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The Marbridge Building is an office establishment located at 1328 Broadway between 34th and 35th Streets, on the east side of Herald Square, Manhattan, New York City.〔 It opened in 1909,〔 an 11-story building, utilized in part by Rogers Peet.〔 Until October 1910 it stood opposite the Alpine apartment house, which was at the northeast corner of Broadway and 33rd Street. The Alpine and old stores between 33rd and 34th Streets were demolished to make room for the $5,000,000 Hotel McAlpin near the end of 1910. On the other side of Broadway were located the Macy's and Saks Incorporated stores, with the Gimbels store just below.〔''Tear Down Broadway Block'', New York Times, October 2, 1910, pg. RE1.〕 Initially, John McGraw, then the manager of the New York Giants baseball team, ran a billiards parlor in the newly-opened building. He was associated in this venture with Mike Donlin, one of the Giants' outfielders. Pool playing phenomenon Willy Hoppe took over this business in January 1912 when McGraw and Donlin moved to the Studebaker Building, 48th Street and Broadway. They started a new billiard and pool room there.〔''Changes In Big Billiards Room'', New York Times, January 7, 1912, pg. C8.〕 ==Ownership== Sam Kronsky formed a syndicate to buy the Marbridge Building in 1920. He opened a real estate office in 1906 after serving a short apprenticeship. His specialty was mortgage refinancing.〔''Samuel Kronsky, Realty Man, Dies'', New York Times, March 8, 1966, pg. 39.〕 The Samuel Kronsky Company obtained a new low interest mortgage for $2,000,000 on the building in January 1951. The mortgage was extended by the East River Savings Bank. At this time Macy's used a large part of the basement of the structure for offices.〔''$2,000,000 Loan Made On Marbridge Building'', New York Times, June 24, 1951, pg. 187.〕 Kronsky died at the age of 76 in 1966 in Palm Beach, Florida.〔 A syndicate of investors headed by Henry Goelet and Morris Furman bought the building in October 1954.〔''Investors Take Herald Sq. Block'', New York Times, October 24, 1954, pg. R1.〕 In April 1969 Harry B. Helmsley and Irving Schneider purchased thirty buildings which comprised the total assets of the Furman-Wolfson Trust, which was valued at $165,000,000. The twenty-two office buildings involved in the sale included half the land under the Marbridge Building.〔''News Of Realty: Trust Is Bought'', New York Times, April 2, 1969, pg. 76.〕 RFR Holding purchased the building in 2000 from the Investment Properties Associates portfolio, formerly controlled by Harry B. Helmsley.〔 Dudley Scrymser Macdonald, a real estate broker, was manager of the Marbridge Building for thirty-five years. A Princeton, New Jersey native, his father was the personal physician of President Woodrow Wilson when he was president of Princeton University. Macdonald died in 1959.〔''Dudley S. Macdonald'', New York Times, July 27, 1959, pg. 25.〕 Maurice Meyer, a past president of Meyer Brothers department store of Paterson, New Jersey, was a former officer of the Marbridge Building Corporation. He died at age 84 in 1961.〔''Maurice Meyer, Merchant, Dead'', New York Times, November 1, 1961, pg. 43.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marbridge Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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