New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
Tenement House Building
in Borough OF the Bronx
NEW HOUSES NEAR POE PARK.

district Of The Bronx was heavily
wooded section and was almost desola's
OF houses The few that were thorc then
were Old.
This part OF the city vividly reflects the
result OF well directed building operations
I'm Response TO stronS demand for 4
modern housing.
TO-DAY this zone is one Of the most viz.
orous apartment house areas OF the boz
ou-h north OF Manhattan. and some of
the apartment houses are tho cosuic1t
structures of their Kind bon Tho Er"nN.
Lately there seems TO bc a marked revival
OF building I'm this part OF the city
on tho westerly side cf Kelly street
south Of i6Jth street. a s2iono nathousc is
to be put up BY the Kc1tert Construction
Company from plans 10y Moore & Land
siedol Thc plot 20 be improved is within
block Of the subway station and near
tho Hunts Point station of the NcN YORK.
Westchcster & Boston Railroad
Another important building operation IN
tho Hunts Point section will be q $500
project. which nill result m the improve
mcnt OF a plot on Home street near
Simpson street by the same COMPANY
from plans by The same architects
Aldus street. one OF tho finest located
thoroughfarcs or The Bronx, il 20 hav"
It's building lines changed by the addition
Of q row Of hve story hathouscs, costing
all told $1,000 The plot IS a block front
tetweon Failes street and Bryant avenue.
The NJ. J. f.. Construction Company viii
be the owner and the Kreymborg ArcIi-
tcctural Company architects.
4 $500 operation calls Tor the crcc-
ton Of Eve story GathnUse on the east
crly side of ste5bins avenue south OF
l65th street It will bc built FOR Michael
Giuto
I'm The Mclrose section tho Moorehead
Realty and Construction Compan, 20
inc TO invest $1,000 in two I've story hat-
houses. The buildings VIII be in l6Sth
street. cast OF Forest avenue. The plans
have been drawn and iled by Edward }
Byrne
Marecrlta Galotta IS Goins to put up
FIVE story nathouse on the casicrly sidc
Of Belmont avenue, north Of lSlst street.
lust south Of the property n Cruioha
Park and Just northeast Bronx PaTk
ON the westerly side Of Southern Bouie-
V. I'd. north Of l76th street. the j. J'
Dv,er Building Company is going to
invest nearly 10000 In two fiathpnSes'
ono mouse will cost $1,000 and the other
s-gnO The plans 70. both houses nave
bcer made by the Kreymborg Archi-
tcctural Company The premises 10 %
improved are midwa1- between 'rotoha
and Bronx parks.
still another building operation near
crotona Park will result in the improve
nent of the northwest corner Of u''h
street and Stebbins avenue with q ro" "i
four six story hatnouscs. at cost OF
,q.oO O0O Bernhard Mayer will be the
owner and Charles l. Meyers the archi-
tect.
Al the southca-t corner Of Arthur ave-
n,e and 18th street three fve story 0rich
eatbouscs are to be put up for William L
Rereen. from plans by Charles ;. ClaIA'
rho property is just cast OF the Bronx
Borough Hail. 1T is IN the very cthu'
81 old fremont village. There have been
so many changes within the last twenty
wears in this section of The Bronx thal
il is a difficult task for the majority oi
pcrsous who have fair knowledge oi 'he
growth OF the district 10 point OUT 'hc o'u
village boundary lines II is not so many
wears ago that the entire Bronx wa"
cor,rosed of series of little settlement
toined together by broad public highways
IKE the Boston Post Road and west
chester avenue.
An $500 investment in the fremont
district will be the building OF two hNe
story fathousos at the southeast corner
OF Belmont avenue and lsist street. Moore
g. Landsiedel are the architects OF the
structures. and the Crownhll Construc-
tion Company the owners. On an a"Jo'"
ing plot the same company VIII spend
SO 900 more in putting up hNe s'o'S
fathouse by the same architects
At the northwest corner OF southern
Boulevard and l73d street. which Is part
Of one Of the most rapidly growing sec
tions of tho fremont district he .Irask
Building Company will spend A5'ooo on
FIVE story Hathouse. This corner to De mn