The New York herald., 1920-01-11
Other Realty Dealings Reported Yes
terday involve Many Valuable
Holdings Throughout City.

S. Osgood Pell & Co. sold for August
Hecksaher the old South Church property
at the southeast corner Of Madison av.
and 5Sth St. which the seller purchased
in 1917 from the Reformed Dutch Church.
The property measures 9S.9 feet in the
avenue and Us feet in the street. A new
corporation will be formed TO take title.
1t is understood that a resale is pend
ing. The property has an interesting
history. Some years ago the Church au-
thorities decided TO sell, and, with the con-
sent of tho Supreme Court. negotiations
were started with Harris and Maurice
Mandelbaum for its purchase. but the
deal was never consummated. Some time
later Bing & Bing, operators. bought the
property. with the understanding that the
Church would deliver the property free
from restrictions against the erection OF
an apartment house. This the Church
was unable TO do. Litigation was then
started to break the Murray Hill restric-
ton. so that a mulE-family house could
be erected a short time later Mr. Heck
scher bought the property and subsequent
litigation made IL possible TO erect an
apartment hotel on the site
Presbyterian Hospital Sells.
Trustees Of the Presbyterian Hospital
have sold. through VIM A White & Sons
and the Brown, Wheelock Company, the
block square bounded by avenue A, 6th,
18th and Exterior SIS. comprising about
forty-two lots. The property was given
I'm 1903 10 the hospital by John s. Ken
nedy. and it was expected at that time
that the institution would erect struc-
ture on the site and move from Madison
av. and 10Th St The three blocks to the
south, 6ith to 6Sth St. are owned by the
Rockefeller Institute, and it is r1mored
hat interests identified with the latter
institution are the buyers
s1,O00,OO0 Lease from Plans
onion Exchange National Bank leased
S0x150 feat OF space on the ground floor
I Of the projected building in the east side
Of 5th ay. from SOth to 51st st, the site
of which was recently acquired by George
Backer from the benjamin Altman estate.
The lease. which is for n long term, is
said % aggre gate S1,o00.0oO.
Astor Ystate sells Block Front.
Dwight. Archibald & Perry. Inc. sold
for Vincent Astor 70 n syndicate repre-
scntcd By Louis and Harry Koyer the
block front in the east side OF 9Th av. be-
tween 25th anc 26th SITS. including 41i to
+30 9Th av. and SO 10 81 West 25th St
and 81 to S. West 26th ST. This plot is
200 feet in tfe avenue, 125 feet in 25th
: st and 1878 feet ia 26th St The prop
erty has been owned by the Astor family
/ for generations
Buiiders Buy in Lexington Ayenr~.
Pease & Gilman sold for the estate OF
James McCabe. also Henry and Simon
AlcCabe. tire six four story dwellings at
g43 70 95f Lexington av.. with frontage
of ie0.5 feet in the avenue and 72.e feet
in C9th St. 20 James O. Mcclure Company,
7 builder which has no Immediate plans
for It's Improvement.
st.0OO,OOO Bank building.
sor1rnerfeld g. Stacker. architects, filed
mans for a twenty-two story and pcnt-
house bank building for ths Gotham
National Bank IN the north side of seth
IN q feet west Of Columbus Circle.
S4xiO05 -o r. two story building In
Colurnbus circle. forming an II around
sna ccruc- The cost viii be about
, S1.CO0,S5e.
old Time Holding sold.
Wright Barclay Inc, sold for DR.. Harold
Barclay at al 20 Christel n Christel, 32l
and g23 Broadway, two old buildings
jQXio0. This property has been in the bar
; clay Csmny for more than three hundred
years eid has been in the Barclay name
FOR about two centuries. It was held al
$4,000. j'he buildings now erected on the
property were originally old private dwell
inps and about eiehty-fiye years ago were
altered into lofts and stores. The two
ercres have been occupied for the last
tNvnty-taree years By lohn J Dowd's res
taurant. Plans are now being prepared
by George & Edward Blum. architects, for
modern siN story loft building, which
WIN bc ready FOR occupancy about May /
: 1870. ID is The intention Of the purchasers
: 90 make this building "a textile building. es.
nccially adapted to the requirements oi
The cotton trade. Wright Barclay, Inc
raDorts tnlt negotiations are we'll under
vny with we'll known cotton firms for the
irasing ~ The stores and some Of the upper
PARTS ~ enc proposed building
Company to Buiid Addition.
Wan. a. White & sons sold for Joseph
VI Brennan 90 Powers Wcightman. Rosen.
rtFteu CrFrnany. y TO 81 be Pey6ter ST.
eo.-Sbs- -dioning the buyers present
building. AN addition will bc erected.
Many Apartments.
Narcaro Corporation, Maurice McGuir,
president sold to Irving Judis and JOSEPH
SilvorsOn. hfoueh Douglas l.. Gilman &
Co. and Af IT. Gaillard. the uiuc story
apartment 6oxl00. at i59 West 5Sth II.
Harry G1odstein soid n West i7Jth ST.
five story apartment. 50xl0o. to g. For.
tan tlrough Harry Rutheiscr
Gecrr Hampton Son sold for too
Graham zach Realty Company tho fiv,
story 0at H West i026 ST. 25xi00
Chnrife Berlin sold fox 4 SpciIei {,
Herman Bohland, OF Syracuse. tho five
story tiat, @.6xlo0 az 55i West i60th ST.
NJ. ". Hayward & co. sold FOR tho Weis-
green Realty Company, the five story
apartment $50 West a9th st