The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22
FLATS FOR MlLLl0NAlRES.
VERY EYPEySIvE APARTMENTS TO
De HIRED NOWADAYS.
Rents Are as High AZ 400 a Year. or
You siay Buy Your Own Fiat n You Pre-
Ter bathrooms and Storage for Automo-
blles Among Modern Features Of Flat tate.

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VEN" apartments ana II ! n"u SIN '" soNe"
more of that kind they would be- taken imme-
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,,an,y vhoo 70, d., nna,ad our bo,.e va
iheh'H' "hen we 'rN' ol"'e" W. "o'7'
were prepared to throw a series or rooms INTO
n suite the rcntol of which would have been
COO ou, ra,r h,, at, Cha, ,ir,o ,here uas M
S.o,Wo u !ear, p'' at '''' '"e ,"'r' was II"
call for II, The greatest demand seems 10 he
| for suite. OF five rooms. with baths. which rent
g.. 80, roo. ybosa nrhoo. or. ,o- nm.
LOT e"''" u year ihese Pr'''S a'' ipr "'-
furnished rooms"
New York architect who has hull, several
bicb-c,,,s o,ortren, hn,.e. is mat comnlet-
ing one which Is eight stories high one apart
ment TO n ,ionr. and the rental of each l. sio.-
oo ,n,nrn,ho, -, curse Thcre ore No
wv uhiuiII'itu' " '"uiN'' i"'i' "e u"
fewer than fifty buildings in the country in
which rents for apartments run as high as
5000 to $500
1t is safe to say that the income Of such an
apartment dweller must generally be at least
$1,000 o a year and in many cases it is more.
Basing a conclusion ON the present popularity
Of high-priced apartments it seems clear that
,nrir aS u sunpilsne nui r =, S S,u coo NV ne ne
tinted states who'e incomes are slono"V or
more u var AZ u.l''i VI Nv .,em iWha
ShalhDer OF 1ohlitICe reotntiy 'hs' o1o Would
he "A very conserNa,lVe esillEate on me num-
Der OF men IN New lnrk alone whose lhcolhei
are 1nre% or more u,nad a. arse aS mat Oh
One CURIOUS ueNeIopheht OF ine, Apartments
house Idea Is Jolnt 0wlierShip OF bnlldlngs,b "
lne tenants, great puhuhSS III WINCH
the tenants purchase their apartments. out
rlght. As much a. tlVO,Wp ma been PAD -
a single apartment OF ms KIM In me hnicker,
booker, az the corner OF rum avenue ana
Twenty-eighth street. New York, Two other
well-knoMn apartment houses, tho Grafnercy
ana me th"i.ra' nave nude = sll,,eSs OF thls
paid by. tho original stockholders ior apart.
nlenls OF ten rooms was Slo,oV' ana ior apards
inents 81 seven rooms from s1..o 70 $3.50
each owning his apartments. These form =
STOCK c3mpanyl when owns me grouhd upon
S.r Of d ,1e pS apSrl9s s1Gna fr renting an I G the + inc H%nm,
from which is supposed TO pay all the general
running, expenses OF the house;
cert the bachelor Quarters on the tenth eoor
and the stores on the ground roof
were bought outright The apartments sold
for from si5,14 to $4,000 each 10 the original
purchasers and have changed hands snbse-
quently at large premiums; Inc reyslhs
from the bachelor quarters and stores pays ne
running expenses Most OF the apartments
are OF two stories, a private stairway running
from the first foor, ~ when are ne drawing
room, dining room. butler pantry, library. &c.
70 The moor above, where are me bedrooms,
kitchen, &c, A. many a. ,wen.g rooms ere
One tenant in a New York apartment has
spent more than 2ln!tn on MS apartment.
Although there are only three In his iam,y.
coachman. .footman, chefs, yalets ana maids.
More than s!5o,Oo was spent by announcer tehait
IN nttins ms apad,iIrhI WIN sIReu,"Ly 9 rat
lurnlture, ,ri,n laI,suIts, &c, Two h,lhuitu
thousand dollars is the estinated cost Of another
gorgeously appointed apartment III ms mouse.
II is no common lrlhs lor tenant III moNihS
into, q suite which renis Ior 500, or So !. rs
model and rede.orate II az an rSpefse 81 wv
90. One tenant. lhough her lease ran only
three years. went 70 sreat Expense IN having
three rooms remoueleu mo a tnealre' a Hu-
l%lonaire Who occupies tWen'y Iooms on an
eleventh moor y nov having ~ efa,ions nnaue,
principally TO his dining room. INVOLVING an
outlay OF slo,Oo he mas Nven mere seven
years ana mas US, tlshea a tease OF 'rn Years
The SenTai iark AparlulenI buhuinss'
at fNty,nlhth sueeC anu oeteitn aNenuei
are the largest IN me w9Isu; uleH -rrSS,,.I n
cost beng more man sLnomS, mere are
eight dls'inct DuidlnYs. cNnnecleu Dy Hrraues'
all under one root aud to al appearances form.
Ing one glaahtic mousse: Ihere are Is4 apart-
ments. IentlnY Ioun sttoo u sooO year.
More mulionanes i've uIeio ,han wefo oNU
before Ealhereo uhoer oHs noine TOOL. r,,..
Inc Bolhehhayn az rn'n aNenut anu THY.
eighth sueet occupies Ioul 10y iots' ISL s,0tties
hlgh ana hss TWO Ipaf ,iien S ~ noo, Wren
y IL cohslo@eu that ine punulns VS. inoIy
man s3oo,ooo anu ,iat II tahes man! 'nousdnu
annually 10 nla,I,ain w. ~ ~ eary u see ,nat
us WE'VE tenah.n mus, haso nlst Ino9nnes
10 order 10 pay lhe Iehls Ielldlueu' ana yeS
me wallihS .st Is lMse' AZ nouie n ndHnru
IN hohog 9i tne ownh nv hoinS y .1eu,IS
,oWh OF Dqikennayn ones,a, anu. he'eauot
behg nuHDeIsu' eacn apa Iiiient ~ haiheu
alter one OF the IuusuIous nontnnoneihs or
aitpr sucn pIpnllheut ruen ds DsIhaiuh' ,on
Noltke anu 4lneIs wiz nav ofeh S'ote,s ruo.-
llleu Wilh ne uS nas,S' Iaou ~ ~ ava.
MEMS II eauai III sNo ~ III oiu'hai' ioui-s'ofS
cry n"us1' ,oo,ur. q, ,ba Nav Csnt,ry mart.