New-York tribune., 1912-01-03

W L & w l. Brown, Incorporated,
have sold for Frederick a. WurZbach to the
CITY of New York the entire block front
of sixteen lots on the south side OF East
iesth street. between Findlay and Teller
avenues. a plot 2OOx2O0 feet. The plot Is to
he used as site for a new school to be
built IN the near future.
Negotiations have been completed by Jo-
sepb p. Day for the sale of Nos Sc and So
West 35th street, a plot 40xl0O feet, occu-
pied by two three-story and basement pri-
yate dwelling houses The site Immediately
,dtoins the tyelve-story building occupied
bv Oppenheim. Collins & Co. Mr.. Day
represented Herman Kratzenstein ana MIS-
Peua Hochstadter. The purchasers were
Boody. Adler & Koch. who have operated
extensively in this section in the last year
The buyers will Immediately erect lnou-
ern twelve-story mercantile building. MI
Day also obtained from the MetroPon'du
Life Insurance Company building loan ol
$2S0,0OO in connection with this rahsac'loh
Robert Shaw Minturn, secretary OF ln7
Association for the improvement OF tno
Condition OF the Poor, has purchaser ''io
new twelve story store and lott puliulils' "'
No % 10 "a West 36th street, covering a
Thirty-sixth Street Company, which is COM
nosed of Daniel w Richman and Gustav
Revers. The property was recently LEASED
~ r / Horner & Co. for long term o.
wears. and as il stands will yield the ne"
owner during the lease a return OF oi
ner cent on the capital he has invested.
The property was held at $.OO,Ooj, ana
this figure. il is understood, was snaded
about $4,000. Julian Benedict was the oro-
ker in the transaction. The sellers ac-
ouired the parcel in December, 1870 from
the Union Mortgage Company. through
Parish. Fisher & Co., and subsequently in-
proved the plot, which had previously
passed through foreclosure proceedings anu
several speculative purchases. 1t was or-sl-
nally assembled In the spring of lYo ior
veil known operator.
Plans for new structures announced oS
the Buildings Department yesterday aggre-
gate nearly sl,O0O00O. Among them was
the twerty-eight story office and lCtt ouiu-
ing for the ,Astor plot, at the northeast cor
ner of Broadway and 42d street, on the sue
of Skanleys old restaurant The lessee Is
the recently organized Long Acre Lahd
Company, William II. Barnum, president
The building plot fronts 1Oi.S feet in broan-
way and ll2lO feet In the street, ana VIII
cost s50.OOO. Clinton & Russell are the
architects.
Plans were filed for the three story an
rex 10 the American Exchange National
Bank, at the northeast corner of Broad
way and Cedar street. This low building
will occupy half of the lot between the
bank and the new home being buirt FOR the
tSual anIy trust Company, on the Llpertg
street corner and Will cost SlOJ,CO1 Chm
ton & Russell are the architects.
The 3i2-3l4 SeveuIn AVenue company
1Mver Auerbach and others) also hled plans
for a twelve story store and loft buidihs
to he erected at the above numbers, pc
tween 9th and 18th streets, at q cost OF
500 600 Schwartz u Gross are the archl-
fects A twelve story stone and loft build
ing Is also TO go up at Nos. and East
18th street for /. NJ. GetZky, from plans Dy
Schwartz q Gross This will cost S2JOOp
Plans have been filed for constructing
outside stairways and fireproof exit pas
sage ways in the ten story building OF the
New YoCk University, at NO. 81 TO 90 w aV-
and No 100 Washington Square East, from
The roof of which building many lives We're
saved by the students of the university
rom the disastrous fire OF the Triangle
Waist Company in the building adJolnlnG'
These improvements are TO increase the
,,eans of exit i'm case of fire in the univer-
sitv building Cady e. Gregory, the archi-
tects have estimated the cost at SUU.
plans have also been filed for making over
the old 18th Precinct police station mouse;
al the northwest corner of Delaney ana
Attorney streets. recently abandoned by the
uolice for better home. The old house.