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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 101, no. 2607: Articles]: March 2, 1918

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March 2, 1918 RECORD AND GUIDE 273 Plans for Bronx Apartment. Plans have recently been completed by the Fred F. French Co., 299 Madison avenue, for three modern multi-family dwellings to be erected at the northeast corner of Tinton avenue and 147th street, the Bronx. The structures v^ill be five and six stories in height, with facades of brick and terra cotta. The owners and builders are Grossman Brothers & Rosenbaum, iron workers, 82 Willow avenue. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $300,000. and specifications and is taking esti¬ mates on general contract for the con¬ struction of a five-story brick hospital at the southwest corner of Hart street and Stuyvesant avenue, Brooklyn, for the Beth Moses Hospital. This building will have ground dimensions of 90 x 94 feet, and will be fireproof throughout and equipped with every modern hos¬ pital convenience. The cost is about $250,000. PERSONAL AND TRADE NOTES, Convalescents* Home at Yonkers, N. Y. York & Sawyer, architects. 50 East 41st street, Manhattan, are finishing the plans and specifications for the three- story fireproof home for convalescents, 85 X 176 feet, to be erected at the north¬ east corner of Jerome and McLean ave¬ nues. Yonkers, N. Y., for the Estate of Caroline Neustatter, care of William R. Rose, 128 Broadway, Manhattan, owner. This operation will cost approximately $250,000. It has not yet been decided when bids will be called for. Planning Brooklyn Apartment. Plans are in progress in the offices of Slee & Bryson, architects, 154 Montague street, Brooklyn, for a four-story brick and stone apartment to be erected on the south side of Eastern Parkway, 164 feet west of Franklin avenue, by Wil¬ liam B. Greenman and Edward J. Ma¬ guire, 350 Fulton street, owners and builders. The structure will occupy a plot 80x100 feet and will cost in the neighborhood of $85,000. Planning Brooklyn Theatre. Plans are nearing completion in the offices of Thomas W. Lamb, architect, 644 Eighth avenue. Manhattan, for a two-storv brick and terra cotta theatre, 100 X 241 feet, to be erected at the northeast corner of Fulton street and Rockwell place, Brooklvn. The owner of this project is the Freel Trust Co., 44 Court street, Brooklyn. The cost is estimated to be in the ne'ghborhood of $225,000. The architect will probably be ready for estimates on general contract about April 1. This theatre will be a notable addition to the amusement cen¬ ter of Brooklyn. Contract for Store and Offices. Valentine Lynch & Co.. 19 Park Row. has obtained the general contract for the erection of the five-story store, res¬ taurant and office building at 20 West 3Sth street, for Julia A. Ferguson, owner, 39 Central Park South. The plans were preoared hv Charles E. Birge. architect. 29 West 34th street. The entire buildinfr has been leased to Schrafft*s. Inc., con fectionerv. 62 West 23d street, who will occupy the store and roof garden. The cost of construction is approximately $70,000. Hempstead Town Hall Plans. Steward Wagner, architect. 7 East 42d street, Manhattan, is preparing the plans for a new town hall to be built on Harperas Road for the Town of Hemp¬ stead. L. I.. Hiram R. Smith, chairman of the board. The structure will be two stories in height, built of brick, with trimmings of white marble and will be semi-firenroof. The ground dimensions will be 35x125 feet with wing 30x45 feet. This building will be set in a park con- tainincr approximately four acres of ground that will be extensively land¬ scaped and planted. The structure will provide accommodations for the munic¬ ipal offices, court rooms, police headquar¬ ters, and will have a number of cells in the basement. The cost of construc¬ tion is approximately placed at $70,000. Bids will probably be advertised for about April 1. Rehuild Training School. Plans are being matured for recon structing t^e Salvation Army Training School, at 120 West 14th street, recently destroyed by fire. Working plans for this operation will be prepared under the direction of William S. Barker. 122 East 14th street, for thp Salvation Army. Tnc., Evnncrellne C. Booth, president. The builfling will be of brick, four stories in height, and will be a modern plant in every respect. Active construc¬ tion will not be started until the insur¬ ance is adiusted. Further details wiU be available for a later issue. Bids for Brooklyn Hospital. Hent-v J. Nurirk. architect, 9^7 Broad¬ way, Brooklyn, has completed the plans Low-Parker Engineering Co., has moved its offices from 45 Broadway to 150 Nassau street. F. C. Zachau, architect, has recently moved his office from 45 Clinton street, Newark, N. J., to Arlington, N. J. Irving Margon, architect, has recently moved his offices from 372 East 149th street to East 149th street and Cort¬ landt avenue. Snare & Triest Co, has removed its offices from the Woolworth Building to 8 West 40th street. New telephone num¬ ber is Murray Hill 8136. John H. Coxhead, architect, has re¬ cently moved his offices from 924 Ellicot Square to the Liberty Building, Swan and Franklin streets, Buffalo, N. Y. "Cheaper Under Any Conditions" That's what the management of The Progress Club says about (central Station Service. Since its installation in this famous club building on Central Park West, Edison Supply has cost less and yielded more than private supply Here is a case where relative merit has had a clear show-down. And it will work out the same in your case, whether you make current or buy it from a building plant. You pay more and get less today than you would with us Whatever your property consists of, ask us for estimates. Our engineers are ''At Your Service" The New York Edison Company At Your Service General Offices Irving Place and Fifteenth Street Telephone Stuyvesant 5600 RECORD AND GUIDE: IS IN ITS FIFTIKTH YEAR OF CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION.