The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
FLAT BUILDERS BUY
BROADWAY CORNER
Plan IA Story House for Plot
at Goth Street, Sold by
Baron Astor Heirs.

The estate of the late Baron William
Waldorf Astor has sold a half Of a city
block of its vacant property at the
northeast corner OF Broadway and
Ninetieth street, extending through TO
Amsterdam avenue. to Joseph and
Samuel Golding, apartment house build
ers, who expect TO put up two big struc-
lures on the site to house about 100
families. II building conditions war
rant, the buyers plan TO erect fourteen
story apartment house on the Broadway
corner and six story house on the
Amsterdam avenue corner. The entire
operation, including the cost of the land,
will amount to about $2,750,000. The
deal was negotiated by F. A. Wyckoff
of the Wood. Dolson Company, brokers.
Tho plot, which the Astor family had
owned for nearly 100 years, comprises
thirteen city lots and is the first of its
uptown holdings to be disposed OF by
the family in many years. 1t fronts
1922 feet on Broadway and Amsterdam
avenue and fronts S25 feet along West
Ninetieth street. Samuel III. Golding,
attorney, represented the buyers, and
Montgomery, Peabody & Grace repre-
sented the Astor estate.
This is the third operation recently
planned by the Goldings, they having
recently bought the Casey property at
Broadway and 161st street and the
block front on Fort Washington ave-
nue., between 170th and 171st streets,
from Robert S. Clark.
College VIII Sell Old Home.
Manhattan College property, one OF
the old landmarks in Manhattanville.
has been placed on the market for
sale through Joseph p. Day The prop
erty, which is improved with several
buildings used for many years by the
college, is at Broadway, Old Broadway,
1S1st to 1880 street, and fronts 459 feet
along Broadway.
Some time ago Manhattan College
purchased tract about one block west
Of the subway station at Broadway and
242d street, with frontage on Spuyten
Duyvil Parkway. The Building Com
mittee. headed by Judge Daniel f.
Cohalan of the Supreme Court, has ar
ranged for competitive drawing OF
plans by a number of leading archi-
tects. and 1t is expected that ground
will soon be broken for the main col
lege buildings.
Business Property Deals.
The three story and basement build
ing, 20x10o, at Isl West Forty-flftn
street, has been purchased by Kreinick,. >
Shop, Inc, from Anne Wall Turner
through Worthington Whitehouse, Inc,
brokers' and will be used by the buyers,
who are dealers In gowns. The prop
crty was held at $4,000. l. Fl. Kramer,
attorney, represented the seller.
The three story building at the south
east corner of Bowery and Rivington
street, 25x70. landmark of the lower
east side and for many years operated
By John D. Hanson as the One Mile
House Cafe. has been sold by Mr.. Han
son to George Ehret Mr.. Ehret imme-
diately leased the property for ten years
10 Jacob Margolies for a restaurant
Mr.. Margolies also rented 211 Bowery,
adjoining, for ten years from Vogel &
Gluckman. The store at 80 Bowery has
been leased to Julius Herricl for a res
taurant
Jacob Axelrod & Son bought from
Alexander Walker the northeast corner
Of 10th street and st. Nicholas ave-
nue., 100x125, and Immediately resold 1t
TO the Lapidus Engineering Corporation
aaron Lapidus and Jacob Goldstein) +.
which will improve it at once with a
six story elevator apartment and store,
having three, four, five and six room
apartments. 1t is expected TO be ready
October /.