The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09
KEARNY WILL De A
SHOW STREET.
Property Owners Purpose
Erecting Fine Buildings
Along the Thoroughfare
MANY ARE PLANNED

Kearay street, next to Market street
city; and one year from now that
highway VIII be lined with skyscrap-
ers-
According to real estate men there
is more work being done, and to be
done shortly upon this street than on
any other in town. A majority of the
buildings are to be class A. and Kearny
street viii revive its vanished glory.
II has had remarkable history.
About ten years ago there was a slump
all along the line and the fate of
Kearny street was declared to be that
Of many another highway, and it was
freely prOphesied that ii would only
house second class shops. In this the
prophets were mistaken and about
five years ago Kearny street began to
improve and rents began to advance.
The new Kearny street will be a
street OF big structures and the build
ings viii be imposing in design. The
Macdonough Estate Company purposes
building on the west side of Kearny,
between Bush and Pine. a seven-story
reinforced concrete building, and the
Rosenbaum estate. which owns lot
adjoining the Macdonough property,
and which has frontage Of fifty-one
feet on Kearny street, will erect a
four story Office building.
T. A. Him OF Santa Cruz, who owns
property on the northeast corner of
Bush and Kearny, with seventy seven
and one-half feet on Bush. is going TO
put up q class A eight-story building.
STONE VS.. CONCRETE.
Then comes the building of Baldwin
and Howell on the north side of this
structure. which viii be one story
and Of stone The lot has a frontage
saf cf ~ 90 c%r
posed building of Mrs. Martha J. Bliss.
which adjoins on the north, will be
four stories in height and has already
been leased. It is to be of reinforced
concrete and viii have frontage of
twenty feet on Kearny.
The Hymann Bros, who have a
frontage OF .ffty-two and one-half feet,
viii put up an eight-story class 4
building on the northwest corner of
Bush and Kearny streets
Charles Hirsch, who has the adjoin-
ing thirty-six and one-half feet will
build siX-stOry reinforced concrete
building
Ex-Governor Perkins viii rebuild the
old Alto building which was on the
southeast corner of Kearny and Bush
streets. It is TO be eight stories in
height and has already been leased
for a long term to ". J. NordWell
The Marston building. which is on
the northeast corner of Kearny and
Hardy place. is being completed by its
owner. Frank Marston.
The Adams estate, which owns a lot
on the northeast corner Of Sutter and
Kearny, 5sN70 feet, is going TO build
an eight-story reinforced concrete
structure.
BUILDING Is LEASED.
The Eyre Investment Company owns
a lot 52xe7 feet on the southwest cor
ner Of Sutter and Kearny streets and
viii build an eight-story building of
reinforced concrete. which has already
been leased to Sherman & Clay
On the southeast corner of Sutter
and Kearny, 1913 feet on Kearny by
ninety-seven feet on Suffer, owned by
the Davis estate, a seven or an eight
story building viii be erected.
l. Meyerstein, who owns a lot on
the southeast corner of Post and
Kesrny streets. twenty-three feet on
Kearny and sixty feet on Post, will put
I'D building six stories in height
which has been leased to Bullock and
Jones for a term of fifteen years
The Stanton Estate Company, which
owns property on the southwest cor
ner of Post and Kearny streets, sixty
two feet on Kearny and fifty feet on
Post. will build either six or seven
story building.
The White House site. which is now
being cleared by the owner, the Tevis
estate, has a frontage of seventy-two
feet on Kearny and 107 feet on post
street. No decision has been reached
IS to the height of the building to
be constructed there, but Ii is known
that the Tevis estate has had a great
many propositions made to il in the
way of offers to lease.
George s Fife, who owns property
on the northwest corner of Pine and
Kearny streets, viii put up either a
seven or an eight-story building. He
has seventy-two feet on Kearny and
forty-six on Pine street