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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 75, no. 1940: May 20, 1905

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May 20, 1905 RECORD AND GUIDE THE REALM OF BUILDING Status of New Buildings. NORTH OF 12,".TH STREET, Buildings under consiruction, exclusive of tenemenls, situated norlh of 125th st. showing the preseut condition ot the various operations. A indicates excavaling; B, foundations; C, structural work half up; D, enclosed; E, complete, or nearly so; N. S., not slarled. The first name Is the owner's; "ar't" Indicates architect; "b'r," builder. 125th st, N'os 233 to 235 W I 3-sty theittre; Arihur Brisbane, 1G2 12(>lh St. Nos228 to 234 W I Nassau st; ar'ls, Neville & Bagge, 217 W ]2oth St.—N, S. Old buildings standing. 127th st, n b, 110 w Madison av, 4-sty school; City ot New York, City Hall; ar'l, C B J Snyder, oDth st and Park av,—N, S. Blot va¬ cant, 135th St. n B, 100 w Lenox av, 3-sty and basement Public Library; New York Puhiic Library, 40 Lafayette pl; ar'ts, McKlm, Mead & White, 160 oth av; b'rs, M Reid & Co, 18 E 20th st.-D. Interior trim nearly completed. 137th st, B a, 280 e Lenox av, 3-sly ambulance station; City of New York, City Hall; ar't, J H Freedlander, 244 5th av; b'ra, L A Burke & Sons, 401 West 59th St.—A, 137th st, s s, 364 e Lenox av, 3-sty and basement power house and morgue; City of New York, City Hall; ar't, J H Freedlander, 244 5th av; b'rs, L A Burke & Sons, 401 West 59th st.-A- 137th st, s s, 125 w Broadway, two G-sty apartment houses; Con¬ courae Realty Co, H B Hartwell, Prea, 110 W 34th st; ar'ls, Schwartz Se Gross, 35 W 21st st-—A. 141st Et, No 411 W, 4-sty dwelling; John F Cockeriil, 8G9 Sl Nich¬ olas av; ar't, Gifford Slocum, 15G .jth av.—N. S, Plot vacanL lllst st, s s, 125 e Amsterdam av, seven 4-sty dwellinga; Gus- lavua L Lawrence, 178 Franklin st; ar'ts, Neville & Bagge. 217 W 12ilh Sl,^Buildings enclosed; windows in; entrances not flnished; interior trim under way; stoops and railings not in place. l?5th st, n s, 350 w Amsterdam av, 1 and 2-sty church and Sun¬ day-school buildings; The Trusiees of the North Presbyterian Church. 625 Gth av; ar'ts. Bannister & Schell. 69 Wall st.-D. Ex¬ terior practically complete; inlerior In rough stage. 155th st, n s. 175 w Broadway, 5-sly museum; Archer M Hunting- Ion, Ht83 5lh av: ar't. Charles P Huntington. 142 E 33d sl; b'r, John Clark Udall, 1 Union sq.-Foundation laid; let tier in place; walls aud some iron work rising above this- Lenox av I e s, 13lith to 137lh st, 5-sty hoapital and wings; Cily of 13Gth st I New York; ar'ts, Horgan & Slattery, 1 Madison av; 137th st I b'rs, P J Carlin & Co, 20 Court st, Brooklyn.—D. Ex¬ terior practically finished; interior In rough stage. Tlh av, s w cor 12Gth st, 5-sty theatre; Associate Realty Concern. 24( Eroadway; ar'ts, J B McElfatrick Se Son, 1402 Broadway,—E, Open. St Nicholas av, n w cor lllst st, 1 and 2-sty church; Lenox Pres¬ byterian Church, 173 W 140ih st; ar'ts, Ludlow & Valentine, 1 E 2(th Et; b'rs. Fountain'& Choale, 114 B 23d st,-D. Exterior near¬ ing completion; Interior in rough stage. St Nicholas Terrace | five 3 and U-sty'college buildings; City of llCthst I New York, Cily Hall; ar't, Geo B Post, 3;i Amsterdam av | E 17lh St.—1, Steel work complete, walls 13Sth at [ rising; 3, enclosed Interior in rough stage; 1, walls up 2 stories. Convent av, w s. 135lh and 13Glh sts. 4-sty orphan asylum; Or¬ phans Home and Asylum of Ihe Prolestant Episcopal Church ot New York, 105 E 22d st; ar'ts, W Powell Robins, 19 Liberty st- h'rs Fountain Sc Choate, 114 E 23d st.—B. Broadway, n e cor 155lh st, 4-sly and basement dwelling; The Sis¬ ters of the House of Annunciation, Rev Edward Wallace Weii, 14 E lOiith st, j^resident; ar'ts, Glasser & Ebert, 70 Manhattan st,—De- moMshine: old frame structure. Eolton road, e s. 137 e from road, and IGS from n s of Dyckman st, 4-sty asylum: The New York Magdalen Benevolent Society, Bolton road; ar'ls, W W & F H Bosworth and Carleton Greene, 142 E 33d st: b'rs, A J Robinson Co, 123 Easl 23d st.—3d tier heams and ex¬ terior walls. 3d av I e s. 83.1 n 127th st, runs to 127th st, 3 and 4-sty the- 127th sl I aire; Thomas W Miner, 201 Bowery; ar'ts, J B McEl¬ fatrick & Son, 1402 Broadway,-N. S. Old building standing on 3d av; vacant, on 127th st. Building Operations. Xeu High-Cliiss Flats for 149tli St. Plans are being prepared in tbe office of Lorenz F. J. Weiher. 103 East 125lb st. for the erection of ten high-class 6-sty up-to- date flat huildlngs, 40x86.11, for 24 families each, to be situated on the south side of 149th st, 100 feet east of Sth av, at a total cost of $500,000. Limestone and light brick, with limestone trimmings, marble and tile halls and vestibules, steam heat, electric light, and best modern improvements. Work is to "negin as soon as plans can be completed and permits obtained. Messrs. Mayer and Isaac Hoffman, of 58 East 118th st, will be tbe c ners. Xribuiie Altcmiions Beg-iin. FRANKFORT ST,—Among the spring building projects just beginning is tbat for tbe enlargement of tbe Tribune building, for which the general contract has been granted to D, C. Weeks Se Son, of 289 Fourth av, Tbe work includes the erection of an IS-sty building on a piot fronting 56 ft. at Nos. 7 and 9 Frankfort st and having a depth of 104 ft with a rear line of 02 ft, and the addition of 8 stories to the present structure at Spruce st and Park Row, Preparations for the work have been under way for some time. The New York American and Jour¬ nal, which occupied quarters in the Tribune building has moved to smaller quarters in Spruce st. Hospital Contract for Luke A. Burke. 137TH ST.—Luke A. Burke & Sons, 401 West 59th st, have re¬ ceived the general contract to build the two additional struc¬ tures in the rear of tbe Harlem hospital on Lenox av from 136lh to 1371b sts, and on Monday began the work of excavating. Tbe buildings will be 3 stories In height and of brick and stone. They were planned by J. H. Freedlander. of 244 Sth av. One Is to be an ambulance station, and will measure 36x66. It la estimated to cost $50,000. The other will be the power house and morgue. The cost Is placed at Ji;i50,000, In addition there will be an underground passageway connecting these buildings with the main hospital structure, which Is now enclosed though far from finished. Contract for Title Co. Building. From the plans of Messrs, Howells & Stokes, of 100 William st, the Thompson-Starrett Co., 49-51 Wall st, has obtained the general contract to build the 10-sty office building to be erected on the site of tbe old Howard Building, now being demolished, at Nos. 176 to 178 Broadway, for the Title Guarantee & Trust Co,, of 146 Broadway. The building will measure 75x118.11 feet, and will adjoin the northeast corner of Maiden Lane. This le one of tbe most Important building projects to be started in lower Broadway for some time past, both from an architectural and constructional stand-point. The front will be of white marble, granite and cast Iron, with a copper and tile composition roof. The estimated cost is $500,000. Excavating will be begun as soon as plana have been approved and a permit obtained. Th« officers of the Trust Co. are Clarence H, Kelsey, president, and Horace Anderson, secretary. Apttrtmeiit Honse for the Pa-rkstde. CENTRAL PARK WEST.—Tbe Vaillma Realty Co., Incor¬ porated in Albany, May Oth, witb S- Morrill Banner, David B- Cahn and Rohert M. Frank, all of 52 Broadway, as directors, and of which Peter Banner is president, will erect a 12i^-sty apartment house on a plot 100,5x150 ft, on the northwest corner of Central Park West and 70th st. Robert T. Lyons, architect, of 31 Union sq West, has begun work upon the plans, which are expected to be completed in about two weeks' tinie. The building will, of course, be of fireproof construction, and will have exteriors of granite through the basement and of Indiana limestone and terra cotta above. There wil! also be some brick used. The proposed structure is to be of a high-class type throughout. On every floor there will be three apartments of eleven rooms and three baths each. They will be arranged for housekeeping purposes. The building will contain three pas¬ senger and two service elevators. It will be supplied with all modern improvements. The structure Is estimated to cost $800,000, which amount the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has advanced as a building loan. Mr. Banner Is now completing a similar building at Centra! Park West and 89th st, for which Mr- Lyons also drew the plans. IVe«v ITork Arcbitects to Build Canadian Cathedral. An award in competition among Canadian, English, and American architects, for the great St. Peter's monastery, which will be erected at Rosthern, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, by the Benedictine Fathers, has just been conferred on the ar¬ chitectural firm of E, Erielmaier & Son. of Nos. 24-26 East 21st st. New York and Milwaukee, The proposed ediflce will ulti¬ mately cost something less than $1,000,000, and about ten years will be required for its completion. The scheme provides for a connected group of buildings, including a church at the center, a college in one wing, and the monastery proper at the other end. The main group will cover an area of 400x336, feet, the church taking up a plot 256x105 at tbe center. The uniform height will be four stories, and the interior and exterior will be of the most durable stone, marble, mosaic, and brick construction. The college wing will be 51x170 feet, four stories in height, contain¬ ing classrooms, reception rooms, study and office on the first story. On the second floor there will be study and classrooms, while on the third and fourth floors will be dormitories. The church will have two huge towers 208 feet in height, the main body of the church is SO feet wide, and the transept 105 feet. There will be nine altars in the building and a number of sanctuary stalls. (For plai flled E i page 115G.)