Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-13
BUILDING PROGRESS.
A List of Structures Be-
ing Erected.
NO CESSATION IN ACTIVITY,
Eleven Million Dollars Worth Of
Business Blocks and Resi-
dences Under Way.

DuilulDBS III tnlS clty mas gwen rise 10
much comment, and is constantly sur
prising visitors who come expecting to
find the progress Of the city as effectu-
ally stopped, as. it is in other sections
OF the country. 1t is considered as one
Of the most promising and encourag-
ing signs Of the prosperity of the
future that so much money is being
placed in improvements, which, for
the most part, are substantial and
solid. 1t is sign that the crisis, upon
which the city wavered when it vas
uncertain whether it would remain an
interior town or to become great me-
tropolis, has passed, and that the people
have decided in favor of the latter, and
are making haste to supply the waht
created by their delay. For a long
time building was confined to resi-
dences and these spread rapidly in
every direction until it became ovi-
dent that the business interests of the
city demanded proper accommcda-
tion. The stores which were sufficient
for the city two years ago were found
to be inadequate for the increased
population, and there was demand
for more than double the number
then in existence. Professional men
could not find offices, and private
dwellings were impressed into service,
and even then there was not suffic-
lent supply for the demand. 1t was
at this time that property owners de-
cided that the tide OF migration had
been turned Los Angelesward never
to be stayed and that they
were perfectly justified in invest
ing their money in permanent
improvements in the shape Of bust
ness blocks. The start was made and
one after another followed the leader
until to-day there is not block in
the business portion of the city but
which contains new and handsome
buildings, either just erected or in
the course of constructions Millions of
dollars have been spent and many
millions more have been placed IN
bank to pay r these Improvements,
and the end is not yet, nor will it be
until Los Angeles has become entirely
transformed, until all of the old one
and two story buildings have been
torn down and replaced by structures
of five and more stories, until Los
Angeles, Main, Spring and Fort streets
from one end to the other are
lined with as costly architecture as
graces any metropolis in the United
States, and at the present rate of pro-
gress, this state of affairs will exist
inside OF the next half decade.
The building of business blocks
does not interfere with the erection Of
dwelling houses, and every day the
vacant spaces between residences are
being filed with cottages and houses
of pleasing and picturesque design !;
and yet when another season rolls
around the demand for more will be
as great as it is at present.
There are SO many improvements
in progress that it is almost impos-
sible, without the employment of an
army of men, to give complete list,
but the following will give an idea Of
what is going on in the building line :
BUSINESS BLOCKS.
Hotel Splendid, corner of Tenth
and Main; area covered, 300x332 feet
z stories, brick and stone; to cost,
when complete, 81 900, 900.
County Court House, corner of Fort
and Temple; to cost 100000.
City Hall, Fort street, near Third
to cost $3.50, 900.
Government Building, corner Main
and Winston; to cost, when COM
plete, $500 900,
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
Fifth and Alameda streets; to cost
100000.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Depot, First and Santa Fe streets
100000.
Los Angeles Gable Road, engine
houses aud 20 miles of track; 81, ,500,.
000
Temple Street Gable Road exten-
sion; $65, GOO.
Los Angeles Water Company, i'm.
provemens in service $75 ,000
Phillips Block, corner of Franklin
and Spring; $250,00
Newmark Block, corner Spring and
First; 100000.
Bryson & Bonebrake Block, corner
Spring and Second streets; $225, 600.
Burdick Block, corner Second and
Spring Sts. $150,000.
Young Mems Christian Association
Block; Fort and near Second; $780,.
900.
j. Nj. Griffith Block; Fort street
near Second; 100000.
f. B. Millar, Spring street; near
Second; 100000.
Burbank Opera House, Main street
between Fifth and Sixth; $l50,000.
Addition to Grand Opera House
$50 900.
O'Neal Opera House; Spring street
between Second and Third streets
$65 ,0O0.
Ian Franco Block, Main street
near Requena; $4,000.
Nickery Block, corner of Main and
Sonora streets; $4,000
|. N. Van Muys Block, Main street !;
between Third and Fourth streets ;
$50,
Lankershim Block, Main street;
corner Winston; $4,000.
Crocker Block, Fort street between
Second and Third streets; $50, 900.
Spence Block, Fort street; near
First street; $4,000.
Post Office, Fort street; between
Sixth and Seventh; sos, 1000
Freeman block, corner Sixth and
Spring streets; $75, 600.
Panorama, Main street, near Mayo;
$4,000.
W. G. t. U. block, Temple street,
corner Fort; $4,000.
Foy Block, Spring street, between
Second and Third; $4,000.
Brown Block, Spring street, be.
tween Seventh and Eighth; SIS 900
Barker Block, Spring street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth $50, 900.
Jacoby Block, corner Second and
Main Temporary; $15, 1000.
Macy Block, corner Macy and Up
per Main $25 600
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