New-York tribune., 1879-03-17
MODEL 1ENEMENTS.


NEW PLANS AND THE OLD SYSTEM.
TYPES or TWO LARGE CLASSES REPRESENTED IN
1HE RECENT COMPETIuON-THE AVERAGE TIN
FMENT-HOUsE AS BUILT DURING TIE LAST TEN
YEARS
The upper two diagrams which appear above
repre- the floors OF two designs for model ton
emenhouses which were submitted at the recent COM
petition in this city The third diagram is also second
story plan Illustrating the ordinary tenement-house as
bu II in New-York during the last ten years The hrst
two designs did either prize or bOnOrabe
mention a, the hands OF the Committee Of Award, but
REPRODUCED here the ground that they are OF c
ceptional merit. They illustrate moreover :wo general
classes Of designs in the recent competition
The first No 33, Ben Travato." Is the work Of Mr..
White one OF the young architects OF this city, Ihe
starcascs the centre there Is long court AT the
side; and there 10 feet deep in the rear the
deph Of the house being 90 feet and the frontage %
feet so as TO correspond VITA the dmensOns OF an ord-
nary city on the ground floors there are two stores
with two Offices and in the back part OF the house there
are suites OF three rooms. Ine passdgeWay eadlhR
from the street to the enrance-ha and stairways in
the centre Of the building directly underneath the
front passagcway, represented in the diagram OF the
second floor. One of the offices on the ground moo"
occupies portion the side court. the roof being
level with the second story. The fire escapes at
the sides OF the court. On the second ana.
remaining floors, Uhere are five In aiD, every
room GIFTED directly by windows opening i'll 'front.' or
in rear or upon side Each floor accommodates
four families aud each suite comprises three rooms-a
lyingroom aud two bed rooms. The livng-room in the
front suite IA IT, in by 10 IT, in and the two bed
rooms are respectively, IT. by IL IT, IN aud IT, bY
II It, in In the adjoining suite the liyng-rOomis II
IT, by IL t. In and the bedrooms are, respectively ii
It, by it, and IT. by IT. The two suites in the rear
have the same dimensions those IN front There are
no wells no sylighs, dark Not single room
Hyht or a
llies use the same passageway it Is an entrance hall
rather than common hall These passageWays are
IT, 6 in. in width. TIE waterclosets are in narrow
raccsses on each eide OF the stairway, with small WIN
dows opening into the side court The diagram places
single closet at the disposal Of two families, which
Ia a serious objection; but undoubtedly the design
could he modified provide four instead Of two on
each floor the specifications are not at hand 80 that
the cannot be given but as the building
Is in straight and the front elevation unpreen-
tous the design probably he carried out at figures
which VIII compare favorsby with the estimates of the
prize plans. Such tenement this can be erected 10
the best advantage cros'-srcct, so as TO front
either north or south Tho side court will then lave
western exposure and will set the benefit OF the prevail
ing winds.
The second design" Prfet Allies. das Bestc behatet"
' bcwahret would have been better word tnan 'be-
hate from the hand OF another New York architect
Carl Pfcfcr On the first floor there rooms III front
for "the house keeper" who undoubtedly will be
a tenant side hail leads from the street.
10 the central hall In tho rear there are
two suites OF rooms. On the second as well
as Oh each OF the remaining three stories
there are accommodations for four families The 'front.'
suites contain three rooms the rear suites two rooms.
The middle rooms In the front suites are lighted hy
windows which open upon reccsscs several feet wide
and nearly ten feet long The screens are low partl-
tions. These also provided with vcntIIauhS
shafts The dimensions Of the livng-roOms are IL IT,
n by II H. in the front suites. and IT, in. ny II IT,
III the rear suites The bedrooms front and In rear
are IL IT, 3 in. ny II #. The middle rooms i'll the
front sucs are 10 II. by II IT, The hre-cscapes are
IN front. In this plan ventilation is provided by The
windows of each room. by fanlIght sashes
over the doors leading u the halls and passages ~
shafts and by foul air vents There are windows III tAc
stairway enclosure and overhead there il yentianG
cowl which furnishes an outlet for foul Special
yentilaug shafts indicated in the diagram All the
vatcrcio.ets are gruuped around one Of these shafts
The chimncys are built of artificial stone. AMI space Is
we'd for two of ues behind thu other, Que
for smoke and other for fresh air, which II supplied
from an ar-box In the cellar The estimated
cost q, this building Is $l2,sjO. These two plans
differ essentially from the designs to which the
pfizes were awarded, and which recently repro
duced in THE TRIBUNE. In those plans there were "n
every Dor fur dark rooms. which borrowed their Sht
and were ventilated mainly by shafts in the wall lher'
were short courts each side OF the entrance nan III
tbc centre and the winds would have sve"p
that the air this breathing place would not oc "h"c
some These obvious defects rcmedied IN the TWO
mans hich arc brought to view this morning For the
sake of comparison the following general results nave
been worked out TO the four prize plans
the first plan ('Ben Trayat0'l when appears aoo'T ~
a similar plan, No. Sc: