New-York tribune., 1910-01-15

Investment deals were features yester-
DAY of the real estate market. William
Waldorf Astor bought. as an investment
and for protective purposes, the five story
store and apartment building No. 1s West
18th street, covering the whole area of a lot
e5xss.s feet
He paid $4,000. That is the highest price
ever paid for single lot in 26th street be-
tween Broadway and Sixth avenue, except
ing the corner parcels. Adjoining the prop
erty on the west is the building in which
are the Offices OF the Astor estate and
Colonel John Jacob Astor.
The rate a front foot for the premises
was s4.40a
For the three story dwelling house No.
i32 West a2d street, on lot 21x1oo feet. r.
Cooper obtained, through the Henry NJ
Well Company s125, 900, or s5,952 front
foot. The site faces the department store
being built for Gimbel Brothers. It was
said that the buyer had made overtures 10
purchase the lease to the premises No $50,
adjoining. which was recently acquired by
L. s. A Pincus for long term of years
from the New York Cab Company.
A transaction involving 100000 was the
sale by F. r. Wood & Co. Of Victor Hall,
an eight story 1ireproof elevator apartment
house. nearing completion, at No. 622 West
18th street, for. the builders. the V. Cera-
bone Construction Company, TO an investor.
The structure contains four apartments to
2 floor and occupies a plot 77XloO.11 feet ad-
soining the southeast corner of Riverside
Drive.
An important downtown transaction was
the sale by the ChiIdren's Aid Society to
James Cruikshank, of No 156 to 160 Leonard
street four story school building,
IN acr-r 1s.S NAa
used for many years as a school for the in
rtruction of Italians. II was originally used
by the Five Points Mission House, but
-hen that institution built in Worth street
81 vas altered into school. II is a land
mark in the Mulberry Bend section and
shuts the Five Points Mission. The school
was moved into the Five Points Mission
building several months ago
Mr. Cruikshank has no definite plans for
the property
u was learned Yesterday that Miss
Chapin's School, now at No IS East 5Sth
street. will move 10 Nos. % and "a East 9th
street Title 10 the latter site was recently
taken by Maria Bowen Chaplin, proprietor
NJ the 5sth street school The property at
Nos 80 and 81 East 57th street is four
story and basement school, on plot 5ox1o0.5
feet 1t adjoins the southeast corner of
frontage, between 5sth and 57th streets, is
occupied by 1he Studio building The Mad
ison Avenue Reformed Dutch Church is at
the northeast corner Of 57th street.
Plans have been filed for remodelling the
old home of the Union Dime Savings In
stitution in Greeley Square, at S2d street,
reittinc the basement stores and rebuild
ing the entrance and making over the
banking rooms into offices, the improve
n1ents beirg made from designs by Shire
&, Kaufman, as architects for Weber &
David. 1essees-
Plans hays also been filed for enlarg1ng
Tie five story loft and store building, owned
fv c. T. Benton at No. 81 Cortlandt street,
extending the first, third fourth and fifth
floors the improvements being made at
cost Of $4,000 for the Childs Company, as
lessee. and for modernizng the two five
story fathouses at Nos. 406 and 41O West
18th street and improving the sanitation
and ventilation in compliance with re-
ouirements of the Tenement House Depart
ment the improvements being made from
designs by J. B. Snook's Sons for the es
tates of { Bowman and Sarah Shaffer
respective owners.
Thomas w Lamb. as architect, has filed
plans for remodelling the gallery of the
Star Theatre, at Lexington avenue and
10th street. and increasing the exit facili-
ties. the improvements being made for Will
tam Fox.
II. p. Knowles has filed plans for enlarg-
ing the five story and basement dwelling
and school at Nos. and East 46th street.
into bachelor apartments and stores, erect
ing a new ornamental FACADE crowned with
a nnansard roof. The improvements are TO
he made at cost Of $4,000, for Mary E.
Pinchot as owner.