New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
WILL CONNECT STORES
NEW WANAMAKER Plans.
For a Tzoo Story Ornamental Bridge
Building 4ctiUity.

The Wanamaker stores are to be connected oy
! means of two story ornamental bridge. Pans
/ were fled for this with Buildings Superintendent
| Murphy yesterday. There were also fled plans
| for a new carhouse to take the place of the
| structure half a century old. on Ninth avenue
| and 54th street landmark Of this citys horse
| car transit system.
The fourteen story new wanamaker building. on
the Fourth avenue block from Sth to 9th streets
| will be connected with the old eight story A T.
Stewart store, on the block between 9Th and 10Th
streets at the third and fourth floors and will be
supported on arches set in the facades at the sec
ond story of both buildings. The bridge is TO De
| sos feet long over 9th street and Zl-o 1eet
WIDE in the style of the Italian Renaissance 1t
will be of steel skeleton construction, enclosed
with walls ornamented with arched windows
ranged on either side of Corinthian columns set
in the centre fanking a large clock
Above the clock will be cartouche ornamented
with the John Wanamaker crest The bridge VIII
be finished with balustrades supporting rooI
with four skylights The connecting floors OF the
bridge will be of wood laid on cement slabs The
bridge is to be erected for the Stewart Realty
Company. owner and is to cost s2oOOO' ac-
cording to the estimate of the architect, Ihon1as
Butches The architects plans also PROVIDE TOT
a new staircase to run from the basement sub
way floor of the building to the main hoor.
1t will be of marble and ornamental iron' set OH
with columns bearing globe electric lamps
A. W Porter and ]. r. Spelnnan, architects for
Adrian VI
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company filed the
plans for the new carhouse. The new building will
be of brick and ornamental stone. with frontage
of 135 feet and depth Of 29S10 feet in 54th ST.
It will be five stories high in the main part and
three stories in the annex, and will cost completed
about $4,000 The architects state in their applica-
ton for permit that it is the intention to build
two stories of the edice at once, and that this VIII
cost about 100000. The building will be hreproof
and have elevator service
Plans have been filed for enlarging the three story
and basement residence at No. 112 East S6th ST
and making 1t into American basement
dwelling. 1t will have a new FACADE OF marble
trimmed brick in Colonial design with mullion win
dows, and a central entrance adorned with Doric
columns The improvements to be made for
Waldron P. Belknap as owner. Charles E. Birge is
the architect
For remodelling the two old-fashioned brick three
story and attic dwelling houses Nos. 239 and al
Wooster st. plans have been filed They to be
light manufacturing loft buildings, with ground
floor stores. adding TO each three story extension
tkirty-fve feet deep and eliminating the old peaked
roofs. The change Of occupancy is to be made for
Alice Smith owner at cost of S5,OOO and the
buildings have already been leased to Max Faig
man. Thomas Graham is the architect
Revised plans have been filed for enlarging the
story moving picture building on Eighth ave,
just south of 111th ST., owned by the Pastirne
Amusement Company. new stage will be built
and the seating capacity increased from 300 to S5
Henry G. Harris is the architect.
The Manhattan plans for new buildings reported
yesterday include six story fathouse and stores
at No. 12o East SSth St for David Moskowitz to
cost $4,000 and two story factory the manu-
featuring of artificial ice. be built of Coabough
brick annex to the Bernheimer & Schwartz
Brewery, in 12Sth ST., east Of Amsterdam ave. TO
cost $4,000.