New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Group of Buildings To Be
Erected by Church of
Blessed Sacrament
PHYSICIAN BUYS CITY
HOME FOR PARENTS
Leasing of Town Houses,
Furnished, Continues
Big Feature
By ARTHUR r. NICHOLSON

buildings on which to build a new
parochial school for the Roman Cath
Ollie Church Of the Blessed Sacrament,
at the southeast corner of list st.
and Broadway, is we'll under way. The
church last week mortgaged its prop
erty at list st. and Broadway for
100000, at per cent, for FIVE years
to the Emigrant Industrial Savings
Bank. 1t is going to erect a group OF
buildings, at an estimated cost OF
$3.50 900, the school being one Of the
group. A Gothic edifce will replace
the present church, and to the east OF
the church will be parish house for
the priests. Gustave Stenbeck, archi-
tect of this great group of buildings,
has spent long time in the formation
of the plans Of these structures, and
he says the church edifce will be one
of the finest Gothic structures ever
erected in this country.
This proposed improvement recalls
to mind the fact that the upbuilding
Of Park sv. into a great apartment
house and private home centre has
caused many rich Catholic families
to leave the West Side for the Park
av. district, so that the Church of St.
Ignstius Loyola's, at saith St and Park
av., is now considered to have the
richest congregation. The Church OF
the Blessed Sacrament had this dis
tinction up to a few years ago.
A note. which was put last week in
the letter-box of the real estate editor,
bore the simple announcement that
DR.. Emile Brunor, the gynecologlst,
had bought the dwelling house at a.
Edgecombe Avenue from a client OF
Sterling Sterling as a permanent city
home for his father and mother.
Many similar purchases are made al
most daily in the local real estate
market, and the announcements re-
garding them attract little attention,
but somehow this did, and deservedly
so, because il once again impressed on
our minds the fact that the realty
fraternity, in being ever alert to note
the spectacular in realty or the un-
usual and sudden twists in realty af-
fairs gives little thought TO the many
instances of flial devotion revealed
by realty purchases, which, separately
or collectively, are truly much more
important 10 healthful civic life than
all the snowy operations of the big
gest spectators. The Brunor family
have been long residents of Harlem,
Martin Brunor, the father, having
been for years the proprietor of sue
cessful drug store in the section.
About nine years ago his son, DR..
Emile Brunor, was graduated from the
Medical School of the New York Uni
versity, and he soon afterward began
to practise in his home district. He
opened n private hospital at 46 Edge
combe Avenue, part OF the house being
used as g home for his father, mother,
brother and himself The father is
the superintendent and pharmacist OF
the hospital and has helped in a large
measure his sons rapid advancement
in his profession. In short time the
Brunor family will go to live at A
Edgecombe Avenue, next door to the
hospital. Emie's brother will also
soon be graduated from medical
school, and it is the hope Of Martin
Btunor that his two boys reach the
highest points of eminence in their
profession.
II is not possible, without spending
much money and devotinS much time,
70 get a record of the number Of dwell
ing houses and suites in apartment
houses leased, furnished, for long or
short periods every year. To do so one
would have TO enlist the aid Of the ma
iority Of real estate brokers and
agents who make a specially OF the
leasing Of furnished homes. But from
INQUIRIES at about six of the leading
brokerage houses we can quickly learn
the approximate size of this years
supply of homes, furnished, TO rent
and the demand, compared with that or
previous years. From inquiries and un-
solicited reports we have been made
aware of the fact that the big broker
age houses have had an unusually busy
time this season in trying to meet mos;
OF the wants OF applicants for fur
nished homes. They quickly saw they
could not fulfil all the wants in this
respect. for the number Of demands III
the early season was truly staggering.
Many fine town houses were rented
last week for the season or year. Mrs.
l. f. Alexandra, of Lenox, Mass, rent
ed. furnished, the dwelling house Of
Robert Oliphant, at l6 East 52d st. The
rental asked was $4,000 year.
Worthington Whitehouse, Inc, nego-
tiated the lease. Cornelius y. Bliss, jr,
rented through the Douglas Robinson,
Charles S. Brown Company from Lloyd
c. Griscom the dwelling house at Ill
East 72d ST., furnished. for the winter.
Frederick Condo leased, furnished, for
the season G. Hunter Browns dwelling
house. at Sc East SD ST., through Doug
las l.. Gilman & Co. Henry K. Nc
Lane. of Millbrook, y. Y, will occupy
for the season n large duplex apar.-
ment at 90l Lexington av. He rented
il through Douglas l.. Gilman & Co.
from Mrs. Robert c. Cornell. Pease &
Gilman let, furnished, for +. NJ. Hoyt
his four story and basement 17-foot
dwelling house at l12 East 73d ST. to
Claiming p. Wiley. The list Of other
fine town houses rented in the week
is long one.
The Palais Royal is the latest restau-
rant planned for the Times Square dis
trict. II will be Paul Salyan's third
restaurant. As president OF the Rus-
sell Hotel and Restaurant Company, ne
has leased, through Frederick Fox q
Co, the entire second floor and part
of the ground floor in the building az
the southeast corner of 4Sth st. and
Broadway. running through to Seventh
av.. at a rental of over S2OO,O0 Tor me
term. Mr.. Salvan will spend 100000
in fitting the place up as restaurant
He is head of Rector's restaurant, ana
associated with Mr.. Thompson IN con-
troll of the Garden Restaurant.
The principal feature OF the building
activity in Brooklyn last week was the
filing Of plans for the twenty-five story