Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-20
HALF MILLION
IN NEW BLOCKS
REALTY BUILDING TO BE NINE
STORIES
An Eighty -Thousand-Doll Hotel for
Santa Monca-Anothe $780,
600 Building for New
City Market

In its review of building enterprises
the Builder and Contractor gives the
following details of improvements:
Architect Harrison Albright and the
| Consolidated Realty company, through
its building committee, composed of ID.
| *. Trask, J. j. Byrne, ID. A. Ham
burger, l.. j. Christopher and N. Bon
hlio, have awarded the contract for an
additional three stories to be erected
to the six stories already completed of
the reinforced concrete building being
erected at the southwest corner of
Sixth and lii streets. The addition
| will cost $125,000, and will bring the
total cost of the building up to $345,
600. When completed the building will
be an imposing nine-story and base
ment structure, 150x126 feet. The Uni
Yersity club has leased the two upper
floors for a period Of ten years.
NJ. A. Newmark & Go, wholesale gro
GERS, IS heretofore announced by The
Herald, have signed an agreement to
lease for ten years a four-story and
basement reinforced concrete building
to be erected by the Los Angeles Public
Market company on their property at
Sixth and Mill streets. The building
will be 150X150 feet and viii be equipped
with elevators and all modern appl
ances The building complete will
cost about. $1O0 600.
f. X. Lourdou and j. William Rob
erts. architects. are completing plans
for the five-story hotel building to be
erected on the bluff at Santa Monica
for Alfred Norris and Carl Schader as
an annex to tho Kensington flats The
building will be 70x135 feet and the two
lower stories will be built of reinforced
concrete and the three upper stories
will be Of brick, plastered on the ex-
will NJ cfn
trim and red clay tile roof. The lobby
will have a tile floor and marble wains-
cot and the dining rooms and reception
halls will have hardwood floors and
artificial stone fireplaces. The build
ing will contain about eighty rooms
with private baths and will cost $4,000
Architect ]. T. Zeller has prepared
plans for a three-story brick mercan-
tile building to be erected on Los An
geles street, near Winston street, for
Blow &, Cover, wholesale dry goods
merchants. 1t will be 6Sx60 feet and
will have pressed brick front, plate
glass windows, metal sash and compo-
sition roof. The ground floor will be
of concrete and the two upper floors of
wood One freight elevator will be in
stalled The building will cost about
10000
Architects Edelman & Barnett are
preparing plans Tor a modern lott
building to be erected at 233-235 South
Los Angeles street by the California
Clay Manufacturing company. 1t has
been definitely decided to construct the
building of reinforced concrete, and it
will he an eight-story and basement
structure 1t will be 56x195 feet and
all floors will be of reinforced concrete
and of sufficient strength to carry a
load of 400 pounds to the square foot
The entrance will be in marble and
bronze with tile floor. The front win
dows will be of plate glass with metal
sash and the other windows of wired
glass. The building will be equipped
with two passenger and one freight
elevator. Other modern appliances
such as mail chutes. vacuum cleaning
system and sprinkler system will also
he provided. and the building will be
heated by steam.