New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-19
WALLS RISING IN BROADWAY
GLANCE AT THE NEW BUILDINGS.
SOME FEATURES OF THE NEW STRUCTURES BE
TWEEN THE BArrERY AND CENTRAL PARK.

some
Broadway representing total value OF twelyeor
fifteen millions Of dollars. Several OF them VIII
be fine examples OF modern architecture and OF
modern devices for comfort and convenience All.
it is scarcely necessary to say are to be employed
| for purposes of business profit In one shape or
| another. Some will be devoted entirely TO small
Offices for professional men; others will be
bachelor apartment houses; Others Will be Duiit
expressly for studios; of them will be used TOT
private family hotel while Others are under way
for the purpose of accommodating the demands. OF
the various trades which centre IN their neighbor-
hood. few are being built with scant regard for
cost and with every regard for the comfort OF
tenants and for artistic effect When the Equitable
| Life Assurance SocIetys colossal structure IS
finished. occupying the entire front OF broadway
block from Cedar to Pine sts., In the thickest OF
the business life of New York, II will be one OF the
finest business structures the American continent
The estate of Herman d. Aldrich. represented By
Spencer Aldrich. is spending FL. 5ODOOC on large
ten-story edifce at Nos. Al. 43 and ~ Broadway
running through to Trinity place. Near Madison
Square, upon the southeast corner of Broadway and
Twentieth-st Robert and Ogden Goelet are
building a structure noticeable for its substantial
strength and simple beauty ID. II. McAlpin, tie
millionaire tobacco manufacturer. has nearly COM
pleted an elaborate edifce which Is to be htted up
for bachelors apartments and studios. on the
corner Broadway site at Thirty-third-st, while
three blocks further Louis L. Todd the pro-
pretor of the family hotel. the Vendome, en-
courageG by his success there, is laying the ounda-
tons for still larger hotel, TO be called the
GrOsvenOr House.
These are among the finer examples of aren't
tectural skill which are soon TO ornament Broad
! way but in addition to them many changes III old
buildings of so radical n nature largely TO affect
tteir general appearance and character. are
taking place. The Washington Building at No.
! Broadway looking out upon the Battery ana the
vide stretch of Bay beyond and standing upon
memorable Site is being completed in accordance
with the original designs. Two additional stories
and an elaborate cornice are being placed upon H.
elevating it far above adjoining structures.
| view from the top of the Washington Building IN
its completed state embraces an immense area OF
| land and water and IS extremely picturesque. Inc
whole of New York City lies before the observer
! with the reaches OF river, the one dying away IN
| the distance the other melting into the SOund,
staten Island and the two bays, the lower one
| joining the ocean at the point Oh inc iooA' uAo
| plainly visible.
TWO HUGE STRUCTURES ~ LOWER BROADWAY
Just above the Washington Builhingi is the en-
closure at Nos IL. 43 and 45 Broadway, where tue
| trowel and the derrick are rapidly converting
| great masses of stone into a massive edihce. Inc
basement and the first story have already heen put
up and Spencer Aldrich, who represents the estate
of Herman D. Aldrlch as the agent and under
whose daily supervision the work is being DONE
hopes that 1t will be ready for use by May l. 1t
will occupy so feet of the valuable front of Broad
way and will run 200 feet deep through to Trinity
place An army of workmen is now buslly raising
| block upon block and il seems To make iresh
leap sllvward every day. The front OF the base
ment will be Of Oxford bIuestone which Is IN color
rich handsome blue The first and second stories
will show front of Portage. Wyoming, bluestone
much lighter in shade than the heavy stones IL
will rest upon. and the upper stories to the tenth
will be made of brick with finely worked terra
Gotta trimmings. The building will contain go
rooms and will be lighted with electricity.
Samuel Borrowe. the second epresdent of
the Equitable Society, began the work OF tearing
down the old structures adjoining its building last
Nav Already their ruins have been remo7 ed and
the new edihce is well on It's way toward com
pletion. By next May it will be ready TO receive
its tenants, and will represent an expenditure OF
81 900 600 Ii will have a Broadway front OF 1866
! feet | he one entrance viii be large arcnway
directly in the centre of the block. built OF granite
There will be ten big windows on each moor Cd Ihe
! Rrnadwav side The court will lie covered with
Jesse ted marble floor with an area OF o,OOO
s0,,ars foo. n will he fitted up with booths.
wbere everything that a down town business man
could require from bit Of Irvine 10 STOCK
Exchange ticker, viii be offered for sale. soda
water fountains. barber shops baths telegraph,
telephone, cable and MESSENGER oIhces' news
agencies and travelling agencies package rooms
and all the REQUIREMENTS OF genera DaZar WI De
found available. Ten elevators VIII be ID constant
use The Equitable Society intends 20 occupy the
floors of the building corresponding % those IL
| now uses in the old and will connect its apart
ments with a bridge across the central court
FOR BUSINESS AND FOR BACHELORS
The new stores Which are being erected for
Robert and Ogden Goelet upon what was once a
part of the Goeet farm at Broadway and
Twenteth-st, will be an important improvement
in that part of Broadway. The building will
occupy almost a square area being 100 feet wide
and 100 feet deep Brick AMI granite are the chief
materials Three of the six stories are IN the air
already. McKm. Meade X White, the architects.
lave adopted sort of Italian Renaissance style OF
architecture though carefully preserving at the
same time their OWE Individuality OF design. Inc
building stands we'll back from the street and a
noticeable feature IS round corner which was
extrenely difficult to mould The COrneils. who
furnished the IRON, were obliged TO make special
moulding for all the metal employed on this
corner. No two inches Of space IN the curve are
alike The entrance will be supported by two
columns of polished granite. 4 heavy projecting
granite cornice will surround the edlhce at the
Ton with freze % delicately moulded brick work
beneath H. The main staircase will be OF marble.
The bnllding will cost the Messrs. Goelet not
counting the land at least S25O'OOO
aThe Alpine Is the name carved aooVe tne
owned bv D. II. McApn at the northeast corner
0f broadway and Thirty third-st The first two
stories are built of Wyoming Valley bluestone,
and the rest reaching to eight stories, are built Of
| brick Il is nearly finished and will be hIled
almost on the day it opens. There will be nearly
200 rooms and the top door will be used tor artists
| -tndiNs AIR MAclpin has had several offers from
! hotel managers to lease the building for hotel
! purposes but he has refused them.
HOTELS IN UPPER BROADWAY
The Grosvenor House. so-called because 1t will
s4and at Tbirty-sixth-st and Broadway on what
was once the Grosvenor estate, will DO big ana
! n.onriator outs I Told the