New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-25
Buys Group of Dwellings
Near SChWab's Home for
Apartment Site.
FILM CONCERN MOVES
TO IT'S NEW HOME
Triangle Corporation in Brokaw
Building House Held at
100000 Sold.

Or. Charles " Palermo has assem-.
bled another group OF West End
dwellings near Charles VI. Schwab's
homo for future apartment opera
ton. The purchase was made through
Slawson & Hobbs and involves the
threc-story stone-front houses 307 TO
81 West End av, located between 74th
and 10Th sta. The sellers were Will
lam II. Crawford, Mrs. Caroline In
ZACH and j. Edgar Leaycraft, respect
lively Stoddard & Mark as attorneys
represented Or. Palermo. The three
houses occupy a site 6Oxl00 d.agonally
opposite the group Of seven dwellings
al the northeast corner Of West End
~. and l4th 50. recently acquired by
Or. Palermo for an apartment pro ect.
This corner site lO22Xll0, which
faces the Schwab grounds, IS 20 be
improved with thirteen story struct-
ure, having unusually high ceilings
and equalling In height a fourteen
story house. II will be from plans by
Gaetan AJello and will represent a
total outlay Of about Sl.800,000. There
will be two apartments 20 floor. OF
from twelve 10 fifteen rooms and
baths.
All day yesterday the activities Of
the workmen engaged In completing
The Brokaw Building. In Broadway. be
tween 4lst and 42d SITS. on the west
side, were compl Gated by the arrival
of the first tenant The Triangle Film
Corporation, which long ago leased
$4,000 square feet of space in the
building, took possession Of the entire
eleventh and twelfth floors. This pace
includes the roof As the lease was
negotiated several months ago the
Triangle was able to arrange for the
most modern film appointments. One
of the terms Of the lease - that no
other film concern shall be accom- mo-
dated in the building. The Trlangle's
lease is for five years.
Large reception rooms have been set
apart for the president. II. +. Aiken,
and the producing directors, David W.
Griffith, Thomas H. lncc and Mack
Scnnett. I'm addition to the executive
Offices there viii be quarters for the
film exchanges, export department and
international publicity bureau with its
library OF 10000 pictures OF players
and scenes from plays, several proJec-
ton rooms, a freproof storage for
films and an indoor studio for emer
geacy motion picture work. The
amount Of rental involved in the lease
is said TO be between $4,000 and $780,
600
Other sales follow:
25IH ST Eugene 6. Newbold, Of
Baltimore, Nd, has sold 272 Yves 18th
ST., q four story house, on lot l6.8XJS.9,
near Eighth av. The deal is subject
90 the confirmation Of the court. The
seller. as heir, secured the property
last year from the estate of William
4 Boyd, owner Of the property since
1873.
I'D ST. William b. May & Co. have
sold for Felix " Warburg to client
for occupancy IS East 72d ST., a six
story American basement dwelling, on
lot 25xl0O, near Madison av Ii was
held at 100000 The city assesses tbs
property on a valuation Of Sl55,0O0.
10TH Pau. A. McGoirick has
sold 20 an investor - East 18th ST., a
five story tenement, on lot 25xlO0.
HEATH Az. Ennis & Sinnott have
resold 2s6S Heath av, through d. H.
Scully ~ CO.. three story dwelling
on lot 2OxlOO. This is one Of row
recently acquired by tho sellers IN ex-
change