New-York tribune., 1909-12-04
A S96O.0OO PROJECT
PLAN PROVIDES FOR T WENTT STORY BUILD
ING ON ASHLAND HOUSE SITE.
Many West Side Saes-PGke Dauis Co. TO Occupy Hud
son Street Structure.

A twenty story store and loft building
viii ne built an the site az the old Ashland
House. AZ the southeast corner of 2ith
street and Fourth avenue. and an adioin-
.ns parcel fronting IN the street The COM
bined plot 10 he improved WAS purchased
come months ago by Philip Braender from
Henry Corn through n q J.. Hess
Winism c. Frohne. architect. filed yes
terday the plans FOR the proposed structure.
The building Wiu cost Ss60cfo. Il Viii oc-
cupy q site fronting gS9 feet on The avenue
and $50 feet in fhe street. When the work
Of putting up the building Uin he begun
has not yet been announced.
In the private sales market the trading
yesterday resulted IN a change OF owner
ship 10 a large number Of fne West Side
properties Buyers were found for two
dwelling houses in West End avenue. near
f2d street. for two American basement
houses IN s6th street. near Central Park
West. for "a fsthouse in sSd street near
Madison avenue. FOR six West 9ith street
houses. for several Harlem fiathouses and
for a large plot on Washington Heights.
The United Merchants Realty and I'M
prOvement Company announced yesterday
that Il would erect a twenty-stoTy ONCE
snd loft building on the plot al the north
east corner % z2d street and Broadway
which Il recently leased from the Astor
estate for eighty years. The subway luosks
opposite the site viii De removed and
suitable passageway leading 10 and from
the uptown station OF the subway built in
the centre OF the proposed structure
II was learned yesterday that Parlse,
Davis a. Co. have leased through William
A. White a sons from the Trinity church
.a-
erected al the northwest corner OF. Hud-
son and NesJry streets. or a plot 65xl20
feet. The lease Is for rWcuty-One years
a. an aggregate rental reported as about
$500. 00O
Parise Davis & CO. have been located
FOR about twenty wears IA the drug sec
ton on lower Manhattan. The hrm was
established IN Detroit some Ihirty years
ago u is one Of the largest Iuauufactur-
inE concerns in tAe drug rrade. with
capital Of s. .000. .0oo. its present place of
business being No. 80 20 30. 50 Maiden
Lane and Nos and Cedar street. Il
vas largely instrumental in developing
the section II is about the leave into Tire
druE centre of Manhattan Il Will move
70 its new home on March ] next
one Of the reasons given for the re-
moval Of The firm to the lower part ~
Greenwich Village IS THAT the firm can
here secure tie larger room taat IL re-
Quiros.
il was also learned yesterday that Ired-
erick Gerkeu Is The uuVer sf the Hudson
Arms apartment house. "a siN story ele-
Vator structure Ct The southwest corner
Of Fort Washington avenue and l-sth
street sold recently Iv rhe BendEeim con-
struction Company. 3IaE Marx uegot-at-
ed the deal
The BendLe-m Construction Company
took in part payment Ar Ger6cn's house
- Deal Beach. X d. known as Scleefel
Hail. located on tie Esplanlle. on a plot
seoxs00 feet The Bendheim Construction
Company has transferred tile property 20
Adolph ~ Beudheim. who VIII occupy it
as has summer home
II Is understood tha- Nr Gerken rs ne
EOrisung for q large plrre. ll Ne-tChesIer
County with the lasa 30 erecting sum-
mer home there
Plans have been filed for r-ftunE the roy
floor ~ the four story loft ana store build
iuG an No. 1921 Third avenue. into a flat
with i've rooms and ha-l and KITCHEN.
the change Cf occupaucT being made from
designs by George J.. Pelham for George
" Rudel as cwuer
plans have also been filed f-r ,ll4rs.ns
the floor space 0f Ile second floor ot the
six story ofioe and warelalse a. Sos. -Ie
and als Broadway. owned ly ths estate 81
D. ". Perkins. 10y installing utzzaulne
floor the improvements being made for a.
Steinhardr a Bro. as lessees. and FOR eu-
larglng the lower parr ~ -l- four story
dwelling Of Mrs. John NcrreerE ar SO 800
Lexington avenue. a.. D. B.-e and w IS.
Miller are The respective architects.