New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-14
REAL ESTATE.
Chckering Hall Building Figures IN
n s2.OOOOOO Deal.

The realty market yesterday was not exasperat-
ingly dull as It Tuesday It was lively. and
the volume ~ business transacted equalled that
done on the best day Of the present season. II
was particularly active market for choice parcels
I'm the West Side section and the district north ot
Fifty-ninth-st. and east Of Fifth-ave
There was one deal in which the total sum in
volved was 10000 That deal was made by
NJ & L. Hess. whose names inseparably linked
as brokers with numerous transactions Of the
81 10000 class which have affected parcels In
the lower Fifth-ave. and many other sections and
which have resulted in making this city richer
from realty point OF view. and more beautiful
in its architectural lines. They yesterday sold for
Henry Corn the Chickcring Hall Building. the
northwest corner OF Fifth-ave. and Eighteenth
st a new eleven story and basement building. COW
ering a plot Of 1850 square feet. TO Frederick
Potter and Clarence H. Kelsey. trustees OF the
O. b. Potter Trust. Mr. Corn takes in part pay
ment the four story and basement dwelling house
formerly occupied by O. p. Potter. at No. East
Fifty-seventh-s size 42xlo0 feet. and also the two
lots the northeast corner Of Ftfty-seventh-st.
and Broadway. on the site Of the present CHECKER
ing Hall Building stood for many years Chickering
Hail. The erection OF the present building was be-
gun In 1902. It is understood that Henry Corn has
resold No. , East F1fty-seventh-st to A Van
Horne Stuyvesant.
The report Of this interesting and important sale
OF the Chickering Hall Building. made by NJ g.
l.. Hess. comprises more than a hundred words.
No essential details. however lacking. and it is
a model report in every respect. Realty brokers
and other persons who have not yet reached the
high place in the real estate market held by NJ &
l.. Hess. and who have a weakness for wasting
many sheets OF writing paper to tell about un-
interesting deal, might be- well repaid by getting a
copy OF the report and reading IL many times.
Brevity j. Just highly priced I'm the real estate
market anywhere else.
On December y. 1901, the official plans for the
Pennsylvania tunnel terminal site printed in
the columns OF this paper. The article describing
those plans reao In part follows: The station
will comprise a series Of buildings. Its main part
that be built for the arrival and departure
OF trains will two city blocks, namely. Thir-
ty-iirst to Thirty-third St. between Seventh and
Eighth Then there will he built another
building the block bounded by Eighth and Ninth
ayes. and Thirty-irst and Thirty-second SITS. and
third building will occupy the block bounded by
Ninth and Tenth and Thirty first and Thir-
ty-second SITS. In the block bounded by Ninth and
Tenth ayes. and Thirty first and Thirty-sec
SITS, IS St Michaels Roman Catholic Church. rec
tory and school The railroad has begun TO &C
Guire property in that block by condemnation pro-
ceedings. well many parcels the north
side Of Thirty-second-st., between Ninth and
Tenth ayes"
il was exclusively reported in The Tribune some
months ago that many members of the Union
Club were satisfied with the arrangement Of
the interior Of their home the northeast
corner of Fifty-frst-st and Flfth-ave. They are
still dissatisfied and they st would like the in
terror rearranged to suit their ideas the sub
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