New-York tribune., 1910-05-11
SALES IN THE PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT
l. Haas Buys Plot of About Three Lots Near the Marshall Estate
Property at 9th Street and Seventh Avenue.
TWO LARGE PARCELS IN EVANS BLOCK CHANGE Hal

TWO LARGE PANELS lN EV
A large volume of business was trans
acted yesterday In the real estate market
Buyers were prominent in the midtown ois-
trscts and in the uptown residential cen
tres
That there is a growing demand for
,,-ov,erty In the Pennsylvania tunnel sec
ton was reflected yesterday by the saie
hx Fell &. Stein for I. Randolph Jacobs to
/ Haas. OF the premises No. iS6 to lAs
West S7th street. 72x9Ss feet. and also oy
several other transactions.
Robert E Bowling, president Of the City
Investing Company, sold to the Johnson
Kahn Company the northwest corner OF
Broadway and seth street, looxl5o teet'
and the southeast corner OF West Eno ave-
nue. and seth street. 1eox162.e feet The par
GELS form part of what is known as the
Evans block
Mr.. powling bought the block last No
v.rnber from the trustees of the Thomas
". Evans Museum and Institute OF Phila-
delphia, for sl,2J0, 900. In December he sold
TO Franklin Pettitt the plot, 1eoxl15 feet
st the northeast corner Of S9th street ana
West End avenue.
The Johnson Kahn Company, which has
built several West Side apartments. includ-
tlS the henGrlck 1uQSOls VIII SlSSN AAio1
Grade apartments on the two sites
The former Poor house at Gramercy Park
zu0 Lexington avenue was resold yesterday
sv Charles Buck. architect and builder
through Pease & Gilman. The purchaser
.s the No. ] Lexington Avenue Company,
organized By Herbert Lucas, architect. The
new company VIII erect on the site 6
twelve story cooperative apartment house
OF the highest type. Nj Lucas has been
Identified with q number Of similar enter
prises in Gramercy Park and elsewhere
The house, which was sold last February
by Mrs. Henry ". Poor TO Mr.. Buck, was
formerly the Field residence. It occupies
plot fronting 60 feet in Gramercy Park
cEast list street,. and 1855 feet on Lex
ingtou avenue. The sale to Mr.. Buck in
cIrded the abutting stable property at no.
l3z East 22d street. This was sold last
month By III. Buck
New York Central to Erect Lofts
The Grand Central architects have fled
ulans for the thirteen story lofts and
of5ce. 10 be built over the tracks Of the
New York Central Railroad at the west
side OF Lexington avenue, from 46th to 47th
streez, with q frontage Of zoos feet and
depth OF $50 feet, with an extension i've
stories high and % feet deep
The facade of the building viii be in mod
srn and Greek and Roman styles Of archi-
lecture, with four massive Doric columns
s- the centre OF the Lexington avenue
frontage, from the second to the fifth floors,
with large spreading eagles carved IN the
stone over the windows OF the second story.
between these columns Large Roman
arches VIII form the windows of the twelfth
and thirteenth floors and viii be ornamett-
Dc mill he
Of brick. trimmed with granite and lime
stone and terra Gotta and Is TO cost $780,
90. The plans consist Of q set OF dfty-fve
drawings. The New York Central d Hud-
son River Railroad Company is the owner
OF record
Plans have also been fled for putting in
new windows, new partitions, change the
iron grating in the floor Of the present
Porch to vault lights in the TWO and three
kto-y car barns of the Third Avenue Rail
road Company, on the west side Of Third
avenue from 65th 70 66th Streets OF which
Frederick " whitridge Is receiver. n. 2.
Seaver estimates the cost Of the necessary
alterations At $4,000
Plans have also been fled for making
oye- The one story gas retort house 70 q
two story stable for the Consolidated Gas
Company, 1t 111th street. south side. 101-10
s15,00C
Plans have been fled for an eight tory
warehouse 10 be built at the southeast cor
ner OF Greenwich and Morton streets, with
= frontage OF 11042 feet On Greenwich
street and 100-z feet on Morton street. The
FACADE VIII be OF brick, with limestone trim
rri-gs- The erection CT this building vii
necessitate the tearing down Of seven old
three srory dwelling houses in Greenwich
Village. James H Cruikshank Is the owner
Of record. and the cost is estimated at
s-s5 ,oe0 by Harry Dean. architect, and for e
six story warehouse at No $50 Washington
street, for the same owners, at 4, cost OF
$4,000
Plans have also been fled for q four
story reinforced concrete factory, TO be
built on the east side OF Washington street.
<e-7 feet south Of Perry street, for the
Fleischnann Company, Julius Fleischmann,
president Arthur NJ Duncan architect,
estimates the cost at SIS, 600
Goldvin, Starrett s. Van Week, archi-
tects, have fled plans for the ten story ex-
tension 10 the James A1cCreery & Co. large
department store, al No. 10 16 West 35th
street and No. 1 = TO West 34th street,
zt e cost Of $4,000; the extension IS 20
be built on the west side OF the present
building Il viii conform IN design with
the older structure. There Is TO be recre-
aJlon shelter on the roof, and one passenger
-levator and two freight elevators
Delaro & Aldrich, architects, have fled
plans for alteration to the Offices OF Daniel
F'-ohnaan IN the Empire Theatre building,
st Nos 1923 and 1880 Broadway. The
plans call for remodelling. putting in a new
oak floor, rebuilding the large open fire
place and enlarging several windows and
several other minor Improvements, 10 cost
$4,000