, 1879-08-10
j.: REAL ESTATE.
Il Great Need that Ought to Be
;. Supplied.
Rapid Approach to Completion OF the
Central sic-Han.
Another Large Packing-Edouse
at the Stock Yards.

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Sales and Building Kotts~1a1 Stealing in The Town
of Michigan Arcane Boulevard.
Chicago, as summer resort, has but one de-
ficieucy. 1t has no wateriusg-p1ace- New York
sends tens Of thousands OF its people every day
10 Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, Brighton,
Long Branch, and the other ocean beaches in its
vicinity. Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia. San
Francisco. and all the other great coast cities
have similar resorts. Chicago has uone, al
though it lies on the Mediterranean Of the
American Continent, within easy distance OF
fine beaches and understanding surf. The
city needs what none of its parks eau Afford
A PLACE ON THB LAKE SHORE,
fitted up with bathing houses, restaurants, a
hotel, with accommodations for mnn and beast,
and all the accessories that are needed to make
ENJOYABLE visit to the water-side. Some OF our
most enterpr;sins citizens, seeing this want,
have been canyassIng the feasibility OF supply
ing it with profit to themselves and pleasure to
the public It has been proposed to raise about
$25U,009, buy the site on which the hyde Park
Hotel stood, erect there f1rst-class new hotel,
With all the appointments needed Tor a water
ing-place- The purchase Will include the
GROUND south Of the hotel Rs far Us the South
Park, which there runs, it will be remembered,
to the waters edge A fine roadway is to be
built from the Park boulevard to. the hotel
restaurant put up between the park and the
hotel. Everything in the way OF bathing facill-
ties would be provided. Ii the gentlemen who
bufit Riverside had put their moaey into this
Kind OF IN cnternrise they would have found
millions in it. Chicago needs its Brighton as
much Us New York.
TIE SITE PROPOSED
is uneoualcd, and it is to be hoped that those
,yao hare conceived this enterprise will be able
to carry it out It would pa;.
The improvements olreal estate now in prog
.ess are more important. than the sales. The
most noticeable structure now under way IN the
business centre is the
GENITAL a1us1C-uALL-
This Is now up to the fourth story, where the
vorkmcu are engaged in laying the floor OF the
fifth story. The trusses have been put in place
for the ceiling OF the small hail. As the ouild-
ing is to be but six stories high, it will be seen
with what dispatch the work is being pushed
forward. The walls for, the large hall are en-
tireiy ycompleted. The exterior does not yet, OF
course. show its full d; sign to the public eye,
but enough is discovered to make it evident
that the architect, Mr.. D. Adler, and Mr..
George B. Carpenter. the manager and soul OF
the new enterprise, have planned us
CLEAN, SOLID, AND REsTFUL
piece OF architecture as Chicago has to boast.
Applications for rooms in the new building have
come iu rapidly, and more have been received
than the building can be made to accommodate.
- 40 LEASES
have been made, and none will be closed until
the building is near enough to completion to
show whas it is. The main hall will he ready
for use Sept ], and the entire building BY Jan.
Mr.. D. Adler also has under way fine dwell
ing-house for Mr.. M1nde3, o. Mandel Bros. It
second street, is of brick, with white stone front,
44x6o on the ground plan. 1t will be three
stories in hight, besides basement and attic.
One of the few large sales Of the week is the
precursor Of
ANOTHER LARGE ADDITION
to the packinr-houses in the Stock I ards Mr..
James D. Lehmir has sold for 81, 600 to Michuer
tle-yards on Packers avenue Mchner & Co.
have already large packing-houscs in successful
operation in Cincinnati and Philadelphia, and
viii proceed to erect at once hrst-class pack
iug-house on their new purchase.
The reconstruction Of the Honorc. Building is
progressing rapidly under the direction of
Palmer g. Spinning, architects. The new story
is nearly finished. These architects report no
pushing to completion the handsome residences
new buildings under way Of special Importance,
but are on the North Side they are building for
Judge Skinner, Mr. Willing. and others.
Wheelock g. Clay, architects, are building for
Mrs. R. Chapron, at the corner OF Monroe and
Wood streets, two houses with pressed-brick
fronts, ornamented with stone trimmings.
4 NOVELTY II THEIR CONSTRUCTION
&C. front for the draw f1,u- WIN
dows; instead of the customary octagonal baY.
This gives more room and larger windows.
These architects are also building for Mr.. ]. s.
Mailman TWO residences on Chestnut street,
near Clark, covering thirtg-two feet Of ground,
and are each two stories and cellar. The idea
hns been to have all the essentials Of large
residence in as compact form as possible. The
exteriors are neatly finished. Cost. about
$1,000. Among their ether residences is house
27x66 feet on Michigan avenue, near Twenty
eighth street, for Mr. R. n. Wells, to cost
$7,O00. The plRstering is to have hard-sand
finish. which is hard as marble, and at the same
time much more
AGREEABLE IN COLOR
than the ordinary white plaster flush. They
are building residence 25113 for Mr.. William
1nent house, in flats, for Mr. P. Upton. near the
corner of Indiana avenue and Thirty fifth street,
to cost SC, 500; and for Mr.. Frank C. Hills, on
Ellis avenue, near the Drexel boulevard, a beat
t31ul cDSt2Te, &1oItu IN l1e tn94sn OO[nlc 6LfIc.
Tile interior will bc noticeable for the absence
OF doors, in place Of which curtains Of heavy an.
tique stuffs, and for the use of polished wood
in place OF p1astcriag.
Treat & Folz have drawn the plans for Mr.. J.
Medill for block Of sir residences ut the north.
west corner of Calumet avenue and Thirty
second street. They viii be in the plain English
basement style, with q frontage of lS1< feet,
aud depth OF Is feet.
The building permits Of the week numbered
S. The Taluc Of those that cost over S, ,00C
each aggregates 300. In the
BUILp1NG PERMITS
issued during the week, were those to b. Thrum-
ston, to, erect a two-story dwelling, corner o1
Polk street and Weetero avenue, to cost 81, 100:
to G. f. Whidden, to erect shop at No. 1014
West Madison street, to cost 81 600; to N. J.
Casey, to erect twostory dwelling, State
street, near Superior, to cost s., ZOO; to ".
Atoucha, to erect two-story building, No. 49
Cornc!ia street. to cost s., 800; to G. ". Smith,
to erect four three-story stone-front buildings,
No. IA to $50 State street, to cost $4,000: to
u. A. Rowley, to erect atwo-story dwelling, No.
H55 West Washington street, to cost So, 5o0; to
A. Zelecka, to erect two-story dwelling at No.
T63 Airport avenue, to cost s., 900; one to John
Surek, to erect two-story dwelling at No II
.Alport avenue, to cost $1,000; one to c. j.
Bushke, to erect three-story dwelling In
Vedde's Division, to cost $500; to Palmer,
Fuller d Co., to erect one-story brick kiln,
corner Of Union and TwcntY~first streets, to cost
60 1fs0. tn Schmidt 4 Glade. to erect tND-stOrq