The New York herald., 1921-01-11
FEW HOMES, MANY
GARAGES PLANNED
Manhattan Hard Hit by House
Building Slump in 1920;
Late Realty News.

2 In his annual report issued yesterday
Rudolph p. Miller. Superintendent of
the Bureau Of Buildings for Manhattan,
sets forth figures showing that during
the year 1920 plans were filed for 1888
new buildings. costing total of $685.
100, $50. as against $40 plans costing
total of s72,2S3.061 during 1919. To the
casual observer these figures would seem
to indicate that the housing congestion
is well on the way to a solution. An
analysis of the figures. however shows
what an appallingly small proportion OF
the enormous total for the year just past
was spent or is still to be spent on
structures devoted to residential pur-
poses.
Only twenty-five tenements and TWEEN
ty-two dwellings, were planned during
the year. for instance. while there were
4S2 garage plans filed. Office buildings
were favorites with the builders, there
being eighty-one Of them planned The
next on the list came manufacturing ana
workshop buildings to the number OF
twenty-three. Fourteen municipal build
ings were planned to be used by the
city. Eight hospitals were in contempla-
ton in the minds Of builders and also
one church.
The estimated cost of the twenty-five
tenement houses, which includes apart
ment houses as we'll as flats and walk
ups" was $13,565.000. Among the
dwellings eight were to cost $4,000
each ten were estimated to cost from
$4,000 to $4,000 and four were under
$4,000 each. The forty-eight store and
lofts were to cost S6.836, ESQ the eighty
one office buildings. S44.66S. 400; the
twenty-three manufacturing buildings.
100000; eight hospitals, $3.50 600;
one church. 100000. and the 4S2 garages
were to cost $6,34S,31s. Fifty-one other
structures of various kinds were planned
to cost S403,S92.
OF these structures for which plans
were filed the report shows that 800
We're actually started and 253 were COM
pleted.
Plans for alterations during 1920
called for an outlay on 4.00S buildings
of S42,999,703. The greatest number of
alterations were to 1880 dwellings, at
an estimated cost Of $11,050, ,000 to Ala
office buildings. costing $13.49S.S40.
Alteration work was begun on 1888 and
completed on ana buildings.
The most active month of the year
was July, when plans were filed for 141
new buildings. February was the most
inactive. with only twenty-eight plans
filed.
Daniel II. Freedman I'm Resale.
Daniel b. Freedman resold to a client
OF Bernard Smyth & Sons the four story
and basement building at III West
Fifty-seventh street, 20xS0. which he
bought several months ago from Mrs.
Fannie G. Willard.
Deals Revealed I'm Transfers.
Helen ]. Schell sold to Katharine L.
Ward the five story flat at Sol West
149th street, 27x99.11.
The French Dragee and Speciality
Company sold to the Casco Traders,
Inc, SO Charles street, northeast corner
of Fourth street, three story building,
17.6x74.
Arthur j. McKenna and others sold
to Henry Spen the two four story tene,
ments at 410 to 416 East Nineteenth
street. 91.9x92.
Isaac Lippman sold to Mary Goldberg
and Bessie Cantor the five story flat at
61 East 103d street, 25X100.11.
Edward J. Duffy sold to Heymann
Callman the two five story flats at
1772 and 1874 Second avenue. 50.5x10O,
near Ninety-third street.
Max j. Kempter sold the four story
flat at $40 East Eighty-second street,
25x102.2 to Ernest N. Adler. who re-
Gently acquired 342, adjoining.
Francis X. O'Connell resold for Mol
lie i. Abramowitz the three story dwell
ing 31S West 126th street. 17.1x1oO. to
Louis Illig.
Attilio d'Antona sold to Attilio Rob-
ertiello the three story dwelling at 31S
West Fifteenth street, 25xs1.3.
r. J. Richmond sold to Matthew
White the three story dwelling at 81
West 131st street, 16.6x99.11.