New-York tribune., 1901-04-07
BUILDING DEPARTMENT sTORMED.
ARCHITECTS IN RUSH TO FILE PLANS FOR
NEW STRUCTURES BEFORE TENEMENT
HOUSE BILL. IS SIGNED.

The rush TO file plans for hathouses and tene-
ment houses. 1T the Department Of Buildings be-
fore Governor Odell takes final action on the bill
drawn by the Tenement House Commission, which
has passed both houses OF the legislature, has
amazed the employees of the department by its
intensity. Nothing like II has been witnessed at
the Buildings Department in a long time, If ever
1t is be likened to a run a bank, for the
persons with plans of fathouses and tenement
houses have literally stormed the Buildings De-
partment in the last days and have kept the
department open from early morning until late
a night.
The rush is due to the fact that the majority Of
builders in this city think that they could not
erect commercially profitable tenement and
fiat houses under the proposed law, they could
under the present laws. From noon on Friday up
to II o'clock yesterday plans for the erection Of
fathouses and tenement houses at total cost of
more than s20,000Ooo filed. An announcement
was posted at the department Thursday that
the doors would be closed Good Friday BY
Friday there a surging clamoring
mass Of architects. builders and others, with plans
10 file, In front Of the doors Of the department
Every moment was valuable to them, and the
hours went by and there was sign of life
within they became restless and demanded that
the doors be opened. Their demands were finally
granted, and with the opening OF the doors there
followed wild rush into the offices of the depart
ment of those who had waited long outside to file
their plans. In a few minutes there had been
placed file plans for many buildings as
would form large town.
All the plans call for buildings FIVE stories and
in height. and the minimum cost of many
filed is 10000. Some of the plans filed on Friday
and yesterday, including plans for apartment
houses
seven story brick and stone lathouse at No 60
West Tenth-st, to cost Sl2OO0O
Two seven story brick hathouses at No 81 Mon
Three FIVE story brick fathouses, At No. lis to
A seven story brick hathouse in Elizabeth-st.
near Grand-st, to cost $500. ~
Tuyo Sfy hriS fat AT a11
ss6 Fifth-st, to cost $4,000.
stores at f Nos S q and $ EldTidge-st to cost s6
Four seven story brick tenement houses IN For
Three six story brick tenement houses Nos. 81
and 50 cannon-st to cost So Goo s.+,o,,sa ,,+,
stores, in sixth-ave. near Fifty-eghthst. to cost
Two six story brick tenement houses. at No. S1S
70 322 East Fifty-sixth-st; 10 cost S6oG"9 ~
seventhaVe nth sISry to oFSs cost $3.50 ss5dOo ''
seven story brick tenement house ana S stSgs @ IN
Two hve story brick fathouses in Ninety-fourth-
Five F Six srorS Brick K sG in Sixty
fonrth,st near Firstavs to cost s'0o
near Ninetynlnth-st, TO cost s275 600. ,.,.s
Three hve story brick fathouses. in One hundred
Two seven story BRICK and stone fathouses in
One hundred and -eighteenth-st, near Morningside
Four i've story brick fathouses. in One-hundred-
Eight six story brick hathouses, at Lenox-aye.
and hundred and nineteenth-st., TO cost $3.50 0O0
Three story brick hathouseS, in One-hun-
dred-and-hfteenth-st.. near Lenox-ave.. to cost
$50 900.
Two story brick hathouses, in IenoI-ave,
One-hundred- nd -twelfth-st., TO cost 100000
Four five story brick fathouses, at Seventh-ave.
and misunderstanding y-fourth-st., 10 cost
10000.
seven story brick and hathouse. In Sew
enth-ave. near ne-hundred-and-twen enty fourth-st.
10 cost $4,000
Four five story brick fathouses. at One-hundred-
and Thirty ghthst and LenOx-ave., to cost SOL coo
Two seven story brick apartment houses. in one
hundred-and- -eighteenth-st., near Amsterdam ave.
cost $4,000.
story brick apartment house at Seventh
and One-hundred- "A nd-forty -third-st., to
S2+OO10.
twelve story brick and stone apartment house,
IN Madison-ave. Ninety -frst-sU $50 900
Two story brick fathouses No. IS to So
East Ninety-flrst-st-. TO cost $4,000.
Five five story brick hathouses, in Eleventh-st,
near Fifth-ave.. 10 cost $4,000.