Uptown Lots Sell Amid Strong Real Estate Demand
Real estate activity remains robust in upper West Side and eastern Bronx zones with Bernard Smith Sons selling plots on West 1st and Ogden avenues. Abbotsford Realty moves No 342 West End Avenue dwelling, while Arthur Werl & Co. handles six newly built flat houses on Webster Avenue for John Rendall and plans to add a nine-building complex on 187th Street. Carlyle Realty plans two twelve-story brick limestone apartments on Cathedral Parkway with terra cotta ornamentation, plus remodelling work on Fifth Avenue offices for Van Schaick Realty. Proposals include converting 671 Highth Avenue flats to a loft and store, expanding the Friars at West th Street roof garden to a fifth story, and a brick-car building on Manhattan Street for a 68,000 dollar project.
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Upper West Side
Bronx
Bernard Smith @ Sons
Whitehall Realty Company
Itist Street
Ogden Avenue
Merriam Avenue
Abbotsford Realty Company
West End Avenue
Téth Street
Arthur Werl @& Co
John Rendall
Webster Avenue
187Th Street
Park Avenue
Murphy
Cathedral Parkway
Amsterdam Avenue
Carlyle Realty Company
Jacob Stein
Schwartz & Gross
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
van Schaick Reiley Company
Buchman & Fox
Highth Avenue
Stephen McPartland
Ort Goods
McPartland & Flaherty
C. A. Jackson
R Gillan & Co
8Th Street
Barnes Avenue
Williamsbridge
Pransfeld
Bauer & Co
George M Terier
Gross & Gross
Korn
S&s Morris
W. R. H. Martin
Rice & Knight
Marbridge
Arthur G. Lewis
Bernard Weller
West Ath Street
F. G. Promm
F. A. Mills (Inc
West 36Th Street
Motor Mart
Broadway End
H. M. Duncan
MacNeily & Cochrane
A. J. Donovan & Co
Middleton & Burrill
Lenox Avenue
Lth Street
Real estate deals in New York brokerages note multiple property sales
Edward P. Hamilton & Co and other firms report numerous sales and leases of multifamily dwellings and flats across Manhattan and surrounding avenues. Properties include a six story warehouse on Hudson street and two five story flat houses on Eighth avenue, plus several six story and four story dwellings. Multiple buyers and sellers listed with agents such as arncie Byrne & Baumann, Cheries Fleck & Co, H C Senior & Co, Bauer & Co, Gross & Gross, and Middleton & Burrill.
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Edward P. Hamilton & Co
Central Building and Improvement Company
Hudson Street
Arncié, Byrne & Baumann
Louis Bernstein
Hermann Javeshaf
Eighth Avenue
Cheries L. Fleck & Co
C. Coonley
Holstein, Young & O
Amsterdam Avenue
Ith Street
H. C. Senior & Co
Eva R. Anderson
Eugenia Wolt
Benjamin Nauheim
Morehead Construction Company
Simeon Nauheim
H Street
Brook
St. Ann's
Balmoral Hotel Sold on Lenox Avenue Frontage
The Sphinx Realty Company has sold the Balmoral Hotel, a five story building occupying the east side of Lenox avenue from 18th to 19th street, to Lowenfeld and Prager. The property fronts 2.10 feet and extends 1% feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sphinx Realty Company
Balmoral Hotel
Lenox Avenue
18Th
Lowenfeld & Prager
Plcr
Building Loan Contracts Sealed in Historical Ledger
Fragmentary entry lists multiple loan agreements and amounts including 25000 4500 and 91250 with names Trinity Eve SopTEs joans Higeins DRS and Norbert Robillard. Mentions addresses 4 500 tebbins ave 615 10 fts of Kingsbridge Road 1100 and 76 250 linked to mortgage firms American Realty and Construction.
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Trinity
Soptes
Joans Hig
Eins
Lyone
George Hauser Loens
Norbert Robillard
Tebbins Ave
17Th St
Cy Mortgage Company
Joans Thomas D Malcolm Construction Company
Kingsbridge Road
Central Ee Eerewen Joans
Reelty and Construction
Macnnes
Beone Building Plans For Pelham Road Dwellings
The notice lists plans for two two story frame dwellings on Holt Place and a two story frame stable on Pelham Road. Irving Construction owner Henry Nordheim is the architect with an indicated total of 3,000 10,009 in costs.
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Eestern Boulevard
Pelham Road
Errs Axe
Holt Place
Irving Construction
Henry Nordheim
New Flatbush values in Brooklyn rise on Beverley Road sale
Wood, Harmon & Co sold a Flatbush avenue Beverley Road plot in Brooklyn to Charlies R. Waentig through Frank James. The 1 foot frontage and 70 feet depth prompted a purchase price near 300 dollars per front foot. Waentig plans stores and apartments like Beverley Court and the block’s newer twin buildings across Flatbush avenue.
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Wood, Harmon & Co
Frank James
John F. James & Sons
Flatbush Avenue
Beverley Road
Brooklyn
Charlies R. Waentig
East 1St Street
East 7Ist Street
Beverley Court
Waentig
Osborne Realty Leases Newark Building to Riker & Son
Negotiations ended yesterday with Osborne Realty Company leasing the main floor and basement of the old National Newark Banking Company Building at Broad and Clinton streets to William B. Riker & Son Company. The structure will be remodelled, enlarged, and the Riker store will span eighty five feet with corner Broad street access and an entrance on Clinton street. The three upper stories will be offices for the building owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne Reality Company
William B. Riker & Son Company
National Newark Banking Company
Broad and
Clinton Streets
Newark
Osborne Company
Riker
Broad Street
Clinton Street
Foreclosure Auction at 240 Elizabeth Street Sees Sale to Giorginazzi
The five story tenement with store at 240 Elizabeth Street, owned by Pasquale Pati, sold at foreclosure for $21.30 to Agidio Giorginazzi at the Real Estate Exchange salesrooms. The note shows about $3,600 due and a $14,000 mortgage. Additional parcels and auctions were listed with various figures and adjournments to January 12 and March 4.
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Elizabeth Street
Pasquale Pati
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Agidio Giorginazzi
Receivers Appointed For Rents On Two Properties
Walter B. Walker named receiver of rents for 43 Division street in a case by Annie Peyser against Emanuel S. Gates to foreclose a third mortgage of 500 dollars. Abraham B. Marx named receiver of rents for 20 Lewis street in a case by Simon Dinerstein against Benedict Bockar to foreclose an 11,000 dollar mortgage. The properties carry a prior mortgage of 23,000 dollars.
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Walter B. Walker
Division Street
Annie Peyser
Emanuel S. Gates
Abraham B. Marx
No. 20
Lewis Street
Simon Dinerstein
Benedict Bockar
Realty notes and lease deals listed in New York market column
Realty notes report broker Martin Walter handling a sale to the Presbyterian Church extension committee of a 96 by 129 foot irregular plot at the northeast corner of Grand Boulevard and Concourse and 178th street. The Dyckman Taxpayers Association plans a meeting at Jesse Bennett & Co. on List street and Broadway. Leases include M. and L. Hess letting a store basement at 82 and 34 West 20th Street to Leon C. Riggs, giving him 100 feet frontage through occupancy at 36 and 38 West 20th Street. Folsom Brothers lease a tenth loft at 04 and 116 East 1st Street to William P. Frank. Aliso leases a store basement at 270 Fulton Street in Brooklyn to the Worth Cushion Shoe Company. E. T. Newman sells twelve lots at East Massapequa, Long Island. Maguire & Co. lease to Speedwell Car Company the estate and basement at 202 Broadway for a term.
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Martin Walter
Presbyterian Church Extension Committee
Grand Boulevard
Concourse
178Th Street
Dyckman Taxpayers’ Association
Jesse ©. Bennett & Co
List Street
Broadway
M. & Ll. Hess
David Price
West 20Th Street
Leon C. Riggs
West 2Th Street
Folsom Brothers
East Lth Street
William P. Frank
Aliso
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Worth Cushion Shoe Company
E. T. Newman
East Massapequa
Long Island
Maguire & Co
Speedwell Car Company
No. 202
City Investment Deal Nets Jackson and Dutch Kills Plot
Osgood Pell & Co sold a Long Island City plot at Jackson and Dutch Kills avenues to an investor for Knickerbocker Mortgage Company. The asking price was 17000 dollars.
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Osgood Pell & Co
Knickerbocker Mortgage Company
Jackson and
Dutch Kills Avenues
Long Island City
Sells Four Story Flathouse at 86 Southern Boulevard
Jacob F. Zinser sold for Michael Tully Construction a new low four story double flathouse, No. 86 Southern Boulevard, on a 24 by 100 foot plot to J. C. Stirn. The transaction highlights real estate development in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob F. Zinser
Michael Tully Construction Company
Southern Boulevard
J. C. Stirn
Cedar Forest Farm Sold at Pompton New Jersey
The firm of J. B. Ketcham sold the Cedar Forest stock farm of 195 acres at Pompton New Jersey for 20060 dollars. The stock is included in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ketcham
Cedar Forest
Pompton
N. J
Phillips Named Treasurer at International Mercantile Marine
Horace G. Phillips, formerly assistant treasurer, election to treasurer succeeds James F. Fahnestock who resigned. E. Edgar Heston becomes assistant treasurer in Phillips’s vacated post, replacing Phillips as cashier.
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H. G. Phillips
Horace G. Phillips
International Mercantile Marine Company
James F. Fahnestock
E. Edgar Heston
Mr. Phillips
United Cigar Stores Declares 7 Percent Dividend
Directors at the United Cigar Stores Company office 44 West 18th Street declare the annual 7 percent preferred stock dividend. Payment is due January 20.
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United Cigar Stores Company
West 18Th Street
Woman suffrage petition circulated among unions
The National Woman's Suffrage Association plans to present a petition to Congress and distributes petition blanks through men's trade unions headed by John Mitchell. Typographical Union No. 6 has already requested petition forms.
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Congress
National Woman's Suffrage Association
John Mitchell
Play for Children at Waldorf Gala Benefits Madison Street Settlement
In the Waldorf Astoria grand ballroom Ben Greet and his players staged three Hawthorne tales from the Wonder Book to benefit the Madison Street Settlement boys and girls clubs. Pandora and the Mysterious Box delighted the young audience while Midas the Golden Touch sparked both wonder and a flurry of critique from a young critic in the rear. The children’s chorus and Greek village dancing complemented Volpe Orchestra music as notable attendees included Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr and Alfred Seligman.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Ben Greet
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Playgrounds Association
New York
Madison Street Settlement
Pandora
Violet Vivian
Theo
Hope
Midas
King Midas
Ruth Vivian
Princess Marygold
Quicksilver
Volpe
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Theodore Hellman
Henry Villard
William Kent
Alfred Seligman
Browning Symposium at Waldor Astoria Draws Enthusiasts
Browning fans gathered for the New York Browning Society symposium at the Waldor Astoria. Miss Julia Pauline Leavens welcomed attendees, with out of town guests presented. Lectures covered Browning’s art, dramatic pauses, and civic views, ending with readings and a luncheon.
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Browning
Waldor-Astoria
New York Browning Society
Julia Pauline Leavens
Hiram Carson
Cornell University
Elizabeth Fullick
Wellesley College
Florence P. Holden
Eymposium
Julie Opp
John D. Barry
Pippa
Miss Lazarus
William H. Ailen
Thomas R. Slicer
Martha Foote Crow
Charlotte B. Wilbour
On the Trail of the Antis Demonstration
The Equality League plans a January 9 Berkeley Theatre reading of Votes for Women by Elizabeth Robins with Marian Craig Wentworth, plus an Equality League unrest exhibit. Boxes for Mrs Mackay Lydig Brannan and banners from college and trade union women. Audience urged to cable congratulations to Mrs Parkhurst on release.
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Antis
Elizabeth Robins
Marian Craig Wentworth
Berkeley Theatre
Clarence Mackay
Philip Lydig
John Brannan
Mary Crawford
Elizabeth Cook
Cornell
Clara Finkelstein
Buttenhole Workers’ Union
Park
Gleanings on marriage customs and social change
A columnist contrasts French, English, and American marriage notions, noting frank matchmaking in France versus the hyped, costly hunt in the US and Britain. It also surveys Chinese women's rebellious shifts against in laws, and jokes about escalated steps and rising bacterial air quality with a medical note on ground level contamination.
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France
Marte- Louise
Marie-Louise
Marie- Louise
England
America
Lilias
Blanche
Rare Fruits and How to Serve Them in New York
A travel through New York markets highlights rare fruits such as Egyptian cantaloupes, prickly pears, French muskmelons, St John bread, Chinese oranges, and Japanese persimmons. It explains serving ideas, preservation methods for kumquats, and cautions about prickly pear handling, with notes on flavor, texture, and selection.
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New York
St. John
John the Baptist
Chinatown
New York City
Canton
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Frederick W. Whitridge
Forty-second Street
Manhattanville
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Manhattan Street
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Nicholas Serracino
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Reade St
Owntown
W C. Walker
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Innville
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Old Mexico
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Fifth Ave
Mad
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Brockiyz
W. B. Riker & Son Company
Vesey St
Parish, Fisher & Co
Sth
Trowbridge
Stedman
Clare
E Morris
Joseph P Day
13Th St
David Gorgon
Bertha Wolkenberg
Engel Bros
Attys
F C Laubuscher
Prospect Ave
Wear
Boston
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Herman Harris
Amsterdam Ave
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Elizabeth Bache
A Peper
Wolf & K.attyrs
J F Darling
Maud E Molloy
James Young
T J Mooney
Joyce & Hattys
James Kearney
Hugh D Smith
Undercliff Ave
176Th St
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Public Bank of NY
Sam Sobet
Quackenbush
Sigmund Adler
Quackenbush & A
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Brachurst Ave
F Faye
Thomas Molloy
L Peck
Samuel Hoffman
25Th St
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Joan Scott
Bertha Staud
Warren McCantheatty
T F Foley
James L Wells
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Seao
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Mme
Atulle
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Monte Carlo
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Hillis
G. Kraft
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Waple
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Hotel Royal Daniell Modern
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