New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-12
SQUASH COURTS
ON I'D FLOOR
To Be Feature of August
Heckscher's Office Build
ing in AID Street.
TOWER PROMENADES
ALSO FOR TENANTS
Similar but Smaller Structures
viii Also Be Erected at 57th
Street and 9Th Avenue.

When the tenants of the twenty-five
story Office skyscraper being built at
the southeast corner of 42d ST. and
Madi son av desire to exercise they will
be able to do so by going TO the TWEEN
ty-thiTd floor, where they will find n
large squash court. Adjoining the
court will be shower baths, alsj COR
tenants. Moreover there will be access
to two tower promenades. and these
and the peak of the tower will be cleo
trically Illuminated.
chitectural firm OF Jardine. Hill & Muir
dock. will embody the ideas of August
Heckscher as to how an Office building
should be designed to insure permanent
outside light and air for all Offices and
in no way injure the air and light ia
clities of neighboring structures.
Two other Office and loft skyscrapers
now IN course of construction in mid
town will contain recreation places on
the roof for all tenants. whether en-
Lloyer or worker.
Heckscher intends to replace avent-
ually the taxpayer on the site of the old
home Of the late William c. Whitney,
at the southwest corner Of 9th st.
and Fifth av., with similar but
smaller building than the AID st. one.
He bought the 57th st. property several
years ago from Harry Payne Whitney.
ut will be a boon to New York" SAYS
Mr. Heckscher. "If owners Of high
buildings in future, setting back from
their property lines. will built or com
bine to build in such manner that each
high building shall be wholly self-con-
tanned, light secured from the outside
on each facade, and no encroachment
made on the light of neighboring own
Crs."
The work of clearing the 42d st. site
for the proposed twenty-five story of
fee building is well under way. The
building is expected to be ready for
occupancy next May |.
Mr.. Heckscher purchased more thar
two years ago the properties at 309 to
3l3 Madison av. More recently he OBJ
tanned lOng-term leases of the corner
premises at 315 Madison av. and "A to
"a East 42d ST.. which extends in an
a. to the east of his fee. and of the
plot to the south. 307 Madison av. A
central building twenty-five stories
high, eliminating in a tower. will stand
on the plot that Mr.. Heckscher owns in
fee. On the leaseholds there will be
q five story building, taking in the en-
tire frontage, but reaching back in
such way as to leave open light on
all four sides above the first floor
Each floor will have open light on -four
aides, the setback on Add st. affordinG
the equivalent to street 1875 fee
wide The stores and mezzanine 400
will have front and skylight case
ments.
The design of the building is Italian
/ Renaissance. The facade of the frs
/ five stories will be of white marble
The shaft rising above them will be o
| light brick. with ornamental terra cotti
treatment of the cornices and pilastel
treatment of the upper three stories
and surmounting tower
By this plan the tower will be free
and unobstructed without fear of the
, encroachment OF neighbors and with
out encroaching on them. All the of
fees will be shallow and generously
provided with windows. Five high
speed elevators will be installed. The
street floor and basement will be given
over to stores, with a subway connec-
ton through the main entrance. Mr..
! Heckscher's own Offices will occupy the
, two TOP stories of the main building.