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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1908

Page

10

Fifth Avenue real estate boom fuels Dowling deal and more

Real estate Circulation notes a rare high end sale as Robert E Dowling buys the old Engineers' Club property for about 450000 to 475000. The report tracks price declines from the boom and lists multiple West Side Harlem and Brooklyn transactions while detailing leases, new developments, and forthcoming foreclosures.

Fifth Avenue Engineers’ Club Robert E. Dowling Fifth ‘Avenue 1 Eighteenth Street Dowling

Auction sales schedule for Jamaica to Ridgewood Brooklyn

A detailed weekly auction list across New York City real estate including Jamaica South Rockaway Turnpike Brookly n Bay and Concourse parcels and eleven story apartments. Dates run Monday Sept 14 to Saturday Sept 19 with multiple properties per day listed by various referees and auctioneers.

Joseph Yy Jamaica South Rockaway Turnpike Brookly O Bay

Construction Projects on Riverside Drive and Adjacent Streets

Plans show a twelve story brick apartment on Riverside Drive near 116th Street by Porterfield Construction with owner Lawlor and Haase Architects at $150000. A five story brick tenement on Clay Avenue near 168th Street by Albert Schwarzler owner and architect at $28000. A three story brick firehouse on White Plains Road near Morris Park Avenue by Hoppin and Koen architects at an undetermined cost. A two and a half story frame dwelling on Cruger Avenue near Burke Street by an unnamed owner and architect at $ unknown.

Porterfield Construction Company Henry W. Hodge Riverside Drive 116Th Street Lawlor & Haase J. S. McManus 116Th St Porterfield Construction Co Church St Clay Morris Park Hoppin & Koen Cruger Burke-St

New nine story building planned on Twenty eighth Street

The John A Olson Construction Company plans a nine story white terra cotta faced building with copper bay windows on the north side of Twenty eighth Street near Fourth Avenue. Two old houses are being demolished for the 45 by 100 foot plot priced at about 185000 with offices on floors two through eight and studios on the top floor. Other similar projects are planned by Felt Construction at 31 and 33 East Twenty seventh Street and Brunswick Realty at 118 to 121 East Twenty seventh Street with Zobe as architect.

Fifth Avenue Twenty-third Thirty-fourth Street John A. Olson Twentyeighth Street Fourth Avenue Frederick C. Zohel Felt Construction Company East Twenty-seventh Street Madison Square Garden Brunswick Realty Company East Twenty-eighth Street East Twentyseventh Street Zobe

Alterations Noted for Properties on White Plains Road and Avenue B

R and O Hara at 3323 White Plains Road and S J Bromberg at 205 Avenue B file alterations. T J Kelly architect quotes cost 4500 dollars for White Plains Road project while Avenue B project involves 6000 dollars with S Sass as architect. Omitted items show under 5000 dollars.

R. and O’hara White Plains Road T. J. Kelly

Real Estate Transfers Noted Across City Listings

Saturday notices detail numerous property transfers and mortgages, listing streets such as 176th Street 119th STuyvesant Street and Morris Avenue. Transfers involve Benjamin Jenkins Abram G Abramson Augustus Messer Everetta Sheldon Eloise Messer Leon Scdel Emma Cone Henry Dreyer and others with mortgage amounts ranging from 100 to 30,450 dollars.

Eloise J. Messer Stuyvesant St Everetta F. Sheldon Leon Scdel Emma W. Cone West Cathedral Realty Co Emma.w. Cone Park Terrace Fast Nw S Vyse AV Jennings St Charles H. Bellows, Jr Blue Ridge Construction. Co Hoffman ST Cedar Hill Powell Farm John McKeon Michael O’connell Cathedral Parkway Manhattan 109Th St Leon Sobel 19Th ST Sth Wakefield Martha M. Youngs Florence L. Sick Forest Louis Baumgarten Pauline Schuss Kemble ST N S Robert L. Irving Charles R. North Park Jacob Fisch A. Fred Silverstone Broadway William E. D. Stokes Leslie S. Petrie Prospect Barnet Feinberg Harris Friedman Katonah Alice F. Rogers Margaret Robinson Chrystie ST Grand St Samuel Stone Fannie Shemtag Bernard L. Shenstag

Real estate transfers and mortgages listed with deadlines

A barrage of loan amounts and property transfers to numerous individuals and firms. Transactions include Alexander Levinson and Sobel Leon mortgage details on Cathedral Parkway and Manhattan Avenue, and Charles H Bellows Jr financing on Jennings Street. notices show prior and new mortgages, due dates in 1913 1914, and amounts ranging from 250 to 222500 dollars.

Lucas William E Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Coe Greenwich St Peat Herzoog Alexander Henry C. Glaser Park Charlton St Levinson BD Voats Baldwin W. H William A. White & Sons Broadway Frank Gass Wellman Pontine Sete Emma W. Cone John Miller SAO Sobel Leon Emma Cone Cathedral Parkway Manhattan Blue Ridge Construction Company Charles H. Bellows, Jr Vyse Jennings St Ewe Regan Nelle Alma B. Young Ike Dve &E Fisch Jacob Terael M. Cohen Morris A Northrup Charles R Robert L. Irving Bridge Road Kingsbridge Terrace Due Nellie’ J Patrick J. Cassidy Kinesbridge Road Nes Mtg O'Connell Michael Martha Young Lot Hill Plot American Exchange Realty Charles FE Appleby Et al Cauldwell Boston Road Feara Sigmund Kraus Charty St Joseph A Demenier Peloso 198Th St

Queens 10 Have Better Highways and $200000 Available

Queens Borough accelerates road work with contracts totaling $282000 awarded and another $195000 bid openings. New paving will improve Jamaica Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue while widening Thompson Avenue to 200 feet to create a parkway from Blackwell Island Bridge to Elmhurst.

Queens Borough Gresser Highway Department Hicks Jamaica Avenue Brooklyn Woodhaven Richmond Hill Hunter Avenue Halsey Street East River Heights Long Island City Broadway Flushing Little Neck Bridge Nassau County Line Westmoreland North Shore Rickert-Finlay Realty Company Broadway Flushing Douglas Manor Blackwell's Island Bridge Supt. Hicks Thompson Avenue Bridge Plaza Hoffman Boulevard Elmhurst

Purchase After Appraisal In Throggs Neck Gardens

A recent sale in Throggs Neck Gardens Bronx followed a buyer challenging the developer to an appraisal test. The buyer proposed options on lots for appraisal at the developer’s expense, and if the price withstood scrutiny he would purchase. The Estates Development Company now offers ten day options under similar terms, aiming to set a precedent for new developments.

Throgg’s Neck Gardens Bronx New York Samuel Fleisch Estates Development Company

Moving Yonkers South Distances and Suburban Labels

A discussion of how cities define distance and suburbia compares New York City blocks to Yonkers distances. Readable examples include Getty Square, Park Hill, and the notion of suburbs as country on the upper west side. Recent Mount Vernon sales list buyers and addresses including Vernon Heights and Chester Hill parcels.

Philadelphia New Yorker Broadway Getty Square Yonkers Park Hill Hudson New York City New York

New Riverside Drive six story apartment at 138th Street

Transit Realty Company controlled by Bing and Bing completes a six story Riverside Drive dwelling at 138th Street north of the viaduct. The 160 by 70 foot plot holds two 10 room 3 bath suites per floor with river views and optional en suite bedrooms. Brick exterior with light stone trim highlights the distinctive facade.

Riverside Drive Manhattan Valley 138Th Street Transit Realty Company Bing & Bing 187Th Street Subway Cromwell 137Th Street Broadway

Garden City Housing Boom Adds Private Builds

Builders at Garden City report contracts as private buyers plan homes. Walters buys east Roxbury plot for a large residence while Mills and Weed rush new houses on Kensington and Salisbury areas. Garden City Estates sells plots to Rhetts, Stillman, Woodruff, and Day along Kilburn Kensington and related streets.

Garden City BE. B. Walters Roxbury Road Stewart Avenue J. H. Mills Kensington Road Stratford Avenue L. J. Weed Salisbury Avenue Brixton Road Salisbury Golf Links H.P. Rhett Kilburn Road Julia L. Rhett Brixon Road Timothy L. Woodruff A. P. Stillman Chester Avenue H. L. Day

Real estate surge in Malba boosts home plots sale

Active buying of properties in Malba on Whitestone Peninsula continued through the week with several plots changing hands. Eight new dwellings began construction on arba and North Drives Summit Place and Fourth Avenue. Five houses are built by the Realty Trust others by private operators. Costs run from 13500 to 22000 dollars not including site value.

Malba Whitestone Peninsula Arba and North Drives Summit Place Fourth Avenue Realty Trust

Shults Property to be Marketed by Brooklyn firm

Wood Harmon & Co plan to sell the Shults Driving Park tract from Ocean Parkway to Coney Island Avenue near Avenue J, with 18 houses under way. A tie with John R Corbin Co will develop 100 lots into 50 high class homes as demand grows following Flatbush Gardens sale.

Wood, Harmon & Co Brooklyn John R. Corbin Company Wood, Harmon & Go Shulis Flatbush Gardens Shults Flatbush

Realty Associates sell 67 Elm Edsall lots in Ridgewood

Paul Stier buys sixty seven parcels on Elm and Edsall Avenues between Forest Avenue and Fresh Pond Road Ridgewood Queens for eighty thousand dollars. Stier recently completed a successful building program with one hundred houses in the same neighborhood and plans similar development.

the Realty Associates Elm and Edsall Avenues Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Ridgewood Queens Borough Paul Stier Stier

River View Manor Development At Hastings On Hudson

Development work at River View Manor Hastings on the Hudson showcases high quality suburban progress. The natural terrace ground rises over 44 feet with views of the Statue of Liberty to the south and Ramapo Mountains to the north. The Hastings Home Company has installed water and sewer systems street lighting and fire hydrants. Recent buyers include G Lovell Parker Louisa Hessling Frederick Thompson Gustav Heubach John Andrew Malcolm and H P Sears taking villa plots along Summit Drive Euclid Avenue Division Driveway Bel lair Driveway Buena Vista Driveway Ravine and nearby corners.

River View Manor Hastings-on-the-Hudson Hastings Home Company Broadway Albany Post Road Statue of Liberty Ramapo G. Lovell Parker Summit Louisa Hessling Euclid Avenue Frederick Thompson Division Bellair Gustav Heubach John Andrew Malcolm Buena Vista H. P. Sears Ravine

Woodmere land sales show multiple plots sold to builders

The Woodmere Land Association reports several plots sold at Woodmere and Jamaica Estates. Buyers include D. If Com and Mr Cox who will build four houses, Wathen Tattech, Phipps who will occupy, and Totten Cotter with McAvoy builders planning residences. Floral Park and Valley Stream plots are noted, with Jumiru Estates’ branch office now managed by Max Wynter.

Woodmere Land Association Wormtmere L. L D. If Com Cox Woodmere W. Wathen Tattech Brik Totter J. Phipps Phippys Mesers Totten and Cotter McAvoy Bretheers Amccormack Real Estate Olan Floral Park Spruce Hermont Tryon Ford Aberdeen Roewid Surrey Road Tudor Doncaster Jumiru Estates Broadway Max Wynter

Jamaica Lots at Auction at Vesey Street

Joseph P. Day plans a sale of American Terrace at Jamaica South in the Vesey Street Auction Room tomorrow. Property accessible from Manhattan in about fifty minutes via Brooke lyn Bridge or the Subway with trolley car lines nearby. Dax offers mobiles at city line Brooklyn to shuttle buyers to the site. Sale terms favorable with lots at grade and sidewalks to be completed on all streets.

Joseph P. Day Jamaica South Vesey Street Jt Alm Arecaitian

Mortgage Foreclosures and Contract Disputes Across Eastchester Area

A garbled list of legal notices shows multiple foreclosures and contractor disputes across Eastchester streets including Delaney Street 2nd, 10th Street, Park Avenue, Prospect Avenue, and 8th Avenue. Cases name owners such as Frank Maralelli and Eviwara Wurmfel, firms like Bohemian Workmen's Protective Association, and attorneys including F. M. Patterson and Quackenbush & Adams. Notices reference mortgage foreclosures, mechanic liens, and sub-contract disputes with varied lot sizes and property descriptions.

Eastchester Marato Gustav ‘Handt Maria Sabatine Frank Maralelli William Thilip Epstein Eviwara Wurmfel Delaney Felix Saikin_ agaifat Christian Goetz Eilis. Sarmeom Jennie Samson Emuareeturs Verk Trim Johntt Isaper Nathan Sadie Picket Ain Fente Marre Bohemian Workiwemen Itjerk & Leok Construction Company Conttractter Liktahy AV Deacely Rebinva Rohem Berttaard Sole Prenk Peits Herke Mite New York Bundera Fend Contractors Compeme Mary Wulfessiost Louis Benjamin Rotona Park Stanislaus J. Vanecek Louis EF. Miller Snoriengst Cohaian Brothers Eldridge ST 26Th St Mutual Life Insurance Company Stephen J. Cow J. Mckeen 14Th St Thomas J. Brady Barney Cahen Quackenbush Adams

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pease & Elliman Cornelius W. Clark Lexington Avenue Seventy-second Street J. Arthur Fischer Valentine Cook, Jr Christina Cook H. S. Phillips Elliott Theatre Company Fortieth Street Maxine Elliott Theatre Thirtyninth Street Theatre Company Monfort West -Fortieth Street West Side Harlem McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company Walter J. Donovan Patterson West End Avenue Barnett & Co Frederick Potter Hammond West 128Th Street Robert B. Nooney Board of Aldermen EH. Pither 129Th Street Francis T. Graham Ninety-fifth Street New Riverside Apartments Eightyninth Street J. F. Steeves Josephine Stiley Thirtieth Street Dr. J. P. McGowan Thirty-ninth Street Virginia Fuller Central Park le Roy S.’Fero Sixtyninth Street G. W. Walker Seventy-third Street John T. Keresey William Laimbeer Seventy-first Street Mary Lane Fifty-fifth Street Henry P. Perry Madison Avenue Sarah F. Hillman Seventy-sixth Street E. D. Strait Eightieth Street Laura V. Owens Times- Square Ernestus Gullick Company Forty-Sixth Forty-seventh Streets Maison Frances A. Herrmann August Miller Mme. Corona W. Frost West Thirty-seventh Street Lenox Avenue I. Wolf West 116Th Street Louis. Harris West 145Th Street H. Rosenbloom Jones Street Sale of Brooklyn Building Greene Lane Michael Damato Staten Island Parcel Cornelius G. Kolff John Gavenda Cherry Lane Jewett Avenue New Brighton Theodor Schwaninger Far Rockaway Gem Realty Company S. G. Hess New Broadway Samuel Goldsticker West 125Th Street Hester and Suffolk Streets Sixty-fourth Street Park Avenue Jay Gould Sherman Avenue Isham Street Seaman Avenue Hawthorne Street Day Amsterdam Avenue 169Th Street Trust Company of America Laintiff Third and Park Avenues 188Th 1&9Th Streets Metzger Eleventh Street William Kennelly, Jr 11Th St H. Kaminsky 4Th St Avenue A E. H. Maddox 106Th S S Madison Av Benjamin Jackson Tacoma St Hammond Av Tremont Av T. E. McGowan Edgecombe Av 145Th St D. T. Kimball Amsterdam Amsterdam Av 185Th St Sheriff's Albert London 125Th St Lenox Av M. H. Ryttenberg Joseph P W. A.hirsch Sherman Ay Isham St A. D. ‘Truax Sherman Av T. Prady Amount Due Samuel Geldsticker Sad Park Ayr J. A. Hawes Washington St S. H. Weinhandler Lincoln Av 135Th St G. P. Breckenridge L. E. Ginn Marcel Levy W. B. F. Rogers 10Th St Avenue D E. J. Ludvigh Bryan Lt. Kennelly W. B. Caughlin Myron Sulzberger L. N. Klute Flickenstein Gates, Fairview Forrestee Palmette and Woodbine Sts Ting Morgenthau, JR Liberty ST Cedar Street Wilson Alvan W. Perry Nassau St the Building Department 28Th Street Finth Street Fourth Ave C. Zobel Avenue B S. J. Bromberg S. Sass Queens Jamaica Alog Missouri Yonkers South Upper West Mount Vernon Properties Mount Vernon Neason Jones Peter Roberts East Fifth Street Vernon Heights W. A. Billingham Albany South Sixth Avenue H. Ludwig East Third Street A. G. Brooks Chester Hill Co. A. Hoffman South First Avenue 117Th Street 138Th 188Th Street Schwartz Ocean Parkway New Hudson River Colony Calumet Avenue Riverview Manor Hastings-on-Hudson Long Island Arcadian Terrace Medicane Job McMann & Turlor Turiee Et al Lis -Pendens
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