The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-07
B'WAY AND AID ST.
SITE FOR BROKAWS
rcnr, Phipp> to Build II story
store for Clothicrs on
RoSSmOrc Plot.
sS.oOo.OoO FOR 81 YEARS

,. ans, south Of Forty second
O'"''" ... o., tho crossing that
street 80, ,,a n,,b ~ ,ho
riry pe'r' 'E"N 70
inverse. Yesterday 'he ''o''''eiS S'oseu
.cgs, through william D. Eoome q Co.
,.. e.f, W, INNsIurg building Conn
.... s Ur1ry phpps, for an
.'lF ,..it.,.. which Az phinns
even '.. -, ., H. ,a,.
40 ,r'' '.. ''''' '' ''
lueu'rd '.ic o '.'''' '"', ,'v 100
si.lHJc ana 10. 'e U',i lno rio'e. Noss
NOR, l' ''1'N,l vi '", on bttHaw
rrn from ld' '."I.''S ,'''s '.'..L P'VI ~
i.tor place 'Ni ""I ~ 'av''ue 49,
1855 leaves '.' 49, ,,,,i,,,t, 49,
Van3natr 'NI '''' 49, y, ~
centre wa "''. ,,s H. H.,
10 sro's - . '''' '''
retailer "' u, ''' .t,..d ,.o.,ord,,.
Tne de' N'. -, - -, ,Sa,
fls been ..'.''. ,,.,..r,, -, a., ~ IN n,'
'''T ,,,. n.c.,,,h.r % N,
u9u0'.1 . Dbl. 49,. -,
when l''' '' .f,.,... D,or,, a 70
agreed i ~, ~. proi,,n,
''n'l ,n.. ,~,,crtv Tor tvy.ntv.
'rn .'s ' .. ,,-',.ii.go - tu-, re-
we N'".. '..., mn, rsntsi NJ 90
'V'''. '' ..I buiIdinv Tor the 0rst
'''' I,.. ror,,ls TO he based on
.-o'
~. tuN,Ir- ts expected To hs
,., '.....,,,.r,y bv January I. 1916.
80. .' ...,.,,,i has been selected vet
','...,l I.,..I. %, th, structure have
l.,,.r Tr, .iru,pir. viii be 100
..l ,.u have a ground floor
.,,..r f.et high. /, vii be in the
80, r,,.....,r., ,tyIe. with facade
t,I..., rr.-,. me- and show windows
a. ..,-. anal nrs' hoo~ merging into
..,,i,,,.y- I.pls. spaces. There will
.tr.... entrance from the subway, and
..,- ,p,.o. .r vIu %, rued with show
.,lo,s feature Of the structure viii
great central wei. from the floor
to,e ,l. street .o On, top floor 10 provide
s.nty og .nt and Nr Through the build
? on t.s --1uud floor will he a great
,Fr v.l .N's and entrances To both
Brc.Inay and seventh avenue sub
1vs
p-o,ap Bro. new building will have a
.orrI area Of about il,-50 square feet.
include. 1857 TO 1861 Broadway and
"a TO sos seventh Avenue II fronts
4 'set on Broadway beginning 5l feet
.o1th Of Fcrty-secord street, 100 feet on
seventh avenue aud has for a northerly
dimension 5a.il feet and a southorly line
- let feet
vben E-okau Bros. began business at
Mace and Fourth avenue the city
IA POPULATION Of only $50 0OO and was
,rl-,ely settled above Fourteenth street.
,.,o- ll,., WAS then far beyond the ac-
.y. r.,,n znu, the main shopping thor
..,~bfrrs h..rr Broadway from CITY Hall
MS t,r north AS Canal street.
IN, Rr,..,, ,.ure was one OF the first
- III. nr.,. retail stores To invade the
.,--i,or,. ~, f.,,. urtown. In the immediate
.i,Ity we're IN. fashionable Colonnade
.rsIt,gs ou r.,f,yette place. now I.afay-
80 s.,s.t A.. Astor Place Opera House,
,,,o,,, I-,,,.g the doors of which were
,,.r,d IN mo rubIic I'm Is5g. the seventh
po,iro.,, ,r,,n,', The Nstor Library and
,s, Mani. 4 ibrs,ry
L., $50 ,he nrop,ipent retail CON
- -, moving fnrther untown. In
h,, 80 =. stewart onened his new
..,rai,,, OIL, rro,Jus, Ninth and Tenth
.1,'9 - 49, Looked upon Az the
go, s-, .,,,,,s sr,noriup, in the world.
-. % ,T, nnighhorbood exneri-
,,..I Icon, 49, ., h,siness centre and
...5'..i,, - -, ,bo recognized re,aIl
-, TO- 'i.',tisrs ",a dry goods mer-
800 'V' 49,, 80 A.,or ,iscs vera the
80, III, RrooLs pros
w, , " -, Ior,,. Ntcc,resrv &.
10, ' 49,, ,..'.,,,.i,i. ~ 20 Iohn DANIELS
a 49, ,',,a,n,, poot pnhiisbinv House,