Skyscraper Leasing Rhetoric Sparks Real Estate Debate
Joel De Selfling of De Selding Brothers addressed the West Side YMCA on questionable canvassing by office building agents. He warned such methods depress rentals and harm occupancy, urging owners to unite for smarter management and to curb aggressive leasing tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel G. de Selfing
de Seldng Brothers
West Side
Young Men's
Christian Asseration
Ice
Ge Selding
Brisk Realty Trading Sells Multiple New York Properties
Property values run into millions as Brisk Realty Trading reports sales including the Hotel Empire area at 63d Street and Broadway and Dyckman blocks with Van Dyck and Severn apartments on Amsterdam Avenue. Brokers Dennis Preston and John H. Berry figure in several deals as Albert B. Ashforth sells Graystone in Tarrytown and Stern Brothers acquire an income parcel in Manhattan. Complete sale reports appear in the next column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Empire
Albert B. Ashforth
Frank J. Cassidy
John H. Berry
Louis Stern
Stern Brothers
Tarrytown
Graystone
Stern
Manhattan
McVickar-Galliard Realty Company
United States Realty and Improvement Company
Sith Street
Broadway
Broadway Tabernacle
57Th Street
Site plans reveal eight story garage on 8000 square foot plot
An eight thousand square foot parcel is slated for development into an eight story garage. Builders outline project scope and location, noting the plot size and planned structure height.
Foreclosure Auction at Real Estate Exchange Highlights Multiple Properties
Julius Braun bought a six story apartment house at 9th Street and Madison Avenue for 407750 after a foreclosure sale at Vesey Street rooms. The record lists numerous other auction offerings with prices, mortgages, taxes, and liens across Manhattan, including properties on 5th, 50th, 55th, and 139th Streets and in White Plains, with varying sizes and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Braun
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
9Th Street
Madison Avenue
Real estate sales sweep New York listings across multiple streets
Brokerage records show J Orier selling a 50 by 96.9 foot plot at 17th Street and Fort Washington Avenue while Ella E Schmid sells a four story brownstone at No 30 West ?th Street. Numerous firms including Gibbs Kirby McVickar Gallard and Louis Stockell record transfers of multiple properties from Manhattan to The Bronx with buyers and new owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Orier
17Th Street
Fort Washington Avenue
Ella E. Schmid
Gibbs & Kirby
Helen RB. Alexander
James C. McGuire
Wadsworth Avenue
114Th Street
James J. Connor
Realty Notes Lease and Property Sales Summary
Warren and Sillin rent offices to American Tool and Machine Company in the New York Law School Building at 172 and 174 Fulton Street. John Greer sells parcels in Astoria and Jamaica Avenue area of Long Island City to J Goldsmith and F B Tucker. Anderson Pendleton & Anderson acquire two lots on Third Avenue. John W Hitt purchases a lot on Lockwood Street. Gross and Gross lease for Charles E Appley to Lezier Motor Car Company a five-lot plot on 58th Street near Eleventh Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren & S«illin
American Tool and Machine Company
New York Law School
Fulton Street
John Greer
Astoria
Long Island City
J. Goldsmith
Fifteenth Avenue
Vandeventer Avenue
F. B. Tucker
Broadway
Sixteenth Avenue
Anderson, Pendleton & Anderson
Third Avenue
Hotel Gotham Lease Recorded Transfer
The lease of Hotel Gotham at Fifth avenue and Sith street, arranged by Dennis and Preston for Hotel Holding Company to Wetherbee and Wood, was recorded yesterday. The Gotham was taken over on September 1 by the proprietors of Hotel Buckingham.
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Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Sith Street
Dennis & Preston
Wetherbee & Wood
Buckingham
Plan a Modern House for Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt at 726 Fifth Ave
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy for a five story limestone dwelling in Louis XVI style to be built for Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt at 726 Fifth Avenue. The project includes a mansard, second story balcony, large casement windows, 25 foot frontage and 628 foot depth with extension, costing $38,000. Architects McClellan and Beadel with Arthur Dillon as associate.
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Murphy
Louis T. Hoyt
Premis
Fifth Avenue
Park Plaza
William C. Whitney
McClellan & Beadel
Arthur Dillon
Real estate transfers involve two Manhattan plots and lots
Kurz and Uren Inc sold for Henry J. Grape a five story double flat on lot 25 by 100 feet at 419 St Ann's Avenue. They also sold for George E Eckels a block on the west side of the Southern Boulevard south of 147th Street, 60 feet front, extending through to Tinton Avenue.
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D P Ingraham & Co
of &Th
Weichtberg
Sterling Ave
Secor Prospect St
White Plains
R Gibson
Weschler
Joseph P
Lenox Ave
114Th
Lmeral. Co
H Harris Et al
Brouck
50Th St
Sth
Clement le ‘Boutilier
Cleveland
Robinson
Engel
131St St
Josephine Corbett
P C Fleming
J A Deering
S L H Ward
J Reid, Jr
Sith
Richard Schmek
Maurice Sandberg
Gustav Goodman
F A Spencer, Jr
Broadway
W S
190Th St
Title
Ins Co
F Connor
A L Wescott
G H Montague
St Nicholas
Susan van
Gatty
M Meyer
Walton Cave
Smith
McAdam
Admix
Lenehan
Bryan L Kennedy
Washington Square
I T Nelson
B Ireland
al CF Tuttle
P Zucker
Charles A
St. S
Amsterdale
E B Treat
Bisnchard
F L Mayhem
H G Schackow
Samuel Goldsticker
Gaston
M Silverm
C Orratty
E Weller
J D Crimmins
L Kennelly
Greene St
Corious
Loft
Alexander Ave
J Demarest
Franklin Ave
170Th St
Joseph P. Day
Max Hirshkind
Cecilia Fenson
Louis Wertheimer
L Patterson
Cidental Realty Co
Washington
Palmer
MS & I S Jacobs
Louis Jersonitz
Eastern Boulevard
Waterbury
Union Exchange Bank Agt
P Keenen
A H Herman
P J McCook
Seth St
1St Ave
R Schiless
Theodore Hass
C Brandt, Jr
Doyste
St. Ss
Samuel Marx
West End
West End Ave
Gist St
H Hein
Moss Realty Co
C A
Strauss
H Judge
Mamie Cowen Agt
Strouse & S
Attos
J H Judge
American Real Estate Company
Longwood
Westchester Avenues
Louis Levi
West 8Th Street
George Maccoulloch Miller
McVickar-Galllard Realty
L. J. Phillips & Co
Daniel B. Freedman
James F. McGarry
178Th Street
Hiram Rinaldo & Bro
Isaac Rinaldo
Margaret T. McCormack
East 74Th Street
Louis Stockell
Samuel Newman
East 105Th Street
Gustav J. Hox
Second Avenue
Max Gold
Wolf Nadler
Rivington Street
Mr. Nadler
Bowery
Max Goldberg
Lipman & Gold
East Uth Street
Fixman & Louis
I. Kashare
Fanny Marcuson
Henry Street
Kurz & Uren, Inc
Henry J. Grape
St. Ann’s Avenue
George E. Eckels
147Th Street
Tinton Avenue
Railroad Earnings Across Pennsylvania and Secured Lines
October 1907 to October 1908 earnings data for Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh and other railroads show gross and net figures. Entries include Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington, Northern Central, West Jersey and Sea Shore, Long Island, Colorado Midland, Louisville and Nashville, Detroit Toledo and Tron ton, and Rio Grande Southern with monthly and ten month totals, deficits, surpluses, and operating expenses. Infrastructure names, mileages, and earnings totals illustrate regional rail profitability trends.
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Pittsburg
Erie
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Northern Central
Setonnies
West Jersey & Sea Shore
O'S
Long Island
Inc
Colorado Midland
Asnccenos
Louisville & Nashville
Gilsey Estate Sells Madison Ave Plot to Neptune Realty
Gilsey Havemeyer and Jenney sold for the Andrew Gilsey estate a four story and basement building on a 30 by 60 foot plot at the southwest corner of 27th Street and Madison Avenue. The Jockey Club occupied the premises for years. Ground floor features include mirrors in hardwood frames with whips spurs and carved horses heads. Purchase price about 116000 dollars. Neptune Realty now holds a plot of about five lots with frontage on 26th and 27th streets and Madison Avenue. Site likely to be improved soon.
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Gilsey
27Th Streets
Madison Avenue
Postwar Poughkeepsie Loan Listings From Local Firms
A list of dated property and loan entries shows Grace avenue and various streets in Poughkeepsie with lenders including City Mortgage Co, Title Ins Co of New York, Central neta loans, and Hewitt pi. Citations include Amelia Stein Metz, Axel rod Realty Co, and Irving Construction Co with loan amounts ranging from 4 500 to 40 000 and property sizes around 50 by 100 feet or 100 by 142.5 feet.
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Ee — Pobals
Leggins
Whitehall Stree
New York
Meervet
Pat A
Grace Ave
Lyon Ave
Poughkeepsie Trust Co
Amelia Steinmetz
Morningside Ave
Amsterdam Ave
Title Ins Co
Axelrod Realty Co
Hewitt
City Mortgage Co
Beck Street Realty Co
Home St
S Wear Vyse Ave
O'Leary Realty
Onstruction Co
Ridges Road
Central Neta
Fordham Realty Co
Swase
Ns Co
Elias Gustarot
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