New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04
SOME NOTABLE BUILDINGS.
COMMISSIONER BUsHs COLLECTION OF
PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT SHOWS THAT BROOKLYN HAS NUMBER OF
STRUCTURES OF WHICH 1T MAY BE PROUD


Hall finished, IL is expecieu t""' INC DePai'-
n,ent Of Buildings will have more comfortable and
oorrodious o,arters than are now provided for II.
The nlan Is TO give the entire north front OF the
building on the third floor 10 this department, and
Commissioner Bush has already decided upon the
arrangement OF rooms so as to accommodate the
department and the public most satisfactorily.
At present the Building Department occupies the
southwest corner OF the basement story OF the City
Hall The basement story Is not underground. how
ever since one must ascend n step or two 10 reach
II on the Fultonst side, while on Court-s tnere ~
a descent OF only few inches. The ceilings are
fairly high and there Is plenty OF sunlight. STILL
everybody connected VITA the department. from the
Commissioner down, Will be glad when the time
to go upstairs arrives.
visitor to the Buil1 ng Department. especially
II he advances far as the room in which Com
missioner Bush spends the greater part OF MS Time
will fail to the numerous photographs with
which the walls OF the offices are hung. Mr.. Bush
says that his object in displaying these photographs
was to show that Brooklyn contains some really
fine buildings though they scattered widely and
one would have to travel long distance TO see
them all. With the utmost Willingness the Commits
sioner escorted n caller around the rooms one day
last week. and pointed out the most interesting
specimens in the collection over his own desk is
photograph OF the handsome house Of Charles NJ
Pratt in Clinton-aye designed by William Is
Tubby On the opposite side OF the room are two
fine photographs OF the Capitol at Washington.
They have nothing directly to do with Brooklyn.
said the Commissioner with smile. but they are
uncommonly good photographs, taken apparently
when all the conditions were most favorable. Not
often, ! think. do We ma better results from the
use OF the camera"
one of these photographs shows the front OF the
Capitol, and the other the rear. the splendid dome
being Of course the central feature in each IT was
the study OF the halfdomes on the extensions OF the
Capitol that led Mr.. Bush TO think that a halfdome
would be the most appropriate crown for the Brook
yn City Hall after the FIRE in February; but while
all the city officials concerned agreed with him on
that point the plan overruled by the consult
ing architects in favor OF tower similar TO the
destroyed
A CHURCH IN GREENPOINT
There" said the Commissioner. pointing to pho-
tograph OF the windows. rs church ana
one OF the handsomest In the city. which Is in a
part OF Brooklyn that comparatively few people
know anything about. II Is ST. Cecilias Roman
Catholic Church. in the Seventeenth Ward or
Greenpolnt as 1t used to be called. 1t Is built OF
white marble and IS really a striking structure
This church Is az North Henry and Herbert SITS.
the very names OF which unknown quantities In
the minds OF the great majority OF Brookynites'
and Is not far from Winthrop Park.
Crossing the room. Mr.. Bush called attention to
the photograph OF a church familiar not only to
everybody in Brooklyn but to thousands OF people
outside. Tamage's Tabernacle. which was burned
nearly year and a half ago. We are fortunate.
said he. "in having this FOR more reasons man one.
In the first place IL Is one OK the very iew pho'o-
graphs OF the Tabernacle In existence believe
that there are only three Ike II. Then as you
will notice II Is an uncommoniy fine Photograph
An examination OF the print showed the justice OF
the commissioners characterization The last or
the Tabernacles associated with the name Of Tai
mage Is depicted almost az clearly as In an engraV-
Ing. and the lights and shades are admirably
managed
Attention was next directed to representations o.
the buildings occupied By OF tn. brooklyn
banks and trust companies. The new brooklyn
Savings Bank at Clinton and Pierrepont SITS. Is re-
garded by Commissioner Bush a. the nn~st bahH
building in the city. and OF the finest siruo'-
ures In Brooklyn. with It's classic outlines and hsh
hipped roof /, makes splendid showing In the
photograph The architect OF the building was
Frank Freeman. and this IS considered one o. the
most satisfactory specimens OF his work. Not TAR
away is the Dime Savings Bank. which standing
at Court and Remsen SITS. IS one OF tho ornaments
OF the City Hall Square. The architects In this case
we're Mercein & Thomas.
STRUCTURES OF SAVINGS BANKS
The tall building OF the Franklin Trus, Company.
at Clinton and Montague SITS. designed by George j..
Morse. led to some remarks upon the circumstance
that savings banks in both Brooklyn ana New-hork
have the habit OF housing themselves In buildings
devoted exclusively TO their own purposes In Inc
case OF the two just mentioned and the Hreeh"l'h
Savings Bank and the Bleecker Street Savings
Bank in New-Yo Worthwhile National ard other banks
and trust companies prefer erect huge buildings
containing hundreds OF Offices for lawyers and other
classes OF tenants This" said the Commissioner.
referring to the Franklin Trust Company piie -
The Union League and Montauk Cluo houses arc
represented in Mr.. Bush's collection anc pr.s'n. a
striking contrast In DuIdlhBs ucsisHeu io' '"e ~"
poses. o,,. , 49, Halo Trinity with itS lofty
spre one OF the tallest IN the city, forms an appro-
priate foil to the recently built Reformed church
at seventhaye and carronst one Is OF brown ,r'.
two were formerly ndghbors: when the home OF me
First Reformed Church stood alongside me Mu in
II then had the reputation OF housing me
CONGREGATION IN the city nayns a,spoSed posen 90 10
erect fine building in most sigloe h ,r no
church. Commissioner Bush said. Is regarded as tho
handsomest in the city. both as 10 us exterior anu
Ofher photographs which adorn the Offices OF tho
Department OF buildings are those OF ne ne" fhe
most creditabe building erected for the city during
the ascendency OF the Democratic ring; tne htrk-
h ms su compsn 81 IN
clock that adorns It's front; the substantial edince
t tbs '1 Termanla Clbhonse the Maternity Hospital
the Hoagland Laboratory In Henry-st. inc tage
occupied and several handsome apartnent-houses
in different sections OF the city.
notable buildings in brooklyn, although 1t deals
with a notable Brooklyn subject. l. Is front view
seems likely to remain whore It erected four
years ago. despite all the EFFORTS which nave neen
to have its position on the present site reversed.
Commissioner Bush expects, when the department
moves to Its new quarters, that considerable addi-
lions to the collection OF photographs VIII be made
ANOTHER ATTACK on THE RED HOUSE PLANNING
Postmaster Sullivan OF Brooklyn. is again con
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