New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-26
UPPER FIFTH AVENUE.
PROGRESS OF THB CITY NORTHwARD.

FROM FIrTY-NINIH-sT. TO TIE HARLEM RIVER
Fiftb.ave. il over ak miles in length. For
two miles aud half above Washington square !" 10
lined both sides with fine houses, costly churehes "
handsome buildings OF various designs. New-iorh IL
| rroud OF Central Park, and equally proud OF the
avenue that leads TO It. But more than half OF fth
ave. lies above Fifty-nnt-s, aud the stretches oi
unoccuped ground in part of are many ana long,
STILL from year year. mansions are built In upper
Finhaye and since it IS wellestabishcd fact that
northwnrd the course OF Gotham takes It's way 10
| safe TO assert that within ten years the entire
| length OF the avenue will be built up either
hand excepting OF course the west side from Fifty
ninth to which Is occupied
by the Park When this avenue shall nave Deeh COM
peted New-York Will justly boast Of possessing one OF
| the finest streets In the world.
Fifth.aye is paved from FIfty-nnthst to Ninetieth
st with concrete pavement This was done under two
contracts the distance by the first extending 10
sevenyseconis and the second contract covering the
remainder. The Department or Public WORKS ID Only
waiting appropriation IN order to proceed ABOVE
Nnetiethst On the west side OF the avenue, between
| the limits OF the Park. there are no buildings A
spacious and shady stretches far IA the entrance
10 the Park at Nineuethst beyond that point there
lack OF foliage and the sidewalk becomes sort OF Gov"
rath Gas lets shine at the corners up Nnetiesh-s;
there they disappear and is not found again tl the
| corner of observation-disclosures. is reached
space from Fifty ninth to SXteth-sts IL occuied
by row onestOry structures used rs Stores Ihcsc
are by M means ornamental aud must soon give way
before the onward march OF civilization The entire
| block from Sxteth to Sixty-1rst-sts, and from
! Fifth to Madison-aves.. Is vacant. On the north
| east corner OF sxty-hrstst. is the handsome
residence Of ]. A. Bostwick. This is No. s21 in the
! avenue Ii was built in 1877 by j. W. H0gencamp &
Son. the architects being ID. and j. Jardine. aud has
frontage OF twenty feet and depth OF ninetyf'e
feet The house Is Of brown stone. having two rows OF
bay windo extending up the side and Others over the
front door Its value recorded in the books OF the
Department Buildings. is 100000 but the house is
understood TO have less than P300,G0O The cs-
Inmates on the books OF the Building Department
almost invariably Tar below the real and the real
value OF fuc houses.
BROAD FRONTS AND STATELY DWELLINGS.
The remainder OF the block above Mr. Bostwck's
house Is vacant. Seven handsome houses occupy the
space between SixtysccJnd and sixty-thrdstsy with
tao exception OF the corner lot at the south
side OF tae street which is vacant. The
house adjoining this lot, No. $685. is OF peculiar
design II is buIt OF OF various shades OF color.
and the front bears striking resemblance to the
entrance Of II chapel large pay window projects
from the second floor and balcony from the fourth
story
Henry Knckerbocker lives in the four-story brown
stone mansion at northeast corner Of sxtyfourth-
st. Above this three vacant lots Then come Nos
$50 and 500 fodrstory brownstone houses. bnilt IN
1871 with mansard roofs. The dwelling Is AT the
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David BOWS. 80 by 1O4 feet has four stories and
q basement and its recorded value is S12J,OO0 Work
upon begun LIST year. and il now nearly compile
ted 1t of brick with brownstone trimmings. and mas
two large proe 'ng windows on the paror floor facing
the avenue The also faces le avenue, but Is
! at the side Of the house.
Of H. Il. Bishop. the walls Of which yet only appcara
! few teet ABOVE rue Ieyci OF me - I tNaat
81 by 90 feet and Will cost according to the records o.
tue Department or BNIldingS Ss00oO. Two vacant
lots parGtc this from the handson house OF Josiah H.
FsKe M. 900 bult In 1871 winch sta"ds 90 tue south
east Sevencth-st and rs 33'2 by S3 feet It's
elaborate tdnc" and has conservatory ana stable I'D
the The architect d. Hacn and The builder
sevcnty-frststs is occupied by the LenoX Library. AT
the northeast corner OF sryenty -tndst foundations
! nv George W. onintard. At the northeast corner Of
seycntv-sixth-st. wooden structure known as the
Central park Hotel" but this, and all other similar
buildings Ia Fthave. VIII probably soon gave way TO
handsome private dwellings. The block from Seventy
seventh scyeny-eghthst is vacant. with the cxcep
ton OF the nuts OF one or two squatere, ana small
ut neat treestOry frame house 8t TIE southeast cor
Her OF seventy-cghth-st., numbered l,l39 The next
| five blocks contain cows "squattere' Manhattan
Island rock geese and goats.
Richard Arnold's elegant dwelling is at tie northeast
corner OF Elshtythird-st /, WAS but two years ago
by James Webb son from designs BY griffith ruomas
aud Is recorded as being valued 1926 II
of three stories and basement and Is entirely Of Drown
lower half OF the block occupied by five brown
stone four-story English basement houses, having man
and extensive projections supported by brown stone
pillars over the front entrances.
QUARTER WITH MANY VACANT SPACES.
Up TO this locality the side streets toward Madisonave
are more or less built M With solid blocks OF fine
buildings with solitary residences scattered here
and there The lot at the northea coIncro Eghtyh
st. nnd that AZ the hcas OF are
vacant but the intermediate space occupied by seven
fourstory houses, OF which have fronts of yellow
sandstone while the OF brown Another
-styth vht
sts with the exception of two hreestory frame houses
Which doubtless VIII long occupy their present posi-
tons arriving at FightyeightESt the traveller is
surprised find himself in front of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel" dimDutive shsnty the proprietor Of which
does q moderate business in refreshing weary pedcs
TRANS. Another pub!ichouse, known Uncle JOnn's
Hotel il seen the adjoining block. Nineeth-st. be-
ing reached low use as the " Central Park
Carriage Stables is the right baud, and
trance to the PARK on the left.
Here the Fiith-ave. OF to-day may he said to end IT,
indeed its present no-therl BE- considered
az practically several blocks below. Up Nneteth-st.
the avenue gradually rises attaining here its highest
elevation; While above this 1t gradually de
sends. and the becomes rural The
traveller indeed might easily forget that he still
the great metropolis 1t not that he the
distance block o. egnt tTrestory brownstone
houses, the n"ra side Of OLcandred and enthst.,
between Fifth aud Midi ,nn-aves. The sidewalk
a grassy Onc aud the buildings mere shantles until
Recommendations Is reached where the first
brick building il fo1uG. after intervening distance
.. rrn Udtol pmcl, Tho Ta"k bcr ci'','.ts
md IL succeeded for distance OF blocks the
west side Of The ~ the polo gr0un hidden
board fence tWriVi fPet ght. On |
lonkiI X nOrIhw ard from this uAiuG Ffthave.
aJrnpj ond at tLe loot 81 pCtureSqIo
Hill about ha!f mike distant. THls Is MOunl Morris
square.
rGcre are no houses a, grcseat " the avenue
brtWpeu Central Part and Mount Morris but the !
eve II attracted nv block " ten hrcctOrv brick
dwelling, Win curver frous. iGst West of Fthave.
north sde of Ouc-nuGd From
d-'nd-,ix'ccrth 10 One-hundrc aud-twen-
uctsts. East side are lofty rocks. usng la
place TO "a hclght ~ over FORTY feet.
o. emCrIIu- from Mount Norris Square, IL Is |
commonly called Harlem Park, At lie nor heru side |
FL have again reached pres ntrIg much
ctnhle appearance than ~ Las Gisanc.
southwark. lhs is Harlem, Ftfn-avr Coufiu-