The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-28

City improvements.
STREET oPENING-wHAT DOWN TOWN rs DESTINED
TO BECoME-NEw BUILDINGS GOING UP IN TIE
THIRD AND FIFTH WARDS.
The change for the better that has been wroug M
appearance OF the lower part Of New York A,, ~.
last ten years is almost incredible No a. .oua
soressen anticipated it.
But however great the improve eut noticed NAV havs
been, there question bs thu sorhcomnc ten y..rs
win witness still more tsrtlinp changes that ia ~ No
war occurs of sreA calamity benlls our city.
Inc opening nd widening OF streets will bs one Of the
sKenSes W bring this Transformation about The cut
Tough Of the Bcwery to Franklin square destined
70 work great change, and viii improve Fourth ana
Second ward property enormously Heretofore the west
side Of down town has had the advantage and year after
year splendid have suppantsd private ediasss
until all below Canal street bids fair, before Jons
to become nothing but stores
The extension Of the Bowsry however, win give the east
SIDE opportunity to compete with the west and ms
gca transformation may b looked on the line Of the
Improvement There Is doubt, also, but that this
openrg will do something towards solving problem Of
relieving Broadway and much Of the vshousr travel that
traverees the latter will find it's way ND the
Bowsry.
The opening 0f Chambers street to James slip will also
act for down town trade Fourth
James, Roosevelt ard other streets will b ae,tsd most
berehciay and tho poor people who cluster there in ses
teing crowds will be compelled to seek other and more
habitabls quarters.
There lie proposition foot to cut Franklin street
through to Chsthsm square, and it to be hoped hat IL
win succeed IT objected that unless the whole street
wider ed it will do very little good and this ID true.
Widening West Broadwa did not make better street oft
simply because aurens street widened also The
fnsnv raot.o t..
filed with old houses, and 1t widsned now and
run through to the Bowery it could bs done chsapy
and would mako noble avenue and be Of great use to
The commerce of the city, That Worth street also should
be wdtred, and through to Chatham street. is too
sehevident to require any argument. Tho widening or
Duane street has had tie eeot OF improving the adjacent
property wonderfully, and it would do Rssde street no
harm il that also enlarged.
Greenwich street gives but little signs Of improvement
strange anamoly truly all the surrounding pro.
perty has been greatly enhanced in value and improved
The elite Of the city lived in the lower part Of this
street, and that not any ago. but lager bier
and Iimtuger cheese dealt out in places haowsd a.
the ORR resort Of the fashionable and the fair.
The opening Of Canal street progresses very slowly and
probably will not be completed before next winter. The
houses in the wsy have been torn down. and those stu
aed the north side of Walker street have been razeed
of teirr proportions in order 70 give the street the
Inere ID question: tnat THIS I'M
provemsnt win make Canal street one Of the most
thrifty ss it Is Of the finest In the city
There is large traffic in manas, dry goods, shoes and
illnery, and the like going in this street. and
three years after the opening Is completed the business
win be rebled Az yet the houses In Canal street are
very inferior, but in very little while all this win be
charged. Canal street boasts Of but two Ane
houses-one marble front at the of Wooster
street, and brown stone building at the corner Of
Thompson street. occupied by the Peoples Bank. On
the northeast corner OF Canal and Mercer streets,
splendid building is to be erected that win have 'front.'
ago Canal and Howard streets of fifty feet, with
depth Of hundred and thirty feet Mercer street,
The frcnt Canal street win be Of whie Marble the
remainder OF fine pressed brick 1t viii be Eve stories
high and will cost 500 600. II 10 to be occupied by
Arnold Constable Co., dry goods store and mag
nifcent one it will Make too.
We notice other improvements worthy Of mention in
the Fifth ward, until we come Duane street. On the
southwest side OF this street. Broadway Grey An
drews Co. are about erecting Store witN& white mar
BILE front which is to cost $4,000. FartAsr down
in tho block, Messrs Bliss, Gould h Co. are about
erecting marble frc mt building fifty fest wide and
nirg back to Rea6e street. which win cost perhaps,
eco. Since this street has been widened 1t has been
. shameful condition 1t has been covered with hill.
oeks Of dirt, and attempt has been made to curb
pave and gutter 1t.
At the corner OF Church and Duane streets there il
pendd store goirg ap which 10 be occupied By Isaac
N John j. Phelps as dry goods store The lot Il 20
eet Church street and 100 Duane and 900.
The building is to Be of white MARBLE six stories high
with sub-csllars, and will probably cost $40 900.
The efforts made to widen this street, the east side
of Broadway has far been unsuccessful but no doubt
it VIII bs eventually done.
R<ads street next claims our attention. NCurdy, A.
drieh Spencer are putting up building. . lot so
feet front and II feet deep. It viii have white marble
front, and wiz coat $ioo The proposed widening Of
this st1e ID also in statu quo.
On the Of and Church streets the site
Of tho st. Louis HOTEL building Is going up, owned
BY John NJ Robinson. This 10 be % feet Chambers
street and 103 Church. The building viii DO Of brown
Stone, and viii cost $40 000 1t ia already rented for
900 ysar-quits good interest the money in
vested Holmes Colgate will put up very fine store,
with marble front, lots Nos. 126 and 128 Chambers
street. near West, shortly.
In Warren street number Of improvements are In
progress On lot No. 10 the old house has been de-
moshsd, and Joseph Haggerty about to erect hns
marble front building, five stories high, which win cost
$25, goo. The old building notorious gambling
house. On lots % and Is fine marble front
HOUSES are 10 be erected.
College place and the grounds adjacent hSve already
been fully described in The HERALD.
In Barclay street eight elegant buildings 10 be
erected lots Nos 30 81 49, 49, 81 and 80. At No. II
Dr.. Bradshaw has fine store nearly completed On lot
27 warehouse, six stories high Is feet front and 1ls
deep, ia ip the process Of completion.
In vesey street. J. 81. W. Mesks, furniture Dealers
about TO erect two buildings, six stories in height
ard the other so feet front and 100 deep. Fronts Of
white MARBLE and sub cellar % feet below the pavement
Snow IN MADISON COUNTY, N. we learn
from the Syracuse Journal that Sunday, May 25,
there was a heavy fall Of snow at Cozen0via. 1t
commenced at 10 o'clock in the morning, and con-
tnued until about noon. The ground, fields and the
trees were completely covered with snow. The tom