New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
LARGE MIDTOWN DEALS
SITES WILL BE IMPROVED.
To Alter Fish Mansion in Ir1ang
Place Into Studio Building.

Trading in midtown districts was feature yes
terday Of the real estate market. Buyers were
also found for several large improved sites
NJ & L Hess sold for Robert Mcolno to the
Cuinu q Smith Company Nos. 146 and las West 18th
street two stables, on a plot 46.6x9S9 feet The
site will be improved by the erection OF modern
loft building. No. 14s sold to Mr.. Mlcohno oy
the same brokers some time ago, and is now resold
at much higher price than he paid. owing 20 the
activity in this section
H J. Sachs & Co sold for Bolton Hall and the
Henriques estate No 2o4 to 2Ds West 2oth street
A5 sxeSa feet and for various owners the abutting
property Nos 9s and 205 West Ath street, 4Sx9Ss
feet A realty company is the buyer. It Will erect
on the combined properties, containing SOO0 square
feet an eleven story building. which will be occu-
pied by the National Suit and Cloak Company
The cloak company viii use the proposed building
In addition to its present home. adjoining
Edward N Crosby & Co. sold for the Lawyers
Mortgage Company the two six story orlcK ana
stone hathouses Nos $50 and 622 West 120th street
TO a client. as an investment. The sellers recently
bought the property at foreclosure sale. Aa'h
house is plot 224x99n feet
The Hudson Companies yesterday announced that
II had closed negotiations for the erection upon
its property on the west side of broadway De
tween 32d and SSd streets, of building to be occu-
MED under a twenty-one year lease with four
renewals as department store by GimheL
Brothers the well known merchants of Philadei-
phia and Milwaukee. The plot has frontage Oh
200 feet on Broadway and is 400 feet deep. The
building will be 1856 feet in height, SO feet below
ground and $50 feet above, ten stories ahoVe
the street surface and three below. The Hudson
g. Manhattan Railroad will have its 33d street sta
ton in the new building.
Ceorge NJ. NcCabe, architect. has fled plans 1eC
tne estate Of Hamilton Fish for making over the
old Fish mansion at the southeast corner OF irving
Place ana Gramercy Park South. into a studio ana
office building with q tearoom and ciubrooms on
the lower floors. The building adjoins the nome Oh
John BigeIow and Is opposite the Princeton Cluo'
The old family stable. in Irving Place, Will De
razed and the site used for six story extension
70 the dwelling The studio structure VIII have q
frontage of 1O9 feet Irving Place. The improve
n1enrs are to be made at an estimated cost OF
$4,000. for H. B. Simmons, as lessee
Plans have also been fled for an eight Story
spertnnent house. to contain thrty-three suites OF
snertrnents and to be built for the McMorrow Con-
struction Company from designs by Neville q
Bagge architects. in l57th street. east of Broad
Dav AZ cost OF $4,000 and for a thTes story
store building for Charles Welsh, as owner. IN
11stb street west of Third avenue, 10 cost 5000
Plans have also been fled for enlaTging the cola
storage house owned by Daniel WinanL at No l'S
Front street by adding 1t the five story tene-
r,ent house at No % Burng Slip, which Is TO be
considerably renlodelIed for the new occupancy at
a cost of 5000, and FOR enlarging the two story
dwelling at the southeast corner Of Broadway and
175th street. owned by Mary r Wright by adding
two story extension the improvements being
made for NJ Cherbuez lessee. Benjamin Fink
enseper and Fred Wehher are the architects