New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-29

Lexington avenues two house,, fronted with brown
stone are being built by the Messrs- Valentine car
pentets Between Fieih and fry frr streets on the
Fihh avenue is the great cathedral 81 Patrick = now
pr>cess Of erection Ga Fifieth street considerable
az, sEaton, curling ard grading Is required.
Fs. Of Second ave nue.. on Fiitieth street seven
bo,, fve stories in hight being built By Samuel
~ I,rrsc, NIB; the front. to be Of white marble.
T1s .ayos or> On has erected the Second avenue,
~, ,,esp Fif,,a II and Feth streets FIVE houses,
ID, hrn-stone, -outs Fiye have also been erected
o. F;n;e,b stree, he, Second and Third avenues.
On The block between .pory-eighth aud Forty ninth
.,,se,s h..xeen second and Third avenues, A. T.
Sar has nearly 10 buildings with oroWnst me frons
In different stages Of construction. AZ me corner OF
gortvu ninth s.ees on Phb sycnae, four houses, with
browp-;ope fron,s erected by Ebenezlr Haford, are
nearly completed Between Forty Ssyenih and Forty
eighth streets on the Second avenue, hYe houses
approaching completion, and on the Third avenae
eight with stores finished; and on the Axth avenue,
Dennis Buckley, mason, IA erecting i've houses with
stores On Porty-scventh and Fory-sixh streets, be-
tw cen Fifth and Sixth avenues, ranges of brovn-stoue
front dwellings, % the number Of 10 or 50, are being
built BY Cobarn, DemaTest, Buckley and o.nsis, on
speculation.
ON Murray Hin the improvements have been quite
as marked in any other locality. Nearly opposite
the reservoir on Eosy-second street. range of twelve
dwellings with br0wn-stone fronts, have been erected
by Robert Coburn. Opposite the reservoir, on FItth
avenue the range Of reel fences bus by Mr.. Hsgihs
the architectural appearance Of which 50 much re-
sembles an arsenal. On Fony-6rst street, between
Fifth and Madison avenues, range often houses with
brown-stone fronts and large projecting windows, have
been commenced by DR.. 5. p. Townsend, who is also
building eight of a similar description in Madison
avenue between Thirty second and Thirty third streets
these last are held at $4,000 each, except the
corner house, air sdy sold Between Forty
first and Fortieth streets, on Madison avenue,
David Coburn has built four houses with brown stone
fronts; and on the book below in the avenue, Alex
ander Philips mason, has erected three; the corner
house is held OF $50 900; the Others at 81 600 each
On the next block in the avenue Bartlett Smith, An
drew Wesson. Z. j. Rogers, and John Wolf have
erected elegant houses all OF which adon and are TO
be occupied by their respective owners. On Fourth
avenue chain Of handsome parks Il being constructed
over the tunnel Of the Harlem Railroad commencing on
Thirty fourth street. and terminating Thirty eighth
The coping has all been laid, and the ratings in
part erected. The inteTseetng the Parks to-
oether with he avenue either side thereof to be
speedily finished with Belgian pavement, and nthe
course of tho ensuing Spring the Parks will no doubt
be gaInisbed with strubbery, flowers, and fountains
In the immediate vicinity Of the Parks large number
of Erst-cass residences, fronted with marble and
brown stone, have lately been erected. These i'm
provements, together with its commanding position,
bid fair to make Murray Hill of the most attractive
sections Of the city The amount assessed upon the
property holders for the grading, paving, and railing of
these Parks s3S COO the contract for the work
only calls for $3.50 IS, there will be a very large
surplus over the actual cOst of construction.