New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04
NEW HOME FOR DELMONlCOS
THE FAMOUS RESTAURANT TO BE MOVED
FURTHER UPTOWN.

,r.sr OF THE SHERWOOD HOUSE. AT FIFTH
AVE. AND FoRry-FoURTH- sT.-THE PRES
ENr BUILDING TO BE TORN DOWN
AND REPLACED BY STRUCTURE
WITH ALL MODERN I'M
PRovEMENTs.
For some time there has been vast deai oi
,,.o,,ss,o, CO ~ whether or not Delmonicos
would move further uptown. various ioca'''7
ho,.o boep nltched upon by common rumor as
e., nossihIe site for the future home OF the
<amous restaurant 1t has been long accepteu as
q fact that the presence OF the WALDORF mas
had something to do with the attraction OF ioVei'
of good dinners to point fIrther up
than Twenty-sixth-st The eject OF .iis So
establishment upon the pulse OF ho'ei "."''
has been exemplifed In the fact tHa' o'
Gently the Hotel Brunswick. nearly opposite De-
monico's. announced its inability to compete WIZ
the modern Waldorf and went into the iia'O' -
ie'ee THE SITE SELECTED.
A Tribune reporter was informed yesterday by
,s,,-tnown banker that the Sherwood House.
=, tho northeast corner Of Forty-fourtn-st. anu
vsstb-ave had been leased by Charlie" Deimohlco
tor q term of ten years, at $4,000 year. Inc
rresent tenant George Murray, who has peeh '"e
,ronr,etor If this establishment for the last
ten wears has been unable to renew MS tease
which expires July next. although ne NAV"
every effort to do So The owner Oh 'iie en-
wood property is Theodore A. HaVel'iese'' ~, w
,,,,rchased II on April go 1890. for S6oOOoo Inc
onor,v bas n frontage Of 65 feet inches on
Fifth-ave, by 40 feet deep on For'y-iou' '''0"
The building has 125 rooms. and Is SIX s'oiie' ="
height 1t has been run in every respect do
6rst-class hotel and the guests nave pee" Va
r,ah .oc,al standing. Mr.. Murray was for many
wears the chief steward OF the "Huso.
Nv .ha onening OF the Murray Hill Hotel he re-
-,~na h,s n,.ce If the Windsor to take similar
nost,on there. On his retirement from the oher-
wood he will assume the manasehe"' - '
Tong Reach Hotel on Long Island
,.yrvryrR.s BUILDING OPERATIONS
y ia announced that Mr.. Havemeyer pro-
poses to tear down the present puiiuii'e o.
erect on the lot a structure that will be IN every
..oo. q model of modern hotel architecture
,,.oa oxactlv to the needs Of Mr.. Delnoiioo'
Nv uavemeyer is already making extensive iii.
,o,,enta In realty in the construction Vi
,s,ye buildings In other parts or the ci'S'
rr .uortv-fye-story building at Ann-st. anu
broadway will cost 81 100000 completed as'oe
from, the cost Of the site. "A large ou''iie'
building Is also in course OF eie0''0
one-half Of the plot OF the Ola Ne''
Hotel in Broadway, Prince ana oioSo.
which will cost Independent OF the si'e' q"
s5Oo.0oo 1t is plain that MT haVeiie'e' 49,
nothing by halves, and 1t Is 1air u s"ppoIN
that he will furnish an establishment io'
monico that will be an ornament 10 INC nm
neigbborhood Some Of the persons 'i'e'e'
IN this transaction were seen yeste'uay, or
said they hoped in a short time 10 give iu' pN'
,,culars which they could not give uh''' 'i'e'
had fully concluded the terms OF the tra"sie'
Some minor details remain unsettieo' Inc
40, character of the site Is evident, not only
Cor neone who live in the city. but lot resi-,
dents of the suburbs, who. to get TO .n , '">'e'
have to 20 to the Grand Central Statiou.
A we'll known Bostonian, speaking Oh Ao"ne
11ntaI as being the Delmonico's OF Boston ea .
20 a New-Yorker while dining at iouns
.This compares favorably, does ~, II no no. New.
vour Delmonico's. Of New-York! Inc 80 S,,
XSort man repled: Yes in every respect put
ON. You ca always enjoy dinner AT ioun ,o' .
when you are hungry. but at Delmoh nr
CON entoy II whether you are hungry OF MOI
II - said that Mr.. Delmonico Will continuo i.'S
present establishment at Twenty-sxtns, sa "i ON
Fifth-ave. pending the changes pro'eot one
the Sherwood site. 1t will require at i go s
vear's time to erect the new building a1ter pos
session Of the property Is secured
IMPROVEMENTS NEAR THE SHERWOOD
The architectural changes that have taken
r,ace IN the neighborhood Of the SHERWOOD
1Iouss within the last two or three years nave
been very marked. In Forty-third ana for'y-
fourth sts near Fifth-ave.. where formerly
stood old rookeries or stables. there are now
some of the handsomest clubhouses in the city
At No West Forty-fourth-st. is the 81 Nicho-
las club house and at No. 10 in the same street
is the new Berkeley Lyceum The Century AS
ISOLATION is at No. West Forty-tnird-st;: az az
No II West Forty-third is the ACADEMY OF
Madeleine and at No q West Forty-third Is
the new Racquet and Tennis Club house. IN
Fifth-ave.. near by. is the new Hotei kehais ans.
sance, while at little distance Is the EOtos
Club The new Lawyers Club in Forty-hitn-
st. will also soon add TO the improvements IN
This neghbOrhOOd.