New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02

BUYERS we're fairly active last week IN
central and northerly zones. On seNe'a'
DAYS the volume Of trading IN DOM MAN.
haitian and The Bronx was unusuaIIg 'a'se
and interesting for this season OF the year
The budget Of important transactions IN
cluded the purchase of a plot 5ONlo Iee'
o, the northwest corner OF 54th street ana
Seventh avenue by the Freundschaft So
cietv. on which it's proposed new home VIII
be built. a change Of ownership TO the Amy
G. Gallatin property at the southwest COT
ner Of Goth street and Fourth avenue, be-
sides the sales of a plot lO22xloO feet AZ tie
northwest corner Of s5th street and west
End avenue, Of the White Court apart
ment house in West 10Th street OF the
twelve story store and loft building NO 4to
10 $50 West 25th street and the twelve STORY
loft and Office building Nos. and west
18th street.
. There were also several buying operations
on the heights While they did not attract
more than ordinary attention, they never
theless added considerably 10 the worth or
the properties disposed of in the week.
The section which surprised many per-
sons was that which extends from ABOUT
the heart OF old Abingdon Square 10 the
great West Side apartment house area IL
was livelier, as regards sales, than IL mas
been in many months.
. The Bronx has frequently given this year
unmistakab,e signs of its realty attractive
ross Its charms are varied. 1t has pis'
strong retail shopping centre, modern IN
dustrial districts artistic residential Sec
lions and. best of all, it is being made more
enticing TO spectators and investors. 1t
has certainly earned the title of being one
OF the most alluring, safest and profitable
fields in the great city for realty buyers.
The leading feature Of the trading III the
week in that borough was the success OF
the sale Of lots in the Watson tract, owned
by the American Real Estate Company
Most Of the lots which changed hands are
10 be improved in the near future by the
buyers.
Felix lsman enlarged his holdings in the
Times Square section last week by buying
through Leopold We'll, the property NO. os0
10 $50 Seventh avenue and No. POI West lst
street. forming an - around the north
west corner Of those thoroughfares. 1t ad-
joins the Hermitage Hotel on the south.
The sellers were jefferson NJ & L. Napo-
leon Levy.
The property fronts 1913 feet on Seventh
avenue and % feet in 4lst street, an area
OF about 100 square feet.
The Broadway Theatre, which he bought
three or four years ago from the Zborowskj
estate. is diagonally opposite Mr.. lsman's
latest purchase on Seventh avenue.
The Seventh avenue and llst street build
ings, il is said, will be remodelled by Mr..
Isman with a view 10 fitting the lower
parts for occupancy by the Horn & Hardart
Company, a concern operating lunchrooms
equipped with various automatic selling
devices.
The twelve story loft and store building
No. li6 TO IL West 18th street on a plot
56x9:9 feet, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues was sold by the Gibson Steingart
Construction Company. The structure vas
erected by il in 1910, and has been held at
$4,000. In exchange the purchaser gave
a large uptown elevator apartment house.
John H. Berry and Joseph P. Day sold
for the Brevoort Construction Company TO
the Baroness Won Zimmerman the twelve
story loft and Office building Nos, and s
West 18th street, on plot 52xs2 feet.