The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-20
REAL ESTATE NEWS,
! NOTES AND GOSSIP
Robert f. Simon Adds to West
57th Street HOldings-Trad-
ing Is Lighter.

OttH SlTctt IlOlulHS - Idu-
ing Is Lighter.
Robert E. Simon, who has been an
active operator on West Fifty seventh
street, between Sixth and Seventh ave-
nues. has just added to his holdings on
the street by the purchase CT * West
Fifty-seventh street. a five story -3"sS-
ness building, 25x10O. Pease & Gilman
were the brokers. An unusual feature
of the transaction is that the contract
has three years to run, the present owner
retaining title until that time. when pos
session may be obtained
Deal In Insurance Zone.
The 42-4S Cedar Street Corporation.
representing Foot & Martin. has sold the
former home of the Continental Insur-
Rnce Company at A to As Cedar street,
a fifteen story Office structure on a plot
7s.3x7S.2x irregular, together with the
three story building adjoining at AZ
Cedar street the two properties COM
prising frontage of 100 feet on Cedar
street. The property was held at $780,
900 and brought not far from that fig
ure. The new owner is an investor, The
sale was negotiated by Robert T. Nc
Gusty, who will become president of the
42-4S Cedar Street Corporation and
operate the property for the new owner.
Foot & Martin bought the properties in
November. 1918. from the Continental
Insurance Company. They have a ground
area of about 1900 square feet.
GalcwslSi Takes Title.
Charles Galewsl1i has acquired title
from the United States Life Insurance
Company to the eleven story loft build
ing at 80 and 101 Fifth avenue, near
Seventeenth street, on a plot 59x1OO,
which he bought in September. 1t was
conveyed subject to a mortgage for
s%55.000 at per cent.
District Attorney Swami I'm Deal.
District Attorney Edward Swami, who
has been an active dealer in realty in
the Greenwich Village section, has made
another purchase there. He paid S25,-
900 for the three story and basement
dwelling at 142 West Eleventh street, on
q lot 22.6x10S.9, to William r. wilcox,
as receiver for William J. Farrell and
others, whose sale of the premises
through Pope & Bro. was recently re-
ported.
Old Parcels Change Hands.
William II. Whiting & Co. sold for the
Fllmer-Smith Realty Company the
wagon works at 219 and 221 West Nine
teenth street, 50x9S.10. together with
the stable abutting in the rear at ZIG
West Twentieth street, 25XS4.7. This
is the first sale of the plot since 1916.
Another Factory for l.. 1. City.
The Quadri-Color Company of Manhat-
tan, II. A. Obst president, has purchased |
through William d. Bloodgood & Co.
from the receivers of the Bradley Con- |
tracing Company the vacant plot on the
block front in Long Island City bounded |
by South Jane and Sunswick streets and |
Van Alst avenue The plot comprises
104,SS6 square feet and fronts 2S3 feet on /
South Jane street. The buyers will inn |
prove with a plant for their cologravure
works. The site is near the factory now /
being built for the Hellman Motor Cor
poration and the new Ford automobile |
service station a few blocks from the |
Oueensboro Plaza subway station.
Big Yonkers Plot Sold.
Henry w. sullivan sold the plot at the
corner of South Broadway and Valentine
lane. Yonkers on which stands the real
estate office of Thomas S. Burke. 1t is |
understood that a large apartment house
will be built on the site, which fronts |
141 feet on Broadway and 116 feet on
Valentine lane.
Apartment and Flat Sales.
Edward J. Willing and Alfred p. Co
burn sold for the estate of r. II. Rogers
the five story altered apartment house
25x100, at il West Seventy-second |
street.
William D. Fitzpatrick sold through |
John T. Wall the five story, twenty fam |
lily tenement, 25x10O, at 141 West Six
tieth street, between Columbus and Am |
sterdam avenues.
John Wolfe sold to Lillias Allgrunn
me three story fiat at 334 East Fifty |
seventh street. 25x65.5.
In the Dwelling Market.
Cusack Company sold the four story |
dwelling 255 West Seventy-third street. |
1sx102.2, together with the furnishings
Francis y. Griswold bought from n |
syndicate headed by Eliot Cross, Q SUIT |
ton place a twenty foot four story dwell /
ing. 1t adjoins the residence at No Z. |
recently purchased by III. Lorillard Cam
mann.
John II. Pierce and ]. A. Jeckett sold
for Mrs. Frances A. Ward the two three
story dwellings at 40 and AZ West 1921
street each 15x100.
Everett NJ. Seixas Company sold for
The Swift Realty Company the dwelling.
Ie.7x75. at 1910 Lexington avenue
Shaw & Co. sold for the Hudwin Cor
poration 2156 Fifth avenue, a four story
dwelling, 17x5ox75. to the tenant. Mary
Davis.
Deals Revealed In Transfers.
Max Stern sold to Fannie Klein the
four story flat at 113 East 1Osth street,
25x1o01L
Mildred Avidan sold 70 Bessie n.
Herman the two story building at 147
West Fifty-fourth street. 25x10O5
Donald Harper and another sold for
21,cOo 10 Hattie Flammenbaun the three
and half story building at 800 Church
street, @.2x74.11, near Lispenard street
Albert Weiss sold to the Schneider
Realty Company the five story tene-
ment at 1905 First avenue, 25xSi.
David w. Keen sold to Louis Koss q
Stanton street, three story tenement.
10.sx61 Ok irregular.
Courtney Hyde bought from Henry
V. Holcomb the four story dwelling at
147 East Thirty-eighth street, 16x94
Bruno Zurzola sold to Rosa Corettl the
three story dwelling at 16S East 1llth