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May 4, 1907 RECORD AND GUIDE 863 Pabner & Hornbostel Plan 700-Foot Tower, Messre. Palmer and Hornbostel, No. 03 T\'illiam st, Manhat¬ tan, and J. Maurice Trimble, of Pittsburg, Pa., associate archi¬ tects, have prepared plans for a proposed 700-ft. tower build¬ ing for the city of Pittsburg, to cost, exclusive of site, two million dollars. If built, it will be the highest building occu¬ pied for business purposes in the world. The gigantic struc¬ ture is planned to be placed in the center of the Allegheny County Court House, and to rise to a height of 700 ft. by 90 ft. square. No change will be made in the present court house, except as to the 90xl20-ft. areaway in the center, over which the steelwork will come. The building, which is considered among the finest pieces of architecture in the United States, will be much more impressive with the new addition, it be- ■. yP'" ■• .,,1. cil 1 :i ' 't^TjSt?^ DESIGN POR TOWER OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, PITTSBURGH. Palmer & Hornbostel, Architects. ing the intention of the architects to use thirty-five stories of the new structure for courts, so that the whole of the present edifice can be used for ofQces. The main tower would be connected witli the present one by a bridge. The rotunda would be 70x70 ft sq. and 90 ft. high. The architects claim the improvements could be completed in eighteen months. The new tower would give twice as much floor space as the present building, witli a total of 125,000 sq. ft., the court rooms being 2G ft. high. The Metropolitan Life tower, which will be Man¬ hattan's highest, will rise OOOli ft. from the foundations to top, the highest point of observation being 033 ft. The sec¬ ond higiiest of New Tork's buildings will be the tower of the Singer building, at Broadw?,y and Liberty st, 593 ft. The Washington Monument is 555 ft., the Philadelphia Cily Hall 547. the Cologne Cathedral 515, the Pyramid of Cheops 4SG, the Antwerp Cathedral 470, the Strasburg Cathedral 474. Tiie third highest building in New Tork is the West Street build¬ ing, 404 ft.; the Park Row building is 382 ft. Plans for Brooklyn Municipal Bnilding. JORALEMON ST.—Plans for the Brooklyn Municipal Building have been completed, and it is expected that bids for building the foundation will be advertised next month. The first half of the building will cost .f;3.OOO,0OO, of wiiich sum $500,000 has been appropriated. It will take about one year to erect half of the building. The section will probably not be built for two years, during which the Polytechnic Institute will continue to occupy its old building. Request for $2,500,000 will be made to the Board of Estimate in the next few weelvs. Ground dimen¬ sions are 200x300, and ten stories. The exterior material will be either granite or white marble. The treatment of the exterior is of a simple, massive character. The Doric colon¬ nade, with great arches between the columns, forms the two lower stories of the building; surmounting this is a series of classic pedimented windows, which light the great court rooms of the third story. Above this story a simple treatment of piers, with ample window spaces between, is carried up to the main cornice, which is surmounted by a simple attic story which recedes somewhat from the line of the outside walls. One of the features of the completed building will be a great corridor extending from Joralemon st through to Livingston st, upon either side of which two great staircases will communicate with the coyrt room floor, thus providing easy means of exit for the crowds assembled at times in this portion of the building. Twelve elevators and four secondary staircases are divided into four groups of three elevators each, and are situated in the main entrance lobbies, adjoining Joralemon and Livingston sts. Plans Out for lhe Hai'kness Mansion. oTH AV.—Hale & Rogers, 11 Bast 24th st, are taking figures On general contract for the Harkness mansion, to be built on 5tli av, northeast corner 75th st, and to cost in the neighbor¬ hood of $500,000. The site, which is vacant, measures 35x115 ft. For architectural style the Italian Renaissance has been chosen, made up of Indiana limestone. There will be a pass¬ enger and service elevator, marble and wroughtiron work, and elaborate interior decorations. Mr. Edward S. Harkness has an office at No. 20 Broadway. (Official announcement was given issue Feb. 9, 1907.) It will be recafied that Charles Steele, of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & ^o., will also soon begin the erection of a magnificent residence at the northeast corner of 5th av and 92d st, for which Architect C. P. H. Gilbert, 1123 Broadway, has been preparing plans. (See issue Feb. 16, 1907.) Then there is the proposed improvement of the Lenox Library site on 5th av, between 70th and 71st sts, 200x125 ft., which Henry C. Frick contemplates Eor a home for himself, but these details are slill unsettled, and no plans have yet been drawn. Plans for Moriis Schinasi's Residence, RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—C, P. H. Gilbert, Townsend Building, 1123 Broadway, is now taking figures from general contrac- toi-s for the residence which Morris Sehinasi, tobacco manu¬ facturer, No. 309 West 120th st, is about to erect on Rivei-side drive, northeast corner of 107th st. The plot measures 60x100 ft., and this wiil complete the improvement of the block bounded by Riverside drive, Broadway, 107th and IOSth sts. Mr. Sehinasi purchased the site from S. G. Bayne, president of the Seaboard National Bank, in December, 1906. The new structure will be fireproof. 4-styB,' with a high pitched roof, of French Gothic design. The exterior will be of gray limestone on the four sides, (See issue Dec. 22, 1906.) On Riverside drive, the southeast corner of 105th st, on plot SOxlOO ft, the Hon. William Randolph Hearst will erect a dwelling for his own occupancy, but no building contracts have yet been placed. Messrs. Kirby, Petit & Green, 35 West Slst st, will probably be the arehitects. (See issue April 6, 1907.) Geo. Vassar's Son & Co. to Build 79th St. Residence. TOTH ST.—Emma L. Wesson and Eufrasia Leland, 1 West 37th st, have awarded to Geo. Vassar's Son & Co., Ill 5tli av, general contract to build a handsome 4-sty stone residence on a plot 39.11x54 ft., at No. 123 East TOth st, from plans which were drawn by Foster, Gade & Graham, No. 2S1 4lh av. Thomas Swain, 452 4th av, has the plumbing contract. Two old buildings will be demolished. Estimated cost, $50,000. Apartments, Plats and Tenements. 4UTH ST.—Rosehill Realty Co., 35 Nassau st, will erect a 6-sty 3U-family flat, 49x72.10 ft., at the northwest corner of 40th st, and 2nd av, cost i?45,(K)0. Chas M. Straub will prepare plans. 12TH ST.—Jacob Fish, 370 East Sth st, will build two 6-sty tenements, 50x00.3 ft., on north side of 12th st, 180 ft. east of 2nd av, total cost $100,000. Samuel Sass, 23 Park Row, architect, 81ST' ST,—Kalt & Zwerling, 1,493 Madison av, will erect two 6-sty flats, 43x89.2 ft., on south side of Slst st, 70 ft. west of Av A, to cost ■'pSS,O0O. Samuel Sass, 23 Park Row, Is making plans. WENDOVER AV.—Two 6-sty flats, 37.6x91.3 ft., will be erected on south side of Wendover av, 26.2 ft. east of Brook av, Bronx, cost, $50,000. August F. Schwarzler, owner; Albert J. Schwarzler, architect. HOE AV,—^On the east side of Hoe av, 25 ft. north of 172d st, Wm. Forbes, 307 Garfield st, Van Nest, will build a 5-sty 26- family flat, cost, $30,000. T. Robinson & Son. 15 Old Broadway, wiil make the plans. CLAY AV.—August F. Schwarzler, 1340 Brook av, will erect a 5-sty 19-family flat at the southeast corner of Clay av and 109th St. Bronx, cost, $28,000. Albert J. Schwarzler, 1340 Brook av, is making the plans. AUDUBON AV.^—At the southeast corner of Audubon av. and 100th st. Peck Sc Scoboloff, i9 East 112th st, will erect a 6-sty 20-family fiat, 30xS0.6 ft., cost .'^35,000. Sommerfeld & Steckler. 19 Union sq, are planning. ]39T'H ST.^Schwartz & Gross, 35 West 21st st, are planning a 6-sty 25-fa'mily apartment, 75xS0.ll ft., on north side of 139th st, 100 ft. east of Broadway, for Messrs. Harris Sr. Cohen, 168-170 Park Row, cost $90,000. BROADWAY.—Neville & Bagge, 217 West 125th st, are planning the 6-sty apap-tment house which John W. Kight,