New-York tribune., 1911-01-20

Yesterday showed that plans for charging
The new fire insurance district were still
leading feature Of construction work
The Northern Assurance COMPANY. Lin.
tied Of London. viii soon have n home I'm
this hourishing business colony. II has
leased its old home. No. rs Pine street. 4
hrec story building on lot 23.7xsls feet
90 a client Of the Charles +. Moves Co. for
twenty-one years from May next. The
building will he altered into a Ave story
structure from plans by Frederick Putnam
Platt The Northern Company has been
in Pine street for many years
Negotiations ar. pending for the sub
leasing Of the Pine street property 10 a
banking house and also for resale Of the
premises as improved.
The Northern Assurance Company has
lonsed space in tho Hiliard Building at
U,hr and Dutch streets at an aggregate
rental Of about So5O.0On Several large
structures are being put up in this section.
and recently large plot was acquired on
Liberty and Cedar streets. just west Of
William street. by Henry Evans, represent
irg tho Continental Fire Insurance Com
many and other interests. which have in
yIoN the improvement Of tho property with
a tall structure.
The Selkirk Realty Company added 10 its
holdings IN the new hardware centre by the
purchase Of the four story building at No.
8 Howard street which with three other
n lots forms the entire block front between
Centre and Lafayette streets.
This property was sold by Il. J. Casey
for the Jacobs estate. The Selkirk Realty
Company now owns the adjoining plot 10
the west and controls a plot fronting 5S.4
fcet on Howard street and 1924 feet on
Lafayette street, opposite the new build
ing Of the American Brass and Copper Com
pany.
a large upper West Side trade was made
by Millard Welt He sold for the estate OF
August Blumenthal. No. 167 20 l75 West
s1st street four five story double apartment
houses. each occupying plot SS.6xl02.2,
located forty-six feet east of Amsterdam
avenue, 10 Mrs. L. 4. Steers. She gave
in part payment No. 2213 20 22i7 Seventh
o. enue. southeast corner Of 13lst street. a
rvo story apartment house, with three
stores. on plot 45x100.
The S1st street houses were acquired by
Mr. Blumenthal in 1890. Adjoining them on
the east IS row of private dwelling
houses and the West End synagogue, low
structure, abuts the property at the rear.
Howard & Co. Buy Lease.
Howard & Co. who now occupy the
ground floor OF tho building at the south
west corner Of Fifth avenue and 9Th street
which has been leased TO Theodore r. Starr,
have closed negotiations for taking over
the lease held by the banking firm Of
Redmond e. Co.. on the southwest corner
Of Fifth avenue and 10Th street. The prop
erty is owned by Columbia University, and
was leased by the trustees in 1907 to Simon
F'rankel for tventy-one years at an annual
rental Of $4,000.
The sale Of the lease was negotiated by
Frank D. WELLER and Edgar & Curtis.
A s15o,ooo Fifth Avenue House.
Plans have been filed for erecting a five
story dwelling house for William Starr
Miller at the southeast corner Of Fifth ave
nue. and Sfth street al cost Of $4,000
The building will have a frontage Of as
| feet on the avenue by 100 feet in the street
| II will have a facade Of limestone in the
/ French Renaissance style of architecture.
/ II will be dreproof
] I' bdNFU1fIll VIII contain lIl' N'l dlllE
! quarters and kitchen. the FIRST noor will
/ have a largo library and n dining room
| S.Kosj2. feet In size. on the second
/ floor will be large music ROOM a large
| drawing room and a small salon The
! third story will have bedrooms for tho oc-
cupants. guests chambers viii he on the
, fourth noor. and on tho 9th floor will be
! tho sleeping quarters Of the servants. Tho
/ main entrance will he on tho street. Car
! rare Hastings are the architects.
! Plans have also been fled for building a
/ six story apartment house ~ tho north
/ cast corner ~ Riverside Drive and liath
/ street Tor tho Fcdman Construction COM
pany. Of which \ Feldmau Is president.
| This building will have facade ot brick,
/ with limestone and granite trimmings and
| a frontage ~ ls2 10 feet In :hc street by lo2
| feet on tho Drive II will he equipped With
/ an elevator. and will contain accommoda
/ 'ioue for forty-threo families. The archi-
/ tocte. George and Edward Rlum. estimate
/ the cost at p15.coo