New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-17
THE CITY.
Architectural Observation-Disclosures
in 1871.

immense cations Of building Materials ana
Broadway IS nearly impossible The character
| Of the Improvements, as for some years pas'' Is
mainly mercantile Rows of =. .-.antial and
elegant warehouses occupy tAe sizes OF former
aboccs OF wealth and fashion, and the ie" re-
naming residences 10 business localities are
looked upon with Jealous eyes The constant
increase of business n the lower Wards noces-
sary increases the Improvements u the upper
sections OF the City. the mass of the population
being gradually pushed further uptown, and ln
proportion 10 the engossments of conmerclal
rursurs upon the available space below
Bleecserst. tie Avenues and Places increase IL
beauty and value. So the City doubly improves,
and IN a few years more it will become thorough
" mo,amorphcsed.
The localities in the lower sections which
Business is fast monoPolzing arc-ncx: to the
cid thoroughfares Of Broadway, Pead-st Wall
st and the Bowey-Dey, Liberty Cortland,
Fulton, Park Row, Park place, Murray, and,
attorlv, Chambers SITS. These were few
wears since devoted almost entirely to private
dwellings, with the exception Of Dey and Cort-
land With the widening Of Libcrty-et and the
Strengthening Of Walls;. the difference VIII be
still more marked.
The tasteful character Of the structures erected
Of late wears has been a matter Of general re-
mark. Brown-stonc fronts are now considered
an ordinary finish, and marble IS not At all I'M
common The interior arrangements are fire.
ouentlv very superior Gas fixtures from vault
to roof no, water and hot-ar furnaces, Croton
pipes throughout plate glass and silver plating
are the common aduncts Of a Weil-iurnished
store, and the selection and display Of goods Is
generally brilliant and IN good taste. As con
trasted withthe murky and dusty and altogether
unattractiye fashions of yore, these changes are
most gratifying.
The growing demand for building materials
has lately induced heavy advance IN prices.
We are assured that rise OF rs per cent has
taken place in Brick. lots now selling at s. - and
St pcr thousand, which Were formerly held at
2ss. The article can hardly be manufactured
with sufficient rapdi;y to meet requirements.
Brown stone is used extensively both for stores
and dwellings from, Of this material in a
frst-cass house Will cost from $500 to $4,000.
Lumber remains without alteration, and the sup
ply is quite abundant.
The following sketch viii give an idea OF the
extent Of Building Improvements IN progress IN
different portions Of this City
On BROADWAY, two Bank cdifces are under way
one intended for the Bank of the Republic, the other
for the Mercantile. The former Is to be located at
the corner of Wa,t., IN handsome building Of five
stones occupying the entire lot, and finished in the
Italian style. The corner viii be circular, and ar
ranged to form a spacious entrance, twelve feet IN
width, TO which access will be had by means Of a
fight Of steps twenty feet wide at the base. The
doorway viii be Sumounted by an arched pedmeni,
with frozo of Sculptured scroll work. Beneath
tins Will be a slab inscribed with the name of the
Bank The whole Will be supported by massive or
namCntal inIsses Sprngng from pllastcrs The
structure VIII cost $4,000. The Mercantile Bank
will be situated on The corner of John-st The build
ing is ID by 20 feet and 1--WE stores in hight with
trown-stone fronts ON both streets. Il viii be COM
pleted i'm November It's cost viii bee S60,OaO The
architects are T. Thomas < son the builders, X. &
John c. Brant
Next 10 the Mercantile nk-the two forming tho
site Of property adjoining the Howard Hotel which
was lately DESTROYED BY hrc-a Dry-Goods store is
gong up for Hudson & Robertson. THIS building
VIII also zee Eve stores high, with brownstonc front
Its dimensions arc % feet inches by 1913 feet. The
cost viii be- $4,000. NJ. George Higgins is the
mason.
Tracy, Irwin & Co. are erecting very handsome
store. Sc feet inches, b. 100 feet on the site Of
ThompSon's confectionery n Broadway. near Park
place. The building VIII to I'VE stories high with
brown-sono front, and viii cost $4,000. 1t viii be
completed during the present year. The architects
are Il. Thomas 4 son
Nj Bccsr j. building handsome warehouse IN
Broadway, three door, from Dey->t., which VIII be
finished this ycer lis dimensions are . feet, 6
inches by Zoe Il VIII be- fronted with brown stone,
and is to he FIVE stories high.
On the corner OF Broadway and Liberty..t, J. X.
Herrck Is putting M store which Is - by 10 feet,
I'VE stories high, brown stone fronts both streets,
with oval windows, and viii cost $4,000. The
tire building viii be 6reproof
4 number OF important Improvements arc 10 be
made N WAII-sr. chiefly consisting OF Banking and
Insurance houses On the Northeas, corner OF Wall
and Pearl an old four->tory building has given place
to al elegant structure now gong up, for the Sea
mans SaNmg>-Bank which viii be five stories in
hight, fonted with stone. and extending 30 feet on
Wall and % feet Pearl SIS 1t viii De built in the
Italian style
On the southwest corner OF Wall and William.
the Atlantic and sun Mutual Insurance Companies
have purchased the Mesier estate and the Furman
property with TWO adjoining lots on Wilham-si for
the sum OF sS5oOOo The ground included IN this
purchase measures - feet on Wall and d on Wi
ham-Si The old buildings have been demolished.
and the new structure VIII be completed by Februa-
~, 1852 The main Office, TO De termed the Insurance
Buildings, vii front ON Wall-st - feet and 81 feet
Wilham->t. The style OF architecture vii De the
Italian The corner Office on the first story Will De
occupied BY the Atlantic Company. ths opposite SIDE
Cf Ike main entrance beng dcse nod or The san Ni-
,ua The remaining - feet viii be occupied by
Bcobc, Ludlow Co, the losSecs Of tie MeSIer
Building. Tao upper aoors are designed for Offices
The structure WILL cost sbou, Slcocte The amount
expended IN tins Improvement viii therefore bcnea--