The San Francisco call., 1910-04-23
increasing ACTIVITY Is Feature OF lC Building Operations
ARCHITECTS BUSY
PREPARING PLANS
Building Operations in Center
and Suburbs of San Fran
cisco Are Active

CISCO Are Active
The interest in building locally and
also in the interior and in all the sub
urbs OF san Francisco is gaining
: strength This is manifested in two
= ways The first is in the increasing
p activity in the Offices Of the architects.
Aslose pictures Of facades for first
1 Ass buildings in this city and in ad-
!. ;glnlng cities are Il weekly feature of
inns paper obviously pointing out so
!; 1slat every one may see. the lesson of
advancement along solid lines.
1Ahe second way to reach an under
standing Of the real significance of the
. present building movement is by read
l+S the daily resume of building con-
tracts and permits issued for the erec-
-Jlon OF buildings. Hardly a secular
day eiapses that is not marked by the
announcement Of plans for a class A
" bullding- Interest is stimulated also
.h4 the SpeeS with which the costly
= hank structures of the latest construc-
f-on are advancing toward completion
SanSome street by the completion of
The splendid banking building at the
northwest corner of Sansome and SUIT
ter streets. viii soon have its oldtime
completeness as banking center.
Livery corner formerly occupied by a
bank Is, with one exceptional Bush
and SansOme streets-noW occupied by
a bank These extend along Sansome
street including both the northeast
corner Of Sansome and Market and the
northwest corner OF Sutter and San
some TO California street. at which
th0rOughfare a great banking center
IS lntersected. The northwest corner
Of SansOme and Bush streets was
Given over for banking uses by the
r-r1H
splendid banking building at Post and
Montgomery streets. the site Of the
old Masonic temple.
MANY NEW BUILDINGS
Running parallel with Sansome
street and but one block distant Mont
sOmery street is also decorated with
r number OF new banking structures.
Market street has banks from one end
OF The rebuilt area practically TO the
other end and is richer in banking
buildings than il ever has been prior
10 this time. Rapid PROCESS is making
on The banking houses of the Union
trust company and the san Francisco
savings uaion, which are already high
lr ornamental and viii be greatly
decorative Of Market street.
The rates OF money are favorable to
building. A continued pressure is eX-
erJed ou the insurance companies to
secure reductions in The rates of fire
insurance on city buildings. In de-
fault Of any noteworthy reduction by
tile board companies, the nonboard
companies are reported to be picking
Up large amount OF business at re-
-duced rates. The moral effect OF this
is felt in the insurance market to
some extent. where competitive con-
ditiOns are supposed TO be favorable to
reductions that have long been de-
manded
NE.K- RTSTNFSS RLOCNS
Attention is called TO the pictures Of
business blocks that are published in
thts paper this morning. These rep
resent Jointly cost OF hundreds Of
thousands of dollars to be placed at
once in the work Of construction. At
tention is also strongly invited TO the
fact that the neighborhoods IN which
the building investments are 10 be
made represent many streets Hotel
and apartment houses are still popular
- Investments to capitalists who seek
income through the construction Of
city buildings to lease or for their
own uses As rule this class Of
buildings is leased on long terms, IN
which the aggregate rentals for pc
riod Of years surpass the total cost
OF improvements There Is no reason
10 doubt. in view of the exposition TO
be opened here in a few years, and
the rush Of outsiders that VIII fol-
low and even more in view Of the
great increase Of population that the
opening Of the Panama canal will
bring that hotel, apartment house and
lodging house construction Will be
,,0nilsr in san Francisco for a long
time 10 come. Outside hotelmen con-
ffnue to come into san Francisco seek
-sne TO lease eligible hotel sites with
improvements. which is very good
sign.
Auerbach has awarded contracts for
the construction Of a three story brick
building in the northeast line of Sec
ond street, 275 feet northwest OF Bry-
ant street.
p a. Dorm has placed the contracts
for z four story brick and frame
apartment building at the northwest
corner OF Van Ness and Pacific ave
nues-
Tho Kel estate company has con-
+,-sc+ed for a brick and steel freproof
b,lflling to be erected in the west line
Of Mission street, north Of Twenty-sec-
Contracts have been awarded for the
construction Of the Mission turn verein
fraternal hall building at the south
west corner Of Eighteenth and Lspidge
streets.
The Coliseum company has contract
Cd for the work on the new structure
IN Baker street, opposite the beginning
OF the panhandle Of Golden Gate park.
work will soon be progressing on
the new theater structure in OFarrell
street near Market
A new theater may also be con-
structed for Kolb and Dill
Samuel Altshuler has taken out
hermit 10 erect a three story concrete
structure for stores and fats in the
west lire OF Montgomery avenue, 40
feet south OF Vallejo street, TO cost
about $4,000.
4 two story brick warehouse win be
erected in the east line Of Davis street,
20 feet north Of Clay, by NJ II. & z. B.
Lettuich.
In ali sections OF the city fats. apart
1nents and dwellings are in construc-
ton There is a large building activity
in Richmond and plans for many build
ings ia the Sunset district are in
preparatio The examples of buildings
Of various classes that have been
specified in this article are simply IL
Illustrative OF the progress in different
directions and diverse localities that is
characteristic of a great portion of the
city.
WILL BUILD APARTMENT