New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30
Many Succeed in Filing
Plans Before Measure
Became Effective.

Thirteen buildings, plans for which
were filed with the Building Depart
ment on Monday and Tuesday last, be-
fore the new law regulating the heights
of buildings, went into effect, will cost
81 100000 or more each TO erect.
The largest operation of these in the
amount of cost is the improvement
planned for the Park Avenue front, be-
tween 40th and 4lst streets, with
thirty-two story Office, warehouse and
hotel. 1t will be put up at cost OF
S4,700,000. The tallest structure
among the plans is thirty-nine story
hotel for the southwest corner OF
Broadway and 48th St, costing $780,
600. A twelve story apartment IS
planned for the block bounded by Lex
ington and Park avenues, 47th and 4oth
streets, by the New York Harlem
Railroad Company, costing S2,5OO,OOO,
while another of the same height and
costing the same amount will be built
by the New York Central Railroad on
the block bounded by Park and Lexing
ton avenues, 47th to 4Sth streets.
Plans for forty new structures,
costing 100000 or more each to build,
were filed on Monday and Tuesday, rep
resenting a total expenditure of $685.
ISL 900 to erect. Fifteen are for bust
ness buildings of sixteen stories each,
and eight for twelve story buildings.
OF these four are apartments, three
business buildings, and the other
hotel. The other plans were for three
twenty-seven story Office buildings,
three thirteen story apartment houses,
two nine story apartment houses, a.
fourteen story apartment house and
three business buildings of fifteen,
seventeen and eighteen stories.
Plans were filed by August Heckscher
for a twenty-five story hotel, on the
site of the Tiffany Studio building,
formerly the Knickerbocker and Man
haitian Athletic Club house, at the
southeast corner of Madison av. and
45th st. The new structure is esti-
mated by the architects, Warren e.
Wetmore, to cost Sl,000,000
Plans for buildings costing 100000
or more filed on Monday and Tuesday
last, before the new law went into eff
feet, follow:
BROADWAY. " cor 4s,h S. FOR 30 story
hotel 5lTI2s4: sas Really Co. So Nassau an 81 q
BR6ADWAY aSi to EOS and Fulton 81. and
lsS. for a y story store AID Offices. 81 irreg
1883: le5 Broadway Corp 1875 Broadway. owner
BROADWAY and I7ist St. n cor. bricE iene-
ment stories. 100 61l22 H. 80 families Gross q
Herbeter 55s W l5sth ST. owners: Neville Bsgge.
BROAD ST. " s, whole front bctyeen Pearl and
Water SIS. for l6 story telephone exchange. y Y
Telephone Co Is Dey 81. owner. Mckenzie Noor-
bees & Cemelin architects 81 200 900
DEY ST u cor Church st. for 81 story store
and ofeces. 81 SIl675 1875 Broadway Corp. owner:
W W Bosworh architect. .......: 81 200. 900
FULTON ST. e cor Church 81, for a q story
store and Offices. 1Slxl37 2: Jacobs et al 42S an
av. owner. W w Bosworth. 527 9th aL. archi,
WILLIAM ST. ito 10 IFS 20 story building
50 and l2i 4Xl0o. II and l25 n. brick and stone
William Street Corporation. 95 William So owner.
II Randolph anderson PRESIDENT Frank II Quimby
24TH ST. ia to le4 E. and 23d d ii9 + Tor a
u story light manufacturing. 2s6IeS 9t25xsS (:
leicestershire Realty Co. Wall 81 owner. II y
aSTH ST. 2it 10 2Is W. for IL story store and
lofts. 5Ox9ss. Midtown Holding Corp owner:
Neville & Bagge architects. ........... $3.50. 900
slTH ST. 256 10 266 and $50 81. 255 70 265 w.
for 10 story store and offices. lo0rls76; Chelsea
Exchange Bank. 26s w S4th st. owner; / LaIkln
S,TH ST 224 and 22s W. for a II story store. Of
fees and lofts. 47I9s9 22i West san Street GO. 30
42d ST. owner: L l. Larldn. architect. .s3so,00o
offces lS4xes Q. fih Az Associated. Inc IFS Broad
way. owner; l. Larkin. architect .... $3.50. 900
86T1I ST. 2s4 10 23s W. for lG sbory store and
lofts 80 2Y9lS: Seth street Co. us 9Th ay. owner;
s6TH ST. d S. "a 4 W Of 9Th az. for 10 story
store and lofts 4Sx9s Q: Julius Tshman d Son.
Inc IS l4h st. owner Schwartz Gross arsh Ut
tects S&3O OVV
oface building. 81 61Sl 3. Midtown Holding Cop
9O7 Broadway. owner. Neville & Bsssc. los W ioth
ST. sri SIi sT 7. and il W for is story brick and