New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
PROMINENT OWNERS
TO IMPROVE SITES
Astor, Goelet and Boldt
Among Those Who Will
Build This Year.
go STRUCTURES
FOR THIS BOROUGH
New Projects, Including pan'
American States, wiz Cost
Si7,500,000.

plans have already been nled TINS
YEAR for the erection OF nun'0e' u
buildings which viii be emporium. a"
suions TO the notable Manhattan sVuV,.
ures. In this building movement ""'0"
viii result IN considerable changes III WY
.tx line IN we'll located sections. Vincent
As,or Robert w. 0oelet, Arthur {. James
soa george {. Boldt hgure prominently
S,rce January to date about sSe PRIV
Its have been perfected for sites on MAN
not,sr Island. the total cost exciuohs
,ns pan-Amerscan states BUILDING oehs
ano,, "a coo. GOO. Adding the estimated
cost Of the Pan-Ameriosn states hu',u',e'
which is si2,soo,eOo. the total sum W :.
snsnt ON new buildings projected IN inc
L., ,bree months and a half is about Si'-
soe eoa an amount many millions more
,hap the sum planned 20 be spent IN 'he
corresponding period last year
Several Of the buildings, however q
notable height and large cost TOT Wn'N"
nlsns have been drawn in the last &c"
,nonths and filed. are not TO be ouit vi
,hA pesr future. The plans we're drawn
and recorded so that the owners OF 'he
Mot could erect large skysorSpers on 'h.'.
sites after the act regulating the he'sh'
OF buildings went into effect
The American Express Compsny's prop
osi,ion comes under this class. lAS
company has filed drawings by kenNic''
Aspinwal & Tucker. architects for
thirty-two story building, with front
srs ~ % feet end depth Of N9 ieet
Gov the prenlses at 6S-65 BroacWaE'
The buildin., is to cost sl.sco,ooo. The
cor,nanv has no intention of putting TINS
project into effect at the present u'ne'
II FLED the plans TO safeguard its prop
ertv interests As the bill limiting 'hs
height Of buildings will not be retro
active il will be possible 70 put up 'a's
building some years hence.
Vincent Aston has so far this year con
trscted 10 spend over $4,000 In puttlhe
m a twelve-story store and ONCE ouiiu-
,,g a, 70 l6 West SD ST. The site to be
improved has a frontage Of about no feet
and 2 depth OF IS feet. This building VIII
be put I'D from plans by Herman L.
Naeder. architect
Robert W. Goelet has planned 10 Speho
this YEAR about $4,000 in improving two
Manhattan sites which ne owns. At the
southwest corner Of Goth st and Broad
WAY he Is 10 build a $4,000 theatre store
and dance hall from plans by Thomas W.
Lamb. The building will be two stores
high and will have q frontage on Broad
vav OF IS feet and a depth Of iS2 feet.
on the premises 4O2 and 400 Fifth ave-
southwest corner OF S7th St. Mr.. Goetlet
IS to spend $25O.co according 10 the esti-
mate made BY Warren & Wetmore. srchi-
tects. in building an eight story loft and
store structure. The corner store Is 10 be
occupied by Mark Cross on q long term
lease.
or course the most notable structure
planned so far this year for Manhattan
site is the Pan-Americsn States Building
which IS 20 occupy the entire block
bounded by Broadway, 9th and 5Stn
SITS. and Eighth ave. This great structure
Of fifty-one stories is to be built by the
Pan-American States Association, OF
which Hudson Maxim is the president, at
a cost Of $4,000, 900. The plans were filed
early this year by Kimbal Roosa'
architects.
cost $4,000 or more are as follows;
eO-storv store and loft. 115X9S feet, at IS 10 As
East 2lst ST. by the Aeon Realty Company
tSumner Gerard. PRESIDENT. from plans by
Walter Haefeh -.fe1VVv W
l0-sfory apartment house SsXll2 feet, al 80
Riverside Drive. by the Strathcona Constroc-
ton Company from plans by George a Ed-
ward Blum architects. ..-...-. 90. scvOVVy
I0-story store and loft. lG5xlsl feet AZ ana
East llst ST. by the Oceanic Investing Com
pany albert Y ThOrne. PRESIDENT. from
plans by Townsend. Steinle & Haskell aren't
1storv dwelling house il0xe0 feet. at 81 TO A
East 6sth 81. rs Arthur G. James ron on
plans by Allen g. Collins soJo'V0o
-Four 5-story hathouses, on the west sac VI
Northern ave. between listh ana leoth sts :
H0xS5 feet each. by the Haven Constuctioh
Company, from plans by George Fred Felcc
ham Observation-Disclosures. 4olo, W.
ie-story store. 1o4xSS feet. l4s to iOI Mes'
sith st.. by the Brolux Corporation Louis y;
STAR, PRESIDENT from plans by george , ~ ~
ic-story store and loft. 5oN9s feet. az and
East 9th St, by George {. Boldt' from piaI an
by Charles II. Caldwell................ sSV1' W.
12-story store and loft eSzse Iset 60. % 90
poration George Backer, PRESIDENT Sidts 20 q
Coodwille architects .............. No'' ~
6-story converter station. O0Aso teet, ~ 10
III West 18th St.. by the New YORK iSulsoi
Cornuanv (Nicholas r Brady. presidenO
from plans by william Weissenberser; ~ dc,
architect .S-YV w
5-story clubhouse. s3x75 feet. at Fast ga 81.
by the KnickerbOcker club tEdseTtOh IL
Winthrop. PRESIDENT. from plans by pei ndn-
& Aldrick. architects - -, 80 AZ;
le-story store ONCE and loft. 5bXl1o ieet, ht ~
Broadway. by the Canal Street Building CoI-
poration Edwin A. McAipin, presidenO, tr3ti
plans BY Jardine, Hill Murdock' , sLSi ~,
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