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The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Squirt In Flat Market

on the West Side that have not as yst
been reported is an indication OF the
confidence OF the investor in real estats
Of this type" says T. A. Nyckoff OF
Wood. Dolson Co. Inc
These investors arc men experienced
In real estate values. They understand
well that with the cessation Of apart
ment house building caused by the 100
per cent increase IN cost even to tho
present day. the recent rent legislation
and the lack Of available sites to build
thereon that there Is no competition
whatSoevc as 10 the cost OF the prop
erty or rentals between the buildings
erected heretofore and those that may
be erected In the future.
Real estate. properly managed is
the safest OF all investments and with
the assumption OF normal business con-
ditions we anticipate great activity in
this particular class OF property"
What evidence there has been in the
last few days OF investment buying in
the apartment house field Is hopeeul
sign TO say the least" says Lawrence
Gilman or Pease & Gilman. Unless
the few instances Of investor activity
arc multiplied within the next week or
so would not wish 20 overestIma.e
their importance or significance. Frank
Isl. unless the Court of Appeals upsets
tho rent laws. cannot become an
optimist as far as the apartment house
Investment field is concerned. We are.
OF course. all hoping that the court will
uullify the laws. tntil such action is
takon It seems TO me that the orly
apartment house investment buying
must be confined 70 sporadic cases
where properties are 10 he had at cx-
cepuonal bargain prices"
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
CHURCH LANDMARK
IN MONTCLAIR SOLD
Theatre and Office Building to
Replace First Presbyterian
Edifice.

Montclair's oldest landmark, the Fn.-s
Presbyterian Church. is to be torn down
and theatre and Office building put uc
on it's site. The property has been pur-
chased by Commissioner Ernest G. Hinck
of Montclair. who offered it to the ctts-
zens as site for memorial. The ofser
was later withdrawn, and now Cornmi5-
sloner Hinck has decided to put up a
5000, 900 building with a theatre COM
bined.
The site was purchosed BY the Pres
byterian Society In 1897. when Montclair
was known as West Bloomfield. The
present brownstone church was erected
in 1856 from materials taken from quar-
ries not far from the church. The Gen.
trail Presbyterian Church, as the society
is now known, has purchased a site for
a new church. and plans are being drawn
by Carrere & Hastings for an edsfice to
cost about 100000.
The First Church site is triangular, and
is bounded by Church street and Bloom
field and Fullerton avenues. II is sit
uated In what Montclair styles as Its
town centre" between the banking In
stitutions and the Montclair Teachers
Club. The property has frontage OK
300 feet on Bloomfield avenue and 4S9
feet on Church street II is reported that
Commissioner Hlnck paid s11s.00o for
the property +. NJ. Crawley & Bro. OF
Montclair were the brokers.
Tho theatre project planned by the
new owner will be erected on the south
erly portion Of the site. The structures
will have stores on the Bloomfield ave-
nue. frontage. with offices above. Ken.
meth r. Shand OF the Essex Title Trust
Company. represented Commissioner
Hinck, and John p. Wight of the board
OF trustees, represented the church.
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BUILDS AN ARTISTIC OFFICE.
Jersey Woman Broker Believes In
beauty In Business.

Miss Edna Dickinson OF Chatham.
y. j.. one OF the best known and most
successful women brokers In that State.
believes that next TO having artistic
houses TO sell to clients. the best way
TO acquire a large and satisfied clientele
is TO have an artistic and cheerful real
estate office in which she can sit down
with them and talk business. Miss
Dickinson. with the aid Of 3. S. shapter.
an architect OF Summit, is having just
such real estate office built on Fair
mount avenue, adjoining the station
plaza. 1t Is a small one story affair,
but outside the lines arc purely classical,
with Doric cornices and plasters, done
in cream white stucco.
The interior IS divided into two large
offices and anterooms. the front ones
for the public and the rear ones for
private use. The rooms are replicas OF
an old Colonial mansion in Massachu-
setts. The old fashioned rim and VAIN
scote arount the room, combined with
old style doors. cornices and antique
furniture. will give IL an air that is not
seen or used much I'm an office OF pres
ent day hurry. There Is a fireplace in
each office. with mantols Of the typs
found In old Revolutionary mansions.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
MANY INCOME PARCELS
LISTED IN SPECIAL SALE

A specIai effort has been made to list
as many business and income propertle
as possible ut tho next special auction
TO be held by Bryan J.. Kennedy on
February In "a Vesey street. AT that
time Mr.. Kennedy Will offer the south
erst corner Of Third avenue ana Thirty-
sixth street, three and four story tene-
ments, with stores, 49.5XloS; so Secoho
avenue, southwest corner OF Forty-sev-
enth street. five story tenement with
stores. 25xT3 4i3-4l5 East Thirty-sixth
street. two four story tenements. with
stores, 49.6x9S.9.
Mr.. Kennedy will offer for the estate
OF the late Francis Neher 4is First ave-
nue. four story front and rear tene-
ments. with store. 24Sxi01; for the estate
OF James ]. HanniRan. los Avenue B.
southwest corner OF Seventh street, a
five story building, with store, 2SxA.6'
5l-53 West Nineteenth street. two four
story business buildings, 45x92; Brnd-
hurst avenue. northeast corner OF li2d
street, n five story apartment house.
with stores, 2T.sxH.11: 6A Eleventh ave-
nue, northeast corner OF Forty-ninth
street, a four story tenement, With store.
@x60: $50 West Fiftleth street. five
story tenement, with store. 2Sx1o0b: 3l0-
$40 West Fourth street. a six story
apartment house. with stores. 36.lx56.9x
irregular
other parcels to he offered include 81
West Ninetv-seventh street. three story
dwelling. 1sx1ooii: 1854 Amsterdam ave-
nue. a five story apartment house, 40 *
ioc: 2j7- 90 West Twcnty-fifth street two
four story dwellings. 21yaS.9, 2i92-2i96
Washington avenue, southeast corner
OF is1d street, The Bronx, three two FAM
ily dwellings. 1Sx75 each. and 556-560
Wilson avenue. BROOKLYN two three
story tcncmente. with stores, 50x75.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
NORWOOD CUSHING pAH S % sAsexE4 G-Ao 49, GRANDEUR 10 TIE
Home Leased and Remodelled by Miss Elsie De Wolfe
Sold Over Her Head to Baron de Meyer, Artist
Photographer and Creator of Womens Gowns
Who Will Use 1t for Business.

der the ban of artistic folk, largely as
q result of Miss De Wolfe's daring and
originality. In her book, THE House
in Good Taste" Miss De Wolfe makes
special mention of her experiment and
city horror, she says:
These dismal brownstone buildings
are so alike without, and also so alike
within, that one wonders how their own
ers know their homes from one another.
have had the pleasure of making over
one of these gloomy barracks and we
miss Elisabeth Marbury shares Miss
De Wolfe's home with herr took one Of
these dreary houses for ourselves and
made IL over into a semblance of what
Il city house should be.
"You all know the kind of house
there are tens of thousands Of them
four story and basement house of
pinlSish brownstone with a long flight
of ugly stairs from the street to the
first floor. The common belief that
all city houses of this type must be
dark and dreary just because they have
always been dark and dreary is an un-
necessary superstition.
my object in taking this house was
twofold wanted to prove to my friends
that 1t was possible to take one of the
darkest and grimiest of city houses and
make II an abode of sunshine and light
and / wanted to furnish the whole house
exactly as I pleased--just for once"
AS a result of Miss De Wolfe laudable
determination she made an object lesson
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
MsS. EkS!E Pc sHSAlFES cHSME/ Ai At oI23 EAST[,.
De MEHER.

In spite of the fact that the house is
less than the usual width of New York
city lot it contains seventeen rooms and
five baths, an unusually large compe-
ment, the additional quarters being sup
piled by the extension built In the back
yard. The transfer of the property,
which was owned by Stuyvesant Vain
wright and on which Miss de Wolfe had
ten year lease, was made through Miss
Lillian A. Morse OF the Plaza Realty
Company. The price paid was 800, 900.
1t will be occupied by Baron de Meyer
for professional purposes, and it is ex-
pected he will make a unique establish
ment with certain changes to accommo-
date his fad for photography.
An unusual story Is also woven around
the organization of the Plaza Rea,ty
Company. brokers In the transaction.
This firm is a postwar organization
formed by Miss Morse and composed all
of men and women who had served in
the world war. Miss Morse did her "bit"
by organizing the Vassar Training Camp
for Nurses, In which the services of I. 900
college women In various parts of the
country were enlisted both for nursing
and as executives. She was also organ
izer for the National League for Wom-
ems Service and the Atlantic Division Of
the American Red Gross.
Associated with her are the Countess
Tolstoy. formerly Miss Mary Whitehead
OF New York. who won all sorts Of
honors as Red Cross nurse at the base
hospitals at the front: Mrs. Adelaide
Pendergast. who was with the Motor
Ambulance Corps; Capt. Bryan OF the
British air forces Katherine Force. and
Paul Niesley. who served with the Amer
lean Ambulance in France
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of the house by Transforming 1t from Its
dismal original self into a real home OF
sunlight and space and fascinating dec
orative compositions She tore away the
ugly stairs and made forecourt one
step down from the street, enclosing 1t
in a tail wrought iron fence of interest
ing design. She introduced delightful
easement windows on the living floor
front just above the huge green en-
trance door.
Out of the seemingly impossible base
ment which one enters directly from the
street area she developed the most de-
lightful hall, with black and white mar
BILE floor; wall fountain with ferns and
flowers banked within a marble curb /;
cool cream walls with interesting inches
to hold old statues. and windows covered
with panels of old Italian lace. The ef-
feet Is one of tranquility and peace.
In no one particular did Miss De Wolfe
bring about such spectacular change as
by the clever Introduction of mirrors
that are cut in squares and held together
by rosettes In French fashion. 1t might
seem their presence would tend to pro-
duce garish effect but on the contrary.
they furnish a feeling of space and ele-
gance that Is as artful in accomplish
ment as il Is charming in effect. From
the hall a glass door leads to the inner
hall, where the wrought iron stairway
rises in spiral form clear to the roof and
gives back a weird and fascinating re-
fection of itself in the nfirrored walls. 1t
is as if the simple elegance of this
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

feature were repeated on an extravagant
scale far greater than the actual size Of
the well.
The size of the drawing room on the
first floor Is also enhanced by the care
ful placing of mirrors and lights TO
which TIE arrangement OF the furniture
also lends assistance. Beside a hearth
with a delightful French marble mantel
are beautiful old chairs done in rose
brocade, and the over draperies are of
rose taffeta to harmonize with the gray
green or putty colored walls The touch
Of gold in the mirrors, of the crystal
in the girondoles and the pink roses
everywhere go to form a charming COM
position, a notable factor in which Is
the artists classic feeling for spacing,
enabling her to supply wall treatment
of the sort to make a perfect back
ground for furnishings.
The dining room is beyond the draw
Ing room connected by narrow land
Ing. with pleasant group of windows
charmingly hung with easement cloth
and over draperies of dull blue taffeta
to harmonize with the Chinese rug on
the floor and the soft dove gray walls.
The latter are panelled and hung with
old Mennoyer drawings. There Is a
delightful dining set Of carved wood,
painted gray. and the chairs are covered
with blue and gold striped velvet.
On the third floor is Miss de Wolfe's
own apartment, consisting of sitting
room. dressing room. bedroom and bath.
and on the fourth is Miss Marbury's
apartment, a similar suite. A wing,
built at the back five stories high. al
lows of the Introduction of maids
rooms. sewing room and storeroom. with
the service portion on the first and base
ment floors.
The New York herald., 1921-02-06

Market opinion differs in regard 10
the significance Of certain activity IN
tho apartment house Investment field
during the past week. In certain quar-
ters Il Is looked upon as evidence that
the conservative investor Is coming
back into the field. Others regard it
as a nero furry which viii not develop
into a substantial market. BY others
IL is considered an evidence OF confi-
dence in old properties In contrast with
the initiation OF now buildings and those
that will be erected during the next
few years.
"Tho number OF investors who have
returned 10 tho apartment house field
so far may be small, but believe they
may be compared 10 the proverbial
straws which indicate the direction of
the wind" saws A. ". Bowman OF
Byrne & Bowman, the brokers who on
Wednesday sold a large apartment
property at Central Park West and
Nlncty.seventh street to William j..
Spain. an importer and apartment house
investor
There is no doubt that the worst
phase OF market stagnation Is over and
conditions, In spite OF rent laws. are
on the mend. IL conservative investors
have the courage TO buy now IN the
face OF adverse rent laws what would
the situation be X tho laws we're upset
There are many who sccm to believe
that thc Court OF Appeals viii take
this hoped Tor action soon
'''rhe purchase " the I1anghsm on
Central Park West, the Cathedral Park
way apartment by Senator O'Gorman,
the Ninety-seventh street and Central
Park West property by William J. Spain
and two or three other apartment houses
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
ny HARRIET s1ssoN GILLESPIE.

by HARRIET SISsON GILLESPIE.
The transfer Of city property is not
as q rule surrounded with the glamour
Of romance, but there is In the recent ac-
quisition of the home of Miss Elsie De
Wolfe at No. 123 East Fifty-fifth street.
by Baron de Meyer. artist, photographer
de luxe and rival of Paquin and Worth
in the creation Of feminine apparel. an
element of unusual interest. This is sus-
tained not only by the prominence of the
parties to the transaction but also by
the fact that Miss De Wolfe was one of
the first to recognize the possibilities
residing in the old fashioned brownstore
dwelling and brought them out TO full
advantage in her own home.
1t is seldom the opportunity offers to
secure city house in WHICH an atmos-
phere has been created by an interior
decorator Of such wide reputation as
Miss De Wolfe, and this Is said without
offence to the new owner. who numbers
among his other talents that Of the ar-
tistic restoration OF hopeless interiors.
The Little House Of Many Mirrors is the
nickname which Miss DE Wolfe's friends
have given to the home which she has
occupied for the past ten years or so.
The sobriquet Is in itself complete
legend descriptive of the Ingenious de-
vice through which Miss De Wolfe has
given sense Of spaciousness and in
definable charm 10 this structure with
frontage of only nineteen feet.
IL was one of those ugly brownstone
dwellings which have recently come un-
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
CANADIAN PACIFIC .BUIlD,Nc ON MADISON AVENUE
FROM 15~d 10 44M 5TREET5.

The Grand central Terminal zone may
become tho centre OF big railway offices
as we'll as OF hotels and banks as re-
suit OF the leasing by the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company of the basement
store and almost the entire second floor
of tho twenty-one story Madison Avenue
Building, now nearing completion on
the west side of Madison avenue be-
tween Forty-third and Forty-fourth
streets The lease Is for twenty-one
years. ana the railroad viii pay an ag-
rr gate rcntal Of about SS,000.00o IN
addition the company Is financially In
tercs.ed in tho building. Because Of
these circumstances the owners OF the
buildinu have agreed TO rename it the
Canadian Pacific Building.
The portion OF the building to be oc-
cupied by the railway company IL prac-
tically Identical with the site OF the old
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st. Bartholomew Church which was
torn down to make room for the I'M
provement The building Will have q
total of 100000 nsuare feet OF rentable
area.
The original building plan was de-
vised by the F..sh Church OF Christ
Scientist. which holds services In Aeolian
Hall. The financing was later taken
over by few wealthy Scientists and by
the William ]. Taylor Company. the
builders The Fifth Church now ap-
pears merely as the lessee OF q portion
Of the southcrly wing. whore u VIII have
its church home
A. - Pickering and Starrott y Van
Week were the architects and christie
phcr j. Jcppescn was consulting cngi-
neer. Cushman & Wakefield are the
sole managing agents of the building
and they, as brokers, negotiated the
Canadian Pacific lease,
The New York herald., 1921-02-06
Latest Reports From City
and Suburban Markets

To provide more school room for the
section the city has purchased the plot
S6.7x1S7x irregular on the east side OF
Broadway. $50 feet south OF Academy
street, upon which there will be erected
an addition to Public School So. occu-
pying the adjoining block front on the
south side Of Academy street between
Broadway and vermilyea avenue. The
present school fronts 305 feet on Acad-
amy street and $50 feet on Vermilyea
avenue, and with the latest acquisition
the Broadway frontage has been in
creased to 1861 feet. The city Is to
pay s27,500 for the Broadway lot Re-
Gently this property was offered In fore
closure proceedings by Henry Brady and
struck down for $4,000 to Ludwig
Marx.
Public School 35 in Queens is also to
bo enlarged through the purchase by the
city for $3.50 of plot at the south
west corner of Prospect and Parkview
avenues, at Hollis l.. L.. measuring 56x
302x Irregular.
Mortgage Company Will Build.
Tho American Bond and Mortgag ge COM
rany OF Chicago. which has just placed
a 1900, 900 loan on the new Post Office
Building at $3.50 Varick street, has
leased the second floor In tho Miller
building. at the northwest corner OF
Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street. Tor
n short term and Will make the offices
it's New York headquarters pending the
ACQUISITION OF a plot in the uptown sec
ton on which. IL Is announced, the COM
many will erect tall Office building.
Tho Miller Building lease was negotiated
by George Gascoigne.
Mr.. Gascoigne has been authorized ny
the American Bond and Mortgage COM
pany 10 assemble the plot for the pro-
posed new building. Several sites are
under consideration according 10 the
broker. and It is expected that deci-
sion will be made In a few weeks. 1t
is planned to give the first hoor over
10 stores. with banking quarters on tne
second floor and general offices on thc
hoors above. Mr.. Gascoignc intimated
yesterday that the building might run
AS high as 90 stories.
other Deals In Manhattan.
Joseph r. saucr, produce dealer and
the tenant OF 2a3 Washington street.
has bought that property from Morgan
q. Bnrnwell. It Is a three story build
ing, 2o.ixs3, near Chambers street.
The nve story building with stores
az the northeast corner or Bowery and
Delaney street. 25x92.t0, has been sold
by Leroy Haywood and others to Core
ncr Bowerv and Rroonc. Inc. composed
of Morris. Samuel and David Kulk.
Alice " Cook sold to Martin IIalloran
305 East Thirty eighth street. vacant
lot. 27.7x110.9.
II. & @. Pflomm sold for the estate
ot John stewart 339 West Twenty-fourth
street. three story building, 25xeS.e.
Lena Saphier sold 10 Paul silverstein
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the four story tenement with stores at
1882 First avenue. 25X94, near Seventy
seventh street.
In tho Dwelling Market.
Mott B. Schmidt has purchased from
Webb & Knapp 449 East Ffty-seventh
street, a three story dwelling, 1Sxf00.
Mr.. Schmidt plans to alter the house into
a modern residence for his own occu-
pancy. This house is but a few doors
from the development known as Sutton
square, where Mrs. w. *. Wander bilt,
Mrs. stephen Olin, Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury and other prominent New Workers
have recently bought houses.
Duross Company sold for Henry Lewis
Marks the four story dwelling at 460
West Twenty-second street, 16x9S.s
also sold for Mrs. Edward Holton her
three story dwelling at 324 West
Eighteenth street. 2ox92. to John Henry
Tiedeman.
Louis Marks of Goodwin G Goodwin
resold through j. Geiser and Louis
Weissman to l. Greenstcin the three
story dwelling at 141 West 123d street.
1sx100, which he recently bought at
auction. Mr.. Marks also sold for Ennis
q Sinnott TO n buyer for occupancy the
four story dwelling at 5I7 West 16lst
street, 1Sxi00.
Pierre d Golden Company sold for the
Terraine Realty Company the three story
dwelling at 16i West sSth street, 16.sx
1905. TO Mrs. Helen r. Leslie.
Mabel V. Casey sold to John II.
Pierce for $4,000 the thres story dwell
ing at 31t West 13oth street. 1sx99.11.
Bronx transactions.
Foote & Martin sold tho vacant plot
on the west side Of Grand Concourse. SO
feot north of Bush street. to n client OF
James Boyd. The new owner is pre-
pairing plans for the erection of six
story apartment.
Samuel Cowen sold 125s-1260 Boston
road. three story loft building with
1--WE stores. to a Mr.. Halpern.
Pierre A. Gels sold for the estate OF
A. NJ Bcndhcim the northeast corner Of
135th street and Ryder avenue, a FIVE
story loft building. 50x7f, to the Melrose-
Lincoln Paper Company.
brooklyn Deal. Reported.
The Bulltley & Horton Company sold
257 Eizhty-fIrst street, n detached resi-
dcnce with a three car garage S0x100,
20 Arthur IT. Powell.
Major r. A. Crosse Of the United
Safes Marine Corps. purchased through
r. Chapl-n 1912 East Thlrty-eighth
street, Flatbush, n three story dwelling
recently constructed by the Land Inn
provcment and Construction Company.
II is two family dwelling on corner
plot, 5ox100.
Qucensborough Market.
Cyrille Carrcau. Inc. and Roman
Csllmsn Company leased the fac
tory building OF the Trall-Borchcrt
Dress Form Company. on the block
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Odd Paragraphs From the
Worlds Real Estate News

A few weeks ago Uncle Sam offered
for sale through the Lighthouse Service
a modern dwelling. q storehouse and
boathouse, representing a cost OF several
thousand dollars and the best offer he
could get for the three buildings was
800. Doesn't sound much like a hous-
ing shortage, does It? The property, OF
course, isn't located in or even near
New York. II is on Eagle Rock. off
Nahant, Mass, where there Is no further
use for a lighthouse keeper because the
Government has installed an automatic
flasher.
The Lighthouse Service made due al
lowance for the cost of removing the
buildings. but felt that in view OF the
housing famine some homeseeker would
make at least reasonable offer for the
substantial buildings on the rock. 1t
rejected the 500 bid politely. but when
some one later offered $40 things began
TO get a bit warm.
The property was quickly Withdrawn
from the market, the Government au-
thorities fearing that they would shortly
be requested to offer prize to the per-
son Offering to take the property or
their hands The lumber In the houses
alone Is said TO be worth considerably
moro than $1,000.
5000 Room Clubhouse for Women.
In the formation recently In the city
OF Boston OF 1.-THE Durant. lnc.,' there
came to light n building scheme involv-
ing several million dollars in which l05
women arc interested. Plans prepared
by Coolidge & Carlson OF Boston call
for a ten story clubhouse, hotel and
gymnasium for women. Offering facilities
for educational. recreational and social
features. The building. which will cover
an area of approximately $4,000 square
feet, will have on tho upper floors 5000
rooms for club members and guests. while
the lower floors will contain large
dining room. auditorium, reception
rooms, library offices. gymnasium