New-York tribune., 1910-02-04

Buyers were found yesterday for many
choice Manhattan properties and for some
well located parcels in The Bronx.
The upper West Side deals included the
ssle Of a dwelling house in St Nicholas
svenue, Of a plot of :; little more than
two lots on the south side of 92d street
east of Broadway, on which viii be built
an apartment house of a eSth street fat
house. Of a five story double f1athouse, with
four stores in 10th street, and two six
story apartment houses in l46th street
In the midtown zone the Van Norden
Construction Company bought plot for
improvement with twelve story store and
loft building
TIE trading yesterday also resulted in a
change of ownership 10 a Lenox Library
plot. TO q Franklin street business build
inS and TO a number of dwelling houses
just north of 59th street, east of Central
Park.
A transaction involving about sSl0.oo0
was the purchase by Leopold Kahn. builder
of The Chatsworth. HendTick Hudson and
sonle other large apartment houses, from
the NontefIore Home Of the square block
hounded by Hamilton place, I3Sth and 159th
streets and Broadway. and also the block
front on the east side of Hamilton Place
between ISsth and 1S9th streets. The in
stitution has occupied both parcels for
many years
The block front has frontage of 1919
feet on Hamilton Place, 116.5 feet on 1SSth
street and SIS feet on 18TH street. The
block measures 1910 feet on Broadway,
ecS.1e feet on 13Sth street, 21T1 feet on
Hamilton Place and 139 feet on 1$Sth street.
Tie institution recently bought tract
Of fifteen acres on Gun Hill Road, east of
Jerome avenue, The Bronx. as q site for
new home, It viii continue TO occupy its
present site until its new plot has BEEN
improved for its use.
Mr. Kahn intends TO build high class fire
proof apartment houses on the old prop
e-ty OF the institution
Hall J. How & co. were the brokers in
the transaction.
Plans have been fled by Ogden Goldman.
architect, for the Lawyers Realty Com
pany. for charging and remodelling the
dwelling No. 50 West sd street, making IT
? six story structure with d new Ornamen-
tai central entrance and a second story
with q balcony and large easement win
dows- The improvements are 10 cost $4,000.
Plans have been filed for enlarging the
four story and basement old style high
stoop dwelling No. % West 50th street. and
making ii over into an American basement
David H King. jr-, owner, from designs
by Carl T. Johnson as architect.
Plans have also been filed for adding
sixth story to the loft building No. 2lS TO
81 East 24th street, refitting the interior
and installing new elevator service end
adding a photograph gallery on the roof.
the improvements to be m1de at a cost of
$4,000 for the ]. NJ. Horton Ice Cream
Company. from designs by Frank Goodwill
lie architect, ard for making over the
seven story factory at Nos. 81 and S. White
street, owned by Eugene Higgins, into
warehouse for Underhill. Churcl. & Co, as
lessees-
Plans have also been filed for TefittinE
the ground floor store Of The brunswick
Building At the northeast corner of Fifth
avenue and 26th street. Tor PARK & Tilford,
IS lcssoeS adding meZZa nine floor space
and installing n new marquise entrance
The improvements viii be made from de-
signs nv e II. SimonSon architect.