New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-11
TWIN SKYSCR4PERS.
Zach Tzcenty-one Stories High,
Fronting on Broad7cay.


decree of amazement that these wonders have
not called forth now is the time to display It, |
for this time cit is twins" If the blrth Oh d
slyscraper be a matter of much Importance
what may be said of the birth of skyscraper
twins? To be sure, one of the twins, the orig
inal Trinity Building, at No. III Broadway VIII |
lie a few months older than its mate pu' tne
architects say that is purely immateria poih'
and that the Trinity twins VIII be the finest IN
town when they are fairly iauncheu lil'o '
Joint career of public utility.
To accommodate the twins, Thames-st, which
is one of the shortest streets in the CITY, anu
runs only from Broadway to Greenwich-st' VIII |
be moved bodily to the north ABOUT us o"
width This will place the street IN what 10 ho"
the site of the Boreel Building, and twenty
seven-foot addition, running the entire uepl |
and height of the present Trinity. Buholhs win
he buiIt where the street is. The other
structure is to be erected on the remaining por- |
ton of the Boreel Building site, between Thames
and Cedar SITS. This arrangement Will give the
twins an equal frontage in Broadway between
Trinity churchyard and Cedar-st. They VIII |
each be twenty-one stories high, the height OIL
the present Trinity Building and they Will pe
exact duplicates of each other In foor arrange
ment elevator equipment and all other uetoii'
of construction, that the ADDITION 10 Inc
present building will be surmounteo OH us
Broadway front by a low ornamental tower anu
come. Plans for the new building and the add
ton to the present one have been drawn py
Francis II. Kimhall, the architect VINO ueSisheu
the present Trinity Building.
The old Boreel Building has been vacated py
its tenants and will be taken down. Though
this building possesses in itself no historical as
socfations, the site it occupies is one more vi
less closely identified with the early history VI
New York It was there that Etienne DE Ian
cey built about 1900 the mansion later owned
and occupied by his son. James De Lancev'
Lieutenant Governor of the colony for many
years In 1854 Edward Willet opened tavern
there, under the name of the Province Arms.
Two notable public dinners at the beginning or
its use as tavern marked the beginning of its
historic career The first given in 1888 10
Sir Charles Hardy upon his arrival to succeed
Governor Sir Danvers Osborn, who had DIED IL
is supposed by his hand, the year before
In 1856 a great public function was held in the
old tavern the occasion of the laying OF the
cornerstone of Kings College, the predecessor of
Columbia University.
In 1863 George Burns took possession of the
tavern and it became famous Burns's coffee
house. Here drawn the lottery in 1853 for
the purpose of raising money to complete the |
Sandy Hook lighthouse, and october 81, 1865 |
the famous non-importation agreement, in OPP |
position to the Stamp act, was signed there by
the merchants of NeWYork.
In later years the tavern variously known
as the Province Arms Burns's Tavern and the
City Arms. 1t favorite meeting place for |
organizations like the ST. Andrews Society, and
the governors of Kings College found ii con- |
venent place for their educational deliberations.
Musical entertainments and sacred oratorios Of
given there
In 1777, when the city was in the possession |
of the British, Captain Tolemache. of the ship |
Zebra, and Captain Pennington, of the Cold :
stream Guards passenger the ship, |
which had just arrived, fought duel in the |
tavern. They had quarrelled some verses
by Pennington which Captain Tollemache |
thought reflected his wife. A few days after |
the duel Tollemache buried in Trinity !
churchyard
out of the De Lancey ownership. when Peter
De Lancey sold it to the Tontine Association. |
The old mansion torn down and the City
Hotel was erected the site. The Boreel Build !
ing. that is in turn to give way to the !
march of Improvement, was erected in 1878. !
A tablet placed by the HOllaI Society on the
front of the building recording the chief items
of interest in connection with the site, has been
taken down and will probably find place on
one of the completed Trinity twins.
Almost simultaneously with the birth of the !
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