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January 12, 1907 RECORD AND GUIDE 57 131ST ST.—G. Brettel! & Son sold the 5-sty double flat 9 West 131st st, 25x100. 133D ST.—Abe Kassel bought 9 West 133d st. a 5-sty double fiat, 25x99.11. 134TH ST.—Mandelhaum & Lewne bought 51 East 134th st. a 5-sty tenement, 25x99.11. AMSTERDAM AV.—Charles S. Kohler sold for a client 783 Amsterdam av, a 5-sty double flat, 25xS0. COLUMBUS AV.—William R. Ware sold for Mary McMahon to a client for investment 508 Columbus av, a 5-sty apartment house, with stores, 2.5x100. MANHATTAN AV.—Harry Shwitaer sold 507 Manhattan av. northwest corner of 121st st, a 3-sty dwelling, LIlxlOO. MADISON AV.—Samuel Grossmann sold 3410 to 1414 Madison av, southeast corner of OSth rgt. three 5-sty flats, 75.5x95. H. Taylor Sheiman Co. Sold Madison Avenue Dwelling. MADISON AV.—The H. Taylor Sherman Co. sold for the Docter-Clube Realty Co. to C. Grayson Martin 527 Madison av, a 4-sty and basement brownstone front dwelling. 20x80. MADISON AV.—Marcus Rosenthal bought from Abraham Kassel 1244 to 124S Madison av, three .5-sty flats, G0.SxS7.9, adjoining the southw&st comer of 90th st. WEST END AV.—570 West End av, a 4-sty dwelling, 20x100, hais been sold by the Bellevue Realty Corporation through F. R. Wood & Co. to Charles Gulden. Governor Hughes leased the house in 1901 for a term of ten years and there are three years of the term yet to run. WEST END AV.—The Home Alliance Realty Co. sold for Hicks Realty Co. 345 and 353 West End av. two 4-sty and basement brick dwellings, 21x69.10 and 22x55.5, respectively, west side, between 76th and 77th sts. The prices were $36,000 and $34,000 re-spectively. WEST END AV.—The Willet Realty Co., of 170 Broadway, sold through Jesse C. Bennett & Co. the apartment house known as the "Carlisle Dwellings." located at southeast corner of West End av and 82d st. The buyer is Morris K. Jessup (president of Chamber of Commerce of New York), who takes the prop¬ erty free and clear strictly as an investment. Mr. Jessup is now the owner of the entire block front on west side of Broad¬ way, between Slst and S2d sts. as well as the "De Witt," on S2d st, so that the purchase of the "Carlisle Dwellings" also gives him the entire south side of S2d st, from Broadway to West End av, and half of east side of West End av, between Slst and S2d sts. WEST END AV.—Slawson & Hobbs sold for Henry M. Tilford 487 West End av. a 3-sty high stoop dwelling, 17x82. The buyer will occupy. AV C.—The Katzenstein estate sold Lo Morris Rosenthal 1110 Av C, a 3-sty building, 18.oxS3. 2d av.—David Henry sold for John McKee to a client of Joseph F. A. O'Donnell the soutliwest corner of 2d av and 123d st, a 5-3ty double flat, with store. 25x62; also, for John McKee to the same buyer 242 East 123d st, a 5-sty single flat, IS.xSO. the seller taking in exchange 24 lots with a 40-room hotel known as t!ie Lynwood property, in Coytesville, N. J. 2d av.—Jaffey & Mayers sold to E. Lowenthal for immediate improvement with teneinent houses the plot, GOxlOO, on the east side of 2d av, 40 ft. north of 123d st. 2D AV.-M. Brodlcin sold for a Mr. Zolka to A. Maurer S93 2d av, a 4-aty tenement, with store, 20x70. Sale of Prominent Third Avenue Corner. 3d AV.—Edgar T. Kingsley sold for Gustavus, Henry and Richard Sidenberg to an investor 1251-1253 3d av, northeast corner 3d av and 72d st, two, 4-sty flats, with stores, 44x71.8. The corner store is occupied by the American Express Co. One Mile of Fifth Avenue Activity. 5TH AV.—Henry D. Winans & May report the sale of the northeast corner of 92d st and 5th av, the size of the plot being 100.SV^xl02,3. This property is directly opposite tho new resi¬ dence of Mr. I. Townsend Burden and on the same block as the residence of Mr. Jacob Ruppert. It is sold by the Hon. Ferry Bel¬ mont, who purchased the property in 1900 for the purpose of a residence, but who has recently purchased a plot in Wash¬ ington, where he is to construct a permanent home. The re¬ ported price is about $500,000. There has been special activity in the one mile on Sth av, north of 70th st, within the last si.x or eight monthrs. Fourteen parcels have been sold in this area, eight of them by the above Arm. Lenox Library recently pur¬ chased by Mr. Frick, on plot 200x125, this sale having been made by Henry D. Winans & May. The Van Ingen plot, SO ft., between 71st and 72d sts, to Seth B. French by Taylor Brothers and Horace S. Ely & Co. The north corner of 74th st, 27 ft. residence, sold by Dr. E. L. Keys to Mr. S. B. Chapin. The south corner of 75th st, 30.2x120, just sold by Mr. Otto H. Kahn to a party who will erect a high-grade private residence. The plot .30 ft. south of 75th st, 27x120 ft., recently sold for Mr. Otto H. Kahn by Henry D. Winans & May. The north corner of 75th st, 35x115, sold by Henry D. Winans & May for the estate of John R. Ford lo Mr. Edward S. Harkness, on which Mr, Harkness will erect a private residence. Tlie nortii corner of 76th st, 27.2x120, sold by Henry D. Winans & May for Mr. B. N. Duke to Mr. Benjamin Guggenheim. No. 991 Sth av, 5-sty American basement dwelling, sold by Henry D. Winans & May for the estate of Mary King to Mr. D. Crawford Clark. Sixty ft. north of S3d st, plot 30x100, sold by the Garland es¬ tate to General Lloyd Bryce, who is erecting a residence on the site. The south corner of S6th st, 47x100. recently sold by Mr. Clias. C. Marshall to William Starr Miller, on which he will erect a high-grade private dwelling. No. 1053 Sth av, 5-sty high stoop residence, modern, which was sold by Mr. Frederick Lewisohn to Mi-s. Sarah W. Clark. Nos. 1054-1055 Sth av, sold by Henry I?. Winans & May to Mr. Benjamin Thaw, on which he is re-constructing a large 3S-ft. residence. The plot on Sth av, GO ft. south of SOth st, 35x100 recently sold by Henry D. Winans & May for William B. Leeds, Esq. Mr Leeds is about to construct a residence to cost $1,000,000 on the adjoining cor¬ ner. Mr. John Russell Pope, architect. This gentleman also designed the celebrated William L. Stowe property on Long Island. Much Activity on Upper 5tli Avenue. STH AV.—Eloodgood, de Saulles & Talbot sold for Otto H. Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the plot, 30.2x120, at the south¬ east corner of Sth av and 75th st. The buyer will erect a liandsome residence for his own occupancy. Mr. Kahn ateo sold to an investor the adjoining plot on Sth av, 27x120. Mr. Kahn's plot, thus disposed of, leaves no Sth av corner in the market south of 75th st. as the Gould and Stillman plots are the only vacant corners remaining, neitlier of wiiom will sell. STH AV.-M. H. Meyer and A. Ohayon sold for M. L. & C. Ernst Nos. 2593 to 2599 Sth av. two 5-sty flats, with stores, 80x75. lOTH AV.—Jno. J. Talbot sold for George Schoenecker to Francisco Yaccarino the S-sty double flat, with store, 642 10th av, 23x75. WASHINGTON HHIUMTS. 13oTH ST.—Harry L. Rosen bought from the John V. Signell Building and Construction Co. the Ridgefleld, a G-sty elevator apartment house, 75x100, at 025, 627 and 629 West 13Sth st, adjoining the corner of-Riverside Drive. 13GTH ST.—Isaac Schlesinger sold to Edgar A. Levy 619 and 621 West 136th st, a 5-sty flat, 54x99.11. 145TH ST.—W. J. Huston & Son sold for the estate of Ursula E. Menair io a client of W. C. Lester 417 West 145lh st a 3-sty high-stoop dwelling, lSx90.ll. 151ST ST.—Harry Shwitzer sold 517 West 151st st, a 5-sty triple flat, 35x90.11. WEST 15STH ST.-The Gem Realty Co. sold a plot, 25x199 10 running through from 15Sth lo 159lh st, 100 ft east of Broad¬ way. The buyers are the Huri Construction Co.. which re¬ cently bought the adjoining Broadway block front. David Stewart was the broker in the deal. 1G6TH ST.—G. Harvers bought from J. B. Gartelman 555 West lOGth st, northeast corner of St. Nicholas av, a 3-sty building with stores, 57.7x2G.2x65.Gx2S. J. P. & E. J. Murray were the brokers. AMSTERDAM AV.-C. M. Silverman & Son sold to George Vendien the southwest corner of Amsterdam av and 144th st, a 6-sty flat, with stores, 40x100. AMSTERDAM AV.—The William Rosenzweig Realty Operating Co. bought from Louis Bernstein the southwest corner of Am¬ sterdam av and LSOth st, 25x100, adjoining the post office. BROADWAY.—Crystal Realty and Construction Co. sold to H. Rosenthal the 6-sty Lenement house, 40x100, on the west side of Broadway, 39.11 ft. north of ISSth st. BRADHURST AV.—The Breslauer Realty Co. sold through Irving D. Steinhardt and Edwin A. Wallis to Mrs. Kate W. Young 22 and 24 Bradlrurst av, two 5-sty double flats, with stores, each 2GxS2. In part payment Mi^. Young gives her summer residence at 91 Highland av, Orange, N. J., 103.5x200. JUMEL PL.—Ferdinand Nagel sold to Theodore H. Friend plot 50x100 in the west side of Jumel pl, about 350 ft north of IGTth St. NORTH RIVER.—Richtmyer &. Irving sold for Edward H. Landon to a Western lumber corporation for dockage purposes the river front between 137th and l.SSth sts. The deal covers all the land west of the New York Central tracks between these two streets, as well as the land under water out to the United States Government line, a distance of about 300 ft. on the Hudson River. The name of the purchaser is withheld. This is the only piece of dock property sold in this section for years. Entire Block Sold. ST. NICHOLAS AV.-F. V. Calder sold for J. Romaine Brown to George Schmidt the block bounded by St. Nicholas and Am¬ sterdam avs, 160th and 161st sts, 199.10x50x203.3x87.4, partly covered by 2 and 3-sty brick and old frame buildings. Mr. Brown has owned the northerly part of this block for about twenty years. The southerly end he bought about three years ago. And TIk'u Resold. ST. NICHOLAS AV.—Jno. N. Gokling resold the block bounded by St. Nicholas and Amsterdam avs. IGOth to 161st sts, for George Schmidt to Frank W. Woolworth as described in sale preceding. Mr. Woolworth now controls practically all of the property facing the junction of Amsterdam and St. Nicholas avs and Broadway, and also owns the southwest corner of St.