New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-17


.isano manufacturers n this city. have
leased the premises No. s3S Fifth aVenue'
25x12o feet, from the United States Trust
Company for term OF twenty-one years.
at an aggregate rental OF S75.o0o The les
sees viii improve the site.
The proposed building viii be designed
by Francis C. Stewart and Harry Alleh
Jacobs, architects. The exterior VIII oe III
Italian style, built in white marble, Win a
eolonnade on the second floor, separated oE
Columns of Pavanavva marble Between
these columns viii stand large carved mar
lie boxes. filled with flowers. The back OF
the scolonIade viii be of French plate glass
The ground floor entrance viii be parucu-
iarly impressive, with large bronze candle
sticks at the entrance, and the snow VIII
COW will be set in a border of white marble
elsboratelv carved. The wallis and ceiling
of the entire ground floor viii be built OF
Csen stone. The ceilings will be arched
and elaborately carved in stone. and a cir
<ular marble stairway. which VIII be one
of the features Of the building. viii run up
70 the second floor. Over this stairway VIII
he dome OF loaded glass, which will shed
light into the rear OF the showroons- This
IS the first time that salesroom has been
built entirely of Caen stone il is said Be-
csuse Of its costliness IL was usually useu
only in private houses The building VIII
he six stories. II viii be entirely USED ny
Hardman. Peck s. co.
There will be on almost every floor a
room decorated in some period design. such
IS Louis XIV. Louis XVI, Mission, Colonial.
Adams, Sheraton. etc, each containing
only one piano, TO match the particular style
az decoration of the room. This is being
done SO that q prospective purchaser may
see how the piano case viii match the
style OF decoration which he may want to
introduce IN his own home. These instru-
rrent. will always be ready for immediate
delivery BY the firm. instead Of having 70
he made 70 order, as IS usual where any
special design Of case is wanted The
rooms and planes VIII be designed by one
Of New Yorks foremost decorators and
vii each Of them be q work of art IN It's
particular style. II IS stated that one OF
these rooms 1in cost about $4,000 TO dec
orate.
The lease was negotiated BY II. L
Hess The building viii be finished about
Aprif /. 1911. Alfred L. Peck, president Of
the firm. stated TO a Tribune reporter yes
rerday that the dedication of this new piano
palace will take place about March next,
and that many Of the most prominent opera
Fingers have promised to be present and
lend their assistance TO make the coca sion
z memorable one
The firm OF Hardman. Peck & Co. was
established IN 1872 by Hugh Hardman- In
1873 the late leopold Peck entered the firm
Their present showrooms in this city are
located at No. 1sS Fifth avenue, near 18th
street, where they have been for nearly
thirty years. On account of the encroach-
-, Sc ra1Tsp : he
firm decided TO move. The firm is now
building enc of the largest piano manu-
featuring plants in this city. capable OF
turning out between eight and ten thousand
pianos year.
Haviland & Co are also going 70 movs
10 the Fifth avenue district They have
bought the premises No. IL East Seth street
and extending to No. 10 East S7th street
on the site they will erect building for
their own use. Frederick Fox & Co. were
the brokers in the deal.
Horace s. Ely & Co. sold for Sarah g.
HAYDEN TO Jacob Rothschiids No. loo Fifth
avenue q dwelling. on plot 36.2xS0 feet,
together with d stable in the rear, with
rights TO a 10-foot alley leading TO 18th
street AIR. Rothschild recently purchased
Nos. 102 and 104 and now controls the
block front, with the exception OF the 18th
street corner. The Hayden residence was
reid at $4,000.
Plans have been flied for a three story
brick garage, to be built at No. 404 TO 49S
Eleventh avenue. for Marion Post. owner,
~ cost Of $4,000. The building viii
lave a frontage of 74114 feet and depth
Of 125 feet. Frank L. Wallis is the archi-
1ec,
Plans have also been filed tor strengthen
ing the floors Of the five story light manu-
featuring building at the northeast corner
OF Tenth avenue and 24th street for George
Spencer, owner. The cost is estimated at
$4,000 by the architect, F. H. Rlute.
Plans have also been filed for making
over the four story brick tenement and
stable al Nos, $50 and $50 West 10th street
into q tenement with stores. at d cost of
$4,000, for Diedrich O Haaren. owner OF
record, and for preparing the two and four
story brick buildings at Nos. IS and 50
Beach street tor business purposes, at a
cost Of $4,000. Thomas Newbold is the
owner of record
a permit for razing the four and five
story buildings at Nos, II and 10 West 22d
street and Nos. % and so West Esd street
has been issued by the Buildings Saperin-
gendent TO the Thompson d Starrett Com
psny, 10 make way for the addition TO Stern
Brothers drygoods store on 25d street.