New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29

N was reported yesterday that Haviland
& Co., china importers, who own the 10
foot plot at No. II to Is East Seth street
and 25 feet abutting at No. 10 East Sth
street, have bought on S6th street the ad-
1oining 70 feet. SIS follows: No. II, from tho
Van Rensselaer, estate; No. IA, from the
Brick PRESBYTERIAN Church, and No IS,
from the Crane estate.
The original sales on S6th and 37th streets
were made through Frederick Fox & Co
last year Plans were subsequently hleu
10 cover the westerly 80 feet on $6th street
and the lot at No. 10 East 37th street with
q twelve story building.
The Monteflore Home for Chronic IN
valids. now at Broadway and lSsth street
Yesterday fled plans for its new nome on
Gun Hill road at 2l0th street, In Inc
Bronx. The buildings will cost N,WVoVV
from plans by Buchanan & Fox They VIII
include group of eight two, three ana
four story sanatoriums and hospitals OF
varying sizes. fronting on Gun Hill road
Woodlawn road and 2l0th street and Steu-
ben avenue.
This property, with the block at Ro-
cbarbeau avenue, was bought in January
1910. The institutions home in Manhattan
~ Broadway, Hamilton Place, lSSth ana
1Seth streets, was sold a month later TO
syndicate headed by Leopold Kahn. IhiS
syndicate will get possession when the ne"
home in The Bronx is completed, or ABOUT
q year from now. Jacob II. Schin is pres
tdent of the home and b. J. Gretnhut IS
treasurer
The leasing of the building at No. 90
broadway from the Peter Goelet estate by
the Adams Express Company yesterday
led many to believe that the company i
preparine to erect a skyscraper on its prop
critics M Nos 80 and 81 Broadway, when
was recently enlarged by the purchase or
the Pinkerton property at No. 81 Broad
WAY al the corner of Exchange Alley.
The house leased is a five story structure,
occupying a plot fronting 264 feet on
Broadway and extending through the pioch
10 Trinity Place, and the belief that TINS
move is preliminary 10 the beginning Oh =
new building is strengthened in that the
property was secured for its general oitlceS
while the new building is being constructed
The express company property has
frontage Of lO410 feet on Broadway ana
an average depth of POO feet extending 10
Trinity Place. where the frontage is HOY
feet In realty circles the general Dehel
Is that building at least twenty stories
in height. similar to the one built by the
United States Express Company In Rec
tor street. will be erected by the AodilS
company. The leasing of the Goelet parcel
was negotiated by Z. 5. Willard d Co., d-'
agents for the express company
Plans have been filed for the erection OF d
twelve story clubhouse on the hortheas'
corner Of Coenties Slip and South street
for the Seaman's Church Institute OF Ne"
York. This will be an exceptionally Hahu-
some structure, with facade Of brick ana
terra Gotta in architectural design; around
the coping on the roof Will be large spread
eagles and sea fauns in squatting posi-
zion The corner Of the building will be
ornamented with a tower in the design OF
a lighthouse having a balcony extending
around the same where will be located an
immense lantern; this will be topped WIN
a mast. having one crossuee' from
which lines run the same as on a ship Tor
flying flags and signals. 1t will have a
frontage of 1l27 feet on the slip by gil feet
on South street and will be equipped with
two passenger elevators and one service
elevator. Warren & Wetmore, architects.
estimate the cost at S35O'Do.
Cross & Cross have sold to Richard Gro
ker. jr. for Mrs. f. LESS No 10 East 4lst
street. five story apartment house, on a
plot 25x9S9 feet 1t was announced early IN
the week by Mr.. Croker that he had pur-
chased through the same broker from j. l..
Buttenwieser No. l12 East 4lst street. This
gives Mr.. Croker plot of fifty feet.
Details of a new theatre, costing $4,000,
with a seating capacity Of 1000, TO be erect
ed by the Jackson Avenue Amusement
Company at 155th street. Jackson and
Westchester avenues, The Bronx, are given
elsewhere in this issue.