New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

., tho ,o., active bus,ness district OF the city.
stand for an increased pulsation IN the CITY "c'
and represent modern push IN us most cohce"
trated form The development OF tai buildings III
lower Broadway has taken place mainly with'"
the last ten years and Is tribute 10 the INTENSE
energy of New-York life in meeting the needs oil
business men for Offices and other facilities at the
southern end OF the island
IMPROVEMENTS ABOVE cANAI~ST.
Above cana,-st the first noticeable change is ut
the southwest corner Of Broome-st and bro"dway
where an clcven-story stone and bun DrIcR pusi-
ness building has taken the place OF hve-story
old-,i,ne business building As an instance OF
push" into this part of Broadway 1t may be
mentioned that Henry Ciews. the banker has
branch cce in this building At the so Mm sht
brick business structure, has recently been s sn
s'n4y 5Sr ao SI 'front.' %%ne adjoining 1t
the south and now used tor business
;aamas ss he %sss s
an ornate ten-s;ory granite and white brick buiid
ing for mercantile use emphasizes the 'c'"oc'as''c
Going up Broadway one finds in rapid succession
the following new buildings which within Two or or
the southwest Of Prince.st massive i've stone
wholesale purposes in cloaks and suits; at the
sSns on Of he the site U N fSF are
the Metropolitan Hotel The old-tmer might pause
c crS we in S'e lsss. with Pauline arkham at The
e oi hsE IN ui inc Out The Old
ls the m ns Corner the
Revere House still stands; but the property has
sss S ns a big tine
Honston-st. the new cable building. with the Met
Easement SsSa" has snppianted slS-siory business
building Of tho old type. .,..
the Manhattan Savings Institution building. an old
structure has Just been demolished and an new s,y
place. Just above. the west side OF Broadway
name a e'o only to the broadway Central Hote!. on
both sides Of the greet one sees neW be "eYen
story Store and bun brick building occupying tho
entire block between WASHINGTON and WGy sr
TO mems clothing and furnishing goods This
building occupies the site of the ola Mew, oIk
after the Civil War. and where they made their
special headquarters until it was torn down. four
years ago.
THE CLOTHING TRADE MOVING UPTOWN.
The Stewart retail drygoods building remains as
It was finally completed In 1871. with the exception
OF n change in its color the result of repainting
The building was put up in sections. as fast as
leases expired. between 1865 and 1871 broadway,
between this point and Fourteenth-st has been
sns a ,ns ass T Hcae still fur
Their changes. Wholesale clothing firms nave neen
the cyi. War they have been carrying on business
new twelve-story granite building, to be occu-
P pstea by at the ss soHtbMes corner Of
IN striking contrast an moSern Ssnes. Ind
ing IS being pSt up bsi ety. ana and TITS IS
announced that the "high- speed" electric elevators
Will be Used in the s' TSeare ut Tb,reen,bst
with modern interior improvements has hr, be-
cupies " ,wothirds Of the block and mus make the
a Sr SO Msr9 arE Quake at at Re
the od-ime home Of modest men OF moderate
means has been redecorat ted and rehtted even TO
he eS appliances
In a measure with the rush OF transformation IN
Broadway.
| GOBLET MANSION MARKS THE CONTRAST.
The Lincoln Building. the Decker stone-and-
terra-cota structure, and tens story stone build
ing all of recent construction. arc main features
OF the elevation and transformation OF Broadway
in Union Square. The Sloane Building at the
southwest corner of Nineteenth-st.. with It's nine
stories. stands in marked contrast with the old
Goelet mansion opposite at the northeast corner.
This old house is one Of the exceedingly few dis
stood the pressure of the lasS quarter OF cen
Lord Tay:ors opposite, the Cumberland apart,
ment. office and clubhouse. at Twenty second st. !,
samples Of the manner in which the low broadway
Of h score Of Of ara later o dsy
OF the past may be seen In the one and Two Story
between ffVSene Fifih,a 1 and and Broadwsy
In Madison Square the PRINCIPAL changes as re,
| CARDS Broadway are the transformation or the ola
dwelling houses at the northeast corner OF Twenty
ffth-st into a bank and office building the remod-
cling Of the Hoffman House. and the rebuilding OF
part of It, and the erection of a business and Office
structure at the northwest corner on the isaac
Townsend property and the site Of the old Worth
House which is now in progress The Broadway
entrance to the Victoria Hotel the Metropolitan
| Hotel, remodeed from the old Coleman House: the
Fifth Avenue Theatre. the Gaiety; Palmer's The
atre the Bijou Theatre the tall buff brick business
building at the southwest corner OF Broadway and
Thirty-hrst-st., Days Theatre where stood Wood s
Museum twenty years ago; the Union Dime Savings
Institution building. and the Imperial Hotel mark
! the most notable changes up to Thrty-fourth-st.
There is part OF Broadway where the transfor-
NATIONS have been more marked than In this Sec
ton.
NEW THEATRES AND HOTELS NUMEROUS.
New theatres and hotels are thckly strewn along
Broadway between Thrty-fourth and Forty-second
SITS Opposite the new Herald building. at Thirty
hfth-st stands the Herald Square Theatre.
which has been gradually remodclled and ampii-
fed from the old Aquarium: subsequently the home
/ Theatre The MARLBOROUGH Hotel and the pros
pective Herald Square Hotel. Just opposite Tor
which excavations have been made at Thirty-sXth-
St the Hotel Normandic at Thirty eighth st; Abb
! bey's Theatre. recently rechristened the kncker-
Casino at Thirty ninth-st; the Metropolitan Opera
House. diagonaly opposite: the Warwick, formerly
the Gedney Iious; the Hotel vendome the stewart WA
a;re the principal features OF the remarkable
| inroads OF amusement and hotel life into this part
At Forty-third-st. the Rorrett House has been
built on tie site OF old-;ime brownstone residences.
Uammersteins Olympia stands on the ground for
mery occupied by old dwelling and business places
between Fortyrfour,h and Forty. NTH sts Between
Exchange Vas erected sixteen years ago. but was
burned down last summer. From here up to Fifty
nnth-st. many large apartment houses OF the
first class. fahouses two hotels two large carriage
been erected on vacant lots the sites OF one
and two story structures. the create. part OF them
are still shown by a two-story accompanied frame
building used ns liquor saloon. and a one-story
frame boot and shoe store between Fiftieth and
fret cts l,y