New-York tribune., 1896-05-31
,1oDEL TENEMENT PLANS.
,,>.c FEATURES IN THE DESIGNS
N' nnAwN FOR THE IMPROVED
uoIrsING COUNCIL.

.,.,or of model tenement-house plans
the u,os Gallery which closed yesterday
81 me .oosther for comparison some extremely
Sr0us, s.t,ye and satisfactory attempts at sowing
'ass.,nlm 'asS.onlem of securing the maximum OF spa
'e pa air for the people who have 10 dweN IN
Ign 80 or four inexpensive rooms. twenty
Two ,..,rns were submitted in competition 10
fisn' .oved .d Housing Council. Of which Richard
pc H"' cuder is chairman, and from these three
"s''O. 1,oc,ed b, the Committee OF Award as the
ssre most practical. The three architects
Ss. s''. commended were James f. ware ernest
r.ss and A. W. Ross ,,r,o~
H'sS ooyDrrIoNs OF THE COMPETITION.
.,,,s are made for an entire city block
Al IL 20 .oa, and among the conditions which
~"10 49,, hv the committee were the follow
ssre ia'N .ous or light shaft, shall be used. All
81 -, hA lighted by windows opening d.
TSn' -, tho outer air. All apartments must
r's ventilation. Each compartment must
,,s own independent fireproof staircase III
'.a nv brick walls. with separate entrance 10
-,,as, Each suite must have separate water
onening directly upon the outer ar. II
=. nossblc TO enter directly into the hVihe-
Nus :, Zach suite from the public corridor WITH
''' .,.ne through any other room. ana IL must
~.,h,a 10 reach every bedroom without pass
!" ..,o,ph any other bedroom The buildings
~s hs six stories high. Livng-rooms had TO
'' ,u souare feet OF space and bedrooms ~
square feet .Hs
-a divided his block lengthwise by
NJ .hout thirty feet in width On each OBJ
Ps'"e ,. no nuts four square pavilions sepa-
""s -, courts eighteen feet wide and sixty ieet
''., onenng from the street leaving 'he wall
w.. =, the interior passage unoroKen' hach pa
vi. has court thirty feet square. Inc starr
w .,ur 10 each pavilion. open on the corners
'.e. -. ,,urts and are set diagonally, leaving
Va N...Ne window space for the apartments.
a. an omen lift for every two apartments
~.,.,,v three suites open on each staircase d.
a. In the ARRANGEMENT of rooms MT
me- has shot somewhat over the heaos Oh the
....ment dweller He has living-room from
. a., u.os, ga SOS opens kitchen with sink
r.., there are one or two bedrooms This living
.,,,, "a superfuous for most families want 10 use
he kitchen for that purpose ana oeoioo"' 9"
!, demand Yet this room is the passaeewa! "
A.. k,chen and so is not good for oeuroo''''
NJ, can II be used as Kitchen thus freeing TIE
,..,,- ,or q bedroom because OF the plumoing'
w.. n,.,sr-c,osets are also badly located Those
.,,,o d,1ersnt suites are generally separated o!
.,ro distance. thus requiring extra piping ana
.,,.r onening directly from the living-roon or
=, ,hs navlion courts. where they can be reached
.,,r ,hropgh an open balcony exposed TO the
-..,her and in full sight from neishboring apart
r.st. Mr. Flagg has secured excellent cross
ventilation, as one or more rooms OF each one -
hn suites open on the outer air, while others iooh
On the pavilion court
ATTENTION PAID TO AIR CCRRhNlo'
J,mss f. Ware goes even further than MY
rarx in arranging for air currents through ''e
hnct He divides II transversely b. two narrow
,usvs about one hundred feet from each avenue
and connects these alleys by a third alley down
the middle OF the block SO the three passages
form ie,ter II and divide the block into -FOUR
ava, nar,s about 1OOx20O feet, each with long
side or street or avenue. On each plot are Quit
,wo ns v,,,ons cut nearly in two by deep court
with court thirty feet square in the middle OF
, ..ch nav,,,on similar TO the plan Of Mr. Flagg,
except that these square courts are all connected
with the outer air By one, and in some cases TWO
Sits. from the ground UP. thus making the build
Ing OUTLINE Ol lNo Po'm""S
rectangular figure g. The main entrances are
through arches into the pavilion courts, and cor
ner staircases give access 10 three or four apart
ments on each floor somewhat as In Mr. flaggs S
designs But the starcases are less skiifuhy ar
ranged. being square and shutting off the corner
suites from cross-draughts through the bulid-
Ing. The draught is only secured in those cases
by opening the door on hall which Is common
to eighteen families. The water-closets all open
on private halls and are exceptionally we'll ar
ranged for tenants. but their separation from
each other and the sinks adds 10 the plumbing
bill. The number OF apartments In THE design is
the same as In Mr.. Flaggs, but the rooms are
small. often to the minimum requirements and
the bedrooms in few cases have room for more
than one 8 foot inch by 6 foot inch bed.
LARGE CENTRAL COURT.
Mr.. Ware gives the maximum of draught be-
tween the parts Of his building. but both he and
xr. F1agg have many apartments that look out
on tie interior alleys A. W. Ross gives every
suite an outlook on the street, and at the same
y time on an interior court Like the other two
architects. his building is about thirty feet deep
between exterior walls; but instead OF arrang-
Ing his floor space about small courts he connects
Il ." eoOut great CentTdl COURT bceti"s WV"
vail space by turning his walls In and out Ike
useek fret. That is. the hollow square Of build
y ing deeply indented by courts thirty feet wide
nom The street alternately with narrower courts
IRON the long. alley-ke court through the middle
w~s block There is a staircase for every pair
spss'ments, and they are partly internal and
p'uy external Cross-ventilation for corner
sa,.' secured by turning a special external
.aa's'afcase from the main starways situated
~ "e ENDS Of the interior courts These steps 90
"'' 70 the single apartments. and the door open
"s "a the air makes a draught from the rooms
'''ue 70 the court possible without surrender OF
"'e!' Comparatively few Of the apartments
SA 'aectly on the street but there Is not one
s~ 'he windows Of which a view down the
sa court to the street may not be had. Those
sest the street look out almost directly but
~mr back in the court the angie Is not more
aas degrees.
ShVlng rooms in the plan Of Mr.. Ross are
-'aly large and we'll arranged and his bed