The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-06-01
MAY ERECT FLATS
ON OLD ASTOR PLOT
Builders Buy Ten Dwellings
on West 55th st. Between
9Th and 9th Avenues.

Another group Of dwellings held by
the Astor family for nearly century
are soon TO be replaced by apartment
houses as the result of deal closed
yesterday affecting the ten three story
and basement houses at $50 to 34S West
vifty-fifth street, with frontage OF go
feet and a depth Of 100, between Eighth
and Ninth avenues. The property was
sold by william Aston Chanler and
Elizabeth Winthrop Chapman to Millard
Schroeder and ]. c. and NJ. G. Mayer.
The purchasers will either sell the prop
erty to a. builder or improve the site
themselves with two nine story apart
ment houses, which with the cost OF the
site will involve an expenditure OF close
to S1,000.000.
Part of the holdings of the Astor
family at this point were improved with
nine story apartment houses by Bing
& Bing. Eight of the old houses were
reconstructed by John Armstrong Chal-
oner last year. The property just sold
was held at $350,000 and was disposed
of by Edward M. Simmons as broker
Norris & McVeigh. attorneys, acted FOR
the sellers and M. s. a. /. s. Isaacs ana
kaplan, Kosman & Steusand repre-
scented the purchasers.
To Alter Eighth Ave. Block Front.
Plans have been filed with the Bureau
OF Buildings for making over the row
of four story tenements and stores on
the east side of Eighth avenue between
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets
into offices, studios and stores for B. nj.
Fando, owner. Ellwood Williams, archi-
tect, estimates the cost at 100000.
Plans have also been filed for a five
story apartment house, 100xS7, at so to
SO ST. Nicholas avenue for the Fay
Realty Company, Inc. J. M. Felson.
architect, estimates the cost at $l50.000.
Brown Buys Apartment Near Drive
Frederick Brown, operator, has pur-
chased from the Goodman estate the
Ridgefield, six story elevator apart
nrent house at $50 to 633 West f3bth
street. 1t occupies plot 75x1O0, adjoin-
ing the ST. Francis Court apartment
house, at the north corner of Riverside
Drive and 135th street. The property
rents for $4,000 per annum. j. S. Max
well was the broker.
other Multifamiiy House Sales.
John n, Davidson sold for Michael
Retzker 504 Columbus avenue and 10l
West Eighty-fourth street, two five
story apartments, 102.2x100.
Cruikshank Company sold for the
Central Union Trust Company, trustees.
TO Louis Godstein | to Catharine
street and and Division street, south
east corner OF Catharine and Division
streets. 3S.6x71,6, the building consist
ing of a five story and basement semi
new law tenement with stores The pur-
chaser was represented by his attorney.
Joseph Rubin.
Lawrence. Blake & Jewell resold for
the Wadleigh Realty Corporation the
southeast corner of Second avenue and
l19th street, six story tenement. with
frontage of fifty feet on the avenue
and sixty feet on the street. to Maria
Falleta,
In the Dwelling Market.
Pease & Gilman sold for Mrs. ID. b.
Van IImburgh a five story dwelling.
2ox10o, at 80 East Thlrty-eighth street,
between Madison and Park avenues. The
property WAS held at 100000 Folsom
Bros. represented the seller
Buyer VIII Build at Riverdalc.
II. W. Sullivan sold for a. Doyle two
lots on West 253d street. south side. be-
tween Broadway and Corlear avenue, to
John J. Kennedy. Mr.. Kennedy win inn
prove this site with two modern dwell
ings. The same brokers sold for Mr..
Lehr a plot so feet north of 259th
street on Leibig avenue. on west side.