New-York tribune., 1920-03-26
Folks Are Buying
Dwellings Because
OF High Rents
Apparently the Demand for
More Apartment Suites
Has Forced People to Re
turn to Private Living

In the last few days resumption Of
trading on an extensive scale in pri-
vate homes has been noticed. There is
men that this is the forerunner of .
great period Of buying of dwellings.
Folks are turning from apartments for
several reasons. Some cannot get ac-
commodations in the multi-family
buildings, those in apartments are
leaving out of disgust for the constant
upward movement of rents, and others
will not meet the May schedules, which
IN many cases show healthy advance
over the rents paid on expiring leases.
Pease 4 Gilman have sold for the
occupancy the fve-story American
enty-elg ghth Street, on lot 16x96.1; for
Walter E. Maynard to client for oc-
cupancy the three-story dwelling; on
Lot 18x102, at 232 East Seventy-second
Street; for Mrs. Isabella E. Schelling
to client for occupancy the three
story dwelling, on lot 18.9x1OO, at 181
East Eighticth Street.
Douglas L. Gilman & Co. have sold
for j. w. Culmer, represented by Har-
rls, Vought & Co., 139 East Fifty-third
street, three-story dwelling, on lot
".
More East Side Sales
Willes Ray has sold for Mrs. Kate
Kenney the three-story dwelling on lot
12.6x1005, at 179 East Seventieth
Street.
Harris, vought 8 Co. have sold for
John F.. Reed the four-story dwelling
at 1ls East Seventieth Street, on lot
Lansing P. Wood has resold 123 East
Seventy-second Street, four-story
dwelling, on lot 20x1OO, acquired q few
days ago from C. E. McKenna through
! Pease & Gilman.
R. S. Pierrepont has sold the five
story American basement dwelling. on
lot 18x100, at 120 East Seventy ninth
Street, and Edith Jacobson the adioin-
ing dwelling at 1872, The latter house
is on lot 17x1022.
Other Upper West Side Buying
Kate Newman has sold 1856 West
Eighty-frst Street, a three story dwell
ing, on lot 17.6x102.2
Slawson e. Hobbs have resold for
Daniel B. Freedman, the two American
basement houses at 1875 and 1877 West
/ Eighty y-seventh Street, on lots 19x1OO
and 1Sx10o, respectively.
Buying in Harlem Section
Harry Goodstein has sold the three
three-story, 18-foot dwellings at EGO,
266 and 270 West 18th Street, near
Eighth Avenue, to the Mirheim Realty
Company, DR.. NJ. Talmey and I. Kohn,
respectively. M. Handler was the
broker.
A: D. Rockwell jr. has sold to Joseph
&. Abramson, president Of 2844 Broad
way Corporation, for G.. F. Burt the
dwelling at lao West. 10th Street, on
lot 20x100 with three story extension.
The Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
tlon of Harlem has sold IL East 119th
Street, three-story dwelling, on lot
15.9x10O11.
Wolf Mellis has sold to Charles
Rushmere 116 West 119th Street, a
three-story dwelling, on lot 18x1O0.11
The three-story dwelling, on lot 18x
10011, at 254 West 121st Street, has
been sold by Ida Moran to Rosie
The f. J. Rullman Company has sold
to a client of Ernest 7. Bower the
three story dwelling, on lot 19x1OO, at
159 West 10th Street, anL adjoining
the three-story dwelling at 16f West
10th Street, on lot 25x100.
Houses on Heights Sold
Moore, Schultz & Co. have sold the
three story dwelling at 425 West 147th
Street for Frank A. Hodgman.
Norman Denzer has sold for the es-
tate of Ferdinand Bernhard to Herman
Blumkin the three-story dwelling at
500 West 159th Street, on lot 16x100.