New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

Joseph T. Mulligan and Israel Cohen. They sold
for the Dover Realty Company Mrs. Eliza Gug-
genhemer, widow Of Randolph Guggenheimer the
Hotel Colngswood. fourteen story structure.
No. 43 A West 35th street, on a plot s. Sx9Sa q.
Mrs Guggenheimer gave in part payment seven
story warehouse. No. 3n 10 347 Spring street on
q plot 72sxs0. with L 2oXGO, at No. 500 Wash
ington street. and also the northwest corner at
15Stl street and EdgecoTnbe avenue, plot 90x111e
A trade recently made resulted in the City IN
vesting Company becoming the owner of the dwell
ing house No. S5S Fifth avenue, on a plot 55x125,
which was formerly the residence Of Isaac Stern
1t bought that house from William J. Dingee Of
California Mr.. Dingee purchased from the COM
pany the two four story dwelling houses Nos. 81
and $50 Fifth avenue, a plot 3911OO feet adjon-
ing the home of Miss Helen ~. Gould. the
northeast of 47th The upper Fifth
avenue house was placed in the deal at 100000
and the two central Fifth avenue houses 100000
The houses adjoining the home OF Miss Gould
were bought by the City Investing Company about
two years ago from Charles A. Gardiner Adjon-
ing the Stern house the south is the home Of
George J. Gould, and the north is the Yerkes
Art Gallery.
One Of the largest trades this year affected the
Cromwell apartments, a group Of six story elevator
structures the northerly side OF 139th street ex-
tending from Riverside Drive to Broadway. This
group of houses sold by the Transit Realty
Company and the Charter Construction Company
both Of which concerns are controlled by l.. s. &
NJ Bing, Simon Z. & Max e. Bernheimer.
The deal involved about s2,500O00. In part payment
Messrs Bernheimer gave to Bing & Bing FL Nido,
a seven story elevator apartment house at the
northwest corner OF 116th street and Seventh ave-
nue. on a plot S91x143.s, and also the Auditorium
a two story building, Nos 236 and 23S West 116th
street on a plot 50x1C011 feet. Two Bronx parcels
also figured in this trade. The Bronx parcels
were four five story law houses, 4ox1Oo feet
each on the side of 137th street. 100 feet west
of Southern Boulevard. and a plot 75x1O0 feet on
the west siaS Of Southern Boulevard 375 feet north
OF Jennings street.
Attention was again directed last week to tie
Irving Place district IN which large number of
well located sites have been sold for improvement
this wear The district is rapidly becoming a
greater commercial centre and values there are so
attractive when compared TO the asking prices for
properties in many other midtown loft districts that
It seems only question Of a short time before
most of the properties within it's boundaries which
are for sale taken over, either by spectators
or builders and the old buildings the sites
plaCed with modern business buildings. August
Elmer added TO his holdings In this section last
week by the purchase. through Folsom Brothers,
from Miss Adele Phillips OF a four story house,
No u Irving Place, plot 20xS0 feet Mr.. Elmer
also owns No. % 30 Irving Place and No. 122
East 18th street. The combined parcels form a
plot 1o3SxS0 feet. No. "a Irving Place has been
leased TO X J. Meehan for long term Of years.
according to a report
The trading last week also reflected a greater
demand for downtown business properties and for
large and small sites in many sections OF The
Bronx Trading In the upper West Side districts
was also feature of the business done in the
week