The New York herald., 1921-01-04
LEASE RENEWED
BY ASTOR HOTEL
Deal Sets at Rest Old Rumors
That Broadway Hostelpy
Would Discontinue.

erty, on Broadway between Forty-fourth
and Forty-ifth streets, with the Astor
estate for twenty years set at rest many
recent rumors to the effect that the
property was either TO be sold or to be
converted into an Office building In the
same way the Manhattan and Knicker-
locker hotels have recently been con-
verted
The hotel management announces
that II intends to enlarge the lobby and
dining room and put in ten stores on the
Broadway front The stores will be
ready for occupancy about the first of
rext September. William Henry Barnum
negotiated the lease for Frederick A.
Muschenheim. the proprietor. and Dixon
s Holmes were attorneys.
Drug Co. Plans 9th Ave. DIdg.
c. II, Seymour, architect, is preparing
preliminary designs for the twenty-five
story store and Office building planned
by the National Drug Stores Corporation
for the site at 4S7 ard 4S9 Fifth avenue,
with an IL" at IL East Forty-second
street surrounding the twenty story
Bankers Trust building at the southeast
corner of those thoroughfares The cost
is estimated at $4,000 900. 1t is under
stood that work will not be started for
some time. The drug company leased
the property last May for sixty-three
Years. 1t fronts 81 feet on Fifth avenue
and ~ feet on Forty-second street.
The Warner Bros. Company sold to
the Water-Pine Company representing
q client OF Stoddnrd Mark. the five
story buildings at 500 Broadway and
Al and 70 Franklin street, forming an
IL around the southwest corner of
those thoroughfares. The property has
a broadway frontage of 2S feet and is
59 feet on Franklin street. the depth on
one side being 20S.9 feet, 1t carries a
mortgage for s1s5,0o0.
sHerbert Parsons Home sold.
The residence OF Herbert Parsons. q
five story structure, 24.6x1O0, at Z East
Seventy-sixth street, has been sold The
buyer Will occupy. The property was
held at $4,000 William b. May & Co.
were the brokers.
Sale of Historic Richmond Parcel.
j. Sterling Drake sold for Anna Cur
titus to New York investor the famous
old Tysen homestead, with twenty acres
of land. on Watchogue road, West New
Brighton, S. /. This is one of the his
torical places of Staten Island, bought
originally by john Tysen In 1870 for his
son. John, who erected substantial
manor house that remained until about
fifteen years ago, when it was de-
stroyed by fire. The present house of
more than twenty rooms was built by
Isaac Freeman Tysen, a famous New
York financier in 1865, and was consid-
cred at that time about the last word
in country home.
In the Dwelling Market.
slawson & Hobbs sold for the estate
OF Edmond J. Curry 1867 Lexington
avenue, q three story dwelling TO a
syndicate of physicians, who will alter
into offices after the expiration of the
present lease.
VIM. A. White & Sons sold for Mrs.
Annie l.. Hoe tho four story dwelling,
20xl0o. at "a East Sixty-seventh street
to Foot Il Martin.
Coughlan & Clisby sold for Dr. Maui
rice III. Harris to II. p. Bradford the
three-story dwelling at 2o4 West 103d
street, 2oxs0. rhe new owner will litter
same into apartments.
Dwight, Archibald * Perry, Inc, sold
the four story dwelling, 25x9s.9, at 446
West Twenty-third street. This is the
first sale of the property in about forty
years.
ChnIfonte Apartments Sold.
Ida Ferman sold to the Monner Realty
Company the Chaffonte, a six story
apartment at 1890 to 1905 Madison ave.
nue., northeast corner OF Ninety-seventh
street. IL has frontage d 100.11 feet
on Park avenue and 100 feet on the
street.
Fischer Realty Company sold for Miss
Buckley a four story tenement at 23s
East 1l2th street
Deals Revealed In Transfers.
James Duffy bought from John T.
Dooling and others the vacant lot ar
10i varck street, 2lx70
Samuel Rabnowitz sold to the Sa-
rinda Real Estate Company is East Six
teenth street. an eight story loft build
ing, 25xs2.
Louis Bender sold to Frances zelick-
son the four story house at 295 Lenox
avenue. S5x17x irregular, near l2ith
street.
the Manhattan, Paper Company sold
TO Rae Dreyer the four story building
at 80 East Nineteenth street, 20x92.
Lille welker- sold to Anold Levien
22S East Torty-first street. three story
tenement, 22.6x9S.9.
Catharine NJ Finnen sold TO Julius
Falk the three story building at S19
Henry street. 16.9x45.2.
James Keelon sold TO Amelia Schae-
fer the four story tenement. at 1870
Park avenue. 19.11x75.
Alexander i. Jones has bought OF
Katharine Foot and others. executors.
the four story building at 50 Beekman
street. through to 80 Ann street, 2s.9x
1O9.7x282x103.9.
The Hirsh Holding Corporation sold
TO Samuel Fine the six story tenement
= at 1874 East Broadway 22.2x63.4.
Susan AZ Kiddor sold to Fanny G. X.
Marshall the three story store and tene-
ment Mt 80 Mott street 24x95.
Angelina vuolo sold TO Rose Cara
vetta the two five story tenements at
1876 and 1877 Mott street. 50x1o0.
The Broadway Local Express Come
pany sold to Joseph Glauberman the one
story building at 400 East Twenty
fourth street. 25x9S.9.
Wilhelmina Bohland sold 10 Arthur
Allxler the six story building at 201 and
203 Allen street, 4s.4xS711.
Renee BoucIcault sold TO Isidor Gold
smith the five story tenement at 1898
First avenue, 25.4x1O0.
Anna Wilson sold TO IL. Louise Loos
the three story dwelling az IL West