New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

trsctiye, but this old house Is attractive
10 the artistic eye or account or itS
age. Mr.. Marshall is connected with
the Hartman Research Institute. lie
Is going 70 spend about $1,000 for re
storing this house, and he is installing
improvements at his own expense.
"No. i29 Macdougal ST., similar TO
1917 Macdougal St. has also been leased
by L. McAllister Magee, of Montclair,
n. j., on the same kind OF arrangement
as Mr.. Marshall, and he is going TO
spend about $4,000 on alterations, be
cause it is also one Of the old type OF
houses.
Leonard WE'LL has built fine apart
ment house at the southeast corner o.
9TH av. and 18th ST., formerly occupied
by the historical old roadhousc known
as the Old Grapevine.
All-Year Renting Season
"Once upon time we knew the rent
ing season was October; now we do
not know when the renting season is,
as in this section IL seems TO be all
the time. The tenants in this section
now hire places at whatever time they
can get them, and they are also willing
10 put up at hotels at heavy expense
for month or two for the sake Of
getting an apartment,
"The demand for apartments of two,
three, five and six rooms as we'll as
private houses is beyond imagination.
Tenants are inquiring now for next
October. The reason is that that is
the only way they can BIO sure that
they will have the apartment by next
October.
"The new building on West 10th st.
and Sixth av. built by Dominick Abb
bate. l00Xl00 feet accommodating sixty
families. had all been rented before
the building was completed at rental
higher than was anticipated.
"Two hundred and seven and two
hundred and nine West 18th St, built
by the Fogliasso Clement Company,
now being completed, has also been all
rented.
"The apartment building at. the cor
ner of West 18th st. and Waverly
Place, owned by Samuel Lippman, also
has been fully rented.
"Some of the builders arc now taking
little more interest in the section,
and new nine story, high class apart
ment will soon be built at "A, 90 and as
West 10th st. by Hardy, Aprons &
Melius. This will be q high class apart
ment with all modern improvements, Of
Colonial style and with open fireplaces.
Special provision win be made for
physicians apartments and extra rooms
for help.
"Another building is contemplated at
Thomson st. and Washington Square,
on a lot 75x116 feet. Plans have al
ready been fled. The total cost will
be about 100000.
"The. proposed improvement at 9th
st. and Fifth av., on lot 110x110 feet,
known as the former residence or Gen
eral Sickles, will be a great help TO
this locality, as there has been great
demand for high class apartments on
the lower part of Fifth av. This prop
erty was recently resold to corpora
ton, clients of NJ. Morgenthau, jr The
new apartment building may somewhat
relieve the demand for high class apart
ments in this locality, and IL will also
be material help to the surrounding
property: Gill;,
Snug Harbor, on East Sth ST., in Wash
ington News, when completed, will be
another drawing card for this locality
OH account of their artistic design.
Practically all Of these improve
ments now going on, large or small,
are the result of the demonstrated sue
cess of properties not more than III
teen months ago at so West 18th ST.
and 124 Waverly Place.
Before these two samples Of altera-
lions were made very little was known
of the real estate possibilities OF
Greenwich Village and Washington
Square.
"The theatre that is going. TO be
erected at Christopher st. and West 4th
81. by the Greenwich Village Players
will be a great help to this locality,
and it will not be long before another
group of players will purchase site
for another theatre around Washington
Square.
zone Of the great attractions Of
Washington Square and Greenwich VII
lage is its antiquity. II is the Oldest,
quaintest part of New York.
"All these houses we're built when
the northern city limits were 14th st.
This section was the abode of the arts
tocrats in the Colonial days, when
Washington Square was known as
Washington Parade Grounds.
Each one of these houses in, the
village is from seventy-fve to one hum
dred years old"