New-York tribune., 1909-06-18
MANY MIDTOWN DEALS
INVESTORS PROJIINENT.
Market Found for Site an 32d Street,
Vest of Sirth 4Uenue.

Many snectscuIar deals in the midtown district Of
which Greeley Square forms part were reporter
yesterday There an unusually large numne'
of transactions affecting sites with frontages in
broadway between 10th and 50th streets. New
owners were found for the old Union Dime Savings
institution property at 32d street and Broadway at
about 81 800 ep0 for the parcel 1S by 10 1ee' a.
the southeast corner of 45th street and 9Th avenue
for No 500 9th avenue, 20 by lV teet' ana Ior "A
other 9th avenue parcel.
Parish Fisher & Co sold for Ralph L. Spots the
property No 144 West S2d street an old brick d"ei
ing, on plot 2Oxi0 feet. to an investor me prop
erty is of five small fractional parceIs IN l''e
street that is coming to be known as 'PennSylVshla
lane" because II leads from the Broadway ana
Sixth avenue retail trade districts directly 10 the
main passenger station Of the new PennsylFa'ila
terminal This is the third time this parcel mas
been sold within the last two years by the same
brokers, each resale at substantial profit
George Alexander Macdonald has sold No 2l2
West 12Sth street a three story and basement
brownstone dwelling lot 16.SxlO feet. George
Read & Co. were the brokers in the sale.
Tucker Speyers & CO. have sold for the Charles
f. Blaney Amusement Company 70 an investor
No. $50 Sixth avenue a two story business budlng'
lot 25x1o0 feet. This property abuts the south-
west corner Of Sixth avenue and 18th street
B. w. WebeI and the Anderson Realty Company.
Of Mount Vernon. were the brokers in the recent
sale Of the Washington and Newport, four story
brick apartment houses. No to Park avenue, for
the Newport Realty Company.
u. Lang has sold the le5SenoiG NO A-"t ~ 4-i'
Broadway a four story business building. on plot
6Sx120x irregular to a client an investment The
building is occupied by ShaQley's restaurant
Mr Lang has also sold for Bernard Alexander TO
a client as an investment Nos 80 and % Macomb's
Place. southeast corner Of 151st street, two six
story apartment houses, on plots 52x70 and 4fXlo0
feet.
Sanford & Green purchased the four story build
ing 30 % Greenwich avenue, near 10th street on a
LOT 2lx75 feet from William II. Donaldson and sew
eraI other persons. The property was owned by
the Donaldson family since 1867. The broker IN tho
transaction WAS the John H Dye Company.
Plans have been filed for a two story and base
ment building to built for Joseph Berhof, from
designs by J. G. Cocker. architect at Nos los and
Jos West I27th street It viii have bowling alley
in the basement a restaurant the main floor
and ? ballroom on the second story. II win have
an ornamental FACADE. It IS 20 cost S2oo0.
Plans have also been filed for enlarEinE the four
story dwelling house Of Mrs. Frederick Pierson NJ
No 3 West 57th street, and also for enlarginE the
residence Of Emma l.. Lowengard, at No p West
sSth street the improvements being made from
designs by Leland S. Ludlow and buchanan & FOX.
architects
Plans have also been filed Tor remod"ling the
vestib1lled entrance and plaza Of the i've story
office building owned by William Finn at No. ~
Fifth avenue. the Improvements. from designs hF
Goodwin Starrett & Van Week being made N
connection with the widening Of the avenue by the
Highways Department
The Manhattan plans for new buildings h'ea yes
terdav also include SIX story loft onilali'% W.
Ground floor stores 70 be built FOR the Freehold
Construction Conpany ar Nos. G6 and - Vest 4'-''
e,raet from, designs by bernstein & Bernstein
architects, cost Of &op"o