New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
DleNAeM COuev CORNER 1HuST s. ST McHoLAsAvE :.
Changing the Skyline of
Washington Heights

st Nicholas avenue. was recently sold by
Emma and Alice Dabour TO a client OF
James T.. Barry & Co. This property is
opposite the triangular plot owned by
the Westcott estate which has under con
sideration a plan for improving its entire
block with a twelve-story apartment
house. Another interesting sale recently
made in the district resulted in change
of ownership to the five story new law
apartment house Nos so and so West
1921 street This house is between Ann
sterdam Avenue and Broadway and has
frontage Of 40 feet and depth Of nearly
100 feet The buyer is an investor. Nc
Dowel & Mcmahon negotiated the sale
for Dominick l.. O'Reilly'
As result of recent trading in the dis
trict more large houses will be erected
at an early date in many parts Of the
region
A client of Arnold. Byrne & Baumann
recently bought the three frame dwelling
houses at the southwest corner OF l5sth
street and St Nicholas avenue. The
premises have frontage of over 80 feet,
the depth being 4S.3 feet The property
was sold for +. p. Schimpf.
The entire block bounded by Northern
avenue. Haven avenue and nth and lIsth
streets was lately purchased by BenJa-
min Reilly. proprietor OF the Arrow Head
Inn in NTH street. ON that site. when
comprises about two acres. Mr. Reilly IS
going 10 erect a hosiery with seating
capacity of 1000. The structure Will be
of the bungalow type, and is expected
to he ready for opening next spring. The
property was sold by William SomerVille
at a price reported to be $4,000.
Three modern elevator apartment houses
are going to be built by the Aldus CON
struction Company at the southwest cor
ner of st. Nicholas avenue and Ioo'h
street The company lately purchaser
the corner parcel. the size OF when u
157x1JO feet. from the Lawyers Title In
surance and Trust Company.
John Boylan bought a few weeks ago
plot of six lots on the southerly size Oh
lslst street, between Audubon ana 81
Nicholas avenues, as site for Ten
story apartment house.
In a recent trade of properties in the
district the Strathcona Construction COM
pany got the northeast corner OF loo'h
NJ. Bendheim through Frank L. Smith
and \. Ginsberg the SIX story elevator
anartment house No 80 st. Nicholas ave
nue..
The vacant parcel figured in the trans
action at $4,000 and the apartment house
AZ s22j 900. On the vacant site large
apartment house will be put up.
Another recent trade in the section re-
suited in transfer Of ownership TO inc
six story elevator apartment house NO
COZ TO GIL West 10th street, on plot I5oA
% n The house was sold by the Dayton
Bealtv Company to Marshall u. Wilder
who gave In part payment Bronx apart
ment house, No. $50 Aldus street.
Two five story apartment houses are 70
ne erected on the southerly side Of Magic
avenue. 100 feet southwest OF hllM N oo 'o'
street. The site to be improved Is lVVA-O"
feet.
The plans for these apartment houses
were recently filed by the Halpin BuiId-
ing Company. Moore Landsledel are
the architects The total estimated cost
is $1,000.
A large purchase almost jim the heart
of Washington Heights was maze cary
this fall by the Welsh CalVinlsuc Me'h
odist Church, which for years mas had us
house of worship in 18th street, just east
of Third avenue. 1t bought plot on the
northerly side of 10th street loo feet west
~ Amsterdam avenue, from John Whaieh
and n Maloney. W. ID. Morgan was the
broker on the 18th street site a ne"
house OF worship will be built Tor the
congregation, the plans. having reoe"''
been fled by Stoughton g. Stouehtoh'
A $4,000 investment will be maze oy
the Yale Realty Company III Is gums
TO improve block front at EdSecoiho
avenue and 18th street with SIN stoIS
apartment house from plans by Harold
l.. Young.
Two five story hathouses. to cost slJo'-
O0O are 10 be put up at No. Cos To 0l3 west
18th street. by company oil which DAVID
Zlpkln is president. Sommerfcld x Steck-
Ter are the architects. At the northwest
corner OF Audubon avenue. and 10th street
the same company will invest another
$4,000 in the erection of two six story
Hathouses designed by Sommerfeid
Steckler.
The BE Glad Construction Company. Of
which Robert l.. Silverman is the head, Is
going TO put up a $4,000 ten story apart
mont house at the southeast corner of
10th street and Riverside Drive. George
Fred Pelham. architect, recently hied the
plans for this big house.