March 18, 1922
RECORD AND GUIDE
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senger elevators, 3 of which will be Express
elevators to the 9th floor. The main entrance
to tho building, :;4 feet wide and 21 feet in
height, will be on Madison av, while the service
entrance will be on Vanderbilt av.
The street floor, and the floor immediately
above, will be divided into stores, beneath
which, there will be a large basement and sub-
basement. A hot water heating system will be
installed, and heat aud electricity will be sup¬
plied by the railroad company. Stoddard &
Mark, as attorneys, represented Webb & Knapp
throughout the transaction.
Theatre Leasehold Conveyed
Records in the County Registers ofllce show
that the land under the Henry Miller Theatre,
at 124 to i:iii West ^cJd st, and the abutting par¬
cel at 12a West 42d st, have undergone a change
of title. The estate of Elizabeth Milbank An¬
derson has conveyed the property for a stated
consideration of $380,(XI0 to the City Real Estate
Co., which acts for clients ot the Title Guarantee
and Trust Co. in cases where the buyer wishes
to conceal his identity.
No clue as to the real buyer has been given
although it is definitely established that the
theatre building was not included in the deal.
The Henry Miller Theatre was opened in 11117,
having been erected on land leased by Mr. Mil¬
ler from Mrs. Anderson, who had purchased it
the year before. Mrs. Anderson died about a
year ago leaving an estate of more than $7,1100,-
iiWl, much of which she willed to charity. The
plot included in the transfer measures S.'i.O feet
on -ISd st with a depth of 10h..">. It measures
20x08.!! at the 42d st end of the property. It is
assessed by the city at $570,000.
Good Store Lease in Terminal Zone
Cushman & Wakefield leased for a client to
Charles Berg and Herbert J. Millard the store,
24x72. in the street floor ot 50 East 42d St. It
will be used for the sale ot fine hats for men
and women. The business is known as Millard's.
Limited. The store adjoins the southeast cor¬
ner of Madison av. The lease is for a long
term of years. H. C. Kopp & Co. were associate
brokers. The store had been held at .f.'lO.OOO a
year.
Cotton Exchange Moves
Sturgis & Lyon leased for G. Amsinck & Co.
the entire ground vioor of 00 Wall st to the New
York Cotton Exchange, to be used as their
trading floor until their new building is com¬
pleted at tJO Beaver st : also the entire 2d floor
to 1. W. & P. Armstrong ; also one-half the
basement to the Western Union Telegraph Co.
and space in the basement to the Postal Tele¬
graph Co. and leases to R. H. Hooper & Co., L.
1). Lowensteiu, Marshall Geer, William Judson
& Co., L. DeGumoens & Sons.
Most of these tenants were formerly located
in the present Cotton Exchange Building, which
is to be demolished on May 1 and a new 24-sty
building will be erected on the site to be used by
cotton interests.
Leases Vacant Harlem Plot
Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford leased for the
Bernheimer estate the plot ot vacant land, lOOx
185, at the southeast corner of Fifth av and
IMllth st, adioining ISSth Street Bridge, to Wil¬
liam J. McCarthy, for a lumber yard.
A Long West Side Lease
The 6-sty building, 244 West 27th st, has been
leased by Myra V. T. Kerr to Frederick H.
Brantigam for a term of SO years at a yearly
rental of from l);4,.500 to $5,000.
Some Store Leases
D. Kempner & Son, Inc., leased tor clients
store in 2051 Eighth av to the Arrow Economy
Stores, Inc. ; also the northwest corner of
l.'IOth st and Eighth av, for a term ot 10 years,
to the Arrow Economy Stores, Inc. ; for Brill
Bros, store in 216S Eighth av, to L. Oppen¬
heimer, butcher: and with Samuel Krobsky,
Inc., store in a building in course of construc¬
tion on the southwest corner of 01st st and
Amsterdam av to the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Co.
Steel Firms on Union Square
Stephen H. Tyng. Jr.. & Co., Inc.. leased large
offces in the Metropolis building. 31 Union Sq.,
10 the Truscon Steel Co. for a long term of years.
The Truscon Steel Co. is nationally known in
huilding and construction circles and is locat¬
ing their New York executive otfces in this
building. Other similar concerns who have lo¬
cated in this building are Fredburn Construc¬
tion Co., Sommerfield & Steckler, architects,
and Perry & Webster, Inc. Offces have also
been leased to M. B. Shantz. Inc.. A. Erdrich,
Deck & Fisher Studios, Liberty Lining Co., F.
W. Kurtz & Co., and M. H. & D. N. Mintz.
Long Lease of Bronx Corner
Tankoos, Smith i: Co., in conjunction with
.Albert D. Phelps, leased for the Schulte Cigar
.stores Co. to the Lofton Realty Corporation,
Edward Hurley, president, tor a term of 21
years, at a rental aggregating $200,000, the en¬
tire property at the junction and southwest
corner of Jerome and Burnside avs, with a
frontage ot 125 feet on Burnside av and 76 feet
on Jerome av. The lessee will make extensive
alterations and improvements, and upon com¬
pletion of same the Schulte Cigar Stores Co.
will occupy as a branch store the corner portion
ot the property.
Glass Firms in 23rd Street
Cross & Brown Co. have completed the renting
of all the available space in the former Shep-
pard-Knapp Building. 30-41 West 23d st and 20
West 24th St. Every floor in the building will
be occupied by wholesale firms in the china,
-glassware and pottery trades. The entire build¬
ing was leased a short time ago to Maddock &
Miller, Inc., and Herman C. Kupper, who will
occupy the lower part ot the building and have
sub-leased the upper floors to the following
tenants: J. J. Hines, Inc., fine glassware;
Johnson Bros., George B. Jones, agent, crockery ;
Alfred G. Moment, china and glassware: the
Sebring Pottery Co., of Sebring. O., pottery.
The building is to be extensively remodeled and
will add greatly to the strength of 23d st as a
china, glassware and fancy goods center. Other
prominent firms now located on the same block
on 23d st are Morimura Bros., Strobel-Wilkin
Co., Pairpoint Corp.. Guerin & Co., S. Herbert
Cut Glass Co., Edward Boote, Herbert & New-
wirth Co., Dieckerhoff-Raffloer & Co., and A. L.
Clark & Co.
Old Downtown Lessee Moves
W. J. Russell & Samuel Goldsticker leased
for the Griscom estate ot Philadelphia, the O-sty
building. ,50x124, at 228 and 230 West st, at an
aggregate rental of $1.5o.(HIO, to Coles & Co.,
dealers In basket and wooden ware, who have
been located in Warren st for 30 years.
Leases a New East Side Theatre
The newly organized New Law Theatre Cor¬
poration, having for directors B. and C. Mayer
and L. Schneider, leased for a term of 10 years
the 2-sty theatre building, 40.0x70, at 23-27 Sec¬
ond av. M. D. Bohrar, attorney, represents the
new company.
MANHATTAN BROKERS
ORVILLE B. ACKERLY & SON
Brolicrs .ind Appraisers
LONG ISLAND REAL ESTATE
Phone: Longacre 2280
243 West 34th St., New York City
ERNEST N. ADLER
Upper East Side Property a Bperfalty
150« FIRST AVEl.. at 79th St.
ritabllRhed 1903 Pbone: Rhlneliuider 612fi
ARMSTRONG & ARMSTRONG
Real Estate Agents and Brokers
212 ST. NICHOLAS AVE.- N«»r taghth Ave. «n,l
121st Street Phone: Moraioffstdc 1376
EDMUND M. BRENNAN
INCORPORATED
Real Estate—Insarance
11 EAST 56th ST. Plais 7604
GEORGE H. CORTH & CO.
ECONOMICAL and EFFICIENT
MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTIES
342 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK
Telephone: Vanderbilt 04:<4
JAMES A. DOWD
Real Estate—Insurance
Renting—Management
874 SIXTH AVENUE, above 49th Street
JACOB FINKELSTEIN & SON
Real Estate—Mortgages
Specialists in the Bowery Section
42 BOWERY Phone: Franklin 1810
HARRIS EXCHANGE
Real Estate—Mortgages
Renting and Leasing of Stores and Lofts
Times Building Broadway at 42d Street
Phono: Bryant 310-1124
HOLT & MERRALL. Inc.
Industrial Real Estate
342 MADISON AVE. Tel. Vanderbilt 4699
.1. & E. REALTY CORPORATION
SELLING—LEASING—MANAGEMENT
5 COLUMBUS CIRCLE Columbus 7094
WM. P. JONES & SON
Real Estate & Insurance
1-158 BROADWAY established I835
iMrnT 3fith St. Phone: F^ti Rot 0107
JOSEPH MILNER CO., Inc.
Real Estate
505 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK
Vanderbilt 3607
LEONARD MORGAN CO.
Real Estate—Insurance—Estates Managed
Gotham Bank Building. Columbus Circle
Suite 504-5 Phone; Columbus 1646
ARTHUR G. MUHLKER
Real Estate—Insurance
1112 PARK AVE.. NEAR 90TH ST.
PhoHP' L^noi ISS 5
FRED. OPPENHEIMER
Real Estate—Mortffa^e Loans
540 Bergen Av.. at IWh St.
Phone: MELROSE 5<>07
JOHN CONSTABLE MOORE
REAL ESTATE
15 EAST 40th ST. Vanderbilt 8189
SANSONE-ARENA. CO.
Real Estate Insurance
Specializing- in Italian Properties
320 EAST 34TH ST., NEW YORK
Tel. Vanderbilt 4218
ARTHUR L. SHAW
Washington Heights Specialist
4032 BROADWAY, ABOVE 169TH STREET
Wadsworth 4150-4151
SHERMAN & KIRSCHNER
Real Estate and Insurance
54 E. 109th STREET
NEW YORK
Tel. Harlem 9028-5863
JAMES B. SPEYERS, INC.
Real Estate
CANADIAN PACIFIC BUILDING
342 Madison Ave. Sttitc tI4.<l«
TANKOOS, SMITH & CO.
REAL ESTATE
11 JOHN STREET, CORNER BWAY
Cortlandt 6938-2372-1306
WILLIAMS-DEXTER CO., INC
Greenwich Vllla(« Raal Estata
Insuranc*
72 GREENWICH AVE.
Chrises t096