New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
SALE NEAR THE DRIVE
PLOT HELD SINCE 1904.
Market Found for a Large Site on
MOTnngside Heights.

West Side trading a feature yesterday of
the real estate market One of the principal trans
actions in that section the purchase by George
Godfrey Of plot 75x1OO feet. the north side
Of 1Slst street, $50 feet east Of Twelfth avenue
from Emlen n. and John Burling Lawrence, through
William Frederic Layton. This is the first sale
OF the property since 1904.
Alexander Clinch bought for client for $780,
600 plot OF lots the southery side OF 11lth
street. between Broadway and Amsterdam ave
nue.. from Mrs. Isaac l. Kip. The property was
formerly owned by William V. Brady. who was
Mayor Of this city in 1877 and 1S4S The site VIII
be improved it is said. with apartment houses
y. A. Berwin & Co sold for the Flatiron Realty
Company Conway & Cordube). No. 246 West 43d
street. four story altered building, on plot
20x100. TO a client as an investment They have
also leased the building for term of years
Black. Starr Frost. jewellers, are the buyers
Of the southwest corner OF Fifth avenue and 4Sth
street. and the adjoining property, No West
4Sth street. the sale of which through the Douglas
Robinson. Charles s Brown Company was reported
yesterday Albert B. Ashford represented George
C. Heye. the seller Of the corner parcel.
Black. Starr & Frost located in the building
at the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and 39th
street, which is owned by Michael and Jacob
Dreicer The lease there will not expire before
May / 1913
The Title Guarantee and Trust Company has
loaned to the Hotel Securities Company a first
mortgage Of $4,000 on the thirteen story freproof
hotel at the northeast corner Of 18th street and
Madison avenue for five years at Az per cent Also
a first mortgage Of 900 to the Dougaston Realty
Company on ffty-six acres at Douglaston. Nassau
County, on Flushing and North Hampstead Turn
pike Road This land adjoins that OF the Cord
Meyer Company and the Mcknight Realty Com
pany property.
Plans have been filed for a six story apartment
house with frontage of 107u feet and with suites
for forty families. be built for the Broad Con-
struction Company from designs by l. F. J.
Weiher at Audubon avenue and nth street at a
cost Of S2500o. and for six story apartment, with
frontage of $50 feet and having suites for forty
eight families, be built for the Raymore tealty
Company from designs by g. +. Pelham in lVbtn
street west of Amsterdam avenue, at u cost OF
S225. .0o0
Plans have been filed for six story fathouse,
with twenty-four suites 20 be built for Israel LIP
man from designs by c. B. Meyers on Fifth avenue
south OF I2Sth street at cost OF $500 and Tor
a four story stable Mrs. Elizabeth Halligan at
Nos 4S5 and 437 West 18th street from designs by
William II. HalioCk. Jr-, al cost OF $500
Plans have been fled for reruodelllng and
partially refitJnE the story restaurant owned
by the Morgenthau Company and Fowler Brothers
Nos 25 and 25S West I25th street, leased by the
Pabst Company. the improvements being made at
present bowling alleys the basement into grin
room The architect is Oscar LJwtnson-
William kurtzer. architect for Senator Timothy
D Sullivan and George kraus lesSees OF the circle
Theatre Broadway and 6lth street. has nled
plans for removing the present stage and building
a new one supported upon steel beams and iron
pipe columns and foored with pine.