New-York tribune., 1900-12-02

only by the buffers pantry. II is hospitaole AZ
ranEement one well designed for dinner giving or
FOR entertaining 3 small scale FROM the pTi-
va hali staircase rises 70 the floor above ana
n are located the chambers and bathrooms
&, from the living rooms. and so situated tha1
- .u-h privacy oe enjoyed as IN o"eliins
Do e. Furthermore. as the sleeping rooms are
ily over the parlor and library. the hshI ar
sunshine are just as good as the lower rooms
su5ov This makes the apartment far more pleas
ant and certainly more healthful than the bed
rooms which look out upon court
But builders as q general rule are like the pro-
.erbisl nook Of sheep. one follows the other
they are fearful about making any marked de-
5arture in construction They viii go 10 any ex-
oease 10 add convenienees and novel appointments
Ehich are calculstea 10 attract tenants. out any
fundamental change in construction. such as the
plan described is one 70 be slowly ADOPTED. Never
Lheless, the duplex apartment schefe possesses 20
many advantages that. with the present necessity
for novelty IN apartment construction II would be
ven for Builders TO consider It's possibilities
The Central Realty Company has completed the
plans sor its new twelve story family and bachelor
apartment building 70 be erected in Forty-hfth-
ST between Sxth-ave. and Broadway. or plot
s0xl0o feet Foundations for the structure are al
ready being laid. and II great delay occurs the
house VIII be completed in good season for next
falls renting. According 70 The present plans the
house viii possess many advantages over similar
structures in that locality The apartments VIII
consist OF two and three room suites. but they
VIII De arranged in such manner as 10 be able
give desired NUMBER OF rooms &c any one
tenant The partition walls VIII be provided Win
sfudding make II an easy matter 10 cut
through q hole and put IN door wherever II may
be required. On the first floor viii be tie dlnlhs
room, g palm room women's reception room, a
uer's smoking room, a Gaze ard an once
The building viii have TWO elevators, one for the
use OF the tenants and the other for servants and
freirht As q matter OF course there VIII De ample
court sra ce for abundant light and ventilation, ana
al TIE rooms viii be exceptionally large
By way OF Illustrating the tremendous activity in
the upper sections OF the city in the building OF
apartment and Eat houses eighty new structures
OF this kind are being erected within the ten blocks
bounded by Lenox and Eighth aves and one-hun-
dred-snd-thirtyeiEht and Ore-h ndrec-an
shird Five years ago except Tor the hing
model dwellings. this section OF Harlem was barren
Of Improvement Five years hence there probably
VII not be dozen undeveloped lots left
On the north side OF One-hundred-and-fortieth-
ct, east of seventh-ave- the Collins Building and
Construction Company has completed 20 the In
terror seven story Indiana limestone AMI light
brick apartment house 10 be known as Wattss
Court. The front Is divided by l0-toot courts.
giving the structure the exterior appearance OF
lee buildings 25-foot plot 70 the east of Wattss
Court e 70 DC laid into garden while on the
next lm feet the Collins company Is 70 duplicate
the Wetts's Court building.