The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-01
MOVING DAY BRINGS
FEVERISH TRADING
Realty Market Active in All
Branches; Vincent AstOr
Gets Big Loan.

Vincent Astor, has obtained a loan OF
100000 from the Bank for Savings
on the former Knickerbocl1er Hotel. at
the southeast corner of Broadway and
Forty-second street. which is being con-
verified into a store and Office building
The loan Is for five years at per cent.
The city assesses the property at $780,
600 on the tax rolls
The Knickerboclxer closed It's doors
last May after James b. Regan. the
proprietor, had sold mis- lease of the
premises to a syndicate headed by VIM
cent Aston, who turned over title to the
property last month to the Knicker-
booker Forty-second Street Company,
Incorporated at Albany in June, with
Vincent Aston, Nicholas Bidde and S. b.
Thorn as directors, and having a capital
of $5,000,000 The structure fronts
1925 feet on Broadway and 1856 feet
on Forty-second street, with 1873 foot
outlet at LAB West Forty-first street
The late william Waldorf Aston erected
the hotel several years ago for Mr..
Regain, who took a long lease of the
property.
The alteration plans, filed earlier In
the month, call for the installation of
stores along the Broadway and Forty
second street fronts and the remodeling
OF the upper part of the building for
Offices Plans for the changes were
prepared by Charles A. Plat, who
placed an estimate of the cost at
100000.
Deal in Insurance District.
The eight story building, 54x97, at
20 to 81 Gold street has been purchased
by the Merchants Property Company, a
holding company for the Merchants Fire
Association Corporation. from Charles
S. Platt, who has held it since 1889.
The deal was negotiated by VIM. A.
White & Sons. The buyers now own
$4,000 square feet at the northwest
corner of John and Gold streets. 'front.'
ing 70 feet ON John street and $50 feet
on Gold street, one OF the principal un-
improved plots in the, insurance dis
trict. The parcel at the corner was
acquired last year by the buyers through
VIM. A. White & Sons.
Standard OIL in Lease.
L. J. Phillips & Co. leased to the
Standard Oil Company of New York
large space in the Penn Terminal Build
ing being constructed the block
front on Seventh avenue Thirtieth to
Thirty-frst street, for term Of years.
This is additional space to that leased
some time ago through the same
brokers.
Dwelling Market Is Firm.
Slawson & Hobbs sold the four story
house, 39x102.2, at 314 West Ninety
first street for the estate of Charles
DE Hart Brewer to a buyer who will
occupy also for Elsie ]. Smith four
story dwelling at 1874 West Eighty-sxth
street to DR.. Simon j. Walsh, surgeon,
who will occupy.
William B. May & Co. sold for Mrs.
Paulding Fosdick five story dwelling,
20x100, at So East Sixty seventh street
Walter J. Burke of the office of Ed
ward c. II. Vogler sold for the estate
of Leonard Lewisohn the five story
dwelling at 70 Riverside Drive. 2S.6x65
irregular.
Congregation of the Third Order of
st. Francis sold to Oscar A. Clynch 40S
East Fifty-seventh street, three story
dwelling, 17.9x99.2.
Emily d. Pratt sold to Anna NJ.
Dwyer the three story dwelling at the
northeast corner of Hamilton Terrace
and 141st street. 20x59.11.
Freda A. Fink sold to Alicia Conlon
the three story dwelling at 434 East
Seventy-eighth street. 16.Sx100
Walter ]. Stevens sold to Annie e.
Wolfe the three story dwelling at <238
West 139th street, 17x99.11
Oliver c. Macy and others sold to
Adelaide and Evelyn White the three
story dwelling at III East Seventy
ninth street. 20x102.2.
Arthur L. Collins sold to Mary T.. Nc
Donald the three three story dwelling
at 1874, 100 and 1872 East Ninety-second
street. each 15x100.S.
Manhattan and Bronx Company sold
Eli East Seventeenth street two fam
lily dwelling.
J. Fox 160-162 East 117th street. two
dwellings, 5Ox1OO.11.
Il. w. Smith, Inc. resold for Susan
L. Fletcher 261 Vest 18th street, a
four story dwelling, 19x100.
John H. Pierce sold for Brigetta Neu-
staedter &C West 12Sth street three
story dwelling, 17.6x10O.
Ivers Batchelder sold to S. N. c.
Hicke the four story dwelling at 221
West 1921 street 12.6x100.
Lucille Slade sold to Lula Fields the
three story dwelling at 313 West 10th
street, 17x99.11.
Dr. Henry r. Brost. represented by
Louis w. osterweis. sold the dwelling
at 1919 Second avenue, 21x90. to Max
l.. Polowe.
Nail & Parker sold for Max Sund-
heimer to Nicholas III. jefferson 234
West 137th street, a three story dwell
ing, 17x99.11.
1890 East 129th street. two three story
buildings with stores, 50x10O. to the G..
A. Field Company.
Flat Traders stiIl Active.
Hattie Hell sold to Abraham Silver
the two five story flats at 500 and 500
Manhattan avenue, near 121st street.
37.6x95.
James Henry resold for the XII Invest
Ing Company 231 East 126th street. a
five story tenement, 25x100, to John Nc
Kee.
Aitchandarr Realty Company sold to
David !. Godstein the three six story
tenements at 1899, 1141 and 1147 Third
pvenue, the last named at the southeast
corner of Sixty-seventh street, each 4Ox
100.
Arthur J. Lessa bought from the estate
OF Elizabeth O'Connor the four story
tenement with stores, 226 East 122d
street. 25x100.
Schulman & Kopelman sold the five
story tenement at 270 Avenue A. 24.6x