The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-09
Unusually wild despair
IiFEEINlTHE IHOUSETOPS
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About. II II
From Appleton's Journal.
1t Is surprising that while VIC in New
York arc vexing ourselves so ceaselesslJ
about our crowded city, and the need o
new and swift methods oftransit, By
which We may reach the OUTLYING spaces
around us, there should be at our very
hand the means Of nearly doubling oul
present population without increasing the
area Of the city, and 1yet without incon
veniently packing tho inhabitants. We
can oil Of us absolutely live in q district
Of pure air lying within immediate reach
OF our business, and to attain which nei
ther Car.drivers nor conductors need veX
or trouble us. Why should We not popu
late the pure, sweet oil, Of the sky-stories
above use All along Broadway, for In
stance, business requires but three or foul
stories; If tho buildings have more lofts
than these, they are either vacant or en-
ployed for storeage. Now there is no rea.
son why the buildings in Broadway should
not DO constructed upon plan that would
give two or three upper floors fol
residences. The utmost elegance, the
completest privacy, and entire acCessl-
bility, can DO secured for apartments thus
arranged. The buildings, Of course
should DO entirely fre-proof. The rooms
should tbe provided with every modern
convenience for honsek eeping, and steam.
elevators should afford the means Of rapid
and unlaborious access. "0ne Of the
most charming homes l visited while In
London" remarked a gentleman to us
once, Consisted Of numerous rooms direct,
ly under the roof OF q large six.story
building, Here wealthy family were
residing, surrounded with every elegance.
They had their billiard.room, their charm
ing dining.room and parlOrs, their wine.
room, andthey were lifted above the con.
fusion, the bad air, circumstances and dis
turbances of the street. The only draw.
back was the necessity Of climbing up
tho six long stairways." One has only to
reflect a little to sec how charming resi-.
dences thus situated could DO made. The
buildings ought to be fully eight stories
high, and the highest story would
be the most desirable. But any
story above the fifth would reach an
altitude where It would DO rare in the
warmest weather not to experience pleas.
ant hreezes, and where the air would come
refreshing and delicious, either direct
from the sea or from tho Hudson hills
Gardens could be planted ON the roofs o.
these buildings, af0rding, in cool twilightE
and on summer evenings, delightful prom
enades. This method Of building would
permit certain Of the rooms to be lighted
from above by skYlights-and light re-
ceived in this way has a peculiar charm
1t comes soft and even, with no confusing
cross.lights, and is very soothing In effect
Pictures are better, and all objects mort
agreeable to the eye, under such light
In these high sky.homes there would be Q
sense Of delicious serenity-a sweetness
repose, and beauty-that only those who
have visited people living in this way car
fully understand. The unobstructeC
heavens seem to come down to you. The
air Is exilarating, and the whole aspect o
tho apartments singularly agreeable
There are innumerable people fond of me
tropolitan hie.swho now ore OF necessity
banished into dreary neighborhoods Of cab
bage.gardens and pOtato-plotS, who
liwould delight in the opportunity Of liY
ing in wholesome air and under agreeable
conditions, where they could also enjoy
libraries, picture-galleries, lectures, tht
opera, concerts, the theatre, tho clubs, ant
all the animation and stir Of a great me
tropolislT To some tastes suburban resi-.
dences have no charm. Women espe,
ciaIly are aptto be oppressedby the dull
ness and monotony OF Countrywide. They
like the hustle Of a city, the exhilaratinI
contact Of crowds. OF families whom
pressure has driven into our outlying vii
lagos, a large number would, it Is certain
prefer life in the heart OF the city III
could be enjoyed: there under suitable
conditions. The experiment We Sugges
should be tried, but amDvement Of thu
kind must beinaugurated properlyifit i
going 20 be daucceSA HALFWAY attempts
win not do. Simply ordinary residences
over stores Is not what we mean; theSl
exist abundantly in some Of the avenues
and serve their purpose very well. No
do VIC mean costly hotels, such as thos,
just completed on Filth Avenue, in which
suites q rooms cost more than who'll
houses elsewhere. II some ofour capital
lists would secure an entire square on SOM
good street. and put up an eight-stoFy
tre'proof building, the four lower storie
reserved for trade, and the upper one
constructed for families, having all mod
ern arts and conveniences, the iamily.en
frances on the side-streets, or entirely sep
arated from the business entrances, W
should then have o. good illustration O
] how the splendid sky'spaccs that now re
tmain unutilized might be made delightful
homes.
TIE Medical Gdsetts suggests an in
quiry whether the common practice o
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