Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-07
HARRISBURG IS
BOOSTING ALONG.
A. c. Yotg, Realty Expert,
Shows NV "City Beautiful"
Ideas Working Out

Gradualut certain evolution of the
section othe Seventh Ward lying
north of err street and east of the
Pennsyluia railroad. from rather
congeste tenement district to a big
ger, broer and more progressive ne
gro resfnt section, is one of a num-
ber of rnarkable steps forward which
IIarrisrg has taken in a realty de-
velopnnt way.
This only one of the component
parts the big problem of 'the city
beaut.l" idea which is being worked
accorng to A. c. Young, one of the
city'seading real estate dealers.
tt various projects mean the ex-
pen .ure of hundreds of thousands
\, of dlars so that If an outlay of real
nofy is at all indicative of the real
iza,n of the city's big scheme for a
! bier, broader Harrisburg. than the
p;. year has done wonders toward
rehing the solution.
| Other Developments
in addition to the developments in
nat was once known as Sibletown,
Ilese other improvements have been
ompleted, are planned or are under
way.
I Remarkable development of Cam
eron street from Steelton to Maclay
street expansion of the business sec
tion at Third and Verbeke streets;
building operations along Linglestown
trolley line; Harrisburg academy's new
dormitory; Cumberland Valley rail-
road bridge and subways; post office
building annex; storage warehouse
on, South Tenth street; development Of
section between city and Penbrook.
erection of Keystone bank building,
Third and Calder; erection of Hursh's
new garage at Court and Cranberry
streets; remodeling of 204 Locust
street: erection of Minter apartment
house on Second street near North.
The Keystone Motor Car Company
is erecting new building on Cameron
street ne al Market while the City Star
I.aundry's new plant at Sixth AMI
Boas streets is we'll under way.
Changing Residential District
The gradual changing of the o'1
residential district on North Second
street between Market and State is
another notable feature of the citys
development Many an old residence
is being converted into a store or office
building. Bellevue park and other out
lying districts are being gradually
built UP in a residential way. however.
and the removal of the old home por-
ton on Second street can readily he
measured by the increasing number
OF homes in the outlying sections.
new houses are going up on SIKH
street above Reels lane, on Derry
and other cross streets beyond Twenty
first, or Front street above Maclay, on
Chestnut street and Bellevue road,
and out toward the State Arsenal.
Additional street paving and more
electric lights in the Bellevue section
are later improvements.
Some Building Operations
Among the other big building oper-
atoms are:
New apartment house on Second
street, north of North, being built by
]. Hervey Patton; new dwelling OF
Charles H. Bergner, corner Front and
Delaware; new business building OF
c. Ross Boas. Second and Market
Square,; Vanderloo apartments, %
South Front street new fronts on
Market street stores. new houses and
store room on Lucknow road near
Rockville trolley lines; new garage ot
Davis and FIargest on Muench near
Third street.
The biggest improvement which will
affect the city as the heart of distri-
BUTTON" however, is the $325,00C
warehouse and freight station build.
ings which are now being constructed
by the Pennsylvania railroad in South
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