronting on Middagh st. Dr. Donald¬ son informs us that no plans or architect have been selected, or any contracts awarded. The property bought was as follows: 60 Middagh st, a 4-sty frame structure, $10,000; 62 Middagh st, $7,500; 64 Middagh st, $5,500; 66 Middagh st, $3,000; 55 Cran¬ berry st, $7,000; 57 Cranberry st, $9,000; 59 Cranberry st, $6,800; 01 Cranberry st, $8,500. Bank and Office Building Opposite Sherry's and Delmonico's. 5TH AV.—Plans have been completed and have been submitted for estimates for an 11-sty office building to be erected on a plot 65x105 on the southeast corner of Fifth av and 44th st, formerly part of the Paran 'Stevens estate plot, for a realty company, in which Oakleigh Thorn, Col. Dowd and John C. Tomllnson are interested. The '"First Day and Night Bank" will occupy the first floor and will provide safe deposit vaults in the basement. The remaining stories will be devoted to office space. Henry Ives Cobb, of 115 Broadway, is the architect. The plot is directly opposite "Sherry's," and just across the street from "Delmonico's," and has heen the subject of much speculation as to its future character. A hotel was at one time proposed for the site, but the view that it is more properly a business site has since been justified. The all-night bank, as its name implies, is the flrst venture of the kind, and seems appro¬ priate to this location. Its result wil! be awaited with interest. Contract for the Altman Building Let. Last week the Record and Guide made the first announce¬ ment of the names of the architects for the new Altman build¬ ing on Fifth av. This week it gives the name of the successful bidder for the general contract, which is Marc Eidlitz & Son, of 4S9 Fifth av. It can be further said that final plans have not yet been finished, and it is uncertain what will be the dimensions of the first section to be erected. The completed building will cover the entire block, and the work of clearing the site will not begin until next May. The usual material will be employed for the most part, except that the firm is thinking how a marble front would look, and may decide for that material. Experi¬ ence in this fleld does not favor very high buildings, but a good elevator system can do wonders. An unofficial guess is that the new Altman store will have just about nine stories, which, multiplied by the ground dimensions, will give an immense cubical contents. The New Shayne Building. 42D 6T,—Albert S, Gottlieb, 150 5th av, has completed plans for a new 6-sty building to be erected on a plot, 25x200, at Nos, 126 West 42d st and 129 West 41st st, for C. C. Shayne, furrier, now occupying an old building on the premises. The new build¬ ing will be of special mill construction, and may be called an Insurance Underwriters' building, having been passed at the same rate as a so-called fireproof structure. All partitions, stair wells, shafts, etc, will be fireproofed, and all doors and windows kalamined. The design shows an attractive front of limestone, with a large window area. The ground floor front will consist of large plate-glass windows framed in a wide metal molding of the verde antique finish. The fioors above consist of the end piers, with triple window effects between. There is a wide cornice, above which is a small square, metal-capped turret. No contracts for the work have been let. It is hoped to begin W')rk ahout the flrst of .March, so that the building may be ready by the beginning of the fur season in September. Mr, Shayne has just completed a new building at 131 West 41st st. which will connect with the proposed new building. First Presbyterian Church to Build Apartments. 5TH AV,—The trustees of the First Presbyterian Church on Fifth av, between llth and 12th sts, will build two 12-sty apart¬ ment houses on their property in the rear of the church. The plot upon which the proposed buildings will be erected has a frontage in llth and 12th sts of 50 ft., its easterly line being 125 feet west of 5th av. It is now partly occupied by the par¬ sonage and chapel which will be demolished. Messrs. Renwick, Aspinw^all & Tucker, of 367 Sth av, have been selected as the architects. It is proposed to make the 12th st building an apart¬ ment hotel, and the llth st building an apartment house of the housekeeping type. The two buildings will be connected. They will necessarily be of the very highest type and will undoubtedly prove a great improvement to the neighborhood, establishing a worthy precedent for this immediate section of lower Fifth av. The design of the buildings will be in the Gothic style of architecture, harmonizing with the present church structure, which is an artistic bit of old New Tork. The material of the flrst three stories will be bnownstone, matching the church, the upper stories will probably be of brick with brownstone trim! (For plans filed see page 224.)