New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
n p poTrERs BROADWAY BUILDING.

O.B. POTTER'S BROADWAY BUILDING
Orlando n. Potter is erecting a seven-story pIicS
building on the northeast corner OF Broadway ar'
Moved upon H. and it is being fast pushed towaau
completion reporter Of THE TRIBUNE ye Ns;id;r
examined copy ofthe specifications OF the az tbs
ba,f. finished structure. Tho size of the lot upon
which it stands is So feet in Broadway 1VI Iees IN
AStorplace and GO feet on the eas siGe feet above
the curb level The. foundation piers piers
are % feet deep. resting on the he S Hnoei
the foundation walls are feet thick ne ya upVIi in
thickness from 81 inches in the nrs5e , s1"tS
10 90 in the seventh story, the thiTg, iot,r r
and fifth stories being feet thick. ne t tInso
and east walls are inches narrower tlan ,h ic
described. There will BE- an iron coping auu iIG Ii
and terra-cotta decorations. The cornces VIII
probably be made OF brick, terra-cotta ana SaySh
lied iron. and there Will be fat tin roof: me @
floor beams are Of pine, varying IN SIZE RON ma q
by II inches to by l9 iI inches on SGf
S. aced ra from ia to Ey pine gders res ing
on columns Of the same material. A. .bir1
The wOrkmcn have just begun the thru dhI,t
story The foreman 6nd ro sod he finished before
Nav l. There is cross wall dividing the
building which will be built to the top, although N
there is now on file in the Bureau OF l9 4S re-
Buildings petition. dated September IL loof , he
lating 10 this building and signed by one ol I.o
architects in behalf of Mr. Potter II Wiz nf
spectOr Es;erbrook is asked that tle pro ,r os 70
i l,l Il
allow the omission of that clause III uic nr
regulations which reads: in case IRON -
wood columns are substituted IN pace VI p%;,J o
ton walls, the building may DC 10 ~ : ~
but not more The petition admits lnas
tho building has n frontage in broa13MaS "
over 80 feet, but since 1t narroWS uo"n
co feet in the rear the average width is onS anou
Il feet and 3 inches. The reasons 10Y "ShIHs
that the wall may DE omitted was: IL VIII hoe ~
my opinion materially eTfere with tlie, stichI'n
of the building ard will afford great facinl'S iVI
improving the plan which Is desirable AiaNI4p;c
dcclson is therefore asked so TAR as relates 10 inns
building" Inspector EStcrbroOk, WITH me con-
renee of the Board of Examiners, dlsappTUHggt 'I
request, and so the CroeS-wall is being puilI. ~
divides the building % feet from the n0Ith Side'
The building will be used for mercantile purposes
and will be heated by steam NoproNlsloh mas Gee d
made for a fre-escape bat Mr.. Potter has promised
10 provide one if it is required. me sui
cases have not been built but Inspector ESlrI4oA
and the foreman in charge 0l the 9uhOns n" IT,
undoubtedly they would be made of wood; me
foreman said that there ate pt 10 maze !iie
building Greproof The floors are supported ny PING
columns although the specifications call 1or black
oak. The orders into which the pine moor pealns
are mortiscd also Of pine Ihess gird9Ts run
of the building. One end OF the
floor jo;sts is in this order anu , .ne
other end rests in the brick wall about tor Inches.
Where beams arc not Of iron common helhgt! - "
have them rest on brick or stone corOeling II Hds
Mr. Potters purpose at time TO Use te ntsV Huol
for a store and the rest as a hotel but his foreman
said yesterday that this plan had been aoahuone4
and that the Whole building would be USED Us a.
first designed. for mercantile purposes. ne ooupr
not tell how the roof would be constructed. Hoi
whether it would he hrcproof lie salu thau nc nc
original plans of the building were burned IN inc
Beeknan-st fire on Tuesday. and that ne Is uT ~
ing the work from drawing OF the hotel Plan Lie
estimated cost is S2oo,OOO.