New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-04
BACKER co. WILL
SPEND $1,OOO,OO0
Money Will Be Invested in
Building Loft in Mad
iSOn Avenue.
$4,000 PAROCHIAL
SCHOOL PROJECT
Miss !. Johnston Leases Apart
ment Hotel for Women in
Washington Square.

A 100000 sixteen story store and
loft building will be built at the north
west corner of 3lst 20. and Madison
av. II will extend through 20 32d 81.
and will have a frontage Of ll6 feet
on 31st ST., 147.ll feet on the avenue
and 2l.l0 feet on 32d st. The George
Backer Construction Company will
erect il from plans by Sommerfeld &
Steekler, architects.
Plans have also been filed for the
construction Of a FIVE story freproof
school building on the north side OF
18th ST., 1877 feet east Of Hudson St,
for st. Bernard's Roman Catholic
Church. IL will have a frontage Of
1875 feet and a depth OF 66.4 feet.
James s. Maher is the architect. He
has placed the cost at $4,000.
A number Of Washington Square
transactions were reported yesterday.
Pope e. Brother have leased for the
Fogliasso Clement Buildings Company
the premises 10 and 81 West Wash
ington Place, an eight story hreproof
apartment building, now in course OF
construction, 20 Miss |. Johnston for
a term of eleven years, at the yearly
rental Of $4,000. Some changes are
TO be made in the present plan 20
satisfy the new tenant. The build
| ing is 20 have an up-to-date dining
room on the main floor. The house 10
going to be specially adapted for liv-
| ing quarters for women as an apart
ment house and hotel combined, some
thing on the style Of the Martha
Washington.
Daniel Birdsall & Co. have just
/ closed a negotiation with Messrs. G..
H. Tenney & Co. whereby that con-
Germ renews its lease Of It's premises
at 8 Washington Place, running
| through to Is to 10 West 4th ST., con-
sisting of a total of 10000 s1Sare feet
of space. Messrs. Tenney & Co. have
been located at this address for about
/ twenty years and are an important
| factor in the hat trade, which is CEN
tired Just east Of Washington Square.
The property at 7s4 and 1855 Fifth
av., adjoining the Hotel Netherland, az
the northeast corner Of seth St, and
formerly occupied by Park & Tilford,
Is TO be improved with a six story
mercantile building from plans by
Louis E. Jallade, TO be ready for occu-
pants about December 10. Mary Is.
Brandage, OF Boston, Is the owner.
Other sales reported yesterday were
as follows:
18TH ST.-George ". Mercer & Son
have sold the Aston leasehold, 343 West
18th st
22D ST.-william A. White & Sons
and the A. n. Gitterman Corporation
have sold for the Hewitt Realty Com
pany 145 East 22d ST., vacant lot, 2ox
100 feet, adjoining the Children
Courthouse, between Third and Licking
ton avs. 1t was bought several years
ago by the Hewitt family as site for
a stable, but the plan was abandoned:
l05TH ST.-H. T. Wood has sold fol
Mrs. E. F. Power % East 1O5th st,
five story hathouse, on lot 25xlOO feet
located 100 feet west of Madison av
The seller owned the property since
1898.
INTERVALE AV.-Louis Schloss hat
sold for the estate OF Hugh McCreerJ
the southeast corner OF Freeman 81
and Intervale av., three story frame
building, with stores, on lot 65xls'
irregular. 10 John ]. Tomisch, whc
owns the balance Of the block from
from Simpson ST. TO Intervale av.
SPOFFORD AV.-The Sykes Realty
CORPORATION has sold the lot, 26xlOS
feet, at the northwest corner OF Spot
ford av and Faile ST. :,
TRINITY AV.--Jacob Dieter has sole
the five story modern fathouse on plot
40x1OO feet at 757 Trinity av..
FAILE ST.-The two family brick
dwelling house on lot 20xl00 feet. at
63s Faile St, has been sold TO Lazaf
Goldberg.