The New York herald., 1921-05-27
BUYS BIG SITE FOR
VILLAGE THEATRE
Syndicate to Build Playhouse
4 at Corner of Macdougal and
West Houston Streets.

The biggest moving picture and vaude-
vile theatre south OF Fourteenth street
is to be built this year at tbs north
west corner OF Macdougal and West
Houston streets by syndicate OF
wealthy Italian business men in the
Washington Square South section. The
site for the project Is being purchased
from the Nicholas Low estate. and IN
cludes eight old fashioned three and
four story dwellings and flats cover
ing A plot 100 feet on West Houston
street and 120 feet on Macdougal street
The buying syndicate was represented
by Antonio Rosetti and the brokers
were the rutland & Whiting Benjamin
Corporation. The Low estate has held
the property for more than 100 ears.
With the exception of a few small
movie theatres along Bleecker street.
this section is devoid OF popular amuse-
ment centres. The nearest big theatre
is in Sheridan square. Negotiations for
the Low estate site were marked 1T
one time by considerable rivalry be-
tween two interests which desired to
get possession of the site. The negota
tons for the other syndicate were con-
Quoted by Pepe g. Brother. The deal
emphasizes the fact that the district
below Fourteenth street. which up to
a few years ago witnessed the demoli-
ton Of one theatre after another, is
now witnessing the erection of new and
commodious theatres in rapid success
sion. The Macdougal street house will
seat 1900 persons.
other Deals In Manhattan.
Morris Moore's Sons sold for Samuel
Hyman to the Phil-Edna Realty COM
of 10 oct
Fifty-ninth street. 67x100, improved with
one four and one six story commercial
1 building. The seller was represented
by Oscar Lowenstein, attorney. and
Goldfein & Welfisch were attorneys for
the purchaser.
Richard II. Scobie and A. j. Robert
son sold for Henry c. Trumbower the
five story store and loft building ct
rs West Thirty-fifth street, 22.6x100. This
property was held at s125,000
Apartment and Tenem emit Deals.
John r. Davidson sold for James
Baird the St. James Palace. six story
elevator apartment house, 100x100, at
54a and 545 West 14sth street. to MI
chael. Retzker.
Abraham Zauderer, Inc. represented
by Samuel Wacht, attorney, sold to Rose
Weinstein 514 West l34th street. a Ave
story apartment, 40x100. arranged for
fifteen families.
Brown, Wheelocl Company, Inc, and
Frank Sullivan sold for Sarah Oates 458
West Fortieth street, Ave story tene-
ment, 22.6x74.
The estate Of Lambert S. Quacken.
bush sold EOS East Ninety fifth street.
26x100, a five story tenement. Nathan
Schwartz, broker.
Adolph Weiss sold to Samuel Law
renee East 10th street. a Ave story
Nat. 21x110
Leonard WE'LL sold to Samuel L.
Frank 32o East Tooth street, five story
tenement, 25x100.
Cross & Brown Increase stan.
Cross & Brown Company announce
that William NJ. Shackford for twenty
years with Daniel Blrdsall & Co, has
become stockholder and representa-
tive. of Cross g. Brown Company. and
will hereafter be connected with the
midtown Office, which they have opened
IN the Flatron Building Mr.. Shack
ford represents large number Of es-
tates of corporations which he will man.
age as heretofore. among these being