Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-25
4THE BUILDING BOOM
How Los Angeles Still Con-
tinues to Grow.
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
Magnificent Residenees-Cosy Cot
tages-Fine Business
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D1 a.. .,.s,,an.rs ware fnIl al.
-, a., nth a l;ut of new build-
-. as ,,roorass from the
inss az sumo 's d.
plans In the architecs onhce' W Wv
occupying OF the completed premises,
Tho unreaeetipe or unobserving might
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think that there was no" Illus "
work going on in the erection OF No"
bu;ld,nos such conclusion would be
ea;s h,rnaor walk OF
an esresioas D'uA -, 4, the
few miles In almost any direo''o 4.
city will correct such an impression. at
an aar,;ar date in this phenomenal
~ -. arsat deal of the
grown Oh 'he Guy nsaas w.s nndsr
construction OF new ea'nses nee'
the nose of all who passed by. A very
large mart of IL was within mile of the
= .,ano one Of half dozen
Postonce' VI "is M,
favorite thorous ~"
dertakings in this line were easily VS.
;t.,d and counted. Not so to-day. Los
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Angeles ivy -
ries an area OF thirty-s1 square miles.
For more than mile from its center in
all directions a vacant lot is hard to
and The oraat rise of real estate has
nst nearby lots ont of the reach of all
mi tbe welI.to-do or the absolutely
wealthy Consequently people Of mod
crate means have been edged further
from tbe center of the citv. Out to the
very nerimeler of the corporate limits
and in many cases even beyond the
boundaries, building is in progress.
Riobt here in the center OF the city
the Wilson building. on First street. Is
we'll along towards the ton Of the walls
for the frat story. IL ia a solid s,ruc.
turs Of large dimepsions and will cost
sons saO 03l). The Sentous brick build.
ing on Upper Main street. is almost
oomnlete externally. 1t is a yery snug
building. two stories. and will add much
20 The appearance of that street, It
will nrobablv cost $4,000. On the
same street the Platter warehouse, a
brick structure. one story. of about go
feet front and 200 deep, has the walls
mn and the trusses OF the roof on.
AZ the corner of First street and Hill
DR. Wheeler's new house is all up as to
tbe outer walls. The roof will be on
this week. As q guess, perhaps the |
building nav be said to cost 5000. On |
the corner Of Hill and Second the new
boarding house of Mr.. +. J. Gilmore
has the foundations of brick all laid. |
The ;oists are on for the ground floor. II |
will he surrounded by a wide yarandah |
on two sidea--tbe east and south, 1t |
will cost about $4,000 and will be an |
imnosino structure on a thorouahfsre
ra nidlv taking its place among the lead. |
inr streets of the city.
Along Temple street, between the |
Flower street crossing and that of Texas
street. there are not less than ten new
rss;dences either inst occupied or almost |
ready for oecupancy. On the streets |
crossing Temple, and not more than two
blocks off that road, there are at least |
an equal number Of which the same
statement would proye true. These are |
ali at least tasteful and comfortable
house. costing $1,000 to $500 each. |
Few Of them were built at the lower
f;onre. Tho majority are much more
pretentious structures, ranging at $500
Ia s5OOO each.
Near the terminus OF the Second |
street cable road there are not less than
a score of new houses now preparing for
the occupants. Several Of these are
verv striking in their appearance. They /
will cost all the way up to $500 each. |
On Hone street near Temple two or |
three handsome new houses have lust
been flushed. and near the Normal |
school on the same street. there are two
nav bouses nearly finished. The lots
on which these are being built have been
heretofore looked upon as too 'precipi.
toms and too difficult of access 10 attract
attention. but they command a good
view and are near the center of the city
and found a faucier.
On Bunker Hill avenue there are
some half score of houses either recent
Iy occupied. building or about to be be.
gun
Go into any part of the city and the
same facts will strike the eve. East Los
Angeles is still growing. Boyle Heights
il filling mn as fast. As far as the Uni
versity OF Southern California the cree.
tion al new houses il a matter of weekly
occurrence. There are to-day probably
little short OF 200 new houses at some
stage OF progress in the city. Yet all
the habitable houses are full of people,
and AZ fast as a house is built it Is occu.
MED. Indeed in a majority of cases they
are built for those who intend to occupy
them and not to rent.
The Millar brick building on Fort
street between First and Second. was
FORGOTTEN until this moment. Il Ia
two.storv edif;ce. the lower floor of
wbiob will be used for A store. or some
$4,000.