New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-05
BUILDERS BUSY ON WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Large Number of Vacant Sites in District Being improved with
High Class Apartment Houses
BEAUTIFUL HOME CENTRE ATTRACTS BIG INVESTORS

pany, of which E Morris Butler Is prest-
dent, the six story elevator apartment
house at the southwest corner of 10th
street and Wadsworth avenue, occupying
a plot 75xIOo feet. The house was held
at $4,000. In part payment the Gusser-
of Company took No. s. East Sd street. a
six story tenement house. on lot S76x
100 feet, and some suburban lots
Z. Morris Butler. OF Butler & Herman.
recently bought the Kingsleigh. five story
apartment house. Nos. 10 and IA West
1Seth street. The brokers in that transac-
ton were the Knapp & WATSON Company
The same brokerage house sold a few
weeks ago the Stanleigh, another five story
apartment house. Nos. 716 and rs West
1S0th street.
The De Leon Realty Company lately
added to its holdings on the Heights by
the purchase of a plot at the northwest
corner of 156th street and Amsterdam ave-
nue.. The site has a frontage of 9911 feet
on the avenue and 125 feet on the street Ii
! purchased the property from Ehler Oster-
holt through David Stewart. On the site
will be erected two six story apartment
houses. with stores, from plans by Maxi
milan Zipkes. at a cost OF about $4,000.
The structures will accommodate sixty
/
provement and Investment Company, of
which HyInan Som is the president, also
bought a few weeks ago, from the Birch
! Realty Company. the new six story apart
nent house at the southeast corner of 1SSd
street and Audubon avenue and the six
story elevator apartment house being built
at the southeast corner of Haven avenue
and 1S0th street.
To- ,os,si Ia block
forming a plot 1S5x1OO feet, on the easterly
side of Haven avenue between 17Sth and
18th streets.
Another recent deal IN the district was
TIE purchase by William J. Casey from j.
Romano Brown and Alexander P. ". Kin
nan, as executors of the estate Of Loyal l.
Smith, of a plot of seven lots at the north
| west corner of f6lst street and Broadway.
| George Ranger was the broker in that
| transaction. The property has a frontage
OF 1923 feet on Broadway and 175 feet in
! 161st street.
Many apartment houses, to cost more
than 100000. have recently been projected
| for sites in the district. A 100000 apart
ment structure of eight stories and OF brick
and stone construction is 10 be erected on
triangular plot at 18th street. Audubon
avenue and Riverside Drive. IT will be
built by the Center Realty Company from
plans by Schwartz & Gross. The Peto
Realty Company is going to invest $4,000
in the construction Of a six story apart
ment house at the southwest corner of
I7sth street and Pinehurst avenue 1t Will be
built from plans by Adolf Merlin. Another
Pinehurst avenue project for which plans
were recently filed provides for building a
six story apartment house on a plot of
about four lots at the southeast corner of
1S9th street and Pinehurst avenue. It will
| be put up by the Cotoba. Realty and Con-
struction Company from plans by Goldner
& Goldberg The T. J. Mcguire Construc-
ton Company Is going TO invest 100000 in
the erection of a six story apartment house
at the southwest corner of 175th street and
Amsterdam avenue The plans were re-
Gently fled The house will be built from
| designs by Euell & Euel.