Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
THE BUILDING BOOM.
A FEW FACTS INDICATIVE OF ITS
PROGRESS.
A Partial List of What Is Being Done-A
Number of Notable Buildings Under
Way.

Those who think that Los Angeles is
dead, or tnat, as a northern paper re-
Gently expressedit, "she is sitting in the
ashes of her former greatness, mourn
ing the departure ofher vanished boom, 4"
should be compelled to look few facts
squarely in the face. Take the one fact
OF the amount of building now going on
within the city limits, and an effectual
reply is furnished the ones who charge
Los Angeles with standing still.
Nearly all the prominent architects of
the city have several fine residences in
course OF construction under their super
vision, and the numerous business
blocks in process of erection in the CEN
ter of town speak for themselves.
On Spring street, between First and
Second, Messrs. Preston & Van Trees
are erecting the Somers block, which
will be $4,000 building, brick and
iron, three stories in height.
On the block above, R. B. Young is
erecting another large brick block, while
across the street the same architect is
making Improvements in the building
owned by Mr.. Brodie, which will cost
$4,000.
Still going south we come to the Null
ler property, at Fourth street and Broad
way, where two-story brick block is in
course of construction which will have
three large stores on the ground floor
and devote the upper story to offices.
Mr. Young is also the architect of this
building.
On Prospect avenue, between Seventh
or1 Ei1hfb afr i =. l.
built for him fine residence designed
by Messrs. Preston & Van Trees.
In this quarter of the city Architect
Bradbeer has been remarkably busy of
late. He has furnished designs for the
street, between Ninth and Tenth streets !;
also for home for w. H. Griffin on
Grand avenue, near Twentieth street.
Up in the Harper tract, at Adams and
Hoover streets, he has also $1,000 house
in course of construction for Mr.. Miller,
and has just completed improvements on
the Baker residence that cost $4,000.
On Figueroa street, near Adams, the
foundations have just been laid for a
magnificent stone residence, which Ar
chitect G. H. Brown is constructing for
Mr.. Stimson.
Turning eastward on Adams street,
and the newly-completed residence of
]. d. Hooker is found. This is mag
nificent building, constructed in the old
colonial style of architecture, with a
columned portico in front and a roomy
and artistic porte cochere at the side.
At Central avenue and Little Rock
street A. G. Newton has instructed
Architect Bradbeer to construct $4,000
residence, which is rapidly nearing COM
pletion.
A. d. Childress has likewise author
lied Architect Young to build him a
tasteful residence on East Washington
street, for which he will sign check for
$4,000 shortly.
j. B. Lankershim, at Seventh and
Alameda streets, will soon have brick
block costing $4,000, which will be
used by the Pacific Fruit company. r.
B. Young is the architect.
The Los Angeles cracker factory, a
brick structure costing $4,000, is also
new building, having been completed
only short time.
Another business block is the one now
being put up by Mr.. McClain, on East
First street, which will cost, when COM
pleted, $4,000.
In addition to these rather large I'M
dertakings, the HERALD reporter who
gathered the above facts, found a total
of ninety-eight small residences and
nine small stores. all frame buildings, in
various stages of construction within
the city limits. These were divided
among the different quarters of the
city as follows: OF the total of
10Y new buildings, the district lying
south of First and west of Main streets
claims So; south of First and east of
Main, 20; east of Main and north of
First, 25; west of Main and north of
First, 27. Probably third of these
D1dngs So9f n goap are NEARLY apyg oonpsd ON @ bem Dn
These figures, it must be remembered,
are not complete, inasmuch as there are
distant parts of the city which the re-
porter did not visit, and yet which are
doubtless the scene of building opera