New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-07
SALES THAT BRIGHTEN THE RECORDS
Being Above the Ordinary They Form Some of the Most po
tant.Transactions in the Last Six Months.
LIST OF THE BEST TEN PURCHASES SINCE JANUARY

Hundreds of experts on realty matters
are busy measuring the strength OF the
trading in Manhattantand The Bronx from
January to July /. AS 1t was the con-
sensus of opinion long. ago THAI conditions
in every phase OF the market had vastly
improved, interest will consequently be
centred in the views Of the real estate
dealers as 10 what comprise the most I'M
portant transactions of the last six months
And then will naturally follow their fore
cast of the probable size and equality OF
buying and building operations.
Sales OF property valued at 100000 OF
more were features of nearly every week
{ in the carly part Of the year, and in the
closing weeks of the period several
Rsl, OO0. 600 speculative purchases were made
! Under such circumstances IL is not &c
lbe,expected that any two lists Of big sales
of The first six months will be similar, II
Is, however most likely that the majority
of experts viii agree that the ten best
salestpf the period We're:
TheSold Fourth avenue gear barn prop
erty.
/, Hotel Marlborough.
4 Hotel St. Andrew
2 Amidon. apartment house and adjoining
parcel; first sale andf resale.
Hoyt estate site attS6th street and Fifth
avenue.
Howard Budding. at Nth street and
Fifth averhue.
/ Cafe Martin.
Z Arena Building.
Admission and Evanston apartment
houses.
Hotel Albany.
Those parcels are among the mos
valuable I'm the greater city.
AS regards worth Of property affected by
changing ownership. the Admission anc
Evanston transaction ranks highest Ii
that exchange. which added to the loca
real estate holdings Of Herbert Du Puy OF
iPittsburg, 100000 was involved
The high character Of the trading from
january to July is forcefully revealed
by the following list of big sales:
Apartment Houses and Hotels.
Rockledge Hall apartment house, at tht
isouth corner Of 1920 street and Riverside
Drive, by Calder, Nassoit & Lanning TO
1.-THE Rockledge Construction Company L
Phillip Livingston. who gave property II
Manhattan and The Bronx in part pay
llnent. The parcels figured in the exchange
at $4,000.
II Hotel Marlborough, at the northwes
corner of Seth street and Broadway, b!
LEOPOLD We'll and AdOlph Meyer for tn
Charlotte NJ. Goodridge estate TO the Cross
town Realty Company
! Yorktown Court apartment house, at IN
northeast corner of 1921 street and For
washington avenue, by the lIcVlckar-C all
Hard Realty Company and z, II. Ludlow
leo. for the Saxonian Construction Com
lpany 10 the New York Real Estate Secu
lrity Company.
.Runota apartment house, No. S7 Yves
,S9th street, by Frederick Zittel & Sons TO
the North Holding Company TO the bred
lerick Il. Taylor estate. 1t was held
about $4,000. In part payment the 9aylo
Iestate gave the Arelgh apartment house
sNo. go West 11Jth stTeet. held at Abou
I$lS0,OOO.
l. Dorchester apartment house, at tn
Inortheass corner Of S5th street and River
iside Drive, BY Fvank E, Smith for the Dor
ichester-H Riverside Company 10 William Il
Barnard for $4,000
sEotel ST. Andrew, at the northwes
corner Of 72d street and Broadway. D.
Hoodwin & Goodwin 2or Charles b Davi
10 Morris Schinasi for about S.6clooo
Hotel Albany. at the southeast corner o
40th street and Broadway, to Irving Girls
wold.
Glen Cairn apartment house, at the noru
corner OF 18th street and Riverside Drive
which was held at Sl,OO0,0oo 1t was sold b!
Calder, Nassolt & tanning. and John II
berry for the orb Realty Company 10 IN
Norwood Park Company.
Prasada apartment house, at the south
west corner Of 18th street and Contra
Ga1 Uf
Prasada Company TO the Read Realty Com
pany.
Entire block front on north side Of So
street, between West End avenue an
broadway, BY Mark Rafoslky & Co 70
Georgiana NJ. Ward Amidon to Harris ant
t0Iaurice Mandclbaum, and resale Of tn
West End avenue part of the block by III
same brokers TO the Leopold Kahn syndi
cate
Amidon apartment house, at the north
WEST corner Of SD street and Broadway, b,
the Douglas Robinson. Charles 8. Brow
company for Harris and Maurice Mandel
baum for about $4,000.
Halcyon Hall apartment house. No 40
10 Al West 10th street by Moore &
twyckoff as brokers TO the New York Rea
Estate Security Company.
Holland Court apartment house. at thu
northwest corner Of 92d street and Park
lavenue, by Pease & Gilman for clients tC
charlotte F, Baker for about $4,000.
Hotel Aberdeen. No. II TO q West $40
street, by the Douglas Robinson, Charles 5
Brown Company and Z. l. Turnbull & co
for Mrs. Percy d. Haugh-on to Louis
lAlarkel.
Irving Arms apartment house, at the
northeast corner of 9th street and River
side Drive, by the McVickar- Gaillard Real
Nv Company TO the New York Real Estate
Security Company.
Van Horne apartment house, at the
southwest corner Of 1O5thi street and Wes