The New York herald., 1922-07-30
BUILDERS BUSY ALL
OVER FOREST HILLS
New Bank, a Theater and
Many Residences on Both
Sides Of Track.

A twelve minute ride from the Penn
sylvania station In Manhattan brings the
home hunter to Forest Hills, l.. L., one
of the choicest residential developments
In the metropolitan area, which Is build
ing up, rapidly with dwellings of the
better class. George G. Meyer or tne
Cord Meyer Development Company
which was tho pioneer In op9Ning up
the village for residences, says that MS
company is selling houses all the time
and contemplates erecting during the
coming year an unusual apartment house
on the plot bounded by Queens boulevard,
! Continental avenue and Windsor place.
1--WE try to keep ten houses under con-
struction continuously. When we sen a
house we start work on another. we
dispose of about thirty dwellings In a
wear. Forest Hills keeps moving. new
nublic garage is going up and a. moving
plcture -theater, planned by Kennth II.
Nurchison, Is being built on Con-
tinental avenue, our business street. LOT
the Sheers Amusement Enterprise. IL
will be opened in the autumn. On tne
southwest corner of Queens boulevard
and Continental avenue q new spar.-
ment house to contain stores IL peins
built. Stores arc in great demand out
here. v'
zone OF our customs Is tolbuiid new
street annually, which means a distance
| of about five blocks. Speaking OF streets
| one Of the greatest needs OF this secuon
| "a the widening Of Queens boulevard.
| II is too narrow for the amount OF trafnc
| that passes over It.
"Forest Hills has tho advantage OF
material company. which was started
recently and has quarters near the rali-
| road station. THUS we can get buiiolng
| material on the spot, and we are too
| near other similar concerns Tor tns
company to keep its prices above the
market.
"East OF Forest Hills. on Union Turn
nike the Queens Valley Golf Club has
bought more than 100 acres. which are
being put into shape for use as AnKs
next summer"
On Continental avenue ana Austin
street. close to the railroad station or
| the Long Island\ Railroad. the Forest
Hills branch of the Corn Exchange
Bank is erecting a building Tor its
business. The structure was designed
by Fellheimer 4 Wagner 80
on the south side of the track is the
property of the Forest Hills Gardens
Homes Company, which 1t purchased
from the Sage Foundation Homes Com
pany. The land. which is being built
up, adjoins the we'll known development
| OF the Gdko GOlDphiJf ASNSfeJ tt.loNN~ =
a company headed by william G. Dema-
rest. The officers Of the first named
company are S. w. Eckman. president
s. II. Scammell. vice-president. and b.
s. Halsey, treasurer. .t.
West OF Forest Hills is Matawok. the
new station OF the Long Island Rail-
road, close to the acreage which was
auctioned enrly In July by Joseph p.
Day. At that sale 5000 lots were dis
posed OF for more than sI.00o,0o0.
Its officers and stockholders are For
est Hills people and they propose to
keep up the standards set by the Sage
company. Grosvenor Atterbury. who
designed the Sage houses. will continue
to be supervising architect for the new
| company. The latter will start at once
| work on twelve new houses on Whitson
street. to be sold on easy terms. Most
of them will be OF the serni-detached
| type. '.t... fts