New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-15

Construction companies and builders were large
buyers yesterday OF fine plots tn central ana up
town districts. and investors purchasers OF new
commercial structures in midtown zones A site IN
a5th street near Fifth avenue was sold 20 com
pany, which viii put up a twelve story loft build
Ing: the Success Building. in 22d street. changed
hands. and the resale OF the Ardsley apartment
house. in West 1Soth street, was reported
One OF the principal West Side transactions re-
ported was the sale by Arnold, Byrne Bau-
mann for Samuel c. Bayne, to Ferguson Brothers
Forshay, OF plot I4Kl52X irregular AT me
northeast corner Of Riverside Drive and $50 street
A twelve story apartment house viii be built on the
site The parcel has frontage of ia feet in the
Drive and $40 feet in the street.
Louis Becker sold for George NJ Fishel Son
the two dwelling houses Nos. sos and $40 West
aslst street. on a plot 5Ox1OO feet. The purchaser
is the Washington Heights Congregation, which will
rave the buildings and erect the plot a $4,000
synagogue plans for which have already been
drawn It viii be the first edihoe of its kind TO be
built Washington Heights. The following are
the officers OF the congregation: President, Israel
Kuttle; vice-president, Louis Maryash; treasurer,
JOseph GOttlieb and secretary. John Weiss; trus-
tees, William Weiss, Rudolph Baum and Alexander
Gruber
It was learned yesterday that the Selkrk Realty
Company, which recently purchased the plot, lOObX
100 feet at the southeast OF 54h street and
Seventh avenue viii build the site twelve
story loft and Office building. Frank E. Malone
represented the buyer. The proposed structure is
10 be ready for occupancy next summer 1t has
been practically leased for a term OF twenty-one
years to an Eastern automobile concern. The les
win occupy part of the building. cammann.
VOORHEES, & Floyd represented the sellers
This win be the first structure OF its kind in
this part OF Seventh avenue.
Il was also learned yesterday that another sky
scraper VIII be added to the notable collection of
tail commercial buildings planned for Fourth
nue.. q result of the recent sale Of the north
east corner OF Fourth avenue and Goth street by
Charles Brogan. The site, which is opposite All
Souls Church. measures SO feet in the avenue and
80 feet IN 10th street, and is 10 be improved i'm
mediately with q sixteen story store. loft and
Office building. costing about 100000. The plans
are being prepared by Neville & Bagge
Buildings Superintendent Murphy has issued a
permit for the razng of the old Clarendon Hotel,
at the southeast corner OF 18th street and Fourth
avenue. commercial building is TO be erected on
the site for Henry Corn owner.
Plans have been filed for remodelng the four
story warehouse al Nos IS and 81 Worth street the
Improvements being made for the New York Real
Estate Association owner from designs by Rich
ard Berger, and for enlargng the five story house
No 1858 Fifth avenue, the improvements being
made for George Leary from designs by J. B.
Brooks and including the addition OF a new story
IN the rear
Horace Trumbaum architect, filed new plans
for the house TO be erected for James B. Duke al
the northeast corner OF Fifth avenue and 18th
street. and which is be of the Renaissance type,
with facades Of ornamental brick trimmed with
granite and limestone. II viii have a spacious
central entrance and Ionic columns at the second
and third stories crowned with a decorated pedi-
ment. 1t win have tall easement windows finished
with ornamental ratings at the different stories
and courts around the entrance. The main floor
viii be divided by large central hall opening
side to the dining room and library and
on the other into the drawing room and music
room. The revised cost of the building is $S55,00o