The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
THE NEW DELMONIC0'S.
ONLY ONE I~NNOTATION ON THE
Wars OF r PREDECESSORS.

9hnt VIII ne the Orchestra-Tho Building ana
Advancement OF the Reatnuraut That Is
Soon TO Ne Opened-Pians OF tho Different
F~ioors-Upwsrd PROGRESS OF Delmonico's.
The new Delmonico's is to DO opened next
month. This latest headquarters of an old in
~stitution W il mark, as its predecessors have
done, q step in the continual progress that New
York makes toward the north. The Delmonico
restaurant at Fourteenth street and the one
later at Twenty.sixth street were indications In
their time of the upward movement in city life.
The Delmonico tradition has always been to
build its homo in a spot which is likely to con-
tinue central for many years to come; so. while
the corner Of Forty.fourth street and Fifth ave-
nue. may not be at present as accessible as a
building situated further down town, the town
moves rapidly, and Charles Delmonico. the
present head of the house, expects that the
famous restaurant will DO quartered for many
years in the house which is now nearing COM
pletion.
The place could, indeed. be opened before the
date liked now. which is about the middle OF
November. but the finishing touches are to he
applied leisurely. There has been an exciting
competition in the effort to finish three of the
new restaurants uptown. The lights which
burn all night in the windows of tho new As
toria show plainly that no time will DO lost in
the effort to finish the work on that restaurant
as rapidly as possible. tits announced now
that the Astoria will positively be ready
on Nov. !. To the casual observer it looks
as though that meant an enormous amount
Of work to be accomplished within four weeks;
but the contractors are at present certain that
The place will be ready. For the opening OF
Shcrry's new place. diaGonally across from
Delmonico's, no date has yet been fixed. and
the building does not look so far advanced as
either Of the other two. The reason of tho
threc-coruercd struggle for priority was not
apparent except that the brilliancy of an open
ing week, combined with the profits Of the
Horse Show visitors to the city, Is something to
be sought by any proprietor anxious to give his
new establishment a start that would carry.it
triumphantly over its early troubles.
When the ironis put into place about the new
Delmonico building the exterior appearance
will be just as finished as 1t ever will be. James
Brown Lord. the architect Of the building. has
designed a beautiful specimen Of the Italian
Renaissance adapted to modern uses. Tho
building is the first of its kin in New York to
represent something else than merely a restau-
rant, and from that quality IL indicates as
striking an advance in New York architecture
as it does in tho upward movement OF
city life. The Delmonico buildings Of
the past were always creditable, INTELLECTUALLY
one that has combined with utility the effect OF
. beautiful structure. The temptation to run
mHusthstve been HSt eons d bbIIsnfs for the sfchitestss
task would then have been much easier and the
cuisine would have DOUBTLESS proved Just as
now has a beautiful bSapiiaing as well az
east corner of the the s s1,%asson and F taes noaTht
street. The main front is on the side street. and
Is A ieet. The rear of the house is very much
larger than the front, as the plot a adjoining the
rbled the architect to make the rear OF the
building considerably more extensive than the
messurement of A feet in front would indicate
INT building is OF a cream white compost
ton made by q combination Of terra Gotta
i I'm and brick, The ornsmentatiop.or
balconies break the fall Of the four stories; o.
i mel 'SeF' only " s SI1h S's Stone Is q fhasm WHICH sal Is { z
be used as a roof garden. This is on the Forty
to get whateser breeze there may be In The sum
iper months. The CRITICS m has been made tina
.np MpedI tSs, Of ib .hs iii Cit n fl1 or, restaurant are 3
slretfi out the style of architecture made II i'm
eS Ibe sr I1 aye AYE 'h Tb. CUSTOMARY broad window
up only a restaurant or a lESndisonmoo' b SiIIiin,
came IN, and the view which took into consider
The interior Of the building is not vet ont o
the the b dscorntors' hands, and what they may d
the beauty of the rooms. The general arranss
mem ON D" studied now. On The Forty fourtl
'unt tnerfHr tnroe entrances. The doc
nearest Fifth avenue is primarily intended 10
,nV use oil women, as 1t gives access I the res
tauralt,. the waitin room and the bal
t room without making it necessary 10 pas
re office and is in reality The main entrance I
me restaurant. The door furthcst from Ii
Avenue leads into the cafe and is thus intenfe
FNcrusiyely for men. The cafe is situated at in
Ir"E OF ne building, and the main restauren
~ ruin avenue. and from one to the othe
ShnrrF' Stretches through the building a 6roa
hnii, Inc restaurant Is 81 feet deep BY 30 fec
ITbps s and the cale in the rear, hSvin
wider ""TEhhn n OF, the elbow, is niue
meGiea by a private hall back OF the Office a
wwS. as oy the large hall. and this arrangement
%h",rh n,hkrs 1t possible for the walters 10 NOV
is " "on ine house without using the public hall
Soontlhuei on every floor. At the left side Z
righ 'nt theE Shtranse are the elevators, ana on til
!Fbis an easy fight to the upper storie
to be mrs moor Is the part most like
The I65 riIaiSg@ TSssInsles II general pisi
vSies customers had formerly a view OF Brna
on mi 11SS. OF ne windows, and now there viii
bmnis the prospect Of quiet Forty.foIrth stree
'h0t an outlook is not important was show