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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 43, no. 1097: March 23, 1889

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392 Record and Guide. March 2^, 188S Washington avenue, 17x43x55, for $14,500; and for Mrs. E, Unger, No. 48 Prospect place, 16,8x43x54.2, for $7,250. Hu-am Merritt has sold No. 332 East 33d street, 16.8x98,9 for $10,500. 0. A. Lutz & Co. have soid for J. P, Sehmenger the five-story single flat, S5x92, No. 139 East 17th street, to Wm. Arenfred lor $39,500, F, L. Gunther bas sold No. T East 43d street for about $45,000. Goodrich & Woodcock bave sold for W, H. Graif to Tbomas Mulry Nos. 361 and 363 West 12tb street lor §21,000, and for the Dunham estate No. 6 Jane street, to Micbael Curran for 310,000. S. M. Blflkeley bas sold for Mi-s. Ruth Van Deusen tbe three-story brown stone house No. 126 West 47tb street, 18.9x50x100, to Dr. John H. Girdner for $17,300, M. McCormiqk has sold for Jefferson M. Levy No. 373 Water street to J. Costello on private terms. John Bunn has sold for Cui-ry & GiUie the five-story doubie brown stone flat No. 319 West 36th street, 34x87x98.9 to M. Hoffman for $33,800, Jobu Bunn and Andrew SteiumuUer have sold for M, Breuniug the five-story double tenement No. 420 1st avenue, 25x60x100, to C. Scharz for $33,000. C. A. Lutz & Co. have sold for Richard Kanft the four-story brick buUding No. 304 East 18th street, lot 23x93, to P. Ehrhardt for $32,000; and for Dr. B. Dgen the four-story English basement No. 313 East ]7th street, lot 15x93, for $15,500. John Curry and James B. Gilhe have sold the five-story flat, now under way at No. 319 West 36th street, lot 24x98.9, to a Mr, Hoffmann, of Brook¬ lyn, for $33,800. Tbey bave also purchased from J. ReiUy a plot, 75x98.9, at Nos. 317-321 West 21st street, wbich they will improve. A movement is on foot, among several of the smaller clutis of this city, to secure a lai-ge club-bouse, in wbich eacb may have its own apartments, and wbere large assembly rooms, and cei-tain otber privileges wbich neither could afford independently, may be enjoyed in common. Tbe Authors' Clnb bas appointed a committee, of whicb Charies Henry Phelps is chair¬ man, to confer with otber clubs interested in the plan, and on March SSth a meeting will be held at Uo. 19 West S4tb street, when tbe scheme will be discussed. Several offers of sites have been received, which will then be considered. One of these is of au attractive plot, lOOxlOO, neai- Bryant Park, on wbich tbe owner proposes to buUd a handsome seven-story, semi- fii-e-proof building, in which apartments suitable for the needs of eacb of the clubs would be provided, aud which would contain everything to be desired in the way of lai-ge reception, exbibition and dining halls. In the upper floors would be a few bachelor apartments, and a number of studios far artists, Tbe cost of the proposed buUding would be not far from S250,000, and plans are now being developed by a well-known architect. Eight of tbe clubs which are likely to enter into the project have a com¬ bined membership of over 1,200, and eveu if no others should join, they would find the new club-house none too large for their own accommodation. NORTH OF 59th STREET. ■ Power & Prague have sold the last of their finished houses on 86th street, between 9th and IOth avenues. No. 125, for $47,500. The bouse wUl be occupied at once by tbe City Chamberlaiu, W. M. Ivins. No. 108 West 87th street has also been sold by them to Mr. E. Berry. B. W. Cole has sold for Louis P. Bayard two hundred lots lying between 2d and 3d streets, 1st aveuue and Mile Hquare road, to E. B. Levy on private tei-ms. The property is situated near and facing the boundai-y of Van Cortlandt Park, aud is an evideuce of the interest manifested in this region by the creation of tbe new parks. Property which has been ahnost dormant up that way is evidently uow beginning to move. The result wiU be increased values to owners and increased valuations, augmenting the city's income from taxation, M. J. Newman has sold to R. J. MeGirr tbe southeast eoi-ner of 101st street and IOth avenue, for iraunediate improvement, for $50,000. L. Tanenbaum has sold tbe four-story brick stores and tenemeuts at Nos. 2214 and 2216 2d avenue, 40xS5 together, to Mrs. Jennie Simon for about $37,500. Louis H. Hallen '& Co. bave sold No. 54 West 134th sti-eet for John Brown to Frederick W. Lobi- for $13,130. Mainbart & Lowe bave sold for Hugh Kiernan the lot on^the soutb side of 133d sti-eet, 1US.5 east of St. Nicholas avenue, to J. O'Kane for $6,360. Earnett & Co. have sold for J. H. RoseuheJmer the tbree-story and base¬ ment brown stone house No, 133 East 12Sth street, 20x45x100, to David Brahm for $10,500; aud for the New York Wood Turning Company the flat No. 287 West 14lBt street, 35x65x100, to Mi-. Buehle for $15,000. Jobn Bannon has sold for Geo. C. Edgar & Son the last of their row of private dweUmgs ou West 77th street to Mr. Hayes. M. J. Newman has sold for the estate of L. _J. Houston a plot, 94x297, on Centre avenue, New Rocbelle, to J. W. Trimm on private terms. Ames & Co. have sold for Philip Houseman the five-story browu stone single flat, lSs75slOO, No. 174 West 95th street, for $28,000; and for Helen Sohriater the five-story brick and broivn stone double flat, 25x87x100.8, No. 108 West 103d sti-eet, for $33,000. Greenwald & Co. have sold flve hundred lots in tbe viUage of Wakefield, Westchester County, at about 3150 per lot, to Mr. Mace. Brudi & Betty have sold for C. Enders, Jr., the three-story private house No. 324 East OOtb street, to Louis Kruge for $11,000, and for G. W. Edwai-ds ten lots iu Ti-emont to S. Jacobs for $17,000. Louis H. HaUen & Co. bave sold for Joho Brown tbe three-story brick dweUing No. 54 West 134tb street, 16,8x50x100, to Frederick W. Lobi- for $13,130. J. Romaine Bro>vn & Co. have sold for Jonas Cole two lots on tbe soutb side of 149th street, 275 east ^of 10th aveuue, to Jno. F. Lucke aud Jno. McGloin for ST,0nO. E. A. Cruikshank & Co. bave sold for James Gallatiu two lots, 35x100 each, ou Sth avenue, commencing 35 feet north of 96th ati-eet, ou private terms. L, J. Carpentfir has sold the three-story high stoop, browu stone dwelling No. 263 Weat ISSd street, 15x50x>^ block, to Miss Mary C. Moore for $10,250. Matthews & Hays were the brokers in the sale of the two flats for Messrs. Edgar & Sons at Nos. 260 and 362 West 12Sd street. LEASES. Mainbart & Lowe have leased the four-story buUding, 33x60x100, No. §58 West 125th street for ten years. E. H. Ludlow & Co. have leased for Joseph Pulitzer No. 11 Pai-k row, running through to Ann street, to B. W. Hitchcock for a term of yeai-a for improvement. BrooklyiL P. C. Grening and WiUiam P, Rae have made an exchange with Mr. A. J. Hichener, in which Mr. Grening personally becomes the owner of " Watkin's Glen" and hotel, covering about 500 acres, giving in exchange property on Clinton avenue, Mom-oe street, Sumner avenue, Willoughby avenue aud Putnam avenue, amounting to over $150,000. Corwith Bros, has sold No. 140 Oakland street for Mary Hood to Edward H. Nelson fur $3,000;for Owen McBreen the lot, 25x100, on the north side of India street, 200 feet east of Manhattan avenue, to Timothy Desmond for $2,100; and for M. Kelsey the lot, 25x100, on the west side of Guernsey sti-eet, 150 feet uorth of Nassau avenue, to Francis L, McFadden for $800, J. P. Sloane has sold for Leonard Burgey tbe tbree-story double tene¬ ment No. 184 Greene street to Martin Ahnemann for $4,900; and for Mrs. R. Walker the three-story brick flat No. 120 India street, lot 25x100, to G. W. Felter for $4,700. On Wednesday, Mai-ch STth, Taylor & Fox will seUatauctionattheE, D. Exchange, tbe five tbree-story bi'ick dwelhngs Nos. 9T4 to 980^ De Kalb avenue, Nos. 3T4 and 278 Division avenue. No. 331 Keap sti-eet, Nos. 108 and 110 Penn street. No. 831a Van Buren street, and No. 206 "R^ithers street; also on the same day tbe estate of James R. Klots, deceased, com¬ prising valuable property on the northwest coi-ner of South Sth sta-eet and Kent avenue, No. 123 Hope street, Nos. 11 and ISJ^ Eldert street, No. 485 Flushing avenue. No. 109 Rntledge street, and the vacant lot on Butler street near Clason avenue. On Thiu-sday, Marcb 28th, Taylor & Fox wiU sell No. 589 Bedford avenne] No. 74 Clymer .street. No. 178 South Sth and No. 286 South 9th street, No. 293 Lorimer street, and part of tbe Samuel Delaplaine estate, No. 49 Withers, 260 South 1st, and SOO Ewen street. A proposition was recently made to Mr, E, B, Litchfield, by the Equit¬ able Buildiug Association, for tbe purchase of two whole squares of prop¬ erty lying between Sth and 9th avenues and 1st and 3d streets, and terms were agreed upon. Tbe intending pm-cbaser was to have erected 140 dweUings upon tho property, at a cost of about $200,000; but, on endeav¬ oring to secure a loan from the Equitable and tbe New Y'ork Life Insur¬ ance companies, he was told tbat they would not lend a dollar upon Brooklyn property whUe the present tax laws are upon the statute books. In conse¬ quence of this the enterprise was given up, and the property is still unim¬ proved. At the New York Life Insurance Company it was learned, that though the rule of tbe company is to make no loans on Brooklyu property, an exception is sometimes made when the secm-ity is "gilt edged." Tbe Equitable Company makes uo exceptions to the i-ule. CONVEfAJJCES. jaS8. 1893. Mar. IS to 21 me. Mar. 14 to20 ine. Number...................................... 237 S06 Amount involved............................ 81,136,302 ■ $3,194,415 Number nominal............................ 50 71 UORTtlAGES. Number.................................... 246 aoi Amount involved............................ $799,639 81,031,831 Nmnber at 5!( or less....................... 98 lei Amount involved............................ ESeB,G06 $710,870 PROJECTED BUJI.DINQS. 1838. 1869. Mar. 17 to 23 inc. ilar. 15 to 21 inc. Number of buildings.................... 00 i03 Estimated cost............................ S383.850 S515,W0 ■------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------------------■ Out Among tie Buildera. The plaus for the great music ball wbich is soon to be built in tbis city are being prepared by architect WiUiam Burnett TuthiU, A company, of wbich Andrew Carnegie is the head, and wbich is composed ol some of the directors of tbe Oratorio and Symphony Societies and others, bas secured a site of nine lots, with a frontage of 175 feet ou 7th avenue and 110 feet ou 57th street, with an L, 25x100, running tbi-ongb to 56th street. The building committee is one ofthe suiaUest upon record, consisting of but two gentlemen besides the drchiteet iu charge; and as tbe plans have their immediate supervision no unnecessary delays are Ukely to occur. The study of the architectural part of the bnilding has not yet been fully deter¬ mined upon, bnt it wiU probably be of a modified Romanesque. It will be thoroughly fire-proof, and the exterior will be of a i-icb buff-colored brick, with Indiana limestone. Considerable granite wiU be used in the compo¬ sition of tbe first story, but no terra cotta whatever wiU be used in the bnilding, as all of tbe em-ichments of the exterior are to be wrought. The roof ts to be of vitrified tUe. There ai-e to be tbi-ee general entrances for the public besides a private entrance to the 56th street wing. In the inte¬ rior, besides the large haU, which wiU have a seating capacity of over 3,000, several smaUer halls wLU be provided suitable for the regulai- rebeai-sals of the Oratorio Society, and for lectures, concerts and ai-t gal¬ lery. In the wing on SOth street vviU be rooms for the orchesti-a, soloists and chorus, and the conductor's room. The ai-rangemcnt of the box tiers and galleries in tbe great hall has several features about it differing to a considerable extent from the customary arrangement, but which, it is expected, wUl produce peculiarly good results for the general seating of the house. Independent means of egress wiU be provided from every divi¬ sion of tbe building. The acoustics vriU have pai-ticular attention and will be everything tbey cftn l>e to be absolutely perfect. Ths interior aiohi-.