New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-18
HIGH HOUSES And BRO4D STREETS
From Tho London Spectator.

From Tho London spectator
4 great city can only be kept healthy when tbs
miles and miles Of ugly wO-storted honses may make
London tho most squalid looking city in Europe. put
shs tyw I'I like prison or workh6use II the in.
habitants to thrive, they must have SO many c9po
matters comparatively little how the minor details arc
carried out-whether, in the one case, tE
,Dd few a" or, many IN the other. whether The
houses low and the streets narrow, or the euld'
don can have high houses, and yet be Kept perfectly
healthy: but then, the ground saved must not 70
monoPonied py she osner, OTl uSs hapnens' M,
proper proportion OF persons TO air and space mus.
Be vigorously maintained. In fact. the wellbens o.
the community demands that ground-space shall nos
be economiZed and that an increased number OF eo-
pie shall not be crowded on 10 particular spot
may feel pretty certain tha, the love Of low dwellings
which seems natural to the English race VII oe III;
unphant, and that our system of building houses o.
very moderate altitude will be generally malntaiHed.
Stiu. though we welcome any plan for freeing Us
sun can never penetrate. we connot help for soms
reasons regrettlng that we are not likely 10 nave :
town Of high houses and brad roadways In many
ways, a house OF ten or even OF twelve stories -
very pleasant and healthy place 10 i've ,n psrk or
to its neghbors In the first place building OF inc
height we have named must sriy De o. ,nnn,
strongly. II II does not have thick walls, u eshos
staEd. But the comfort OF thick walls IS Amos
beyond description. They afford real seS nH S.
piano playing Of tho negabOrs Then 100 thSy o S
cool in summer and warm In winter, ana prete' IA
feeling the sudden changes OF temperature tnat .
place In a climate so variable as that OF EnsAnsa.
More import ant STILL toll buildings give to those "no
like the feeling OF living on the Top oil high n.p; on
opportunity OF obtaining such sensations even III ,sss
don. Tho top floor Of house OF twelve s'v ma
has brightness and clearness OF air ana thoso 49,
mako their homes ttore arc above goa Ia Ia
OF the ill.smeuIng mist and Napor ths liz
from tho much freQuented London strcrts. L"''g,
tho higher portion OF such buildlns as art
have been describing Is dry to an ssis,ca
which II is difficult to realize from me phnns.s
of ordinary houses II London eouf nave -, nu a
even OF eighty feet high. placed IN fhofnnenas om
hundred feet broad, the city might be renco ,dssL
From no norton OF these houses would the sun ,H
excluded and those who Sf~d the frrsher al ohtaA
choosc the top stories, while such persons -, by
10 the effect % gsdiness or insecurity pfo'S or.
the height might tnhablt the lower Gcse'ii an.cs
ever than chs advantages secured within the nssss
| tbemseiyes would be those obtained 0utSds su.
| a hundred feet wide might be 50 ARRANGED ~ % s
c,rat measure TO protect their inhabitants NON .Ms
arnte misery which the constant din OF inc -
produces on all persons sensitive 70 nose' or ~
he centre would run . roadway intended ior ,,Sm
ssnsrsi through traicL O.. Tor oninbuses and o.ne
yshisics not entering tho street. In order TO stop
| any OF tho houses In Il, but Amply using HssyS
| thoroushfsre. On each side OF this main 49, "a
would DO planted narrow plantation o. uc stiss
| shr,bs and beyond these would be roads snososI
Access 10 the houses In fact, every street tsss
be- a sort OF glor11ed westbourne Terrace aaa ~
The htdeous and distracting turmoil which .now -
| msddens those who have trsftshle nsrves Eoo~
tarI q possible, b bautshsd>