New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

42d street, a short distance south Of
the Camolin Building, also changed hands
last week. 1t was sold by the Cruikshank
Company for the Elderd estate to l. s. =
n 5. korn. who also own the premises
Nos. and East 42d street, adjoining, ana
Nos. and East 4lst street, abutting fhs
! buyers have no plans for improving tho
property In the near future.
CENTRAL EAST SIDE ACTIVITY
A district which ts more active than Il
, was about this time last year is the CEN
tral East Side, east of Fourth avenue.
from 18th to S4th street. The transactions
there last week included the sale OF the
three story front and rear buildings No. I'd
East 2Sth street. of the three story dwell
ing house No 234 East 18th street. OF q
similar dwelling house No SIG East 18TH
street. and of the dwelling house No. BOB
East ssth street Moreover. the New York
Post-Graduate Medical School and Hos
pital added TO its site for the purposed big
annex to the institution by the purchase
from Dr. II. Hanson of the premises No.
30e East 21st street. from George Smith or
No SO East 2lst street and from the Weth-
rum estate of No 3l5 East 10Th street.
three three story and basement dwelling
houses. The hospital now controls plot
fronting us feet on Second avenue. $50 feet
on 2otn street and 100 feet in 21st street,
and now has all tho land it needs for
carrying out its plans for larger home.
1t purchased the properties for the annex
site through the Douglas Robinson, Charles
S. Brown Company
The midtown loft centre continues to be
alluring TO speculatprs and builders. More
sites We're bought last week in the dis
trict for immediate improvement with
substantial business structures with archi-
tectural lines haImonizing with the recent
additions TO the new centres there. Henry
Matz, OF the Criterion Construction Com
pany, is going to erect a twelve story loft
building at Nos 161 and 163 West 2Sth
street, a plot 44xIe7 feet, now occupied by
two four story buildings. He bought the
property last week through the Henry M
Well Company from the Fay Realty Com
pany.
Some other important transactions In
the district last week were the purchase
by the Mallard Distiuing Company from
Charles Ross through the Cross & Brown
Company Of the four story building No
ese West 9th street. and the purchase by
Samuel Iipman from jackson q Stern OF
the three three story buildings No. Sl2 to Sl6
:
will alter the 9th street building for the
use of its own business
THE WEST SIDE NORTH OF 18TH ST.
| In the West Side north of 5sth hetreet the
| trading resulted in a change of ownership
! TO an entire block front IN Broadway ana
I 10 a number of dwelling houses and nat
/ houses. The block frent which changed
hands is on the easterly side Of Broadway.
between 18th and 18th streets. IL was sold
by Parish, Fisher & Co, and the douglas
Robinson, Charles S. Brown Company, for
Oscar r. Meyer and Mayer l.. Half, to
Mrs Truman s. Newberry. wife Of the
former Secretary OF the Navy. The prop
erty was recently bought by the sellers
from the Sanford estate, and is practically
the only unimproved block front in Broad
way from "a TO s5th street. The entire
westerly block front is occupied by the
Apthorp apartment house.
The demand last week for properties in
the high class residential zone north of
6eth street and east of Central Park re-