Large Realty Loans Tempt Buyers at Vesey Street Sales
Real Estate Exchange salesrooms attracted many buyers with investment parcels offering 5 percent down and 15 percent within 30 days plus 5 percent mortgage for 1 to 3 years, or 19 percent down and 2 percent on title with a 35 percent seller mortgage. Prices matched brisk, year-ago levels, reflecting improved business mood as foreclosures also sold well. The market tone suggested more owners would seek quick buyers, driven by the subway expansion.
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Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Real Estate Record and Guide
Howard
Pyle
Actwal
Brooklin
Brooklyn
Manhattan
East River
Manhattan Bridge
Harlem
Bronx
Borough Hall
Brook
Ocean
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Jamaica Market Strength Tied to City Improvements
The Jamaica section of Long Island shows healthy conditions due to Pennsylvania Railroad improvements and major bridge and tunnel projects including Blackwell's Island brides, Belmont tunnel, Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, and the Jamaica tunnel. Frank E. Hurley, Jamaica Title Guard manager, sums up a favorable outlook without a boom.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Blackwell's Island Brides
Belmont Tunnel
Williamsburg Bridge
Elevated
Brooklyn Bridge
Joralemon Street
Jamaica
Long Island
Queens County
Frank E. Hurley
Title Guard
Real estate sales lock in Broadway block front in The Bronx
L. J. Phillips & Co sold the easterly Broadway block front between 160th and 1181st sts to Crystal Realty, which will erect four 40 foot six story apartments like its Seventh Ave. project. The site fronts 199.10 feet on Broadway with 190 feet depth. Edenwald Land Co sold two Monticello Ave lots to Bernard Murphy and Cecilia Liversaye a jet in Jefferson Ave in The Bronx.
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L. J. Phillips & Co
Ostend
Land Companies of
Edenwald
Bernard Murphy
Monticello Ave
Randall, Ave
Cecilia Liversaye
Jefferson Ave
Seton Ave
Bronx
Widening of Coney Island Creek Planned
The city will widen deepen and bulkhead Coney Island Creek. The project aims to create a direct ship canal between Gravesend Bay and Sheepshead Bay, improving navigation for large vessels and providing Gravesend with an outlet to the water.
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Coney Island Creek
Coney Island Ship Canal
Gravesend Bay
Sheepshead Bay
Gravesend
Five Story Double Fisthouse Planned at No 215 West 140th Street
A new five story double fisthouse is proposed for No 215 West 140th Street. The announcement notes construction details and plans but provides limited specifics beyond the address and building type.
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West 140Th Street
Real estate market eyes brisk spring with transit boosts
Buyers struggle for loans while brokers seek 1000 to 2,000,000 dollar funds at low rates. Brooklyn subway expansion and the Manhattan Bridge are seen as leveling values and spurring a spring surge in investor activity, with Jamaica and Nassau County seeing building momentum.
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Long Island
Richmond Hill
Nassau County
Real Estate Board Dinner to Be Held in Waldert Astoria
At a Friday meeting of the Real Estate Board of Brokers dinner committee, plans were finalized for the twelfth annual dinner on February 27 in the Waldert Astoria grand ballroom. Seats are in high demand, with tickets available only through board members and a box auction planned due to last year’s heavy demand.
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Real Estate Board of Brokers
Waldert-Astoria
Astor Gallery
Assembly Chamber
Board of Brokers
Hughes
Onlie
Actors colony grows on Gravesend tract in List Ward
The Vaudeville Investors' Company buys McLaughlin Park in Gravesend and plans an actors colony with buyers including Vesta Victoria Master Gabriel Mabel Hite Nat M Willis and Joe Keaton. Executives Morton Williams Nible will build homes. sub surface work includes water and gas mains electricity and sewerage feeding into Oney Island Creek. Henry Morgenthau Sr. will speak on real estate business Tuesday night.
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McLaughlin Park
Gravesend
List Ward
Vaudeville Investors’ Company
Vesta Victoria
Master Gabriel
al Lamar
Mabel Hite
Nat M. Willis
Devine
Williams
Edward Clark
Robert Rogers
Louise Rodgers
Joe Keaton
James Rice
James Morton
Mme
Frances Milliner
Lee Harrison
Mike Donlin
Will Cressy
James J. Morton
Harry Williams
Fred Nible
New York and Pittsburg Real Estate Company
Coney Island Boulevard Realty Company
Oney Island Creek
Sewerage work boosts Gravesend property values and commerce
Property owners have begun filling in the northerly end of the creek as sewerage systems are imperatively needed. The water frontage created by the ship canal will add considerably to Gravesend’s commercial importance and to nearby property values, say real estate experts.
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Eftcea
Gravesend
Real Estate Transfers Across Manhattan and Bronx Listings
Multiple property deals reported including James Finley to B Sharboro for a three story private dwelling at 100 Varick Street. Thomas Gilbert to J M Ehrlich for 540 West 148th Street three story and basement dwelling. M Kamak buys 425 West 16th Street five story tenement with stores. Howe estate sales at 119 Lexington Avenue three story dwelling and 1442 Third Ave three story flat with stores. Mary T Thompson sells 52 Charles Street three story dwelling. Loeb Kaufman sells 69 Jennings Street five story new law house and corner lot at Lay Avenue and 173rd Street. Henry W Fedden firm sells 350 East 11th Street four story flat with 25 by 100 lot.
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McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company
James Finley
B. Sharboro
Varick St
Fenrton-Moore Company
Thomas Gilbert
J. M. Ehrrich
148Th St
Kamak
West 16Th St
Gress & Gress Company
Arthur G Muhlker
Henry
Quentin
Howe
Lexington Ave
Arthur G. Multiker
Adolph Cohn
Third Ave
Mary T. Thompson
Charies St
Loeb & Kaufman
William T. Hockey
Malino
Jennings St
Wolf Malino
Lay Ave
Henry W. Fedden & Oe
Joseph Kruppenbacher
East 11Th St
Henry I Winans Sale of Five-Story Basement House
Henry I Winans and May sold to Seymour Cromwell No 8S East 30th Street a five story basement dwelling on a 25 by 100.5 foot lot. The buyer will occupy the premises. Purchase price about $209000 in cash.
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Henry I. Winans
Plans Filed for Loft Expansion and New Uses on Bowery and Sixth Ave
Plans filed with Buildings Superintendent Murphy propose enlarging the vacant five story loft at 296 Bowery into a china and glass warehouse for Sanft & Rosenstein. Architect Frederick Walcobsen also filed plans to remodel the ground floor of 407 Sixth Ave into an amusement hall for Valence Company. Remodelling of stable 1383 Essex St into a moving picture exhibition for Markowitz & Elliot is listed with L C Maurer and Steiner & Weiss as architects. Manhattan also records a two story steel factory for Harlem Contracting Company near Ninth Ave from 201st to 202nd St at an estimated cost of $2.
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Murphy
Bowery
Sanft & Rosenstein
Frederick “Walcobsen
Sixth Ave
The
Valence Company
Essex Street
Markowitz & Elliot
L. ¢. Maurer
Steiner & Weiss
Manhattan
Harlem Contracting Company
Ninth
Real Estate Leases On West 46th Street and Canal Street Properties
The McVickar Gaillard Realty Company leases for Mrs Philip Phoenix to Haag Brothers Ladies Tailoring a building at West 46th Street. Nicholson and Co leases for the OO B Potter Trust the store basement at Lafayette and Astor Place plus three lofts at Canal Street and lofts at Lispenard Street. A store and basement at Amsterdam Avenue are leased to a moving picture company for a term of years.
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McVickar, Gaillard Realty Company
Philip Phoenix
Haag Brothers’ Ladies’ Tailoring Company
No. & West 46Th St
Nicholson & Co
OO. B. Potter Trust
Lafayette St
Astor Place
Canal St
Lispenard St
Amsterdam
Moving Picture Company
Man In the Iron Mask Aims To Walk World For 20000 Pounds
The Dundee Advertiser notes a modern challenger plans a round the world walk for £20000. It compares his quest to past globe trotting feats by Marius Bernstoff Schroder who wore handcuffs most of the time, Anton Hanshan who walked seven thousand miles for 32006, a Belgian who circled the world backward, and Veno Churchil who started with five cents and returned with 2090.
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Dundee Advertiser
Marius Bernstoff Schroder
Schroder
Anton Hanshan
Veno Churchil
Decrease in Building Activity Across 1907 Cities
Official reports show 41 cities built 135 705 structures in 1907 costing 488 224 970 dollars, down 60 070 449 from 548 295 419 dollars year earlier while the number of buildings rose 7 855. The data suggest broader, more active construction despite lower costs and a larger base of participants. Totals by month and city follow.
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New York
Coman
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
St Louis
Wees
Tae
Cleveland
Asec Tad
Detroit
Seattie J
Stone
Los Angel VT
Pittsburg
Milyauker
Washington
Uy Minneapolits
Paul EU
Orchester
Denver
Napoliy St
Spokane
Orlea
Tole
Salt Slake City
Wilkesbarre
Topeka i
Davenport
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Margaret Neon
Madison Avenue
119Th Street
Arnold, Byrne & Baumann
Salo Cohn
Will
Actors’ Colony
Nat M. Wills
Henry Morgenthau
Fleary Morgenthau Company
Om ‘‘Real Estate
H. Abert Johnson
Liege
Belgium
Mae
Ruland & Whiting CO
Beckman Street
N. Y
Nolville Indian Reservation
J. O. Ostry
Brewster,Wash
Roadway
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WM C Walker
Ichmond Borough
R. R
J. S. Drake
Broadwashington Bridge
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Nelson Ave
Tremont
City College
Fedgdecombe Ave
Ditmas Park
East 19Th Et
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Hoffman Arms
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56Th ST
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William P. Chase
Springer
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German Conservatory of Music
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August Fraemckp
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City Hall Park
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Old Virginia
Claude G. Stephenson
Herndon
J. W. Sloat
Middletown
SEA Cliff Acrhaga Company
Dx Broadway
Sea Cty
Jestchester CO
New State Road
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Alfred Busselle
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127Th Stree
Metropolis Building
16Th St
Alliance Francaise
College of Physicians
Eth Ave
Aliance E Francaise Colur
Emile Cquion
Marlboroh
Jallade
Tribun
Tegular
6Th Ave
le St
125Th St
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77Th St
Gist St
Sth St
Ee the Elms
MN ST
New Rochelle
Fack
Tor
School Agency
American and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
M. J. Young-Fulton
Union Square
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Uptown
12Th St
14Th St
3D Ave
76Th
77Th Sts
6Ist St
1St Ave
7Th St
Tremont Ave
Sd Ave
Theo
Jeonesen
4Th Ave
J. B
J. G. Miller
Elmhurst
ASSIS
Weigand
Huguesey City
Same
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Madison Sq
William Cutting
West 2St St
Ludwig's
East 79Th St
Mala
Young Man
East 4Th St
Frank Hek
East 65Th St
George Elian
H. J. Ferwie Ang East
Charles Steiver
Avenue A
66Th St
Bond
Wallace F
Herkimer St
James Wailsch
East Encl Ave
Ralph St
F. W. Holste
East 169Th St
Herkimer
Manginst
Charles Ruelius
Sland
Marti
West Fitrh
Charles L. Buyer
West 1522
Chaupfaih
Ence
Lewes Abrahamson
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