New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11
NETWORK REAL ESTATE.
John d. CRIMMINs TALKS OF DEVELOP
MENTs IN RECENT YEARS.
NEW BUILDING MATERIALS INTRODUCED AND
NEW STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE ADOPTED
DESIRABLE SECTIONS OF THE CITY.

rnera Is nrobably no man in New-York better
qualified to speak regarding real estate ana ns
values and specify localities with reference
TO social advantages. than John ID. Crimmns' ne
mas been an active powerful agent in the
advancement Of the cable lines here. during '"e
terrible winter OF 1885 and 1884, when poverty among
the laboring classes became more common ",a
over has been known in New-York. the Crmmins
brothers as contractors kept an average "a -'
mon a week at work on the constrneuon % .,e
cable roads and the improvements 'heS "e'e
ryIns ,v.~--S both in the northeastern al" ~" "
western sections OF Eew-York. When asHeu W
Tribune reporter yesterday for an espresso" "
his views regarding real estate an" "
Mir Crimmirs said 49,, ,,,,
..rbere Is being established to-day IN ths cry
IN architecture designed for our buio'nss
are being erected for business ana u"e''',s
ora distinctive and belonging TO this period "i'''
49,, ,.oors this new order OF architecture mas peeh
practically developed. Fifteen years ago 'ne'e 49,
- ,yo,e dwellings that had any distinctive char-
oc,er,s.ics in their design. The Coloniai s'yic n
yone ont OF use and the fntroductioh OIL 'ie Va"
STONE front high stoop and basement was ~
sian for the millionaire. or for the business man
.s,ahlshjng himself in modest fifteen VI
800 foo, house on the East Side. Inc
miIlonaires house was more ornate anu no.
broader dimensions. The ma'eria' u w.
almost universally brownstone occasio"'
there would be Nova Scotia stone "ii'e'
u,,h brick fronts The brownstone usea was
W." -, r,,c,,auv in the neighbornood OF Middle
-, hut the more expensive and inner graoeS
came from the neighborhood OF beNe'n,e' ~. ..
and the architects of ten years ago were i'i..c -.
these stones for such purposes " men o'hei 49,
we're required, they were got at large eApe.. A.,
other cities For instance, the stone useu AZ 49,
~,..,ard,s house came from Rochester, the s.o"o
dealers in New-York not having other s'ohe '"a'
those OF which speak. And there was - 49,,
sameness which would occasion the remain 10
our streets presented one unoroken i'iie u ~
stone fronts.
NEW MATERIALS INTRODUCED.
.r, was not so many years ago when II you ~e-o
astsd 70 point out the handsomest houses III We"
Wy civ YOU would direct attention 10 thoSe "
- covarteenth and Eighteenth sts, ana De-
.asn Tbirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth s's'' "" 80.
oas. side OF Fifth-ave. When Wiiliam III. -
hrnt his palace and the house ad)oihihs oio-
atone was adopted And for the mouse VI noo'
c,vart Fiftv-eighth-st and Fifth-ave'' the sa'''e
.,, as used Upon the introduction OF the
-,ous s,ones which use now, achltec's cum
b,ned them with bricks of shades tha' ha i'o''~1
The form of bricks observable IN our lie" eo
lions was patterned much after the Ola i'o'',
bricks narrow and longer than the rn'aue .p,n,,
ora baltimore brick, which was the stahoaro oi'e"
-, 49, ,n.,odrction of this new order OF Things.
wv nave now a new school of architecture WIN
mon better educated or with wlder oppoi
The client frequently determines the ohai
tho material in the elevation, ana from ''' '
NAV
+ar educated and show more taste IN 'he s
:. aos;cns and materials. Many OF our ci'l%ens %
largo means show their taste in botn 'hen CITY ~
country houses Examples are contagious a" ~
trated even with the poor girl VINO 1861,
- 20 some extent the robes Of the society
lady r,
DEVELOPMENT OF POPULAR TASTE
so with the moderate people, VINO expect 49,,
taste 10 be displayed in the apartmen'-houses
,h,. occunv and builders find IT important 10 ca'e'
=. ,ho,r wishes So much could be SAID upon ''''s
form of development of art education 'i'fi' u 49,
REQUIRE too long an interview 10 lius'ra.e ~ 49,.
coo the examples in the new business nouses -
orc being erected in the lower part OF the oi.S D'
our trust and life insurance companies anu ~
ren, clearing house as well the house ia'ey ie
built bv Cornelius Vanderbilt the one 10y M D
win the Brokaw houses in F1fth-aVe puii' io' ~
daughters the John Jacob Astor house inc So, ,
ord yerkes houses the Inman, Burden ana i"sio'
houses in Seventy-frst and Seventy-secohu u.s.
Nrs Ualdo's house and others that are now pe'hs
o-ac,ed between Fifty-ninth and Seventy-secoho
sis and Fifth-ave, and Immediately cast
zion might oe called also to the houses hoi',, "a
seventy- second-st.. between Fifth anu 'iau'so
oves on thu west end Of the avenue anu ".''
la ~, the street are houses only few degrees De-
low those already mentioned in point OF design
The other class OF dwellings, which speak Oh are
,ho anartment- houses and the comparison there 10
greater with improvements planned ana economy u
.r, my effort TO keep familiar with the progress
.. architects / find myself in visiting ne"
apartment house TO which my afternoon mas ~"
called surprised at the advantages ana superioi'''
of a plan Of to-day over what wouiu nave ooi'
s,ser.d about perfect yesterday. / speak OF ths
o,,, az an evidence that the minds OF the best
architects are continually employed in planning anu
designing for advancement IN tne,r arr
brownstone has disappeared ana the ne" oiuei
makes our streets more attractive.
DANGERS OF APARTMENT HOUSES.
.1 ,nns. confess that / am sceptical in regard to
.be Influences which must necessarily surround the
bringing up OF family in large apdr 'heh'
house These houses are popular, owing iargeiy
10 the convenences surrounding them ana the lac'
that fewer servants required. they nave ther
gas ranges, Elevators and steam heating. All loeai
SO far as comforts may be concerned. but other
than ideal. according 70 my MIND IN tne security
afforded the children. as II Is impossluea 10 sen
using a common hallway. stairs and elevatorLwlth-
out establishing Corresponding Mat we Would Ike
for children and If In assocatng WIN nose s
home can re maintained in that simplicity which
every good parert desires. . 49,. . -
the city in which 1t might be considered genteel
live that purchasers are required 70 on heir
Investments But IT is questionable, as sald De
fore T. the in snn Par rents OF
apartment houses find. on inquiry are large, and
MANY no lseS. notaoly tnose VIC
King model dwellings" in Seventhave. In the up
ner mari of Harlem, for rent at prices which pay
10 put up that class OF apartments.
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE SECTIONS.
THAT part Of the city north of Onehundred-and-
,enth-st and Morningside Park. or Madison-ave..
.xccp; in sections where the tenement houses have
already been erected. is where Il would appear TO
he our Young peopls will have to go who wish 10
establish themselves in their own homes In One
hundred and-eleventn one hundred-and-twelfth and
Dne-hundred- "a nd thirteenth SITS. there are num-
her ~ houses the character | speak OF, now In
course OF construction. Of tasteful design With the
many combinations of stone and brick now possible.
houses OF neat designs may be erected at mod
crate cost There is section north OF One-hundred-
and-thIrty -ffth-st toward the Harlem River. which
IS an inviting for the location OF houses, de-
fnr Gin families The land Is X