New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-04
REAL ESTATE.
NEw.YoRK. Saturday, Oct. ..

NEw-YoRK, Saturday, Oct O. 1862
The American artisan publishes commune
nicaton setting forth with great seriousness the adyan
tages Of bexagoDa houses rooms 1t may be opposed
to the plan in the first place, that human habatons
ought not to be arranged after the OF tho cells OF
honey comb, since that arrangement would shut Gus
the air and sunshine from the lower stories However,
in the Of tenement houses this would be
no objection. Much space might doubtless have
been saved had the east side Of our city
been sodly constructed of sixstory hexagonal nous IS
with the streets running top In the second place. t
might be said that the cell OF houoycomb, when
pared with the size and strength Of its tenant bears
closer analogy to a suit of clothes than bedroom We
should be glad and possibly i've to the idea APP
piled to ladies' dresses, which, If made in this shape.
would add greatly to the comfort Of the occupant when
she might have occasion TO ride in the horse In
the hexagOna skirt should come into general
should expect to the hOrsecar itself the six
sided form at any rate special for the fair
might be constructed. Finally, we tempted to in
quire, suppose the hexagonal house. with hexagonai
fitting into each other without any loss Of space
to be the coming house. what future generations 70
do for closetsi However, have rot the plans
which may provide against this emergency They are
thus described by the correspondent of The Artisan
"I have had the pleasure Of looking draw
ngs executed for the purpose Of showing how the prn-
cple OF oeetuding may be applied to human archltec-
reflection the only wonder is that has never been
thought Of before IL has been known foT many year,
Of their honeycombs of the largest and greatest
strength possible IN proportion 70 ne qHGGmttg o. mG Ga
wefe failure but think that these hexegonal build
ngs are going to be decided and beautiful success.
The octagonal form could only DO applied to
the external WALL but the hexag0nal form 10
may be applied to cottage or palace. The ingenuity
shown reaching every room from the halls aud pas
| sages is really admirable and the great economy In
space may be Shown by comparing square room with
feet OF wall and 400 square feet OF floor Put the same
80 feet or wall into hexag0nal shape and there will be
Enclosed 400 square feet of floor gain Of
and when we recoilect that these hexagonal 40
| IN the whole building may he estimated The drawings
were In the hands OF James r. Irwin esq., Of Charlotte.
| n. c."
Several large auction sales OF NewJersey property
will be made next week. On Tuesday Messrs A. d. Mel
lick, jr, Bro will offer $50 building lots at Linden. The
property adoins the railroad station. the posoce and
leading hotel being situated on It, On Thursday the
firm Will offer 1875 villa plots at Madison, opposite
the property OF the Drew Theological Seminary The
property, known the Edward Holland estate, IS sold
By order OF the Madison Land ASSOCIATION The same
at Toms River Ocean County, each plot containing frop
six to ten city lots
Long Island property will he we'll attended to this
week by MessTs. johnson * Miller and James Cole. Tho
latter on Wednesday a lots Thrdave. Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Sta, III the Eighth Ward, City OF
Brooklyn.
Messrs johnson & Miller also have sale Tuesday
OF 200 lots aud villa plots at White Plains aud also on tho
day, at the place. property of 10 sub
divided into 10 villa plots, situated on Broadway, near
the Methodist Church.
plot OF ground s92 feet front by about 100 IN depth
Pasade ave, IOnkers, and which belonged TO Mr.
James c. BE H. has been sold by Messrs. Harrington
Rockwell to George b. Skinner for $4,000.