New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03

A' 'n'co private houses, with furniture, modes and
wraps malclousy staring the Astors the face. No
H'orc striking comment the transformation Fifth
ave exists throughout its length although the growing
Vi the reign OF and modes the Of the John
"ooo Astor OF the present day, may be sofened with
o 'hought that wraps may be made Of scalskin from
astoria oregon and that they may be improved by tho
au oI modesto To give the trade realm here an air
Oh eminent responsibility the corner house. southeast
ImrtS-fourth-st No 34o is being made over for book
sonihg purposes. But this very house looks dlagon-
any across into the $1,000. 900 home. furnishings
tapestries grand and glorious staircase included, Of
n l. stewart that was cornella NJ Stewart that
Faucy that now Is and the Manhattan Club that
M ar us heels In its windows-or would have done
IL ira shafer had remained in the majority
WIN the Astors soon to move, the southeast corner
az thirty -fourth-s given over to books, tho Man.
haitian Club paramount, all that remains OF this
intensified centre of Fifth-ave wealth. glory, dignity,
social sway and importance In the house of Prescott
Ian Butler, No. 355. at the and this
Is most unpretentous brownstone affair." while any
tte influence may have in keeping up the exclusive
aspect OF the street is vetoed by nodes In No. 361,
while No. 1868 has Just been altered for business pur
poses with terra Gotta swell front and No. 365 is
also mudded with "modes.,
There are two private houses on this side Of the
way with Christ Church. at Thrty-ffth-st. The
deInoralzing and dOmineering influence Of trade IL
further emphasized by the fact that next the Stewart
mansion Itself art the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries,
with > p Averys art gallery keep up the business,
and the new house Of the NewYork Club being rapidly
prepared at the Across Thirty. ffth-s there
Is private house on the west side with handsome
Astor house next to it. The Hotel shelborn fills this
side to Thirtysxth-st Opposite are private houses
and the usual concomitant Of boarding hodses.
With Thlrty-sixth-st. one comes into pandemonium
Of trade There four private houses on the west
side Of the avenue between Thirty-sixth and Thirty
seventh sts, Nos 800, $685. 400 and 4o4 the last Of
which, fine old residence, is empty and to let for
business purposes No. 304 is the home Of sar-
tor Resarus' No 39s is in the throes of dyeing and
cleaning while the street the splendid house Of
Pierre Lorillard, No. $685. stands like Mariug the
ruins Of Carthage, asnked with No. $685. stu Is pr-
vae house, in swift succession north of which sweep
in a coal and wood headquarters, corsets, talors
dresses done up" and florist.
NOTHING SEEMS TO CHECK THE TIDE
The Brick Church ushers in Thlrty-seventh-st, on
the west side, fanked by two private
houses, only to have their edge taken
off by pncarded auction sale Of the contents
Of the topmost house in the block, itself to lease
for a term Of years." and that means business The
intense responsibility Of old New-Yorers still holds
the east side Of the street In solid phalanx Of trim
brick and brownstone front houses for residences
Thirty eighth-st leads to the dashng of all hopes
engendered by the short dis play Of odtme residences
Just below, for between IL and Fifty nnth-s, west
side, stretch in solid array broken by two seemingly
private houses modes" in the basement of the first
house. while placsr that the rest of the
building is to let for bachelors apartments
branch Of the Mercantile Library, taors, the Edison
Illuminating Company and the Hotel St. Marc, oppO
site, SIX private houses all told, with one Of them
10 LET for business while bunch Of tailors and dec
orators forms the apple OF trade discord In their
midst
The Union League Club east side. is fhe distinctive
glory Of the stretch from Thirty ninth to Forteth SITS
and Reservoir Park, while the old home OK Leland STAN
holds fnrta a northern
home OF two old New York maiden ladies. who have
sadly yielded the demands OF trade, yet order
protest as strongly possible against the unavoidable
change, and to keep the corner as respectable
the Republican Club. stretch Of greenswafd sep
arates The house from cluster of three ornate and
been in agents hands for months to be
let let for living n,. purposes; but Il hangs to
owner that he cannot rent the house for home
sell or lease It on most excellent terms.
"TO LET FOR A TERM OF YEARS"
Opposite Reservoir, or Bryant, Park extending from
Fortieth to Forty second sts. boarding and pri-
vae houses from Fortieth to Forty-frst sts., while
No. 400 IS to let for term Of years, which now
In Fifth ave- invariably business. From Forty
first Forty second SITS. It is all business
retiring remnant of Rutgers Female College Here
Potter q symus, wall paper, talors and the Caum-
ba bank hold sway. big apartment house side.
on the other SIDE face each other at Fortysecondst
few private houses remain between Forty second and
Forty-thlrd SITS. No $40 has been transformed into
store and No SID is to let. Private houses occupy
the west side between Fortyth and Forty fourth
sts while on the east Is thG syiaeggue Win h
and the Fifth Avenue Market , . .,.
corner with real estate office and the Fifth Avenue
Bank in the basement School books. dresses ana
florists rule the rOost around two private houses on the
to let or to lease The IS church and three pr-
houses. with step over Forty atth-s one ne
private or boarding houses. Opposite the Church
Of the Heavenly Rest house for sale four priVae
The Windsor Hotel Ills the east side of the
between Fory-sxth and Fortyseventh SIS, OPp pc
and a drug store, while at NO. $40 magniceRRt
house IS to lease for term Of years Forty
ments of trade The foremost sentinel on watch IS
Jay Could, with his splendid home, newly plumber,eSd
wing Of 1i'~ the s"' east side between Forty;
i 81 the aH 6ee aE6ash they have their
retreat palatial homes along Riverside drive Lhe
did Interiors is solid on both Sides OF the avenue
THE ONLY BLOCK YET EXEMPT
The block between Forty-seventh and Forty-eignth
SITS. Is the only from the Brevoort House 10 fly
ninth-st. left absolutely for private dwellings alone
Between Forty-eghth and Forty ninth SITS. church
on the west side and No 6O3 hitherto private house,
the side, to let for business purposes, make
break IN the home character of the bocEotherwSe sun
held by private boarding houses. The Beisrs'ia
and the buckingham hold the wings OF the east sue
between Fortyninth and Fiftieth sts while oppos'e
Nos GA and O22 are to lease or for SAFE ..,-., -.
The Cathedral rules the east from fllue1 ~, 20
Fifty rstss, while opposite IS solid array OI cHoco
private houses. The compound Vanderbilt mansions,
between Fifty first and Ffty-second SIS. race inc
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. Then, on me , east
side, comes the Langham. occupying nan INC @
the rest private residences opposite being he dDne
OF W. II. Yanderbilts daughter. with other priNa'o
houses ar-
No. GIT a brownstono house. with the legend " TO
let or 10 lease indicates that its owner mas maui 3
break from the panicfear engendered by tne ma0n "a
trade Other Vanderbilt houses. prlVate hQusIs: -
the church still stamp the character tha - ls' ~,
the avenue between Fifty and fiIv-IouI'II d.
ST. Lukes Hospital fills the west line pesnecn na;a
fourth and Fifty-hfth sts with three nne pt,iny
houses opposite and a threelot vacant c1rnea 10
TO be hlled with business enterprises ~ nnart
sold for hv ing purposes. unless for Dacheiors VI
mcnts. or for club purposes. -. Ao,,o RITZ