New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-03

There was a good demand yesterday for
properties in districts attractive 10 specu-
lators and investors
Trading in The Bronx was feature or
the market.
The Columbian Board OF Brokers sold for
q client to Bernstein &; Rabiner a SIX story
apartment house, on a plot 5o1loo feet, at
TIE northeast corner of l7Sd street ami
Washington avenue. The following were
taken in payment; plot, 5ONloe feet on
the south side of 1S5th street. 100 feet east
of Park avenue; a plot. 79x10ox irregular.
OH the east side Of Park avenue. % feet
south of St Paurs Place. and parcel
sasso feet. at the northeast corner Of Inst
street and Park avenue
Another large cooperative apartment
house Is TO be built in Park avenue
Pease & Gilman, representing a syndi-
cate bought yesterday from Charles h.
Rushrnore the three three story dwelling
houses No. 100 TO 1e4 East 62d street, south
east corner Of Park avenue, on a plot
<SISo-5 feet. from Dr. James Z. Johnson and
Mrs. Fannie Nauheim, the adjoining houses
Nos loo and los East ed street. each 16XSO
feet. and from Dr. L. Z. La Fetra and Mrs
Emily II Smith the dwelling houses Nos
ITO and IL. each on a lot 1s.9x1oo.5 feet
The entire property measures 500 feet in
Park avenue and 1lL6 feet in the street,
comprising about IO.e00 square feet. 1t is 10
he improved by the new owners with
fourteen story cooperative apartment house
Of the most modern construction from the
plans Of Herbert Lucas. The operation Will
involve over Sl,0eO.0ea.
The new building VIII enjoy unusual light
privileges, as the new building being erect
ed from plans OF the same architect on the
est length on Park avenue. while the pro-
posed ed street structure viii have its
largest frontage on the street.
The northwest corner of Park avenue and
eoth street, 10o5xe0 feet, was recently pur-
chased by q syndicate. which plans to erect
8 twelve story cooperative structure on
that site.
An important deal in The Bronx report
&C yesterday was the sale by Mrs. Jennie
II. GaIbraith through W j Huston & Son
10 Charles NJ Eosenthal Of the plot of
three lets on the west side of Nelson ave
nue, 2II feet north of 173d street, IS by
ss feet
Mrs. Galhraith bought the lots from the
Gould estate following an auction sale
in the latter part of 1901. Values in this
section Of The Bronx have enhanced con-
si6erahfy, and Mrs Galbraith is under
stood 10 have melted 4 large profit on her
investment.
Plans are being drawn by Lewis r.
Kaufman for the Improvement OF the
southwest corner of Sixth avenue and SD
street with d twelve story store and office
building. opposite the new Gimbel store.
The structure will be erected for the Nc
Donald estate by the Vera Realty Com
pany, which was recently incorporated
with 2 caniral stock of $500. 600 by Peter
Fucker. Milton Weber and John David
The proposed structure, as now planned.
will OCCUPY a lot 80 by 10 feet. but may
he enlarged TO cover adjoining property.
A long term lease OF the store floor has
teen arranged for by Weber & David, hab-
erdashers,
Plans have beer filed for improvements
&c the old-fashioned four story tenement
house at No % Varick street. which will
also be enlarged to adapt IT for light
manufacturing purposes An unusual feat
ure Of the reconstruction Of the old Dutch
dwelling house viii be the building I'D Of
tho interior Of the old cfirnneys with solid
masonry, converting them into piers TO
support girders for strengthening the
floors. The improvements are to be made
from designs by A. L. Kehoe. architect,
for the Greenwich Investing Company, at
cost of $4,000.
The six story tenement house at No. III
Mulberry street is to be renodeIled at a
cost OF S. coo for the owner, d Saladino.
for stores on the two lower floors, from
plans filed by SommerfeId & Steckler-
The two story stable at No COZ West
18th street, owned by NJ. J. Kelly, is to be
refitted for use as a garage by H Rozel.
lessee, from designs by c. $ Clark, archi-
frct