The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-15

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architectural beauty and display vies with tho most
famous streets Of London and Paris yet the march Of i'm
provement and progress s always great in that thorough
fare, whose occupants do not believe in tho max "Let
well enough alone" CID, but substantial and handsome
blocks and stores continually in process Of demolition
some parts Of the street, and new costly and magnih-
Ont structures are as constantly going up their places
This constant pulling down and putting up constitutes the
greatest il not the only drawback the beauty Of the
street always looks unfinished. There are, here and
therc along It's magnificent length, side the
other, at all times great gaping excavations unsightly
heaps Of building materials or rude scaoldings project
ing from The newly erected marble or iron fronts.
We do not recolect time when more Of these i'm
proVcmens were progressing ut in Broadway than
asat present. and most OF these improvements, too, are
srch calculated TO add greatly tho beauty Of the
thoroughare, being of the most costly description We
notice few of the leading enterprises
AZ the corner of Fulton street, west side Of Broadway
Eve story building, with magnificent marble front, is
rapidly approaching completion, intended for stores,
Offices &c. The frontage Broadway is quite small, but
extends back hundred feet Fulton street,
which win give il an imposing appearance to persons
coming down Broadway. The Broadway front will cor
respond with that OF the building adjoining which will
prevent its having an appearance of narrowness.
way, exJudgc James r. Whiting is putting up magnif-
cedfclof the g andest proportions which expected
to cosron4sl5o 900 to $4,000 The form of the build
ing that Of the letter T. fronting rs feet Broadway,
extending backs Ito feet, and the wings reaching
trcygtbrough from Pearl to Worth streets-207 feet
Theronagc onsWorth street is the Broadway,
BUTTON pearl kstreet it has only 25 feet front The
building is i've stories high on Broadway with basement
and snbcellar and six stories high both Of the side
strccs,- FROM sidewalk to pedment Broadway the
heigh4wfbe about eighty feet It is built throughout in
The most thorough and substantial manner chiefly ofPha
dephia brick but the front Broadway will be of West
chestcrmarbh, with Cornthan columns land highly
mentedE 1t is TO be occupied in part if the whole by
r. W. Moore dry goods merchant, doing business at
the'corner Of Barclay and Church Streets and will be
lifted up, We Understand, in style Of unsurpassed ee
gsnce.
Another large structure is going up at the corner of
Whites the fashionable side OF Broadway,
Messrs sBabcock Morgan, dry goods merchants. 1t is
the standard height Of five sores fronting between forty
and!Gfy!eeon b oadway and extending back depth of
l,6 feet The 'front.' high the first story, to be of
ron the rest entirely OF white marble. The estimated
cost is $4,000.
But the finest OF all the improvements Broadway, in
ed of the most beautiful and complete dry goods
store This country, will be the edice built for and
occupied by Messrs Lord Taylor at the of Broad
way andand street The cost Of the ground alone
5000 O0O and that of the building estimated at SITS 0o
Thek building is FIVE stories In height, fronts S. feet
on Broadway ard 100 feet Grand street. aud is con
strcedmEhe Florent style Of architecture elaborate
ySornamentcd and almost entirely Of the beautiful white
Eastchester maj be. The hight Of the building
fromEthe sidewalk 10 the top Of the pedment, is
inst 100 feet. The principal entrance is from
Broadway, beneath arch thirty feet high
extending los the ceiling of the second story-and
twenty woieetiwde On either side of the arch are i'm
windows, also arched, each consisting1of
ELECTROMAGNETIC Of glass II by 61s feet Theupper
par,.of ornamented with gded tracing of ella
borae beautiful design, and behind is mirror Of
ysplate glass Within the arch is vestibule sup
ported.by Corinthan columns, ornamented with gold and
whe!scrolwork and eight elegant mirrors disposed on
either background floor the grand salcsroom of
100 feet long by 60 wde and superbly
decorated = Alhe counters are Of solid mahogany This
ten different departments for the sale Of
manysvaretes of goods, requiring the services Of about
forty clerks. In the rear of the room is grand
circular. starcaseo polished oak, richly carved and
Ornamental branching right and left TO the floor above
Over staircases large dome, rooted with Estained
pass which by day sheds mellow light upon the rich
fa,rcs!pied below and by night is Illuminated with
gorgeous Flemish chandelier with forty burners. like
me csnopcs the offices and desks of the
,,shcrs In the basement are six additional
i ,palimcn,s, with twenty or thirty clerks This
rom Is magnifcently furnished, and is lighted by
e.gntApronzo characters Illuminating tiles also give
ghN o.thllparsof the establishment and TO the vaults
which extend!o,he curbsone Of the street The upper
stories arc3ed up in corresponding style OF spendor,
and will be devoted TO the sale OF carpes house furnish
ing goods &C. TO the wholesale business manutac
turing purposes The Broadway front has thriythree and
the Grand street front forty windows, every window sur
mounted by "a beautiful glded arch, and with balco.
MES on the broadway SIDE far up The third story
The Broadway front is constructed in three compartments
the centre being crowned with balusrade Seventy
feet Of The roncn Grand street is devoted entirely to
show Windows The Plates being o. The size those
on Notwithstanding in fact, one enormous window OF
plate glass, seventy EEL in width portion Of the build
ing not ye quite fin shsd bu the greater part has been
occupied neary fortnight and daily ihronged with Gus
toners ard admrng vsers. The architects Thomas
4 Son, the mason Edlit2, he carpenter Smith, Of
Eighteenth street. II ron work from s b Athaus Co.
and the atble work by Iasterson.
The frm which has erected this gem Of dry
goods alace has zen carrying on business sue
Of century. They have two other large estab
n Ca street. aud the other at the
OF Grand and Chry-te streets, each employing
Small army of cerks. Tho establishment in Grand street
occupies very large and beautiful building, which is
being enlarged by the addition of three lois For
syh street The rear, amounting in the aggregate
$500 square iec, They expect when this enlargement
is completed and the Broadway store shall be fairly
under way, to do at eas large business any other
firm in New York
At No. 495 Broadway. nhe dollar side') new build
ing Of very gus design is being put up the sale OF
Grover Il Bakers sewing machine The entire front
consists OF Gothic arch Of iron, sixty two feet five
inches high, and twenty five feet wide The building sto
be three stories high in front and only two the rear
but will be deliberately ornamented and doubt will
present very attractive appearance
Ball Black Co, jewellers and manufacturers OF silver
ware, at tie corner Of Broadway aud Murray
stree ave just commenced splendid mar
bic paac tn OF Broadway aud
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