New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

The recent fling Of plans for the
Hiding o. twelve story apartment
.,u,s at the southeast corner of
ashty-rinth Street and Broadway by
4, West side Construction Company
.ss again calls attention TO the fact
IA. Broadway. iu the upper sections.
sstin able to captivatc and to cnthrall
p.salatiyo builders, Notwithstanding
4. unfavorablc realty conditions.
Es only eleven years since the
srsdvay subway was opened, and in
ar short period Of zine many vast
,ssrres have taken place on Broadway.
,racularly iu the upper home and
i-ssement centres Of the thorough
Ire But tie Importance and the gen
nj effect Of these changes on the resi-
initial and business character Of the
sghvsy have escaped the notice OF
rry residents Of tho district because
a,y have been daily witnesses of the
..liing activity, and the constant re
-irder Of construction energy dulled
ssir perccptiyc powers. There IS an
d real estate saying, which contains
-sre than a grain of truth. and 1t IS
hat more strangers, or out-ot-toNh
'Sk can see realty opportunities H
lis city than the towns speople. New
lolkers, as g rule, are 50 cngrosscd IN
heir own duties that it frequently
,sppens that they learn many start
lng facts about the old and new land
rsfks In their section from visitors
ron the suburbs and other places.
tyea many property owners no
1-ger active in the buying market
l'e often totally ignorant Of stupen-
DN building improvements m sec
ions Of which they are Landlords.
4 70 1901, when the Broadway subway
1 Val opened, there were TO large OF
! riyic amusement centres along
1 Broadway north of Sherman Square.
c-jay the.c NOT ono but numerous
a'' centres. As there were some
''g prepOssCs apartment house
res north OF Seventy y-SeCOnd street
me years before the running of sun
~ trains, it ls the growth OF these
| Nusement centres in this northerly
ar Of the great thoroughfare that Is
niadered by many builders and other
aliy exper, % be the predOmlnatlng
a'ure Of tho building changes that
ave occurred there i'm about tho last
years. All these centres have
n bright future. and several look as
hey may be developed into unusaliy
age playhouse sections IN the next
VI moro wears
Sanish, however, tho thought Of
'en ever being troublesome cOmpctl-
r Of the Great White Way section of
tlhattan. Al stated times one hears
e' Of prophetic talk IN realty circles
',i'a raises false hope among owners
1 I hortherly property, who have long
/ 1sgmed that possibly some day IN
sI lifetime the theatrical hub Of the
4 ~ vii be many miles north of Forty
H0ld Street aud Broadway. Some
sc pictured this centre on Washing
a ~ Heights; others of less hopeful
80 imaginative nature have placed the
s.s.sement huh no further north than
IN Street. Forty-second Street and
s.'a0Way owners need not worry about
se prophetic visions of the amuse-
c.l1 centre being moved so far up
M as 10 be almost on the verge Of
,Sag of Of old New York into the
'SyNtfly Bronx section.
4 gpaen the Pennsylvania station in
SasI'an is not at Thlrty-thlrd
~ and Seventh Avenue, and the
40 ~s5o Central Terminal is a bygone
s.hg feature IN Forty Street,
49, ana not till then, will the Forty
,,..su street amusement hub cease at
ing people as it whirls around,
new hub will have 10 be created
uost suitable place 70 the times.
Il sr11VaaWay has just emerged from a
Il ing age of motion picture houses.
M. % gone through this period in a
4 s,, satisfactory manner. The motion
,v and vaudeville houses that
sG. oeen erected brighten up the
eng lace Of their neighborhoods,
q, tav ty therefore worthy additions TO
Ghu!lalng fame of upper Broadway.
,sS's ,sI' nye years ago motion picture
s,1 ouiidlng struck the upper Broad
ssisS why, two years ago II
so,,o. As II there would be so many
an ~ a. picture houses on the thorough
4 a., W playing peekaboo from a van
s,sbvF FSA' around the corner at pass
osns,,' VI Broadway that half Of the
NsnsS ana lessees of the houses
as,,osb ooomed TO meet with dire ca
3os .s night from the start. Just ia
'ess Wv, NV near this conjecture came
ss.tLsue, It is only necessary 20 say
ssu.ss.' majority of the motion picture
svsdsa e st not only paying, but are
tss almost nightly. And this &C.
I posing ssaehs to result in another i'm
II n Vp Of similar amusement cen
esle in soh picture and vaudeville
~ss, TO- upper Broadway is most vel