New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
REALTY VG0R OF GREAT WEST SIDE
Brisk Market for Both Improved and Vacant Properties in Tins
Beautiful Residential District


: than l2l feet on the street IL VIII DC OF
brick and stone construction and VIII De
put UP by the Highwood Realty ana Con-
struction Company from plans by Rouse q
Goldstone-
On the southerly side OF SD street. 10
feet south Of Broadway, the Winston Hold
Ing Company is going to build 100000
eight story apartment house. 1t VIII be OF
brick and stone construction, from plans
by Gronenberg & Leuchtag.
AIonu West End Avenue.
Harry Schiff, who recently built the
Netherland, No. $40 to 346 West soth street.
will replace group of five three and four
story dwelling houses at the northwest
corner of SD street and West End avenue
by a high class twelve story apartment
structure. The site TO be improved has
frontage of 100 feet on the avenue and "a
feet on the street.
George F. Johnson. jr., and Leopold
Kahn are going to erect two twelve story
apartment houses. one at the northwest
corner of Broadway and S9th street ana
another at the southeast corner of S0tn
street and West End avenue The west
End avenue corner parcel is 1o6sxi622 feet
and the Broadway corner site Is lOosxloo
feet. These parcels form a part of what
is known as the Evans block. Robert +.
Bowling purchased the block from tho
Thomas W. Evans estate some months ago
and resold the corner parcels through
Frank e Smith to Johnson & Kahn Ac-
cordins to report the lot transaction IN
yolved about $4,000, and the land and
buildings will represent an expenditure OF
&, 10000.
Many brokerage transactions have re-
Gently been reported. These deals give
fair idea of the character Of the purchasing
operations in the region this year A trans
action involving about $4,000 recently ne
gotiated by Leopold We'll was the sale Tor
the Allenel Construction Company and He'll
ner 6. Wolf to the Hewitt Realty Company
of the Allenhurst. twelve story f1reproof
apartment house, at the southeast corner
of Broadway and Tooth street. In part pay
ment il took the Hamptons. two seven story
apartment houses, fronting on Seventh ave-
rue, St. Nicholas avenue and n1th street.
The Allenhurst is one of the new apart
ment structures in the great West Side 1t
was ready for occupancy on October last.
It contains fprty-six apartments and TWO
stores, and covers a plot of ground OF
about 800 square feet. The Hamptons were
built about ten years ago, and are on a
plot of about 1900 square feet 1t is said
that the Hamptons Will be remodelled so
as to make them modern In every respect
Activity of Investors.
Al out-of-town investor recently bought
the Ben-Gar, a six story and elevator
apartment house, No. 3oe West SD street
1t occupies a plot S7.6x1462 feet between
Riverside Drive and West End avenue 1t
was sold by William S. Denison for the
Hudson Properties, Inc. Mr.. Denison Will
retain the management OF the property.
The Strathmore apartment house, at the
southeast corner of 10th street and River
side Drive, was recently sold for the Akron
Building (Bing & Bing) through Hall.
Hawks & Prentice. attorneys, and Calder
& Mascot 10 Newbold Morris and several
other persons. The structure is twelve
stories high and occupies a plot, 1o4xn7
feet. This was an investment transaction.
The St Adams and the Dartmouth, two
twelve story elevator apartment houses, No
500 to SIS Cathedral Parkway Q10th street,
between Broadway and Amsterdam ave-
nue), also recently changed hands for about
81 10000. They were sold by Earl & Cal
hour1 for the Carlyle Realty Company
CBing & Bing and E. A. Levy to Robert
Smith, of Denver. Each house occupies
plot 10sx100 feet.
The Minnewaska and Mohonk apartment
houses, at the south corner OF Central Park
West and ssth street, were recently bought
by Louis Stern, of Stern Brothers, through
L. ]. Phillips & Co.. from the George C. Ed
gar & Sons Company. The property is oppo-
site the Progress Club. The Minnewaska
is an eight story elevator structure, 'front.'
ing 1910 feet on the avenue and LIS feet on
the street. The Mohonk is seven stories
and is on a plot 50x10o feet. In part pay
ment for the property Mr.. Stern gave his
stable and garage. No. SO to 81 East s4th
street. extending through the block to No
Sc to go East s5th street.