New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
WEST SIDE TRADING
DEALS INVOLVE MILLIONS
A Number of Important Erch0nes,
of Parcels Reported.

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deals have feature Of the real estate raarxss
Some of the deals have involved property vauAs
at over several millions OF dollars. and large nrn,
Der of the properties which havechangsd haDd.
have passed from spectators to investors. n
some of the transactions out-of-town propere..
have been given in part payment for the West SD.
sites.
Louis RosenthaI recently sold the West v7,.
apartment house. a six story elevator structure
Nos los and no West 11th street The buyer zsra
in exchange an improved tract OF land at Noun
tain View Station near Malone n. 7. The MaIo1.
property comprises two dwelling houses and about
three hundred Of land The Ira Realty Com
pany of which Dr. Philip Merow1tz Is president
recently bought plot 125x1O0 feet the south
side of 18th street. 15O feet east OF Amsterdam
avenue A six story elevator apartment house win
be erected on the site 1t will be similar to the
structure erected by DR.. Meirowttz q 100 foot
plot adjoining
A market was lately found by B. G. Fauhaber
Co for the premises No 537 54S West 13Sd street
two six story apartment houses. a plot OOxseu n
feet The seller was Peter Korn and the buyers
were Eugene c. Stain and Charles c. Dow. Stain
& Dow gave in part payment Nos 80 and
e; East list seven story loft building on
a plot 5Ox145.4 The Realty Mortgage Company Of
which BENJAMIN Mordecai is president, recently
bought from benjamin Altman, through A & c.
Lewis plot I001x97.5 feet at the northeast corner
of West End avenue and SSth street. On the sta
the company IS going to build twelve story apart
and Tooth
AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT aNO0n
Harperley Hall. a new corporation. recently
bought from William Solomon and several other
persons plot lGOx150 feet the northwest corner
of Central Park West and 64th street. On the plot
will be erected a twelve story apartment house
This is a cooperative undertaking. and will repre-
sent an investment Of about H-A0,0o0 The New
York OphthaImic and Aural Institute mads over
lures several years ago TO buy the site q
home for the institution The land was bought
a site for a new home for the New York Cphthal-
mic and AuraI Institute by DR.. Herman Knapp and
the late Charles T Barney from the Century
Realty Company In 1902. A year later it trans
ferred to Mr. SaIomon and his associates. NJ.
saIomon IS treasurer Of the institute
The sites Nos. rs and 147 West 18th street, two
and three story buildings. 50x10o feet which were
formerly occupied by the old Harlem Republican
Club recently changed hands.
Franklin Petit figured in deal involving over
100000. II was the purchase from the New York
Institute the Blind OF the entire block bounded
by Broadway. St Nicholas avenue, 16Oth and uoSh
streets comprising over seventeen lots. It has
frontage Of 1s6 feet on Broadway. 26S on St Mich
olas avenue 26ss in 165th street and I2S IN l6SIn
street The American League baseball grounds Is
on the westerly side Of Broadway, opposite this
site Nh Petit is considering. II is said the erec-
ton of apartment house 10 occupy the entire
block.
AUDUBON PARK SYNDICATE SALE
The Audubon Park Syndicate. Of which Max MARI
is president. lately figured in number Of deals
affecting sites in the West Side. II recently sold
TO the Wills Construction Company plot foxlA
feet at the southeast corner OF Riverside Drive
and 15sth street on which the buyers will erect
high class apartment house. II also sold 70 the
RIVERA Construction Company the entire block
front in Riverside Drive between I6th and 18th
streets. comprising about fourteen lots On that
block front a twelve story apartment house IS 20
be built It also sold the entire triangular oock
bounded by Riverside Drive. Audubon Place and
157th street. comprising about ten lots 70 the Cen
tre Realty Company. which has fled plans for In
proving the site with a six story elevator apart
rnent house with stores The Haven Court. at the
northwest corner Of St Nicholas avenue and 1sltn
street. also changed hands recently II was sold
by 1Iyron n Oppenheinn- This was the third trans
fer Of the property since last fall
Shapiro. Portman & Henry bought plot az the
northwest corner Of 1S1st street and Northern ave
nue. 139x110x irregular, which they viii build
six story apartment house
Cyrus P. Jones. investor. bought the Mount
CenIs a six story elevator apartment house. 1N-rx
- feet. al tbs southwest corner OF Norringsds
avenue West and 1l6th street II was sold by
Harry B. Davis and Edward Wagner Adjoining
the property on the south Is the Touraine apart
r1ent house and on the west is the vaelciennes,
another six story elevator apartment house
George Z Baldwin the broker IN the deal
TWO RIVERSIDE DRIVE DEALS
Among recent Riverside Drive deals was the sale
BY Alexander Carmichael. jr., OF plot 50x3O feet
on Riverside Drive. extending through 10 Clare
mont avenue feet south Of 122d street. to a Nr
Densou- The same buyer purchased from William
S Patten a plot 5ONeOO feet on Riverside Drive
extending through TO ClaremOnt avenue. IS feet
south Of 122d street. II is said that on the com
bined parcels a twelve story apartment house VII
De erected
Among the deals lately perfected and arect1ns
sites In Central Park West was the sale BY sam .