The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-07-12
Increase In
Construction
| Activity
Certain to Result From Three
Large Projects Now I'm
der Way
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
OVER $780, 900
Eight Story Office Buildings
X. of C. Club, Hotel and
School, Administration
Building ~ Improve Sur
rounding Places

rounding races
Construction is going forward on
three central city improvement
projects which together involve
total expenditure of over $1,000 900.
The projects are the eight-story
Office building being erected at the
southeast corner of New York and
Atlantic ayes. to cost over 100000,
the Knights of Columbus club hotel
at st. James place and Pacific ave.
to cost about 100000, and the
ehool administration building at
Park place and Pacific ave. to cost
over 100000.
The three operations, in addition
to replacing large number of old
style frame structures with modern
lied fireproof buildings, will pro-
vide plenty of work for many en-
gagged in the building trades for the
next several months. They are also
quite likely to cause an increase in
construction activity as property
sowners in the immediate neighbor-
hood Of these projects hay be IN
fiuenced to improve their own hold
ings with the increase in ground
values that will follow.
Eight-Stores
The Office building under way at
New York and Atlantic aves. is
being erected by the Mark c. Tod
ennick company, New York, con
tractors from plans drawn by Lewis
l. Brooks, architect, also of New
York. 1t will be eight stories in
height and will cost about 100000.
The owner is Ernest Schwehm.
1t will occupy site As by $50
feet, and contain SO Offices, four
teen to be located on each Of the
seven floors. The ground floor will
consist of two stores facing on At
lantic avenue and five stores fac
ing on New York avenue.
X. of C. Home.
The construction of the Knights
of Columbus club hotel at st. James
place and Pacific avenue will cost
about 100000. The building now
planned will be one of five stories
although the foundation will be of
sufficient strength to allow the cree
ton of three additional floors at
any future time. 1t will be fire
proof of concrete, brick and steel,
with trimmings of limestone and
terra Gotta over a granite base. 1t
is situated on a lot so by 200 feet.
The basement will contain bowl
ing alleys, billiard room, lockers
and showers, card room, barber
shop and boiler room. On the first
floor there will be a gymnasium,
lobby, restaurant, library, writing
ponroc onI cx.x,oral <,Hiaac
The second floor will consist of
an auditorium equipped with
stage, As by 100 feet, reading rooms
and a club lounge. The third,
fourth and fifth floors will contain
los bedrooms with shower baths.
Administration Building.
The Administration building at
Park place and Pacific avenue has
been designed by Howard A. Stout,
local architect, to conform with the
adjacent junior high school in gen
eral architectural style. 1t is being
erected for the local board of edu
cation by Samuel II. Headley, re-
sort builder, and will cost over
100000.
The building will be three stories
in height, fireproof in construction
Of concrete, steel and brick to oc-
cupy site so by 126 feet. The
froat will be of light-colored brick
trimmed with terra Gotta and lime
stone. The structure will be used
to house all Of the executive offices
and departments of the city school