New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

avenue and at little earlier period the @ ~ ~
Theatre stood a large site win WIN 80 The
| Fourth avenue between 25d and 2ith streets
| madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Is ~
~ ~ m..o. oo-ner of oath street and Madison
.,-s,,a and on its old site is the annex u TIC
METROPOLITAN Life Insurance Buiiolhs' Hi ,@a g,
and original building forming the laIEeS IL :.
surence building well as the tallesI o'ilu's, ~ -
| a. ,o~Id Tho annex Is called the Tower IL Eie7s
e5Q feet above the sidewalk. has forty-elsHt
above the level OF the street. and TWO sto'IeS go
the sidewalk The main building and tower ocCu+s 80
the entire block bounded by Fourth and MaolsolI
-,o,,,es oad and o.tb streets. At the northeast
corner Of 25th street and Madison avenue IS .ne
beautiful home of the Appellate DiVls'o" "a
Supreme Court.
WHERE SOME LANDMARKS sIoOD'
The site bought last week by the Improved Prop
.rtv Holding Company forms large part oi s tHs
-, t,4od b,, asth and 9th streets, Madison ana
T1Ith avenues number Of buildings Oh 'I@'
block were included. few years ago. Si"o"e -
isndnfarks of New York. On the WesteIiS -
or the block stood the Hotel BrunswlcA' WliiLl
was one of the leading hcstleries OF ola Nc" -
1rbe+ site was bought by the Brunswick coHpaiS'
of which the late Charles T. barney vas ~ ~
head Mr. Barney planned to replace the famous
hogtIarv with hotel which would equaI III s'~e'
in furnishings and in cost of construction any SIM
lor building on Manhattan Island He WORKED
hard to put his plans into execution oul 81 49,
the time when ne ready to put up the pro
nosed structure unforeseen difficulties arose anu
- los ,,.ere o,iiclv changed, that instead OF
hotel being erected the site, the plot was
ir,nroved with twelve story office and store
structure known as the Brunswick Building
Mr. Barney held firmly 70 the opinion that tlis
mart of the city had outgrown its sultaoiehesS
for hotel purposes and that modern hostIer'ss
catering 10 transient permanent guests co4io
he nroftably erected in the district. He lived 10
see some other well known real estate leaders carry
out his ideas on this subject and on most eH-
nensIve scale In the block just north. bounded oy
o7+b sDd 9sth streets Madison and Fifth avenues
That black forms pat Of the hotel ana apart
| ynent district which has been created In recent
| wears within short distance of Madison square
Not only has that block been improved along htes
| suggested by Mr. Barney, but the manner OF 'tS
| Improvement is somewhat novel on the premises
No TO East 9th street is the BEozten. t~eiVe
stor, apartment hotel Adjoining It is the Prince
George occupying the premises No 10 Is East Z1th
street and extending TO 10 10 "A East 18th street
| The Prince George is one of the largest '"e'No
! story hotels erected in central zone IN recent
wears At No 4to East 18th street IS a twelve ana
| a half story apartment hotel. which adtoins ootn
| the Brozteu and the Prince George. On the site
| occIpied by the apartment hotel formerly stood
| Woods gymnasium
The Broztel and Prince George and the apart
| rnent hotel were so planned that they can be
| quickly united and managed as one property II
| desired Their interior light courts practically
| form one inside court OF unusually large size
| which provides ample light and air 20 buildings
/ Of their dimensions, and the party walls OF the
| tbrae structures are so arranged that the build
ings could be quickly connected. That there was
/ a big demand in the district for hotels Of their
TYNE is shown by the fact that they num-
! bered among the choicest investment properties
| on Manhattan Island one OF the parcels having
| been recently sold TO a well known man OF Penn
| sylvana.