The Bronx A Great Borough Park System and Bridges
The Bronx is presented as a rapidly growing, park rich borough with Pelham Bay Park and Van Cortlandt Park as highlights. It describes bridges, parkways, transit expansion, and real estate growth linking Manhattan, Yonkers, and Long Island, urging investment and transit improvements to sustain development. It notes Hudson Memorial Bridge plans and a future trolley line on Pelham Parkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Mott Haven
Port Morris
Morrisania
Melrose
West Farms
West Chester
Fordham
Tremont
Williamsbridge
Woodlawn
Casanova
Hunt's Point
van Nest
Barchester
Harlem River
Hudson River
Long Island Sound
Pelham Bay Park
Central Park
Manhattan Island
Thomas Pell
Glover's Rock
Glover
Howe
Washington
White Plains
van Cortlandt
Broadway
Mount Vernon Avenues
Ship Canal
van Cortlandt Park
Harlem and
Hudson Valleys
Inwood
Hendrick Hudson
Bronx System of
Gun Hill Road
Bronx Parks
Bronx Park
Pelham Kay Park
Bronx and
Pelham Parkway
Riverside Drive
Harlem Ship Canal
Flatbush
Fourth Avenues
Borough of
Yonkers
Pel
Bronx Bridges Tie Manhattan to The Bronx Growth Plan
The article discusses an expanding bridge network linking Manhattan to The Bronx, noting fifteen bridges either built or under construction and a proposed Hudson Memorial costing about 5 million dollars. It highlights Port Morris as a terminal site and explains ownership and access rights for existing structures. The piece foresees rapid Bronx growth as commutes improve and new housing spreads northward.
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Bronx
New Haven
United States
Long Island
Manhattan Island
Harlem River
Manhattan
Hudson Memorial
Port Morris
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plans filed for twelve story mercantile and eleven story loft buildings
Plans filed for a twelve story mercantile building at 30 and 82 West 27th Street and an eleven story loft building at 106 and 111 West 27th Street. James Tolvingston Construction Company to build the mercantile block valued at 250000 dollars Marmac Construction Company to occupy the loft at 18 West 27th Street valued at 19000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 27Th St
James Tolvingston
Giant Chimney Plans For East 34th Street Brewery
A large brewery on 83d Street east of 34th Avenue filed plans for a new brick chimney. The proposed smokestack will stand 25 feet high with a base diameter of 17.8 feet narrowing to 7g feet at the apex and will entail substantial cost.
Oakdale sale draws investors to Aston estate on Long Island
The May 12 auction at the Real Estate Exchange in New York sold four and five acre plots on W. B. Aston’s Oakdale estate. Investors plan to build, with sixty eight homes slated soon and more sites available. Oakdale is praised as a beautiful healthful Atlantic Coast location drawing public interest.
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Oakdale
W. B. Aston
Long Island
Real Estate Exchange
Vesey Street
Atlantic Coast
Real Estate Board Plans Auto Inspections Across Region
The New Jersey New York Real Estate Exchange arranges a series of auto trips to inspect properties with every member of the board of governors set to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey-New York Real Estate Exchange
Board of Governors
Beautiful Shore Homes Malba Move Pushes Local Conveniences
Malba Long Island advances a luxury residential park by Realty Trust of New York with grand roads sidewalks and a 600 foot dock. A private Malba Association will govern the beach and club facilities including a casino clubhouse garage stable and restaurant. Projections show high end villas costing around 100000 with easy rail and auto access to Manhattan and future East River tunnel benefits.
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Malba
Long Island
Fort Schumer
Realty Trust of
New York
Sound
Manhattan
Montauk Line
Sanker=s
Brokers
East 31St Street
Herald Square
34Th Street
East River
Broadway
Hastings suburb growth boosts values near Hudson River
At Hastings-on-Hudson residents seek affordable lots as demand rises with new railroad tracks and a planned fine station by the New York Central. Hudson Heights near the station, connected to Kingsbridge, has seen several recent home purchases and a growing trolley and subway link. Prospects of improved drives and urban expansion attract buyers, including German investors, amid anticipated price increases.
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Concourse
Cedar Or
Franz Sigel Parks
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
1524
Walton Ave
164Th St
Jerome and
Webster Aves
175Th St
Hastings-on-Hudson
Yonkers
Hastings
Hudson River
Kingsbridge
New Yorkity
New York
Hudson Heights
Hudson P. Rose Company
Fth
Hudson
Mount Hlepe
Putnan
Yor Central
New bungalow sites offered by W K Aston in Oakdale and Shelburne
W K Aston of 80 Wall Street New York announces bungalow plots at Oakdale Long Island and Shelburne New Hampshire offering seashore and mountain scenery. Oakdale known as a summer resort draws wealthy New Yorkers with boating fishing and hunting. Shelburne boasts Trout waters and views to the Presidential Range with a private forest preserve lasting access and mortgage options.
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W. K. Aston
Wall Street
Manhattan
Oakdale
Long Island
Shelburne
N. E
Vale Mountains
Great South Bay
ft s@cure
Aston
Presidential Range
Private Sales in Realty Market Including Four Story and Other Dwellings
The McVickar Gaillard Realty sells Alfred Jaros home on West 19th Street. Mary Lewis estate sells a six story mercantile building on Wooster Street. Dan Seybel sells to F A Tinker on East 78th Street. Chatham National Bank backs Corbin Building purchase near Broadway and John Street. John Outcault sells West 16th Street residence. Casey sells a West 17th Street house. Burk sells a three story frame on 3d Avenue. Hertz & Co and Stahl move parcels on Mohegan Avenue. Pease Elliman sells estate lots on Adams Street. Gulick Company sells St Marks Avenue property in Brooklyn. Mallon hires for St Marks Avenue house with alterations underway. Price for the last noted sale is 22,000.
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McVickar-Gaillard Realty Company
Alfred Jaros
West Mth Street
Hollander
Herman Wronkow
Mary Lewis
Wooster Street
Bleecker
W. D. Kilpatrick
Daniel E. Seybel
F. A. Tinker
78Th Street
Chatham National Bank
Corbin Building Company
Broadway
John Street
Reformed Dutch Church
John Outcault
William J. Casey
West
Riverside Drive
Joseph Burk
Charles W
William H. Kurtz
3D Ave
Hertz & Co
A. Kaufman
179Th St
Mr. Stah
Mohegan Ave
Pease & Elliman
Gustav H. Schwab
Tith St
Crist & Herrick
Frederick J. Brown
Adams St
Wwith St
Hoboken
N.+J
Ernestus Gulick
Jonm F. Mallon
Mr. Mallon
Socoma
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The
Borough
Perth
Harlem
Colonizl Dames
Algernon 8
Sullivan
Josiah Porter
National Guard
Palisades
Boston Road
New York Zoological Park
New York Botanical Gardens
Frenz Sigel
Fordham Road
Aqueduct
Sedgwick Avenues
188Th Street
Macomb’s Dam Park
Cromwell Avenues
Melrose Park
Courtlandt and
Park Avenues
Poe
Kings
Washington Bridge Park
Sedgwick Avenue
Washington Bridge
Mosholu Parkway
College Point
Willis Avenue
North Beach
Willis Avenues Bridge
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Park Avenue
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Madison Avenue
New England States
Lenox Avenue
Macomb’s Dam
Eighth Avenue
Putnam Division
13Th Street
High Bridge Park
High Bridge
Croton
University Heights
184Th Street
Witch Street
Tenth Avenue
121St Street
Fordham Heights
Spuyten Duyvil
Hudson Memorial Bridge
Bolton Road
New Orleans
Department of Bridges
Ham Parkway
Frederick W. Whitridge
Union Railway
Fordham Station
Zoological Gardens
Tal
Interborough
Hudson River Railroad Company
Old Bridge
Westchester Avenue
Webster Avenue
Whitlock Avenue
Clay Avenue
165Th Street
Ogden Avenue
Westenemere
John Horner
Gustav
Dale Avenue
Karl Muller
Prescott Place
No. Iv
Gustave Berg
Bihldorff
John Posser
Rose
Rosedale Avenue
White Mountain
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