The New York herald., 1878-09-15

Seventh avenue Mr.. J. c. Thompson, Jr, has under
taken row oi Two brown stono dwellings,, ioor stories
aud basement, The valuation OF the block 10 Do
so7,5oO.
PALArIAL FRENCH YLArs.
Nv J: b. Taliman Is the owner oi some Hats occu-
pying Nos. ~ aud 80 West F.lty-third street. lhe
plot 90 by 30 ieet and the buldng VIII DO oil brown
stone. iour stories and basement Tho cost Is essi-
Mr.. EDWARD Clark's b. ocx oi French fats on Sew
eIth avenue, extending from Fifty fth 10 Fity-sxtn
street. 200 by 100 ieet RAPIDLY competioh
Tnese among most expensive apartment ouiid-
ags Erected. Tho total placed III $500 o0O
The building rs OF Nova Scotia stone The FOUNDATION
MAS lana last spring.
rival 10 Mr. CIarks row OF fats the nearly
finished hotel fats known as The Florence, located
on Eighteenth street, OF Fourth avenue facing
the Clarendon Hotel. THIS ouiiding Is being erected
by Mrs Virginia Matthews, wife OF Edward Matthew's,
front and rear, ninety feet deep and seven stories,
nine high The estimated cost ~ $225, O0O
but u unlikely that " will exceed that amount.
Tue ironL Is oI pressed brick, Dorchester stone
trimmings Tho structure, as may be Inferred from
the foregoing specifications rs colossal, oeing iaiy
II overooks. rns front elevation is tastoiuiy orna-
mental The Florence IS expected TO accommodate
nearly one huudred iaintlies
NEW BUILDINGS AND STORES.
An entire block on Broadway, just north Of trinity
Buains' 81 nas m feooa %asyse oao. Duu,ur seven
stories ia height ano occupying ground
area S y se oy los aSS
Temple streets. Tue owner is Mrs. Sarah Borue.
The estimated cost Will be $270 600.
Mr.. Joseph +. Loubat Is erecting block OF hvc iron
warehouses on broadway, adjoining tho 81 NICHOLAS
HoeL They are 10 oe nve stories IN height two Gov
ering OF 90 eot quare, aud three oo leet oy
SO. Total Cost, $375,UCO.
Az the northwest corner OF Broadway aud Bicecker
street hve brck store Sox7o leet IS being put
up Dy IN omas IL. aucklcy Cost S30 600
Three plain brick i0ur story stores are nearly hn-
nished al Nos 29s, 800 aud 302 Bowery.
On the Bowery, opposite Blocker street, double
tenement building, brick, i've Stories, ID also nearly
completed.
Al me corner Of South and Wall streets substan-
tiaI S2l UUO measuring II feot
by 49, aud but oi brick stone, s nearly finished.
A. n. Morris is The owner.
The elevated railway on Sixth avenue, whie u
may have deprecated certain Kinds oil properly along
tho line has given an impetus 10 building ON Inc
lateral streets, especially Fourteenth and Twenty
third Streets which destined 70 be occupied by
liner class OF retail shops between tho Thru anu
putting up lO,0o0 IRON store. % ieel ny zzo, on
Nos. 40 and ~ est Fourteenth street Tue building
extends through 10 Thirteenth street ana ID nve
On the south sidc OF Twoniy-third street, at Nos
80 81 west being about midway between the Fifth
aud Skin avenues, the Messrs. storm Brothers VIII
this fall pste iron store, extending through
TO rwentysecoad street, i've stories high, and cost
couple Of largo stores are being erected the
Side OF Broadway, opposite East Washington
pace, by ex-Juage Dittenhoeier
Al the corner oi Nassau ana Bcekman streets, the
former site OF the Park Hotel, tie premises belong
ing to the Morse cstae, are being OF namen.ed with
iron structure, nine stories IN height " 6e
devoted to banking and. office purposes Cost
$l75 0OO Adjoining II, at NO. LA Nassau street, the
law book publishers, Messrs Banks Brothers, nrs re-
building On thor old Their cdihcc will be Oi
BRICK, very substantial and Six stories high. Cost
$15, 900.
Anew warehouse is going up the of Canal
and Elizabeth streets, consisting OF brick, with light
st0no trimmings.
One o the most extensive enterprises In building at
the present time Is that which beng rapidly pushed
Forward ny Mr.. W. U Gorman In the Twenty third
ward beyond the Harlem RIVER Mr. Gorman Is fill
ug the entire oIocks fronting on the cast side o Will
lis and 18Th and 1891 b streets with me-
dium sized first class hreo story and basement brown
50, 500 each or $209 OO0 These dwellings are each
designed for one iaIniiy.
The number Of tenemsnt houses appears TO DO less
ening-probably In view OF the promised facties Tor
reaching the suburbs where working people can OBJ
tain house room Tor lcsa money tnan they have
WArda