New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
WEST End AVENUE FLATHOUSES SOLD
po o Three Five Story Structures at Southeast corner o.
10st Street To Be Replaced by an Apartment buo09'
CITY R,Iys PROPERTY FOR NEW CARNEGIE LIBRARIES

4 row NJ three five story nathous'S' "'
the southeast corner of West Enh 'N'"''
and to1st street. on a plot loollNloo 1ee''
Was sold Yesterday bv Bing y Bine 10
julius Tishman. The buyer II 10 u''',
stood. will improve the property III '"'
-. c,,,,,r, With 4 modern apartmen.
house
Tho e,e g. a block north OF the Furniss
prorertv. bounded by West Ind aN'hue,
Riverside Drive, goth and ltVth S'ree,''
Of which was built up with apart
houses last year. Mr.. Tishman ms
identified with q number Of largo o'''
ing operstions on the West side. one VI
tho most recent being the Norman apaIt-
ments. I'm 93d street. between Central III
West and Columbus avenue, which We're
sold soon after completion.
Tho city acquired sites lin the Washiis
ton avenue section and The Bronx TOT n"
Carnegie library buildings. The site u"
Washington Heights was purchased yester-
dav from the Hamilton Holding Company
through Thomas 4. Wilson. and comprises
a plot 50x10) feet on the north side OF i''h
street. between Audubon and st Nicholas
avenues. The property Is no" covered WIN
n three story frame dwelling house und''
lease until July, 1912. The building, WhIch
is TO be constructed by the New YORK fuO
lie Library. trustee of the fnnd doha'eu
BY Andrew Carnegie for this purpose VIII
be The first Carnegie library norm ot l|ol'
street on Manhattan Island. Inc city re-
Gently acquired a library site IN East io''h
street. The Bronx and another site III
uowsev street is now under consideration.
Edward W. Browning is the buyer o.
Nos 10 and l1o West 10Th street. the sale
of which by tho Brady and Kip estate
WIS reported I'm Yesterdays Tribune y.
A Berwin & 60. were the brokers IN 'n'
transaction Iir Browning has Just com
pleted the tallest loft building in the world.
at No. ~ TO - West @6th street-tWentN-
two stories highland intends 10 put MP Il
similar structure on the 10th street plot.
Tho property purchased on Monday COM
prises a plot 5ox9S9 feet. now covered with
two old five story fathouses, which was
purchased by the Brady estate In 1864. The
property was held at 100000 and was sold
FOR = shade under that figure.
The proposed building site is adjoined on
the east by two similar houses. which were
leased last year by the Maxine Elliott
Theatre Company for five years. and to the
west is the property Of the New York Edl-
son Company. which extends through TO
39th street There are three theatres on
this block the Empire. Shubert and Maxine
Elliott The building will face the Union
Dime Bank, the Tilden Building, a twelve
story office structure. and Mendelssohn
Hall. sold recently TO Philip Lewisohn.
The Brown Realty Company bought from
VI. Grossman No. 2 Manhattan avenue
northwest corner Tooth street. six story
new law apartment house, on plot 26XlVD
feet. In part payment, the Brown Realty
Company gave the plot 75x2O9 feet on the
east side of Third avenue. between l6sth
and 10th streets. The Bronx. The Man
haitian avenue property figures FOR the
third time in sales this year, first having
been bought by the Reville 4 SieSel COM
pany, which sold TO the present seller In
trade for the Seville apartment, northwest
corner of Intervale avenue and l63d street.
The Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown
COMPANY has sold for John c. Reid. jr.,
the vacant lot 25x7j feet. at Seventh ave
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is David Hauser who has had plans drawn
for the construction of a three story brick
theatre. to be used for motion pictures and
vaudeville. The property has not changed
ownership since 1919.
Plans have been flied for the construc-
ton of a six story apartment house on the
east side of Riverside Drive, 1870 feet
south OF 10th street, for the London Con
struction Company, at cost OF $1,000. 1t
will have a frontage Of 80 feet and depth
of 72.2 feet, and will have accommodations
for twenty-five families. GronenberS
Leuchtag are the architects.
Plans have also been filed for putting in
additional freproof stairs in the halls on
each floor OF the six story loft building at
the northeast corner of Washington Place
and Mercer street for Charles Van Bergen,
owner Of Buffalo at q cost OF $500. Hill
& Stout are the architects.
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