New-York tribune., 1912-02-17

One of the largest vacant parcels OF i"',I
in the upper Broadway district was % soiu
Yesterday by Gibbs & Kirby for the Olly
Real Estate Company. It is plot l4'0o'
| SQUARE feet, surrounding the northeast 0oi
ner Of Broadway and lOSd street 1t ul,S
AS feet in Broadway and extends DaI
| 165 feet through the centre OF the - -.
It's rear line is lO0n feet and ls 4io''
in 1O3d street is 1l402 feet. -
The size of the corner plot whlch ",iS
plot surrounds is 597 feet In Broadway W
| S7.4 feet in l03d street. On the corner s,'o
is a one-story frame building ana DIT
southwest corner Of lO3d street is the NJ
Marseille. The Astors are owners oi ii'O
| of the large remaining unimproVed pa .'l'
| in this section, which are few IN II huiiiO',,
The 1O3d street entrance Of the SUBWAY %
opposite the parcel sold.
Further activity Of upper sixth aNehuo
| property was in evidence yesterday py 'i'o
! sale of No. $50 having been purchaseu ~
Harris and Maurice Mandelbaum' throue"
| the Douglas Robinson, Charles D pio"
| Company The parcel is a four-story ouiiu
! ing, with stores, on lot 3.9X69 rect ANU.
| fifty feet south of 50th street. and was soiu
by an owner whose identity is hidueh p1
hind the City Real Estate Company, wnl.n .I'
holds title on Thursday No. SoZ oiAIii
| avenue. adjoining the northeast corner VI
8tb street. was purchased by SPECTATORS
| The Estey Company. piano manufactur-
ers. have purchased the lease held by Han
sen, Shakelton & Ward of the property NO
| % West 42d street, Just east of the site
chosen by Stern Brothers for their ne"
/ tc cd
of Oakley Hall, who was once Mayor ol
| this city, and occupied by him 1or many
years as his home, while the GROUNDS pe-
! long TO the estate of Dean HOFFMAN, "ho
purchased Il, together with other proper ~
| on this block, at the sale of common ldh"'
! held by the city nearly half centur! dso'
| The lease obtained by the piano firm on the
site mas fourteen years TO run hahseE'
! Shakelton G. Ward have obtained quarters
for five years at No. AL Fifth avenue
owned by Mrs. Jenny X. Stafford, ana heid
under a long lease by Blaine. Scotz az 20
II was said yesterday that the publishing
! firm of Charles Scribner plans 10 erect 'eH-
story structure on the property 1t has ac-
ouired at Nos. 597-599 Fifth avenue, through
John n Golding, Of Mrs. Emma Flower
| TAYLOR. No. 597 Fifth avenue was the nome
of the late Ex-Governor Roswell +. tlo"er'
The parcel comprises a plot 53.5XlD feet'
! and was valued at 100000 Mrs Anson H.
! Flower. who owns the adjoining house, NO.
Col Fifth avenue. measuring 21xl25 feet'
last fall declined to accept an offer OF close
to $4,000. Last May No. COS Fifth avenue,
25xlOO feet, was sold by auction to specu-
lators for $4,000. A few weeks ago +. +.
Dutton & Co. arranged TO move from
23d street to the site now occupied by the
home of Levi p. Morton. at No 6S Fifth
avenue, which is to be replaced with
twelve-story building
The Society for the Relief OF the Dest-
tute Blind. whose home is at the south
west corner Of Amsterdam avenue and
1O4th street, proves to be the buyer OF the
two five-story fathouses, Nos. POS and 2l0
West 10th street. recently reported sold.
Title has just passed. An officer OF the
society stated yesterday that the purchase
Of the property was made TO prevent the
erection of any tai structure adjoining
the home. The houses will continue TO be
used for apartn ent purposes He also
stated that If al any time in the future
| IL was deemed advisable 10 rebuild the
present home the additional lo4th street
frontage would also be included in the
operation With its latest purchase the
society now controls frontage of l25.u
feet on Amsterdam avenue and 1896 feet
on l04th street
The Courthouse Board, consisting OF
Morgan J. OBnen, chairman; l., Lahin
Kellogg, secretary; Edward NJ. Grout +.
Clifford Potter and Charles Steckler, have
appointed the following members OF the
Real Estate Board Of Brokers official ap-
praisers of the property to be taken Tor
the site Of the new courthouse: Douglas
Robinson, Charles S. Brown & Co, Bryan
L. Kennedy Joseph 7. Day. John \. Gold
ing. L. J. Phillips & Co. and Irving Rutland.
Property of the Mercy Seat Baptist
Church at Nos As and AZ West 13ith street,
which was offered for sale in the Vesey
street salesroom in a suit to ioreclose
a mortgage was saved TO the congregation.
The church bid the property In for SloO.
The liens against the property aggregated
$l91A.