Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-08-03
THE BUILDING BOOM.
what IL Going on this Midsum-
mer weather.


what IL Going on this Ntidsum'
mer weather.
Giving some idea Of what is goini
forward in the building line At present
the first item win embrace the work OF
single Office, that Of X. B. Young, Esq
1t embraces, furthermore, only the wori
being done for the Lankershims. An,
one who reads the following with thes'
facts can but family imagine what Il
doing by all the other offices, as al
the other enterprising citizens who arr
building up the city SO rapidly.
On the corner OF Fourth and Main
streets is building in frame containing
eighteen rooms, and costing away above
$50, 900.
On Third street, west Of Fort, next te
| the skating rink, j. NJ. Lankershim is
putting up building, frame also, o.
| thirtv.four rooms, at cost in round
numbers Of $4,000. The same gentle
man made improvements to the old
| Tabernacle on Main and FOURTH
costing about $1,000. l.. LichtenbergeI
contem plates using this as carriage
warehouse. Some manufacturing enter.
Prise will use portion OF it.
Another Lankershim enterprise is q
three. story building on Main street be.
tween Fourth md Fifth, containing Il
rooms, two stores and dining room
This will he q very fine building and
will cost $4,000. :.
In q day or two Mr.. Lanksrshim viii
begin building on Grand avenue neal
Sixth street, containing q rooms. II
will cost about 81 l 900, and will be used
as boys school, al enterprise II prop.
erly conducted which will prove greal
success. The building 10 leased for ths
pcrposs by two experienced teachers,
The foundations are nearly all laid fol
the Lankershim great brick block on
Spring below Third street. 1t is to
| cost some S25, 900 or more and will CON
| tain 40 rooms and six stores.
The total for the Lankershims Is near
ly 100000 going into buildings within
the summer months.
From the same office have gone out
contra t. for the cottage OF Mr.. Ed.
| Scheffi elm on the Scheffielin tract, East
Los Angeles, very ornate in design and
| to cost about 50. 600.
Mr.. Young is also the architect fol
the addition to the Larronde block,
corner Of Frs and Spring, of brick. 2
stories, with 10 rooms above and 2
stores below, and costing 5000.
Mr.. Young has also let the contract to
exoavate for the new brick block about
to be put up for Mr.. L. N. Breed, 40
feet front, next to the Lankershim block
On Spring street.
Here Is not less than $3.50, 900 worth
Of buildings as part Of the summer
campaign Of one office, and small part
of its work ct that.
The excavAting is all done for the great
Callahan brick, corner of Spring and
Third streets, and the brick laying will
soon begin.
This side of Third and also on Spring
the excavating is nearly done for the
Woollacott building. This is just be-
low Turnverein Hall.
On First street corner OF Fort, the
Times building ID about to begin. This
10 ON the same block as the Larronde
building
The Wilson block, on First street be-
tween Spring and Main; the Los Angeles
National Bank building, corner Of Spring
and First streets, and the great Lawyers
Block on Temple and New High, arc al
most finished.
The second story Of the new jail is flu
ished and the work is going on rapidly
The excavating for the new City Hal
IL going on rapidly, and work on the
brick laying will soon begh.
The Lanfranco block. corner main and
Court streets is up to the second floor.
These blocks are costing all the way
from $25. 600 to $50. 900 each.
There are great many projects on
foot for this Fail. The new Courthouse
il likely to be begun. The postoffise
building and the new hotel will be begun
in . few weeks time. The removal Of
the postoffice is sure to stimulate active
work in tine building line along the
streets adjacent to the new site.
All signs point to the fact that the
work of forcing up values on ''cornel
lots" Il being succeeded by that of inn.
proving the property for residences and
business premises. Speculation Il 70 b.
b&cked by investment Of solid kind,
Renis return fine revenue on the cost oil
the property, and the demand for of6cei
and residences Is far from being satisfied