The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-23
Refinement!

We bog leave to again call the attention Of our
readers to the much talked of West losth street. We
say much 'talkcd.of wo mean. OF course, In real
estate circles. The fact that a house Is no sooner COM
pleted than II Ia sold Ia always the subject Of moro
or less comment by builders and brokers. Mr.. 10.
seph A.. Farley, happily for him. Ia tho only builder
as yet VIII, has been in a position to offer houses for
sale. but he has sold house after house and is now
bringing to completion four others that We have no
doubt will be eagerly sought after. This street, IL
will be remembered, lies between Broadway and
Riverside Drive. and IL absolutely restricted to
houses which are o. feet or more in width. The
houses Mr.. Farley has built are all OF tho American
basement type; their unique arrangement and
architectural beauty commend them to careful
and capable buyers. Mr.. Farley is breaking ground
for still another row on the north side of 1o8th
street, between West End avenue and Riverside
Drive. adjoining those now being built by Stewart
h Smith. OF which. by the way. We will have some
thing to say q little further on.
Mr.. Thomas Graham. tho woll-known architect
and builder OF Eighty.ninth street and Madison
avenue. il another one Of the pioneers OF the upper
west side. Mr.. Graham is a builder of unususl
shrcwdncss. and the fact that he has selected the
upper west side for building Investments of unusual
magnitude is a strong testimonial to what the near
future holds in store for this section.
The cut which is shown herewith Ia taken from
q pen drawing Of Mr.. Gralam's houses as they are
to be. To the left mot shown OF the cut runs the
beautiful Hudson, which is but q stones throw OF
these houses. Directly opposite are the b~efore-men-
toned houses OF Mr.. Jos. A. Farley. The frontage
Of the Graham houses ranges from 1s to 40 feet. aud
the plans for the interior work are unusually elabo-
rate. In the floor plans Mr.. Graham has arranged
for tho installation OF elevators and other modern
improvements. These houses would be an ornament
to any section.
situated on the south side of forth street. the high.
est point in all this famed section. is . new row Of
nine houses. close to Riverside Drive.
These are the work of Mr.. Charles Buck, an
architect and builder. whose accomplishments In
the past have done as much to beautify the city OF
New York as those Of any other man in his line.
Mr., Bucks offices are on Forty-second street. but
just at present almost all of the work he is doing
IL being carried on on the upper west side. Herr
is a man who has planned and erected buildings
in every section Cf New York city. Surely there IL
something significant in a man of his accomplish
menta. experience and judgment erecting nine hno
new residences in a section of the city still young.
Afcw words about these new houses of Mr.. Bucks
will net be amiss at this time. They are Ave stories
high. of the popular American basement type. and
containing all those improvements that house hunt
ers ask about before they even mention price. They
have three tiled and open %plumbing bathrooms
each. are fitted throughout with electric lights and
gas f~replaces. and are finished from roof TO base
ment in hardwood. Two OF the houses have dining
room extensions. making 1t possible TO convert three
large rooms into one, and two have electric passen-
ger elevators. one should really see these houses to
get a full appreciation OF their worth. 1t would take
limitlets space to detail their virtues here. It 10
worthy Of mention here. though. that the location
of these houses. on one of the highest points In the
city and only a few feet east Of Riverside Drive, will