New-York tribune., 1912-02-07

have purchased as a speculation from
the heirs Of DR. Samuel Hall one dozen
three and four-stoTy and basement dwell
ing houses in the old Greenwich section
The property lies within the proposed
southwark bed of the Seventh avenue ex-
tension, for which the city has already ap-
propriated SO00OO0 The purchase includes
No. q TO IS West 4th street and No. l7S TO
1S2 West 10th street, in all comprising plot
Of 1900 square feet. with a frontage Of 16l
feet in West 10th street and 40 feet in West
4th street
The sale was negotiated by Horace s.
Ely & Co.. which marks the transfer NJ
property which has been In the possession
Of the present holders for nearly a CEN
tury, and Is associated with the history OF
the city having been once owned by Sena-
tor Mark Spencer, a conspicuous figure In
public life in HIS time He conveyed the
property to his son-in-law, DR.. Hail.
Frank Bradley has added TO his holdings
IN the Sherman Square district. Through
William Crulkshank's Sons he has acquired
from Wihelmina y. Hartung Nos. SOS and
go Amsterdam avenue. and now controls
plot 1OOx2l2 feet which will probably be
improved with large apartment house.
The Bradley holding includes the old Da-
kota Stables. covering the block front on
the south side OF 18th street, between
Broadway and Amsterdam avenue, which
was purchased by Bradley several years
ago from the Century Realty Company.
The plot also contains the home of the old
Tilden Club, a four-story building, on
plot 80. 1859. at No. 2l2s Broadway, which
Mr.. Bradley acquired last week.
The estate of William Astor Las released
for twenty years to the Saranac Realty
Company. George {. Frelinghuysen, presi-
dent. the block front on the west side or
Eighth avenue, between l2ith ana l25th
streets. The property is known as NO.
1909 to 2225 Eighth avenue, NO. oOl 10 ol'
West Path street and No. 300 TO SlO West
125th street and has frontage of POLIO feet
in the avenue by 80 feet IN each street
The site is at present occupied by old
two four and fve-story buildings. At the
corner Of 124th street is a two-story tax
payer occupied by Postofice Station j,
which is soon 10 move to new quarters, at
Nos. 309 and 81 West 12jth street. At the
northerly corner is the old Colonial Hotel.
one Of the famous hostleries OF Harlem,
while in the street are old five-story fat
houses
What the nature Of the contemplated i'm
provement is could not be learned yester-
day. but II is understood that department
store may ultimately occupy the site. The
lease is made on a basis Of per cent OF
the value Of the property. The aggregate
amount involved in the full term Is about
$6O5, 900
Bert G. Faulhaber & Co. has sold for
Jacob Aaron. to the Lammermoor Realty
Company, the vacant plot 5oxlOo feet at the
south side OF West 15Sth street, 2i5 feet east
of Broadway. The purchaser Will Improve
the property with a slX-tory non-elevator
apartment house for thirty families, ar
ranged in suites Of three, four end hEe
rooms and bath.
The Rutland & Whiting Company has sold
for John II. Judge as attorney for Mrs.
Cornelia G. Chaplin, the flve-story. base
ment and sub-celar factory building, on
plot 5Ox1OO feet. at the northwest corner of
Morningside avenue and 124th street TO the
Amsterdam Grocery Company.
The Dyre Avenue Realty Company. which
several months ago purchased the Halsey
Estate holdings. consisting OF twenty-five
acres surrounding the Dyre avenue station,
on the line Of the New York, Westchester
& Boston road, in the Bronx. has bought
through j. Clarence Davies the old Lane
Estate farm adjoining, and comprising
about eight acres OF ground The property
was sold by Benjamin S. Halsey. The tract
is triangular I'm shape and has frontages In
239d street. or Fishers Landing Road. Tho
purchasing company Is now building twen-
ty-fye dwellings on the Halsey plot. West
Of the tracks of the new railroad Jefferson
NJ Levy owns a large tract Of land. on
which Seton Falls and Rattlesnake Creek
are located
William G. l. Roeder, architect, is pre-
pairing plans for remodelling the Crotona
Casino. on lo9th street, just east Of Boston
avenue. An extension four stories high,
o5xlOO feet. VIII be built, enlarging the
present dining room, dispensing with the
cafe removing the entire second floor and
reconstructing for ballroom purposes, re-
moving the third floor which is now a ball
room, and constructing a hanging balcony
| in It's place The basement OF the new eX-
| tension is TO be used for bowling alleys.
! The new entrance will be Of marble and
| freproof stage will be built in the rear.
| The cellar Is to be eXcavated for cold
! storage plant. The cost Of making this
change has been estimated at between
! 10000 and $4,000.