New-York tribune., 1875-12-22
NEW STRUCTURES.
yrNrrp,s WORK FOR THE BUILDERS.

s,,p>rrrwn WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS
rHK STRUCTURES NOW RISING IN THE VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE CITY.
Arcbitects and builders in this city state
that the additions to number Of buildings whch were
made very rapdy before the panic are now compare
lively few and that building trades nave recovered
little OF the activity lost account Oh the enecs Oh tnat
commercial cri,s IL is prevailing opinion. however.
roo, nersons best qualified TO judge, that this depres
cannot be OF long contnuatiou that better state
OF things will soon come, which will have marked
ect on general prosperity Of the city and that
when building activity returns great improvement In
construction durability and architectural appearance
viii be noticeable.
It is remarked that while the city has much 70 oe
proud in the way Of massive and imposing business
blocks and princely mansions and while the mass OF te
population well sheltered considering the age ana size
the city and it's climate. the crying necessity Oh 'no
hour is more and better business faces anu more
s.bstantal and better arranged tenementhOuses The
growth of the city for the past twenty-five years. as o
the twenty-five years preceding, has Deeh so""'"ns
naryeIous Real estate values advanced WIN 50 great
rpity as to be beyond the reach OF most business nrS
whose demands for increased storeroom were urgent
Then was begun the erection OF buildings on leased
round Block after block OF stores and frst-class
ouses have been built speculation. The original
se of the ground coupled with the large expectations
nd demands OF the spectators has served to advance
nts to exOrbitant figure. This fact. 1t Ia asserted
roated vast suburban population taat flows in and
IL Of New-York every morning and evening. Real
at at forcet sale has depreciated and sure remedy
Il this il said, viii De found in more buildings
rected in a substantial manner by landowners content
m reasonable interest the valuation OF the property
nd correspondinglY low rents.
Three and four just previous to te panic an
npreoedeuted number OF largo and costly church edi
es residences aud business blocks were IN process OF
construction. Although thero was marked dininutioh
the number Of plans submitted at the Department OF
niidngs during last year. architects AID builders cCud
not complain much of hard times for the reason that the
work already hand when the panic came was suncient
20 keep them busy through of the year 1874 This
xpains why il architects and builders COM
plain this Fal there Is nothing doing IN face OF
che fact by careful examination OF the records OF
she Department Of Buildings, that there has been no
perceptble falling of in the number OF new buildings
projected and in their cost. since 1S7L The nSlro'
roye that the growth the city for the past two years
has been steady substantial not fully equal to that
of more active times. In making comparison OF the
records object has been to show in detail what mas
been done and contemplated in the past SIX months
from June to Dec. l. 1873 and to compare the totals
with those os the months Of 1874 Inasmuch as the
greater building activity the months from February to
June Offsets the usual duness of December ana January
Che months chosen comparison may be considered Al
afording good conception Of the whole building Dus
of the two years.
In June 1875, S4 plans submitted at the Depart
,uent of buildings These comprised 1l5 buildings and
up TO Dec l. lO3 OF these had been begun, and AZ com
Melted The remainder of the 1O3 in process OF con-
structon The estimated cost 2,l9s,3JO IL Is IN
4erestin to note indication OF the commercial pros
perty and particularly OF the retail business OF the city,
that these plans call for 81 The whole number Of
fepement buildngs separate and in connection with
stores is H. There three manufactures, 40 first
class dwellings and six buildings OF French mats Inc
rest are Offices secondcass dwellings, and stables out
of the l45 buildings 81 have stone fronts two are OF
iron only eight minor buildings OF wood and tho re-
Inander are wholly OF brick These plans include Grace
Chanel brown-st mo church Fourteenthst. between
IrVng-piaee and Thrd-ave two-thirds completed and
valued at $1,000; schoolhouse built by the schoOi
trustees of Church Of st. Vincent DE Paul on West
,Tyentyourth-st and estimated to cost SlJOOOi the
Greenwich Savings Bank at No. I'll sXth-aVe, cost
$4,000. and foundsry Twenty nfthst, near Tenth
ave. -
During July 4s plans were submitted comprising W
iudings OF these SO have already been begun and y
completed and the estimated cost Is S7sSsOO Oi the
vbole number 20 are stores ana "a tenements
There are 3s rscass dwellings 10 buildings Of French
flats and shops and factories. The remainder are OF
minor importance. There 81 stone fronts, y
wooden buildings and the remainder are wholly OF brick
The German Hospital on FOurthaVe near 1eVehePsA'h
st. estimated to cost $4,000, is among the number
In August the whole number Of plans submitted WAS
luglullUg
IL OF them completed There 40 stores 50 tenenens
II Arstcla.s dwellings. French flats. and factO-
ries Stone mentioned for the fronts Of 36 arc band
ins of Iron and OF wood the remainder o brick The
estimated cost these 20 buildings is 81 47273O These
,ans include the publishing house of o. b. Potter which
Is being erected Lafayetieplace and Astorpace at an
estimated cost OF S25OOOO. The construction Of the
building somewhat novel brick and iron in the facing
being used alternate layers. 1t viii be seven stories
in hight and the dimensions are 94 by 80 feet ana 100
feet high The estimates also include factory OF Albert
Weber ON Sovemteenthst Seyenthave, with cost
of S6O0 anu tine First Baptist Church on tnthaVe
near oDebundred-and-twen enty -sixth-st.
In September plans numbered 50, and Included lO3
buildings estimated to $9il,320 OF these. 81 are
already begun. and completed. There are 20 tene-
Inents and 20 stores. IL rstclass dwellings French
fats and two factories. There five wooden struc-
lures the remainder to be OF brick, with many stone
fonts Included these plans the buildings OF the
Methodist Episcopal Msson Society the east side OF
Broadway; the Colored Orphan Asylum at No 1.444
Tenih-ave: frame hospital at Onehundredandforty-
fourthst Tenh-sye aad the Gas Works, at Forty
nrSt-st. and Eeyenth-ave.
Daring October g. plans were submitted for 116 build
ings 56 of which have been begun The estimated cost
IL 81 500 The number 81 and the stores
So rstclass dwellings 81 French flats. a. and faco
Iies workshops. There are wooden structures.
There will buildings six stories high q Of five stories,
and 2l Of four stories remainder being three
stories in hight These plans include the schoolhouse Of
the Sisters OF Charity on Rverdaleaye estimated to cost
SIS 900 and the City school No. 7l0 East Ninhst,
estimated cost $4,000
The plans submitted in November numbered 80, COM
prsng 90 buildings estimated TO cost about 1878 600
20 tenements including 10 store rooms.
There are 80 hrstcass dwellings French flats. and
factories and workshops. There are 81 brown-stOne
fronts and wooden structures Only SIX buildings
were abandoned within the past ak months 1t is
pected majority of instances work Will con
tinued unfinished buildings through the Winter,
York nasons never stop for cold weather a. long a.