New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

Builders OF apartment and fiat houses ci
the best type have fled this season plans
for moro than thirty structures TO occupy
sites in the West Side north of Columbus
circle or for plots fronting in Park avenue
This construction work, together with the
Improvement OF lots in the central retail
loft and shopping zones, forms the principal
building projects since the close of the
summer period.
For this group OF apartment and nat
houses $4,000 win be spent
OF that sum Sl.SSO.Oo0 will represent the
cost Of West End avenue projects, s,l76.
coo for proposed Riverside Drive apartment
houses and $4,000 will be invested ir
Park avenue In those three divisions OF
the rortherly residential sections the most
important building enterprises will be car
RED out
Many more millions are to be used this
year for similar work, but as the plans TOT
those operations are yet uncompleted they
have not been presented 10 the Bureau OF
Building for approval. II is thought tha'
the total approximate cost OF this class oil
structures so far contemplated VIII be
" near5g 100000. The proposed twelve
story apartiifAssA house TO be erected az the
ncr.heast corner of 54th street and PARK
avenue by a new stock company will cost
about a million, and Will be from plans by
Cross & Cross architects. who an ,husily
engaged on the designs. And for large
plots on Washington Heights quite num-
Der OF important plans have not yet been
fled. The Munden Construction Company
recently bought the site l47x10o feet at the
80 So nd
avenue. II will build there three five-story
apartment houses. The plot TO he improved
IS at the west end Of the holdings formerly
owned by the Fort Washington Syndicate.
which were disposed Of at public auction
several years ago.
When these tasks are completed Riverside
Drive will have two more modern apart
ment houses One is TO be erected on a
plot 751x1s44 feet, at the north corner of
Hath street. at a cost Of sl.Ooo.0oO. by the
Riverside Drive Realty Company, from
plans by G. Ajello. The other one will
occupy a plot at the southeast corner OF
15lst street and Riverside Drive 1t will be
put up by the w. Axelrod Realty Com
pany from plans by George F. Pelham.
The designs call for a six story structure
with frontage OF 1889 feet and depth OF
il91 feet. The estimated cost is sl75.0Oo.
West End Avenue Activity.
The West End avenue houses will cost
$4,000, SS50,O0O $25OoO and $4,000, respec-
lively The proposed $4,000 structure will
be six stories. and will stand on the prem
ises No. IA to 751. This improvement will
be carried out iby the No. 749 West End
Company. Rouse & Goldstone, who are the
architects OF many new and splendid In
come properties in this class. have drawn
the plans. There is a quick market for
APARTMENT houses I'm this part OF the city,
and II would surprise no one who is con-
versant with realty affairs II the house was
sold from the plans TO an investor before
the foundation work was well under way.
The Cambridge Construction Company
will put I'D the $4,000 building. which is 10
occupy the premises at the southwest cor
ner OF 18th street and West End avenue.
The dimensions of the structure viii be
75xsO feet. The plans have been drawn by
Schwartz & Gross. whose apartment house
creations IN the great West Side and in
other sections Of the city where the high
est class of residential building is prohtably
maintained are many and notable archi-
tectural adornments.
In improving the premises No. 4S6 west
End avenue with s525,OoO brick and stone
epartment house Of twelve stories the S6th
Street and West End Avenue Company VIII
be busy for some months. The plans for
this most suitable addition TO the apart
ment house colony Of the section were re-
Gently fled by Mulliken q Moeller' aren't
tects. Harry 3. Mulliken is president and
Frederick c. Kronmeyer secretary OF the
building concern.
Two blocks north, at the southeast corner
Of ssth street. is where Henry Schiff is TO
erect a $4,000 twelve story house from
MANS nv Schwartz & Gross That building
Will have a frontage of 1911 feet on the
avenue and a depth of 1908 feet
Parl, avenue is a veritable mecca for
builders Of big apartment and fiat houses
The width Of this attractive residential
avenue is one Of the principal reasons that
such structures of large proportions are
excellent income producers there. Fe"
other avenues are as suitable for this class
cf structures.
ON the premises Nos. 3S3 TO 3S7 Park ave
rrc the Montana Realty Company OIL
which r. c. Potter is president and WI!
lam n. Chesebrough is secretary, VIII cree
,e-noo3 apartment house. 751X69s feet
from designs by Albert Joseph BodkeH
And n the northeast corner of SD stree
and Park avenue will rise a twelve-story
brick apartment house l39 Sx9O feet 1t VII
cost $4,000 according TO the estimate hie1
bv Pickering & Walker, architects. Inc
house will be built and owned by the So'
Park Avenue Company.
Another Park avenue apartment mouse
Droiect has been launched by the 52l PARK
Avenue Company for the premises NO
f.r The house will be 60x9O.5 feet twelve
stories. and will be principally Of stone
and brick. william A. Boring has placed
the cost at $4,000. For the erection Of
an eight-story brick and stone house 9IA
SO feet on the southerly side OF 4otf
-.-.a. tn- aoot "a N of PARK avenue. Furge-