Washington Heights Booms with High Class Apartments
Builders rush to fill vast vacant plots in Washington Heights as luxury apartment houses rise. Real estate leaders predict continued rapid growth after subway expansion, with major sales and planned developments including six story elevator buildings on 124 Street Broadway and at 156th Street Amsterdam Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Heights
City Hall
Great West Side
Pavonazza
124 Street
Broadway
Arnold, Byrne & Baumann
William G Beker
Sun Construction Company
Upper Broadway
Butler & Herrman Company
Oscar J
John R. Foley
Jusserof Realty, Building and Construction Company
Bristol Realty Com
Morris Estate Sale Aims to Boost Morris Heights Property
An estate sale of Lewis Gouverneur Morris and heirs will be held Tuesday at the Exchange Salesroom by Bryan L. Kennelly. The 1½ lot parcels lie along Aque duct, Tremont, Sedgewick, Andrews, Cedar, Morris avenues and 176th to 179th streets on the Harlem River high plateau opposite Washington Heights, with rising values cited due to access via West Side subway and nearby rail ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Gouverneur Morris
Et Morris Heights
Bryan L. Kennelly
Exchange
Vesey Street
Aqueduct Avenue
Tremont Avenue
Sedgewick Avenue
Andrews Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Morris Avenue
176Th
177Th
179Th
Washington Bridge
Washington Heights
Morris Heights
West Side
New York Central Railroad
First Street
New York & Putnam
155Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Gage Tarbell Sells Plots in Garden City Area
Gage Tarbell sold land in Garden City including a 100 by 250 foot plot on the north side of Stewart Avenue between Wetherill and Lefferts Roads and a 100 by 150 foot plot on the north side of Brook Street between unknown bounds.
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Gage
Tarbell
Garden City
Stewart Avenue
Wetherill Road
Lefferts Road
Brook Street
Morris family property sale near transit hub in Washington Heights
The Morris estate in Washington Heights invites bids on plots within five minutes of the proposed Broadway Lexington route and thirty five minutes to City Hall. Terms include 10 percent down, balance by July 1, 70 percent on bond or mortgage for 1 3 years, and free title insurance. Local plots range from 100x150 to 100x250 feet with various street locations noted.
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Morris
177Th Street
Jerome Avenue
Lexington Avenue
City Hall
New York Central
Putnam 4 Vision
Broadway
Fist Street
Washington Bridge
Morris Estate
Washington Heights
Dale Purchases Elite Glen Cove Estate From Aliee Realty
Alfred G. Dale, a banker, bought the John Duryea place at Glen Cove Long Island from The Aliee Real Estate Company. The estate, among Long Island’s finest, sold for over $100 000 and will serve as his country home.
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Aliee
Alfred G. Dale
John Duryea
Glen Cove
Long Island
Dale
Hempstead Sale Set for This Week on Remaining Lots
Bryan L. Kennelly will auction the remaining 125 of 239 Hempstead Lot parcels on Saturday. Last week buyers were found for 114 lots but darkness delayed completion. The choicest parcels front three Hempstead avenues with water gas electric service and cement sidewalks already in place.
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Hempstead
Bryan L. Kennelly
Long Island
Mr. Kennelly
Plaza Home Lab plans 275000 dollar New York building
Architect Charles W Buckham files plans for the Plaza Home Lab at 36 Central Park South. Project features brick facade with limestone and terra cotta trim, 275000 dollar budget, Italian Renaissance style, multiple floors of living rooms labs clubs and studios, front 30 feet by 88 feet, fireproof construction, Ionic entrance, wrought iron railings, and a mansard roof with urns. Owners are Henrietta E and Henry Munro of 24 Vandewater Street.
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Charles W. Buckham
Plaza Homelab
Central Park South
Henrietta E
Henry Munro
No. 24
Vandewater Street
Record
List Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Robert Christie
Alfred H. Taylor
Apartment Towers Near 120 Street and Broadway Sold
A new elevator structure at the southwest corner of 120 Street and Broadway drew investor attention as a towering apartment complex changed hands. The sale highlights continued interest in Washington Heights property and elevated living spaces.
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Tore Tavonazza
120 Street
Broadway
Ackerson Company Moves Offices to Century Building
T B Ackerson Company moves executive offices to the Century Building at 1 West 84th Street occupying the entire first floor after remodeling. The firm cites need for space and better facilities, noting location near the Waldorf Astoria and easy access to the Long Island transit for its Brightwaters development on Great South Bay.
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T. B. Ackerson Company
Brightwaters
Great South Bay
Century
West 84Th Street
Waldorf-Astoria
T. B. Ackerson
Uptown
Long Island
Large Acreage Sales in Scarsdale Highlight Estate Boom
Scarsdale reports multiple big transfers including the McCabe estate on New York Post Road and the adjacent Barney property. Dr Frank Van Fleet buys a site for a house while William J Johnston plans a fine residence. Builder W B Serviss will construct a semi bungalow about 11000 dollars. S Milbank Cauldwell acquires three plots totaling about three acres and plans building. The Estates adds sewers water gas electric lights and macadamized streets as attractive houses rise.
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Scarsdale
McCabe
New York Post Road
Barney
Frank van Fleet
William P. Johnston
N. Y
Serviss
S. Milbank Cauldwell
Chester Hill Lot Auction Draws Strong Bids at Mount Vernon
Good prices and spirited bidding marked the sale of 250 Chester Hill Park lots at Mount Vernon by Joseph P. Day. Prices ranged from 600 to 900 dollars per lot, with 100 lots sold in under two hours totaling 61,600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hill Park
Mount Vernon
Joseph P. Day
Open Stair Tenement Company Forms Capital $200000
The corporation is formed with a $200 000 capital to build tenement houses in the city with exterior stairways in open courts. Corporators named are Champlain L Riley Charles W Mac Mullen and Frenk L Holt results learned yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlain L. Riley
Charles W. MacMullen
Frenk l L. Holt
Com
Company Negotiating Land for First Operation
The firm is negotiating for land to start its initial operation and expects to announce further details in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pany
Auction sale by William Jeffery of Plainfield completed
A successful auction conducted by William Jeffery of Plainfield sold two thirds of a west end Plainfield tract. The broker also sold 93 acres at Lincoln to the McLain Company of New York, about 100 acres on Park Avenue to George B. Loeffler of New York, two Netherwood plots to Berkeley Heights Association, a Sumner Avenue house to George Wiegand, the Rogers farm sixty acres on Second Mountain to Bolton Hall of New York, and twenty acres adjoining to William Birrell of Plainfield.
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William Jeffery
Plainfield
McLain Company
New York
Lincoln
Park Avenue
George B. Loeffler
Netherwood
Berkeley Heights Association
Sumner Avenue
George Wiegand
Rogers
Bolton Hall
William Birrell
Plain
Property Transfers Linked to Free Acres and Berkeley Heights
He conveyed sixty five acres of Murphy farm to the Free Acres Society and twenty one acres of the Palmer estate on Sherman Avenue Plainfield to the Berkeley Heights Association. He also transferred sixty five acres at Berkeley Heights to the Berkeley Heights Association and Harold Brown of New York.
Bedford Estate Sale Promises Easy Terms on Fort Washington Sites
Inquiries at the office of Joseph P. Day signal strong demand for Washington Heights lots on Fort Washington Avenue Broadway Riverside Drive and Bennett Avenue by order of Bedford estate trustees. Purchases may use bonds with 70 percent remaining for one to three years at six percent interest.
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Joseph P. Day
Washington Heights
Bedford Estate
Fort Washington Avenue
Broadway
Riverside Drive
Bennett Avenue
20 Years Ago and Now by John Noble Golding
In 1800 speculators focused on West Side Manhattan between 59th and 11th streets as a boom waned after 1873. Today real estate profits soar with subway expansion. gains of 400 to 800 percent appear possible as New York grows beyond Manhattan into the Bronx, Westchester, Long Island, and New Jersey. The city is a magnet drawing investors to opportunities across the island.
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59Th Street
New York
Island
Bronx
Westchester County
Long Island
Brooklyn
New Jersey
White Plains
Gan
Great Island
Brightwaters Long Island development near Bayshore attracts buyers
Beautiful Brightwaters is a 700 acre suburban project near Bayshore Long Island with bay canal lakes and pine section. The area promises easy NYC commute via rail upgrades, a Venetian harbor, and ample cottages and bungalows. Samuel K. Kellock leads a notable Brightwaters Association residence built by T B Ackerson Company.
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New York
Brightwaters
Bayshore
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Bay Or Canal
Great South Bay
Grand Canal
T. B. Ackerson Construction Company
Wohseepee
Samuel K. Kellock
Brightwaters Association
Kellock
Knickerbocker Field Club
Brooklyn
City Chamberlain
Windsor Avenue
Venetian Yacht Harbor
T. B. Ackerson Company
Harmonious Garage Design Aligns With House Architecture
A garage is crafted to blend with the house’s architectural design, echoing its materials, lines, and overall style to achieve a cohesive exterior appearance. The integration emphasizes symmetry, texture, and scale for visual harmony.
Real estate transfers in Yonkers and Long Island suburbs
The C N Shurman Investing Co buys a three story dwelling at Na 7 Palisade Ave Yonkers from Orville C Alling and acquires the Foley property a four dwelling parcel in Rich mond Hill Long Island and a three story dwelling at No 7 Woodland Ave New Rochelle from Mary S Thayer. Pease Elliman sublets for Eric Carleton the Ford House No 3 Albro Lane Cedarhurst to Mrs T Chesley Richardson. Sally P Piagg’s ocean front cottage Sea View Ave Lawrence Beach Long Island is leased to Paul Fuller Jr.
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C. N. Shurman Investing Company
Orville C. Alling Na
Palisade Avenue
Yonkers
Foley
No. & Johnson Avenue
Richmond Hill
Long Island
Mary S. Thayer
Woodland Avenue
New Rochelle
N. C
Pease & Elliman
Eric Carleton
Ford
Albro Lane
Cedarhurst
T. Chesley Richardson
Sally P. Piagg
Sea View Avenue
Lawrence Beach
Paul Fuller, Jr
Razing of Seminary and Village Homes Approved
Buildings Superintendent Miller issued permits to F. W. Seagrist Jr. Co. for demolishing Union Theological Seminary structures at 1 No. Sto a East 69th Street to East 7th Street and No. 7 Park Avenue. A second permit to John H. Tripler covers two old frame houses at 07 West 2d Street and New Amsterdam Avenue in Bloomin Village.
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OLD Seminary
Miller
Union Theological Seminary
East 69Th Street
East 7Th Street
Park Avenue
F. W. Seagrist, Jr
Old Bloomin Village
West 2d Street
New Amsterdam Avenue
John H. Tripler
Brooklyn Parcel Sales Move on Four Properties
Charles A. Wessell sells to a client for occupancy No. 5 New York avenue Brooklyn a two story brick two family dwelling with cellar. B J Sforza records sales: David M Sause sells to Marta Rossi a one family frame house on a 10 by 100 foot plot. Jennie J Bertrand sells to a buyer a 40 by 10 foot plot on the north side of 60th street 300 feet east of Fourteenth avenues.
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Brooklyn
Charlies A. Wessell
A. & Dupell
New York Avenue
B. J. Sforza
David M. Sause
Marta Rossi
Él Tist Street
Jennie J. Bertrand
A Cheng
60Th Street
Fourteenth Avenues
Bard's Mount Vernon sale set for next Saturday
George W. Bard announces another Mount Vernon sale to be held next Saturday on West Lincoln and Railroad avenues. Ten lots in the business section will be on Lincoln avenue starting at 2 0 p m as the sale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bard
Lincoln
Railroad Avenues
Lincoln Avenue
Mount Vernon
Sterling and Sterling Sell Voorhees Interest in Newark Estate
Sterling and Sterling have sold the Frederick Day Voorhees interest in the Elikg Day estate totaling 176 lots in Hamburg Place, Newark New Jersey. The property had remained with no transfer for more than a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling & Sterling
Frederick Day
Real Estate Transactions Note
Brief reference indicates yesterday's real estate transactions are detailed in Pages TM and Part IV.
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183D Street
Audubon Avenue
Haven Avenue
180Th Street
178Th
William J. Casey
J. Romaine Brown
Alexander P. W. Kinnan
Loyall L. Smith
16Ist Street
George Ranger
Igist Street
157Th Street
Center Realty Company
Schwartz & Gross
Peto Realty Company
178Th Street
Pinehurst Avenue
Adolf Mertin
Finehurst Avenue
1Th Street
Cotoba Realty and Construction Company
Goldner & Goldberg
T. J. McGuire Construction Company
175Th Street
Euell & Euell
Morris Estate Sale
Garden City Sales
Semlcolonial &Ty
Prospect Avenue
Clinton Road
Washington Avenue
Saint James Street
Chestnut Street
Locust Street
Poplar Street
John Street
Huntington Road
Warton Place
Clinch Place
Plaza Home Club
13Th Street
Seventh Avenue
GB W Construction Company
Sumner X. Gerard
J. Stewart Barney
Washington Investors
Kingsleigh
West 189Th Street
Century Building
34Th Street
Scarsdale Realty
Chester Hill
Bedford
John Noble Golding
L. I
N. J
Wm. G. Conkling
Franklin Savings Bank
Evening Globe
New York City
Morton Bliss
Ryer
Cammon
Moses de Voe
Century Realty Co
Lewis Gouverneur Morris N. Y. Life Insurance & Trust Co., Trustees
Sedgwick Avenue
Title Guarantee & Trust Co
Broadway, N. Y
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