New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
BIG DEALS A FEATURE
FINE SITES IN DEMAND.
Tigor of Market Sho1on by Recent
Broadzcay and Fifth AUenue Sales.

Many big realty transactions affecting sites IN
the downtown, midtown and upper west size oIs-
tricts and also In the central and upper FlI'l
avenue sections have been perfected in the last
two weeks The character OF the trading mas oeeh
OF a high type and the activities Of many OF the
leading investors and spectators show that the'e
are many zones Manhattan Island equaily aS
attractive to them the central Fourth avenue
district which has figured so prominently thi7
year in the business transacted in the local mar
ket.
feature of the business last week were oeatS
in the Fifth avenue district In the GIee'"'~'
street region and In lower Broadway Ih'eS'''S
appear 10 he more prominent than for long ti"e
in places which have for many years been strong
realty zones.
deal involving about 100000 was made laSl
week by Frederick Fox & Co, and II sho"9I .H7
excellent tone of the realty market Ihey SUI 'o'
the heirs Of the Mason estate the propelS -
600 and 6g4 Broadway southeast corner OF 4th street.
20 one Of their o,It-of-tovu clients, who has ar
ranged with Clinton & Russell. architects 70 P'e
mare plans for a sixteen story buildlng' 10 10
structed by the Thompson-Starrett COMPANY -
building will be begun February i ISIo' Ii'V
premises have a frontage of 40 feet IN 81 Ioau"f'5'
o. foot IN a st 4th street and "a feet In Lafayette
street The buildings on the site are landinaIH HS'
They are occupied by the Northern Dam '
Whiting Manufacturing Company AoouC -
,.oore ago they were used by the city as the ->oI'
collage for Girls and afterward by the state d.
an .rr,oIS The smaller building, with frohlase
an LAFAYETTE street was formerly the ola lalhl'S
homestead Of the Masons. The proposed Ouii'iiis
,s n ne called the Mason Building, III hoi'oi u
Irer, Mason one Of the founders OF the CheIHlSaI
National Bank Recent sales reveal BoOu ii'' -
o. ,r,rortias IN rnper Greenwich street Alexander
u, Fraser and George Alexander Macdohaiu sOiu
about week ago Nos 79 and 721 Greenwich street
an irregular plot, with frontage OF 90 IeS'.
southerly line Of % feet, northerIy iin7 u - -,
foe+ and q rear line Of feet On the site are Two
l,,l- du,eIIing houses which to be replaced Oy
a six story loft building buyer was also AOU''
recently for the two four story HathouSes' CO.
21x92 feet No. 1s1 and No $50 Greeh"lcH s'l7-'
rT5,e,, we're sold by z. r Wood & Co. for CharIes
r galloway Last week another Greenwich sur
deoI vas reported. II the sale by DouslaS
Rohinson. Charles s. Brown & Co. ana n n
Mathews Of No. 536 Greenwich street d thFee SUI
and basement dwelling house on lot zl-+N'S-O
feet for the trustees Of the George L. fNolla
tate to P NJ Ohmeis & Co. The buyer owns an
a5,oi,ine- Mot and intends to combine the TWO
parcels and improve them
IN THE WALL STREET DISTRICT.
A number of important transactions in the sec
ton south Of Chambers street have also Deeu IL
rorted in the last two weeks The Bank Oh MUM
real recentlv bought from the Fifth Avenue ana
r(,-,-.o,+t street Realty Company. OF which Henry
com fs president the eleven story HeP'O'I
b,fb5fnc, Nos 64 TO 66 Wall street This deal was
made through EidIitz & Hulse attorneys ne Oui.
ira, was erected four or five years ago oy me sen
soon after they had purchased Oi'S b'01
charles A Gould in a trade for property at Fllll
o,,orua and 18th street The plot is 0olVXl'l-iA
~ 11xqq feet The bank has been seeking peTII'a-
+ home in this city for some time, and with
+,,e rcbase 1t attains It's object. The Charles F.
Moves Company sold about week ago for Henry
/ Goodwin to investor the seven story ONCE
r,17f,ar No 81 Beellmau street. The building COW
ers a lot about 236x10O feet and has frontage Oh
Ia feet in Beekman street. Last week the ChaFleS
F Moves Company resold TO client for Hoslna
voIhardt the recently altered five story and base
ment building No. l91 Front street covered a lot
19x72 feet.
market was found last week by Henry D.
v,-,-.-s E Nav and I. J. Phillips & Co. for plot
81 The north corner of s6th street and Fifth avenue
The PREMISES we're sold for Mrs. Anna B Bliss
and Miss Cora Z. Barnes to a well known banker
The Mot has a frontage Of 20 feet and depth OF
1oo feet The buyer is going to erect on the site
dwelling house for his own occupancy. Inc
Frnestus CuIick Company leased last week for the
scbierelin estate the four story building NO :"
T7,fth avenue 26x1o0 feet. TO the Wete Artistic
PLAYER Piano Company for term OF ten years
will e