New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

There was n noticeable Improvement last week In
the market for vacant land in the upper sections OF
the city slightly larger volume of transactions In
choice improved parcels than in the previous week
was also a feature Of the trading in the week.
Among the transactions made a 100000 deal
in Nassau street 10000 speculative purchase of
Broadway block front. another change of ownership
Of fine Riverside Drive house. and several i'm
rortant sales of apartment houses and OF block
fronts in the upper sections OF Manhattan Island
and in The Bronx. Moreover No. 80 Madison ave
nue.. four story dwelling house plot 976x7O
feet northeast of 9th street sold by the
Cutting family through Edward c. Williams and
Horace S. Ely & Co. TO William E. Finn. The
Riverside Drive parcel which changed hands is No.
35. FIVE story American basement dwelling house
on lot 2lx100 feet. The property has the right of
way to a three-foot alley 10 104th street. 1t was
bought by Jacob Neade from Anson r. Flower
through Bryan 1. Kennedy. Richard Mansfield
owns and occupies No 3l6 adjoining.
The 100000 Nassau ST. deal was the purchase by
John Y. Cockcroft Of the Cockcroft Building. new
sixteen story office and store structure, at the
northwest corner OF John and Nassau SITS. from the
Hooker Company. The premises have frontage OF
5ll feet IN Nassau st. and lOl.7 feet in John st.
Part Of the site which the building stands was
bought by the sellers from Mr. Cockcroft about two
years ago. The building named by its CON
str1ictors after the Cockcroft family.
] H. Oeters & Co. sold last week the block front
the west side of Manhattan ave. from lo2d TO
i0Sd ST. two fve story apartment houses. each on
plot 5Oz1oO feet for the Fairfield Realty Com
pany TO Edwin G. Schroeder.
John W. 7. Nichols the drygoods merchant.
bought through Samuel Godsticlter. from Ran
doIph GuEgenheimer. the two four story dwelling
houses on a plot 5Gx1Go feet at the southwest
corner Of 11th 81. and 9th Mr.. Guggenheimer
recently bought the property through Mr. Gold
s,icker from Major General Charles Francis Roe
for about 100000 Mr. Nichols Nos. ~ and
a West 11th ST
y A Berwin & Co sold for Martin N. Goodman
fre Eve story hathouses. a plot 100xl00 feet, at
the northwest corner of 6lst st and Columbus ave.
Gibbs & Kirby sold for Mrs. ". a. Shepard No
~ West 80 St, four story dwelling house with
extension. 20X6ox1022 feet, TO DR.. George H. NAL
lett who will occupy the premises
Edward c. Williams sold for Israel 1|ebowftz 70
Maria s Simpson No. 90 West 23d st. four story
dwelling house 2xsS9 feet. IT adjoins the 7th ave
corner parcel
Bernard smyth & Sons sold TO Lowenfeld & Pra-
ger for NJ. A. Gown Nos. s6S and SIS 10th ave and
Nos so and 5I2 West 57th ST, four story tenement
houses with stores being the southwest corner of
9th st and 10th ave. The plot has frontage OF
65B feet in 10th ave and of 30 feet in 57th st
Louis C Freiss sold No 40 East 69d st. four
story dwelling house. l+7xloo feet. TO DR.. George
Creevev.
John DonneIIy sold for Irving Bachrach to H.
schift No. 217 East sd St three story and base
rnent dwelling house. 16Sx1Oo feet.
Mitchell 4 c. Levy sold Nos. 12l and 1Z 4th ave.
two three story buildings, a plot 3oxsox irregu-
lar The buyer IS the New York Billiard Table
Manufacturing Company, which will erect a ten
story structure the site for its
S Osgood Pe & Co. sold for Mrs Robert
Plant Graves her Columbia University Ieasehold
No SIS 9Th ave. TO Morris Lowenbein. OF A Low
enbeins Sons. The plot will be improved with
large mercantile building. This will make the fifth
building IN the block 10 be used fur business pur-
poses. and shows the trend OF business northward
10 the residential section 1t IS understood that a
record price paid for the parcel, but that re-
pert could not be co-rcborated last night.
Edward c Williams sold for Charles r. Barney
70 Heilner Wolf and Klein & Jackson the block
front the west sida Of Broadway, between S2d
and S3c sts. Il has frontage OF 204 in
Broadway, l07.7 feet n S2d ST and I04 feet in SD
81 Or the plot two story buildings, with
stores and cfhces one Of the structures is occu-
pies ty the Fourth Church of Christ. Scientist
ihe purchase price was more than $500 600
pessauer & Co and Z. II. Ludlow & Co sold for
Justice p Henry Dugro and Frances A Dugro, ey-
ecutors and trustees OF the estate Of the late An
thony Dugro the six story tenement house with