Show fifTH AVENUE BEING MADE MORE fIND AND MORER MORE R RESIDENTIAL PARADISE I NEW YORK Oct Although z-Although Although land values in Fifth avenue north of or orI Sixtieth to Ninety fifth street the tho most I costly residential thoroughfare in the world have not Increased materially sinco since the strong movement there of ot three years ago they are arc nevertheless holding firm t to the prices then established Land In this part of ot tho the avenue may be bo properly classified In three sections sections first first section from Sixtieth to Seventy second street second from Seventy second to Eighty and third from EI fifth Eighty to Ninety fifth street In the first section that contains comparatively com corn little vacant land land n. a fee tee Is worth approximately a front foot Coot In the second a H. front foot toot and In Inthe Inthe Inthe the third section from to a front foot foOL These Thele figures ures are for lor Inside lots Jots Corner Cor Cot ncr ner lots Jots are are- worth orth about more a aCront front foot toot Nowhere els else elso on earth I III land so costly for tor residential l purposes and nowhere el else o oIs Is there thoro such euch a n. continuity of ot enormously costly dwellings Improved cd only onh In Its east Mst side In this section Fifth avenue Is Ie bordered In its It west pst side by Central park thus thull affording a perpetual scenic view to ever every house oc occupant occupant oc- oc besides su superior light and air Numerous Now Residences I Probably no other circumstance affords a more comprehensive Idea of the great grat wealth centered In the metropolis than tho the masterpieces c. c of residential architecture architect architect- ure tire In the part of Fifth Firth avenue a In dl dIscussion discus elon sion and tho the number Is constantly being added to Another decade decad will probably witness all 1111 of ot the tho vacant land there Improved with I palatial homes and the fee prices are bound to be higher still as land becomes ace scarcer tee tee-r There e have be ben been n la larger er building movements movements move move- ments In Fifth Firth avenue north of Sixtieth street than the one ono no now extant there but butth th present one gives g Indications of or grown growl grow grow- l ing n George eorge Gould Is erecting a One fine home ena on nn ona a a. plot at the north corner of or the avenue and Sixty seventh street to cost more than a million ml dollars The foundation I Lion tion Is now being laid It supersedes an anold anold I old three story d dwelling To be five O stories In h height above e ground and two stories below the new structure was as planned b by Horace I Very little has hall yet yel been decided about the Interior design of ot the house That will be determined when tho the superstructure superstructure super super- r- r structure is 15 completed At the north corner comer of Seventy fifth street and Fifth avenue Edward H. H Harkne Harkness Hark- Hark ne ness nos s Is erecting a story five mansion on a plot fronting thirty five feet teet In tho the avenue I by 1042 1012 feet teet In the street Of or granite In the first story the facades will be of marble trimmed with terra cotta cotta cotta cot- cot ta In tho the upper stories and there will be small balconies and ornamental 1 railings To 0 have havo an i ornamental porch the main entrance will face tace on the street Estimated Edt Esti mated cost Is more moro than a quarter of a million dollars Tho The foundation of ot the house Is being l laid ld Senator William A. A Clarks Clark's palatial home at tho the north corner of or Seventy Seventy-sev street and the avenue Is not yet completed although work upon It li has hM been going steadily on ni for n m many years now nowr It covers a 0 plot Two years ars more will elapse before this house Is read ready for Its cost will run up In tho the millions Gen Lloyd Llord S. S Bryce Is ie building a fine story fur white mar marble lo home hone for himself on a plot in In the avenue adJoin adjoining In tho north corner comer of third Eighty street Covering a plot at tho the north corner of seventh Eighty nth street and the tho avenue Is I the recently completed white marble home homo of Henry It Is ono one of ot the show chow houses of ot Fifth Firth avenue Adjoining J the tho fine One homo home of or Isaac V V. Brokaw at the north corner comer of or Fifth a are avo- nue and Seventy-ninth Seventy street are two new dwellings owned respectively by each cach cachor of or hi his song cons each ach house being on a lot They are aro of or the tho cathedral st style lc of ot architecture Ono One of or the finest of or the n new mansions in In Fifth avenue will be that thal of M M. 1 Warburg a n well known banker that will occupy th tho plot at the north corner cor ner ncr of ot second Ninety street Work ork on tho the foundations has hall Just been beK The house Itself will I bo be feet in sire Ize with an aim L In the rear There Thero will b ba bd a lawn on the unused part of tho the plot north of the house To be finished alike on all four tour sides the facade of ot the structure will be French Gothic In design with a high pitched slate man mansard ard roof Ab Absolutely fireproof the house will be bo six and one half stories in height Mr Warburton's new homo and the tho present home of Jacob Ruppert at tho the south corner cornor of or third Ninety street will cover coer the block from second Ninety to third Ninety-third street There are no fine residences in Fifth avenue north of or Mr Ir Ruppert's Property from third Ninety-third to One Hundred d and Tenth street Is mostly vacant At the south corner of second Ninety street and tho the avenue I opposite Mr Warburg's War Var- burgs burg's home Is Ie the largo large new story six-story mansion of I. I Townsend end Burden with the entrance In the street Notable among the future Improvements Improvements Improve Improve- ments meats in upper Fifth avenue will be tho the razing of or the Lenox library building In Inthe Inthe inthe the block between Seventieth and Seven Seven- ty first streets and the erection of r a mansion on tho the site by Henr Henry C. C Prick It will wUl bo be recalled that that- Mr Frick bought the property a year ye-ar ago for tor that purpose although h It Il will b bo be at least three years before he hel can get ot session poe of or the same samo Prominent among the Improved properties properties properties proper proper- ties In the avenue now no noon on tho the market In is Inthe the residence of ot the thc late lato James Henry I Smith at tho north corner comer of or Sixty Sixty- bt eighth street formerly tho the home of or Willlam Will Will- Ill Ill- lam m C C. Whitney on a plot and ami tho the large mansion of tho the late H H. H C C. Cook at tho the north corner of or Seventy eighth street on a plot The Tho Smith house Is II held at two and one half million million mil mu- lion dollars dollar Vacant Lots in Fifth FUth A Avenue Howard Gould owns the vacant plot at the tho south corner of Seventy Seventy- third street and the avenue Although It Itis itis is not generally known tho the plot can he I bought but tho the owner Is not anxious to I sell sen I At the tho north corner of or Seventy second I str street et and Fifth FIrth avenue I is a 1 vacant plot 62 that Is owned b by James Stillman Stillman Still Still- man and Is 19 not on tho market markt I Vacant and in fir size Iz the plot at the north corner of the avenue and first Eighty street Is owned b by August I mont Bf who Is withholding It from tho the I market markt Perry Pern Belmont owns o the vacant plot riot I 2 at tho the north corner of ot Fifth avenue and second Ninety street William B B. Leeds Is an ext extensive o o n owner r of or vacant plots In tho part of the avenue I adjacent to the tho Eighty Eight streets among i ithem them a 1 plot at nt the south corner of ot I EI j seventh EIghty ht ev vo nth street Other ther well known holders of or vacant property arc are Caroline Carolina W W. Astor Archer Arcier I M. M Huntington Alfred D. D P Pail Pell lI Frank Ehret Benjamin N N. Duk Duke Charles A. A Gould Andrew Andre Carnegie Charles C. C Marshall Marshall Mar r shall the estate of or Robert Robart B. B Roosevelt and Jacob Jacoh Ruppert Huppert Standing at t the tho south corner of or the street treet Is Ie the Sl and Sixty eighth massive dwelling that thal was the home hom of Charles CharIeR T Yerke Yerkes It Is 18 occupied by his widow who has haR a R. life lite Interest therein I I Upon her ker death tho the house reverts re to th the I city as an art Jut gallery aller and museum In nc ac- ac e with a R. provision of ot Mr Yerkes Yerkes' i I will I Future of Upper Fifth Avenue I Ino I Because e of t the rapid ld march of business In i I no north In eth th the avenue e as far as the cathedral cathedral ca- ca thedral at first Fifty street It Is predicted pre- pre I I I dieted d b by somo some persons that th eventually lI the entire thoroughfare north of Sixtieth street will be he given en o er to trade Such a condition Is not probable for tor a generation at least In tho the opinion of ot real estate experts who have hae watched the growth of business In this elt city obstacle to I It Central park Is a mighty t trade rado establishing Itself In the exclusive e r residential part of the avenue and be besides besides besides be- be sides there Is 18 no now a tendency for tor business business busi busl- ness to capture Madison 1 avenue north of Sixtieth street Stores are fast creeping In in and as the latter avenue Is penetrated I b by a n car line lino it will offer otter better attraction attractions tion for tor commerce I Fifth avenue a opposite Central park Is tl logically and essentially a a. fine tine residential thoroughfare Business usually Invades an nn avenue wIth t two o structural sides aides to It |