Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-15

UrPTH FLOOR. GROUND FLOOR
them, II Il profitable 20 be able 10 arrange
such quarters 90 that they will bc regular.
~ occupied ~ dwellings, II not M Offices.
In all large cities there are many quarters
v nero the rooms nboyc the stores cannot
bo rented prohtably for Offices, particular.
ly In buildings on side streets or slightly
removed from the business ccntorN
The French flats or those u Italy Offer u
solution to this problem. However, It d tn
be borne In mind that the arrangement oi
an apartment building cannot bo trans
forrcd frcm QUO VI these countries 10 an
other, principally on account Of the differ
encc IN the arrangement VI the store build
ing., which renders a court on tho ground
floor impossible. An American Gtoru Is
Rlwaysa large affair; that Is, II covers u
great deal u floor space. In the foreign
countries the stores arr mostly small-irom
n 10 20 feet doep-aud tho space back OF
thom u used NJ a court and for tho living
quarters OF the concierge or carctaker. In
the French apartment houses the first or
ground floor Is never used for high grade
OF living apartments.
In the plan which herewith submit we
have 25 feet Of ground with Hight from
the front only. For the purpose Of adding
TO tho difficulty OF tho problem l have
Enclosed the rear end as wsll ~ the side,
though In practice the rear would general
" he open and not unusually part Of Que
side. II will DO FCou that the entrance TO tho
apartment ~ AZ one side Of the store build.
ing. The passage Is lighted by window
ia front and at the side near the show
window Of the store. The stairway from
tho landing IA amply lighted from the
court above and tho skylight which covers
a part Of the rear Of the store
A part Of tho storu stairway so llgAtcd
projects into the storc room. However, In
considering the effect Of this projection
and any delctorluus effect which II may
/ have with respect 10 the store, We must
/ bear In mind that IL adds to the revenue OF
/ the floors above, certainly 10 a greater OK,
/ tent than II deprcoiatcs TINT Of the room
itself, Another thing TO bear Ia mind is
that the arrangement u the apartments Is
~ such character as 20 provide court
which lots more light into the rear aud
middle u the store than IS common with
the ordinary plaza OF u store building. This
initsllf would more than compensate Tor
the disadvantage OF the projecting stair
way
Each apartment has four rooms, kitchen
and water closet, besides seven closets ana
liberal fittings Ia the way 81 cupboarls
sluk, rs saius, ETC., In the kitchen. Aftoi
passing from the stair hall through "a,
door uno Is Ia his own quarters, quite "a
independent and isolutcd ~ N hc wgrt
alone ON large lot The writer liyoi In d
sryctnh story Hat Of this character Tor SOW
orll months aud did not know ono OF IN,
other occupants, The Kitchen range q
such an apartment Is built under hood
20 that all heat aud odors nru directly 10
moved from the kitchen. The upper storie
In Building OF this Kind should not ID
more than ton feet high This makes les
stair climbing, Il Is the last two or thrt
steps In digit Of stairs that are TIA
hardest
It Is to be- noticed that the rear room
IN this apartmont,Rru lighted from th
court LOuls IL. GIusOS.