New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-25
| dead failure of it, but we have more than realized

dead failure of it. but we have more than realized
our expectations" 49,,
HWhat induced you to make the experimentiD
became cony inced that for line class OF tr,uo
Fifth.aye. between Madison Square anu lhlfy-
fourth-st. would become in lew wears more w
sirable than any other quarter OF the Guy.
making my decision | asked A. J. stewart Lo4 n's
opinion regarding the venture. lie repieu tia' W.
1onld be five years IN advance OF the ilmes Dut
that he himself if be thoughJ he would i've niteen
wears would move his store to lhirty -Iou''h-e"
where his marble II anson now stands.
"Did not the people living in the avenue Iesen'
this intrusion oil business ,.,,, 100. .,,ao,la
are recCncled to ii now and accept u rs isJIt
Wsmen ont shopping lind II much easier 10 aIk.S
from their carriages than IN the cloWueu stt ,
down-to Wn where there are car TRACKS anu "h'io
trucks are passing" $1,000, 1bir
one of the shops recently opened between ! mr. i.
tieth and Thirty first SITS. Is that OF MoOre
A. 20 dealers in pictures and other objects oil art
~ have onIy been here snce last APRIL said
Mr. Moore Sbut have been here long en- uEn IL ~
ina that nv new place is much more desirable IMAM
mr. old one downtown. | was Tor some time 80 ~
Fifth.aye. below Mad isOn-square, ana Inu .n.e
much better in several respects: bs,ow Rnt
sonare Fifth-ave. does rot lead anywhere; bu'
Tifth,aya between Madison Square and Forty,
second. ST. has become thoroue mare anu o WI
certainly become cehuo Vi 'i'"0 " 'P
g DO Won expect to secure much transient traue
OF course depend largely on our Iesuia, r cas
TONER'S but there must be some uanSlon' ""u'
where there is so much travel. -, I'll . .hon.
is the tailoring estabshn ent Oh hen nnS rhirtyo
Conner. which is between Ihirtleta ana fnTy
frstrsts. The building was formerly stad ir.
mansion with large brown stone piIlars. my
show window Is compoSoa OF u on tbe paror floor,
reached by q long fight OF stone steps, and -
almost as retired from the street as rTVa.o paIoI
II is perhaps the most handsomely decorator
shon in Fifih-ayo. aside from those where paint
inPs bric-a.brac and art objects are sOg ~ ne
walls are Ornamentcd with tine metal ineuaili ION
and pauels and are hung with pictures anu oIi-
entail draperies The floor is covered WIN rloh
carpets aud rings of beautiful design and ilne text
are Thiy establishment has been there thico years.
and " as said Yesterday 20 be III nourlshlng con
dition The new house Is independents oil MI
Coopers shop downtown. and has been Eullt up ny
different class OF trade. when IL Is asseItcu' Is III
creaslng in volume each season. .
For some distance above Forty -seoond-st. the
only signs of trade to be found are two OF three
rsa} estate Offices i'm Easements banking establish
,usnt or Two and two or three sockbroking estab
lshments which are branches OF houses doWn-town'
On p,uacrty belonging TO the Paran stevens es-
tate between Forty third ana 50ftY-ioprtt,h,tts.
there Is livery stable and an old frame building
IN which there is a bar, florists shop anu a
market Some of this property is for sale; One can
FiStb.ays and Forty-ffth-st. This building was
the first one erected above Twenty sixth-st. and
has been used as a hotel for forty years.
"The house is not Tor Sa le.' said man VINO
stood behind tho bar in his shrt-sleeyes, drawing
mugs OF beer for a row OF stout iruddJ-lsced Gus
toners. , n - -,
dyes, but it is TOO good place to give up"
ais trade good. then7
81 have q good run, as you can see" said the man
behind the bar.
ado not your taxes amount to a good rent Y
awe pay taxes in the valuation of $50 600"
The stablemen and hackmen in this neighbor-
hood will he able TO buy beer IN Fifthave. within
a block OF the Windsor Hotel for years to come.
Opposite the entrance to the Central Park eTcaya:
tions are now being made for the now building OF
Park & Tllford, which will be used for q branch
business house by this firm. 1t IS thought that
business in Fifth-ave will not go above this point
for many years, If it ever does.