New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
FROM DAVIES TO DAY TO THE PUBLIC
Van Coandt Sale Demonstrate That Is One OF the Best ways
to Dispose of Property at Auction
ppouy MORE BEwITcHINe TO REAL ESTATE INVESTORS

, on a plot 77x11s feet, to Philip Livingston.
lie gave I'm part payment No. 992 Fifth
avenue. a five story marble dwelling house,
on a lot 25x110 feet; also the block 'front.'
consisting of eighteen lots. oil the west
side OF Webster avenue. between 165th and
166th streets. The transaction involved
$3.50 900
About a wear ago the same brokers sold
the C1ifden twelve story structure, Al
Riverside Drive and 99th street and Fowler
Court, at the north corner of 10TH street
and Riverside Drive, TO Mr. Livingston,
who also owns the seven story apartment
house on the south corner OF Riverside
Drive and 1S9th street. known as the Lin
lithgow.
The L. & A. Realty Holding Company
sold to an investor the Circle. an eight
story elevator apartment house, on plot
17a 2x14s ox9l1 feet. at the southwest cor
ner of Morningside avenue and l22d street.
The property was acquired by the seller
in May from the W. Axelrod Realty Com
pany The West Side Construction Com
, pany purchased the site. together with ad-
Joining property. in zoos from the Merida
Realty Company. II was then transferred
to the w Axelrod Realty Company, which
erected the structure from plans by George
| F. Pelham.
The JTmhria a twelve story apartment
house at the northwest corner OF West
End avenue and sd street, was sold by
Harry Schiff to Helen L. Gilender Asinari.
! II is on a plot 1922 by 100 feet. The eleven
story loft building at Nos IL and j West
nth street. on a plot So h. 90 feet, was given
in part payment by the purchaser. The
Irmbria was held at $4,000 and the 18th
street building at 100000 making N,l5OVW
the total amount involved in the transac-
| ton.
The site sold by Mr.. schiff was acquired
some time in 1910 from various owners ana
the building itself completed year ago.
The architect Of the building was D. Ever
EFT Ward. The property carries mortgage
of $4,000, held by the Metropolitan Lie
| Insurance Company and having about rye
years more TO run.
The Huston & Speaker Company was the
| broker in that transaction. IL mas pee"
| appointed agent Of both buildings.
| The No. 5e2 West End Avenue Consruc-
| tion Company sold TO the Security Mort
gage Company Nos. $50, bs4, 5ss and 56s West
| End avenue. recently purchased from W.
F. D. Stokes The property has a frontage
NJ e feet and is % feet north OF 6th street
| II is understood that the Security MORT
| eare Company will offer this plot, with a
building loan, for a twelve story apartment
bou,e oneration. r. F. Fitzpatrick nego-
| tisted the sale. ~.
1 The twelve story building at the SOUTH
Asst corner Of Fifth avenue and 1st street
and the adjoining eleven story suuctui
Lee
TITLES 10 the properties are in the name
of Caroline A. McCready and others. hach
building is on a plot 4Sx9O feet, the two TO-
gether having a frontage OF 20 rect Oh me
avenue and 90 feet in 2lst street. Both
structures were erected when that part OIL
Fifth avenue was being changed from
residential section into business area
The McCreadys acquired the building ad-
Joining the corner, known as Nos. l4l ana
l43 Fifth avenue, in March, 1891 from
| Henry Corn the deed showing an expressed
consideration Of S462,5Oo On February J.
| 1895 the transfer of the corner property,
Nos AS and l47 Fifth avenue, was recorded
for Sl, 900. The Cutting estate had been
the owner prior to that date.
At the southwest corner Of Broadway ana
21st street Is the plot which was for many
wears the site of Park & Ttlfords store
and on which there is now In the course
Of construction a twenty story structure be-
ing erected by Henry Corn. At the north
east corner is an eight story building owned
hy the Bradish Johnson estate. This was
q. one time the home of the Lotos Club
At the southwest corner is Z. II. Van
Ingen's Mohawk Building and at the north
west corner the Union Exchange Bank
structure.