New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-01
BUILDING IN NEw-rORK.

on unprecedent,d' great bra3ch of industry IN thi'
CITY Ttia may be accounted for by saying tAa. &c
would be difficult 70 name place of the sans RANK
where eqna renovation is required The great MACS OF
buildings are behind the WAITS of de City, as regards
size and appearance Take even BrosdSl', and tAe
houses for he most part seem 20 await the moment
when the acr Of destruction shall level chem 70 the
,ropnd 10 be replaced by others better built AMI of
much greater hight and pretendoR. This necessity oil
pulling down houses grows each year. Tue standard
of she architecture rises with the area required for
hu.in.,s or domestic operations Some six or seyea
rear, ago, the press made q complimesth fuss o'er
certain buildings in Broadway, then just put up Tsey
look ,hamtfuy now, just fit 10 raze 70 he earth
Such /, The progress OF the place
The stories Of the new houses IN the great thorough
fare. Broadway. now number more than double what
they formerly were and metropolitan grandeur IS
gradually sccrling TO that street. while As regards
private buildings may be truly affirmed that those OF
Fifthay and that quarter, will compare hyori5y With
the West End Of London. In some respects, we con-
slider tie New Yolk dwellings the best IN tae world.
But there remains the great work 10 be consnnmated
of budinr great lodging for the working orders
If there were sufficiently perspicacious spirit tue
offspring Of philsnthropby in capitalists, this would
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that very large buildings divided oil into small spart
ment wsll economics in their arrangements each pro-
y,dtd with cas- furnaces bath houses and forth pay
good dividends As ior tie wealth indirectly conferred
on Society By the clcyatirg and humanzIng properties
Of such elEces, is not to be estimated WY cannot
then one or more Of our capitalists SCI about this good
work. Let them take site toward the East River,
now devoted to dirt and ilfimy and put up palace Or
hotel for the peopeavoiding all mere ornament, or
leaving that for some ripper period
In addition 10 his, ae need excessively indeed be-
yond expression, houses built to accogm date N
tfey separate apartments families whose incomes do
Nc. exceed If cen hundred three thousand dollars
TIE expenses Of living have increased that ghat
With rent and other things thousand dollars be
spen. on a family in New York and much less shown
for Il than rura residents would credit. But the
ares ,,eret Of economy being combination 10 is quite
possible to construct houses afford N all the
tia comforts Of the most expensive homes % persons
Of no greater means than those have just ncated
The cost Of living mus' be reduced BY such meas
if the people who conduct business ia New York %
have their dwellings here To shos ca srea. price q
rooms At our hotels we may mention that che charge
for TWO bandsoue, furnished bur very modersteysized
rooms IN a Dew hotel in Broadyay il nine doIars
say bus they are not mltched even b. he arstocric
quarters Of London, and It hard necessary say
hat Paris does not approach them. In this Depart
ment Of providing cheap accommodations he need IS
great, and the desire for reform pressing
The economies If steam-sa Eed marble and wood, Of
iron castings Of patent made bricks are nov - grea
that an immense structure can be- buut Tor compare
lively ltre money aud with speed unknown 70 former
periods We have saregd suspicion chat much
voIk is now done in bpilng IN one mon d ~ was
aclie,ed a. Tia time Of Michael Angelo or Sir Clrst3.
pher Wien IL year. OF th's ge may je as red vlen
we remeuf rthat cathedral wore centre. 10 building,
even uhrn The funds were forthcornng-tLe same al
fees fsreropted here wond be 2ut up in few years
We have made complaints because q building II all t1e
details required BY the Cg sal Palace delayed from
MAY 10 july good twenty years would bs been
required for such W0rk few centuries agJ, evea
provided tie I -Lu.y % the psr.od could lave COM
passed r. ines. lac-s Of economy and rapd.J IN the
resources Of this a-e for building colsiurs grsnl,
boDslu ell meur no To powers 20 redeem poetry from
c! me Dirt and desoauon Why shoud 50 grea- pare
II oar cay ta fsek in hit-ia precisely the elem ms
Of tie ma ara Of Tie Poatne Marlhes as TIE C5arer
sell hi0ss-vLtu the m,aas Il reforming Il 10 iy .rs
s-L4adl We calno. falls share a tre ecs.ss,s o'cr
lie spleldors Of liners aad steamer, which ls gas-
majority Of hs passengers being se4s.ck, cannot -
joy; sc would Infinitely Ta,Lsr the same capital
gwen 10 shore fy..nd9rs o. utilities Tue hereditary
5eress Of tte quarters If .ea4-ng men 90 a4l n.gd
be es,iy changed By litt.s li5srI le cram on o.
re psfr Of CUP merchants 10 lud proper accomM0li
II. ID lCr tLem
When one single man Of genius or enterprise 70