New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
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CHANGES IN BROADWAY.
WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION IN THIS
BUSY THoROUGHFARE.

BUSY THOROUGHFARE
WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS MANY BUILD
INGs. ONCE POINTED OUT WITH PRIDE,
HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN WHILE
OTHERS LOOK STRANGE IN THEIR
NEW SURROUNDINGS.
broadway has been so changed within the last
twenty-five years that II reminds one OF the oio
tackknife from which one by one the blades nave
been removed and ones inserted and then
finally to the new blades new hand'c mas ose"
fitted.
Broadway Is 10 all intents and purposes a living
organism. It's growth and development are Simply
reflections OF the citys progress the changes
which 1t has undergone can best be comprehehoe"
IN a walk UP the famous thoroughfare from Bowl
ing Green 10 Fifty -ninth-st. Though at Fifty
ninth-st. tho name changes to the boulevard
the impetus Of tho good old name is felt In Its
northward course.
TRADITION OF BOWLING GREEN.
Even around the small park at Bowling Green
Broadway has been greatly changed A quarter OF
a century ago the Washington Building. at NO
Broadway, which towers up fifteen stories.
with dome and a commanding view OF the Bay
was the site OF a six-story brick structure. This
old building 100 years ago stood the bank OF the
North River. and tradition says that one could
the,, fish out OF the windows
: The Standard Oil Building. at Nos. &C. Is and 30
Broadway. with its nine stories. to which six others
are being added. is only ten years old. II Is a
solid and massive structure. and stands where
four-story red brick building occupied the site up
TO the time OF its erection.
The three to five story buildings next north OF
the Washington Building now being displaced
~ big office building of granite and limestone.
The famous Stevens House. at No. 27 Broadway. is
to give way to a modern structure
The Aldrich buildings. at Nos. 20 and IS Broad
way. are monuments to the growth Of Broadway
into the upper air They tower up twelve stories.
and In sharp contrast with the od-style brown
stone front buildings which sti hold their own on
the west side of Broadway as far up as the
Western Union Building at Dey-st
New buildings Of extreme altitude have beck
erected however. the east side of Broadway In
this downtown district. The Tower Building at No.
30 Broadway and the Consolidated Exchange
Building have been erected within the last few
years.
The Manhattan Life Building rises up twenty-three
stories high and makes the adjacent buildings OF for
days look like pygmies In comparison. One OF
the old landmarks, nearly opposite the Manhattan
Life Building. Is the Arcade Building In which the
Manhattan Railway Company and Russell Sage
have their Offices Tie Arcade Is old ram
shackle" structure. with dingy offices Of the plain
est kind. The contrast between the two struc-
lures is enough to make an old New-Yorker catch
his breath. The Union Trust Company Building.
at No. so Broadway. is another new "sky-scraper"
which stands in marked contrast to the oldtime
buildings Ranking It,
CONTRASTS SHOW THE CITY'S GROWTH.
The United Bank Building. the Schermerhorn
Building and the American Surety Building form
the Broadway front OF the block between Wall and
Pine SITS. Much has been written about the Amer
ican Surety Building. which towers far above al!
nelghboring structures. The Schermerhorn Build
ing is only third OF the height OF the American
Surety Building. And yet fifteen years ago the
Schermerhorn. then just completed. was regarded
remarkably tall building
The OF the old Trinity Building. at No.
Ill Broadway deny that 1t will be torn down and
euppanted by modern structure. 1t Is OLD
style building. fitted with elevators that SLOW
But sure. These elevators, indeed up-to-
date attraction and twenty-five years ago would
have been considered marvels. They were put In
10 keep up partly with the times.
1t is the elevator. indeed. which distinctly mark.
; the modern transformation OF broadway. 1t seems
10 have reached its utmost development In the
Manhattan and the American Surety buildings.
where its speed up and down Is about 400 feet
minute. Rapidly OF movement has been devel-
oped In the Broadway express" elevator. which
does not deign 10 stop until the seventh floor is
reached. There are as rule. six elevators In a
modern Broadway "skv-scraper" where such ex-
press elevators are used They have been intro
duced within the last three four years No new
Broadway building OF any pretensions 10 public
patronage for Office purposes is deemed COM
plete without its express" elevators 10 shoot men
up and down II with wings
The Equitable Life Assurance Socety's build
Ing. which twenty-five years ago was the TALES.
structure in that part Of the cityou;sde OF Trim
tty's spire-was built three stories higher a few
years ago. The American Surety Building towers
high above 1t. however. as IL In mockery OF the
new over the old
TRINITY CHURCH UNDIsTURBED.
Trinity Church, at the head Of wa-st remains
unds,urbed. does also ST. Paurs Church at
Broadway and Fulton and Vesey SITS. But opposite
81. Pauls "sky-scraper." twenty stories high
Is being erected the old Herald" Building site.
which marks striking change In the character
and general appearance OF the street as one could
we'll imagine. The building Is known the
ST. Pau. and is being erected by II. o. Havemeyer.
u Is OF granite. brick and steel. and is type OF
the modern office building In which altitude seems
10 defy the dimensions OF the foundations. 1t over.
looks the Aston House Immediately opposite
which, one OF the finest structures OF Eye olden
day." looks squat and homely In comparison with
this building towering toward the clouds.
STRUCTURES FACING CITY HALL PARK
On the side OF City Hall Park which means
the west side OF Broadway. between Park Place
and Chambers-st.. old buildings have given way
In many instances to bank buildings or office
structures. The Postal Telegraph Building at Muir
ray-st.. and the Home Life Insurance Building adj
Joining 1t. indicate the encroachnent of the up-to-
date business and Office buildings upon the dun
colored building OF the time when six stories made
q structure OF ample altitude.
With q front OF only 90 feet the new Shoe and
Leather Bank Building. at chambers-sl IS a stand
Ing monument TO Architectural SKILL sirce It rises
fifteen stories high and stands out In the distance
rs clear and perfect in proportions as a monolith
The famous Stewart Building at Chambers-st
and Broadway was built. from all appearances. TO
stand solid and unaffected by the march OF years
This was Alexander T. Stewards retail house
Eight years ago two stories added 10 It for
Office purposes. the foundations and walls having
been 50 strongly butt that the increased height
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