, 1875-07-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
B1GH BUILDING IN NEW YORK.

HIGH BUILDING IN NEW Y0hA.
The New York Tribune has an article On the
height to which New York buildings are now
carried. It says:
Tho franklin Hou3e~-whlch was con6oereo . Iato
er nigh building being 50 feet In height Dy street
md Brodway his had to make room Tor tho hua4inB
Of the Western Union Telegraph Company which q -
l6o foet In height The roof ho tower heang o eet
above the sidewalk} On the other side Of broadway
the P1rk Bank Building IS feet hlsh has nov 1o9 sep
er years oscrapped TIE Aeraa once Sno anese tmo
building Of tbe Eren13 Pest Throughout the lower
pzrt Of the city three many buildings six and sew
esppecislly by dry-goods firms. In Walker street,
between Coul t1and alley aud Elm street, are seV-
es s1 and saa 'tS tor ea ae
iutheran) Church. The stores at Nos, 5s5 and 551
Broadway 90 feet nigh hare taken the place Of severl
very iuutiye estAblishnaente md the uphol6terezs
warehouses OF Sloane and Solomon are Also - feet
high instead Of the th1eestory buildings Of d{teen
years ago. Ba1te1s high building o. ak stosaos ano @
taken the place of numerous small aoA4ses' Tnaen
looked anything but attractive before East canAi
where sa1nuel Ward, g the King Of the Lobby" waa
born, in tha two-story and attic building erected by
hs fahe1 yohn %1sa y - Se VT tie e'aoAhen' 'i
The Stevens Apartuaent House. 1t Twenty seventh
street md Fifth avenue attracts attention by s e1-
three and four story houses .d the corner Of For
tyseYeuh street number Of thFee-story houses haEe
dsaBfa BB2fa5 4 ~ fs e:;to1y o. y iee. !!
| In height the new Roman Catholic cathsd5Ai. the
work on which ia now rapidly advancing. AID which
A1none he o:ler hiGh building. recently erected
ne Grosvenor House, On Tenth street and Fifth
ayerue recently completed. Il is 30 feet high, and
has taken the place Of te residence Of Mr. franei.
Ninth street ind Tiftn avenue, n apsztmea. build
owner. william Rhinelandtr. Ground has also been
broker on the proper.y recently eo'd Ut Lafayette
place aud Astor-p!ace for hre-psoof building 10
feo hgh With seven stories, and cellar, for
The use Of publishing hoape believed to be the Ap
pe:ons Mr. Thomas the architect, and he intends
to erect there a hne structure, tne dimensions Of
In order to show tn: upward progress made IN tne
Of s York dusns TIE p;1s ten
ctafina warehouses, and others, have been omitted
this enumeratien These were erected at long In
the Equitable Life Bniding with lis l6a feet Of height
the Tribune Building Of i'll feet, the Epening Post
let, and tie unfinished building of tue Del,wnre +
Hudson Canai Company in Ccrtlsndt street, AL thcse
taken ih connection With those mentioned above ha7e
fuly doubled the capacity Of New York for accomno
dating Ill those who desire 70 r4u64ct business within
iss boTuers while 1t tue same tune not ~ Inch mora
saee before this increase altitude set n On tae
traTy is believed hat owing the widening Of Streets
T xs ssoa 80 Ss .es. @ md tie Nsw Bowsr
there il actually today less ground occupied oy bo-
ings small md large. downtown, than nleen ye.is ~
purposes Of business.
AN ApAh1MExr HOUSE.
/ A1onp other enterprises in building that are
about to be put uuder way is fine apartment
house on the southwest corner at Michigan
nyenue and Ieek court This is to be erected
| drawp by the architect p. LeIa1dou1. The
! honse will have pressed-brlck front With stone
! 4fmm1ugs. It will be OF six stories, including
the basement, which viii be on the level Of the
be co feet, aud on Peck court 81 feet. On the
| basement floor there will Be beside
the jsnitor's rooms TWO small apartments OF
two or th1ca 1ocms each. Tor bachelors, or fami-
| lies OF two. Each Of the five stories above sill
/ contain one apartment Of niue rooms, aud bathB,
closets, aud all convonences in abundance.
I These rooms are arranged as chambers, dining
room, library. parfo1, de- They are large, we'll
arranged, and have the luxury Of s)most unl'u-
a.ed u ght .ed Lit. - .hey 4. & have' beside the GO
lug on q large interior court The cost will be
about $4,000
| BUILDING PERMErs.
George Eohsuan4 aix-story and basement
s1reets.
G ~, kahq Gs tgostesy brick barn 1s11s feet at
J. G. Dwyer, tvo-etoTy and basenen: etope
'front.' 4o1so feet, sou7heast corner Wabash ave-
nue. and Hubbard court.
G. A. Tanning l. Co., two-story and basement
br1ck, 60k66 feet, On Cottage Grove avenue, be-
! tween Tnisty~eg ghsh and Thirty -nintl, Streets
H, N. Wilcox. :wo-storS aud basement brick,
| 18x44 feet, on Johnson place.
| Chicago West Division Railway Company, two
story brick repair shop. 1031125 feet, southwest
| corner Washington street and Western avenue
Fred Tustle fous-story sud basement brick,
q feet 'front.' Ut 45 Lake street.
| F. Wa1ish, two-stosy brick, 21x36 feet At 157
| Bunker street.
J. Z. Kurz, tvo-RtoFy brick. 2ox5o feet, It 583
| Wells street.
H. Brinkman, two-story brick, 22x65 feet, 1t
| 637 Wentworth ayenue.
Johu Tvohy, one-storJ brick, 25x21 feet, At
| $50 West Lake btfeet
G. ". Brown. t9o-+tozy brick, 30 feet front, Ut
| SO md 6i2 West Lake street,
| That MAS rather touching allnsion to de-
ccascd Spouse l4sde recently BY farmer who
carne to the sKe-s.ore to purchase tbiusa