The New York herald., 1921-10-02


ing, for instance. which now is one OF
the show structures of lower Broadway
Is Increased from S4.100, 900 to $11.O00.-
600. The new Knickerbocker CONNER
cial Building. at Broadway and Forty
second street, Is rated at $4,000. 900
whereas the assessment on the ole
hnickerbocker Hotel was S4.100.000.
The addition to the New York Stock
Exchange Building at Wall and Broad
streets increases it's value in the eyes
OF the tax assessors from S9.s00.000 10
Sfo.s00.000. The home of the American
surety Company has its figure in
creased from $i60o.0 .0o0 to $4,000. and
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Building is raised from sl1500O0o TO
sl2.500,c00.
OF the prominent hotels, the Pennsyl-
vslnia is listed at s11.00O.000. which is
an increase of 100000 for the year.
Due probably TO extensive alterations
on its Broadway front, converting II
into stores. the Astor is jumped from
$500, 900 to $710O,0o0. The Ambassador
rises from S3,OOo,0Oo TO s4,20Oo0o.
Important Changes Made.
Among commercial buildings other
Important changes are these:
Washington Building, from $500, coo
TO s3.6o0.000; Standard Oil Building. 26
Broadway, s4,100.OOo 20 s4.525.G0o; Sea-
beard National. 81, $4,000 to $1,000, coo; +;
National Park Bank, $1,000 900 to $780,
0ce. Metropolitan Life Annex, s1,5Oo,0O0
to s2,SS0.000; Textile Building, s2,025.0oo
10 $5.450,O00; Exhibition Building, $780,
600 to S2.l50000: Wurltzer Building,
81. 10000 TO S2.400.000; Gotham Building,
sS75.0oO to S1,659,00o; Loew Building.
$4,000 to s4,l06000; Strauss Building,
s2.250,oo0 to s4.35O.00o; Borden Building,
s65o,0oO to $2,Soo00o: Canadian Pacific,
s.. 600 to 5000, 900; Heckscher Building.
s2,S5o,000 to s5.725. 900; Gliding Building.
ssi5.0OO to s1.150.00O; Penn Terminal
Building, S1,400,0o0 to s2.540,0O0, and Gar
ment Centre Building, sl.745.0o0 to
$S.215. 900.
Heavily assessed commercial buildings
upon which figures remain substantially
unchanged from those of 1921 are ::
Whitehall Building, $s,100.0oO; Adams
Express, $S,000,O00 American Express,
$4.400,000; Empire Building. s4.s0o. 900 !;
Exchange Court Building, $4,000. 600 !;
AZ Broadway, $4.375. 600; / Wall street,
sl,050, 900; Commercial Cable Building
SO, 600. 900; "a Broad street, $500, 600 ::
80 Broad street. $2.450.000; Broad-Ex-
change Building. s6,000.00O Mills Build
ing, S5.000.t00: ]. P. Morgan Building,
COO; 60 Wall street S2,500.0 900; so
Maiden lane. S4,SO0,O0O; Mechanics and
Metals Bank. $3.400,0o0; Mutual Life
Insurance Building, $40. 100000; Han
over National Bank, s4.S00. 900; Bankers
Trust Company. $1,000. 900.
Also the Equitable Building, $50, ,000,-
600: Guaranty Trust Company, $685.
000.; Nationa. Bank of Commerce,
$5,700,000; Ill Broadway, $1,000. 900 !;
lis Broadway. s6,000.oo0; 2 Rector
street, s3.7o0,000; 80 Church street.
sS.25o.ooo; so Church street. $500, 900 !;
1866 Broadway. $S,650.000; Singer Build
ing, $S,200,000. Liberty Tower. $2,O50.-
O00; Woolworth Building. $12,50o, 900 !;
$50 Broadway, $4,000, ,000 Tribune
Building. $2.150,000; World Building
$2,975. 900; Msrbridge Building, $4,S25,-
600; Emigran. Bank Building. $685.
600; Consolidated Gas Company, $780,
600; Flatiron Building. $2.o25,0 900; Met
ropolitan Life Insurance, $13,250, 900 !;
Longacre Building. S3.100.000; Brokaw
Building. $2,30J,000; Putnam Building
s3,S00.000; Ideal Investing Company,
$2.160.00o; Aeolian Hall. $2.450, 600 !;
Carbon and Carbide Building, $4,000, 900 !;
Lincoln Safe Deposit, $4,000, 900; Van
derbilt Building, s1,S70,000; Vanderbilt
Concourse. sI,o00,000.
Following are some of the leading
hotel assessments in which there has
been little change or none since 1921
figures:
Astor. s7.7oo.oOo; waldorf $4,525.-
900; Biltmore, s9.500,000: McAlpin, $9,-
$4,000; Plaza, S,25o.oO0; Commodore,
9,500.000; Ritz-Carlton. $5,s50.O00 :;
Claridge. S2,s00.00 Majestic, $2.225.-
o0o; Ansonia. s4.5oo.000; McAlpin
Annex, $1.14O.ooo; Breslin. s1,625. 900 !;
Imperial. s1.935.00 Martinique Annex
s1.92o.o00; Gotham. s2.9O0.ooo /; Belmont,
s5.p00.0o0; St Regis, s2.s5o,Oo st.
ANDREW. $1,000. 600; Chatham, s1,350.-
oo0; Wallack, $1,70o.000; Continental,
s1;475. 200. Bristol. s1.O25,00o Great
Northern. $1,20o,0o0; Woodstock. ST.
100000. and Marie Antoinette. $1,000
900.
Coming to theatre and amusement
buildings. little change is found since
last years valuations except in the case
of the Loew Building, already noted.
Structures of this character which are
assessed at s1.000.000 or more, and upon
which former figures remain substan-
tia.Iy unchanged include:
Capitol, s2,500.000; Century, $1,000
900; Cohan, s2.7o0 900; Rialto, s2.05O,-
600; Strand. s2,900.00o; Carnegie Hall.
$3.50, 600. Gaiety, s1,55O.000; Winter
'rsIucH. Sl,fio.Vuv, ASlOT, ~l,1Vu,UVU,
1siyoli. $3.50. 900; Metropolitan Opera
House. $3.S00.000; Times and Apollo.
81. 900; Lincoln Square, s1.100.000
Booth and Shutert. s1.000,000: New Am
sterdam. s1.100.0o0; Columbia, s1,2oo,-
600. and Palace, $1.300.000.
IN valuations placed upon leading club
house properties no changes from the
old figures are noted. Some of the un-
assessments are: University
club, s3,500,00 Metropolitan. $2.200,-
oop; Union League. s1,s50.000; Union.
81 800. 900; Racquet and Tennis, s1,7o0,-
D0t; Yale. 1.400. 900; harvard, $780,
600: Knickerbocker. s1.o00.oo0; Bar
a ASSOCIATION. s775,000: Colony. ss75. 1000:
s550.000; Harmony. $780,
900. and New York Yacht Club. s4so.-
600.
Department store Figures.
Figures for most of the large depart
fnent stores show little or no changes
from those OF 1921.
Several notable accessions to the city's
large apartment houses have been made
during the twelvemonth. The valuation
on the building at 800 Park avenue is in
creased from s1.150.000 to s4,e25,o 900.
on the operation at 80 Fifth avenue
there is jump from sS10, 900 to $2.400,-
900.
Among apartment houses In the mill
Son dollar class or higher on which the
taxation figures remain unchanged are
Belnord, $4,000. 900; Astor Court, S2.-
bS5. 1000: $50 Fifth avenue, $500, 900
a07 Fifth avenue. s2.1000O0: HendriclS
Hudson, sf.150. 900; DE Soto. $1,175. 900