New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-19

have dark OF inside rooms. and not room in any
set that does not have light from windows opening
either or the street or on spacious court Inc cost
of TO members Is nearly 90 per cent less than Tor
similar. and often poorer, accommodations III the
same neg hborhoods
As has been previously stated, the intention of
Mr.. Hubert at the outset was to provide comfort
able homes at low rents for clerks and work,
ing people. Tins part of his experiment
i far failure The first club organized was the
Farragut. II be situated at LeXingtcn-avc. and
EIGhticth-st. Shares cost go J0O fifteen were
wanted and only We're taken. The apart-
ments were 20 have been of IL character which
would readily command from : 200 to LOO u
year, and yet the cost to shareholders in the Farr-
gut would only have been 800 y year. Tbs club
was gwen up and subsequently reorganzed, ana ~
sun waiting !or the number Of subscribers necessary
70 make up The Complement. LOT was pure ia,td
III Harlem, III Observation-Disclosures y-thlrd-st.,
between second and Third-aycs., on winch 10 erect
building containing houses for twelve families "I
woTkuguen There were only three subscribers,
ant the project was dropped and the land was
sold.
Mr.. Huburt says he still intends to do something
for clerks and mechanics, and that Il promlueut
gentleman whose practical philanthropy Is WCH-
known, has interested himself in assisting 10 de-
vclop some plan OF operations that VIII pro!llSe
successful issue. When asked how ne aCcOuuteu LoI
the lack of support from the classes ioI Wh"m W.
two la9t named Home Clubs were projected VII;
Hubert said that the only way III when ne conlu
explain it was that clerks and mechanics
wore NOT in tLe habit of making permanent
Investments. men nf wealth on the other hand who
are ready to pat money into anything that gives
satisfactory assurance of good return, saw az
investments, and took shares.
THE CENTRAL PARK APARTMENTS.
The Central Park Apartments, more commonly
called the Navarro Apartments, after j. r. &c Ma
varro, the owner of the land on which
the buildings for these eight clubs are
to he erected, will be when completed one
of the most imposing structures in the city.
There will he a total frontage of 4O3 feet,
and the nine stories will rise to height of 125 feet
from the sidewalk level The first two stories Will
be Of stone and the upper floors of brick. The treat
mcnt of the front viii be in the Queen Anne style,
and turrcts arcades and numerous balconies, TO- to,
gether with massive dOOrWays OF carved stone VIII
produce an agreeable effect:
The eight clubs named after Spanish cities, and
are called, respectively, Madrid, CoTdova, Granada;
Valencia Lisbon, Barceona, Salamanca and
Coimbra. In the Madrid and Lisbon all
all Int two and in the Barcelona three only are left
The excavations for the building 81 these four,
which will comprise one half of the entire ediiicc,
are ncaily completed. Work on tue remaining lonT
V i'll not be begun for some time to come. novel
feature Of the internal arrangements Is called the
"dupleX system" by means of which the num-
Der of rooms in each set is considerably
increased. Each house or club with
frontage Of 4hGnt one tHGf tbir ic cG ,or
lncnts three of which occupy the whole surface OF
the building-that is, surface Of 500 square feet
and ten Of which occupy onc-half 81 me frontagr.
AT the rear the space available is doubled by max
inc two ceilings half as high as the ono In front.
Here arc the Kitchens, servants rooms etc., giving
The entire cost of the building and land for The
Home Club Mt No. $50 Fifth-aye., adjoining ST.
Thoinas's Church is estimated at $500, 600 large
restaurant. 10 be kept by competent caterer, VIII
furnish meals for those WHO 10 not care to burden
their own households with the responsibilities Of
the cuisine BY an entrance from flfty-iOurth-st
the restaurant Will also be accessible to the public
MIR. CLARK's APARTMENT HOUSE.
One of the most slightly locations in the city IS
the block In Eighth-ave., FROM Seventy-secOnd-st.
to Seventy tlnd-st. facing the Park. 1t is here
that the apartment house II Edward Clark prcs-
dent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, is be-
ing built. II. j. HardenbeTgh is the architect, and
John Banta the builder. The walls are already up
TO the sixth story, and the work is being rapidly
pushed by large force of men. The style Is the
Renaissance of the period of Francis l.. and
the ornameution is simple The material Is
yellow brick and sandstone Nhe1i ,cOinpleted
there viii he basement, seven stories and
three additional stories in tho peaked roof. The
building incloses large court ana the man en-
trance and driveway Is III severn Secolust, giving
nm unbroken window front looking on the Park.
There are four main entrances ut the corners or
the court leading to the elevators aud stairways.
The trade>Incn's driveway reaches court on ne
basement level under the nam court ana IN me
basement all work viii go on unseen. the tounda-
ton walls are solid rock, from ten to eighteen
feet below the stree; level, and from three to four
feet In thickness, Of bueStOnc, laid IN cement.
There will be about fifty sets OF rooms with from
five to twenty rooms IN each; some are supplied
vita Kitchens On ana the diners m3n Mayo Goor 'lii
the Eighth-ave and Seventy-sccOnd-s st. corner, IS
to he large restaurant, including dining hall ana
cafe with private dining ROOMS connected. III the
basement will be the kitchens, engines, Janlior'5
and storage rooms in the attic, the laupdrles and
rooms for servants. There Will be seven hydraulic
elevators and the same number of starways IN iron
and marble The woodwork VIII be deliberately
carved but the scheme of interior decoration has
NOT vet been fully decided MI Clark's
nnartinent house has been named the Dakota and
eighteen months will be required for its completlon
Opposite the Dakota, IN Scye1ty-ih!ld-St., be-
tween Ninth and Tenth-avcs, Mr.. Clark is about 70
put up of twenty-eight dwellings,, Of which
llr HaTdcubergh is also the architect They are OF
brick and light cOlored sandstone, four stories in
bai%1t rarGing from 20 10 22l2 fee. in width and
with uniform depth of so feet. They are for in
vesunent and not for sale. lie excavations are
Just being completed, ana the bouses are 10 Do ready
for occupancy III May, 1888. $500
Nr Hardenbcrgh is also designing for the VIII
IAN Rhnclandcr stewart estate block OF stores
with flats above, TO be butt IN Second-ave" be-
tween Eighty-sXth and Eighty sev,nti.-5ls. Inc
material will lee bnck with stone trimmings ornate
i'm design. The excavations have been begun,
and the stores and fats TO be ready Tor
rstatr j. about 10 Iui 10 a uumbc? OF
eiphteen-feet dwellings, three and four stories IN
height. George Martin Huss IS the architect ana
as these Rhinclander dwellings VIII adJ0h iha
Stewart estate he Will carry out TIE general arch-
tcctural design of Mr. ilardenDergh.
The Albert IS handsome new apartment house,
which is being built by Mr.. liardcnb.rsh, at
Eieventh-st AID University-placc, adjoining the
ST. stephens Hotel, for \. ). Rosen0aum, pro-
pretor OF the st. 81 .phens. The Albert
has seven stories and an attic, Is bult
of red brick, with sandstone trimmings
deliberately carved. The woodwork Of The interior
is of walnut, harmonlzlng III des IN ana treatment
with the exterior The building vii DC lhishrd III
the fall aud contains wcntyfour sets If rooms Tor
families and thirty-fOnr for bachelors.
THE GOBLET HOUSES.
Prominent among the many notable private resi-
dcccs ia process Of construction IN the city at pres
ent are the houses of Robert Goelet and Ogden
Goelct on the southwest and northeast corners, re
spectivcly of Fiith.aye. and FOrty-ninth-st. Both
are modified examples of French Renaissance,
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