The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-05
City Improve nae nts.
NEW AND oLD BUILDINGS IN BROADWAY-C9kA21
TO RF MADE THIS YEAR-

| TO RI MADE THIS YEAG
May opens well this year for ci:y Improvements. In
almost every stree. in tie city old hoassa are tearing
down TO be replaced in time BY better commo
dious ed.hcs, which vii reject cred. the city ~
their sagndceues sad do to the architects inst
designed them. New Yol1 com pare with
the most mou cities OF the Old Word ard lids fair N
sone future time 20 outsrip any Of them IN the mum
ber costhnes ard spienoor O. It's publc and psivAt1
buildings.
Broadway promises 20 be ra'ly inpro7 7ed durirs
the present tul3ing year We very well ths
houses that to be torn down md those which
protested will acd eay hs oesu o, ihis ane pro
menade Among ihe houses ai-eady lorn down is rhe
Old wooden stahty At the Ct Pearl street io~s
eyesore and oessctatlon TO tbs street 1t is tp BE-
replaced BY magnificent s.0rts bat of .his more anon
One of reporters tock the troate TO count u =
number Of poor interior locking houses sti left 10 Broad
way, between Grace ohusch ard Ina Battery sni thsv
sum up - follows
Three brick houses formerly uaed .or dwellings, Ix
wtoteu thsnties story hish..................
\ Aoa
There seems TO be no good reason why these houses
should lorg detrhc from The appearance OF Brosd~a
hrer structures woud pay much bster ln crest AAA
would be more eagerly sought after rhe difficulty srisss
appears from the system Of leases heretc mach
in vogue \ rents hcue and lot from D, for term
running from lo to Il years. The house, perhaps, hsS
been ed for dweiDg and $500 is sufficient to chsngs
the lower part into store which pays quite good In
tcres the oney invested. But i. viii not pay for
| te tear down the old building and put up and
spleneio his lease would expire hefore i. would
Pc tseif, while prefers waiting until The 10.
INTO his POSSESSION sgain, tina, be Duid he
pleases values his lesae too highly to se 1t FOX
stythipg iihe what Deems a reasonable SUM.
The q by p1ra iona ard neh
men, Of which there in considerable prop,r ion in
Broadway, is gtuerS very backward n this respect
The gr ourd owned BY the Trinity church corporaner
gives very little sgos Of improvement.
Broadway below the Park hsa teen wonderfully
improved Of late years; indeed thsrs not
twenty houses n almost many blocks, that
have not petenoIs to afohi ectural distinction
This year, however Gully iced lot where the
houses 70 be torn down This s Morris street.
Nos. 80 ard SO Broadway, the property o. Lew A. Dow
las Two splendid houses to be ced here, with
brown stone fronts TO be unison with the rest of ts
block far Rector street There will be the
ground floor, ard Offices and warehouses above They
| VIII cost in the ne'shborhood OF 500 OtO
| Proceeding up Broadway the corner OF Hurrnv
street find the building the ner.h in
The process Of demolition together with the two join
iLg buildings in Murray street The 10. s o5 by 1i0 Il
has not yet tanspired what ad OF building will replace
the old one further than that it will be used for
and Offices
On the site OF the central portion OF the rving Hcase
large store is to be erected extending back IN ths form
of with fronts en- Chambers and Reade streets This is
to be owned by Mes Ayres Co. The Reads
Chambers bs disturbed unless nav
arrangements made.
Masonic Hall is 10 lie demolished and three spen
did stores, with marble fronts to be built running
up to Pearl street. the wooden shanty the BE-
soc Jain a. A.
site Of Masonic Hail. for which he paid, it is reported
sos 600. The lot is SO by 400. J. Gemmel owns tbs
corner lot, % by 100, and estimates its value 1t
| coo. In addition to these stores Mr. Stewart
purposes to build the site opposite Masonic Hall,
Nos. 81 ard 313 Broadway. The win bs OF Sis
stories With marble fronts, and win cos. in tho neighbor
| hood OF $40 coo each
Bowen NcNamee about to erect 4 splendid ware-
house. for their occupancy. the northeast
Of Pearl street. IS feet front in Broadway running up a
far the Broadway theatre and 1bo feet Pearl street.
For the last years this firm has been endeavorng
negotiate the purchase of theatre but wthouG
effect 1t their intention to build palace superior
10 that of Stewards marble palace in magnitude and
spsnfor. AS 1t is, the building TO be put to BE-
btupendous affair 1t will be six stories height with
sub cellars and vaults running far under the street. The
front will be OF white marble There will be nins open
ngs in the front Broadway, between which will b
huted columns, detached from the main wall supporting
arches, and between the columns heavy marble bal
conles with open baust ades 1t will be splendid and
solid structure and will cost, when completed sboat
| sl75Of0
The building 44o Broadway Is to be demolished, and
five story sdce, with white marble front erected in its
stead 1t viii cost about s35, coo. c. c. Marcbant win
| own and occupy it.
On the corner Of Broome street a magnificent
house with iron fronts crested. The building viii
occupy f3 feet Broadway and 100 Brooms street.
The ground is owned by Wm B. Astor and it is said he
is to receive SO 600 rent for q therefor T.
Haughvout being the lessee Tho structure is to b
tire proof five stories high with cellar and sub cellar It
will cost probably $75O 600. 1t will be possible
the Corinthan CT and is to be
for the preparing warehousDg and sale Of glassware
and viii be the largest aud most complete estabshmest
of the kind in the country, not in the world The ga
used win be manufactured the premises. II is to -
| finished before autumn.
new marble front building is also to be erected o.
the lot No 5O6 Broadway but not until late in the year
The building 5s5 Broadway, formerly occupied by John
Jacob As and in wbch he died is to be torn down,
and with marble front erected in its place, but the
particulars have not as yet transpired
The property corner Fourth street occupied
coal yad is to be leased and doubt splendid houses
will be erected the e which is AZ feet Broadway
and 1877 deep This last completes the list OF edi6oss
which, 1t will be when built, will add not little T.
| the architectural beauty of the street.
1t win be noted that marble front buildings all the
for Broadway, above the Park, while below brown
stone fronts predounate. The great objection to
BILE heretofore the fact that the kind of In
stained and dscoored after few years and became
thing but ornamental circumstance that arose, No
doubt, from the presence Of iron in the MARBLE which
oxidsed sfter heavy rains and destroyed the purity
II
built Of this kind OF stone and nov look very poorly
More recently, however description Of marble has
come into use, which, for beauty and durability wn
compare tAyoraby with the finest Italian PariA.
marble and viii resist the action of the elements for Al
time These structures will add much TO the beauty
| and brilisncy Of our noble avenues.
will be noticed also that the east side takes the pre-