New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
SPECTATORS IN PENNSYLVANIA Zone
Several Large Plots There Which Changed Hands Last Week To
Be improved with Business Budinos
INVESTORS ACTIVE IN MANY SECTIONS OF GREATER

Realty BUYERS in the greater city followed
-an1iIiar paths last week
In that part Of the midtown zone called
the PENNSYLVANIA district there was fair
volume Of speculative buying. in The Fifth
avenue retail shopping area several large
leases were made. in the upper West Side
investors purchased some apartment house
properties and in the downtown section
number OF parcels changed hands More
over the New York Central succeeded IN
.'-ounding OUT its holdings At sd street
and Park avenue bv purchasing through
John Y Golding the block front on the
westerly side Of Lexington avenue, from
s2d TO $50 street plot Of ten lots. from
me New York Society for the Relief OF the
Ruptured and Crippled
The railroad now controls all the prop
e-tv on the westerly side OF Lexington ave
nue. from zed 10 5oth street
The three four story dwelling houses Nos
90. 90 and "a West seth street each on
lo- s. bv SIS feet. were reported TO have
heen sold They are owned ny Mary G.
coleman. Lucy N Boa-dman end Josephine
Iachat. respectively
The adjoining Parcel. No. COS. was trans
fe-red recently h. Jane l. Van Cott to
Peter 8 Ri-ney. OF Brooklyn. who was said
- ne acting for the same interests which
have acquired No. 20 70 "a. The entire
r-a- measures 8 by $50 feet and Is located
So eeet west Of Seventh avenue
r z-e= also learned last week that over
--s-es had been made 10 purchase the four
....- story old-faehioneG dwelling houses
~o - 10 15s West 23d street. owned by
S-au-s-- & smith. Of orange. y J; the two
story stable properly adjoining on the easI
zr5 known as Nos 14S ard 1=5 West SD
ing
- -fa former propertv- and TWO old dwell
.-r houses II Nos I4R and JAS West satin
e--as- The Two latter parcels are owned
.-- -sole~- and Charles Smith. Of South
Orange. \ J.
-7-e combined properties have 8 frontage
~ -5-q @ae- in SD street. facing the large
z-s-a-- marcel owned by the Pennsylvania
RAILROAD and SIS feet on the 34th street
side 6taEorally opposite Macy's
To January II this year the property No
~, ---ae- as-s street was sold by the wilson
estate AZ a T-r-e close u S-@5,est. ms
--r7erty has been IN possession ot the
Wilson family since -S55, a. which time Il
-.-se acquired for $50 II was the first
iouse erected tcr dwelling purposes on TINS
block
To Build IN TunneI Zone
7,--s- r-f-r ae one of the first building
,-,--z-.--lz 70 He undertaken n The district
-z-z-- NJ -f-e PENNSYLVANIA station overlook
.-~ che o7ar- Ct.- extending from Ninth 70
----- avenue was fGreshadowed by the
sz,s NJ No as 70 80 West SD street. four
.f5 dwelling houses. or q plot 56-5Nss-s feeJ-
they were sold av Il Harhl-ger TO
client of TIE law firm NJ Strauss & Singer
The raV owner has had plans prepared
.o~ an eight story loft building 10 be erect
81 ~, -5,a ste designed especially for oC-
r-,ns-~7- hs- printers and publishers. With
--e omen z-ea of The Pennsylvania de-
--eesed -sflroad yar6- measuring $50 feet
across Just 10 The south q Il L IS thought
ma t-.s site affords peculiar advantage
f-~ building cr--ariCn Of this character
The upper West Side certainly showed
considerable activity last week. " D
Moran and r Rouaine Brown & CO. sold
fo- Harry Goods-ein TO Louise g LIVING
z-o~. # Ba- farbor. Ne. the BeIlrose.
I've story apartment house. Nos. 20 and
- West -7ech street on plot 50x92-6 feet
re-zreu B-oa5~y and Fort Washington
avenue.
--e house l. one n three sinlila- struct-
ives erected ~ This point BY Mr.. Good
e-=5- rha o-he- TWO being the Hargood
z15 he Colonial They were completed
<--v months ago and are now fully rented
on rrl opposite lnorJheasQ corner Of Fort
Washington avenue and 18th street the
-ew Holvrood church IS 10 be erected
TIE C-ayIeue six story elevator apart
reur house. No 6l9 West 1920 street. near
Eroa6va-. on a plot .5xs9 Il fee. was pur-
chased by an investor from Henry 0'Neill
The brokers in the transaction were Shaf-
re- & Anderson and H : German
The Kane Construction Company, OF
which Patrick J. Kane il president sold
the TWO SIX story apartment houses, on plot
-5xqe-- tee-. on The south side Of I42d
street - feet east Of IsenOx avenue. The
buyer i- John Kaiser. an investor The
houses We're completed last Year
Church Accepts Offer-
--a- trustees Of rhe EoIyrood Church. al
Broadway AID lSlsr street, accepted bid
q 800 a18 made for the property by / j.