New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-04

tinues TO be a feature of the realty market Inns
movement is also especially notceaoie IN - n
avenue north OF 18th street. 1t really began "a
that part OF Park avenue about two years asO
as result OF the announcement mace ny INC
New-York Central Railroad that IL intenoeo 10
change the motive Dwer OF ali IT'S suou1 OA-
trains from steam 10 electricity in the near
future Since then II has spread 10 many cross
streets and now the asking prices for many
parcels in the section are unattractive 10 many
spectators Though values in the district nave
increased considerably in the last TWO years ~
looks as II this movement would continue 10
grow in strength, as il is mainly a reconsuruct-
i've movement
The majority Of buyers have not been specu-
lators but persons who intend 10 chahse inc
old brownstone dwelling houses into American
basement dwelling houses for their own occu-
pancy Many structures have already been
transformed into modern American houses, anu
as the realty tendency CT the section is 10 make
and TO maintain the district as one OF the best
private dwelling house sections of Manhattan
Island. il IS likely that the builders of high
class APARTMENT houses and hotels will for some
years be more prominently active elsewhere
than in this East Side district containing hun
dreds OF fine American basement dwelling
houses
One Of the leading transactions Of the week
phia from the New-York Life Insurance COM
panv of :he Bennett Building ten story Office
and store structure occupying the block front
on the vest side Of Nassau street. from Fulton
20 Ann street The structure is No IS to ~
Nassau street. No lbs to 139 Fulton street and
No. 80 to "a Ann street. It has frontage of
IL feet IN Nassau street. Of 74S feet in Fulton
street and Of 100 feet in Ann street The
property rs owned for some years by James
yorlr
Herald" one million dollars was the price OBJ
rained bv Leopold Well, the broker in the deal.
for The New-York Life.
Joseph P. Day, the real estate broker and auo-
fioneer. sold al auction last week in the Vesey
street salesroom. The block front on the west
E. side Of Sth avenue. from SD 10 34th street. 10
Robert E Downing for S656.500. The sale was
The outcome Of a partition suit brought by Her
man Livingston against J. c. Livingston and
other persons.
The parcel sold IS one OF the largest and it is
also considered 10 he one OF the choicest, in
what IS known as the Pennsylvania tunnel ter
,uinal- section Of the city. 1t has frontage in
The avenue Of 1915 feet and its depth is 100
feet on the plot are four and six story brick
buildings. on the ground floor Of which are
stores. Mr. Bowling bought the property for the
city Investing Company. Among the bidders
we're J. Romaine Brown. Jackson Stern.
Hudson Realty Company. The bidding started
a. 100000.
Samuel Goldsticker sold for Janpole & wer-
ner No. 53S West 124th street. six story ele-
vator apartment house, 5Ox1O011 feet, 10 Fred
erick ehHaeis. who gives in part payment plot
911x125 feet, a. the northeast corner Of 147th
street and Broadway.
Herbert A Sherman sold for Andrew Carne-
gle 10 General Lloyd s. Bryce a parcel. 472
n,
James A. Burden Jr.'s. house. General Bryce
recently sold his house in Washington Square
North. He intends 10 erect q dwelling house
on the plot for his own occupancy. A lis pen
dens was fled in the week against the plot at
the north corner of 91st street and Fifth ave-
nue.. by William D. Sloane The Bryce parcel
forms part Of the plot Mr.. Sloane seeks 10
restrain Mr.. Carnegie from subdividing the
plot ana transferring title the 472 feet parcel
70 General Bryce.
George r. Read & co. sold for Edward A
Price No q East sd street a four story dwell
ing house. on a lot 22x9S9 feet. 10 william F.
HaVemeyer. who also owns Nos. s and 10 East
ga street and Nos o : and East 3lst street
The combined parcels form plot 67xl976 feet
which VIII probably be improved with bust
ness building
douglas Robinson. Charles s Brown & Co.
soia Tor d client 10 John !. Martin Nos. 104
4Vo' los and 10 East list street four four
h'oIy single dathouses. on plot s. 6xIO05 feet.
aoJoining the dwelling house az the southwest
corner OF Park avenue. which Elihu Root built
and leased 10 Paul Morton
norman : HlesentelG bought No 2O3 Green
wen street SIX story building. on lot 20 6xeO
lee'' twenty-five feet north OF Fulton street re-
Gently reported sold TO Daniel B. Freedman
assistant District Attorney Train bought g
~ ~oA1V-- feet on tho north side OF ia street
4S0 feet east OF Park avenue The lot % N,
has
py Balnbridee Colby TO Henry Rogers Win
throI- Both lots win be improved with Ameri-
can basement dwelling houses
y. A Berwin d Co SOLD for the Taussig estate
% solomon Lindenborn the Riviera a seven
story elevator apartment house al the southeast
SorAer OF Ssth ST and Broadway. II has a
frontage OF % feet IN Broadway and depth Of
Albert B. Ashforth sold parcel, &c 4ssxS3x
irregular a. The northeast corner of 10th ST
ana Broadway. for L Y. O'Donohue 70 The Fort
Amsterdam Realty Company.
The Matt J. Ward Company sold the Hotel
Spa4oing, furnished, for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company 10 w n Valiouette for
$4,000. Mr.. VAnquette has been proprietor OF
the Hotel Dunrnore. in 42d St, between Seventh
ana Eighth aves, for several years. He was also
the proprietor OF the Hotel Berwick Rutland
Vt Nj Nalquette viii personally operate the
hotel. The Hotel Spalding is twelve stories high
and occupies the plot No. 127 10 l35 West 43d
At. with frontage OF lob 8 feet Ia the street
il has depth OF 1908 feet
Frank J Ransom sold to Charles De Rham
40 West Sth ST, four story high stoop
dwelling house on a lot 26x923 feet for Sal OO0
Mr. De Rham owns the adjoining Fifth ave. cor
ner parcel ana also the property abutting on
the west He now controls frontage of 90 9
feet in Fifth ave. and 23o.4 feet In the street
Mrs Frances A Beyea, for twenty years pro-
prietor OF the Weston Hotel Madison ave and
z7th ST. leased for twenty years the hotel al
Madison ave. and 4eth St. the total rental being
nearly sl25oO0O. The hotel IS twelve and !. haif
Code e. Cohen sold 10 Cohen 4 Krat, No 100
10 10 East 1896 ST. the southeast corner OF
Park ave. plot SCHOOL, feet on which ar.
i've orownstone private house, The plot VIII be