New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-28

The five story American basement dwell
ing house No l01 Riverside Drive, on plot
42x55x irregular. was sold by Pease q Eli
man yesterday. The structure was IN
volved In a suit that resulted in the shaving
| off Of the fronts OF the row of houses punt
/ by Clarence True between SD and SD
streets.
The house sold yesterday so INSTRUCTED
the view Of Mrs. Charlotte Y Alderman
/ whose home adjons on the SD street size
| that she brought suit, which ended In the
/ recent court order TO remove the portions
] Of the row OF buildings that extended be-
vond the building line. The similar adj
| Joining house. No 103 was sold recently by
the same brokers for the estate of Joseph
Jefferson to Miss Amelia Bingham. who
| had the front rebuilt and now occupies the
! house.
Another dwelling house in Riverside Drive
was sold In tho auction room by Bryan H.
Kennedy, who disposed OF the property
/ No AS Riverside Drive, four story ana
basement dwelling house, on plot S2XlOo
/ feet. for $3.50, TO Victor Kuzdo. the
property is between seth and SIth streets
and will be occupied as a boarding house IN
I connection with the New York Institute OF
Music now located at No. $50 West End
avenue. northeast corner or Sth street
The property adjoining the latter was sold
recently by W. f.. ID. Stokes TO construc-
ton company, which proposes to erect an
apartment house.
John A. Sonntag has arranged 10 lease
his property. fronting go feet in 10th street
or Cathedral Parkway, and 100 feet on
Lenox avenue. to q syndicate, which Is
planning TO convert IL into an amusement
park and garden, with probably theatre
or exhibition hall. The lease is for ninety
nine years, at an aggregate rental OF
g. 5OO. 600 and contains q provision that the
lessces shall spend at least $4,000 In inn
provements.
Mr.. Sonntag has had a concert hall and
beer garden on tho immediate corner for
several years. When the property. Which
was owned by the Mary g. Pinkney estate
was offered at auction last April, he bought
not only the land on which he had been
tenant. but also several adjoining lots in
10th street. making a plot 2J0xl@ feet for
a total of $4,000.
This block was part OF the old Polo
Grounds. and prior to Mr. Sonntag's occu-
pancy of this corner It was for many years
=
since the block was sold at auction by the
Pinkney heirs the whole Of the Firth ave-
nue. frontage has been sold as theatre
site. Still another playhouse Is going up
at the southeast corner Of DenoX avenue
and ilith street, so that the whole OF both
avenue frontages will be given over 10
amusement places.
Arnold. Byrne & Baumann have sold Tor
Max Marx the three story flreproof garage
on plot 45x1196 feet, on the south side OF
iSlst street 100 feet east Of Audubon ave-
nue.. The buyer is Frank j. Welton. VINO
gives I'm part payment his country place 81
100 acres at IIaines Falls, In the Catskiils'
the sale Of which was recently reported
Tho garage is leased to one tenant Tor
over 5000 per annum net and figured in
the present deal at $4,000. The country
place was held at $4,000.
Plans were filed yesterday for an eleven
story store and office building TO be erected
by Emil g. Mcyrowitz at Nos. 30 and 23'
Filth avenue, on plot 5O.sxl00 feet. The site
adions the northeast corner of 9th street
Trowbridge & Alderman, architects. esu-
mate the cost at Sl25 90.