New-York tribune., 1909-10-29
BIG DOWNTOWN SALES
JAMES III. CRUIKSH14NK BUYS TWO SITES IN
WHOLESALE DISTRICT.
Inveor Gets Monroe apartment House IN Vest 10th Street
-SpecuIahUe Loft Builders in Midto1on Deals.

Speculative builders were large buyers
yesterday OF properties on Manhattan ISL
end and IN The Bronx. Investors We're also
conspicuous in the trading. especially IN
the northerly residential zones.
The deals reported affected two big par
GELS IN the heart OF the lower West Side
wholesale business region, an upper Sew
enth avenue hathouse site, dwelling prop
erty In West 18th street. near the Fifth
avenue retail shopping zone; row OF tene-
n1ent houses in 18th street TO be replaced
with q twelve story loft building, West
18th street plot 70 be improved with an
other left structure. and a site on the
Heights. on which will be built six story
apartment house. Besides, the Monroe
apartment house, In West Il5th street,
changed hands.
In The Bronx several well located sites
were bought for immediate Improvement
with fathouses.
James II. cruikshanlc. who IS doing more
than any other speculative builder TO meet
the demands for modern mercantile build
1ngs IN the wholesale business districts
west Of Broadway and south Of Houston
street. added 70 his realty holdings in that
zone by the purchase from Colonel William
Jay and Egerton L. Winthrop, jr.. as trus-
tees. the premises No. 5S7 to 81 Canal
street, northeast corner OF Washington
street, a plot containing $500 square feet,
covered with old buildings, and from the
estate Of Edward F. Brown Nos. 555 and 5S5
Canal street. adjoining. and containing
about 1.s0o square feet.
He also bought from Messrs. Jay and
Winthrop the vacant lot, 20.4xS0 feet. No.
S7s Washington street, just above Canal
street and separated from the corner plot
by an alley nine feet in width. The Nc
Vickar-Gailiard Realty Company and Will
lam D. Fitzpatrick negotiated the sales.
The two plots will probably be improved
with two eight story mercantile buildings
OF the same type as the four structures
now being erected by Mr.. Cruilshank, at
Nos. 4ss TO zs9 and 637 10 545 Greenwich
street.
This will be the third corner to be i'm
proved on Canal street, west of Broadway,
by modern buildings. Alexander VI. Powell
built a ten story building at the northeast
corner Of Sullivan street for his own Occu-
pancy, and Edward D. Depew & Co,
wholesale grocers. built and now occupy
six story building at the northeast cor
ner OF Greenwich street.
Hoppin Koen, architects for the Camo-
lin Realty Company, OF which Andrew Con-
nick is head, have filed plans for a four
teen story fireproof office and store build
ing to be erected opposite the Temple
Emsnu-El, at the northwest corner OF
Fifth avenue and 43d street. It is to
have facades Of brick. finished with gran
lite, limestone and terra Gotta. and will
have a frontage OF % feet in the avenue
ana I25 feet in the street, the front being
adorned with a series Of mezzanine bays.
It is TO cost 100000.
Plans have also been fled for enlarging
the four story dwelling at No. 109 East
SSth street, owned by Mrs. c. De R. Moore,
extending IL to the building line and
erecting facade in the Colonial style, with
ornamental balconies at the second story
and baiustrade finish 10 the roof The
Improvements are to be made at a cost Of
$4,000 from designs by r H. Robertson &
Son, with B. B. Moore as associate archi-
fect.
Plans have also been filed for remodelling
the two story storage house owned by the
New York Central Railroad Company, at
No. 53S West 35th street for the Kingan
Provision Company. as lessee. and for re-
modelling the five story tenement and store
at Nos. 81 and Sc Division street, owned
by Abraham Schultz. to conform with the
change of street grade. Thomas H John
ston and Herman II Horenburger are the re-
Epective architects.
WiIfred A. Campbell, as architect filed
plans for converting the one story store
building al Nos. 2O7s and 20SO Third ave-
nue. into an amusement hall for Mary 7.
Jones as owner.