Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-21

p A. redweu of a. Park Row. who
knows a good deal about real estate has
"A theory Of his own AS 10 where NeN
iorks greatest splcnd"r Ia in'ufe u 10
There are some curious facts about
the citys growth and the moving OF GER
tain CentcrS.' said be-. To begin WIN.
th. East side from the earliest days
Of tn citys history down to the time
In which We live. hes always grown last
est. has always led the van Ia the move
ment Of the city northward.
ing along after. That has held good in
Manhattan and il holding good In the
Bronx.
u believe that twenty-five years from
now the people OF all nations viii come
10 see New York as the one superb city
of the world. New YORK l. only Just
now beginning TO take on the form which
IL will have when IL becomes the world =
greatest as well as the most beautiful
city
'''The Bronx region. / believe. will not
many years hence be built up In way
that will all below the Harlem river
look cheap aud % the second class. The
wealthy have always followed along park
lines aud along high elevations for their
homes. and these lines In Manhattan VIII
soon be nlled up.
The palaces along Central Park. on
the east and west sides. Will, oi course.
remain for many years as the rnc pri-
waite houses uf the city. but In the Bronx
park region there Will grow up "a city OF
homes which will put the Central PARK
houses. beautiful and enormously eNpru-
siVe a. they now are. into the second
class
Ultimately they Will go. just as the
old brownstone front mansions, the pride
Of twenty years ago, have gone. Ih'y
are obsolete now, the bruWnstone fronts
quite extinct as "a type Of modern
What viii succeed and excel the Cen
trail Park palaces Of TODAY u h. hard IN
say. But % will be- something vastly
more imposing. and the site of these man
sions will be- up IN that region along the
Van Cortlsndt- Bronx Pelham bay chain
uf parks. with those magnificent con-
Meeting links between them, Mosholi,
Van cortlandt and Pelham bay park
'irhe city up that way is laid out on
imperial lines. Look 90 the magnificent
sweep ~ streets from iGlSt street north
ward, including the Jerome avenue bodlr-
ward There Is the high ground and
there h the park front the wealthy have
always sought and always will.
Central Park r. counted large park.
II has Si3 acres. Compare u with This
magnificent North Bronx chain az pnrks
-Pelhpm bay Park with ~ LOS acres,
for instance. as large again as central
Park. And then there o. Van tortlanht
Park. with IT, ii:2 acres. ar - acres
more than Central Thrn comes Bunk
Park. with Gdi acres
IAN ~ these are really one park hy
reason az the two connecting parkways,
each Of which u tu he u park marvel
In itself There b. nothing Ike IL any
where in the world.
And then the whole region up there.
FOR that matter. b. geographically sus-
csptihle of the most successful park
treatment as residence centci IL j IN
eyitHhlc that the ultra wealthy VIII 20
there To make their homes IN the end,
.... la. "a
~ i.4ttr hose homes VIII Doe. as well rs
90 consider the fabulous sums ~ money
they will cost.
York h. past The dav ~ little buildings
has gone The old city lot of - by IL"
feet IT, becoming thing uf the past. Fifty
hy ia now IT, the city lot.
Already one big concern that lends
security on lots less than ~ by ln The
commercial OF Office building must occupy
city lucF ip 50 ih' uU'.
that are near az hand The man ~
moderate wealth will soon be unable to
own his house in New York
Take the property up iu the seventies
for instance. u has doubled IN value
within few years \ uve-story and
D. rr fHHr. .nl Us fIst $4,000 now
costs SiDnOo0 or Si2jpp
''rhat ls ON the West side in the Sew.
entities. IL desirable nslghhorhood. 81
on the same size lots within moderate
distance ~ the Park cost s2DOOc Or
moro. The interest ON S.tDWu ut 3 per
cent IL SiOUn. Add Co this taxes. I'M
surrnre and other expenses and 10 makes
the rent for home more than good
81. rr.. .s DID, .usrIt,s fII.|r
we'll m can AFFORD 20 pay
Some can't anord 10 and are moving
ont hut there ave plenty who c1n mr.
ford 10 and ure ready tu bus the property
~ those who can't The little fellow.
financially sucltiug. can't live ln New
Y1rt That's what n comes TO-
"NVhcr. Is hc going" Wen tn tho suh.
urbs ! euuuuea. Tho automobile 's work.
inr wonders i0 suburban residence.
"rhsy lof YOU make mile in thee
minutes over ln Jersey. man can live
yet there ln aftc,u minutes. and keen
wIttin che law 90 that.
Jersey has RE- bawli1nrirg erhu~',pu
future The tinc ls not distant when
the whole state clear across fo tho Della
down fNr Delaware. through Vor1cu-
town aud ON tn on" confines ~ philHHr'-
phia will ho one vast chain of beautiful
country estates series ~ colonies uf tho
wealthy. -iike HsruIrisrills. ull DOuusHf-
ed hv un almost uIrF'iEs chain uf public
hlghw1ys That Is coming
And chen there 's fh' Hr1uklru ana
Lone island expansion % New York
haven't spoken ~ that IT'S "a separate
story. New York sun.
old Gent tou' of depth In riycri-Hclpl
/ can't swim Americ.n t~fc ON bank
XVnnI / guen- 7 cant swim either. but
I'm not maklnJ such darn q noise about
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