New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-03


tor On the north side the street filled With billSt
Of dirt while attempt has been made to pave hal
or ret The cubetones. The condition of this portion
fthe street i it monument Of the lack OF energy
al q dlt ness OF our city officers.
Tie meter Of extending md widening tLs street oa
tLe cart tde Of Broadway. far Pearl e.ceet. i.
NOW before the Common Council, but yet they have
taken no action IN the prtmises
P.,veep Duane ana Canal streets no Improvements
Of eorsequence are being made, although the matter
of extending PraLkin .treet in direct Line to the
North and East Rivers has been mooted.
CANAL STREET.
ueno-.l east corner of Canal and Mercer streets
A,s building is about being erected b. Arn I'd, Con-
.,.s Co. 1t is To be fty feet front on Canal, with
. dep,h Of one hundred and thirty feet on Mercer,
,,;cb will carry il to Howard street The front on
Iu;u l.. Of white marble aud the remainder OF
c. ,ass.d br;ck TIE structure will be FIVE stories
lob ard will cost upward Of 100000 The site upon
ubicb tbis structure il 10 be ra-d, was for many
,,srs occupied by buildings tnani-d by the vest OF
,h vile both men and women The building on
,Iws,d and Mercer streets, krown as " The Smile,
- to, a considerable time the haunt OF burglars,
,,;oLro.k.ts gamblers and thieves generally, and
of the lowest class. Previous TO the demolition
=, Oh. buidng and after the burglary upon the dry
goods store adjoining this den Was partially broken Up
by the police.
The Peoples Bank building corner Of Canal aud
Tloun.on streets, with several fine stores recently
erected have greatly improved this thoroughtare.
r, . extension of Canal the east side OF Broadway,
l,,ofore noticed at length in THE TRIBUNE has also
r,h ~, ,nroved the street. We next speak Of the i'm
pfOven.,nts OF
BROADWAY,
and there not the least hope to be entertained that
building operations ills street will ever cease The
nupbr Of warehouses and stores to be erected on this
,boouebtare is not large this Spring a. last, but
those urojtcted will far surpass in point OF art aoa
beauty all their predecessors. On the site O the Gen.
tral orion e the Irving House Meliis, Ayrcs q Co.
are about erecting large store, extending back IN the
fom of T, with fronts Oh Reade and Chambers
streets. The corner buildings on Rcade and Cham
bers street, occupied respectively by Demonico and
G. C. Merchant, will not be disturbed, but the re-
naming portion of the Irving, now Leid under lease
nv VIM Carter will be demolished this month, should
the psrs contrac,g for the same be able to come to
a settlement in the matter.
Messrs. Bowen Il McNsmee about to build
magnificent warehouse on the northeast corner OF
Broadway and Pearl street for their own occupancy
II is TO be IS feet 'front.' extending from the Broadway
Theater to the corner, with depth OF 100 ieet on
Peal street The front will be of white marble. The
structure will be six stories in hight, with cear ana
sub-cellaT and extensive vaults under the sidewalk
Each story on Broadway will be divided into nine
openings. between which will be futed columns en-
,irely detached from the main wall supporting arches
between each column will be heavy marble balcony,
with open ba.ustrades. Standing on SO higly'fayored
a location and on so prominent corner, tie entire
front and part of the side of this well proportioned
edifice, Judging from sight of the elevations drawn
by the architect j. e. Well- will command much
notice on account Of its architectural beauty aud
scdty of construction The structure VIII cost, when
completed, about $4,000 The old buildings now
occupying the rite will soon be demolished ana the
wok on the founda,io commenced
On the South. West corner of Broadway and Peari
street. the rckety twostory wooden shanty with tht
odd look ING structure known as Masonic Hall, TO
give way to the march Of improvement; they VIII De
demolished in the course of few days, and on their
sites two large warehouses erected-One by MIR Gem-
meIs on the corner twenty Eve feet front on Broad
way ard ore hundred feet deep on Pearl street-and
the other by NJ. John Steward, jr., with the same
front and depth Improvements 9f this kind have
long been needed on these corners. These buildings
pi be completed for occupancy in the Fall.
The most extt nsye improvement IN Broadway this
season will be the erection of a large warehouse and
manufacturing establishment, north east corner OF
Broadway ard Broome street, by f. '. Hsuohwout-
The structure will present iron fronts of 61 feet on
Broadway and 100 feet on BrooDe street 1t VIII be
FIVE stories in hight with cellar and sub cellar aod
will cost exclusive Of the ground, $4,000 The ground
is valued at 100000. The establishment VIII Do
lighted in every part by gas-works connected with the
premises Three hundred jets will be used. Inc
lower part will be occupied for saes-rooms and the
entire upJ er portion used for manufacturing purposes
eloss cutting, china painting and Furnishing and other
branches of the trade. The fronts will be adorned
with columns of the Corinthian order. The structure
will be completed and ready for oceupany by Novem-
Der. The old houses formerly occupying the site nave
all been removed and the foundation for the new es-
tnblishment is about being laid
The present building on No. 4i9 Broadway II soon
to be demolished, and in its stead erected BY Z. T.
Merchant a white marble edifce Ave stories high,
which will cost in the neighborhocd of $40, 900.
On lot No 500 is also to be erected a marbe-front
building but the work thereon viii not be commenced
before FALL
The building No. sos Broadway, opposite the Metro
p,ltan Hotel s we understand, about being dsinol-
i.bed and in ts stead erected marble-front store
This building was erected many years ago by John
Jacob Astor, and occupied by him up to the time OF
his death as dwelling II was subsequently rented
out TO different parties and night, about ye"
ago, came near being destroyed by fire. The ADJOINING
building until recently occupied as ganoilns'houSe'
IT, believe to be altered for business purposes or
warehouse of tho modern style to be erected IN s
place. These will about complete the Improvements
TO be made on Broadway this season. The wese siuo
of this thcrcughare has within few years past been
almost eLtrely rebuilt, 10 that even what few old