New-York tribune., 1910-06-02

There was q marked increase NeSletNdF
81 realty activity. the volume Of business
being larger than on any day in the last
week Variety was not lacking in the
transactions reported Some large buyers
were prominent in the downtown business
districts. in the central zones. and In the
northerly sections
One OF the principal transactions was the
resale by s H Stone Of the block front
on the west SIDE Of Centre street between
White and Walker streets TO a syndicate
Of hardware men. which viii erect on the
site large building FOX the use Of the
hardware and paper trades. This opera
ton viii involve an outlay of about l,V1,-
Oeo The site comprises 1915 square feet
II has q frontage Of 267 feet on Centre
street, rs feet on White steet, and 20 feet
on Walker street
Another important deal was the purchase
by Sanford & Green from DR.. F. r
Fowler, Of the four story and basement
building No IS West 10th street, through :
Osgood Pell & Co The structure, which Is
opposite the new home of the New York
Public Library. Will be altered for business
use According to many experts this part
Of 4oth street is going to he. one of the
most important cross streets.
syndicate was yesterday said to have
bought the block front on the westerly side
of Broadway. from S5th TO Ssth streets. and
a number Of adjoining sites complete
report OF the transactions will be found in
another column.
Another Loft Project
Plans have been fled for 8 twelve story
loft building TO be used for light manufact-
uring to be built al No. los TO 10 Seventh
avenue II will take the place Of four
story and basement store and dwelling and
g four story and basement steam laundry
that have been on that site for many
years. The new building will have
facade Of brick. with trimmings Of lime
stone and terra Gotta and viii be fireproof,
being 81 feet front and % feet deep by ir-
regular. The JOG Seventh Avenue Com
panv. Gustav7ls A Beyers. president. is the
owner. The cost is estimated at S9co,cco by
the architect, Samuel Sass.
Plans have also been fled for making ex-
tensive alterations TO the city home Of Ed
win Hawley. at No. ~ East soth street, by
increasing the present extension on the
rear and the side and adding two stories
thereon end Installing an electric elevator
and putting IN electric contacts on all the
doors. which will cause lights to burn
when they are opened The cost Of these
alterations has been placed at $4,000 by the
architect c P. H. Gilbert.
Plans have also been fled for making ex-
tensive alterations 10 the clubhouse Of the
Downtown Association. Of which Donald
Nackay IS president. ar No. 81 Pine street.
The plans call for building side extension.
five and six stories high. &1x1S23 feet in
which will be located new dining room on
the third floor. three new private dining
rooms on the fourth floor, new toilets and
vvashroon1 and locker room on the fifth
floor. Partitions are 10 be moved TO make
G hall with a central entrance 10 the main
dining room and installing new plumbing at
e cost Of Sl0ooao. Warren & Wetmore are
the architects
Plans have also been filed for making
over the four story and basement dwelling
house st No. $50 Lexington avenue into
store and dwelling house by building front
extension. two stories high, 10 be used as
store. at 2 cost Of 8. .SAa. for Mary Solley.
Owner. Gross & Kleinberger are the archi-
tects.
Plans have also been filed for making
alterations to the two five story tenement
houses Nos. 81 and 32S East 125th street.
which call for increasing the acoommods-
tons for tenants from ten families to TWEEN
" families. and putting in stores, At cost
of S25oc0 Richard K. Fox is the owner
and Abraham Ferber the architect
Plans have also been filed for increa sing
the size of the dining room and ballroom of
the Herrnsrsdt. ~ Nos . and q West 115th
street by building one story and base
rnent rear extension. 76 4x27.6 feet. and
making the present attic into fourth story
and installing an elevator, at q cost Of Sl2.-
ean Herman Herrnstadt is the owner.
Charles Nolz is the architect