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Real estate record and builders' guide: [v. 103, no. 21: Articles]: May 24, 1919

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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.